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SFM/TF2 Soldier's tribute to Rick May (Rocket Jump Waltz)

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Today, on the 8th of May, it's been a year and month since the death of our fallen hero - Rick May or Richard J. May. He was a Canadian-American voice actor and theatrical performer, director, and teacher from Seattle, Washington. He provided voice for Soldier, Team Fortress 2's character. He also played several roles in other games, such as Peppy Hare and Andross in Star Fox 64; various campaign characters, including Genghis Khan, in Age of Empires II. His death was a huge loss, generally and especially in TF2's community. In his honor on May 1, 2020, Valve released an update to Team Fortress 2 adding a tribute to May's voice work as the Soldier in the form of a new main menu theme titled “Saluting The Fallen“ (a rendition of “Taps“), and locking the character image in the main menu to Soldier. The update also added statues of the Soldier saluting to most of the official in-game maps. These statues all featured a commemorative plaque dedicated to May, and remained in ma

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