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==Actual description== |
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'''Miss Pauling''' is a non-player character from Valve's 2007 first person shooter video game ''Team Fortress 2''. She is the loyal assistant of the Administrator (the main announcer from the games) and is a highly skilled professional. |
'''Miss Pauling''' is a non-player character from Valve's 2007 first person shooter video game ''Team Fortress 2''. She is the loyal assistant of the Administrator (the main announcer from the games) and is a highly skilled professional. Pauling is commonly shipped with [[Scout]], who has a crush on her. |
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Although she is heavily associated with the /v/idya games board, Pauling plays a more significant role in the tie-in comic series rather than the video game itself. She first appeared in '''''WAR! Comic''''', a webcomic installment released in December 2009 alongside the game's ''WAR! Update'' patch, making her technically a /co/ character (and thus eligible for the [[Ms. /co/ tournaments|Miss /co/]]). This makes her one of the few video game characters to be eligible for both /co/ and /v/ tournaments. The secretary made her first animated appearance on June 2014 as a major character of ''Expiration Date'', a Source Filmmaker promotional movie for the games' ''Love and War Update''. |
Although she is heavily associated with the /v/idya games board, Pauling plays a more significant role in the tie-in comic series rather than the video game itself. She first appeared in '''''WAR! Comic''''', a webcomic installment released in December 2009 alongside the game's ''WAR! Update'' patch, making her technically a /co/ character (and thus eligible for the [[Ms. /co/ tournaments|Miss /co/]]). This makes her one of the few video game characters to be eligible for both /co/ and /v/ tournaments. The secretary made her first animated appearance on June 2014 as a major character of ''Expiration Date'', a Source Filmmaker promotional movie for the games' ''Love and War Update''. |
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Pauling has qualified for two Miss /co/ editions since [[Ms. /co/ 2020|2020]]. She had a breakout performance in [[Ms. /co/ 2021|2021]], securing the 10th seed and reaching the [[Elite Eight]] by beating "meme pick" [[Karen]] in a "Mann vs. Machine" matchup before losing to [[Miss Bellum]] in the quarter-finals |
Pauling has qualified for two Miss /co/ editions since [[Ms. /co/ 2020|2020]]. She had a breakout performance in [[Ms. /co/ 2021|2021]], securing the 10th seed and reaching the [[Elite Eight]] by beating "meme pick" [[Karen]] in a "Mann vs. Machine" matchup before losing to [[Miss Bellum]] in the quarter-finals. She then received the most votes in favor of 8th by a wide margin, coincidentally matching Scout's final position in the King of /v/ tournament in 2020. |
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Pauling's 2021 performance makes her the first Elite 8 character to come from a joint property, and also technically the first to originate from a webcomic. She garnered backlash from anons during the middle rounds because of her association with a video game instead of a comic / cartoon, and the series writers saying that she's "a lesbian". The secretary has been featured in several OC pieces, some of which were featured as thread images. |
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Despite the series' popularity in 4chan and its heavy presence on the [[King of /v/]] character tournaments, Pauling is yet to qualify for the board's [[Queen of /v/]] bracket. |
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Outside of /co/, Pauling has appeared in /v/'s waifu contest in the 2021 edition, where she lost to ''WarioWare'' loli Ashley. |
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