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Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#17701: Feb 24th 2012 at 4:43:36 PM

Fire.

:smug:
OrangeSpider Must Keep The Web Intact from Ursalia Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: On the prowl
Must Keep The Web Intact
#17702: Feb 24th 2012 at 4:47:06 PM

Sadly, an awful lot of Pyroes are countered by the underrated yet clever and simple tactic of 'smashing a bottle of scrumpy on their heads until they stop moving'.

edited 24th Feb '12 4:47:23 PM by OrangeSpider

The Great Northern Threadkill.
Phoenixor Departed days ahead. from Scotland. Still. Since: Mar, 2010
Departed days ahead.
#17703: Feb 24th 2012 at 4:50:41 PM

Fire from a distance.

I guess we could go... wherever we please.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#17704: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:24:53 PM

Their some of the few that I feel I truly earned instead of just mindlessly going at it or relying on muscle memory.

Why? There is nothing that makes a flamethrower kill inherently less "deserved" than any other; getting one efficiently requires getting close to someone with a class that cannot go faster than average speed, then constantly tracking the person to damage them over time instead of getting all the damage right away then getting to do whatever until it's time to fire again.

Being moderately more complicated does not make flare combos more skill-based, just less effective at the absolutely lowest skill level. It's still based on muscle memory. Doing any physical action (not even just in video games) well requires muscle memory; flamethrower, axtinguishing, headshots. It's something you get by trying it over and over again, and that's just how people get good at things.

edited 24th Feb '12 5:25:35 PM by thatother1dude

Frosplosion Fro-ed Wonder from Palm Bay, FL Since: Nov, 2011
Fro-ed Wonder
#17705: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:26:11 PM

Got my hands on a strange Medigun, but wouldn't you know I always join on a team with nobody good enough to buddy with...that and 2fort is the only map my computer can take.

Anyway, does anyone ever feel cheated when someone gets revenge on them? Like you're focused on fighting someone else, and then the person you're dominating shows up and tags you for your last 2 hp and suddenly they're back on an even playing field? Or am I just taking those things too seriously?

"I know where I am, I just don't know where I am in where I am." - Me
Firebert That One Guy from Somewhere in Illinois Since: Jan, 2001
That One Guy
#17706: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:30:32 PM

[up][up] True that.

[up] Wow, 2fort, what a map to be stuck with. tongue And yeah, that's probably why I don't take dominations/revenges too seriously.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#17707: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:35:39 PM

So.

Anything new happen in the game, the universe, or amongst tropers recently? As in, since the Christmas weapons?

I know Meet the Pyro is supposed to come out at some point this year.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Frosplosion Fro-ed Wonder from Palm Bay, FL Since: Nov, 2011
Fro-ed Wonder
#17708: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:38:08 PM

[up][up] Occasionally I can get Badwater or Goldrush to run, maybe even Dustbowl, but the spam tends to lag me to a standstill at the front lines. Should at least give it a shot later though.

"I know where I am, I just don't know where I am in where I am." - Me
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#17709: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:44:45 PM

I feel cheated when a domination or revenge occurs during Humiliation.

It's like, "oh bravo. You managed to kill your nemesis, and all it took was for him to be disarmed and for you to have allcrits."

edited 24th Feb '12 5:44:54 PM by Enlong

I have a message from another time...
Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#17710: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:51:59 PM

When it happens with a tauntkill in Humiliation though...it's wondrous.

:smug:
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#17711: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:53:55 PM

Well, yes. True dat.

Oh man, this one time, in Gravelpit 2nd stage, I tauntkilled a Pyro who was rushing me in the long tunnel on the far right, with the Heavy's taunt. He almost got within Flamethrower range before dropping dead. The range on that taunt is very fun. Another reason to love the Holiday Punch.

The problem is, once you manage a tauntkill, it's all to easy to want to keep doing it, and get killed.

I have a message from another time...
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#17712: Feb 24th 2012 at 5:55:57 PM

Weirdest headshot I ever got was when the nemesis icon floating above their heads pretty much telegraphed where their head was going to be half a second later. Least satisfying revenge kill I ever had.

Also, hi. I'm kinda new to the game, only started a couple days ago. Pretty much settled on Sniper, or occasionally Medic.

edited 24th Feb '12 5:58:19 PM by KylerThatch

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Frosplosion Fro-ed Wonder from Palm Bay, FL Since: Nov, 2011
Fro-ed Wonder
#17713: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:03:45 PM

I love those random moments when I mess around on sniper and end up headshotting scouts running directing at me. I don't get how I never pull that off, but it makes me very happy. Then I precede to miss every other shot, get sniped by another sniper, then change classes.

"I know where I am, I just don't know where I am in where I am." - Me
Sabbo Since: Jan, 2001
#17714: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:05:43 PM

My most memorable tauntkill has got to be during one particular troper match on Yukon wherein a couple of us were tauntkilling eachother, and a couple others were playing more typically. I (as Spy, I believe) saw one of the non-taunters about to approach a corner, and so I positioned myself as any decent Pyro would and taunted... perfectly killing the guy as he turned the corner.

I'm not sure if there's anything more satisfying than tauntkilling somebody who's playing normally and isn't staying relatively still (eg. a sniper).

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#17715: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:16:00 PM

Anything new happen in the game, the universe, or amongst tropers recently?

No weapons have been added and the only gameplay relevant change has been that a Heavy can no longer heal half of his health with his own dropped Sandvich (instead it just refills the meter as if he never set it down). However, the aforementioned announcement also mentioned the next Saxxy awards and some big "project" (that is not a map or a hat).

Among tropers we've entered this season's Highlander match, but you already know about that.

Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#17716: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:17:13 PM

Also we are officially getting Meet the Pyro by the end of 2012.

:smug:
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#17717: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:21:07 PM

And there will be blood.

Lots of blood.

Way more than There Will Be Blood.

Which only had a little blood.

At the very end.

Wusses.

I have a message from another time...
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
GreatT HOT DOG Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
HOT DOG
#17719: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:52:10 PM

"I've been playing an awful lot of Demoman lately. Is there any cure for it?"

The answer? Use a gun.

And if that don't work? Use MORE gun.

edited 24th Feb '12 6:52:36 PM by GreatT

When you wish upon a side of beef, soon will come an end to all your grief
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#17720: Feb 24th 2012 at 6:53:24 PM

I just realized that the Demoman is the character who can most exploit others' lack of peripheral vision...

[down]Being invisible, disguised or directly behind someone isn't really a matter of peripheral vision. Exploiting angles and corners or setting traps above is, though. They're close, though.

edited 24th Feb '12 7:21:33 PM by wanderlustwarrior

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
neobowman つ ◕_◕ ༽つ HELIX from Unidentified Proxy Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ HELIX
#17721: Feb 24th 2012 at 7:09:16 PM

Naa, that's the spy.

OrangeSpider Must Keep The Web Intact from Ursalia Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: On the prowl
Must Keep The Web Intact
#17722: Feb 24th 2012 at 8:18:22 PM

Hey, about that big change, do you guys think we could get the return of VIP mode?

I'd like that.

The Great Northern Threadkill.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#17723: Feb 24th 2012 at 8:45:38 PM

I kind of doubt it. Payload is already a much better Escort Mission.

OrangeSpider Must Keep The Web Intact from Ursalia Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: On the prowl
Must Keep The Web Intact
#17724: Feb 24th 2012 at 10:22:42 PM

Well, all we can do is wait and see.

And I think escorting something that's played by an human is much more fun than pushing a bomb ,but whatever.

The Great Northern Threadkill.
Vorpy Unstoppable Sex Goddess from from from from from from from from from Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Two-timing
Unstoppable Sex Goddess
#17725: Feb 25th 2012 at 12:42:18 AM

Good Sniper Headshot + Blue Team = Red Team Loses Forever

and now, I have been granted permission to use my beautiful Strange Loch-n-Load, in which I savagely shatter my enemies to pieces with a single shot.

God damn. So beautiful.

edited 25th Feb '12 12:43:09 AM by Vorpy

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