This was a somewhat experimental video, so do let me know what you think! Should I turn this into a full series? My Patreon - www.patreon.com/hintshot My Discord Server - discord.gg/Z3PUnw8
Spy strategy: fail killing heavy and the enemy team medic and end up with 5 health sitting down in the corner blessing god that they dont catch you while you use the dead ringer.
Hi, the person behind the 2nd game here. I don't have that much defense for my terrible play and even before I start the recording, I knew it's gonna be an unintentional showcase of "Common Spy beginner mistakes", but here are a few notes I wanna make: * I'm more of a TF2 lore fan than a skilled competitor in TF2, as I barely have 200 hours in the game (and that's combining it with the playtime on my old account. My current account hasn't even cracked 50 yet). * As of now, I've already got around lowering my viewmodel FOV, and I've been suggested into using diferent HUDs, so the problem of viewmodel and HUD is not present anymore. * The reason behind my terrible cloak timing came from underestimating how much the cloak can last (which I assume came from my first times playing Spy and letting my cloak run out everytime). This was also the reason for me picking Dustbowl, because it's a map that I know a ton about when it comes to where ammo/health packs are. But other than that, I'll try my best to note the criticism here. It was a pleasure to be a part of this video and honestly, yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing this as a series.
Everybody has to start somewhere, and a death is never a fail as long as you think about what you did wrong, try to think about what you could have done to avoid that error, and try to apply it as best you can in your next life. Thanks for sharing your gameplay with the community!
Mommy I'm in the telly! Thanks hint I have a habit of trying to kill people with the weakest gun in the game so thanks for pointing that out, also I realised I'm too impatient now that I look back on that footage and sorry for the low fps I've never recorded tf2 gameplay before so I didn't know what settings my pc could handle, hope that wasn't too annoying lol. Liked the vid, keep up the good work, man! :)
hey hintshot, idk if youll see this but i recently started playing tf2 again and i went straight for spy since spy is so challenging to learn and spy is fucking dope. i tried watching videos by people like fatmagic, lazypurple, and even looking up "how to get good at spy tf2" nothing worked, then youtube graced me with a video of yours about a month ago ive watched your videos for quite a bit now and not only do i think you make amazing tf2 content, you also really really helped me improve at spy. i really love your content, even the not so popular videos, because I truly do love the playing (x event) incorrectly series because it's just a good vibe. and your commentary on all your videos is so calming and it's very very nice. you are truly my favorite tftuber at this point, and you're doing a fantastic job doing what you do. keep up the good work, my fine sir
Meanwhile all my spy games go like this: The enemy which I was about to backstab turns around for no reason 90% of the time and the other 10% hitreg screws me over
There was that one time I got headshot while invisible and both the sniper and me were completely amazed by how much coincidence was needed for him to ACCIDENTALLY shoot me when, and then also in the head, having NO idea I was even there... We were both impressed and neither of us ended up angry, we both just kinda... Laughed and stood there like "holy shit..."
Honestly I think this is a good way to give criticism to spy players on how they play, what they're potentially thinking, and how they plan ahead for future matches. I'd love to see more of these and would love to contribute to the cause :)
I watched up to the end of game 3 as I was having dinner. I like the series and I believe that if you do only one or two games per video and edit them a little bit then you should absolutely make this a series. I enjoyed watching and I think that you should be a little bit harsher, so that you can criticize easily to let people see flaws and improve faster. Keep up the good work :)
Quick question hint If you do plan on making this a full series Would you think it's good if some comp videos were reviewed or will you keep it to pubs only?
having different gamemodes would make theseries way more interesting andspicy, so high level play may be good, altough hintshot has said many times that he isn't very good, so he probably won't be able to give too much advice, but yeah, submiting comp videoscould be a pretty good thing
surely do more of these i think ihave good movement and im not too bad as spy but im not sure how to combat against people well with trickstabs sometimes i can pull off some "trickstabs too escape" and stuff but im not confident in how i can learn it and improve at it.
Holy fuck how are you this handsome, I literally just found your channel and watched a stock spy video and this got recommended to me and damn you look good Your voice really fits your appearance Also great video
Fun fact: as of writing this, it is physically impossible to have watched the whole vid, i however dont care what is possible and will speedrun this at 2x speed
@@lone_conqueror oh wow I didn't know that--was there ever a time where spy was at 100% speed? I haven't played tf2 in like 8 or so years but I could have sworn that back in the day, it was just heavy as the slowest, then soldier, then demo/pyro/engi/sniper/spy, then medic, then scout. Looked at the speed tables and apparently demo is slower than 100% too, at 93%, which I didn't remember being the case. Again, I could be tripping.
Ngl I didn't see the hole video but dame this is a great idea why did no one think of this Am already hyped+I need to sent u my gameplay cuz idk what am doing rowng
When I see a heavy wearing kittens on the enemy team I like to disuse as them and crouch around impersonating them. It works surprisingly well, I’ve had entire enemy teams run by me when I do that.
I hate how the spy-cicl make a sound cuz when I play pyro I can hear the spy-cicl melt if thay delete this sound and maybe made it 0.5s longer it will be a real good knife
The Spycicle is useful if you can use it properly. It also requires a bit of luck. But if a pyro flames you and you use the spycicle, don't keep moving in the same direction, and get away from that pyro asap (obviously). The problem in the first game (imo) was that the spy wasn't really juking enough to really be effective with the spycicle. So he ended up dying because he was too easy to track. At least on paper the spycicle is good, as it allows you to remove afterburn immediately and should make it harder to be tracked, you just have to not be predictable. It's probably not a direct upgrade to the regular knife, but it can be powerful in the right hands (skilled hands).
Small statement about your derision of the Spy-cicle: I feel as though the first demo is an example of the player using the weapon incorrectly. In my view, the spy-cicle is literally a direct upgrade from stock - its purpose is to run away after getting lit on fire. It is an escape tool. Because if you aren’t using the spy-cicle and you get caught on fire, you’re going to die anyways, even if you do get the backstab. And in pubs, dying for a pick usually isn’t a good idea, or it isn’t fun (highlander is another story and I see some reason for using stock). If you have the spy-cicle you also need to pair that with situational awareness and positioning. And since it can be replenished with ammo packs I see no reason to not use the spy-cicle unless you’re trying to go for a pick and trying to avoid the pyro spamming m1 in a circle to get the medic or something
that part where you were talking about the other guy's laggy footage while you yourself were out of sync with the audio, I'm gonna assume that was an extremely intelligent intentional joke
Hi Hintshot, I admire your videos (and your thumbnails too they're fire lol) I wanted to ask you if there was any way to communicate with your team while being a F2P player because it's pretty hard to transfer any information, wich I assume is harmful to the whole team
I'd love to record my crappy spy and send it to you for an analysis but my game already runs pretty bad, if i start record my fps drop even more. My pc is old and crappy
Excuse me HintShot, if you have time may you review the one video i have on this channel? i was planning on becoming a youtuber for fun once i get used to editing for TF2 and a few other games. unfortunately this video was the last time i was able to play TF2 so it would help a lot once i'm able to play it again if you could review my video for your next video of this sort or respond to me about it, either way have a great day!
@Hintshot, are you willing to analyze my gameplay? (I need to make a clip) I have more than 3000 hours in TF2 and at least 70% of that is as spy. I sometimes manage to play well, but not usually. I've tried just grinding to improve, but at least 2000 hours seems to have not been enough.
@@stratacat cool, just let me collect some footage(eventually) Ill just post it on my channel and tell you when its ready lol. All I really want is to be competent not competitive grade, but I definitely wouldn'y mind being that good
some well-intentioned feedback: you should definitely pause the videos and go more into detail about some things. so many times a player made an obvious mistake, most often related to positioning, but you missed out on the opportunity to educate your viewers on such a critical matter by saying "that was unfortunate" or "well it worked out so it's fine" or stuff like that. of course, too much information would melt the viewers' brains and be tedious to watch, but if that's what you're worried about then i think you're overestimating how tedious some further explanation or more corrections would be.
"Scout disguise always good." Are you kidding me? I'm an engie main and scout is by far the easiest to detect because it makes you too slow. I love when spies disguise as Scout. But it's ok. Keep misleading the masses. It helps us engie mains.
Which one do you suggest then? Everybody checks spies that aren’t somewhere off in the enemy backline, pyros spycheck most of the time, medics heal and every other class kills your movement speed + usually have somewhere to be as well. Disguises are for 1 second window between uncloaking and stabbing anyway, not for running around
This was a somewhat experimental video, so do let me know what you think! Should I turn this into a full series?
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19 hours ago lmao
@@Thebooooy it was uploaded almost a day earlier for patreons to watch before normal viewers
Yes, I'd definitely like more videos like this
It's fun watching different spy mains and how they play
@@SolarLight11 i know i was just joking
Yes, i would enjoy you analyzing my shit spy plays
Spy strategy: fail killing heavy and the enemy team medic and end up with 5 health sitting down in the corner blessing god that they dont catch you while you use the dead ringer.
then they stick around for a second too long and watch you decloak with the load FJDOIDJFJDKDJFNFJ it makes
@@m4atty.r21xd4 valve should turn down the volume for the dead ringer
You're blessing god?
Spy strategy: go behind and when everybody isn't looking and in one spot fail chainstab 5 people and try to run for you life
Hi, the person behind the 2nd game here.
I don't have that much defense for my terrible play and even before I start the recording, I knew it's gonna be an unintentional showcase of "Common Spy beginner mistakes", but here are a few notes I wanna make:
* I'm more of a TF2 lore fan than a skilled competitor in TF2, as I barely have 200 hours in the game (and that's combining it with the playtime on my old account. My current account hasn't even cracked 50 yet).
* As of now, I've already got around lowering my viewmodel FOV, and I've been suggested into using diferent HUDs, so the problem of viewmodel and HUD is not present anymore.
* The reason behind my terrible cloak timing came from underestimating how much the cloak can last (which I assume came from my first times playing Spy and letting my cloak run out everytime). This was also the reason for me picking Dustbowl, because it's a map that I know a ton about when it comes to where ammo/health packs are.
But other than that, I'll try my best to note the criticism here. It was a pleasure to be a part of this video and honestly, yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing this as a series.
It was mildy hilarious, but respects. I also have barely 250 hours in the game but spy is just.. Um no
Everybody has to start somewhere, and a death is never a fail as long as you think about what you did wrong, try to think about what you could have done to avoid that error, and try to apply it as best you can in your next life. Thanks for sharing your gameplay with the community!
@@joewolf2619 Aye, anything for this kickass community.
Again, it was a pleasure of mine to be a part of this video.
You did a lot better as spy than I did in my first 200 hours
Use le’tranger if you need for cloak time/utility and if you don’t use revolver
Mommy I'm in the telly! Thanks hint I have a habit of trying to kill people with the weakest gun in the game so thanks for pointing that out, also I realised I'm too impatient now that I look back on that footage and sorry for the low fps I've never recorded tf2 gameplay before so I didn't know what settings my pc could handle, hope that wasn't too annoying lol. Liked the vid, keep up the good work, man! :)
Which one were you?
@@afungi9885 duck hat guy maybe
Holy blin its the ducklord!
Hello hintshot, thank you for your guides, I’m learning how to play properly watching you)
He is no more hintshot he is hellshot and don't ask where hintshot is
hey hintshot, idk if youll see this but
i recently started playing tf2 again and i went straight for spy since spy is so challenging to learn and spy is fucking dope. i tried watching videos by people like fatmagic, lazypurple, and even looking up "how to get good at spy tf2"
nothing worked, then youtube graced me with a video of yours about a month ago
ive watched your videos for quite a bit now and not only do i think you make amazing tf2 content, you also really really helped me improve at spy.
i really love your content, even the not so popular videos, because I truly do love the playing (x event) incorrectly series because it's just a good vibe. and your commentary on all your videos is so calming and it's very very nice.
you are truly my favorite tftuber at this point, and you're doing a fantastic job doing what you do. keep up the good work, my fine sir
This really means a lot, thank you
This is the video that made me subscribe. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Much appreciated
Meanwhile all my spy games go like this:
The enemy which I was about to backstab turns around for no reason 90% of the time and the other 10% hitreg screws me over
There was that one time I got headshot while invisible and both the sniper and me were completely amazed by how much coincidence was needed for him to ACCIDENTALLY shoot me when, and then also in the head, having NO idea I was even there... We were both impressed and neither of us ended up angry, we both just kinda... Laughed and stood there like
"holy shit..."
@@mikethegoo yeah, that happens sometimes lol
even lazypurple talked about that in his sniper video
@@maestrofeli4259 Mhm
This should absolutely be a series!
Honestly I think this is a good way to give criticism to spy players on how they play, what they're potentially thinking, and how they plan ahead for future matches. I'd love to see more of these and would love to contribute to the cause :)
I think you should do this again. I love seeing how other people play spy.
That intro sync with that music choice, ooh
Love the start with the music, and hello handsome
Spyeballs lmao, also wtf dude you never told us you’re handsome af
I watched up to the end of game 3 as I was having dinner. I like the series and I believe that if you do only one or two games per video and edit them a little bit then you should absolutely make this a series. I enjoyed watching and I think that you should be a little bit harsher, so that you can criticize easily to let people see flaws and improve faster. Keep up the good work :)
yeah, he needs to cut out the moments where nothing happens, he did cut out some stuff on the last 2 videos, but the first two had so much filler lol
Didn't expect seeing myself in first vid (medic).
And yeah, I was so angry at our team next round, you have no idea lol
Babe, wake up. New *HintShot* vid just dropped.
Just came home and i see this and now im happy
Quick question hint
If you do plan on making this a full series
Would you think it's good if some comp videos were reviewed or will you keep it to pubs only?
hi solar, he wants to know if we want it to be a series, I am assuming it's both types of play
nvm he said not really he doesn't play a lot of spy in comp.
I second this being a series.
having different gamemodes would make theseries way more interesting andspicy, so high level play may be good, altough hintshot has said many times that he isn't very good, so he probably won't be able to give too much advice, but yeah, submiting comp videoscould be a pretty good thing
I hope not, he's really good but 100% not a comp spy
epic video moment
Very informative and cool video, would like this to be a series!
Good choice of intro music
I’ve wanted this type of thing for a looong time great idea👌🏿
I swear game 3 is a fever dream I had once
I love the idea!
surely do more of these i think ihave good movement and im not too bad as spy but im not sure how to combat against people well with trickstabs sometimes i can pull off some "trickstabs too escape" and stuff but im not confident in how i can learn it and improve at it.
Spyeballs... What a genius word
Holy fuck how are you this handsome, I literally just found your channel and watched a stock spy video and this got recommended to me and damn you look good
Your voice really fits your appearance
Also great video
Fun fact: as of writing this, it is physically impossible to have watched the whole vid, i however dont care what is possible and will speedrun this at 2x speed
Based
Respect
I watched the entire video without 2x speed, get out viewed.
I think the air stab at 55:51 was to drop the pyro disguise to try and catch up to the soldier and demo
but spy's speed is the same as the pyros no?
@@andrew1257 Pyro's speed is 100%. Spy's speed is 107%
@@lone_conqueror oh wow I didn't know that--was there ever a time where spy was at 100% speed? I haven't played tf2 in like 8 or so years but I could have sworn that back in the day, it was just heavy as the slowest, then soldier, then demo/pyro/engi/sniper/spy, then medic, then scout.
Looked at the speed tables and apparently demo is slower than 100% too, at 93%, which I didn't remember being the case. Again, I could be tripping.
The mans back les go
Ngl I didn't see the hole video but dame this is a great idea why did no one think of this
Am already hyped+I need to sent u my gameplay cuz idk what am doing rowng
Def make this a series
When I see a heavy wearing kittens on the enemy team I like to disuse as them and crouch around impersonating them. It works surprisingly well, I’ve had entire enemy teams run by me when I do that.
yes this should be a series I wish I knew how to play spy better and be analyzed for improvement
Bruh dis is so epic
29:57 I didn't but now I do
I hate how the spy-cicl make a sound cuz when I play pyro I can hear the spy-cicl melt if thay delete this sound and maybe made it 0.5s longer it will be a real good knife
Wait you can take teleporters from the enemy team if disguised?
I felt like i should've known this sooner
Spy can take all teleporters, disguised, undisguised and cloaked.
The Spycicle is useful if you can use it properly.
It also requires a bit of luck. But if a pyro flames you and you use the spycicle, don't keep moving in the same direction, and get away from that pyro asap (obviously).
The problem in the first game (imo) was that the spy wasn't really juking enough to really be effective with the spycicle. So he ended up dying because he was too easy to track.
At least on paper the spycicle is good, as it allows you to remove afterburn immediately and should make it harder to be tracked, you just have to not be predictable.
It's probably not a direct upgrade to the regular knife, but it can be powerful in the right hands (skilled hands).
very epic video
I loved this video ur greate
55:55so he can run in spy's speed I do this sometimes if no one seeing me
This is great!
part 2 pls?
Yep sign me up for this stuff man
Small statement about your derision of the Spy-cicle: I feel as though the first demo is an example of the player using the weapon incorrectly. In my view, the spy-cicle is literally a direct upgrade from stock - its purpose is to run away after getting lit on fire. It is an escape tool. Because if you aren’t using the spy-cicle and you get caught on fire, you’re going to die anyways, even if you do get the backstab. And in pubs, dying for a pick usually isn’t a good idea, or it isn’t fun (highlander is another story and I see some reason for using stock). If you have the spy-cicle you also need to pair that with situational awareness and positioning. And since it can be replenished with ammo packs I see no reason to not use the spy-cicle unless you’re trying to go for a pick and trying to avoid the pyro spamming m1 in a circle to get the medic or something
New idea for a spy watch
25% faster cloak/decloak speed
+10% damage taken from fire while cloaked
My spy games:
Ahah he’s alone * stab *
*wait who’s that behind the corner*
twas a pleasure
most underated spy main on youtube no cap
Has anyone ever told you that you have beautiful eyes? They're so pretty! :O
._. Lmfao
Hahahaha thank you
Funny Pyro Ragdoll: 14:26
Your camera should be at the top left so we can see the kill feed, additionally will cover chat which we dont need to see anyways
Do more of this
Cool
that part where you were talking about the other guy's laggy footage while you yourself were out of sync with the audio, I'm gonna assume that was an extremely intelligent intentional joke
Lord, you're handsome
27:55 dustbowl?
If I where to ever get a kill using the Mr paladin load out it will be a medic and heavy chain stab and it is very rare for me to get out alive
How many times did he say "that's unfortunate" in this video?
Hi Hintshot, I admire your videos (and your thumbnails too they're fire lol) I wanted to ask you if there was any way to communicate with your team while being a F2P player because it's pretty hard to transfer any information, wich I assume is harmful to the whole team
You can't it feels bad
@@zombieguns37 RIP
gata give it a cool name
as spy you can help build buildings for your team?
No
Your very pretty Hintshot!
I like this. I wanna show you my Spy plays, how do I?
most unfortunate first spy
This would be a good series, but you should set up something so people can send the clips.
I'd love to record my crappy spy and send it to you for an analysis but my game already runs pretty bad, if i start record my fps drop even more.
My pc is old and crappy
Damn i didnt know about this
I would've played the same as the game 4 one and I only have 300h
I have 1000 hours and still have default fov
spyeballs
A Halloween special
nice haircut
game 2 was a controller player
Wow
Excuse me HintShot, if you have time may you review the one video i have on this channel? i was planning on becoming a youtuber for fun once i get used to editing for TF2 and a few other games. unfortunately this video was the last time i was able to play TF2 so it would help a lot once i'm able to play it again if you could review my video for your next video of this sort or respond to me about it, either way have a great day!
Dunno why. Spy is my least favorite class. Yet, when I watch TF2 videos, most are about spy gameplay.
Probably because it’s quite a fun class to watch, not so much to play if you’re bad.
You should try spy
You have very nice hair
@Hintshot, are you willing to analyze my gameplay? (I need to make a clip)
I have more than 3000 hours in TF2 and at least 70% of that is as spy. I sometimes manage to play well, but not usually.
I've tried just grinding to improve, but at least 2000 hours seems to have not been enough.
Hey I'm a comp spy and also a pubber, if you want I can give you a review
@@stratacat cool, just let me collect some footage(eventually) Ill just post it on my channel and tell you when its ready lol. All I really want is to be competent not competitive grade, but I definitely wouldn'y mind being that good
hello hint
awesome video, not a fan of the facecam though
47:37 bro his nickname translate anti n-word on russian
If u want to censor or something
some well-intentioned feedback:
you should definitely pause the videos and go more into detail about some things. so many times a player made an obvious mistake, most often related to positioning, but you missed out on the opportunity to educate your viewers on such a critical matter by saying "that was unfortunate" or "well it worked out so it's fine" or stuff like that. of course, too much information would melt the viewers' brains and be tedious to watch, but if that's what you're worried about then i think you're overestimating how tedious some further explanation or more corrections would be.
very unfortunate
My Internet sucks so I suck at Spy
29:57
fuck
_Unfortunate_
Why do you blur bot names actually?
They still account names from real people sometimes and we can't know if they did
what
555 like
NERd!!!
"Scout disguise always good." Are you kidding me? I'm an engie main and scout is by far the easiest to detect because it makes you too slow. I love when spies disguise as Scout. But it's ok. Keep misleading the masses. It helps us engie mains.
Which one do you suggest then? Everybody checks spies that aren’t somewhere off in the enemy backline, pyros spycheck most of the time, medics heal and every other class kills your movement speed + usually have somewhere to be as well. Disguises are for 1 second window between uncloaking and stabbing anyway, not for running around
There is deep reasons why Scout disguise works.
Scout has a smaller model, can be spotted any where and is convient
Handsome man backseat gaming other people play french espinage man