Engie Brain #4 - Advanced Teleporter Maintenance

Seasonal Allergy Dane here with another Engie Brain episode. Discussing teleporters, and showing examples of how to keep your teleporter up and in the most effect places as much as possible.
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[@LiaRein]

The troll telies or camped telies is why I let someone else at spawn take it before me, and then I simply watch the kill feed :^) And if it's safe I just look like a polite gamer. It's a win-win

[@theclingyfox7899]

The year is 20XX. The pub metagame is centered around huddling around the teleporter to see who will be the first one to use it. Players now rely on rock-paper-sissors as their sole way of deciding who goes first.

[@randomblock1_]

I mean you can also just look where the exit is with your spawn wallhacks, to at least prevent going the wrong way

[@LiaRein]

@@theclingyfox7899 lol I did consider this after posting...

[@scratchliquid1]

that seems alot less effective then just spending one life per game to see if that person is a troll

[@LiaRein]

@@scratchliquid1 it's not always trolled telies, and what block said is true too, for trolled telies you can just check the outline on respawn most of the time

[@liovox]

The power of the engineer to sway the entire outcome of the game is perfectly within his character. He’s a genius, with 11phds, and surrounded by insane idiotic mercenaries, of course he’d be the one to turn the tides of a fight. He’s the one braincell

[@minomann9216]

Heavy has a phd and the Medic found out how to bring people back to life. I wouldn't say he's the *one* braincell.

[@majorasmaskguy_8452]

@@minomann9216 The team has 3 collective brain cells.

[@dankmemes8254]

Spy seems to be above the average intelligence

[@minomann9216]

@@dankmemes8254 Spy and Sniper don't seem to be as smart as Med and maybe Heavy but they are clearly above Soldier and Scout.

[@dankmemes8254]

@@minomann9216 I mean soilder drank led at a small age resulting in a led poisoning and scout is scout

[@niIIer1]

I ignore teleporters as soldier as I enjoy failing at a rollout everytime.

[@abmalreklaw5096]

I also love falling at rollouts

[@Attaxalotl]

I don't take teleporters as pyro because the powerjack exists, and I don't really feel like I’ve earned it if i'm not using the homewrecker

[@abmalreklaw5096]

@Attaxalotl nah man if you play Pyro and kill spies you've earned enough of my respect to use the teleports, trust me I'm I am engi main.

[@Attaxalotl]

@@abmalreklaw5096 aye

[@abmalreklaw5096]

@Attaxalotl aye?

[@fntp1390]

4:39 the subtle sound effect when he hits his head is just amazing

[@eric718_]

thunk

[@Vorox17]

didn't even notice until reading this comment

[@Rowcan]

That's Soundsmith at work for ya.

[@nooneinparticularofficial]

Holy sh*t it's Engi Dane the Uncle main.

[@MaquenaHere]

Whats the uncle class? You creep people or some shit Or is it like a coach class-

[@nooneinparticularofficial]

@@MaquenaHere * tasty cools intensifies *

[@PeacefulRises]

Encle Mane the Ungi Dain

[@comradedogma4957]

I read this right at first.

[@SmashSSL]

Uncle Main the Engi Brain

[@furchad3574]

Obligatory “Uncle Dane is a good sentry man” quote.

[@tlof19]

"Unca Dayne izza verreh gud saintrymann"

[@bernardokkkj743]

to fit the video, "unkle dan is a very gud telepoter man"

[@leonardo9259]

"tf2 fans are funny i swaer"

[@idress8340]

@@leonardo9259 engineer gaming pootis MeeM spycrab demoknight tf2

[@tibexgame5974]

@@idress8340 Thats ALL the most popular tf2 memes.

[@shadowfighter2461]

I'm just waiting for the intro where a bot headshots dane while he's building his dispenser

[@saposo]

I think there was one like that

[@syouji185]

@@saposo You mean the one where he dies from a random crit?

[@saposo]

@@syouji185 Ah, right, the random crit

[@Introbulus]

I'm waiting for the one where he decides this isn't actually a good dispenser spot, goes 'nope', and makes it blow up with the power of his mind.

[@Snouswort]

The intro should have been "Teleporter going up!" for this one tbh

[@JustTheRat01]

but then the crowd would throw rotten fruit at em

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

The intro should have been either the live action one he made or the "Uncle Dane the Enge main" one

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Pumping out a lot of content lately.

[@YttriumtYcLief]

Only a matter of time before we get the next Uncle Mixtape.

[@jessiewithaphonee]

true

[@crispychip7696]

Yup, loving the content.

[@crisis8v88]

It's because he put the teleporter exit in a good place.

[@trevortalsma6380]

ya i know

[@moronribbons5774]

Keeping a teleporting running all match so your team can hold up their game on the enemy has such an indescribable good feeling to it, when you just check at the end and see all the points it accumulated. I actually near topscored a turbine game (actual turbine match wtf) just by maintaining a teleporter to behind one of the boxes with my dispenser - didn't even have a sentry out a mid, I had left it at intel the whole game. Teleporters are insane tools.

[@yeyo1019]

I feel like teleports also have a physiological effect in the state of the game, if there are 2 minutes or less to cap I can sometimes think to myself it's a dead game gg and all that but seeing that level 3 teleport gives me confidence to keep getting in to try and win, I don't know if anyone else feels that way

[@vargasmartin7143]

This is why I love engie. Makes me feel like I'm helping the team and that the team apreciates it :)

[@grammajam3682]

@@vargasmartin7143 except noone ever thanks the engi for whatever reason

[@vargasmartin7143]

@@grammajam3682 I think most people are so used to saying thanks to the medic that the "Thanks" command is seen as a medic only voice command. It happens to me, I forget I can say thanks in other situations other than thanking the medic or memeing

[@grammajam3682]

@@vargasmartin7143 i always try to say thanks whenever i get healed by a friendly engi as well. also just to polite guys in general

[@bbboomer7874]

"i did a little buiding off camera" Gets me everytime

[@Aquidu]

"Sometimes you get trolled." -Uncle Dane

[@reimuhakurei2123]

we do a lil bit of trollin

[@Florescentia02]

Our uncle is on a roll recently!

[@wgkgarrett]

For sure!

[@duckoronies]

its awesome

[@beckhamjenkins4798]

It’s crazy, I’m loving it

[@pedrosso0]

yup!

[@thefattertheratter45]

Yee

[@StickMaster500]

Was just rewatching the other Engie Brain videos and it’s a sight to see for the next episode to be uploaded so we can increase our Engie IQ just a little bit more

[@Archersforeal]

Agreed

[@seronymus]

Do you have a medic gf yet?

[@skittlesmoo5881]

I've seen you on so many videos I'm actually losing my sanity?

[@tappajaav]

@@skittlesmoo5881 Nah he spams everywhere

[@icyyChill]

10:55 "You know, the power of the pistol. The pistol power." Me, an intellectual: The pp

[@somehowviable7696]

The Big pp

[@nullvoid3545]

@@somehowviable7696 I prefer the pretty boys pp

[@peterhoulihan9766]

Re: Ignoring teles at spawn. If I see an engie upgrading an active teleporter I generally assume he might need to use it and I give him priority.

[@HueManatee]

"Re:" is such an old expression, but I'm so glad to see it again. But yeah, that's usually why I ignore teleporters.

[@ruthswann88]

I guess you should feel free to take it if they're using a Eureka Effect tho

[@CAMSLAYER13]

just take it, it'll automatically reset the timer after it upgrades

[@peterhoulihan9766]

@@ruthswann88 Good point, but I'm rarely that observant.

[@peterhoulihan9766]

@@CAMSLAYER13 True, but if they're rebuilding a tele they might need to skip back to the front in a real hurry. Besides, if I'm not playing engie myself I'm probably a demo. I can just stickyjump.

[@turmspitzewerk]

finally, stock engineer 4: the PDA

[@demolisherman1763]

Oh man I am loving all these updates

[@Casual_PKBeats]

I always stop to unsap a teleport if I happen to be at spawn, it's so easy and can save the state of the game But for some reason, that never happens to me when I play Engie :(

[@papersonic9941]

Tbf, in order to do that you need to a) see the zapped tele b) react and switch to engie (or homewrecker Pyro, I guess) c) hit it twice. All of thus assuming you have enough time to do that, and that the Spy doesn't shoot it.

[@fish914]

What wrench do u use?

[@Casual_PKBeats]

@@fish914 Prinny Machete

[@BallstinkBaron]

On the other side of things, when I'm Spy this doesn't happen to me often, usually because I shoot tellies. However when it does happen I am furious.

[@weirdgamer9566]

i just cant switch fast enough okay ;-;

[@xorcist6898]

Dane himself literally has an engie brain I swear.

[@Xvaril]

Holy crap. 4 videos in a week? WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED

[@FlashGordon5272]

I'm super happy for all the new content, but I also hope that you're taking care of yourself and not burning yourself out on content. Love everything you put out, but take care of yourself first and foremost! The community loves you and your content, but remember to love yourself as well!

[@vargasmartin7143]

^Pin this dear uncle

[@alexanderraz.]

He probably isnt going to upload in some time after the Streak of videos but yeah

[@gregtheflyingwhale6480]

Uncle Dane: You've got to put faith in teleporter Also Uncle Dane: Puts teleporter in front of a cliff on hightower

[@purplehaze2358]

Alternate title: Uncle Dane trying desperately to get more engineers to build something other than a sentry for a little under 17 minutes.

[@BLICKJICK]

This is my favorite type of content from you, Dane Don't stop

[@MacheTheFerret]

missed opportunity to build a teleporter in the intro instead of a dispenser

[@tekayo63]

the crowd didnt like it too much when he did that

[@silksongoutyet]

@@tekayo63 sentry going up! Booooooo Teleporter going up! Boooooooo Dispenser going up! *ankle dan music plays* Yayyyyy

[@leonader9465]

Please make more of these videos! This is my favourite series of yours. I love just watching your regular gameplay that isn't a fast-paced frag montage. It is very chill.

[@PlasmaStar-me1hq]

the whole "switch to engie to upgrade buildings at spawn" thing is something i actually picked up from your videos!

[@scoobis7208]

Yooo more than 1 upload a year

[@mrbread1181]

Bread

[@operationdeadmemes3498]

Bread

[@derfine6513]

Bread

[@derfine6513]

@@cool_turtle9153 bread

[@jericb]

NO FUCKING WAY

[@ME0WMERE]

Bread

[@ChaoticComedy]

Love You Uncle Dane. I Re-Edited the "Make Her Wet" Track we Did. It Will Be Premiering on My Channel in About an Hour. Thanks For the Collaboration! 💯

[@PoshBeard]

As pyro I occasionally ignore teleporters to spycheck around spawn and the back lines.

[@baconcadet2532]

I thought we were never gonna get a number 4

[@higps]

14:47 So what you're is that your team can just attack at any point in time

[@typhoon1575]

i'm happy to see you back and making Videos Dane. I must say you really are making a difference here with videos like these. The teleporter thing alone with people switching to upgrade it. if any one's an engie main thankfully you are

[@itsjave8644]

Loving the amount of content lately, I’d love to see more content like this even if it might sacrifice quality here and there. Not saying that these past vids have lacked quality, but saying that the majority of us just want vids lol

[@blackhood7200]

Nice vid again Uncle Dane. Glad to see you posting a lot more. :)

[@Kawke]

Wow, you’re actually uploading, good job

[@zavhyatta9795]

rude Passive agressive

[@kaasloo1303]

This man puts in WORK!

[@Kawke]

@@zavhyatta9795 wasnt meaning to be passive aggressive but then again you have a doge pfp

[@JustInTime0525]

Hey just want to tell you that I really love watching your videos, whatever it may be (educational, weapons breakdown, or just ｍｅｍｅ) Keep uploading and thank you for the awesome content! ♥

[@alpercizmeci4039]

I liked the style of this new video. Hope you can do more videos like this, just chillin' and talking about engie is great and would love to see more!

[@KewlNerd20X6]

12:39 Wow! Even Uncle Dane gets dominated sometimes. Good to know that even if you're amazing at the game, you'll still have to deal with that. Getting dominated doesn't mean you're bad.

[@schino]

15:30 when newer players are so unpredictable lmao

[@GoatandWatch]

dude i would love to just listen to a 12 hour video of you just straight commentating with your own thought process over your tf2 plays like this video has just shown me how utterly entertaining it is to just hear you talk about what goes through your mind as you were playing, like i love this, heck yea man

[@gabestew262]

Hot damn with the new videos. High quality as always, and i missed this series. Keep it up!

[@arrowtongue]

I'm an avid engineer player, and it bugs me too, but, sometimes soldiers/demos skip teles on casual to practice rollouts on certain maps, me included.

[@Aelfraed26]

11:46 Yeah, I love playing Engy in Steel and funneling my team to D and E through A. It's the superior route, but for some reason most players go through B.

[@GoldLuminance]

It brings me a lot of satisfaction watching this; because I had already figured out a lot of this from just playing Engie so much. It's nice to see that what I've learned in my own time has paid off.

[@therealwetwizard]

9:35 Thanks for showing your pro engineer thought process

[@Purpial]

I dropped my cookie clicker for this, feel proud

[@JohnSmith-fo2vh]

nice engie brain thumbnail changes

[@sourceeee]

No lie, I love the more frequent uploads and love your content. I've been following for a while and while I hope the uploads are more frequent, I completely understand if you need time

[@azzy8121]

I love the videos like this it's just so casual and chill, it puts a smile on my face.

[@theweirdmedic8030]

This is so epic

[@monkegaming2560]

wait. this series still exists?

[@adog3129]

dane still exists?

[@engineertf2262]

exists dane still ?

[@WiseEndro333]

exist?

[@joelmadiquinho]

?

[@MrPwner911]

Just caught up on the engie brain series too! Love your content man

[@RedRockin2000]

Really like the way you narrate your newer videos. I could listen to them while I go to sleep.

[@bernardonegri5416]

9:17 You could have easily saved the sentry by picking it up

[@whatjusthappend09]

Hello dan hope you are doing well on this fine day

[@bsheepdestroyermakesstuff7222]

No u

[@CoolMoon]

Haven't played TF2 in so long. Love to see the channel still kicking!

[@Carles-ig7bb]

I don't know how you keep pumping this amount of good videos so frequently but i'm loving them!!!!

[@shrekconfirmed5456]

uncle dane were you too based for twitter

[@Passer__]

How the hell did you kill someone with the kamikaze taunt at 0:57

[@naxxy6134]

Loving the new uploads troop, keep up the good work!

[@satsuj3509]

Glad to see Dane posting frequently! keep up the good work

[@addiebuss9060]

Dane what did you do on Twitter

[@shrekconfirmed5456]

@@wheatleyhenry2943 we don’t know that that tweet/reddit post you saw was mostly just a joke, we don’t know for sure

[@johnt3606]

he tweeted "Anyone wanna get molested" 4 years ago as a joke and got mass reported

[@shrekconfirmed5456]

@@johnt3606 well crap, do you have a source for dis, i wanna know more

[@SerenDark]

@@shrekconfirmed5456 He actually clarified on Instagram that his twitter was suspended for a video using a snippet of a copyrighted song, and not the joke people are saying

[@shrekconfirmed5456]

@@SerenDark well thats not as funny

[@purplesquack5854]

Why did he get his Twitter Suspended?

[@gexgecko8499]

He tweeted "Anyone wanna get molested?" four years ago and got mass reported. I imagine he'll be back up in a few days, assuming Twitter reads his appeal.

[@purplesquack5854]

@@gexgecko8499 Lol thats so stupid. Not only is that a joke, that was **4 years ago** lol.

[@memesmemes3143]

He made a JOKE 5 years ago

[@jeanho9507]

twitter moment at its finest

[@realchezboi]

@@purplesquack5854 He was literally making fun of his own appearance, how do people misinterpret this joke that bad?

[@superob5550]

I love your servers btw. Thank you so much!

[@bernardonegri5416]

6:23 I am making a prediction: that demo is going to blow himself up

[@theinternetnazi1456]

Listen Dane your vids are great and you’ve been putting out a lot but these videos take a lot out of you so don’t be afraid to slow down

[@oicmorez4129]

First

[@MrMozzie]

These frequent uploads this month have been great, good on you

[@WhereNightingaleSing]

it's been super nice to see all this new content!

[@skelestache7281]

Wow. Four great videos in a row. Doing great Uncle Dane

[@smileguyanimations8776]

“Yippe kee ya he ya yo ki yo, is what I say to that” -Uncle Dane

[@statingknot6375]

Thank you for teaching me how to play engineer! I just recently started playing, and I have used a lot of your tips! Thank you for making these videos! :)

[@SpecterSt]

These videos are just so relaxing

[@WiiSportsLesbianism]

I love how this just feels like a conversation with Dane

[@maxk5238]

The very soft bonk at 4:40 made my day

[@wilburforce8046]

So many Uncle Dane uploads I love it!❤️

[@overwharf7848]

loving this new era of dane content.

[@AAAARGHSEALS]

Love these videos! Uncle D has the best commentary.

[@redundantqwail9088]

You are spoiling us, I hope this content streak never ends!

[@ColossalWastle]

SO MUCH UNCLE DANE CONTENT!!! WE ARE TRULY BLESSED THIS WEEK

[@baconlord484]

LOVE the high amount of content recently

[@insignificantduck313]

I have my shirt on and I'm ready to watch another video from Uncle Dane. It is an unbuttonable one this time.

[@PidgeMidge]

your gamesense never fails to leave me speechless

[@Monkey_XDD]

Really enjoy these videos to be honest. Weapons review videos are nice but these are refreshing and simple!

[@pedropablotobon1017]

This man is the greates Uncle. He gives good advices, always work for the sake of others, dont complain too much and always gives you both a good entertainment and a big smile :)

[@-Raylight]

Come on now, you can respawn in case the teleporter brings you to a place you can't get out from xD Uncle Dane is a good teleporter man!

[@Aysentaro]

love these vids, keep 'em coming

[@johnfax2783]

I'm genuinely entertained by your videos and you make me laugh.

[@krazy-kavman59]

Seeing and hearing your intro takes me back so hard it hurts 😂

[@pipejesus]

I love post commentary, so relaxing

[@brian7827]

Pro tip for saving teleporters. If you see a teleport getting sapped at spawn, switch to pyro and have the homewrecker equipped so you can remove the sapper in one hit and can possibly save you a few seconds from having to reupgrade the teleport to level 3.

[@silksongoutyet]

Unless if you're an engineer and have buildings up already

[@Morgalicious7]

HELL YES IVE BEEN BEGGING FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THESE

[@skinnywilliam9132]

This is sudden and I really appreciate the tips, engie has been alot of fun lately

[@justjames9049]

I like these kinds of videos. I've always been the type to just rush in, die, repeat the process it's quite helpful to be able to learn the process of playing this game. I might just try it again, thanks Dane

[@plummeted]

Damn, Dane has been blessing us with content lately

[@SillyLittleDemon]

i heard you say engie brain and thought autoplay played one of your old vids and i was like "this is fine" then i saw "five hours ago" and was confused, so glad this series is back

[@josesuazo7318]

Thank you Uncle Dane for four uploads in such a short time