Dota 2 Squee, Spleen and Spoon, The Techies (Unranked All Pick)
0• Before their release, Techies were showcased at the All-Star match of The International 2014, used by Artour "Arteezy" Babaev. He originally picked Sniper, but right before the picking phase ended, his pick got replaced by Techies, fireworks were launched in the arena, Techies' portrait was shown on all screens and this sound effect played.
• According to Techies' in-game lip-syncing, Squee is the one sitting on the cart with the rocket launcher, the cigar, and the deeper voice, Spleen is the big one pushing the cart, with the high voice, and Spoon is the one inside the barrel, who rarely ever talks, but has the deepest sounding voice.
• Spoon's design --long nose, revealed half of his fingers-- was largely resembles of Kilroy, the symbol which used by US serviceman during World War II.
• "They're going to have to glue you back together! Yeah, in Hell!" and "We're a sorry buncha losers. You said it" are references to similar lines spoken by the Demoman from "Team Fortress 2" (as heard "here" and "here").
• The flavor text of Pinpoint Detonate "Kablooey!" is a direct reference to the line "Kabloeey!" spoken by the Demoman from Team Fortress 2.
• Many of their lines also reference Counter-Strike, such as "Counter-Techies Win", "Bomb has been planted" or "Bomb has been defused. Darn!".
• "See! Fore!" is a pun on the plastic explosive C-4.
• "Who said we couldn't count to three, huh?" is a reference to a joke about the fact that Valve has not released a single game with the number three in the title (Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, Portal 3 etc.).
• "Claymore! But not that kind of claymore." is a reference to the M18 Claymore mine.
• There is a hidden "trollface" in Remote Mines' ability icon.
Lore: In the storied saga of Dredger's Bight, no business has ever been more reviled than Techies Demolitions. Then again, Dredger's Bight no longer exists. Nor does Toterin. Or even Trapper Town. In fact, if one were to track the history of Techies Demolitions they might notice that shortly after Techies appear, towns tend to disappear.
Like every inevitable disaster surrounding Techies, the obliteration of Dredger's Bight began with an invention. Tasked with designing a safer way of detonating explosives in the mines beneath the city, pyrotechnic prodigies Squee, Spleen, and Spoon developed their most outlandish creation yet: a button which, when pressed, would trigger a distant device to spark a fuse.
Overeager to test their invention, the trio stuffed barrel after barrel with flamesalt explosives, piling every corner of their tiny workshop high with the newly developed remote bombs. From this stockpile they plucked a single payload, burying it in a far away field. As they cowered in a ditch, Spleen pressed the detonator button. Yet after a moment, nothing happened. Confused, he stood up, pressing his button again and again until, finally, an explosion tore a hole in the field. Elated, Squee and Spleen turned toward home just as a massive wave of sound and force arrived to knock them over.
Bewildered, their ears ringing from the unexpected blast, they gathered in the dingy miasma to see a smoking ruin where their workshop once stood. Chunks of wood and stone continued to fall as the yawning crater before them slowly deepened into an expanding pit. The whole of Dredger's Bight shuddered, and then gradually started to slide into the mines below as its panicked residents fled.
Sitting at the edge of their sinking home they grinned and giggled, as giddy at the possibilities as they were oblivious to the scorn of their former neighbours. They wondered only one thing: how could they trigger an even bigger blast?
Voice Actor: Dee Bradley Baker
Developer and Publisher: Valve
Designer: IceFrog
Writers: Marc Laidlaw, Ted Kosmatka, Kris Katz
Composer: Jason Hayes, Tim Larkin
Series: Defense of the Ancients
Engine: Source engine 2
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, OSX
Release: Windows (July 9, 2013), Linux, OSX (July 18, 2013)
Genre: Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA)
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