there this one new sniper on 2fort i saw that he didn't have hats on, i was wearing my gibus and pyrovision as a joke and to look like a noob but when i saw that sniper that wasn't even past the first rank i decided to stand on the bridge, go afk, and wait for him to kill me. after 4 kills he got the gibus and pyrovision, he actually thanked me for letting him dominate me and get his first 2 hats. it was so heart warming for me.
@@aqwkingchampion13 This comment is as old as the middle ages, but I could see Uncle Dane making a montage where he sentry jumps into other engi’s nests and demolishes them.
@@psy-fi64 Yes, it can. It can one-shot a mini, and two-shot any other building. And, of course, pyros are brave/stupid/crazy enough to try it. But, I meant as a wrench mechanic, since wrenches are used for both construction and destruction, just to reward absolutely insane engie players that take a massive risk like that.
One time I saw this new player named “The Doctor” who was playing Engie, and he kept trying to upgrade his sentry without metal for like 3 minutes. I followed him around as spy and it was fun to watch him slowly learn the ways of the game.
@@midnightdonutshop Yeah at least for picking up the basics, with how long the game has been out you almost have to watch tutorials on a lot of the common tips and tricks the game just never tells you. When I switched from orange box on the 360 to Tf2 on the PC it was like coy overload for my brain and I felt 100x worse at the game.
@Sabino70 Attack/defend: theres a set of usually 2 or 3 control points (exception is cp_steel, but fuck that map anyway) owned by the RED team. it is BLU team's job to *attack* them, and RED's job to *defend* them (think of dustbowl, gorge, mossrock, junction) Control points: there's a set of 5 points, 2 owned by RED, 2 owned by BLU, and an unowned one in the middle. it's each team's goal to capture the middle point and the other 2 enemy points to win.
I love seeing new medics immediately hug a heavy the moment they see him cause they saw the meet the medic vid... it's not a bad choice but there's certainly situations where a heavy isn't effective & such..
As a heavy main i try to discourage medics from pocketing me so they can heal a class better suited to pushing. This is also because i will often go to a flank position and cause a disruption further away from my team letting them have a better chance of success and if i had a medic as my shadow it would draw alot more attention and get me killed alot faster as well as taking a medic away from the rest of my team.
I hate ubering heavies. It usually takes at least 4 seconds for them to get into position and spin up. I've also encountered people who thought it was funny to switch to their sandvich and eat it as soon as I Uber them.
SImular to the whole SNiping throguh glass thing, Trying to use the ladders that are just props and to a lesser extent them getting into a spot that requires crouch jumping is also pretty cute.
I played turbine as engie all the time when I was a newbie (great learning environment, I know) and i didn't know how to crouch jump, so I used a teleporter lmao
i got my first 2 trickstabs today, in my first I destroyed a spy disguised as a scout by countering a matador with another matador in less than a second, it was fucking awesome.
I 1v1ed my brother yesterday and Someone else joined my brothers team I backstabbed him a couple times then switched to sniper and was killing him left and right. He said I was hacking so I go scout and continue to kill him and he quit I’m like 90% sure he reported and I’m a fairly bad tf2 player but I do play when I can and I watch people play tf2 when I can’t play and mr paladin got me interested in spy and has taught me a lot so thank mr p
Hey Mr.P Hope your daughter is/gets better and l love the Vid so far. Also ur tipps from last time (ik u probably dont remember) really helped me improve so tnx
@@MrPaladin I've read it. I can understand that your not to happy withthe doctor. But i have been in the hospital do to my heart problems and stuff alot and can tell you doctors sometimes just f*#k up, and we are all only human after all. Anyway very happy to hear shes getting better and much love
"some new players do try to get ahead of the curve and they're like 'okay this is a map where the game ends if the enemy team caps a payload at the end of the final point' so me as an engineer, i'm gonna make sure I get a sentry gun guarding that final point" I've genuinely never had any idea why someone would build on last until hearing this. Thankyou for making this clear for me.
You can also build on last to get a nice level 3 sentry before moving it up. Spies and demos don't typically check there like they would the closer spawns.
When I was new, I was playing on a payload map with my husband. I was medic, and I had been practicing offline for months before joining a real game. I asked him how to use chat and he told me how to use general chat instead of team chat. I then proceeded to say, "Sorry for any mistakes I make. I'm new." and my team got pissed at me for "letting the other team know I was new". Good first impression d:
I'm sorry to hear that. The unfortunate reality of all games is that some games will contain terrible people, and it sucks that you were unlucky enough to encounter some on your first game.
I am a new playet to TF2, and I intentionally wear Gibus+Pyrovision. I know how the game works - I've watched a lot of YT videos about it in advance. And I think I may be giving out not enough hackusations - when I get dominated by a Sniper or a Spy, I don't rage. I just think, "Oh well. Guess they're better than me."
I just hit my first 50 hours and I actually am pretty good at spy pyro and demo. I really like spy and I got two tricks tabs in a row yesterday. I’m pretty upset about the source code leak cuz now I can’t play :(
It took me a VERY long time to understand that unscoped headshots aren't headshots. The bullet hits someone's head, but you weren't looking through a scope, so it doesn't count? It's not explained, it makes ZERO logical sense, and as an 8 year veteran I still don't even see the point gameplay wise. Ambassador spies were much more powerful than today, so it made even less sense that the sniper (THE headshot class) would have an extra restriction. At first, I thought my aim was just bad. Then I thought hitboxes/lag compensation must be awful. It didn't help that all of those things were also true.
The Sniper isn't just "the headshot class". They're a long range priority assassination class. Unscoped headshots would be nightmarishly good. An uncharged headshot does 150 damage. That's enough to one-shot 5 of the 9 classes in the game, including Scout and Spy, the Sniper's main counters. Enough to two-shot every other class, if not overhealed. And enough to three-shot every class bar Heavy, regardless of overheal. If a player had reliable aim, the Sniper would be nigh-untouchable at any range. Sniper needs to be limited by the scope's tunnel-vision, and their slow movement speed while scoped, otherwise they would be the most powerful class in the game. And that's not hyperbole - I have seen some Sniper players who are already godlike, even with Sniper's current limits.
New players get too much flack in my opinion. I’m glad this video took a neutral or even positive approach to discussing some of the things a player might do when new to the game.
Once I saw a new player trying to break a window. He was a soldier, and he used all his rocket launcher ammo. Then when he was frustrated, he walked into spawn and changed to pyro.
Im a little late to this but i was in a frontier game and a new spy had gotten stuck in the hole that requires crouch jumping to get out of i then taught him what crich jumping was and 3 minutes later when i died he was still practicing crouch jumping out of the hole. 10/10 best new player experience.
Hey Mr. Paladin because of you I love playing spy. I’ve been playing tf2 for a while now and know the basics of playing spy. But people keep telling me “use the ambassador and if you don’t your bad and can’t aim” or “use the diamondback means your a trash spy” or “always trickstab to be a pro spy”. I’ll admit I have terrible aim and people keep telling me to get Gud and use the ambassador, which makes me frusturated. But since I discovered your channel and watched this series I learned soooo much. You gave the motivation to use whatever weapons I want, and how I want to play spy. Whether if it getting a simple backstab, or just shooting your gun instead of going for a trickstab. This is why your my favorite spy player. Sorry if this is a long comment :p
People who aim well should use the amby. But not all of us aim well. I'm old and my aim will probably not improve at this point. So as my karate teacher said "do what works well for you and your body, I can teach you why kicks and punches are done in their form, but if you are not limber enough to roundhouse people in the head, a punch to the groin will also take them down"
never let them change your mind on that, after all spy's role is meant to backstab important targets and disable engi's buildings so the team can make a push, all the while causing havoc behind the front lines, so the next time you come across someone telling you to just use the holy trinity [Amby, kunai, dead ringer] and your hella dumb for doing so, that only means they don't play the class properly or understand it's main purpose in the game
I love using my Ambassador, but the truth is, nobody can really aim it perfectly. Even Woolen Steevlet, one of the best Ambassador Spies of all time, recognized that it was never all that great, and in high level play it was too unreliable for a long term use (check his "let's talk about the Ambassador" video for details). The best tip I can give you for the Ambassador is NOT to force the headshot. Think of it as just a glorified random crit that is guaranteed against standstill targets. Don't go for it unless you are ABSOLUTELY sure that you can safely aim and land it, and that doesn't just mean being confident in your aim, but also your sorroundings; nothing is more embarrassing than getting backstabbed or headshot by another Spy or a Sniper while you stopped to aim. Oh, and absolutely NEVER admit a lucky headshot, landing a cool mid-air headshot will usually intimidate the target and any witness into not attacking you nor getting anywhere near a possible sightline, wich can prove invaluable; instead, just silently thank your lucky stars and maybe type in chat a daring, yet polite "you will have to do better than that" or something to the effect. The Diamondback IS for noobs in my opinion, but for the exact opposite reason most people say. They say it's a straight upgrade, but I heavily disagree. It's true downside is that you can't hold the crits, so you have to either play without your gun for 90% of the match and let the 12 HP targets escape, or waste all of your crits and get stuck with a Stock revolver without random crits and with a small damage penalty. With the Ambassador or the Enforcer you don't have to worry about wasting your damage (unless you pair the Enforcer with the Your Eternal, but why would you ever do that beyond going against a particularly annoying Sentry nest?) their upside is consistent and reliable, unlike the Diamondback's. Plus they have reduced bullet spread recovery, so they work better in mid-range. Stock works really well too, honestly. I personally think the downsides of the Enforcer, Ambassador and l'Etranger are barely noticeable compared to their upsides (the first two can 2HKO light classes, particularly interesting against Razorback Snipers and turtle Engineers camping in corners, or as I call them Sentry Whack-a-Moles, the Enforcer can break through enemy Wranglers, Vaccinators and Dead Ringers, the Ambassador is perfect for forcing opponents to quit chasing you with a well aimed headshot, and l'Etranger offers incredible positioning, all of which them at the cost of 3/4-9/12 damage per shot, no random crits and/or 0.07 extra seconds of cooldown between shots) if you want consistency and optimal close range damage, it's probably the best option. L'Etranger is one I used to run religiously, but I don't use it as much anymore, mostly because I am trying out the Enforcer lately. It's a fantastic utility that makes you much less reliant on ammo packs and promotes a "quality versus quantity" mindset when going for the stab. It can still 3HKO light classes at point blank range in a pinch, so don't be afraid to shoot it. The Enforcer is an extremely underrated weapon that I hope MrPaladin gives another chance in a future video. It's damage bonus isn't really all that important beyond 2HKOs on light classes (but keep in mind, this weapon is the most reliable way to eliminate Scouts in a 1v1, because getting a headshot on a good Scott is about as easy as catching a fly with your finger). The true value of the weapon is the resistance piercing. The Vaccinator and the Battalion's Backup are rare sights on the field, but they have extremely overpowered effects that can easily turn the tide of a fight. The Wrangler and Dead Ringer are also pretty dangerous to deal with, and speaking of the former, the Enforcer damage bonus applies to buildings, unlike the Ambassador and Diamondback's crits. The Enforcer has quickly become my go-to for destroying Engineer nests if I can't quite get the drop on them with my YER. 48+40+a Sapper almost guarantees the destruction of any level 3 building.
Spy has a lot of hidden value to be exploited and there's plenty of room for tactics and personal preference. Use what you're comfortable and effective with. I'm personally fond of milking the harassment and paranoia potential, and for that I use the stock revolver, knife, and sapper, and the CnD. I don't get many points or kills, but I waste the enemy's time by making them focus on me, and that generates value, even if it isn't rewarded numerically. It also intentionally violates Mr. P's Rules of Spy as my playstyle pretty much revolves around deliberately getting seen or heard, but that's the entire point. Just randomly booping people with the revolver startles them and quite often they'll run off to find a health kit or try and chase me down, both of which are productive outcomes. Spy rewards creative and adaptive thinking, and for a class like that there really can't be an "optimal" loadout.
It always amazes me the way a new player just stands. Still. All the time. Move where they need to, then stand there. Especially noticeable as a medic main on other medics- that's how I know a new player.
I'm a soldier main, so when I watch your videos, it feels like your playing a different game entirely. The playstyle of spy is so wildly different than any other class.
This video reminds me of game I had recently. I was playing spy in a match with a few new players, attack & defend, gorge. I was doing alright, getting a decent amount of kills and so on. These two new guys were an engi, who always hid in the same spot with his nest on last point, and the other a Heater Heavy. I assumed they were friends soon as they worked together 99% of the time. I killed them constantly, resulting in them both throwing hackusations towards me. The Engi couldn't work out where I was coming from, he was convinced I was teleporting behind him. As for the heavy, he was amazed I was able to jump over the fire of his Huo-Long Heater and survive the fire. I just hope they learned from our games, because they eventually stopped accusing me of hacks when I tried to explain to them both what I was doing and how they could do better. I do love seeing new players come join into this brilliant game.
Hey MrPaladin, I just wanted to say that ever since I started watching your videos a couple months ago I have gotten much better at spy, partly from listening to your advice of course but mostly just from watching the background footage in your videos. Thank you for your service, and I hope life is treating you well.
I play sniper a lot more than I play spy nowadays, and I always love it when I see new snipers try to shoot through windows. It's always funny to me cause I know i used to do the same thing
As a new spy, i thought that if i disguised as an enemy spy, it was the perfect disguise and that i could decloak infront of the entire enemy team and not be discovered
Here's the tip if you decides as in response try to make it look like a happens but go guns fire with it cause you want to decloak behind your team to make it look like your going for your team when you shoot the enemy team.
I started as a spy main, I saw that they were "OP" because they could kill in one hit, took me three games to realize you can't stab while invisible, and hours invested before I truly understood how to disguise well
I was playing spy on dustbowl stage 2, I was in the leftmost tunnel coming from first point to the courtyard and I got trapped in by hectic action and spam at both ends of the tunnel. Seen there was a pyro coming and figured I was doomed so I did the boxtrot taunt in the little alcove halfway down the tunnel, if I'm dead anyway might as well go out with a giggle. Gibus pyro comes into the alcove, looks right at the box.....and does nothing. I really don't think he was being friendly, I don't think he had any awareness that anything was amiss at all, even when I'm spamming voice commands to get his attention and we're bumping each other. He then went off none the wiser that I was there, and I'd say I'm not religious but I was praying to Gaben for getting away with what seemed like a certain death situation.
man, that explains why some spies do things like constantly butterknife people, use a unlock ALL THE TIME just because it isn't stock like using the Ambassador when they can't aim well just because it isn't stock, and run at people while disguising as scout. Thanks, Mr. P for another amazing video! ;)
Mr p you have turned me into a top tier spy and i thank you for that i just joined about a week ago into tf2 and your videos welcomed me with open arms. Have a lovely day . -McCree
When I first started playing spy, I thought your disguise will still be kept when you backstab someone. I did it in front of the enemy team and died horribly.
was playing dustbowl, 2nd point our engie put the exit in our spawn door. then the entrance in the tunnel. also saw a demoman try sticky jumping using 4 stickies
I really enjoy going quick fix and following around newer players. When learning, having a safety net can make it far more enjoyable and therefore a better learning experience. It's also just funny how beserk they go when übered.
I remember I knew how every class worked since A) I watched the meet the team videos, and B) I had a sibling that explained me how the game worked The real noob mistakes I made was not knowing the map, being unable to aim and standing where I really shouldn't
For me, it's always funny to see a new player go to the opposite side of the objective. Yesterday, I was playing on frontier and a couple of newbies were going to last when defending because that's what they did when they were attacking, couldn't help but laugh at the silliness and innocence of new players(also, I really appreciate that you're making these videos and doing what you like, I'm sad to see your other videos are not as popular as the others, but I hope you're happy with the content you're putting because I personally enjoy it)
So I saw an new spy and I tried to teach him. I saw that he always was too aggressive. I kept giving him advice. He started too learn thanks to your tips. New players learn quick if someone assists them. Just 5 months and an he’s already pulling of stair stabs. I feel like a proud parent. Thanks MrP
i remember when i was new i got votekicked constantly cause i was so bad and lost. I didnt know i was being kicked and thought the game was broken and the servers wouldnt work. things i did: - getting lost - not used to the controls, switching weapons. i would not switch weapons at all - didnt know about bumping spies. - trying to backstab/sap while invisible - couldnt read chat, i was too focused on the game - running straight to the enemy - not knowing which team i was in - killing myself with rockets or projectiles - shooting chicken fence/glass (i thought the glass would break eventually) - "how do i give sandwhiches, what kind of taunt is that?" - trying to kill people with the rocket jumper - what are gamemodes? just kill. what objective? -
something new i've recently learned as a veteran is that you can press your reload key while using your disguise menu to switch the team color i knew you could press '-' but nobody, and i mean NOBODY, ever told me you could press R oh and a thing i always see a new player does is trying to find the payload or control point, for example waiting the gates in dustbowl (round 2) to open, in DEFENSE
The cute and funny thing i see a new player do is trying to kill me with a rocket jumper, kept calling me a hacker and i just sat there laughing, tried to tell him that the weapon does 0 damage to players, he changed to stock later and he thanked me after, it was so precious
I just finished playing on a payload server whose player count whittled down to just me and one other person on opposite teams. He was running engineer and made it his life mission to set down a sentry. This enabled me to run circles around him but as I did so it kind of hurt because how he played demonstrated that he didn't know what he was doing. Any attempt I made to be friendly was met with hostility. I really hope he improves.
Oh nah he is obviously hacking, he also downloaded psychic cheats from oaml.xob so that the engie would go the other direction, as you can see in the next frames.
I think it might have been the random bullet spread. The bullets that you SEE the pyro shoot aren't always the same as the ones that actually ARE shot.
When I was a newbie playing Engie, I had no idea how to upgrade buildings, meaning I only had level 1 sentry all the time until my friend told me to just whack it with a wrench. Good times
I always remember the time I was huddled under RED(?) spawn on 2fort with my sentry nest in Nov. 2011. I did ok for that first time. I didn't come back until before the Pyroland update and my experience went up a lot.
started playing spy and thought i was decent for getting 5-6 backstabs in a game. Thought i could increase my skill by watching some trickstab clips and thats when i found MrPaladin. I felt like a prophet seeing god. Stole his loadout and tried to mimic his playstyle (with limited success). Now a month or so later and my friends have started calling me Ghost. Thanks MrP.
I haven't seen a new player since Meet your Match, I guess that's probably a good thing, that all those New Players evolved and maybe bad because i run into ALOT of unbalanced games. Great Video
Thats so nice to hear, because i am not very new to the game, but stil. I was being dominated by 2 players, but i captured the last checkpoint and we won. Sorry for my bad english.
I remember when I first got the rocket jumper I immediately equipped it because I thought it must be better than stock, thing was I was already so bad I didn’t even realize I was doing no damage.
To make space in my inventory I deleted my party hat, mercenary badge, pyrovision goggles and gibus, thinking that anyway I would get them back each year, or each time I dominate someone...
When I was a newby I was immediately drawn to Scout because of speed and Demoman felt really clunky to me; I didn't know how to use him. Only after I heard "Demoman has 2 primary weapons" something unlocked and he became my most played class for the time. Sniper was the least played, but after getting some inspiration (you'll never guess what it was XD) I tried playing him more. Before I took a break from TF2 I was at least decent with every class.
When I was new, I automatically went for scout, just because I knew that scout has high mobility. As soon as I learned that you can run around sentries and it can't catch up with you... Yeah you can tell what happened next.
07:07 right I mean, İ usually play pyro and no body whips out their shotgun to check a dude coming from really back, just shoot him a little İ mean, I always have to drop what I am doing and puff that guy (İ can't say I only play pyro sometimes med/engi/demo, according to the teams weak point)
Don't know if it just me but I always think of Mr Paladin as a mentor, when I'm listening to his stuff it's like a student listening to their teacher's teachings. I used to be very a bad and predictable spy yet after listening to MrP's tips and tricks, I got much better. So maybe StaryKrow and Swipez are better trickstabbers, MrP is still the wise old mentor to me.
I watch these videos when I play spy (I'm not very good) and when I hear you talk about this stuff fit gives me confidence and I actually got some good stabs I'm my last few game so thanks
When I was new I didnt know there was a metal count for engie. So I’d build a sentry and smack it with my wrench. But have no idea how to get metal and upgrade it. So I’d keep smacking it and angry angry
The hackusations abound now especially. I had a Powerhouse game earlier where I joined to find a 2 cheaters on our team and two on the enemy team. We got ours kicked, and so did they after about 5 minutes of trying. Then about 10 minutes later (same round), another hacker joined their team. It is in situations like this when I feel bad for the genuinely good snipers out there, they are probably getting kicked and accused like nobody's business. As far as cute or funny things new players do, my number 1 would be trying to use the flamethrower far outside of its intended range. I see new pyros trying to burn snipers that are easily five times too far away, ending up headshot. The other funny thing is new kids who try to use the sniper's SMG like a CoD SMG. That never gets old.
I'm sure this has been said a dozen times, but snipers who keep going to the same spot and have really bad tunnel vision always make me smile. And sometimes theres spies that CONSTANTLY bumping into people. Like one match I was playing as spy and there was this one guy who bumped into me and kept trying to walk through me. I don't think he realized that just because we're cloaked doesn't make us ghosts. Also when I was new to playing spy, I wasn't aware of the decloak sound so I'd always decloak right behind my target and they'd turn around 80% of the time. I could keep going with the examples of noobness I've seen or been guilty of, but I think this is good for now. Love your videos by the way. Watching you has helped me be a better spy and my friend jokingly calls me "Miss Paladin" lol
I've seen new players building 5 sentries on top of each other in a 5cp map. And then I found an angle where their sentries couldn't see me and lobbed all 14 scottish resistance stickies at them.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, it helped improve my spy gameplay drastically. Before I just had an eternal reward loadout to pick off sentry nests (when my team's spy wasn't competent enough to do so). I really gotta get better on matador, stair- and facestabs. Any advice on doing that? In a real match I tend to panic and mess that up.
@@tomdolben not really good with trickstabs to pull of reliably. When I play Spy I'm good with normal stabs, fooling enemies with disguises (just don't focus on them and run like a teammate would) and especially taking out sentry nests. So yeah I got good enough, thanks for asking, mate.
the last time i've seen a new player was in turbine and was a stock pyro, he sure did the w+m1 thing like me when i started at the game and picked pyro bc i like fire in general (now i'm a pyro main and also i'm trying to be a spy main), and he was always asking things about how the game works, tbh it was cute, also he was the only stock pyro in a team with more experienced people with hats and cosmetics tho ps : i need that killsound
I've convinced my friend and his sister to try tf2 and they love it, I try to teach them all the important things but they still make quite a few mistakes. So I'm a mom now of two chaotic noobs now. Does anyone have recommendations of channels like Mr. P to show them? It's not that Mr. P is bad, it's just that I doubt they'll be interested in playing Spy qwq
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there this one new sniper on 2fort i saw that he didn't have hats on, i was wearing my gibus and pyrovision as a joke and to look like a noob but when i saw that sniper that wasn't even past the first rank i decided to stand on the bridge, go afk, and wait for him to kill me. after 4 kills he got the gibus and pyrovision, he actually thanked me for letting him dominate me and get his first 2 hats. it was so heart warming for me.
:)
Beacause Thats what heroes do!
Dalit tu you my friend
I mean salute
how did he thank?
When I first began, I thought wrenches did more damage to buildings, so I engie rushed sentries a lot.
As an Engie main, it would be awesome to be able to 2 shot a level 3 if you were brave/stupid/crazy enough to try to melee it.
@@aqwkingchampion13 that would be a great way to make some maps progress, tbh
@@aqwkingchampion13 This comment is as old as the middle ages, but I could see Uncle Dane making a montage where he sentry jumps into other engi’s nests and demolishes them.
@@aqwkingchampion13The homewrecker can do this, I think
@@psy-fi64 Yes, it can. It can one-shot a mini, and two-shot any other building. And, of course, pyros are brave/stupid/crazy enough to try it. But, I meant as a wrench mechanic, since wrenches are used for both construction and destruction, just to reward absolutely insane engie players that take a massive risk like that.
One time I saw this new player named “The Doctor” who was playing Engie, and he kept trying to upgrade his sentry without metal for like 3 minutes. I followed him around as spy and it was fun to watch him slowly learn the ways of the game.
I think i've played with him not too long ago, that name seems really familiar. I think he was an engineer in the 2fort intel.
The best way to learn is by yourself, it's pretty slow and confusing, but it really works
@@midnightdonutshop Yeah at least for picking up the basics, with how long the game has been out you almost have to watch tutorials on a lot of the common tips and tricks the game just never tells you. When I switched from orange box on the 360 to Tf2 on the PC it was like coy overload for my brain and I felt 100x worse at the game.
When first started tf2 I didn't know the difference between attack/defense and control points.
@Sabino70
One is back n forth
One is back
@Sabino70 Attack/defend: theres a set of usually 2 or 3 control points (exception is cp_steel, but fuck that map anyway) owned by the RED team. it is BLU team's job to *attack* them, and RED's job to *defend* them (think of dustbowl, gorge, mossrock, junction)
Control points: there's a set of 5 points, 2 owned by RED, 2 owned by BLU, and an unowned one in the middle. it's each team's goal to capture the middle point and the other 2 enemy points to win.
Almost 800 hours in they all look the same to me. I stick to 2fort and payload maps
Me neither
There’s a difference?
I love seeing new medics immediately hug a heavy the moment they see him cause they saw the meet the medic vid... it's not a bad choice but there's certainly situations where a heavy isn't effective & such..
Ikr way too many medics refuse to heal pyros
As a heavy main i try to discourage medics from pocketing me so they can heal a class better suited to pushing. This is also because i will often go to a flank position and cause a disruption further away from my team letting them have a better chance of success and if i had a medic as my shadow it would draw alot more attention and get me killed alot faster as well as taking a medic away from the rest of my team.
Soldier, pyro, demoman, heavy, scout, engineer, spy, sniper, and medic is the order that I like to Uber in if I have the choicr
Overheal your darn scouts!
I hate ubering heavies. It usually takes at least 4 seconds for them to get into position and spin up. I've also encountered people who thought it was funny to switch to their sandvich and eat it as soon as I Uber them.
SImular to the whole SNiping throguh glass thing, Trying to use the ladders that are just props and to a lesser extent them getting into a spot that requires crouch jumping is also pretty cute.
In the thumb we have a sniper looking at a prop extinguisher because someone saw a new player try to extinguish themself with one.
When I first started, I went engineer and used a teleporter to get on the raised platform outside the intel on turbine.
Same
I played turbine as engie all the time when I was a newbie (great learning environment, I know) and i didn't know how to crouch jump, so I used a teleporter lmao
i got my first 2 trickstabs today, in my first I destroyed a spy disguised as a scout by countering a matador with another matador in less than a second, it was fucking awesome.
Good thing you play tf2 continue and u will learn more (I'm better lol)
I 1v1ed my brother yesterday and Someone else joined my brothers team I backstabbed him a couple times then switched to sniper and was killing him left and right. He said I was hacking so I go scout and continue to kill him and he quit I’m like 90% sure he reported and I’m a fairly bad tf2 player but I do play when I can and I watch people play tf2 when I can’t play and mr paladin got me interested in spy and has taught me a lot so thank mr p
LMAO_098 If you’re 1v1ing on a empty community server, consider using mge
Hey Mr.P
Hope your daughter is/gets better and l love the Vid so far. Also ur tipps from last time (ik u probably dont remember) really helped me improve so tnx
Thanks for the well wishes. I've been letting her know of the internet love.
@@MrPaladin Poor little one.
See community tab for details
@@MrPaladin I've read it. I can understand that your not to happy withthe doctor. But i have been in the hospital do to my heart problems and stuff alot and can tell you doctors sometimes just f*#k up, and we are all only human after all. Anyway very happy to hear shes getting better and much love
"some new players do try to get ahead of the curve and they're like 'okay this is a map where the game ends if the enemy team caps a payload at the end of the final point' so me as an engineer, i'm gonna make sure I get a sentry gun guarding that final point"
I've genuinely never had any idea why someone would build on last until hearing this.
Thankyou for making this clear for me.
You can also build on last to get a nice level 3 sentry before moving it up. Spies and demos don't typically check there like they would the closer spawns.
When I was new, I was playing on a payload map with my husband. I was medic, and I had been practicing offline for months before joining a real game. I asked him how to use chat and he told me how to use general chat instead of team chat. I then proceeded to say, "Sorry for any mistakes I make. I'm new." and my team got pissed at me for "letting the other team know I was new". Good first impression d:
I'm sorry to hear that. The unfortunate reality of all games is that some games will contain terrible people, and it sucks that you were unlucky enough to encounter some on your first game.
@@hiveknight7416 indeed. Most servers are way more into welcoming newbies but sometimes you get those people.
who needs a medic gf when you have a medic wife?
btw how many hours do you have now?
Mr. P: "what's important is that clock"
Me: *remembers a round of 2fort that lasted 6 hours*
Hey Mr. Paladin! Just watched you stab one of my buddies at the beginning of the video on Borneo. He was the engineer. Glad to have played with ya!
Hey! Yep pretty chill games this morning
I am a new playet to TF2, and I intentionally wear Gibus+Pyrovision. I know how the game works - I've watched a lot of YT videos about it in advance. And I think I may be giving out not enough hackusations - when I get dominated by a Sniper or a Spy, I don't rage. I just think, "Oh well. Guess they're better than me."
Stepex [GD] New players who watch tutorials and guides on their first 50 hours get 200% better than new players that just play tf2 blindly
I just hit my first 50 hours and I actually am pretty good at spy pyro and demo. I really like spy and I got two tricks tabs in a row yesterday. I’m pretty upset about the source code leak cuz now I can’t play :(
T Max You can play now, it was confirmed that it didn’t affect modern tf2, the source code was outdated
6:34 I didnt know about that spot, thanks.When I started playing tf2 my favorite class was heavy now my favorite class is spy.
My favorite class is the spy -Gabe Newell
(12 - 6 = 6)
6 = h
h - 3 = 3
half life 3 confirmed
It took me a VERY long time to understand that unscoped headshots aren't headshots. The bullet hits someone's head, but you weren't looking through a scope, so it doesn't count? It's not explained, it makes ZERO logical sense, and as an 8 year veteran I still don't even see the point gameplay wise. Ambassador spies were much more powerful than today, so it made even less sense that the sniper (THE headshot class) would have an extra restriction.
At first, I thought my aim was just bad. Then I thought hitboxes/lag compensation must be awful. It didn't help that all of those things were also true.
Well there is a gun for the sniper called the Classic and You can headshot people while not zoomed in
The Sniper isn't just "the headshot class". They're a long range priority assassination class.
Unscoped headshots would be nightmarishly good. An uncharged headshot does 150 damage. That's enough to one-shot 5 of the 9 classes in the game, including Scout and Spy, the Sniper's main counters. Enough to two-shot every other class, if not overhealed. And enough to three-shot every class bar Heavy, regardless of overheal.
If a player had reliable aim, the Sniper would be nigh-untouchable at any range. Sniper needs to be limited by the scope's tunnel-vision, and their slow movement speed while scoped, otherwise they would be the most powerful class in the game. And that's not hyperbole - I have seen some Sniper players who are already godlike, even with Sniper's current limits.
@MellowFellow Imagine, head shots with Direct Hit rockets.
@@ClamMimic That kind of exists. It's called the Lucksman.
@@justinwillemsen5733 But the classic only headshots when it's fully charged, making it extra useless
I love just putting you vids on in the background as I work on my projects.
I sometimes fall asleep to them, which sounds like an insult but it's not. His voice is just so soothing.
Muscc yes
my day gets better when i hear that “g’day all, Mr Paladin here”
New players get too much flack in my opinion. I’m glad this video took a neutral or even positive approach to discussing some of the things a player might do when new to the game.
Once I saw a new player trying to break a window.
He was a soldier, and he used all his rocket launcher ammo. Then when he was frustrated, he walked into spawn and changed to pyro.
So that’s where Pyro mains come from.
Im a little late to this but i was in a frontier game and a new spy had gotten stuck in the hole that requires crouch jumping to get out of i then taught him what crich jumping was and 3 minutes later when i died he was still practicing crouch jumping out of the hole. 10/10 best new player experience.
Hey Mr. Paladin because of you I love playing spy. I’ve been playing tf2 for a while now and know the basics of playing spy. But people keep telling me “use the ambassador and if you don’t your bad and can’t aim” or “use the diamondback means your a trash spy” or “always trickstab to be a pro spy”. I’ll admit I have terrible aim and people keep telling me to get Gud and use the ambassador, which makes me frusturated. But since I discovered your channel and watched this series I learned soooo much. You gave the motivation to use whatever weapons I want, and how I want to play spy. Whether if it getting a simple backstab, or just shooting your gun instead of going for a trickstab. This is why your my favorite spy player.
Sorry if this is a long comment :p
People who aim well should use the amby. But not all of us aim well. I'm old and my aim will probably not improve at this point. So as my karate teacher said "do what works well for you and your body, I can teach you why kicks and punches are done in their form, but if you are not limber enough to roundhouse people in the head, a punch to the groin will also take them down"
@@MrPaladin wow, u may be the biggest legend in the world.
never let them change your mind on that, after all spy's role is meant to backstab important targets and disable engi's buildings so the team can make a push, all the while causing havoc behind the front lines, so the next time you come across someone telling you to just use the holy trinity [Amby, kunai, dead ringer] and your hella dumb for doing so, that only means they don't play the class properly or understand it's main purpose in the game
I love using my Ambassador, but the truth is, nobody can really aim it perfectly. Even Woolen Steevlet, one of the best Ambassador Spies of all time, recognized that it was never all that great, and in high level play it was too unreliable for a long term use (check his "let's talk about the Ambassador" video for details). The best tip I can give you for the Ambassador is NOT to force the headshot. Think of it as just a glorified random crit that is guaranteed against standstill targets. Don't go for it unless you are ABSOLUTELY sure that you can safely aim and land it, and that doesn't just mean being confident in your aim, but also your sorroundings; nothing is more embarrassing than getting backstabbed or headshot by another Spy or a Sniper while you stopped to aim. Oh, and absolutely NEVER admit a lucky headshot, landing a cool mid-air headshot will usually intimidate the target and any witness into not attacking you nor getting anywhere near a possible sightline, wich can prove invaluable; instead, just silently thank your lucky stars and maybe type in chat a daring, yet polite "you will have to do better than that" or something to the effect.
The Diamondback IS for noobs in my opinion, but for the exact opposite reason most people say. They say it's a straight upgrade, but I heavily disagree. It's true downside is that you can't hold the crits, so you have to either play without your gun for 90% of the match and let the 12 HP targets escape, or waste all of your crits and get stuck with a Stock revolver without random crits and with a small damage penalty.
With the Ambassador or the Enforcer you don't have to worry about wasting your damage (unless you pair the Enforcer with the Your Eternal, but why would you ever do that beyond going against a particularly annoying Sentry nest?) their upside is consistent and reliable, unlike the Diamondback's. Plus they have reduced bullet spread recovery, so they work better in mid-range.
Stock works really well too, honestly. I personally think the downsides of the Enforcer, Ambassador and l'Etranger are barely noticeable compared to their upsides (the first two can 2HKO light classes, particularly interesting against Razorback Snipers and turtle Engineers camping in corners, or as I call them Sentry Whack-a-Moles, the Enforcer can break through enemy Wranglers, Vaccinators and Dead Ringers, the Ambassador is perfect for forcing opponents to quit chasing you with a well aimed headshot, and l'Etranger offers incredible positioning, all of which them at the cost of 3/4-9/12 damage per shot, no random crits and/or 0.07 extra seconds of cooldown between shots) if you want consistency and optimal close range damage, it's probably the best option.
L'Etranger is one I used to run religiously, but I don't use it as much anymore, mostly because I am trying out the Enforcer lately. It's a fantastic utility that makes you much less reliant on ammo packs and promotes a "quality versus quantity" mindset when going for the stab. It can still 3HKO light classes at point blank range in a pinch, so don't be afraid to shoot it.
The Enforcer is an extremely underrated weapon that I hope MrPaladin gives another chance in a future video. It's damage bonus isn't really all that important beyond 2HKOs on light classes (but keep in mind, this weapon is the most reliable way to eliminate Scouts in a 1v1, because getting a headshot on a good Scott is about as easy as catching a fly with your finger). The true value of the weapon is the resistance piercing. The Vaccinator and the Battalion's Backup are rare sights on the field, but they have extremely overpowered effects that can easily turn the tide of a fight. The Wrangler and Dead Ringer are also pretty dangerous to deal with, and speaking of the former, the Enforcer damage bonus applies to buildings, unlike the Ambassador and Diamondback's crits. The Enforcer has quickly become my go-to for destroying Engineer nests if I can't quite get the drop on them with my YER. 48+40+a Sapper almost guarantees the destruction of any level 3 building.
Spy has a lot of hidden value to be exploited and there's plenty of room for tactics and personal preference. Use what you're comfortable and effective with.
I'm personally fond of milking the harassment and paranoia potential, and for that I use the stock revolver, knife, and sapper, and the CnD. I don't get many points or kills, but I waste the enemy's time by making them focus on me, and that generates value, even if it isn't rewarded numerically. It also intentionally violates Mr. P's Rules of Spy as my playstyle pretty much revolves around deliberately getting seen or heard, but that's the entire point. Just randomly booping people with the revolver startles them and quite often they'll run off to find a health kit or try and chase me down, both of which are productive outcomes. Spy rewards creative and adaptive thinking, and for a class like that there really can't be an "optimal" loadout.
10:14
"They do not know what they don't know" - that's part of the Duning-Kruger Effect.
Been in that spot in many many games.
Everyone is new at some time
@@MrPaladin I certainly remember being a noob. TF2 kind of has a pretty steep learning curve.
Oh my country has alot dunning kreger effect like that
It always amazes me the way a new player just stands. Still. All the time. Move where they need to, then stand there. Especially noticeable as a medic main on other medics- that's how I know a new player.
I'm a soldier main, so when I watch your videos, it feels like your playing a different game entirely. The playstyle of spy is so wildly different than any other class.
Do you have any soldier tips
I wanna main because soldier looks cool and obviously
"Maggots!"
This video reminds me of game I had recently.
I was playing spy in a match with a few new players, attack & defend, gorge. I was doing alright, getting a decent amount of kills and so on. These two new guys were an engi, who always hid in the same spot with his nest on last point, and the other a Heater Heavy. I assumed they were friends soon as they worked together 99% of the time. I killed them constantly, resulting in them both throwing hackusations towards me.
The Engi couldn't work out where I was coming from, he was convinced I was teleporting behind him. As for the heavy, he was amazed I was able to jump over the fire of his Huo-Long Heater and survive the fire.
I just hope they learned from our games, because they eventually stopped accusing me of hacks when I tried to explain to them both what I was doing and how they could do better. I do love seeing new players come join into this brilliant game.
Hey MrPaladin, I just wanted to say that ever since I started watching your videos a couple months ago I have gotten much better at spy, partly from listening to your advice of course but mostly just from watching the background footage in your videos.
Thank you for your service, and I hope life is treating you well.
I play sniper a lot more than I play spy nowadays, and I always love it when I see new snipers try to shoot through windows. It's always funny to me cause I know i used to do the same thing
As a new spy, i thought that if i disguised as an enemy spy, it was the perfect disguise and that i could decloak infront of the entire enemy team and not be discovered
Here's the tip if you decides as in response try to make it look like a happens but go guns fire with it cause you want to decloak behind your team to make it look like your going for your team when you shoot the enemy team.
Good lord, I remember finding out that the rocket jumper didn’t do any damage. I’m sure that person was holding back some laughs for sure.
I started as a spy main, I saw that they were "OP" because they could kill in one hit, took me three games to realize you can't stab while invisible, and hours invested before I truly understood how to disguise well
4:00 And that's why I like the Eureka. You can replace the teleporter in 10 seconds at most.
I was playing spy on dustbowl stage 2, I was in the leftmost tunnel coming from first point to the courtyard and I got trapped in by hectic action and spam at both ends of the tunnel. Seen there was a pyro coming and figured I was doomed so I did the boxtrot taunt in the little alcove halfway down the tunnel, if I'm dead anyway might as well go out with a giggle. Gibus pyro comes into the alcove, looks right at the box.....and does nothing. I really don't think he was being friendly, I don't think he had any awareness that anything was amiss at all, even when I'm spamming voice commands to get his attention and we're bumping each other. He then went off none the wiser that I was there, and I'd say I'm not religious but I was praying to Gaben for getting away with what seemed like a certain death situation.
man, that explains why some spies do things like constantly butterknife people, use a unlock ALL THE TIME just because it isn't stock like using the Ambassador when they can't aim well just because it isn't stock, and run at people while disguising as scout. Thanks, Mr. P for another amazing video! ;)
Mr p you have turned me into a top tier spy and i thank you for that i just joined about a week ago into tf2 and your videos welcomed me with open arms. Have a lovely day .
-McCree
When I first started playing spy, I thought your disguise will still be kept when you backstab someone. I did it in front of the enemy team and died horribly.
was playing dustbowl, 2nd point our engie put the exit in our spawn door. then the entrance in the tunnel. also saw a demoman try sticky jumping using 4 stickies
I always thought a killcam would be great, it would often solve hacusations and help players see how they got outplayed.
I really enjoy going quick fix and following around newer players. When learning, having a safety net can make it far more enjoyable and therefore a better learning experience. It's also just funny how beserk they go when übered.
I remember I knew how every class worked since A) I watched the meet the team videos, and B) I had a sibling that explained me how the game worked
The real noob mistakes I made was not knowing the map, being unable to aim and standing where I really shouldn't
Thank you for another great video teaching us. I have over 200 hours over 3 years of this game and im still terrible, so your videos help alot.
For me, it's always funny to see a new player go to the opposite side of the objective. Yesterday, I was playing on frontier and a couple of newbies were going to last when defending because that's what they did when they were attacking, couldn't help but laugh at the silliness and innocence of new players(also, I really appreciate that you're making these videos and doing what you like, I'm sad to see your other videos are not as popular as the others, but I hope you're happy with the content you're putting because I personally enjoy it)
So I saw an new spy and I tried to teach him. I saw that he always was too aggressive. I kept giving him advice. He started too learn thanks to your tips. New players learn quick if someone assists them. Just 5 months and an he’s already pulling of stair stabs. I feel like a proud parent. Thanks MrP
i remember when i was new i got votekicked constantly cause i was so bad and lost. I didnt know i was being kicked and thought the game was broken and the servers wouldnt work.
things i did:
- getting lost
- not used to the controls, switching weapons. i would not switch weapons at all
- didnt know about bumping spies.
- trying to backstab/sap while invisible
- couldnt read chat, i was too focused on the game
- running straight to the enemy
- not knowing which team i was in
- killing myself with rockets or projectiles
- shooting chicken fence/glass (i thought the glass would break eventually)
- "how do i give sandwhiches, what kind of taunt is that?"
- trying to kill people with the rocket jumper
- what are gamemodes? just kill. what objective?
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When I first started playing, I constantly got lost in the maps, and I also usually got confused un which teams I was on
Your tips are good it helped me improve myself in spy and now thankfully I main spy which was my dream.
something new i've recently learned as a veteran is that you can press your reload key while using your disguise menu to switch the team color
i knew you could press '-' but nobody, and i mean NOBODY, ever told me you could press R
oh and a thing i always see a new player does is trying to find the payload or control point, for example waiting the gates in dustbowl (round 2) to open, in DEFENSE
Mr. Paladin: The objective is important
Hightower Players: Is this some try hard joke I’m too casual to understand?
The cute and funny thing i see a new player do is trying to kill me with a rocket jumper, kept calling me a hacker and i just sat there laughing, tried to tell him that the weapon does 0 damage to players, he changed to stock later and he thanked me after, it was so precious
I just finished playing on a payload server whose player count whittled down to just me and one other person on opposite teams. He was running engineer and made it his life mission to set down a sentry. This enabled me to run circles around him but as I did so it kind of hurt because how he played demonstrated that he didn't know what he was doing.
Any attempt I made to be friendly was met with hostility. I really hope he improves.
5:40 is brilliant. No one is who they seem.
6:35 I actually had no idea you could jump on that log
Map knowledge. Nice place to hang out with CnD
Interesting, now I know where to hangout on defense as spy, thx Mr.P love your vids!
@@corporalcreative9892 well. Now everyone who watches this video will know too :P
As a pyro main I kinda feel guilty just watching this video knowing that team was getting destroyed by a spy.
I still find the anagram names when you do the Gibusvision loadouts hilarious.
You have taught me so much about spy and now I am decent at him thank you mr paladin
Bro I love your videos I came from being a alright spy to actually helping the team out thank you so much
3:30 HOW did that 3rd shot NOT blink you?!
Lag
Oh nah he is obviously hacking, he also downloaded psychic cheats from oaml.xob so that the engie would go the other direction, as you can see in the next frames.
@@MrPaladin I must have excellent internet then O-O
I think it might have been the random bullet spread. The bullets that you SEE the pyro shoot aren't always the same as the ones that actually ARE shot.
@@thesaltgod that’s an engie
On the 100th episode,Mr. Paladin will create THE guide of being a good spy player.
When I was a newbie playing Engie, I had no idea how to upgrade buildings, meaning I only had level 1 sentry all the time until my friend told me to just whack it with a wrench. Good times
Hey Mr.P! I love your content, been here since around 90k and you are still a fantastic youtuber! Keep up the great work my friend!
I always remember the time I was huddled under RED(?) spawn on 2fort with my sentry nest in Nov. 2011. I did ok for that first time. I didn't come back until before the Pyroland update and my experience went up a lot.
I remember when I was a noob spy I always uncloacked behind them didn't know if there was anybody and I didn't know what a revolver was
started playing spy and thought i was decent for getting 5-6 backstabs in a game. Thought i could increase my skill by watching some trickstab clips and thats when i found MrPaladin. I felt like a prophet seeing god. Stole his loadout and tried to mimic his playstyle (with limited success). Now a month or so later and my friends have started calling me Ghost. Thanks MrP.
I'm a medic main, and oh boy do I get some ... interesting ... interactions from newer teammates.
I haven't seen a new player since Meet your Match, I guess that's probably a good thing, that all those New Players evolved and maybe bad because i run into ALOT of unbalanced games.
Great Video
It’s funny how new players will go on casual right off the bat, I did the pathetic training and did offline practice before setting foot in casual
I'm still playing offline practice
Thats so nice to hear, because i am not very new to the game, but stil. I was being dominated by 2 players, but i captured the last checkpoint and we won. Sorry for my bad english.
New player on Heavy sounds like something from another bettrer reality.
4:53 him just being an actual medic for this part was jumpscare
It's funny how I avoided at least half of the problems new players experience by just having tf2 be the first multiplayer fps game I've ever played.
I remember when I first got the rocket jumper I immediately equipped it because I thought it must be better than stock, thing was I was already so bad I didn’t even realize I was doing no damage.
Can I trade it?
@@airstrikegaming8263 can you?
yo mr p you gotta do more of those long gameplay commentaries, they are so nice and relaxing
To make space in my inventory I deleted my party hat, mercenary badge, pyrovision goggles and gibus, thinking that anyway I would get them back each year, or each time I dominate someone...
When I was a newby I was immediately drawn to Scout because of speed and Demoman felt really clunky to me; I didn't know how to use him. Only after I heard "Demoman has 2 primary weapons" something unlocked and he became my most played class for the time. Sniper was the least played, but after getting some inspiration (you'll never guess what it was XD) I tried playing him more.
Before I took a break from TF2 I was at least decent with every class.
When I was new, I automatically went for scout, just because I knew that scout has high mobility. As soon as I learned that you can run around sentries and it can't catch up with you... Yeah you can tell what happened next.
07:07 right I mean, İ usually play pyro and no body whips out their shotgun to check a dude coming from really back, just shoot him a little İ mean, I always have to drop what I am doing and puff that guy (İ can't say I only play pyro sometimes med/engi/demo, according to the teams weak point)
Don't know if it just me but I always think of Mr Paladin as a mentor, when I'm listening to his stuff it's like a student listening to their teacher's teachings. I used to be very a bad and predictable spy yet after listening to MrP's tips and tricks, I got much better. So maybe StaryKrow and Swipez are better trickstabbers, MrP is still the wise old mentor to me.
paladin is a master he is insanely entertaining i can pick up his videos in whatever mood i’m in
Mr Paladin: The objective is most important
Me: Laughs in 2fort
When I was learning TF2 I used your videos as a guide
Which i am really grateful
I watch these videos when I play spy (I'm not very good) and when I hear you talk about this stuff fit gives me confidence and I actually got some good stabs I'm my last few game so thanks
your thumbnail is brilliant
the gibbus sniper shooting the fire extinguisher is an excellent touch, someone knows the good vintage memes
fun factiod: a sufficiently skilled scout can kill a heavy by double jumping over them while firing the scattergun.
When I was new I didnt know there was a metal count for engie. So I’d build a sentry and smack it with my wrench. But have no idea how to get metal and upgrade it. So I’d keep smacking it and angry angry
I love this type of vid, keep up the good work bro!
A spy main stressing the importance of the objective? Impossible!
That epic intro where the Spy is chilling with Gordon Freeman.
The hackusations abound now especially. I had a Powerhouse game earlier where I joined to find a 2 cheaters on our team and two on the enemy team. We got ours kicked, and so did they after about 5 minutes of trying. Then about 10 minutes later (same round), another hacker joined their team. It is in situations like this when I feel bad for the genuinely good snipers out there, they are probably getting kicked and accused like nobody's business.
As far as cute or funny things new players do, my number 1 would be trying to use the flamethrower far outside of its intended range. I see new pyros trying to burn snipers that are easily five times too far away, ending up headshot. The other funny thing is new kids who try to use the sniper's SMG like a CoD SMG. That never gets old.
I literally just started watching your old videos again and you upload :O
Mr P today i trickstabed 2 medics one with 29% uber and the other with a full,it was on swiftwater near second point,Thank u so much!
I'm sure this has been said a dozen times, but snipers who keep going to the same spot and have really bad tunnel vision always make me smile. And sometimes theres spies that CONSTANTLY bumping into people. Like one match I was playing as spy and there was this one guy who bumped into me and kept trying to walk through me. I don't think he realized that just because we're cloaked doesn't make us ghosts. Also when I was new to playing spy, I wasn't aware of the decloak sound so I'd always decloak right behind my target and they'd turn around 80% of the time.
I could keep going with the examples of noobness I've seen or been guilty of, but I think this is good for now. Love your videos by the way. Watching you has helped me be a better spy and my friend jokingly calls me "Miss Paladin" lol
As an engineer main one of the best I’ve seen was called out for a lag hack for the eureka effect having no tele trail.
I've seen new players building 5 sentries on top of each other in a 5cp map. And then I found an angle where their sentries couldn't see me and lobbed all 14 scottish resistance stickies at them.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, it helped improve my spy gameplay drastically. Before I just had an eternal reward loadout to pick off sentry nests (when my team's spy wasn't competent enough to do so).
I really gotta get better on matador, stair- and facestabs. Any advice on doing that? In a real match I tend to panic and mess that up.
you improved yet?
@@tomdolben not really good with trickstabs to pull of reliably. When I play Spy I'm good with normal stabs, fooling enemies with disguises (just don't focus on them and run like a teammate would) and especially taking out sentry nests. So yeah I got good enough, thanks for asking, mate.
the last time i've seen a new player was in turbine and was a stock pyro, he sure did the w+m1 thing like me when i started at the game and picked pyro bc i like fire in general (now i'm a pyro main and also i'm trying to be a spy main), and he was always asking things about how the game works, tbh it was cute, also he was the only stock pyro in a team with more experienced people with hats and cosmetics tho
ps : i need that killsound
Every time I use the Stranger makes me thing of Mr. P
As always , Thanks for the content!
I've convinced my friend and his sister to try tf2 and they love it, I try to teach them all the important things but they still make quite a few mistakes. So I'm a mom now of two chaotic noobs now. Does anyone have recommendations of channels like Mr. P to show them? It's not that Mr. P is bad, it's just that I doubt they'll be interested in playing Spy qwq
kawaii as hell for engie, show them Uncle Dane. For heavy, look for Big Joey Slap-Nuts. That’s really all I got, though
Your vids made me a better spy, thank you so much
"Arrows show the way on a map"
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No waaay! I thought you quit yt. So happy to see you posting new vids!