The Importance of Bad Players

Are you new to TF2? Tired of dealing with bots and soul-crushing steamrolls? In this viddy, we explore your struggle. Ever wondered how skilled players reach the top? We'll reveal their secrets and provide valuable insights. Most importantly, we'll emphasize the crucial role you, as a new player, play in keeping this game alive and thriving. I'll try my best to awnser all these questions and hopefully explain to you, the new player, why you are so important to keeping this game alive each and every day!
‪@attackonhollywood1808‬ For helping with script! :)
#tf2 #teamfortress2

[@PartyPugTV]

sorry if I sounded off and nasally i had covid when i was recording the audio 🤢🤢

[@C.A._Old]

*No New Player we want it. We want 2010's and 2000's Pro-Vintage-Gamer-FPS-Players!*

[@C.A._Old]

*Machine ? What a Machine ? People don't know Community Servers Was Exist After MEET YOUR BULLSH*T UPDATE. !*

[@99sanson-]

stfu your voice is beautiful sick or healthy

[@adnaskijdn]

very epic 10/10

[@MacronLacrom]

Shame that you survived it

[@minimaster0328]

being bad is fun because you don't know whats goin on

[@potatocommenter]

Honestly I miss those f2p days where every game was super fun and I try out new weapons and techniques for them

[@BasementCreature22]

When I have a computer that can actually handle even DOWNLOADING TF2 then I’ll experience this feeling you speak of. It sounds quite joyful.

[@ashtoncharles7035]

Yeah I get what you mean I remember only time a bonk scout ran by me and my sentry gun and I was absolutely flabbergasted (and dead)

[@schling0]

every stupid thing that happens is way funnier when you have no idea that it existed

[@I-Stole-Your-Toast700]

You kinda just go, "WHAT THE HELL!????" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAA" "WHAT IS GOING ON" **Crying and laughing** "This game is CHAOS"

[@wolfy_playz2475]

*"If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight"* -Sun Tzu said that

[@waldemarpolcyn6936]

and i bet he know a litle bit more about fighting you do pal

[@TempleofSolomon]

Because he INVENTED it

[@sergame567]

And then he perfected it

[@thatcadendude]

@@sergame567 so that no living man could BEST HIM in the ring of honor

[@Dr4gg00n_Fru1t]

Then, he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on earth

[@mikoajczechowicz1652]

Sad F2Ps can't talk anymore but when they look at you and nod their head it speaks more then thousands of words.

[@attackonhollywood1808]

bring back quick play!

[@shadowknight_2505]

I bought the full game so i can speak

[@mikoajczechowicz1652]

@@shadowknight_2505 The only "Pay 2 Speak" game on the market xD

[@mat8606]

I wish they knew about kill binding.

[@mikoajczechowicz1652]

@@mat8606 but their confused stare when you killbind is also funny as heck

[@-_J_-]

I remember my first server was the Doomsday Halloween event. Seeing the mercinaries with large bobbing heads shoved into a bumper cart while playing football (or soccer) was the greatest first impression I will ever have to an FPS game.

[@attackonhollywood1808]

What a spesific map to be your first

[@SameSeam]

​@atrio38soccer

[@CharaGonzalez-lt7yw]

Starting at halloween was great

[@SameSeam]

@atrio38 That's how soccer works

[@SameSeam]

@atrio38 Soccer

[@hal-gamesense]

These aren't BAD players, they are new players who are learning the game, not players who are bad at the game. This is a great difference

[@Futo_no_mononobe]

facts

[@spugelo359]

There's nothing wrong with being bad at something, but staying bad.

[@hal-gamesense]

@@spugelo359 Exactly my point lol

[@h2o848]

@@spugelo359unless u have fun getting dunked on, then all the more power to you

[@spugelo359]

@@h2o848 What are you even talking about? Is this an Chat GBT answer that isn't even related to the topic?

[@tessfairfield6435]

I’m fascinated by watching new players react to the game as someone whose been a fan since it’s release and a consistent player since 2011. I’m a tryhard medic main and I love pocketing new players to give them some leeway to fuck around and experiment knowing my heals will let them survive mistakes that would otherwise end their fun

[@drseggs9725]

Youre doing gods work lad 🙏

[@hwyg265]

I get this a lot, and it’s really great to new players, but be sure to give them some leeway, so when they make a mistake and die, they learn not to do that specific thing again

[@marcelzed1154]

Don't forget those sweet moments when a f2p pyro gets a phlog drop, reads what it does and proceeds to decimate the enemy team while giving you a god-like as a by-product

[@Pingimaster]

Thank you doctor!

[@carpet163]

Oh yeah. I do that to when I'm playing Medic. I'll Uber anyone from demoknights, scouts and more. It's always fun to support people having fun.

[@WiseMysticalTree81]

I remember my first time playing tf2 on thunder mountain, didn't know where I was, or how to play. All I knew is that I was a heavy with a big ass gun from a lazy purple video and that taught me more than enough to learn slowly. Nobody was toxic to me and thus I stuck around.

[@tab135]

I remember when i played on steel for the first time , i was so lost , i knew i had to capture point C but i didn't know where it was

[@WiseMysticalTree81]

@@tab135 Ha same! I love steel but it can be a pain to navigate when you have never played it before.

[@skapaloka222]

this is eye opening, than kyou wise mystical tree

[@imaginaryedge60]

i won't lie; the real thing that kept me in TF2 is seeing that one "Rise of the Epic Scout" video and thinking "wow... i wanna be just like him" and so i did. 5000 hours and i'm still trying to get closer to being like that Epic Scout from an SFM, but in-game.

[@Jellify1]

god damn that hits close to home. Whole reason i started playing tf2 was because i saw meet the rabid heavy taming engineer by crash maul and i thought that game was badass. I later then searched the channel up and watched the epic scout. i still main scout but i'm its not my best class. my current best is spy as i'm able to trickstab and do other stuff

[@xann2681]

Being bad is pretty fun cuz everything looks like chaos, every interaction is fresh and getting the smallest of rewards like a single kill feels amazing

[@MBP1918]

gotta give props to the Veteran F2P’s who have been playing the game for years without buying anything.

[@spugelo359]

For not supporting the game any other way than being there? It doesn't even cost much to 'get rid of' f2p status. Understandable if you have no debit or credit card and parents don't want to use theirs, but otherwise not really. Valve might not really need that little bit of money, but imo it's a bit rude to not give anything at all back if you actually enjoy the game. It's worth your time to sink hundreds of hours, but not worth it to give a little bit back?

[@Jellify1]

@@spugelo359 I ain't got no debit/credit and my parents think that i'm going to bullshit them with this. I can't even afford 5 steam dollars bruh

[@SamuelTrademarked]

@@spugelo359 who cares lmao, there are hundreds of people who will support the game far more than one very good f2p

[@Bobert_here]

1:53 I once met a fp2 on a mge server. I joined and gave him some tips to play the game, he told me to wait and said thank you when I was leaving, that brought tears to my eyes. Please cherish FTPs they are our community's hope. Hope he does well rn.

[@bloodysushistudios]

As a bad TF2 player, I can say that I feel so inclusive! No one can destroy the community.

[@redstonewarrior0152]

It is hard not to be inclusive when the community is thousands of times larger than the average player count.

[@apolloknight9521]

@@redstonewarrior0152last I heard about like most of the community doesn’t play TF2 and were only interested in the characters or the SFMs.

[@Alan-vy3do]

Exactly gameplay is just now with veterans

[@supersnow17]

This is why I miss matches in current games just throwing a bunch of randoms on a map and letting the chaos unfold. It was always different and always something interesting.

[@Rays-on-Rain]

My first game I choose the random class and ended up with spy on Borneo. I didn’t really know how to switch weapons and quick switch brought me from knife to sapper. I looked at the sapper item description and noticed it said “destroys enemy buildings” so I walk up to the red colored map parts and tried to sap them. It was a little frustrating

[@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44]

:D

[@felizen]

It says "Enemy Buildings" soooo

[@DoctorBones1]

lmao

[@spugelo359]

@@felizen What? Are you telling me this little thing doesn't blow up their base like C4? 🤨

[@belmontzar]

I know that it annoys older players. But as a Medic, when I see someone struggling... I like to pocket them. Help them out the best I can, ya know? There is such a special feeling.. when you help a new player get those first achievements.

[@dxred2553]

I think what TF2 has going for it is that it's team-based. Your team, no matter how bad, will always be able to give a learning player the space they need to learn. I don't think TF2 is all that hard to learn because of it, as opposed to SSBM's more elitist play-style. Great video, I'm glad there are others out there who cherish F2Ps as much as I do. You've earned yourself a sub!

[@Alan-vy3do]

Well I am against it since when you play and opposite team just rolls you and it happens in 5 games in row something is wrong. I honestly feel bad for any new players since playing this game you must sacrifice a lot to even play

[@uberd3323]

One of the first matches I played was this absolutely insane game of turbine. Both teams were very evenly matched and had really good players, and it was a complete onslaught in that one bottom section that leads into the Intel. It lasted like several hours and somehow we kept managing to repel their super coordinated attacks and uber pushes just enough for them to have to regroup. I forgot how it ended, but 12 year old me was so immersed in turtling that match that TF2 went from just some game I played every now and then to an autistic obsession that lasted like 3 years lol.

[@kunalchugh1977]

The community is what makes the game fun for new players. The youtube tutorials, the SFMs, even the team videos are what got me into tf2. When i first installed tf2, i played the tutorial and a match with bots *not sniper bots*. It was fun seeing that whenever i pressed e , a medic would instantly come and heal me. Seeing all the bots taunt at when i i look towards them before that match started was really fun. I had a lot of fun playing with bots. I knew exactly what every class' role was because i had seen a lot of videos and tf2 meme compelations on youtube.Then the next day, i joined casual. I spammed e, nothing happened, i tried the voice commands, nothing happened, i tried the text chat, nothing happened, the only thing that happened was text saying *Voice communication is not available for this account*. I loved the voice lines that the characters said, but the fact that i wasn't able to use these voice lines made me angry. I quickly searched on youtube why i wasnt able to talk and then saw that its not just me. Every f2p in tf2 cannot talk. So, i joined ckmmunity servers. Mainly, UGC servers. The 2fort and the hightower without carts ones. It was amazing seeing the community communicate with each other and me being a part of it. I tried uncletopia servers but i cant join any one becauee they are all too far from where i live and i will be instantly kicked by the server because of the high ping (i live in india and the only casual servers i can join are in singapore as no one in india really e even knows about tf2. Ive never met a person irl who knows about tf2). I decided to give casual a second chance and it worked. I realised that i have to keep playing and improving myself even without communication. Aand then i saw the actual casual server bots and was like wow! They have REALLY good aim! Untill i realised they were kicking him because of being a cheater. The bot problem is getting out of hand. One time, i finally decided to improve at being sniper. I played sniper, knowing im bad at it. And someone using voice communication told the entire team that i was a bot. He probably saw f2p in my name and the fact that i was a sniper and instantly voted to kick me. And i could do nothing, i couldnt even say that im not a bot. Its been almost 3 months since i have installed tf2 and im still playing as a f2p and i enjoy it. When im too fed up of not being able to talk, i join skial servers and have fun there. I even joined jumpacademy and learned how to rocket jump. Buut... i deleted my the original because of inventory space. Aand then i found an exploit which lets us have 2 or more items stacked into one item slot and still be useable. So now i have 67 items in an inventory space of 50. I found about this after i had already deleted my original, bison, the mercenary badge, AND THE HOLY MACKEREL. I want to have the bison just for the reasin that theres a pretty cool mod that changes how it looks and the original for rocket jumping and the mackerel for [H A H A . F U N I . P H I S H]. I love tf2 and will keep playing it f2p or not. Everyone thinks im a noob because im a free to play but no, not all people who dont wear hats are noobs. Dont judge a player by its hats.

[@kunalchugh1977]

I just realised how long of a comment i actually wrote, lol nobody is gonna read all of that.

[@creeperithink]

@@kunalchugh1977I read it, amazing comment

[@user-bkey]

it really saddens me that f2ps can't even use the voice commands, what a terrible change

[@tappajaav]

@@kunalchugh1977 Could use some formating. There's nothing wrong with long messages, but walls of text aren't too pleasant to read

[@boot2dehead91]

When I first got tf2, I absolutely hated it. I’d gotten it with the orange box way previously. But watching tf2 content made me realize I could really enjoy it with enough time. I’m still pretty bad, but I liked to challenge myself to improve my aim and movement, and it makes the game, and many others, a lot more fun now.

[@spugelo359]

Well... didn't take long to notice that there are some classes that are good for newbies that think themselves a smart guy. AKA spy, engineer and medic. Don't need to have good aim to do well. Spy worked out quite well for me since the very beginning and has been my favorite class from the very beginning to until now. Sneaking around and fooling enemies into thinking you're their team mate is truly rewarding... and biggest reward of them all, turning entire enemy team paranoid to the point they all smack each other to make sure I'm not one of them and constantly look behind and around corners. I've seen this cause players to die to my team mates unnecessarily since they didn't pay proper attention to what is in front of them. Engineer is fun too, but how you do things and where you do things is very important. Too open spot and your sentry just gets blasted, too covered and it doesn't get anything done. Having all 3 at right spot is vital to supporting the team. They don't all have to be right next to each other. Dispenser only has to be close enough so you can repair it and grab more metal between each smack. Teleporter can be even further away, just have to make sure it's a safe spot. And not too far so you can rescue it from a spy. And medic isn't as simple as it first looks. It's very important to know how to use cover properly and move to stay alive, who to heal and when, when to activate UB and on whom. Cover the back of your buddy by watching out for spies and other annoying stuff. Help in combat if necessary, you have ranged weapons and a melee weapon for a reason. And then there's heavy and pyro... very newbie friendly in a way. You'll have better chance of killing something with those 2 as long as you don't go full pepe. But solider, demoman, scout and sniper. Those are the truly skill based classes. Pyro and spy have very high skill ceiling too, but far less of it is required to get started.

[@i-have-a-handle]

@@spugelo359 this speech makes me wanna play tf2 as engi il be engi-there in a few seconds

[@zericle1]

Aim takes practice, and movement takes knowing the map you're playing on. As long as you play a lot of fps video games, aim shouldn't be a problem if you're new. The maps you'll have to experience yourself, nobody can really help you there if I'm honest. I'd recommend playing just one map alone for an entire week and learning all the different spots for sentry placement, or escape spots for spies, ambush positions for pyro, or where to stand if you're a sniper.

[@Drumlard]

I remember my first time playing tf2. I had a hard time loading into, and running, the normal maps. I joined a server that had mario kart 2, which was way easier on my computer at the time. It was quite popular and people were always goofing around. I remember one time I was jumping as medic with the crossbow along the track and accidentally killed an invisible spy. The guy I killed said "ohhhh you lucky fucker" and I can still hear his voice so vividly till this day. Hope he's doing well :)

[@albertsun5270]

I've been playing tf2 for about a decade now. Yesterday I stood up for a kid getting picked on by some older players in a casual 5cp match, and the match had made night as he was screeching in the mic with joy as we won both times haha. If you love the game, don't pick on new players, they are the future of this game.

[@spugelo359]

That's not a new player problem, that's a kid problem. Many people in general do not like having their ears raped while trying to relax. And then there's people that bully kids specifically because the way they react... aka raging, screaming and in general very emotional when being targeted.

[@zericle1]

@@spugelo359 I don't understand that, because they could just mute the kid if they don't want to hear him.

[@EpicSpyMainAL]

I started this game back in June of 2011, and all I can recall for my first time was playing Goldrush for my first map, using parent email for my name, and going to orange maps with the one tower is the middle, for early Community quicksearch stuff, and that's basically it.

[@mohammedabb985]

I remember the first tf2 video I watched was "How it feels to play pyro" by Lazypurple, and I can't think of a better impression for this game. 1.2k hours and here I am : )

[@viper1757]

I think my first experience was playing on 2fort as spy… I didn’t know how to switch weapons, so I was just standing there with the gun, shooting blindly. I killed a couple of friendlies and didn’t understand why people were yelling at me… good times.

[@critper8932]

The video overall is great and everything, but i swear that poomson gameplay you pulled on the background one of the most unbelieveable things i have seen in this game.

[@fliproleluwu5602]

great vid! also, I love that u used half Is This It as soundtrack and 2 songs off The New Abnormal, love to see someone with good tase in music and games 🤝

[@thewitchishammered]

I love popping ubers on new players and watching their reactions. Especially if they pull it off.

[@RRLUCKY]

Yo just got sent this and found my quake frags in there :0. Great video, I'm also a competitive TF2 player so found this video really interesting and you made some great points. Cheers :]

[@Darkmage72]

I love the use of that strokes song in the opening so cinematic

[@FreshPineapple1]

Nice Strokes playlist going on in the background. And the message of the video is right as well

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

Currently I'm really bad at TF2 but I've got 115 hours. I think from my perspective, what helped a lot was playing offline only for like the first 30-40 hours. That can honestly be a godsend for new players, not stressing about whether or not people are gonna be upset with you for being bad and trash talking you over getting lost, not understanding what's going on, etc. There aren't any sweats or jerks and you can just focus on learning the mechanics. Now I play almost exclusively on community servers- no bots (with a few occasional exceptions but I've only seen 3 bots in hundreds or maybe thousands of times I've played) The main reason I still love TF2 even though my K:D is usually in the toilet is because I'm just so invested in the characters and universe, it's always fun to just immerse myself in it that way. But another huge factor is watching myself improve and finally learning new skills. It's so satisfying when people would help me learn and show me what to do, and it finally fell into place. The first time I got a kill, the first time I killed a whole bunch of enemies at once, the first time I had more kills than deaths in a match, the first time I got on the top 3 players at the end... It's so exciting to watch myself grow in that way

[@pancakesareawesome3121]

I’ve only played tf2 recently and the first few games I was really confused what was happening. The casualness of the game is why I stayed though. I practiced a bunch in offline mode and then realized all of the cool items and stuff were only obtainable through online, and those few games were honestly the greatest fun I’ve had when playing a game. I’ve only mustered up about 20-30 hours currently but I’ve found my footing

[@zericle1]

Hope you're winning nowadays.

[@pancakesareawesome3121]

@@zericle1 i am actually! Rocket jumping and all the technical stuff is still a bit iffy but for the most part i got it together

[@Mr.Bonuts]

*GASP* I'M APPRICIATED!!!! (and to answer one of your questions: yes it is indeed vary fun dying over, and over, and over again, I think it's just cause I don't take it too serious but I still do try my hardest and sometimes get some decent work done in the game, like that one time I killed like 5 people without dying as scout, although I'm not sure about other people though)

[@niviera7807]

I think my first time on TF2 was PASS Time on Timbertown, i remember playing Scout running left and right shooting people like there's no tomorrow. It was so much fun.

[@Infinitytacos]

I remember my first game of tf2 being bad. I didnt play the game for a month until I was desperate to play something new because I was too broke to afford another game, so I went back to tf2 during the halloween event. It was a lot of fun then! Eventually I found out what community servers were and I found myself to be a regular in a trade server with a weird castle map. It was like a tiny community with regulars coming back in that server. I miss it still, the server was removed from my favorites list and i never found it again. A good chunk of my hours were spent in that server or this one skyhigh resort 24/7 VSH server or in a x10 randomizer 2fort server.

[@m74xz]

Thanks for this video. I just recently picked up the game but I've only been playing the tutorial modes, I think I'm gonna start playing online once I get a mouse.

[@tadymancz3137]

i thank you for helping me with understanding the game bit more i always wamted someone to teach me the game and how to get bette first time i downloaded the game i had soo much fun i was on event with some ball playing as scout and eventually i stopped playing cuz i was bad but bc of people like you making tf2 videos i returned and i get better everyday :D

[@duddledudeduck]

Awesome video and especially awesome music choice

[@MrMan002]

I started playing tf2 in 2020, one of the main things that got me playing was playing it with one of my friends on weekends. I remember we hopped onto a skial server I believe, and it was one of those free item servers. We went heavy and wore the officer's ushanka, the chicken kiev, and the paka parka and beat people to death. He also gave me my first real hat after I got premium, that being the brain bucket since he knew I liked pvz at the time and I still use that hat to this day.

[@chadinbrackets]

Underrated honestly, hopefully you get more recognized !

[@ExlhkA]

As a free 2 play, this video really help me realize that I shouldn't get mad because I got stomped by people who have played the game longer than me.

[@tappajaav]

As a pay to play, I get mad when I die to players with far less playtime :>

[@profcatgaming8148]

great vid and all, but mad respect for popping off with the pomson

[@just_a_random_person9751]

I really needed this video, I have been playing tf2 for a few days now but only offline practice. And the first time I joined casual I got killed after only 10 seconds into the game, I left the game so I can practice more. Your advice was really helpfull, thank you!

[@SolarFlare9714]

My first game, i instantly bought kazotsky kick from the mannco store so i wasnt technically a f2p, but i found it really fun because everyone in the 2fort lobby i joined was actually really nice and helped me and let me kill them to get the gibus and pyro vision goggles :)

[@yeeetree1744]

actual gold, great video dude!

[@tankthomus]

When I was a new player I was really bad but I had a ton of fun. I bought my first computer purely to play TF2, so when I downloaded the game I played it 24/7

[@epikjoe4189]

Nice cameo for Indii, one of my favorite tf2 youtubers.

[@aidanhughes3715]

I need more video essays with The Strokes as background music

[@noah-ux2cz]

I can just picture when I got my fist 5k and I was so happy. I was playing soldier on barnblitz with Original, Battalions Backup, and the Equalizer. I think I got like 70 points and it was the first time I had top scored. The total satisfaction and happiness I felt was immeasurable.

[@Unkle_Genny]

9:35 Some of my own first memories with TF2 - around 2012 - were from goofing around in community servers with Minecraft maps like the one you show here. Good times.

[@thesp0rk]

man my first time was weird, got the orange box in 2020 and found a server like a few days after, but playing in an endless 2fort server was one of the best times i had, learning how each class worked, which ones i found to be the most enjoyable, and seeing what funny stuff i can do that i remember from youtube videos i watched, a few months after that, i got my first pc and got tf2 as my first game on there, its been almost 2 years for me playing and i still find myself with the same smile i had from day 1.

[@Project_LStar]

bro this is the reason i still play tf2. the memory of me playing on my brothers acc and getting stomped fueled me to continue and here i am trying to get all the ausies like a mad man. 2 down, btw, when the tough break front screen came on i swear i felt like a kid that got me in the feels bro

[@RightyRonaldo]

Loved all the Strokes songs you used in the video ! They sounded like covers tho, if you could link em that'd be rly cool !

[@MrsAmysz]

it is those types of videos that started me on this game i still a complete noob since this is the first shooter that i play with keyboard and mouse but i loving it

[@Estare_Q]

Im honestly glad my brother got me into tf2, if not id be bored out of my mind with what a lot of games try and go for now. I really like that it can be fast pase or just mess around with other people.

[@boi-im5mt]

my first game in tf2 was on a capture the flag map, I didn't know what to do or how to play and my first class to play was scout, and when I saw a frag video on nislt's videos I was convinced that I could do that too and for the past 7 years now I can say I have practically improved through out the years and I can just say that no matter what other people say to me or what they think, I just keep doing what I love doing.

[@terrifichorse369]

“What kept you going even though you got eviscerated everyone on your first game?” “I saw a guy with a cool hat.”

[@Pizza_Crusader]

This has given me the confidence to play it as soon as I get an upgraded pc cause I can't play it without crashing in the fricken tutoriel

[@Ballcrunch]

Great use of the Strokes throughout the vid

[@redshell9205]

My first match was weird for me… it was 2 fort and I picked heavy, I didn’t know how to change class so I stuck with him. Of course 2 fort is 2 fort and there were a bunch of engies at intel but these guys on voice chat were rooting for me to capture the intel. I got the intel and me and the guys helped me get there. It was lots of fun and really told me that I probably wasn’t gonna drop this game anytime soon.

[@mrlongli1803]

Still remeber the first time i played tf2. It was on 2fort as a enginer. I hade already been a fan for a year and watched hundreds of sfms and what realy made me want to play. Muselk

[@GustavoSuperSonic2001]

With out bad players we wont have those sick montages of bullying in the game

[@iriswav7379]

As a Dragon Fury Pyro, I expect to be market gardened by a flying medic

[@itsjerboi4779]

Love the music choices bro, strokes fan

[@ac31048]

Been kicking ass in TF2C with my friends and this convinced me to try regular.

[@simplysmiley4670]

Man, I remember my first time playing this game. If I remember right it was good old 2Fort, I remember messing around as a Medic, clueless about the existance of a medigun, playing battle medic before I even knew what that was. I wasn't initially having fun at all, no no no, I was getting stomped, opposing team had a _really_ vocal and toxic player who really for some reason hated playing _against_ a bad player. After couple minutes round ended and I closed the game only to get a steam message from one of the players from that round who offered me to play with him. We went on some community servers, mostly empty minecraft trade ones, he helped me learn basics of the classes, helped me find the jump academy server to practice rocket and sticky jumping, helped me figure out how trading worked and generally was a good friend to have. And by the time Jungle Inferno rolled out I started playing on my own and the guy moved off to do his own things, different games, life, who knows. Now I'm nearing 3k hours spent in this game that I wouldn't of spent playing this game if not for a random player spending significant amount of time helping me get into this game and easing me in.

[@therealwetwizard]

I love your vids man.

[@simplyevan7325]

Little story I had, I had recently gotten my gibus and I was playing some 2fort engie. Took a guy's metal and he called me out for taking his metal from his dispenser and got me kicked. Funniest thing to me

[@poopyface9961]

As a spy main, my earliest memories were either having a dance party in my 1st friendly server, or my first trickstab. I didn't even know what friendlies were, so when I first saw a friendly heavy, holding a banana, I was just like "Bro, wtf, heavy, move please, kill the other team please" But he couldn't listen because I was f2p and couldn't talk. I can clearly remember my 1st trickstab. It was 2fort, I just got out of spawn, and was being chased by a pyro. I turned the corner, and, as if it was instinctual, I did a cornerstab on him. I stood there, staring at the body for a good, like, 20 seconds until I realized what I did. I spent a lot of time in TF2, trying to replicate that. I went on degroot keep with the big earner to try and practice trickstabs. And just trying my heart out as spy. My 1st time stomping a casual match was a feeling like no other. It was turbine, and I was just doing very well. I think because it was against other inexperienced players, or pro players that were drunk or something, but the things I remember the most, were... Getting my ass handed to me by pyro's. I'm not joking. The rush of going against a pyro, hiding, almost out of cloak, the flame particles tickling your nose give such a rush. And when you escape, or kill the pyro entirely, the dopamine you can experience is immaculate. Even though spy may not be the best class, and he may not have a variety of playstyles... But he is my favorite class, and my main. Nothing will change that. I have over 1000 hours in TF2 now, but most of that time was spent leaving my pc on overnight, and keeping TF2 open cuz I wanted to play it when I woke up. I joined in 2022, the bot crisis in it's prime. I have about 300 hours on spy now. I don't know why I needed to mention that, but I just did.

[@TempleofSolomon]

I’m a spy main too I clearly remember this spy dominating a lobby and i immediately thought I want to do what that guy does and so I took to spy and got completely destroyed. My first trick stab was a demo man on upward I was trying to butterknife him and he just died. I was so confused he was facing me? Now I am not a veteran only 95 hours of spy so I still am awestruck when an insane cracked spy dominates the lobby but I hope to get better.

[@attackonhollywood1808]

How it FEELS to play spy in 2023

[@toppat_royale]

I genuinely believe that bot crisis prime came for October 2020. That's when I joined. Bots were everywhere. Now it's good.

[@tomasssemevics5509]

I remember when my brother bought a Orange Box and Xbox 360 in 2008 and it was literally first time I met with TF2. My friends always came to my house at evenings and I begged my parents and my brother to play Xbox for a bit just because TF2 was sooo much fun!

[@user-bkey]

my first probably around 50 hours of tf2 were mostly vs bots offline, it was a nice place to learn the game and i remember the bots being pretty good at the game. i loved the game because of all of the personality it had with things like the voice commands and the quirky bot names. besides that i remember spending a lot of time in 24/7 2fort servers which were also a lot of fun and had a lot of chill people.

[@shawermus]

I was genuinely surprised at how GOOD the bots actually were. Sometimes more coordinated than pubs lol

[@weedman20]

I love seeing newbies actually asking in chat for help, always replying to that.

[@sidefanatic]

“You can be the difference between them quitting or becoming a lifelong member of this community” I wish i quit early Tf2 is my least favorite game but i cant stop playing it

[@Nekto606]

Why are newcomers so important? You gave the right analogy with quake, if there were no beginners this game would not be so fun, both for old players and for beginners. Old players would hate each other because someone is superior to them, and newcomers would not even have time to leave the spawn room, they would already be killed. Therefore, everyone should not be angry with newcomers, anyone from scouts to spies (especially doctors, they try their best to help, and if they start yelling at them for "bad treatment", they will never again wants to be a doctor). Sorry for the bad spelling, I used a translator, because I'm from Russia.

[@PercDestroyer]

I remember getting into tf2 in 4th grade back in 2012 because of muselks tryhard Tuesdays, my first PC game and I still play it at least once a week

[@Macelroy]

I remember my first TF2 experience like the back of my hand, I had some friends get me into it in 2014 and they brought me to an achievement server and got me all the classic free-to-play items (gibus, pyro vision, etc.) and told me they where the coolest hats in the game. Looking back I'm glad they gave me the true new player expirence, even if it was just them fucking with me, I wouldnt give up that memory for the world. Keep going new players, it only gets better from here

[@akissotiriou6009]

Just glad to see trade_sunshine making an appearance :)

[@VloiVo]

Recently joined TF2 2 weeks ago. I'm glad to be a part of this.

[@Manduszw]

I remember that the most fun i had playing this game was right when started playing it because of how fun the learning process is

[@archie6276]

I agree with the point at 2:30, exept that most payload matches are always a roll

[@NotVeryUwUofYou]

I still remember my first game as well, shitty family IMAC computer (god help me that was an awful time), badwater in 2015. I picked Engineer, i'm a more support enthusiast (didn't know about battle engie yet) and I can't remember how well I did all I can remember was... i had no idea how to destroy my buildings so I would try to get myself as deep into the territory as I could to setup and hopefully stay setup, never worked out only a few kills but the deaths definitely would of raised maybe a few eyebrows onto if I was a bot or something along those lines, still had a great time, I still play now just getting into it again putting in about 330 hours thus far, definitely prefer MvM a lot more but i'll still play casual ^^ good video and thank you for you time. ♥

[@BreadmannYT]

BreadMann made it into this one??? Always love to see him pop up around the community Breadmann

[@HistoryOnPaper]

I got called a free to play freak once because I was being good at the game and I was new but I just said back “oh don’t cry it’s just a game”

[@kiritoalt2657]

Back in the day I almost searched for everything that I needed to know before playing this game Yet I'm still suck at it but it's fun to improving your gameplay *The only problem is I'm a support main so I kinda need some stress away pill and some time in therapy after each gameplay*

[@scoutdude4455]

I remember when i first played tf2, i was playing engineer on dustbowl first, i was in the tunnel with my whole team trying to get through the last point, the one you get to from the stairs inside the first point shed, like i said i was playing engineer and i was repairing my sentry the whole time, without a dispenser, i had no metal, so i was just hitting my sentry with a wrench without metal for like 13 minutes, 4,000 hours later and i would like to say im better now, i would like

[@cosmix_toast]

lazy purple prob got me into tf2 with "how it FEELS to play spy" cause he looked cool

[@westernsavage2313]

January 17th 2017, I started playing on a laptop i barely felt comfortable playing. The first map i played on was Harvest. I was on the Blu team and i was engineer, i remember just building my nest right next to spawn. and then leaving soon after because of issues with said laptop.

[@Romdara21]

Nothing like an lion begging zebras to stay at the savannah

[@balticivanov3078]

funny enough. i spent quite a bit of time on trade servers when i was new, i actually became a regular on some servers and was remembered. that really suprised me at first, i never expected anyone to remember this random F2P. i remember i got a free boston basher from a guy, still visit his profile from time to time. hopped on servers, VSH, jailbreak. had alot of fun.

[@NervousYoungInhuman]

ive been listening to "is this it" recently and ive been enjoying it a lot :]

[@PartyPugTV]

Me gusta des strokes :)

[@almostterrestrial8714]

Appreciate the strokes instrumentals

[@jacksonvill3212]

yooo i love the strokes

[@thespyfromteamfortress2656]

My first experience with tf2 was on upward I think, with a 4:3 aspect ratio and 2007 graphics because I didn’t know you could change them. I truly wondered how people enjoyed the game. After two years my friends told me how to fix it and I am now a spy main with about 35 gameplay hours overall.

[@doreenlarson5849]

I’m happy to hear that new players are appreciated, I got into tf2 recently and I keep worrying that people will be upset with me for sucking so badly

[@NuggetInc]

My first game was I believe on dustbowl first I had no idea where I was going and because it was dustbowl all I could see was the chaos unfolding onto my eyes I loved the chaos then and I still love it now

[@chef_dude]

I personally used training mode as a start in my tf2 life which used bots to help me train or kill time when i can't find a casual match I wish they made some improvements to it tho, like adding more maps/gamemodes/maybe even multiplayer for when I want to pick up one of my friends and help/and also making the bots have random weapons sometimes

[@soupisfornoobs4081]

My friend, all of those things are possible! Just press "create server" instead of training mode, pick any map (even custom maps), party up with your friends and play. You won't get item drops, but you can customise everything however you like with the console

[@whodoes765]

Man I missed TF2 and now I'm back having fun again. Feels great.

[@corrupts2945]

6:14 this is absolutely true, my older brother was considered the number 1 medic (on console) when he was like around 15 to 17 and i've always had more fun playing with him.

[@WulfieZi]

I got into TF2 by watching STAR_ and Muselk, I didn't have a good enough machine to play the game but I did have KZbin and I would always fantasize about my favorite loadouts. For some reason I thought that Soda Popper, Cleaver, Sandman was the god-tier of loadouts in the game (back when the cleaver could crit). Fast forward to after I got my first job, paycheck, and computer, and I joined a game of Freight as Scout. And got killed a lot cus I didn't know how to dodge. I almost quit the game outright because I was so disappointed at how hard it was, but I made some friends on a Turbine server (that I still play with to this day) and here I am with 2500+ hours.

[@trollsing]

Even though you're British I still enjoy your content. Keep it up man 👍