It is a very fair point, one which I might have thought being too obvious and not needing to mention, but I'll do it anyhow. First of all, mediocrity is as simple as having low or not much above average skill, which in terms of playing spy applies to practically everyone at a certain time. As emphasized at the start, this was definitely not a guide for beginner players, and I, for better or for worse, imagine the qualities you've mentioned to be rather basic. That's why, I recommend people to learn strong basics, since you won't benefit as much from going straight for the ideas which I've mentioned in the video, compared to if you were to do it when already being decent at spy. In the end, I believe different people benefit from learning things at their own pace. If anyone were to try using this as the base for learning spy, it would definitely do them no good, with which we agree, but there is definitely a certain group of people that may be just looking for new things to learn (in my case, I am doing it to keep the game feel fresh), rather than throwing themselves into casual queue over and over again in hopes to get better at a game that rarely changes. Thank you for the feedback, next time I'll try being a tad bit more clear when talking about such broad topics!!

@@sarijus3310 Apologies if the above came across as very critical. I've enjoyed every one of your videos to-date, so thank you for the effort you've clearly put into each of them. The tips you've included in this video will definitely help many spies out, and I've found several helpful pieces of info across your videos already! The reason I said "limiting factor" is that I think there are factors that are more impactful in "escaping mediocrity" (if mediocrity is defined as sitting somewhere between 25-85 percentile of skill level). Even if skills like decloak timing are "basic", there's a massive difference between the 50th percentile and 95 percentile spy in that area that seems to get taken for granted and isn't discussed. Thanks again for your videos!

Like klown said back in days no matter what you can always out smart enemy

That one Pyro that just pushes you away with their airblast...

@@senorbatidodevainilla7325 airblast has a little cooldown, and they usually get cocky after a few airblasts. you can use that

so to master spy one must be a master baiter?

@@AdamDoge all main spies are already master baiters

Thanks for the kind words!

Glad to hear!

I'm merely a casual spy player, but thank you :))

I am thinking of doing a series where I show map spots in casual games, but that's for the future. The dilemma of showing such spots is that if I make it easy for everyone to see, they are going to become far less effective, which is why I am holding it for a later time.

@@sarijus3310 Understandable dont feel pressured to do it cuz some of the spots like the pixel jump at frontier last seem very unpredictable and borneo last point, right parkour up on the barrel to the window on that ledge is very sneaky and definitely you get you a kill or more just because they would have process for a very short while how you came from above?!?!? And that sort time span might be the reason you escape or go for an EpIc TrICkstAB

Thanks for the tip! Been trying to make it better in my fresher uploaods :))

Thank you!

It's the Connection't tech, only spy players will understand

I think being aggressive has its time, but it's not to be overused. I find that spy shines best when you are the one baiting players into stabs, not the other way around.

@@sarijus3310 I've had one time where a spy was clearly trying to matador me, i just stopped moving and he still kept maniacally strafing, i found it funny and just walked away

With the first I agree fully, tunnel visioning on specific targets and being less aware of it is definitely a mistake, but it's something that goes away with time, since keeping track of your surroundings takes quite a bit of effort to learn well. About the b-hops, I'd say it's unnatural when you do it in wrong places. For example, if you're just hopping randomly out in the open, it's obvious that you're a spy, but I think It'd be the case even if you were not jumping around. B-hopping is best used when using scouts disguises in places that you usually don't see spies in or as a means of getting around places where you need it, not in places where everyone can see you do that very obviously (unless you're just a bit too slow behind a medic/spy that's walking forwards and you need that to catch up, I'd say that's an exception)

@@sarijus3310 thanks for the tip man 👍

That's a good way to put it. I'd say learning to trickstab and learning spy are two different things. People that are caught off guard easily won't be a problem if you learn how to follow up on with your movement, but people that don't get caught off guard by your movements are best approached using map geometry and your cloaks. It's important to figure out which enemies can be countered in which way and adapt accordingly. Also, love your content. It's an awesome recourse for people who are starting their spy journey!

I personally use it on 'R'.

I see your point, but I'd like to disagree. It's very fair to see that people who do well in casual games could get absolutely demolished in competitive settings, since casual players don't take the game so seriously. But since tf2's casual and competitive gamemodes are very different (6's/highlander are very different from 12v12 where nobody talks in voice chats) I'd argue that you can do good in one (casual), while not doing that well in the other (competitive), since both gamemodes require very different things from you. And since we are talking about mediocrity, the bar is set far lower than for being 'good', which would fit your argument far better.

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Longjumping is a technique that comes from source spaghetti mechanics. While you're airborne, if you move your mouse in sync with your strafe keys you can strafe in a way that builds the most speed (since in this game you build speed by strafing, even for b-hops). It's easiest to see in rocket jumping speedruns, since it's usually done on a larger scale to reach platforms by building speed while falling down. It's quite hard to explain if you haven't rocket jumped much and I am no expert at it, but that's the idea of it. Also, most of the longjumps I have shown here are done as b-hops since that's what I prefer. The usual way to do longjumps is to approach the jump with "W" at an angle and then turn towards where you're going to build speed in your jump the most consistently. Hope this helps

Only as much as I need to understand what happened right/wrong in the given clip. I only clip things that look cool or are absolute failures.

Can you teach me to analyse my one clips?

eventually

​@@justinasloltltu6046with spy you want to practice your movement, in tr walkway and in pubs, go into a pub and practice getting a stab on a player and practice dodging a group of enemies. I'll be making some tutorials on this

Rewatching is awesome ego boost, git gud then you are fun to rewatch

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Okay :{