When does Spy work best?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2022
- When is a good time to pick Spy? How can you be assured of his effectiveness? And when does Spy perform best?
Please enjoy this video that I have been meticulously working on over the last five-ish months.
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The intro animation is an homage to the game Later Alligator. All SFM elements were created by me, including the intro, thumbnail, and art seen throughout.
Music used:
Later Alligator - Main Theme
Osirois Music - Deltarune Chapter 2 - Queen (Orchestral Cover) - • Deltarune Chapter 2 -...
Later Alligator - Uncool Gator Games
Team Fortress 2 - Playing With Danger
HintShot - Trick and Stab (from the AOTBS Soundtrack) - • Art of the Backstab - ...
Later Alligator - Pat's Theme
Later Alligator - Alligator New York City
Later Alligator - Cute Gator Games
Outro music by me - • TF2 Remix - Right Behi...
Thank you. - Ігри
The intro alone took about 40 hours to make. Enjoy :)
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Dude nice vid!
40 hours sounds about the right amount of painfully long
definitely worth it lol
Hey what's the hud you're using?
The best intro by far
Worth
Spy is a reverse engineer. An engineer focuses on stabilizing their own team, while a spy orchestrates chaos in the enemy's backline.
This is probably my favorite way of thinking of Spy now, Reverse Engie works so well
The rules in this video also apply to Engineer. Especially the point about how both are most effective when the teams are balanced. I have played many games where the team pushes to fast for me to properly set up buildings, and also ones where we are getting stomped so hard that the same is true.
More engineers are less effective, if the enemy has lots of stock uber medics, soldiers, heavies, demos, and snipers engineer is less effective. As the time goes on, the enemy learns the locations of buildings. And of course, certain maps make buildings less valuable.
Oh and like spy, Engineer is better on defense =w=
It is also funny that the classes that counter spy are opposites of those that counter engineer, and engineer's counters are the best prey for spy.
Engineer prey: Scouts and pyros
Engineer counters: Medics, heavies, snipers
Spy prey: Medics, heavies, snipers
Spy counters: Scout, pyro
Soldier and demo are generalists and thus basically counter everyone, but they counter engineer slightly more.
0:53 this engie was actually a huge help here, shooting at you to make the enemies you were going for see you as a retreating teammate who was merely out of place and safe not to check
It would've helped, but I don't think anyone actually saw it.
That being said, I have been fooled by spies pretending to be friendly spies. For some reason it's the only disguise that actually fools me, and it makes for some hilarious situations. Underrated disguise.
@@strangejune spy is best for spy
@@strangejune I always disguise as a spy. When you see a pyro on your backlines acting sus it's pretty obvious. Spies are just built different so you don't really pay attention to them.
@@strangejune spy is spy!
@@TrialDubz That spy is a spy
Loved that later alligator intro recreation, that was scarily accurate for a tf2 SFM
I knew I recognized it from somewhere!
Sometimes 2 spies can be good because once they kill one of you they drop their vigilance drastically. They simply werent expecting the second spy
Two spies is the ultimate double-edged sword. The enemy either lets their guard down because they've "seen or killed the spy," or they're extra aware because they saw the other spy, but then think you were him.
@@irregularassassin6380 Tbh I use the second spy as a partner in crime for example when I pyro is tunnel visioning and chasing me I walk back while shooting and let the second spy backstab him works everytime somehow
A propely used Dead Ringer will do the job just fine (unless the attacker is keeping track of their kill count on the scoreboard, or notices you still have the number of your Killstreak still on, but that's your problem, why would you play Killstreak weapon with the Dead Ringer, you dips*)
2 good spies is pretty good combo for a pub
Mr president a second spy has backstabbed the pocketed heavy and medic combo
A few seconds in and this is already a good video. Like seriously that was a phenomenal intro you’ve just made
Later Alligator? More like Later Spy!
(I apologise)
Agreed, love the stop motion (is that what its called?) animation style.
@@ajobapplication9707 Stop-Motion specifically refers to taking pictures of real life objects (often clay sculptures made to mimick larger creatures/people/etc) and moving them slowly over time, taking pictures during the process. Putting the photos together creates the illusion of movement, though many stop motion pieces do have a sort of "choppy" look to them.
This is traditionally done 3d animation, simply done at a lower framerate for stylistic/ease of animation purposes! This isn't to say its poorly done, as it oozes with style and flavor, but rather to merely to demonstrate the difference between different genres of animation.
One of the main things every considerate person will do is to shoot at your own spy
Yeah that intro is a direct parody of Later alligator’s intro.
The points brought up are also why Spy is actually quite good in Competitive, especially in 6v6 where the enemy team doesn't have the thought that a Spy or even 2 Spies are sneaking around and only thinks that the opposing team has 2 Scouts and with this mindset, it's going to be much easier for a Spy to sneak up and kill their Medic where other classes may have a harder time doing so.
But the downside of this is that it's something you can only do once or twice before the enemy team becomes more Spy aware. There's a reason why the Spy is marked as a "Support" in the Class Selection Screen.
If spy has harassed the enemy team enough to make them waste time spy checking a non-existent spy, then they have successfully done their job.
There's also the important matter of having one less person in the teamfight while you're sneaking around waiting to strike.
In comp, people are a lot more likely to actually be communicating with each other, and it’s easy to notice a Spy when you only have six people on your team compared to 12. Sniper does Spy’s job better and from a distance
@@NepSpoon Sniper shouldn't even be in the game imo. Every other class fights by deathmatching eachother. Spy is the only class that can kill without deathmatching.
@@Spork888 And even then, to get to that point with Spy, you’d have to sneak pass the entire enemy team.
With Sniper, you can pitch a tent miles away and pick people off before they even know you exist. Sniper isn’tthe most unfun class to fight against because you don’t even fight the dude. You either kill him, or he kills you, both without a fight(except for the pisswacka combo, that’s the equivalent to attempting a no damage boss fight).
Dang, I knew engie was quite handy with the guitar but I didn't expect him to absolutely obliterate it out of the park. Amazing production, especially the intro.
The "Later Alligator" Trailer scene-for-scene recreation was actually incredible. Such a random reference for me to get but I loved how well made it was. Great video.
Amazing intro
Its so good
it’s quite similar to the intro of later alligator.
@@zEr-ne5ri its a game reference bruh
@@retro6878 what am I not allowed to Point out of the obvious like how you obviously look like a broke tv
@@zEr-ne5ri lol did u really get mad for that comment. it wasn't even to make you rage
Totally agree with this. As a spy main, I really dislike getting into games where my team is getting absolutely rolled, but I've also found that being on the team DOING the rolling isn't much fun either, even if I'm one of the main contributors. Sure, decimating a casual match is fun, but if the teams aren't at least close to balanced, then the fun dies out quick.
basically, effortlessly easy is not much fun. you want to feel like you contribute to the team, and need at least some challenge to be entertained. i understand that feeling
That Later Alligator opening was THE SHIT good stuff
You son of a gun! I finally played through Later Alligator yesterday, and you hit me with this magnificent opening? You're taking "Spy main" too literally!
0:20 [H E I S W A T C H I N G]
Spy is something really special. He’s the most unique and nuanced class of any first person shooter. We’re lucky to have him here to study and get better with together. ❤️
Stellar content, the information gone over is exactly what I think to myself when going through the motions as spies, organized in a really clean manner. And that intro was so clean, dude your content is popping off
Love your smash content
smash 4 lightning kick combos
The new mic sounds fantastic, the intro was glorious, and as always Hint, your video production, visuals AND points are all presented wonderfully, great video. Stay well.
I also always felt that spy is better on defense, simmilar to scout. Since in some way when blue is keeping to move forward all to you have to do to get in their back lines sometimes can be just not moving at all. Red is sitting in one place and is more aware as they are "protecting" their ground when blue will make an actual effort to extend their back line for you.
If you ask me the reason why is more on offence, blu is constantly orchestrating something, whether a push or uber or healing. On defense, more players are waiting for blu to make a move, and waiting players are players that can and will spy check.
Ok, the intro is down right INSANE
My god, that into animation... I'm never gonna get this close to making frame-by-frames with this much character - EVER!
Great video! - surprising how much info you cram into a 11 minute video, good job!
It took me till the end of the intro to realize what exactly it was referencing. That's some phenominal work, dude.
man, can't believe we got the real alligator on this vid, great job on the sfm shots
That music transition at 3:33 is so damn good.
Great points, I’d like to add onto the fact that he’s a support class:
Spy and medics rolls aren’t too dissimilar when it comes to team comp. You’re power classes effectively have to play like their down a player (this is because both medic and spy get folded in 1v1 combat).
Spy isn’t supposed to win the race for his team, he’s supposed to be tying his opponents shoelaces together so his teammates can win. That’s why he has a sapper, a sentry can be the central point of a foothold, a dispenser prolongs and centralizes your teammates fight, and a teleporter keeps you’re numbers up so you don’t get over ran. Spys job is to be able to pull all of this out from underneath the enemy, and cripple them so his team can make a push. Medic is like this but the opposite, he keeps your team alive and has a tool to help your team break through a hold.
You’re 100% right when you say that you control the paranoia and chaos when you’re the only spy. And that control is vital. Because when you have control, you make the enemy paranoid and you get to make the necessary picks. When you have 3 spies, you have 3 people who are fighting for that. 3 people who are all gunning to stab that one heavy, and since everytime you turn around there is a spy, their pyro is already onto you all and is ready to drop all 3 of you. Not only are you useless (and this goes back to my earlier point), your team now has to put in 33% more effort/skill each just to compensate for the 3 players they’re down.
That intro is a masterpiece, Jesus christ. Later Alligator is so underrated and i’m so glad to see it get some love.
Probably one of your best vids so far and very useful to someone that is very cautious of being the one spy too many.
Love the Later Alligator reference! Love the jokes! Love the style! But most of all, love your clear love and dedication to this game. Cheerio!
In terms of editing and pacing this is definitely one of your best vids yet, but OH MY GOD THAT INTRO I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVED LATER ALLIGATOR AND YOU PAID HOMAGE TO IT SO WELL
i rewatched that intro like 12 times just to catch all the little details, amazing work
The intro itself won my Like. Good Work
30 seconds in and that intro is already an absolute banger, damn how are you so amazing XD
okay, that later alligators opening is insane. Props for the amazing reference
I will always describe Spys role as this:
Imagine a Scale, perfectly balanced. Spys job is to tip the scales in his teams favor just long enough so his team can build momentum to win the game before letting go of the scale.
Or you could become a trickstab god and repeatedly slam the scales, before realising that the scales are now going to swing in the other direction as you get slammed by 5 pyros
Probably the best video you've made so far. Incredible work. It's obvious you actually know what you're talking about and more importantly - that it's personal. You're speaking from experience and that makes it much more relatable, enjoyable and easier to understand. And of course the production quality was awesome. Keep doing what you're doing. You deserve more subs.
Edit: The comedy/humor is on point as well!
Ok I’ve just seen the intro and my god that’s got to be one of the coolest intros I’ve ever seen. Very well done!
Ya it's a really impressive recreation of the later alligator intro
4:34 One of the greatest jokes I've heard in a long time
Oh my god dude I *adore* the intro! Such a great callback. Loved every second of it man!
The SFM part at the start is so good, and the rest of the video screams high-quality. Good stuff as always 👌
That intro was so, f*cking amazing with the cameos and references.
That's not even to mention that's it's a Hintshot explanation video. So much quality...
this is a really good video. you get all of your points across well, the editing and graphics is on point and every punchline hits amazingly. good job!
Great video!
The Later Alligator intro was wonderful and the ratio of comedy to info kept the pace going nicely!
Thank you UA-cam for bringing me back to this channel exactly once a year so I can watch this top-tier content
This is a great video lol
The editing, the comedy, the perfect execution... Great job man!
I would have never thought someone would make a later alligator x team fortress 2 reference of all things , both are amazing games and both have delightful artstyle.
A recreation of the Later Alligator opening... that is AMAZING.
Amazing work on that Later Alligator intro!! That was so good
The clarinet in the intro was godly
Woooahh new hintshot video! Intro alone was amazing!
Probably the best spy youtuber for info and gameplay, thx for being a good channel (:
(loved the see you later alligator intro, I love how you kept the character of the intro)
That last point is perfection.
This is what spy is for.
The same as things like ubercharge.
To break stalemates.
My last comment didn’t sum up how amazing this video was so I wrote another one! But holy shit this is amazing! So many little references! Keep making amazing content!
Intro was absolutely superb. Also felt like i was going crazy - spy has always felt v similar to engineer and his gameplay loop to me. Engineer sets up, repairs, retreats, and sets up. A spy saps or stabs, retreats and tries again. He and engi are the only classes with a selector tool in the 4th weapon slot as well. In the games code, a sapper is considered a building as well.
Dude you growing so much and your writing has improved a lot! Keeper going ^^
Another banger from HintShot, I am pleased by this.
This feels like FUNKe came over and helped extensively, im still searching for an appropriate adjective for this great work.
I loved the intro man, I had to watch it several times it was so good😊
10:42
FUCKING TRUE!! As someone who mains "crit magnet", it does really help to play the frail class that is Spy on a server without the instant-death mechanic.
That intro was godly, ty so much for putting so much effort into it
dude i love your animation style!
I can tell a lot of work was put into this video. That intro was absolutely amazing
The humor and editing in your videos are so good - keep up the great work :D
Marvelous work on the intro my dude!
This was a really good and entertaining video! I didn't learn anything I didn't already know about picking my favourite class but I'm glad to see you explain it in such a fun way.
One thing I really hate that wasn't mentioned is when the game starts and I see that we have 0 spies on our team so I tell myself "oh this is the perfect opportunity to play spy". Then later in the game our team gets ran over by one competent engineer (and sometimes his pybro) and for some reason we have 5 spies so I'm forced to switch to demo or something because we no longer have powerclasses.
I feel that would also have made a great point in your video but it was really good regardless! I really enjoyed it!
that intro was magnificent
Holy moly that intro!! I love low frame animation
Amazing music and intro!
Holy shit that intro animation was good
It's strange to admit here, I don't play TF2... but watching efficient spy gameplay and hearing your calm tone deliver words of advice and wisdom I may never get to act on is oddly addicting. Been binging your content all day, so thank you for that-- you're definitely a creator who deserves more attention.
[If I ever do decide to properly play TF2, Spy does seem like my kind of class]
Thank you for the kind words
That intro was one of the coolest recreations I’ve seen done in sfm
Holy the quality on this video is insane, goodjob
Goated editing, amazing writing, great points.
Incredible video, great insight!
I laughed when you lost your point about balanced teams while talking about Seasonalander, because I had also forgotten what you were talking about walking those sick picks and chains
I instantly fell in love with this video solely for the later alligator intro, the well put together and interesting rest of the video was just an extra bonus
i kid you not,
this is the best intro ive seen
Love that Later Alligator intro! Good video as well.
Your content is so underrated and hopefully more people find your channel cause you deserve it! Keep it up!
Take my like take my subscription not only amazing intro but also really good video keep up the good work :D
The Intro was just perfect, great video.
So much effort poured into this. All of that sfm animation, tight script and voiceover. Hope this comment bolsters algorithmic potency, this deserves to be seen
Awesome video mate, the editing is top notch and I laughed a fair bit. I hadn't played TF2 for about 7 years until I saw the fabled Bing Soy vid and fired it up again. As a former spy main, I've binged your whole channel the last few weeks. Things are tight for me atm but I'm checking out your patreon. Please make more videos!
OH MY GOD that intro is phenomenal! Absolutely stellar!
I love that intro. Amazing work
really liked the video, surprised the name reading was so short, soon enough it won't be
cheers!
4:25 best line of the century. Im dead💀💀💀💀
Great high quality video! 😃
I love the intro, it must have taken so long to make even with the reference material. Great work!
Great intro man!
Dude, it’s a cliché but you deserve so much more views and subscribers, your editing, humor, and video topics are great.
Man I gotta give you props you are the reason I came back on this game after 2 long years keep up the great work fellow spy main.
that intro is a gosh darn banger good work (also the rest of the video)
That later alligator intro :) great work
Amazing video as always.
undoubtedly your best video, bravo hint
That engie with a guitar from the intro creeps me out.
Love ur backstabs montages!
OMFG! That was an amazing Later Alligator reference!!!!
0:11 well who’s that handsome chad playing on his iPad? ;)
Great video man! Keep up the awesome work!
Jeez Hint you really do deserve more recognition for how much work you put into your vids.
Please do keep it up man! Your content is really enjoyable! c:
I hope the best for ya! ^u^
The intro looks like a movie! Great vid
Hint your video quality has skyrocketed, amazing work.
amazing video.
it actually makes so much sense