Comments on: Respect, bruv

By: General Goose

General Goose — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:43:00 +0000

I was an offensive Engineer on convoy once and was running back to the base carrying the intel, and a Scout told me to drop the intel. I did so, he ran to the intel room and dropped it, letting me cap it.

TF2 needs more players like this.

By: me

me — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:29:13 +0000

“I remember pulling out of battle so a Medic could heal himself, and I remember waiting a while because I couldn’t say ‘Grab the Health’, and too lazy to type it.”

I just shoot the health pack with my secondary weapon. Most people understand that.

By: Anony1200

Anony1200 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:48:18 +0000

Sorry,several units of time later after it’s at 100%.

By: Anony1200

Anony1200 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:45:42 +0000

Well,if the teleporter goes to someplace like from BLU’s spawn to E in cp_steel or you’re on a long-way-to-battle map like Warpath,it’s at 100%,and no one else is around to use it,go ahead and teleport.

Expect to hear complaints by people too dense to realize no one teleported until several (insert units of time) later(not saying poster is one of those people),but let them complain.

By: Notger

Notger — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:46:20 +0000

You are wrong, when you say that burning team-mates have a priority to be healed, instead of full-health mates.

Due to the way the medigun works, it is actually best to overheal first and then heal wounded comerades. That way, you can pump more health points into the team.

If you don’t believe me, check out tf2wiki.net and do the math yourselfes. Healing buddies that have been hurt recently is inferior to healing buddies that have been hurt not at all or a longer time ago.

Buff first, then heal (unless that hurt one is going to die without your healing)!

By: Slipstream

Slipstream — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:45:46 +0000

Be polite.
Be efficient.
Have a plan to thank everyone you meet.

Ha, that actually relates to this article quite well.

By: Adam Reece

Adam Reece — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:31:39 +0000

We need many dispensers to dispense this URL.

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:35:57 +0000

I love the voice commands. It’s so satisfying when you as a medic yell “I am the ubermensch!” with your soldier buddy replying “Roger that!”

By: Valkyr

Valkyr — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:55:22 +0000

I do not demand that every player has to have hyperskillz. I start yelling at my team how much they suck when our last point is capped by an enemy spy and on of our pyros stands beside it and DOES NOTHING, LOOKING AT THE SPY, OBVIOUSLY NOT BEING AFK.

Otherwise, you are right.

By: Headwoünd

Headwoünd — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:37:56 +0000

I always thank my medics asap, let others use teleporters as a fast class and even keep my mouth shut if my team members do not play well (the adverb, not the map. hurhur).

But I cannot help but despise the engineer class so bitterly, that I won’t ever ever drop an intelligence I carried around half a dozen hostile sentries in front of a fellow redneck turtler! °-°
It’s just too much of a pain to get that damn case home, and engineers are to blame for that. T_T
(May contain inappropriate whining. Reader discretion is advised)

But commending my more competent team mates as a medic sounds good, will keep that in mind.

By: igor-qwe

igor-qwe — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:53:11 +0000

Perfect manual of behavior)
Many players think, then everyone owes them smth.
And yeah! Sometimes I’m tired of listening mic crap..

By: hotdog888

hotdog888 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:36:22 +0000

@himmeltoss: lmao!

By: Paper Shadow

Paper Shadow — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:51:24 +0000

‘Thanks’ is one of my most said commands, behind ‘Medic’, ‘Spy’, and ‘Sentry Ahead’, and ahead of ‘Incoming’ and ‘Battle Cry’…

Though, without a mic, telling people stuff is hard. I remember pulling out of battle so a Medic could heal himself, and I remember waiting a while because I couldn’t say ‘Grab the Health’, and too lazy to type it. I also remember some awful/not that good players when I was Medic. That Heavy with the ‘E’ button in constant use, that Soldier who ignore my advice respectively (2fort, he got the intel and went up the spiral staircase. ‘No’ I said, ‘Sentry Ahead’. He went up the stairs, and I followed, keeping distance. After hearing sentry fire, he turned around. A good player would listen, but at least he wasn’t ignorant). But I keep playing Medic, because there is some good people who know the magic of ‘z+2′…

…And there is nothing better then killing noob pyros with my blutzagger. Good times…

By: Zorgulon

Zorgulon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:55:44 +0000

@Bathrobe Assassin

But after that soldier has been reduced to a fine paste, then a quick word of thanks wouldn’t go amiss :p

I agree 100% with this post- as a Medic of many hours I always heal everyone I can, but quickly draw up a table of favourites in mind, partly based on who says ‘thanks’.

As a console to PC migrant, I love the voice commands (only ‘Medic!’ is on the 360 version) and can’t understand why people don’t use them more. I for one am always saying “Good work!” or “Nice shot” to my heal targets.

A little politeness goes a long way…

By: Gerkuman

Gerkuman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:56:28 +0000

Just a point about the Team-Blaming thing. Does this mean we can still be critical about our team, as long as we balance it out with encouragement and praise? Because there are times you need to be blunt. XD

By: Scutum

Scutum — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:54:48 +0000

It happened so much to me that as an Engineer, when I was killed near my Sentry/Dispenser/Teleporter by a random Pipe Bomb/Critical Rocket, and I want to use my own teleporter to get back to my stuff and repair them, alot people want to push me out of my own teleporter, resulting that everything is destroyed. Guys, the only reason an Engineer would use a teleporter is to get to his own stuff and repair it, not to get to the front lines fast.

Also, alot of times when I thank a Medic, the medic start to shoot at me for spychecking, no matter if I’m on his side or that I’m really a spy.

By: Neuromante

Neuromante — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:50:23 +0000

Excellent post! I was about to write something like that to a Spanish HL2 webpage, so now I’m gonna link to this article and make a little translation ^_^

By: Sypheros

Sypheros — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:06:52 +0000

Wow, I feel like I’m married to my team now… maybe some flowers and chocolates are in order, and maybe when I’m giving them a massage, it shouldn’t lead to sex.

‘Tis true though Pyrit, use the in-game voice commands to send a little love. I always thank the medics, but giving the Engie the Intel, Ive never heard of before, I really like it though. I don’t think ill ever cap again, so long as an Engie is defending.

Now I feel all warm and fuzzy, and a little gassy too.

By: theminipanda

theminipanda — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:22:32 +0000

i like the visual aids lol.

By: BathrobeAssassin

BathrobeAssassin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:08:12 +0000

Great points, I agree with all of them. For the most part, I follow them myself, although I don’t always hit “Thanks!.” (That other soldier I am fighting takes priority, ya know.)