JAMES'S SPY UPDATE MEGATHREAD

[CaffeinePowered]

The TFC-Style zoom script still works

[at0m]

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the razorback replaces the SMG and the piss jar replaces the kukuri...

Other way around.
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Or rather... the razorback replaces nothing.

It's enough that's it's only useful once and that it slows you down.
You want to take away a weapon on top of that? All that for a counter against one single backstab?
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suits most snipers fine, they just stand at the back picking off other snipers heavies and medics, they are to far away from any real danger since their team does most of the work, only thing they have to worry about is other snipers and spies, only thing thats gonna protect them from snipers is skill and now they have a massive defense against their main counter (this seems stupid to me) the spy, now snipers can get back to target practice instead of playing the actual game like everyone else : D
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Now spies can just walk up and blow them away with the Ambassador, and there'll be nothing the Sniper can do about it except piss on the spy.
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Don't even need to walk up.  Just Ambassador snipe them.  That's what I am going to do.
[/quote]Speaking of which, do autozoom scripts still work?

[edit] lol, google totally linked me to Caff's blog while I was trying to find an example [/edit]
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no need for scripts there is an option in game.
[/quote]But can you bind like ctrl-mwheelup to change your POV? Like you could in TFC.

I used to cheat at hide & seek with that >_>

The reason I mention it though is because I also used to snipe SGs with the heavy nailgun (perfect accuracy but not hitscan), so that + the Ambassador would just be brutal

[Wedge]

You can... taunt?  Pretty sure any other third person cams are locked (sandviches and Bonk actually operate as taunts interestingly enough).

[Eschatos]

Has anyone noticed that Saxton Hale is an anagram of Hot Anal Sex?

[3clipse]

Has anyone noticed that Saxton Hale is an anagram of Hot Anal Sex?

no... how the hell did you notice that.

[Dave]

Has anyone noticed that Saxton Hale is an anagram of hat on la sex?

[Kenny Strife]

Has anyone noticed that the background to this picture is a payload race map?  Not spy-centric, per se, but a hint in the scout update of the one we're getting today.

[Spore]

Has anyone noticed that the background to this picture is a payload race map?  Not spy-centric, per se, but a hint in the scout update of the one we're getting today.

Everybody noticed it, which is why everybody knew we'd be getting the Payload race with the next pack. That map was supposed to ship with the Scoot, but they didn't get it out the door in time.

[Blues]

Espionage Professional Arthropod Ridicule

Crabspy taunt.

[KarthXLR]

I crash every time I backstab a spy :'(

[Blues]

The spy taunts make him sound like a different person.

[fyre]

Funny hats.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58742

[Badgerman of DOOM]

All the unlocks are random drops.

[fyre]

All the unlocks are random drops.

So...like ingame pickups for just that round? Or you just randomly unlock them? Or you find them ingame and get to keep them?

[Badgerman of DOOM]

You can find any unlockable on the ground as a random drop.
Way to assfuck the majority of the community, Valve.
Way to jerk off the casuals who rarely play, Valve.

[Blues]

Random unlocks. MMO style loot, you kill people and get random chance to get items.

[zaneyard]

You can find any unlockable on the ground as a random drop.
Way to assfuck the majority of the community, Valve.
Way to jerk off the casuals who rarely play, Valve.

well it's better than grinding achievements
it's called an achievement for a reason, to achieve it.

[Wedge]

Hey awesome, people commenting that haven't played the game yet.  As far as we can tell, it just gives you shit at absolute random, killing and picking things up doesn't seem to do anything.

[Badgerman of DOOM]

So Zane, you'd rather randomly get an item than know you'll get it after X number of achievements? I mean, Unlocks were kinda Valve's way of saying "thank you" to all those people who actually put in time playing the goddamn game.

Edit- ohay look someone who hasn't read http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58742

[fyre]

Except it didn't work cuz ppl just farmed them anyway.


I think pickups would be cool.