Team Fortress 2, released by Valve in 2007, features the Sniper as one of its nine playable classes, an Australian marksman built around long-range rifles and patience. His short, dry voice lines became a staple of the game's personality, and players began lifting them for edits, montages and reaction memes as TF2 grew into a long-running multiplayer favourite. Because the character's accent and understatement are so distinctive, even a two-second clip is immediately recognisable years later, keeping it useful for gaming humour and highlight reels.