Ten Years Of Team Fortress 2 -- Q&A

I am now ten years old.
Thanks to everyone who submitted questions.
May your metal be plenty and your buildings level three.
Halo Infinite compilation: • cowbell skull
I recently started logging film ratings on Letterboxd instead of iMDb: letterboxd.com/youshouldwatch
My discord, socials, TF2 servers, merch, information about my in-game settings, and video credits (such as the music used in my videos) can be found on my website at uncledane.com
Sound editing and mixing by @SoundSmithTF2

[@William__Afton__]

The virgin programmer: seeks employment at valve to make games. The chad Uncle Dane: seeks employment at valve for free cafeteria food.

[@plastiktuten3866]

The gigachad programmer: seeks employment at valve to develop tf2.

[@SpartaTheRatatat]

uncle dane the sigma main

[@Thosis]

@@plastiktuten3866 Valve: what is a TF2?

[@evee_evvillamar4477]

@@Thosis titan fortress alyx?

[@Helperbot-2000]

gigamind: seeks employment at valve to develop recochet 2

[@fireboltchamploo7620]

When the world needed him most, he brought the dispenser.

[@hkthunder1744]

dispener

[@GetFist]

Roll in the intro!

[@TheFunnyGuyAleks]

Dispenser goin' up!

[@omaiga9335]

That was heavy

[@parallelworld7970]

And then the dispencer stabs you

[@davidjones8047]

Hearing that he’s actually an uncle now is the most wholesome thing I’ve ever heard.

[@LeoNardo-pg5ng]

I know it's practically common knowledge at this point, but it's still a little weird to envision Idubbbz and Dane as good friends. They radiate completely different energy.

[@Hemostat]

it was funny i kind of forgot about that when he said "my friend ian" that i didn't notice it til 10 seconds later my brain did a record scratch

[@DoctorCyan]

I disagree. They both seem relaxed, passionate, down to earth, and hard working.

[@pemo2676]

@@DoctorCyan old comment but im pretty sure op was talkin abt comedy personas

[@joltganda]

I’d like to imagine SoundSmith is just eating a sandwich in the background, then Uncle Dane just tells him to put a funny sound in. Then he just presses a button on the table or something and it makes that slide whistle sound and he goes back to eating his sandwich like nothing happened

[@AxxLAfriku]

HOLY HOLY!!! I can proudly say that I have the two HOTTEST women on this planet as MY GIRLFRIENDS! I am the unprettiest KZbinr ever, but they love me for what's inside! Thanks for listening jo

[@andrewchavez4376]

@@AxxLAfriku wait a minute………. Who’s jo?

[@e4rio]

@@andrewchavez4376 he’s a bot

[@joltganda]

@@e4rio man needs to know who jo is

[@maestrofeli4259]

jo

[@ZaTrapu]

10 years the tf2 has been blessed with having uncle Dane as a part of the community

[@JoostArchives]

No doubt

[@Noice.....]

real

[@ultmatepotato]

7*

[@ussul6524]

10yrs old game.. most other games are gone. This one is fun even now. WTF they did something good @ Valve.

[@ZaTrapu]

@@ultmatepotato true but I'm including the other 3 years with it anyways

[@superprzem0054]

5:26 fun fact: there's an unused properity/effect/whatever its called in tf2 files that allows spy to disquise as a dispencer. visually it only works when crouched, however enemy building don't shoot the spy no matter if he's crouched or not

[@BanermanArthropide]

Spy's Disguise by Fortress Films be like

[@Lagdroid]

uncle dane's personality and the way he discusses topics is very reminiscent of how the engineer is, just a really friendly and down to earth guy who likes to crack some dad jokes

[@whoisanarnb]

“I appreciate you’re my employer, and an old man besides… But if you don’t take your goddamn hands off me I will break you in _half.“_ _-The Engineer in the Loose Cannon comic threatening Blutarch_

[@wraithofaces]

honestly this has just made me realize that people have been playing tf2 for longer than some people in the game are old

[@wokeuplikethis7729]

That's true for many other games as well tbh

[@no-lifenoah7861]

like, I'm barely 2 years older than this game and have spent over 1,000 hours on it

[@ScrappySlowbro]

@@no-lifenoah7861 im only a few months older than it and i already have 501 hours in the game

[@alejandropulidorodriguez9723]

Jesus fucking christ, parents should really restrict their children's internet access, 10 year olds playing tf2 fucks sake

[@schhhh]

can confirm, i am about 5 months old

[@NEBULA112]

Don't know if you'll see this, but I want to thank you for the servers, videos, everything. Because of it, I've found a great group of people who I play TF2 with every night, and it's a very great time, I haven't had as much fun with the game as I have with all these people, so thank you.

[@rusty_6241]

(I think he saw it)

[@gottagofastfaster]

Unfortunately in Uncle Dane servers there could be players who can kick players for playing good. I also saw Vorobey video where he was kicked by some dumbass who got upset about getting killed.

[@dav786]

@@gottagofastfaster sweatopia

[@EGLHighlights]

So many Sentrys to build, so little time! Happy 10 years, Dane! Woo wee!

[@deeforeseen6302]

Hello Cthulhu

[@tomlawson4713]

17:08 I couldn’t agree more. I took a 3 year break from Getting Over It, I came back to it yesterday and completed it within 2 hours. A break can really change your perspective for the better.

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

My man got over Getting Over It, and then just beat it

[@Small_child_punter]

Iv been watching uncle Dane since middle school. Phew time flies. This man’s videos has been a huge part of my upbringing. Glad to see him still going strong all these years later.

[@kingkaydengaming2786]

Nkl Dan is verey goot nostelgie man

[@kevingriffith6011]

4:37 Honestly I think the best thing you could do for Spy would give him access to non-sapper support/utility items in his sapper slot. Like, Imagine a little cufflink tracking device he could throw at targets that gave your whole team wallhacks to whatever you hit for a while. The spy is very all-or-nothing, as it stands, so giving him a way to support his team in a way that doesn't stick his neck out and doesn't involve instantly killing someone would be a huge plus.

[@animatorbluarc]

considering the situation right now, we should add that after we (if we ever do) defeat the bots

[@Ottobean]

I'm down for the concept of giving the spy more versatility, but I feel that this would benefit snipers more than most classes. That feels unfair, since the sniper is already so good. What you say makes sense, though. If the enemy team doesn't have an engineer, he doesn't have anything in his secondary slot. Most other classes have some type of weapon alternative that helps them deal with a specific enemy class, like the Razorback, or the DDS, or the Jarate - wait, those are all sniper secondaries... Anyways, the point is that if the class counter weapon has no use, then they can just switch to something more general-use. Spy can't, and that's a problem.

[@kevingriffith6011]

@@Ottobean While it goes against the "spirit" of the secret agent sneakily sticking a tracking device to his target, I do think the person hit by the tracker should know that they've got a tracking device on them so they can adjust their play accordingly. Being able to mark flankers, snipers, medics and sentry guns would be great for giving your team precise information without needing to make a callout, which would be good for *all* the pick classes. (Especially in pubs) I do agree that sniper benefits from this more than the others, but at the same time being hit with this item also really hurts sniper as it paints a big target on his back for flankers and lets your team know exactly what sightlines are being watched.

[@LazyBuddyBan]

i think giving him more options instead of replacing the existing ones is a better approach

[@kevingriffith6011]

@@LazyBuddyBan That might be, but that would involve adding more item slots, which is something valve has *never* done. You'd still have access to the "replaced" mechanic by switching at resupply, but you've have alternatives when the mechanic being replaced isn't relevent to the match... and in matches where there isn't an engineer or the engineer is too well defended to sap you're basically losing nothing anyway.

[@oprahspetrolstation6652]

Oh wow.. Thank you so much for the shout out! And thank you for helping to keep community servers and TF2 alive and thriving.

[@juanletsplay1550]

I don't know the story of the Rokki guy, but, appearently he passed away from Dane's reactions, so rest in peace to the poor guy.

[@BluThundr]

Damn thats wild it's been 10 years, I can't even remember how I found you originally but it was still awesome to win one of the first giveaways for the builders blueprints, even if I have no idea where that cosmetic is in the world anymore.

[@UncleDane]

Holy crap, that was so long ago... glad to see you're still here! :D

[@ddd4040]

5000 subscriber giveaway? Bloody hell man it's been way too long, you still play games till now?

[@Mango-vb3vg]

What happened to your main channel Blu?

[@wealthybone2990]

@@Mango-vb3vg pretty sure this is a different Blu.

[@Mango-vb3vg]

@@wealthybone2990 oh

[@ThatOneREDScout]

Wait, this entire time, and I never realized SoundSmith is literally a sound smith.......

[@btf_flotsam478]

How did you not? He's made a few videos discussing it (plus his whole video breakdown of making a sound effect), and LazyPurple explicitly mentioned seeking his advice on audio stuff.

[@graysongdl]

@@btf_flotsam478 I can vouch that I've never even seen any of those videos pop up in my recommended, I never would've guessed he did that kind of stuff. And which LazyPurple video was this? I haven't watched every single one.

[@Swagdasia]

@@graysongdl i think it was the how it feels to play pyro extras

[@DeletedTaters001]

Nothing wrong with that. It's something of an achievement when words with literal meaning become a *name*. It means people associate the words with the person's achievements and not the strict definition :)

[@Intrafacial86]

🔫👨‍🚀 Always has been . . .

[@MrKing_MC]

Uncle Dane is one of the few gamers who play a game for 10 years and becomes actually good at it. God Bless Uncle Dane.

[@tappajaav]

Is he, really...? You're almost guaranteed to improve if you consistently put in time at something for over a decade

[@MrKing_MC]

@@tappajaav I know it's a really bad example, but Jschlatt, he has being playing Minecraft for 11 years now, and he fucking sucks in every element of the game.

[@tappajaav]

@@MrKing_MC Yeah one example or even multiple doesn't prove your point. It's only worth mentioning because that's not the norm. You don't hear from the countless people who're good at something after extended periods of repetition because that's the expectation

[@git.5578]

Fun Fact. For anyone that doesn't know, at 19:48 uncle Dane is talking about Idubbz. Uncle Dane actually helped record/edit Idubbz most famous video Full Force which got millions of views.

[@HunchoVids]

Thank you Uncle Dane. Honestly, you have kept me playing for so long. You rock!

[@maestrofeli4259]

yeah, he taught me so much about engineer and how to play him. I honestly wouldn't have had this much fun playing engie if it wasn't for him

[@HunchoVids]

@@maestrofeli4259 same! Then I moved on to other roles and sometimes I got burned out but Uncle Dane made a lot of content that made me want to keep playing, even if it wasn’t engi lol

[@MofizIA]

hearing that valve spoke about removing sniper, even jokingly, is music to my ears

[@sunbae-nim]

AMEN

[@MrMiguel211]

*I'm gonna click on this guy's head to instantly win...* *I clicked on them and I instantly won..* Yeah no surprise

[@justvacuumingaround9309]

came to the comments to see if anyone had pointed this out

[@graysongdl]

No joke, I paused the video and clapped as soon as he said that. I think snipers are worse than random crits. Hope we can expect some sniper nerfs if anyone on Valve ever decides to wheel back into the TF2 room. After fixing the bot thing, hopefully.

[@astrallywanderinganonymous9163]

they need to add something like bullet velocity/travel time or scope stability physics

[@JamesJAKAZeldaboy14]

The past 5 years that i've been watching your videos, i've learned so much about playing engineer. Keep up the good work dane!

[@Shieldzee]

Congratulations on your 10 year stretch! Tf2 has been with me since 2010 and it's been my go to game for fun. I'm happy there are still tf2ubers like you around and I can still go into a game and have so much fun. Thank you for your dedication to the channel and for trying to teach people how to play the game.

[@bobveinne2439]

When I first started in mid 2017, I thought TF2 was a game that got frequent updates because Jungle Inferno dropped like a month after I began playing, then Scream Fortress. Boy was I wrong, and that's okay, but I'm very thankful of the fact that it exists and we have one of the best communities for a video game out there. Thank you Uncle Dane for continuing to give great content about it, I'm also excited to see a new video by you. :]

[@graysongdl]

I think it... WAS a game that got frequent updates. But I don't really blame Valve for not working on TF2 much, since while I am biased as a TF2 fan, 99% of people, if given the chance to work at the studio that is potentially working on new Half Life games, would work on said Half Life games instead. Plus VR technology is new and exciting, so that's probably pulling people away from TF2 as well. The community is absolutely a wonderful thing, and it's honestly incredible not even the bot thing can kill this game.

[@Nikkidafox]

Uncle Dane is a very good questions man

[@thedeskman08]

Your the guy that brought me to tf2, thanks to you I'm now obsessed with the game and even have an Australium, your the reason I play engie the way I do, here's to probably and another 10 years of tf2

[@goldenpixl]

Along with LazyPurple, BigJoey, MrPaladin, and Stabby, you're one of the biggest influences for me wanting to play TF2, and even thinking critically about video games in general. Cheers, Dane, hope your career here on YT continues to grow and thrive.

[@kardoc3406]

Its so cool that some random stranger has impacted people so much just by being passionate about the videos he makes

[@gotspooked1823]

21:23 If the percent of time spent on engi is similar to before the reset you likely have around 5871 hours. Although it could be a few hundred more or less depending on how much you played engi before to now.

[@asj3419]

5871 hours is roughly 6.7% of all time in the 10 year period and works out to an average of 11 hours of play weekly.

[@virriusprincess]

That end was really wholesome, thanks for all the content you've been making through out the years and everything you've contributed to the community, love you Uncle :)

[@ac3j03y_blah6]

Dane, I love you. Your the reason I started maining engineer, and I started getting better at TF2 cause of ur ‘edutainment’ on the class. And I thank you for it 😊😁

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

I don't play TF2 anymore but I watch a lot of the content that you Uncle Dane, and the community puts out, and I say good on all of ya'll for keeping TF2 alive even though it was seemingly left to die by Valve. The community is amazing and the game is still fun and kept alive by the community despite the bots or even the test of time. Here's to 10 more years of Uncle Dane and TF2!

[@gabriel_linf]

Proud to have had you here for 10 years, you're a great figure in the TF2 community

[@YaboiTombuto]

Congrats on 10 years ! Thank you for being my favorite uncle and making engineer actually interesting after so long aya

[@mane42]

I loved that small bit you did with SoundSmith adding the slide wistle.

[@YAAH-E]

As someone who has also been playing since 2012, and also mained Engineer for (not only way to long) my early stages of playing the game, I can say that TF2 has been the most influential game for the past decade. Watching creators like STAR_, Jerma, LazyPurple, and dozens more have made me thankful for participating in this community. Thank you Dane, and cheers for being a decade old.

[@BigothyArchibaldBusiness]

Finally. The Uncle Dane Upload we've been waiting for

[@iAndromedaDS]

Loved the soundtrack choices. Bang on.

[@Star_Bright1]

Thanks for this video! Great to hear that Skial has also been getting better and that your love for the game hasn't gone anywhere.

[@DJ.Sylveon]

25:19

[@somerandomgamer8504]

Could you explain it to me? I dunno who they are/were(?)

[@Proudaazz]

Yeah I’d also like an explanation my man

[@DJ.Sylveon]

Rokki was a good friend and mod of Uncletopia who was kind and always a good time to hang around with. He also did art as well and streamed. Very much miss him.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

@@DJ.Sylveon Did they die or just move on?..

[@DJ.Sylveon]

@@somerandomgamer8504 passed away late last year

[@manuscape_]

18:44 If you watched any of valve's employees interviews you'll see that they're working there mostly because of that lol

[@linusdickens4767]

Thank you for confirming the engineers blueprints on steel. I've been REALLY wanting that!

[@X-SPONGED]

4:19 I honestly think if Spy ever get an update, Valve should add more Sappers like The Long Range Sapper The Red Spy used in Meet The Spy or make other utility tools in place of The Sapper. Like a Tagging Tool or a Building Disguise Tool or something.

[@bigmanliam]

give spy shotgun!

[@Skeeter_Squash]

Whenever I go on long car drives (3+ hrs), I usually put on Uncle Dane videos to listen to as I drive, and they’re still entertaining even after all these years. Thanks for the great content, and for having good servers to play on when I stream.

[@g0reshow]

God, the mixing was driving me nuts because it sounded so familiar, then I scrolled down and saw that Soundsmith was doing the audio work. Not surprised, it sounds nice as all hell

[@tarsisisterval5964]

Every Uncle video puts a smile on my face for hours after i watched it. Thank you Uncle Dane.

[@solrosriddare7264]

So happy to see your vids in my feed, happy 10 year birthday!

[@weekenddrew3330]

Hey Dane loved the new idubbbz doc great editing, I knew you guys were friends but it’s really cool you’re working on projects with him. Big ups to the sentry love you dude

[@kromersalesman9748]

You sir inspired me to become an engi main. Thanks for the memories

[@afallingtree9114]

I second this

[@damnedtosuffer666]

this just makes me wanting to watch your content more often, ive mostly been drugging myself with soundsmith, arrayseven, big joey, and lazypurple in terms of tf2 guides and stuff (no offense to you guys, yall rock too) but every once in a while i watch your content cuz god damn, your engie vids are hella informative and the editing you and soundsmith do is so good Hope youre having a great day Uncle Dane (btw, im On your servers frequently through various states, if we ever meet up im usualy either a soldier or medic; i sometimes engie but only when hes needed)

[@daveyre]

The funny thing of running to a dispenser with forty HP and then getting stabbed by said dispenser reminds me of the dialogue from Thor: Ragnarok where Thor recalls when Loki turned into a snake - because he knows Thor loves snakes - and, while Thor was admiring the snake, turned back into his human self and stabbed him.

[@quartzintherough]

Honestly, if it weren't for Uncle Dane, I might have never played TF2 after 2017 (the year I started) because he was one of 2 people related to TF2 that truly treated the game like a game and showed me the fun in the game. Also, Uncletopia is a god-send server and I would continue playing on it even if the bots are all gone, just for the fact that it has one of the best communities and I had so many bad experiences with online gaming communities (especially as a queer POC), including TF2, so thank you Uncle for making me play a good game like this one

[@barnebyoconnell8176]

- Especially as a queer POC Very true. Uncle Dane's server is really positive, especially compared to many other private servers

[@kamitsu2352]

you know it's gonna be a good day when Uncle Dane uploads a video

[@Aerix]

Always a pleasure to see dane post a new video.

[@BlackoutNow420]

Good 2 see ur back man

[@strawberry9194]

My uncle seems like a nice guy. I hope he's doing okay

[@CrunchyCrumbles]

no, he's MINE

[@ghidoriyah9676]

We are his proverbial nephews

[@damoclesgaming4042]

Happy 10 years Uncle Dane!

[@waxmeltfan]

Just hearing how optimistic you are in the future of your channel is beautiful to hear

[@doog2621]

Seeing you have many hours in DRG, I'd love for you to make some videos on your second video about the deep rock engineer (assuming it's your favorite class of course). One of my absolute favorite games ever. Rock and Stone.

[@Luka2000_]

Ten years already....man time flies

[@AlextheLordofFire]

4:54 Honestly, even as a pyro main, I don’t think it would be too bad of an idea to make invisible spies invulnerable to afterburn. Not only is way too oppressive for spy that pyro can just track him easily by touching him with one particle, but I don’t even find fun myself that pyro can just find spies out of thin air. Because pyro can just find spies that easily, suddenly his role is to just randomly spraying the air in case he finds a spy, which isn’t exactly the most fun. Even if spy was invulnerable to afterburn while cloaked, pyro would still be very effective at spy-checking, and would easily track him down with the fire effect on contact.

[@shovel_salesman]

I think it would be great for the cloak to extinguish flames after maybe a second under cloak or something

[@AlextheLordofFire]

@@shovel_salesman Well, you would already get a similar effect with afterburn invulnerability, since the afterburn view (to call it something) already affects pyros when inside fire particles. Any longer than that, and it might as well be as easy as it is now to track invisible spies, just with a little more awareness needed.

[@GameyRaccoon]

Spycicle

[@AlextheLordofFire]

@@GameyRaccoon Doesn’t the spycicle force you out of using it? As a pyro, spycicle has never bothered me, first because it makes a very clear sound when activated, so it doesn’t prevent me from identifying the spy, and second because leaving a Spy without knife for 15 seconds without even killing him is most of the time worth for just 1 second of no damage, which usually doesn’t prevent you from following him and killing him after. I don’t care I can’t find a spy if he doesn’t even have a knife. I find it harder to kill dead ringer spies than spycicle spies, since dead ringer spies not only extinguish themselves, but also have the speed to get out of your range and get to keep their knives.

[@SidusuC]

Thanks for taking the time to answer some of these!

[@acatthatisjustchillingnowi626]

The legend is back nice to see ya adviser uncle

[@jigzaw4595]

Uncle Dane deserves a million subs, hell he even made servers for us and gave us very entertaining videos throughout the whole decade

[@coalminer16]

I love how watching Uncle Dane makes me want to play tf2. Thanks, Dane.

[@Nuclear_Nachoz]

I've never watched this dude before until recently which was only like 3 videos, but this was nice to watch anyway

[@notnheavy]

Woah, Dane is ten years old! Just wanna say thank you for the content that you've been sharing these years. :)

[@Xen8008]

Happy 10 years Uncle Dane!! Your the main reason I’ve continued playing TF2 this long! Thank you for keeping the spirit of this incredible game and community alive!

[@ethanrichard4950]

Mann, I love tf2. joined in 2018 and I have over three thousand hours. It's practically the only game I play.The bots are annoying, but the game, the mechanics, maps, and the players who provide you a challenge to your own skill, all that overpowers the stupid bots. Also, i love playing soldier and heavy.

[@mike5260]

Same here.

[@jankrnac3535]

I started TF2 in 2021 thanks to KZbinrs like you, LazyPurple and the Czech channel Growey. And I really thank for that since this old arcade style where nobody has any leveled weapons. So thank you for still making videos even though it's an old game, it's a shame that games like this aren't made anymore.

[@marcushedemann6142]

Congrats on becoming an actual uncle, love the vid bro.

[@lc168691]

I find it really wholesome that you call Ian by his name instead of his persona. Don't know why, but really butters my biscuits.

[@Small_child_punter]

14:37 that’s the funniest edit of the video 😂

[@pepegtz-tb2qq]

Crongrars men you are the youtuber that i start loving the engi AND spawner characters in games

[@kiracite]

I can't wait for a vid on how you'd fix comp. That sounds interesting and I installed the game yesterday.

[@holidaypenguin]

8:54 "should sniper be nerfed?" - 2007 was an incredibly different time, when people thought ENGINEER was overpowered, maybe pyro as well. People on pc played like they were using a controller. Valve servers had players that were leagues worse than now, which led to the general consensus that nobody on those servers were challenging at all. Snipers back then would miss me - not just my head, but my entire body - probably ten times before hitting me. This was what TF2 was balanced around before people figured out how hitboxes, lag comp, and prediction work in the game. The landscape is just different now. It would be a shame to nerf sniper simply because his skill ceiling is so high, but it is like antivirus being a no-brainer in 2022 when it was unheard of in the 90s. With the code leak, pandora's box has opened, and it is time to react in a way that is fair for everyone.

[@bugjams]

I think the only real nerf Sniper needs is to have quickscope headshots deal less damage. There's no good reason he should be able to do 150 on a quickscope. It should be 120, or even as low as 100. Just have the damage ramp-up scale a bit faster so he still reaches 100% charge in the same amount of time. Quick scopes are really what make Sniper so powerful and annoying.

[@scarabdust]

As far as how well Sniper is balanced, I think the fact that the majority of bots play as Sniper really speaks for itself

[@kerbonaut2059]

@@bugjams it really fucks over medic which is objectively the most busted class which leads to my conclusion that ubercharge and its consequences have been a disaster for tf2 game design since 2007

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

"It would be a shame to nerf sniper simply because his skill ceiling is so high" No he has a high skill floor. Everyone has more complexity and a ceiling compared to the sniper but a lower entry point. - Someone who used to use sniper before I realized how cheap and unfair it was Soldier has a projectile with travel time, Demo has a lobbed projectile that only explodes on contact with a player or time, Heavy not only has to click on enemies and deal with random spread but has to stay on enemies. Sniper has the lowest skill ceiling not just in TF2 but shooters in general and this comes from someone who used to main sniping but stopped because it was disgusting. Snipers by design do max damage at every range while other weapons have good and bad ranges and the ability to miss but without any massive advantages.

[@kylethenoble1211]

You're so fantastic your years of service have my gratitude

[@supersecret4390]

Happy Birthday Uncle Dane!

[@JackBradley07]

It's so nice that huge youtubers like Uncle Dane are endorsing and introducing people to small games with small communities to people! Thanks uncle!

[@gmailmailg1440]

1:30 sounds like you've experienced the phenomena called "twitter" on the site called "twitter"

[@zenithzv]

Agree with your take on sniper. Find it funny how the devs said tthe sniper was the biggest problem though, since I would've expected it to be the pyro (I find him much more annoying to fight than sniper). Hopefully a rework is done to both classes, cus if one overly complained class is fixed while there's still another insanely unfun thing to fight, it would somewhat ruin the entire experience for me

[@thetruegavinator]

I agree with the sniper point but not as much on the Pyro point. I've mained both over my years and it's rough getting to a point where quickscopes are second nature and flares are guaranteed crits but it's also clearly frustrating to fight against. Sniper needs a rework I think and Pyro's big thing is that you can't see through his flames.

[@teeby2037]

pyro is the second worst class in the game and should get quite a few buffs actually.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

Pyro is so easy to counter than any annoyance comes from player preference than any objective mechanic the Pyro has. Meanwhile, Sniper can oneshot you from anywhere at any range so long as he can see you.

[@zenithzv]

@@somerandomgamer8504 sniper dies if more than one person looks at him

[@Lone-Nep]

Still dying on this Pyro hill i see. 150 damage at any range instantly vs sustained fire damage that can be shut down by good shotgun aim, i don't think i need to go on.

[@dingusdong]

Thanks for answering my question Dane!

[@foresworn560]

Very nice to see a video, keep it up homie

[@marshall4896]

Who is rokki and why are they missed?

[@ButcherCakesTheCakeButcher]

Rokki was a streamer and a fellow member of the tf2 community. Who has sadly passed away.

[@marshall4896]

@@ButcherCakesTheCakeButcher damn, that is unfortunate. Hope they're resting easy. RIP

[@femboymafia5799]

@@ButcherCakesTheCakeButcher do we know what happened to him?

[@thisiskret]

My nerf for sniper would definetly to reduce the time it takes for him to shoot, AKA the speed at which he cycles the chamber and whatnot. Could also open up the possibility for a sick, satisfying bolt animation too. I feel like making the ADS speed slower would be a bit overkill but generally the ROF nerf would be enough imo. Any other change like adding in any scope speed or "recoil" would be uncharacteristic for TF2

[@endure_yt]

been here since 2014, glad to still have you around 💚

[@thebrokensword5017]

The legend himself. We can all agree uncle Dane has been so great to the tf2 community and thanks for it all.

[@thewindwakinghero7423]

"I am now ten years old." I'm older than my uncle? but, he's so wise!

[@GameyRaccoon]

How old are you?

[@thewindwakinghero7423]

@@GameyRaccoon older than 10

[@GameyRaccoon]

@@thewindwakinghero7423 yeah but uncle dane isnt really ten

[@thewindwakinghero7423]

@@GameyRaccoon . . . you're joking.

[@GameyRaccoon]

@@thewindwakinghero7423 no im not. Hes lying. Hes actually only 9 and a half!!!!

[@kaseload1970]

4:12 awesomejoke131 really outplayed you, a ten year veteran, and to think I knew you 😔

[@LimeAtions]

how its made will forever be the best show i’ve ever watched. Ive learned so much, and the curiosity my brain has when looking at thing and being like “how are batteries made at an industrial level?” And how its made is just all around very entertaining for me personally

[@danythegr8214]

youre finally 10 now congrats man

[@jennyinutil2018]

I imagine the TF2 Dev Team saying that Sniper would be their pick for removing a class from the game is very vindicating for a lot of people

[@Dr_Dan_]

Suddenly 50% of the tf2 community took a showers

[@bonkersman5167]

@@Dr_Dan_ lol

[@Lone-Nep]

Sniper doesn't really fit into the game, so is only logical.

[@Dr_Dan_]

@@Lone-Nep right, the game is centered around mid to close range mostly

[@luigifan4585]

@@Lone-Nep the only real excuse as to why Sniper was in the game is because the average skill level at launch was way worse than it is now.

[@nachi2735]

25:11 If im allowed to ask the community can anyone tell me what happened to rokki? I just found out about the thru this video and looked at some of there profiles and im kinda confused about what happened to them and if anyone can give me any context to that I would love it. Im sorry if its disrepectfull or anything but I just wana know about them

[@GameyRaccoon]

Suicide probably.

[@youraveragecommentor1212]

They passed away about 2 years ago…

[@shellshockhkmk7816]

Enjoyable anniversary of your tf2 existence my gud sentry man!

[@TheKirbstomper]

My second anniversary of playing TF2 just came on the 2nd! Happy Anniversary, Dane.

[@JSquared_8]

A decade of engineer!

[@christian908]

God I felt so embarrassed when I got gardened in front of Dane in a comp game. I knew it'd be in a clip and here we are.

[@campr-re3dh]

here is my pov of it :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp7NcqOon7OEq6s

[@christian908]

@@campr-re3dh The legend

[@campr-re3dh]

@@christian908 o_o

[@arise_femto]

Uncle Dane’s Steam anniversary is my birthday. What a gift.

[@Commando_Gunnerz]

when i first go tf2 i was drawn to engie and played him and stupidly enough i didn't know how to upgrade building but to be fair why would i thing to hit it with my weapon lol but the more a learned him i wanted to know what a real engie pro looked liek and you exposed me to secret tele spots, the broken classes, good places to set up and i really enjoyed your voice and commentary. thank you for all your help and work you have done. to another 10 years of Uncle Dane and prob another 10 years with no major updates