Howdy, I'm Cryo. I'm a 25 year-old cisgendered woman whose been in an on-again-off-again relationship with TF2 since 2009. I've went through a lot of partners in my time, but these 8 men (and Pyro) will always be my main squeezes. When I was 13 I loved Sniper, 12 years later and now I love Engie. I wonder what that says about me.

Just for funsies: I have German and Scottish heritage, I come from a long line of Engineers of various kinds, I unironically have been saying Howdy and y'all since I was a babe (I'm Canadian), I once dated a guy who looked like Sniper but acted like Scout, and I got into TF2 because my brother showed me a video of Heavy singing "Baby Man" which was a parody of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face".

To say TF2 has influenced my life choices or my life as a whole would be an understatement. The game brought me some of my best friends to this day, the community brought out a different extraverted side of me, the lore got my creativity flowing and helped motivate me to write my own stories, and the characters always provide me with comfort. Like a juicy piece of chocolate cake, I always feel satisfied after seeing some TF2 content; fan-made or otherwise. It's something I always turn back to when I'm in my darkest times.