Elias Schaal The pyro was a class that needed some rebalancing. I don't agree with the axtinguisher and phlog changes, but the way they made it so the other flamethrowers were more realiable was a great change. The degreaser was too good at everything. Now i use the flamethrower a lot more than the degreaser thanks to the increased airblasts being really good in competitive and the increased afterburn damage being great together with the shotgun. Though I totally agree that some changes were weird. That was the same case with the gunmettle though. Those weird choices were luckily later fixed, just like the phlog was for tough break. Thanks to the gun mettle and tough break update, I personally find that the game is balanced, except for a few weapon being a little underpowered. Though luckily nothing is OP anymore, which i find to be the most important thing to change when trying to balance it. I also really like that he pyro now finally has been recognised as what it always was best at. Being a support class. The 20+ health on extinguish is fucking amazing and really clever from valve's side.
Apple Ill agree and disagree. Ur completely right, valve fixed buffed and nerfed a lot of stuff like millions of weapons so the game is balanced. But what the most people dont seem to like is the fact that the pyro was supposed to only be "good" while using special techniques like flarepunching or flarecomboing. Since tough break, pubs are barely able to play without suicide pyros running at u. There was a point nerfing the degreaser i know. U shouldnt play with 1 wep only. But nowadays we only have new players playing 1 class only. woolen made a video about the tough break changes. He has almost the same opinion. Otherwise, without the pyro things, tough break made the game more fun in pubs and created new ways to play comp. I feel like i wrote to much and dont even know what i did. Sry for my english and thx for answering
stabby stabby! (TN) Zetrick here, your spy friend from way back in the day. I've just started playing TF2 again lately. Good to see you're still around ;)
Well it's finally out... Your promised this video right when gun mettle came out -_- anyways amazing video as always stabby :3 Keep up the good work with the stream and occasional videos
Crud. Now they're going to be onto us Big Earner Hipsters. (Before Gun Mettle Update, Big Earner was a "good in MvM, useless in PvP" weapon. Not a "useless-useless" weapon like Sun-on-a-Stick.)
+eery I don't know about that. Only Volcano Fragment or arrows can set people on fire in medieval. I'd stick with Bat or Sandman. Maybe even Wrap Assassin.
Cats Go Purr. Well, yes? If it was the robots with melee only (which some of them do I think, I dont really play mvm because its boring) and it was two robots teams against eachother, but they werent robots. Very similar.
hey stabby, I loved this video and I have started using the big earner much more and have become much more aggresive and have pulled massive chainstabs off. Thanks! :p
guys I was in the product lobby with stabby, we were the team that crushed the opposing team! I really feel good to know that I killed the legendary stabby at least once !
Try some backstab n sap, in old days, engineer needs to be closer to his sentry to finish this job, but with new Big Earner's speed boost, it can be done when they are apart.
I use the Big earner when it works well with the stock knife, if you cant get a Play on them with the stock, big earner doesnt work either. I also think this knife is better on defense. Great vid, luv u
The thing about my play is I use Kunai and that has thought me to NEVER EVER TAKE DAMAGE OR YOU DIE! But what I do is try to attack medics heavies then if a soldier is near instead of screaming "OH GOD NO!" I time the rockets so I can jump into the air and ether get another stab, have an air battle (which I almost always win), or just plain old escape across the map. Most of the time I dont need that escape because I can scare the enemies feed off their packs then kill more people as double overheal packs.
i think the big earner needs a change. only give boost when u backstab someone, not when just only poke them to death. it will not change the weapon at all. only take away that
Playin vs stabby as a sniper... u got instant backstab... you pick up razorback? no problem for him, u got instant headshoot from ambasador... thanks and have fun. ;)
Do you think that in a lower rank game (Silver, Steel, Iron) where there is less communication that because they MIGHT not make the call your stabbed them that the Your Eternal Reward would be viable?
Hayden F Diamond back is a decent replacement. But it's like Jerma said, you suddenly get all nervous that you'll miss and waste all your crits then you have nothing to rely on. I'm practicing my aim with amby and trying to find the best crosshair to use, already got stabby's configs. :D
If anyone seeing this has stabbys hud i have a problem with the scoreboard not showing name, scores, and ping so if you have a solution to this pls reply
+dreamland Tip for getting rid of phlogs: When they are taunting for critz, stand right behind them and pretend you are going to stab them. This scares them into flicking their screen around to kill you, so just run around to the other side when the uber goes away to get the stab. It pisses them off and if you get it to work its pretty funny on your end too xP
if anyone uses stabby's viewmodel and ambassador crosshair scripts i need help with this. So on the type toggler section of his scripts, it says this: NOTE: Must be manually integrated with viewmodel scripts to work in conjunction. I've tried a bunch of stuff to get it to work in conjuncton and it doesn't work, so if anyone has had this problem before or knows how to solve it, id like some help
Late reply, but I have my own scripts that do pretty similar things, and based on what I remember of Stabby's aliases, I think setting the + ver fire alias (thing you bind mouse1 to) for when your Amby is out to "r_drawviewmodel 0;dotxhairtype:+attack" and the - ver to "r_drawviewmodel 0;dotxhairtype;-attack" should do it. Ofc you also need to have a cloak alias that has r_drawviewmodel 1 and +attack2 if you wanna see your cloak, but Ithink stabby's scripts have that, so that should probably do it.
So now if you want chain stabs the Big Earner out performs the Kunai? And it also gives you more health for getting a single pick? Is the Kunai useless in competitive play?
![Highlandering [Voice Comm]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TsOUE9hkFTs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Highlandering [Voice Comm]](/img/tr.png)
![Do's and Don'ts [Voice Commentary]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3CCVoVL7b4c/mqdefault.jpg)
![Tricks, etc. [Voice Commentary]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7DGr85c3rsY/mqdefault.jpg)
![a dash of prolander, and the traditions of old [TF2 Voice Commentary]](/img/n.gif)
0:13 "The big earner AH-AH-AH-never thought Valve would be able to fix it"
+ComputerDude2600 There's an alien in his chest
H
A
0:14 Click this as many times as you want.
+Shilag I just made it a hitsound.
+Shilag Someone needs to remix it.
+Shilag lol my new hitsound
+King Duck Give me a link please!
+King Duck hit us with that link
Guy who did balances in Gun Mettle was genius.
Guy who did balances in Tough Break had Tough Break.
+Gamer_X ayyyyy
I disagree. the Tough Break changes were pretty good.
+Apple give reasons 2 ur opinion ples
Elias Schaal The pyro was a class that needed some rebalancing. I don't agree with the axtinguisher and phlog changes, but the way they made it so the other flamethrowers were more realiable was a great change. The degreaser was too good at everything. Now i use the flamethrower a lot more than the degreaser thanks to the increased airblasts being really good in competitive and the increased afterburn damage being great together with the shotgun. Though I totally agree that some changes were weird. That was the same case with the gunmettle though. Those weird choices were luckily later fixed, just like the phlog was for tough break. Thanks to the gun mettle and tough break update, I personally find that the game is balanced, except for a few weapon being a little underpowered. Though luckily nothing is OP anymore, which i find to be the most important thing to change when trying to balance it. I also really like that he pyro now finally has been recognised as what it always was best at. Being a support class. The 20+ health on extinguish is fucking amazing and really clever from valve's side.
Apple Ill agree and disagree. Ur completely right, valve fixed buffed and nerfed a lot of stuff like millions of weapons so the game is balanced. But what the most people dont seem to like is the fact that the pyro was supposed to only be "good" while using special techniques like flarepunching or flarecomboing. Since tough break, pubs are barely able to play without suicide pyros running at u. There was a point nerfing the degreaser i know. U shouldnt play with 1 wep only. But nowadays we only have new players playing 1 class only.
woolen made a video about the tough break changes. He has almost the same opinion. Otherwise, without the pyro things, tough break made the game more fun in pubs and created new ways to play comp.
I feel like i wrote to much and dont even know what i did. Sry for my english and thx for answering
At 0:15 are u in pain?
7:00 This is what happens when musicians get too confident. Bloody hell it sounds like a chimpansee is shitting on a synthesizer.
Peter Timowreef a
i thought you may have just been a dick who hated electronic music but i got to 7:00 and oooooooh noooooooo
I love this guy's vids. Always so calming and professional.
"Great for big clutches!" Maybe thats why its called the BIG Earner? :P
Man stabby sounds so happy and enthusiastic recording this video i love it really puts me in a good mood while learning from the best
Thank you for taking me back to simple days
I quit TF2 a few months ago but I have to say, I still enjoy stabbys videos.
Get your fat ass back here...
You're gonna back to this game believe me.
me too. i quit tf2 over a year ago and i still enjoy watching some tf2 youtubers.
+ASDFx2 You're gonna come back. I've quit about 4 times since 2010 and I am playing it today.
It sounds like he is turned in by the word Big Earner at 0:15
As a Big Earner hipster before the buff I'm so glad you finally think the Big Earner is good enough for comp
I really hope that TF2 competitive scene explode and you got to be one of the best spys in the game!
Wow, nice to see you producing voice commentaries XD This one was really good too :3
I love watching you work, man. Keep it up.
always gotta watch them stabby videos even if your not a spy main
your voice commentaries are wonderful
thanks for the re-upload stubs
I never thought I'd see the day where stabby would say something nice about the BE.
Stabby stabs demoman so hard he gets teleported to gullywash spawn.
Love your videos man, you've come a long way since you've started and you've got a great speaking voice!
3:42 heavy says who is not ready
stabby playing a tf2 center while commentating? :p
What?
Oh wow I heard it! That's funny. How'd you even catch that?
Charlie Simon I finally heard it.
It was probably from the game audio
yeah I don't know why I said that
The moment the other team sees you're on.
Medic: Welp, they've got Stabby, do we resign now or see how many trickstabs he scores on us?
I knew this day would come, i knew it
+White-Rice Spy Glad to see you back. Hopefully you do an video on this topic too.
stabby stabby! (TN) Zetrick here, your spy friend from way back in the day. I've just started playing TF2 again lately. Good to see you're still around ;)
you seem so happy in this video
0:14 still makes me laugh
Video is awesome with perfect audio! :D thanks
Well it's finally out... Your promised this video right when gun mettle came out
-_- anyways amazing video as always stabby :3 Keep up the good work with the stream and occasional videos
On a serious note: I'd love to see losses by you, stabby. Show us noobs how a platinum spy loses, and tell us why you think it happened!
stabby you have an interesting taste in music
Crud. Now they're going to be onto us Big Earner Hipsters.
(Before Gun Mettle Update, Big Earner was a "good in MvM, useless in PvP" weapon. Not a "useless-useless" weapon like Sun-on-a-Stick.)
+leadfoot9x sun on a stick is useful in medival mode, which is basically the same thing as mvm.
+eery this dude just said mvm is like medival mode?
+eery I don't know about that. Only Volcano Fragment or arrows can set people on fire in medieval. I'd stick with Bat or Sandman. Maybe even Wrap Assassin.
Cats Go Purr. Well, yes? If it was the robots with melee only (which some of them do I think, I dont really play mvm because its boring) and it was two robots teams against eachother, but they werent robots. Very similar.
Robert Paulsen Robert, please. You know I am right.
HD and looks like 180p? Umm... (0:16, I know it doesn't happen everywhere in the video)
Everyone: demonizing the dead ringer
This guy: so heres a good way to make the dead ringer even stronger
great video stabby i really enjoy this knife and now i know more about it now from you
Excellent video as always.
hey stabby, I loved this video and I have started using the big earner much more and have become much more aggresive and have pulled massive chainstabs off. Thanks! :p
guys I was in the product lobby with stabby, we were the team that crushed the opposing team!
I really feel good to know that I killed the legendary stabby at least once !
2:00 STABBY'S THIRD ARM CONFIRMED
2018 not even playing tf2 anymore, still watching
Thanks Stabby ;)
o shit. I met this dude on a TF2 center, and everyone said he was big. Well shiet. Nice to meet ya.
Best spy in North America, iirc.
3:45 , who is not ready... stabby was gonna play a lobby~
3:44
Please stabby, your HUD *release the updated version*
keep it up always good to see
0:14 who else came into the comments immediately to see if others commented on this sound
Stabby, you're like the Bob Ross of TF2.
Classy, as always.
Big earning suits you too good
0:40 this third hand reload is something cursed
That moment when you realize that Spy has 3 hands
View model hand,normally hidden at 70 FOV
3 TRICKSTABS IN 1 SECOND
Great video
as always ;)
Try some backstab n sap, in old days, engineer needs to be closer to his sentry to finish this job, but with new Big Earner's speed boost, it can be done when they are apart.
0:14 Stabby turned into a Clicker
okay, I'm convinced. I'll play more than just stock spy all the time. :3
I use the Big earner when it works well with the stock knife, if you cant get a Play on them with the stock, big earner doesnt work either. I also think this knife is better on defense. Great vid, luv u
The thing about my play is I use Kunai and that has thought me to NEVER EVER TAKE DAMAGE OR YOU DIE! But what I do is try to attack medics heavies then if a soldier is near instead of screaming "OH GOD NO!" I time the rockets so I can jump into the air and ether get another stab, have an air battle (which I almost always win), or just plain old escape across the map. Most of the time I dont need that escape because I can scare the enemies feed off their packs then kill more people as double overheal packs.
The Big Earner is my favorite knife.
The speed kinda makes you do facesstabs.
0:09 300 IQ play
0:14 is that the clicker from The last of us?
Stabby if you can, will you do a video about your spy load outs because I'm really interested on what you use and your unusuals :)
He showed his loadouts in his stream once :D
i think the big earner needs a change. only give boost when u backstab someone, not when just only poke them to death. it will not change the weapon at all. only take away that
I'm either having a REALLY big déjà vu, or this video has already been posted with different commentary on the same topic.
Loved the video! Audio was a little quiet and muffled, though.
stabby I look up to you in my competitive career as a spy main
staby if you drop the dead ring the second that you take dam you don't loss the clock charge
0:15 when I step on a lego
for best results: 0:15
Also,am i the only one who thinks that stabby stabby's voice could fit well in a cereal commercial? I am dead serious!
Stabby yesterday I was playing with you as a Medic named "NightHunter"
RIP White Rice
Wait, there was commentary in the background the entire time?!
I saw some of the clips in your new awesome vid on your stream while you on brb mode
Hey uh stabby, hope you don't mind doing a last special vid for us? Comparing you with Acooma, MrP, Hei, White-Rice-Spy, and other professional spies
0:14 The Big Earner a *a* i
Why did this come up on my video feed as a new video ???
Playin vs stabby as a sniper... u got instant backstab... you pick up razorback? no problem for him, u got instant headshoot from ambasador... thanks and have fun. ;)
I don't care about trickstabs... That headshots are amazing OwO
Yo stabsauce, can you make a new big earner video? Spy speed is even more ridic now!!
0:43 3 hands...
So I wonder if they'll actually fix the Spy Cicle, Kunai, and YER.
Heh, nope
What's wrong with kunai? It's OP
5:29 flyro
hmm, i also see you sometimes play very close to your team, definitely seems like a more active and team supported spy
You again.
That Catty Person You Know
??? again?
Mr Brimstone I know you. I used to be Rainbow Dash, maybe I ring a bell?
Do you think that in a lower rank game (Silver, Steel, Iron) where there is less communication that because they MIGHT not make the call your stabbed them that the Your Eternal Reward would be viable?
+Bread & Butter even in platinum the YER can work for a surprise here and there! The main problem is sentries, really
0:14
You made me main spy now. My amby aim still sucks though
You might wanna try the diamondback. I can't aim at all so the crits are noice.
+Hayden F Training is the key ;)
+Hayden F diamondback is crutch
Hayden F Diamond back is a decent replacement. But it's like Jerma said, you suddenly get all nervous that you'll miss and waste all your crits then you have nothing to rely on. I'm practicing my aim with amby and trying to find the best crosshair to use, already got stabby's configs. :D
Django TF pay attention, stabby's configs are mostly outdated. A little dot is cool for Amby crosshair too ^^
0:15 what was that?
Reupload? Stabby what's the occasion
improved commentary from last time but bothe were good video
The head shot rate with most people 1/12 the headshot rate with stabby 1/2
Did the commentary change from when it was uploaded in the middle of the night to when you reuploaded it in the afternoon?
+Clark DeCant It totally did. You silly rogue.
0:15 voice crack?
I'm sorry, I'm watching this video a long time after you posted it, but does your crosshair expand or flash when it lines up with the head?
Hi stabby, Quick question (I main spy and really love your vids) but what mouse sensitivity do play ?hopefully you see this :)
If anyone seeing this has stabbys hud i have a problem with the scoreboard not showing name, scores, and ping so if you have a solution to this pls reply
I've got a question, how am I supposed to fight a phlog pyro with the invis watch? I can't pull off a matador before he kills me... in two seconds.
+dreamland Tip for getting rid of phlogs: When they are taunting for critz, stand right behind them and pretend you are going to stab them. This scares them into flicking their screen around to kill you, so just run around to the other side when the uber goes away to get the stab. It pisses them off and if you get it to work its pretty funny on your end too xP
I play at 15-20 fps and sometimes I dont get obvious backstabs, anything to do With fps?
if anyone uses stabby's viewmodel and ambassador crosshair scripts i need help with this. So on the type toggler section of his scripts, it says this: NOTE: Must be manually integrated with viewmodel scripts to work in conjunction. I've tried a bunch of stuff to get it to work in conjuncton and it doesn't work, so if anyone has had this problem before or knows how to solve it, id like some help
Late reply, but I have my own scripts that do pretty similar things, and based on what I remember of Stabby's aliases, I think setting the + ver fire alias (thing you bind mouse1 to) for when your Amby is out to "r_drawviewmodel 0;dotxhairtype:+attack" and the - ver to "r_drawviewmodel 0;dotxhairtype;-attack" should do it. Ofc you also need to have a cloak alias that has r_drawviewmodel 1 and +attack2 if you wanna see your cloak, but Ithink stabby's scripts have that, so that should probably do it.
You haz tree hands
View model is high so it shows a hidden hand
So now if you want chain stabs the Big Earner out performs the Kunai? And it also gives you more health for getting a single pick? Is the Kunai useless in competitive play?
Antisceptic i think the kunai excels if there is less spam.
Hey i have a couple questions, so first what do u recoment auto reload or manual reload, and the second question, how do u choose your disguise .