Team Fortress 2, Valve's class-based shooter released in 2007, features the Sniper as its long-range Australian marksman, and his short spitting noise has become a small staple of the game's soundboard culture. Clips like this circulated on fan soundboards and in gameplay videos, where players reused the game's character sounds outside matches for jokes and reactions. Its appeal has lasted because the sound needs no context: even viewers who have never played TF2 recognise the tone of disgust instantly.