atmuh Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 spy doesnt capitalize on luck it capitalizes on scenarios where the enemy team is either dumb enough to not spycheck/hear you uncloak or distracted on the frontlines where they are too busy fighting to check their backs. catching a good player in a moment of stupidity is more often than not luck which is what i was basically saying catching everyone else in a moment of stupidity isnt really luck no because there are a lot of them
Lyrai Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 If you ever want to practise spying go to a pub server where the concept of spychecking is strange and alien. You will get plenty of training as to how to time a stab right and have plenty of fuckup room.
ParanoidDrone Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 If you ever want to practise spying go to a pub server where the concept of spychecking is strange and alien. You will get plenty of training as to how to time a stab right and have plenty of fuckup room. I've been meaning to find a good n00b server and see if I can dominate the everloving fuck out of it, but it's surprisingly hard to find one without any absurd server plugins. With ping under 200.
TrueElements Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 This website hurts my brain D: im confused and lost.
The Mutericator Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 http://kotaku.com/5420233/travis-touchdown-gets-lost-ends-up-in-left-4-dead-tf2 Definitely installing this next time I have time to play on my desktop.
Rambo Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 This website hurts my brain D:im confused and lost. You found the the right place! Welcome aboard good sir.
chivesontheweb Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 I actually did pretty much the exact same thing with Spy until I forced myself to stay Spy for a whole round of 2Fort. But I have no real motivation to get good with Scout. Pretty much the same here, except I forced myself to play pure Spy for about 2-3 weeks straight. I was shy about playing Spy for a long time. I would be terrible with the class any time I played so I just avoided playing it. Instead I worked on other classes, such as Scout, Demo, Medic and Pyro. But eventually I said "screw the rest of the team" and went pure Spy for about two weeks. All Spy, no exceptions. Ironically, the Sniper/Spy update happened during this time so it got really out of control towards the end with 2-3 Spies on each team nearly 100% of the time. Anyway, the "strategy" worked and while I wasn't a good Spy I at least had the basic foundation of how to. I stopped playing Spy then (I think the Spy Update killed it for me) but I think I want to get back into it. I see no reason why I couldn't be a good Spy, I just need to master the little things.
miyako Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 catching a good player in a moment of stupidity is more often than not luck which is what i was basically sayingcatching everyone else in a moment of stupidity isnt really luck no because there are a lot of them no only luck if they're not fighting someone which is when you should be coming in from a high place or uncloaking behind when no one is behind the person youre targeting. of course a good spy isnt going to go for the player that is constantly doing 180s as he's traveling to the frontlines. good players cant spy check when they're engaged in battle so it doesn't matter how good they are only how lucky they get when strafing when youre coming in for the backstab but thats as lucky as someone strafing the other way when you lead with projectiles.
Dr. Tran! Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 I possibly might be able to make it, not sure yet, depends on when I'm needed for ToGC.
Black Waltz Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 People down for scrims tonight? Hmm, I probably won't be able to get on until around 10:30 or so.
Super-Duper Sombrero Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 I'm down for tonight. When did the server names change (to BLU and RED)? Which one will be for scrimming?
DarkeSword Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 RED is the one you want for Scrims and Special Events™. BLU is OCR's "normal" server.
Powerlord Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 RED is the one you want for Scrims and Special Events™.BLU is OCR's "normal" server. Oh yeah, I renamed them a while back. Whoops. I thought about putting the numbers and/or descriptions back, but seriously... people seem to want certain customs back on #1 and detest a lot of customs on either server. So, right now the main difference is that #2 has Alltalk off, a larger map selection for map votes, and the Monday-night scrims. Anyway, new update today... sounds like waffle-fire may finally be fixed.
atmuh Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 Oh yeah, I renamed them a while back. Whoops. I thought about putting the numbers and/or descriptions back, but seriously... people seem to want certain customs back on #1 and detest a lot of customs on either server. i said to put #1 and #2 back in the hostnames just so no one gets confused as to which is which as far as which is primary by primary though it can be just the same as the old server which was 95% stocks with a custom here and there
ParanoidDrone Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 So there are some juicy Announcer files in the update, as well. She sounds PISSED. Well, moreso than usual, if such a thing is possible.
atmuh Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 she says those sometimes in game now i dont really know the trigger i guess it has something to do with how many people ingame are steam friends
Secret Agent Man Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 Funny, I wasn't thinking steam friends. I was thinking friendly fire.
FireSlash Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 With waffle fire fixed, do we want to turn the Themes plugin back on? We'd be using sm_themes_particles 0 to prevent any weather effects from being used (rain, snow, leaves, etc) so there shouldn't be any performance hit. Though this does mean maps that normally have weather effects won't, even if you have those effects enabled. Some reminders of what the Themes plugin does: http://j-factor.com/img/themes/dusk.jpg http://j-factor.com/img/themes/night.jpg http://j-factor.com/img/themes/spring.jpg etc
Powerlord Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 With waffle fire fixed, do we want to turn the Themes plugin back on?We'd be using sm_themes_particles 0 to prevent any weather effects from being used (rain, snow, leaves, etc) so there shouldn't be any performance hit. Though this does mean maps that normally have weather effects won't, even if you have those effects enabled. Some reminders of what the Themes plugin does: http://j-factor.com/img/themes/dusk.jpg http://j-factor.com/img/themes/night.jpg http://j-factor.com/img/themes/spring.jpg etc I'm not sure that I like the idea of having more stuff to download. Also, my video card has been oversaturating certain colors since a recent nVidia drivers update, and I'd rather not make it worse. That would be aimed at Dusk specifically.
Powerlord Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 So there are some juicy Announcer files in the update, as well. She sounds PISSED. Well, moreso than usual, if such a thing is possible. I was chatting with someone on IRC, and they suggested something entirely plausible... these will be used for an upcoming holiday Event.
atmuh Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 uh yeah obviously especially considering the sound files have "dec" in the filenames
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