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TF2 Spy Crab Calendar Out Now
Posted by Owen Good at 5:00 AM on October 5, 2008
Hey, 2009's almost upon us, and TF2Newbs has put out a 12-month zipfile of spies doing the crab walk in Team Fortress 2. My favourite is August, which captures this conversation between Nfreak (the calendar's creator) and his cohorts:
{OSS} |CiC| Andy <3 amvalvo: Nfreak, turn around
Bob Dole's Woodlen Critters >:3: We're trying to do a spycrab calendar
Bob Dole's Woodlen Critters >:3: SS
{OSS} |CiC| Andy <3 amvalvo: Bob, keep walking back and forth
TF2Newbs promises to donate $1 to the National Spy Crab Fund for every download.
(/rushes to establish National Spy Crab Fund).
Rare Endangered Spy Crab 2009 Calendar [TF2Newbs]

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Kotae
Posted 5:23 AM 5/10/08
This has absolutely made my day! I love the crab spy, and it makes me laugh every time someone does it.
Kotae
Spidery_Yoda
Posted 5:12 AM 5/10/08
@Spidery_Yoda: And August! Civilian Heavy + Spy Crab. Love it.
Spidery_Yoda
Spidery_Yoda
Posted 5:12 AM 5/10/08
Ah everyone loves Spy Crabs :D.
Pezdispenser, you dont need to look up and down just up.
It's hilarious.
I love May. That definitely is an inside joke. Blu Medic ubering a Red Spy who's using a Blu Dispenser to stop the train.
Spidery_Yoda
infestedDemon
Posted 5:11 AM 5/10/08
Awesome =D I love doing the crab :P
infestedDemon
Clarke
Posted 5:10 AM 5/10/08
"I love you amvalvo"
Bwahaha! I'll never forget that day.
Clarke
HappyWulf
Posted 5:10 AM 5/10/08
September is TFC!
HappyWulf
soviet_
Posted 5:10 AM 5/10/08
I saw this on a 32 man pub I play earlier this week.
The dude was just walking around and I thought it looked pretty weird so I put my crosshair over him and checked his name and just pissed myself laughing, "Rare Endangered Spy Crab"
soviet_
Pezdispenser
Posted 5:09 AM 5/10/08
@OriginalGman:
Brief Spy Crab Explanation:
#1-Be a Spy
#2-Equip Cigarette Case/Disguise Kit
#3-Crouch
#4-Look up and down a lot
#5-Creep around in a disturbing manner
Pezdispenser
Mister_Jack
Posted 5:06 AM 5/10/08
Sexy. How many of you would like THAT tall drink of water sneakin up behind you? Come on now, don't be shy.
Mister_Jack
OriginalGman
Posted 5:05 AM 5/10/08
Alright, gonna have to explain this one. Is it a glitch?
Also, CRAB BATTLE.
OriginalGman
TheBassKicks
Posted 5:04 AM 5/10/08
I feel like this post is a giant inside joke that I'm not in on.
TheBassKicks
Pezdispenser
Posted 5:04 AM 5/10/08
First off, WTF? Secondly, do they take credit cards?
Pezdispenser
Đipic
Posted 5:48 AM 5/10/08
I had a medic uber me the other day when I had the disguise kit out and started crab walking around in front of the other team. It actually helped us out because the other team was either too busy going "WTF" or laughing to stop us from rushing the point. haha
Đipic
ZinkO: preferred the old theme AND comment system
Posted 5:48 AM 5/10/08
@FiendishMoogle:
OLIOLIOLIOOOOO!
ZinkO: preferred the old theme AND comment system
FiendishMoogle
Posted 5:39 AM 5/10/08
Uhhhg, Crab Battle!
FiendishMoogle
Japanties
Posted 6:07 AM 5/10/08
The Spy-crab is endangered only because jerks like those scouts kill them for points. Now, if spys had something that let them walk on walls, Spyder-man wouldn't be rare and endangered.
Japanties
Đipic
Posted 5:59 AM 5/10/08
@Godsbigjoke: I like the Heavy eating his minigun.
Đipic
Godsbigjoke
Posted 5:55 AM 5/10/08
Yeah tf2 is full of animation glitches, this is my personal favorite besides the engineer taunting with his workbox.
Godsbigjoke
homernoy
Posted 5:50 AM 5/10/08
The old Spy Crab. Just makes me chuckle everytime ;)
+ Watch video
homernoy
DrunkenTrom
Posted 6:17 AM 5/10/08
@Pezdispenser: It's free. Unless you were trying to say that you wanted to donate money to them for coming up with such an awesome idea(a calendar). Either way I'm sure I misread your comment somehow since it's the weekend and I'm drunk. Well I better log back into steam and play some more TF2 as the couple of hours I spent on there this morning hasn't quite scratched the itch yet...
DrunkenTrom
Quilt
Posted 6:11 AM 5/10/08
Watch out! The Spy is a Crab!
Quilt
Mact
Posted 6:37 AM 5/10/08
Despite not being 'in the know' on this, the calendar is still pretty funny.
Nevertheless, for posting an inside joke of which I am not 'in the know', you shall be punished.
I suggest you shoot their weak spot for massive damage.
Mact
race
Posted 6:35 AM 5/10/08
Spy sapping my SANDVICHHHHHHHHH!!!
race
bkchurch
Posted 7:26 AM 5/10/08
@Mact: Damn you beat me to it. You've gotta flip it on it's back first though.
bkchurch
PuppyGuarder
Posted 7:15 AM 5/10/08
Spy sappin' my summer solstice!
PuppyGuarder
Chewbenator
Posted 8:00 AM 5/10/08
IMA CRAB
Chewbenator
crunks
Posted 8:15 AM 5/10/08
Nothing like having a group of snipers humping into a crowd of spy crabs.
crunks
luxusa
Posted 9:08 AM 5/10/08
Okay I nearly pissed myself laughing at this.
luxusa
neojam
Posted 9:01 AM 5/10/08
There is also a "sliding glitch", people jump from obstacles, do some taunt and start magically sliding on the ground without actually moving their bodies...
X_x
neojam
turtlesorpenguins
Posted 8:51 AM 5/10/08
@Pezdispenser: :D
turtlesorpenguins
Tyber_Zann
Posted 9:27 AM 5/10/08
The idea for this was full of win (spy crabs need more love), but I see these icons on random days of the month and assume these are birthdays of that particular group/clan that made this. I don't really want that on my calender. I was totally gonna get this professionally made, too!
Tyber_Zann
iamerror37
Posted 10:06 AM 5/10/08
I'm printing it now. Now to do something about those unbecoming icons.
iamerror37
hulud86
Posted 12:21 PM 5/10/08
TF2 is so awesome
hulud86
Graham
Posted 12:18 PM 5/10/08
@Yougotyourpbinmyjelly: I heard once they latch on you have to kill them before they let go.
Graham
Yougotyourpbinmyjelly
Posted 12:15 PM 5/10/08
Look at the claws on that thing, it could snap a tank in half.
Yougotyourpbinmyjelly
willyolio
Posted 12:14 PM 5/10/08
ok, november was just epic.
willyolio
Ruzi
Posted 1:45 PM 5/10/08
SPY IS BABIES
Ruzi
marmidukestank
Posted 1:35 PM 5/10/08
Huge waste of their and my time? I love it.
marmidukestank
Herminator
Posted 2:05 PM 5/10/08
Heyyyyy, I've played with both OSS and CiC dudes on Jolt servers, nice to see them on kotaku. xD All Euros, come join us on laztown or goldrush!
Herminator
willyolio
Posted 2:34 PM 5/10/08
for the spy achievement pack, they had better have something like "capture a point as a spycrab"
willyolio
neojam
Posted 5:35 PM 5/10/08
@neojam:
Here is a video:
[de]
+ Watch video
neojam
Etherzi
Posted 6:58 AM 6/10/08
@homernoy:
That just... it... what?
Absolutely bloody hilarious. That, sir, made my day.
Support the Spy Crabs, indeed!
Etherzi
HELLSRIDER
Posted 12:52 PM 6/10/08
Love it.
HELLSRIDER
Killalaz
Posted 3:53 AM 7/10/08
Spy sappin' my sense of humor.
I never thought spy crab was funny. Maybe I'm not up on w/e scene does but to me it's just an animation glitch. I've seen some pretty funny stuff happen in TF2, this is just meh.
Killalaz