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Why Scout?

November 18, 2018November 16, 2018 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments scout, Team Fortress 2

Playing Scout is not something I get to do much. Most of the time, either I’m needed to heal, or I need someone beefier to to barge through the enemy team. But when my team is heavy enough to go against the opposing team and someone else is on lab coat duty, I am in for a treat. Scout is the class I play when I want to turn off my brain and just play by ear. That may be why I am such a bad Scout, since I find myself bumbling into the whole enemy team as a lone… [Continue Reading]

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The Sun-on-a-Stick

April 10, 2018April 9, 2018 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments scout, sun-on-a-stick, weapon balance

The Sun-on-a-Stick is a rather unpopular weapon. It is a rather pointless weapon. I mean, just look at its weapon attributes: The 25% fire damage resistance was added during the Meet Your Match Update in an attempt to buff it. It seems nice, but when you can outrun the Pyro there is not much point in having fire damage resistance. Besides, the Mad Milk is available to extinguish afterburn. The 100% critical hit VS burning players is the main attribute that people take note of, but there are two main problems with this attribute. Since Scout has no way of doing… [Continue Reading]

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Team Fortress Comics #6 is out!

January 11, 2017February 3, 2017 Medic 0 Comments comic, death, demoman, fun, heavy, medic, scout, soldier, spy, story, Team Fortress 2

It’s only been forever (okay, nearly a year and a half) since the last issue, but woo boy, this one is a biggie! And by biggie, I mean it both in actual size and in content. Issue 6 comes in at a lovely 270-something individual panels and a LOT of new lore, as well as an ending that makes you want more but also makes you willing to wait for two and three quarter years for issue 7. Before we start, be warned, there are spoilers ahead. Although this is just an overview, so I won’t be discussing every detail… [Continue Reading]

So many things to give the average Medic a headache...

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Things that are Annoying to Play Against

October 26, 2016November 17, 2016 Medic 0 Comments demoknight, engineer, scout, Team Fortress 2

Over in Warframe, I’ve recently begun to encounter Nullifiers. Nullifiers have the ability to create shield-like bubbles which prevent them being damaged from outside the bubble. These enemy units are typically a bit of a nuisance to deal with, because they protect other enemies inside their bubbles. On the plus side, these bubbles shrink and power down, and there’s a clear way of dealing with them – you need to get into the bubble and punch them in the face. It’s not the best, but Nullifiers make for a somewhat needed roadblock to stop you completely steamrolling everything. Back here… [Continue Reading]

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Why the Back Scatter may be best Scout weapon

August 9, 2016August 26, 2016 Tryhard 0 Comments analysis, guide, scout, weapon

Something has intrigued me. Simple put no one on the Daily SPUF has written a single article on The Back Scatter and the only time it is mentioned at all is as a passing reference in the article Stop saying I’m a good medic! Of course one may be inclined to say that “the Daily SPUF hasn’t posted content about many things” and “what makes the Back Scatter so special”. I will tell you what makes the Back Scatter so special and article-worthy. The Back Scatter sucks… like really sucks and The Daily SPUF has a penchant for writing about sucky things,… [Continue Reading]

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New PASS Time updates!

July 19, 2016 aabicus 0 Comments analysis, pass time, scout, update

The recent update is finally live, and there are so many new changes I don’t even know where to start! So for lack of better ideas, I decided to begin with PASS Time, in part because I know it’s not super popular, and I want to encourage people again to try it out. It’s really really not a bad mode, certainly it’s better than capture-the-flag, and the new update pushed a lot of very cool changes I can totally get behind. One of the major problems affecting PASS Time was the extreme emphasis it placed on a single player. Whoever… [Continue Reading]

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Wrap Assassin updates

May 28, 2016 aabicus 0 Comments Filler, melee, scout

The updates hardly did anything, but I’m still immensely satisfied with the changes Valve made to the Wrap Assassin. Since my last article on this weapon, there have been two buffs. The first turned the ornament into a pseudo-explosive that deals area-of-effect but only bleed on a direct hit, which was driving me nuts because I didn’t actually know that when I recently picked the weapon back up, so I couldn’t figure out why I frequently got a hitsound but no resulting bleed hitsounds. But now that I understand it, I’m 100% okay with the entire concept. After all, previously nothing happened… [Continue Reading]

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Turning the Beat Up with Overwatch’s Lucio

May 18, 2016 aabicus 0 Comments healing, lucio, overwatch, scout, support

The previous four classes I’ve described are all derivative of tried-and-true playstyles from other games. Mercy is a Medic, Junkrat is a grenadier, Widowmaker is a sniper, and Soldier 76 is every rifleman ever. But while he’s not nearly as easy to pin down, Lúcio quickly became one of my favorite classes to play because I can’t think of a single shooter with somebody like him. He feels like a support unit out of a real-time strategy, to be perfectly honest. With his boombox loudspeaker thing, he can either passively heal all the teammates around him (including himself, completely subverting No Self… [Continue Reading]

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We should nerf Soldier and Scout

May 4, 2016 Medic 0 Comments buffs, change, nerfs, opinion, scout, soldier, theory

No, this article isn’t about any personal bias of mine. As much as I truly loathe Scouts, I’m a Soldier main when I’m not playing Medic, so there’s no bias here. Well, maybe a little. But still. But if I’m truly honest, Medics could probably do with a little nerf as well. More on that later. Back when early competitive TF2 started, the community quickly worked out that having too many Demomen slowed down the game, so he was limited to one. Same as Heavy, Medic, and Engineer, but with way more power. Demoman was always a troublesome class, and… [Continue Reading]

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Medic, Oh Medic, Please Rescue Me

April 20, 2016 disguisedcyclone 0 Comments archimedes, comedy, Filler, fun, medic, poem, scout, story

Medic, oh Medic, please rescue me I don’t like it here; I long to be free Medic, oh Medic, will you not save me? Save me from his antics (and misery) Medic, oh Medic, am I forgotten As I’m right next to a heart quite rotten? Medic, oh Medic, I hate it in here His brain is just full of chicken and fear Medic, oh Medic, how he tires me Despite warning, he dies to a sentry Medic, oh Medic, tell him not to taunt When he kills spies whose Dead Ringers they flaunt Medic, oh Medic, will he ever… [Continue Reading]

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