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Been playing a bit more spy lately again. I was wondering, how many of you use the 'stab-sap' technique rather than the other way around?

I was doing it today, and it's actually very effective. You've gotta be fast though.

At 11/5/09 07:46 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote: Been playing a bit more spy lately again. I was wondering, how many of you use the 'stab-sap' technique rather than the other way around?

I was doing it today, and it's actually very effective. You've gotta be fast though.

Well, as you said, if you think you can do it then go for it..although it will fail if other (smart) engies are around..if not, it's the single best tactic to eliminate an engie/sentry from behind...

At 11/5/09 08:38 AM, HeavyTank wrote: Well, as you said, if you think you can do it then go for it..although it will fail if other (smart) engies are around..if not, it's the single best tactic to eliminate an engie/sentry from behind...

Say you've got two engies... are you fast enough to actually bring up the dead ringer before a level 3 sentry can blow you to bits? Say you stab an engie, and quickly sap his sentry from behind, are you fast enough to then bring up your DR to prevent getting killed by a second engie's Sentry?

At 11/5/09 07:46 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote: Been playing a bit more spy lately again. I was wondering, how many of you use the 'stab-sap' technique rather than the other way around?

I do that all the time if the engi is close enough to his sentry. I may not be very good but there's very little chance of me sapping a sentry and then stabbing the engi before he destroys the sapper, but the other way around I can do easy.

At 11/5/09 10:45 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote: Say you've got two engies... are you fast enough to actually bring up the dead ringer before a level 3 sentry can blow you to bits? Say you stab an engie, and quickly sap his sentry from behind, are you fast enough to then bring up your DR to prevent getting killed by a second engie's Sentry?

I'll have to try that tactic. Sounds very effective. Also: Superfunhappyspystorytime!

I was on arena_nucleus, I was the only player left on my team, and I was a spy (severe pain in the ass), there was a demoman in the centre control point, popping stickies all around the area, I was afraid to approach him, but I had to, considering there was one more BLU player who I couldn't find. I disguised myself as a soldier, and approached him. He didn't seem to notice me, considering I was walking towards him in the same direction, I got next to him, backstab. I was standing on the point without a diguise, only then I heard an uncloaking noise, and I knew there was another spy about. Saw him, we had a long ambassador duel. Boom, headshot, winnar is me, happy days.

Sometimes in the 2fort sewers, if an engi builds his sentry then dispenser right behind him, i crouch behind the dispenser and un-disguise. Most of the time the engi is too 'wtf' to realize what the hell is going on and his own sentry gun kills him :) Doesn't always work that well though :/

At 11/5/09 05:33 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: Sometimes in the 2fort sewers, if an engi builds his sentry then dispenser right behind him, i crouch behind the dispenser and un-disguise. Most of the time the engi is too 'wtf' to realize what the hell is going on and his own sentry gun kills him :) Doesn't always work that well though :/

I love doing this. Dying by your own Sentry is possibly the greatest shame and Engie can have :P

Sup guys.

True story: I pressed escape to look at some achievement i was after, and i saw the buttons you usually get when you find a weapon show up underneath, the server window was covering what it was that i found. I almost pressed 'Discard' but thought na, ill give it a chance. Next thing my jaw dropped, and i was like HOLY FUCK!

I'm no longer random drop hatless :D

Also Kooper, that stuff you said about the hat making you play better? I think it's true :3

Yeah..having a hat always gives you extra confidence and a happy feeling.

At 11/5/09 10:45 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote: Say you've got two engies... are you fast enough to actually bring up the dead ringer before a level 3 sentry can blow you to bits? Say you stab an engie, and quickly sap his sentry from behind, are you fast enough to then bring up your DR to prevent getting killed by a second engie's Sentry?

Well, yeah, l am pretty good with the DR, and the sentry will take half a second to notice you (unless you're right in front of it), sothis should work just fine.

At 11/5/09 07:46 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote: Been playing a bit more spy lately again. I was wondering, how many of you use the 'stab-sap' technique rather than the other way around?

I was doing it today, and it's actually very effective. You've gotta be fast though.

I've done this a few times, the only way to do it well though is to press the Q key instead of using scroller

At 11/6/09 07:24 PM, FurryDemon wrote: I've done this a few times, the only way to do it well though is to press the Q key instead of using scroller

I've been using the scrollwheel, and it's been working fine. I've got it on quickswitch though, so that might be why. Just don't accidentally scroll too far/wrong way... I did that once, and it didn't end well *facepalm*.

Sorry Paradox.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
Agent Provocateur

Backstab your Steam community friends 10 times.

Why did you and Tank make it so hard for me? :(

I am the Uber (Wo)-Menche!

Just adorable.

At 11/7/09 08:18 AM, Greenfrost6 wrote: Why did you and Tank make it so hard for me? :(

Because we're awesome ^_^

And I just thought this was ridiculously good timing for the close-up of the person who just killed you. Got revolvered to death by a spy, (with the help of a lot of others) as Heavy, and I got this for the close-up.

I want to join

Name: Who-Face
Clan:|II|
Class: Spy (200+ hours)
Ladders: GA and Cyber Gamer (8V8 and 6V6 In comp)

At 11/7/09 08:37 AM, Sweeper128 wrote: I am the Uber (Wo)-Menche!

Just adorable.

Lol, dad, mom and daughter are all TF2 fans...it's a family business :D (l wonder if the baby will become a TF2 fan too)

At 11/8/09 02:11 AM, HeavyTank wrote: (l wonder if the baby will become a TF2 fan too)

Nevermind what l just sais, the baby is heavy weapons guy (oh, the irony!)

At 11/8/09 02:31 AM, HeavyTank wrote: Nevermind what l just sais, the baby is heavy weapons guy (oh, the irony!)

That's disgustingly cute.

WHAT THE FU-

What the fuck?

>:(

At 11/8/09 05:45 AM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote: What the fuck?

>:(

Mine got reset as well. But I reset my stats, so that's what I'm attributing it to. Doesn't make it any less annoying however.

At 11/8/09 05:49 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote:

At 11/8/09 05:45 AM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote: What the fuck?

>:(

Mine got reset as well. But I reset my stats, so that's what I'm attributing it to. Doesn't make it any less annoying however.

I already had that achievement before i reset mine, but i do wonder if the same problem i had is going around :/ I remember a few hours later me and you went on that spawn camping killing spree and i got 15 kills in one life as soldier, the next day that record plus a Sniper record i made had been set to 0 :/

At 11/8/09 05:55 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: I already had that achievement before i reset mine, but i do wonder if the same problem i had is going around :/ I remember a few hours later me and you went on that spawn camping killing spree and i got 15 kills in one life as soldier, the next day that record plus a Sniper record i made had been set to 0 :/

I've been noticing that as well. I managed to get 6 headshots in one life as Sniper before (which for me is a big deal, since I'm a shockingly bad Sniper) and the next day the record was gone. Same with my 22 point record with Heavy and some others. Annoying to say the least.

I'm guessing it's most likely either an issue with the server we got the record on, or perhaps the Steam cloud is just buggy, which is probably quite likely.

At 11/8/09 05:59 AM, ParadoxVoid wrote: I've been noticing that as well. I managed to get 6 headshots in one life as Sniper before (which for me is a big deal, since I'm a shockingly bad Sniper) and the next day the record was gone. Same with my 22 point record with Heavy and some others. Annoying to say the least.

Ugh..l really hope that my achievements didn't get reset...l almost have 1000 kills as a sniper, it would suck ass to have them reset......

I have Team Fortress 2 running on my 13" MacBook Pro now. Never intended to use this for gaming, but I thought I might as well try and see what it is able to run.

The only downside is that since TF2 isn't supported on Mac I've had to use Crossover to get it working. It does the job, I mean the game runs fine and all but after about an hour of play it started to crash every 10 minutes.

I'm hoping to start playing this game more often, even if I am a little late to the party.

At 11/8/09 11:08 AM, GodsBitch wrote: I'm hoping to start playing this game more often, even if I am a little late to the party.

Please do join us, everyone is welcome to some TF2 action!

At 11/8/09 01:00 PM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote:

At 11/8/09 11:08 AM, GodsBitch wrote: I'm hoping to start playing this game more often, even if I am a little late to the party.

Please do join us, everyone is welcome to some TF2 action!

Indeed. I'd love to see a NG server, but I guess it wouldn't work out too well.

At 11/8/09 01:36 PM, Racoonmario wrote: I'd love to see a NG server, but I guess it wouldn't work out too well.

I'm sorely tempted to rent some server space.

Hmm I didnt even know this section of the forum existed, well whatever

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