As these two heavyweight rivals continue to face off against each other in the week long war for the ‘secret weapon’, the Solder edges slightly ahead of the Demoman, with 4,666,558 kills to the Demoman’s 4,441,214. However, groundbreaking new discoveries by the Black Cyclops could help turn the tide, as he discovers his Scottish roots with two new weapons, The Eyelander and The Chargin’ Targe. Replacing the Demo’s Bottle and Sticky Bomb Launcher respectively.

True, the shield might block the occasional sword blow. However, they are essentially weapons to be used for hiding behind, and this is a concept the average Scotsman does not understand. “If I were to pick up this cowering-plate, I would have to put down my second sword,” a Scotsman thinks. “And surely that is madness.”

Valve’s motive behind these new weapons seems strange.  However, the thought of singling out a target (perhaps a medic) on the enemy team, charging him down and one-shotting him with a critical sword hit sounds quite frankly rather fun. It’s also not too hard to see where Valve may have got inspiration from, *cough*L4D2′s Charger*cough*.

Stealth update: According to my sources, new weapons are released on thursday.