How a Spy Thinks #72 (The Other Spy)

[@meatballg8655]

While you were chasing kills, I studied the blade. While you had your medic girlfriend pocketing you, I practiced the blade. While you were respawning, I used the blade. And now that an overhealed heavy and a medic with uber are bearing down on our gates you have the audacity to ask me for help.

[@smallpupper]

*_"You could not live with your own failure. And where did that bring you? Back to me."_*

[@subsandwichwithmayo469]

Meatballs for life what the fuck??

[@bagseys]

"you've trained Your entire Life for This, i Can see that, But while you were Taunting In Spawn, You know how i Prepared Today? I learned, Your traditions, Your Movements, Which Players To Tame... And Which to Backstab, So i ask you once Again, Do you surrender?"

[@MrPaladin]

Avoid stacking spy... but be aware of the advantages of having 2 spies when the team is full

[@lordtachanka6489]

There it is finally

[@Paradise_Lost_]

What if there was 4 god-teir spies on your team?

[@venominonbg1740]

Unless the team has 3 snipers :I

[@Chr0n0s38]

Spy is a pick class. If you have 4 spies, no matter how good they are, you will likely lack power classes. Even if the 4 spies manage to get kills and keep the other team distracted, you won't have a team to push with. Additionally, really good spies increase paranoia a lot. 4 good spies will make it difficult for any of the spies to do their job properly.

[@josephhuston4186]

I love u and how your gameplay is so calm

[@matic4175]

The perfect caption for the thumbnail: "NO I KILLED THE MEDIC" "NO I GOT THE LAST BUTTERKNIFE SO I KILLED HIM"

[@qtulhoo]

Mati C "BUT THE HITREG-!" "BUT THE KILLFEED-!"

[@gusbrown2038]

MrPaladin is like the Bob Ross of TFtubers. He's always calm and relaxed, skilled in his field, nice to watch and has a nice soothing voice.

[@terri4994]

you should check out whispy the whistling pyro he's like mrpaladin except pyro main lol sadly he doesnt upload much tho

[@averagedumass]

What if he dies the same way as bob ross?

[@mccabemelton5135]

I literally go to sleep to this crap :)

[@charisardmegax]

McCabe Melton same

[@thelonelygamer3007]

We don’t have failed backstabs we have happy little accidents.

[@fio_lume]

it's so frustrating when you're about to backstab someone and your teammate spy decloaks out of his empty cloak and dagger somewhere behind you, making massive noise, causing multiple enemies to turn around and you hit god knows what but not the back, causing you to undisguise infront of the whole enemy team, in melee range even.

[@Metro_Stalin_Mayer]

Just like when you are going to get the backstab on a heavy and your team scout decides shooting him from behind surely is more deadly than the backstabbing, and gets both of you killed.

[@miguelguedes3228]

@@Metro_Stalin_Mayer and then he blames you for trying to butterknife the heavy.

[@madengineerkyouma]

Probably my favourite thumbnail lately.

[@snackermantm105]

TheDarkM *I Understood that reference*

[@WillustratorGAME]

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[@limonero8757]

PRINCE ZOTE

[@Risemonger]

Whether it be another Spy, a Heavy, Pyro or anything, to be a successful Spy distractions are a must. It becomes a dilemma for the enemy, do you pay attention to the damage class in front of you, or the Spy behind you.

[@MrPaladin]

Misdirection is magic

[@Schenkel101]

And it pains me to always be the Pyro or the piss-and-sting Sniper watching my entire team's blind and deaf asses. I'm not the best of players, but when it comes to attention most players are like fuckin goldfish, swear to god.

[@gmazurek746]

@@Schenkel101 . . . Just gonna say that goldfish can actually remember stuff quite well.

[@qtulhoo]

Risemonger The answer to your dilemma: regardless of what happens, the other one will kill you.

[@Dorelaxen]

The thing you start to realize after playing Spy for a bit is just how far other players will go to kill you, like that Medic running right in front of a spun up Heavy. It's so easy to use this to your advantage. Spy can play mind games and cause rage by just existing.

[@MrPaladin]

I love leading people into sentry guns the same way

[@velocityraptor2890]

@@MrPaladin cheeky...

[@turtlesauce5952]

Spy is so universally hated among every class in the game that the enemy team(particularly heavies, medics and/or pyros) will often abandon their duties for so long that you can often win a team fight without even killing anyone

[@Dorelaxen]

@@turtlesauce5952 I've done it more than once by staying near the other team's spawn just to mess with their teleporters and Engies. They start sending everyone out to look for me, while utterly abandoning the objective. It works far more often than it really has any right to, but DAMN if it isn't fun! Sitting hidden while watching 6 of their 12 man team scurry around in hopes of finding that dastardly invisible Spy could be one of the most satisfying things in the entire game.

[@UT-Chara]

@@Dorelaxen This is how you have fun when you're bad at Spy

[@purplehaze2358]

18:10 a rare moment of bonding between the box spy and the memegineer

[@SonicSanctuary]

so i was playing pybro on thunder mountain a few days ago and was fighting a really good spy. he got me a few times but then i remembered the kind of stuff you like to pull and i did three things. 1. i didn't case him around the corner or up stairs. 2. i tried to make sure i didn't run straight into him. 3. i would air blast him into the corners when ever i caught him.

[@lil_ducc4491]

Spider Man joke in the thumbnail? *Nice*

[@immortalsun]

*meme

[@theforteress1819]

Do you mean SPY-der man, Ill see myself out

[@GCJACK83]

Two spies working together can easily provide a distraction to conceal the other spy. Two spies on the same team can also be harmful, however, because depending on how good or bad both of them are, they could result in the team being down two players, especially if the other team starts stacking pyro.

[@codwellcoldly9080]

The kunai should suffice for pyros unless your game works like my mine and can't render a back leaving me unable to do trickstab. Srsly on multiple occasions, The stupidity should have cost there life by me doing a simple corner stab or them being blind or deaf and lord gaben blesses them with backstab immunity.

[@theconductoresplin8092]

*sees thumbnail* I see that Mr paladin is a man of culture

[@MrPaladin]

I understood that reference

[@theconductoresplin8092]

@@MrPaladin Classic JoJo reference

[@legosans926]

This is an intellectual reunion

[@UT-Chara]

Mr culture

[@steealconwyrick1999]

17:06 - I dunno. Maybe it had something to do with his crossbow.

[@josephhuston4186]

Love dart

[@StickMaster500]

If they put the system of telling you if you have too many Spies or Snipers or no Medics like they have in Overwatch, then people will consider playing other classes without there being 5 Spies and Snipers on one team

[@gryphonbotha1880]

Luckily there's at least a visual cue of the team's current composition on the class selection menu. Sadly the cue is not invasive *enough* to really be noticed by most people who don't already know its there (especially if they're new).

[@Kkrd-re9wc]

StickMaster500 or just class limits

[@specialunit0428]

i feel that would disappoint players alot in some cases, perhaps they have just started up TF2 to play spy or sniper etc but they now cannot because of that system. 1 thing about Valve is they actually allow the players to control how the game works, they just add to it.

[@1ULTRAKNIGHT]

@@gryphonbotha1880 The tallymarks yes? I caught onto them recently ^_^

[@yazidefirenze]

StickMaster500 locates Proceed to wonder why he comments on all TF2 vids

[@leonard_9500]

I've experienced an immense boost in my Spy skills since I've started watching your videos. 'The Definition of Insanity'-video was especially helpful. Not just for in-game problems but also for real life problems. The tactic of just circling around and not forcing opportunities to present themselves as well as the skill of reading players has helped me so much as well. Thank you for making these videos.

[@MrPaladin]

Glad I could help!

[@joe-rv1jt]

4:19 typical soldier boy friend and medic girlfriend

[@soggyssb5192]

nah the soldier would have been in voice coms with the med

[@joe-rv1jt]

@@soggyssb5192 discord?

[@soggyssb5192]

probably

[@Metro_Stalin_Mayer]

And still considered as skill for soldier mains.

[@ThunderhunterFTW]

"woah! pyros falling from heaven!" now that's something you don't hear everyday. (5:29)

[@anonylizor]

Meet the Skyro

[@Sargravendirdy]

This is crazy. Been just watching these in semi order but me and my friend are both on defense during the beginning! Had to hit him up I was so blown away. Literally at 5:29 is him getting back stabbed while your disguised as my medic. I'm in tears. Haven't played a lot of tf2 in about a year and this was just a treat.

[@MrPaladin]

Like I tell folks, they are regular games with regular people :)

[@Sargravendirdy]

@@MrPaladin Thanks my man, double take put a big smile on my face for the rest of the day.

[@thiulii]

7:40 THE HEAVY IS DEAD!?

[@-NguyenKienHao-CA]

Thiago Iuliano YES! HE DIED!

[@theunderlyinghaterlol7]

@@-NguyenKienHao-CA WHO KILLED HIM?

[@spoolofyarn6682]

10:41 "Why would you shoot a pipe that way, even though you don't see an enemy"? Demoman: "I'm drunk".

[@kevlargu8483]

7:41 It is good day to be not dead

[@Brandon-ct8vo]

pow! you are dead

[@argent-sz]

The finesse and classy gameplay of MrPaladin is really a sight to behold.

[@oscarmauriciogomez7769]

i never thought about the fact that you can shoot jumper stickyes and then kill the demo thats just pure goddamn evil if you ask me...

[@MrPaladin]

Even if you only shoot one before they jump out, it can make them land where they don't want to. Kind of like triggering an enemy dead ringer at a bad time

[@mario4387]

"G'day all,Mr Paladin here " When I hear this I m sure that i will be relaxed all day m8!

[@ethanmarkdrozario117]

6:18 "while you we're drinking I was learning the way of the blade" ~every spy main ~including me

[@jasonjacobs176]

5:58 “taking the fire-escape” clever shpee

[@DeskFan]

The ceiling fan is a spy!

[@SnivyTries]

"Taking the fire escape" makes me want an SFM animation of a pyro running onto that point and just having four spies leaping out the windows XD

[@lorenzomaiolani1160]

Friendly spy: exists MrPaladin: i can milk you

[@Matt-xc5fw]

Trying to find StickMaster500 comment

[@trash_dmleo956]

Hi Matt

[@sirmidnight2039]

I don't even play spy all that often, but I just love pissing people off as Trollider. Because it leads to crap like them getting backstabbed by the spy that they had no reason to ignore. Too busy focusing the obnoxious flying solider to notice that they have a knife in their back. *Perfect distraction.*

[@montekong3487]

Your videos are so easy to watch, so I can watch a few of them before bed without getting too hyped up. Keep doing what you’re doing, we all appreciate it!

[@MrPaladin]

Thanks!

[@greeneggsnspam2111]

5:30 "Ooh! Pyros falling from heaven!" You of all people should know that pyros most certainly do not come from heaven.

[@purplehaze2358]

MrPaladin, your voice is surprisingly soothing. its quite refreshing when in comparison with other tf2bers.

[@jyaw16]

oh my gosh. "fire escape" plz mr paladin

[@nydruz]

7:41 is pretty relevant

[@TheRealLozip]

I WAS AT 8:30 I was the crappy medic lol

[@TheRealLozip]

I knew there was a good spy

[@MrPaladin]

Hey there! Fun rounds :) sry for the spy stuff

[@Madalovin]

I enjoyed your longer videos, I find the content pretty calming, and as always, you give me something to think about next time I play spy. Thanks Mr. P.

[@thedimwitt439]

The fact Mr Paladin said ‘I like that Heavy’ even though that Heavy was countering him hard is why I watch him, being able to respect someone doing better than you is an amazing trait!!

[@everettskorupski956]

16:01 i fully expected you to say “of the blade”

[@kevinprinz3204]

The heavy is dead!

[@upengraden3792]

Started playing TF2 about 2 months ago. Already 130 hours, and pretty good at Spy, Heavy, and decent at Scout. I watched a video about it and came across your channel and was appalled at how entertaining your videos are.

[@hypurify8705]

i was going through my subs and i remember watching you like 3-4 yrs ago.. u still got the same intro haha.. brings back memories.. keep up the good work

[@cloud4035]

“Woah!, pyro’s falling from heaven”. That had to one if the mist if not the most amusing things you have said paladin

[@sebastianmarkham9277]

Another great video from Mr Paladin! I always like your videos and you inspired me to become a spy main and I’ve became way better than ever all thanks to you

[@goofyahhperson7214]

A team of spys is a blessing for our team and a curse for other team

[@cleanwater3180]

Team Pyro makes it hard

[@jjts1210]

Clean Water not if you can counter it, spycicle and dead ringer can make for a deadly anti pyro class in my opinion

[@voltbolt2316]

Mr paladin: I love the sound of fire Every other spy who has been murdered by a pyro: are you clinically insane?

[@mr.elusive848]

Love your vids they really helped me improve with spy

[@nikkig4802]

When spy’s are found out because people turn around: HACKER, HOW DID YOU SEE ME Mr.paladin: I like that heavy

[@bucketofchicken8325]

Mr. paladin: “no I thought scouts were faster than that”. Me: laughs in baby faces blaster

[@mccoolfriend6818]

Mr. P: Whats up with Medic Medic: Zis is how I lost my medical license

[@thatone_awesome]

*spits out drink* why did i JUST notice the spiderman joke on the thumbnail

[@alfredkruse144]

I was on a server today against 4 spies. You would always see at least 1 spy every 10 seconds

[@doktorryeen5124]

Another day in pub tf2

[@allither6310]

I was the engii at 2:00 lol

[@MrPaladin]

Hey there, fun rounds

[@billyjo542]

It's sad that this video barely got any views.. I liked. Thank's for helping me in my future endeavors, Mr. P.

[@purplehaze2358]

You make spy look so much easier then it actually is.

[@darkySp]

Borneo is probably my favorite map for Spy. That bridge gives you so much freedom. Uncloak, jump down, get 2-3 people on the cart, cloak, rotate around the shack and repeat. There's so many places to be, that spychecking is not completely denying you freedom like in, say, dustbowl.

[@ink3487]

"The heavy is dead, someone deaded him"

[@courier1337]

19:44 That lighting bug makes the stranger look like its black, kind of like a festive revolver make festive l'tranger a thing valve

[@blasterman1000]

That minigun sound is so helpful for spies, that it's actually one of the reasons I prefer the Tomislav when playing heavy. On the terms of distractions, I bait my teammates all the time. As a matter of fact I encourage the other spy to rat me out if he can make a play off of it. I do it myself, and while it can be a dick move I tend to come to an understanding with them before I really try it. But 2 spies in the Steam voice chat together actively baiting each other is a helluva way to make the enemy team paranoid *fast*.

[@UT-Chara]

The best part about the stock watch is that it sounds like a lot of things, so it can be masked easily. It's hard to use when you use my playstyle however, where I tend to use the cloak and dagger and lure people in. I love making people paranoid but not doing anything, because it scares the Engineers and distracts them. It's even better when it's the holidays, because I can use the noise maker

[@kevinmalone27]

Every video has a theme.. And this one was DISTRACTIONS! I never thought about how I can use noise to my advantage like the way you do here, and I imagine a mindset like this is going to help me get those facestabs!

[@luckybeast9747]

Mr. P playing spy: stay calm, cool, and collected, the enemy doesn't know where I am so I can be affective and if I'm in danger, no problem Me playing spy: everything's so fast paced, everyone is out kill me, (sees any enemy and goes for a stab)yes! i got 1 backstab kill, oof I've been spotted, time to land every amby headshot oh wait I can't aim (dies, respawns, repeats)

[@nathangamble125]

9:25 And that facestab pays you back for the failed backstab on the scout earlier.

[@alphadeathdust]

While you were drinking, I studied the blade. *Enemy medic whipping out uber saw* BOI!!!

[@dartpokemm]

*Fire* escape. Because you were running from a Pyro...through a window...a common...fire...escape...

[@cripplingdepression1422]

DartPokeMM Get off the stage jk

[@brookeheart1056]

What I especially love doing when there's another spy on the team is having one of us backstab the Engineer while the other saps his sentry.

[@boingo696]

I am going to admit it... I am a child. A 12 year old. A small brain still developing. But your tutorials were very helpful, and they helped me become a mediocre spy. Yet you will die before me... and I will be sad. A legend and a person I look up to will die in my lifespan. But you are still here now, and you are one of my favorite TF2 KZbinrs.

[@purplehaze2358]

If playing spy is art, then i guess i have to call you Bob Ross.

[@MrPaladin]

Spies don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents

[@purplehaze2358]

[@yaydenchem]

"Ooh, Pyros falling from heaven." I love it!

[@mino2123]

i love the image of mr paladin's drama teacher teaching him how to play as spy in team fortress 2

[@MacassarMusic]

Thanks Mr. Paladin, your videos really helped me get better ... at playing other classes. I still suck at Spy, mainly because I'm not sneaky and fast enough.

[@enbybunny9940]

19:25 Think, Mark, think! What’s a fun name for two male spies falling in love!

[@JohnDoe-nd7is]

9:25 yes the spy is a mechanically seamless class with no hitbox flaws whatsoever that is hard countered by pyro *gets kunei facestab at 24 hp*

[@PhreddiePhatPhlaps]

Two Spy's working together is called a Baguette.

[@angrybox4253]

I'm late let me think of a joke... Engineer:spahs Sappin mah sentry! Me:*homewrecker intensifies* I tried

[@Ghoffman91]

5:43 Looked more like a shoulder stab than a backstab to me...your reticle was not even remotely near him when you did the stab. After the stab he teleported directly to where your reticle was. Having a clear shoulder stab being registered as a backstab is always aggravating to anyone on the receiving end of it.

[@dutyy6199]

Thank you so much!! Your videos are really helpful.

[@Flailmorpho]

"let's pull out our melee weapon to fight the spy"

[@Rotten4Real]

17:14 guys we did it, mr. paladin's channel is now a jojo reference.

[@purpleskittlzz5040]

12:00 BuT mR. pAlAdiN, ThAtS aN A-pOsE sNiPeR not T-PoSe

[@MrPaladin]

Surprisingly no one has tried to seriously correct that

[@purpleskittlzz5040]

@@MrPaladin Just give it time.

[@egotisticalghost6745]

I love jumping from a high place to get a backstab.

[@snufleguf_124]

Mr Paladin: What did the medic do to me? Medic: oops zhat was not medicin.

[@Surkk2960]

That upward server was definitely cursed...

[@NumdegasedUHC]

0:32 The gunshots sound exactly like the beginning of “Jesus of Suburbia” by Green Day

[@Paulunatr]

Weird server. Someone must've replaced Spy's cig with a joint and he was too busy to notice.

[@yazidefirenze]

MrPaladin. Sentry sapped, here’s my cig. Slow mo.... Spy gave dead ringer to dead engie.

[@theslimeassassin3287]

Ahh yes the spy guide the one thing I don’t need but watch anyway because I can help search for spies with this

[@raingir988]

U are a really good spy I hope one day I can play like u because ur videos inspire me Mr. Paladin :)

[@freshbazuble]

"time to take the fire escape" *dives through window*

[@oliver292]

“I love the sound of flames” said no spy main ever.

[@grantdoesgaming8624]

I’d like to say how you are like the bob Ross of tf2, your voice is so relaxing, your so calm, also your great and I love you

[@immortalsun]

I love these thumbnails so much.

[@sbrevolver15]

That feeling right before a stab That glorious anticipation *Breathes Heavily*

[@GetzaBerry1it]

It's always worse with a cloak and dagger spy near especially when they are walking around on empty because it will either show them off or cloak and uncloak constantly. That noise it makes, yeah, you just have a beacon watch on you.

[@yes6839]

8:55 *steady, steady* **misses shot** Spy: *IDIOT-*

[@stepexgd6628]

Spies are the reason why you should think. You're, for once, too lazy to watch out? Backstab. You think your mates will get the spy? Backstab. You don't notice the Heavy not using his Minigun mid-battle? Backstab.

[@toaster2822]

Attempting to backstab a ubered target should give the razorback affect.

[@dudecoomhard8594]

Sometimes you feel so good when you backstab a Spy 1 sec before they get your heavy