"very fitting that the son of a Frenchman is the best at running away" *Damn*

“Like a Touhou player on a cocaine high.” Strange example, but definitely accurate.

"Capable of dodging rockets, grenades and bullets like a touhou player on a cocaine high" this fucking slayed me

Of all the "pick" classes in the game, I would say scout is the most fair. Spy is frustrating to die to but only because it's rarely if ever a fair interaction. And then sniper pushes that even further by being able to do what spy does better in almost every way. The only thing that makes scout frustrating to fight is what the scout player chooses to do after they get the kill. If they choose to immediately locate the next target or otherwise move on, then everything's cool. It's when the scout player chooses to taunt that things start escalating.

Love how the Sandman is so nerfed into the ground that you didn't even give it a passing glance.

Soon I won’t be able to play any class without being hated by Space

Fun fact the scattergun shares every stats the shotgun has an everything but damage and looks

Out of all the annoying classes, scout isn't too bad. I respect what it takes for scout to get in and get kills, and it never feels cheap to die to one

Even most of Scouts counters have trouble killing him. Only the Sentry Gun can truly stop a Scout in his tracks.

your description of what people think when they get one shot from across the map by a sniper could not be less accurate

7:41 it is an un ironically direct upgrade since it doesn’t say fish kill when you trigger the dead ringer

SpaceGuyOnline is such a real dude, I love how humble your videos are, they're very "your friend is talking with you" style of video making. Absolutely love em

1:00 I never do this, I think “wow! I love how the sniper can just delete all my health regardless of whatever range he’s at, with no way to counter it other than going sniper as well!”

Very excited to finally see this out!!! I feel like you nailed everything thing about scout that tend to make people frustrated great video and loving the sfm, also getting to see myself perish is always fun

i’ve been waiting for this

"Bonk is not good" Bonk Drinker(s): Are you challenging me?

My favorite part of this series is the “you type in the chat” gag

"he's long range, I'm mid range. He has the advantage" Repeat this for every 8/9 classes, sniper is totally fair and balanced

2:26 This scout is awful. He ran away from an easy pick, a demo man, and not only, he ran from him from the face instead of the back or the sides!

I hear the word 'shortstack' used in the context of TF2 scout and my mind wanders to terrible... terrible places.

I mean, I love scout. He gives me so many kills from my sentry.

I've been trying to get better at scout for a while and, as an engineer main, it is quite the jump in mentality. With any power class YOU are just as much in charge of the battle as your enemy. They fears your rockets, you fear their Heavy. With Scout it's not that. You cant just engage an enemy that has twice your HP pool and more equal damage output unlike a Soldier or Demomen can. Learning to pick my fights, bail when it turns sour, and gets my hits in quick has been quite the journey and there are many more matches to test my mettle in, but it's a blast when things go well.

As a huge Fan o War fan, something it does well is combo with your secondaries. Long range pistols are nice,but how about the potential to do over 125 damage with a guillotine(,and have mini crit sound ASMR to boot)?

love how you played the scariest track from Earthbound when talking about The Holy Mackerel

ngl, scout is actualy well balanced *flashbacks of the old babyface days*

I still prefer to face scout, even scunt than competent sniper, they're annoying and being insta killed from other site of the map feels unfair.

Honestly the only time it feels cheap dying to a scout is when they spam the guillotine down a choke or they catch you at low health anyways and one peppered shot picks you off. Otherwise, well shit man you earned it.

I'll never forget. I always liked to play Scout, but at the same time I always felt like I was never good at it. There was this casual match where I took down an Engi, and he said in the chat: "Too much jump, too little skill". The moment I read that I laughed to myself, and said: "Yep, I'm getting good"

Honestly? I haven't encountered nearly any Scout hate from both around me, or personally. He can dodge projectiles like a madman and do insane head to head damage, but he's always in the thick of the fighting while being made of paper glass; there's so much risk yet so much reward that even as a Medic main who is constantly screaming to the sky about not getting 2 shot from behind, I can't help but think "Well that was a ballsy flank" after dying to a Scout while in the middle of my team. Sniper on the other hand is one I can't really tolerate since unlike Scout, he controls so much space for free; at least Scout and Spy both have to stick their necks out not just for a kill, but to be anything beyond a minor nuisance. Even if he isn't hitting his shots, crossing his sightline is effectively just a pure gamble of whether or not this is the time he clicks on my head, while no one on our team can contest him since he's safely tucked behind his own team. As a Medic, having to watch my back and juggle healing is fun, but having whole sections of the map cut off while I wait for our own Sniper to try and kill the one shutting it all down is honestly... boring.

Not to mention that the character is perfectly tailored to the playstyle, and the voice lines will mercilessly needle your victims posthumously

I can respect good scout players. Good sniper or spy classes less so. They're cheap surprise gimmicks compared to solid movement and scattergun aim. You know where you stand in a match up with scout, and the other offense classes.

idk I feel the exact opposite. When I die to someone solely because they literally just outplayed me I’m like “ok, that was my fault, my bad.” For example as a heavy if I’m dying to scout or demo or soldier, that’s because I took confrontations I shouldn’t have or they are just way better than me. That’s fine. When I walk out of spawn and get headshot by a dude hiding behind the wall who just shot me through a 10 pixel gap in the wall, I don’t feel like I got outplayed. I feel like I got fucked by something I literally have no counterplay to. The counterplay for sniper is “don’t get hit” which is not really ample counterplay when it’s basically impossible to disrupt snipers a lot of the time. Spies, though, I give serious credit to. I don’t LIKE being backstabbed, sure, but spy risks a hell of a lot more to get that kill and I can acknowledge like “okay, I need to be more paranoid than I have been.” I prefer getting fucked over because of my own mistakes rather than dumb shit that’s basically outside my control.

Good vid, like the thumbnail, simple and effective, probably my 3rd favorite next to sniping tips and the lugermorph thumbnail

I'm a scout main and this video is so true. Scout really is hated. I don't taunt on people, I don't even talk to people, and yet people will get angry and salty at me just for playing. Everyone hates a good scout. Once you are good, it doesn't matter how you act, they will call you a scunt and harass you for playing the class regardless. Once you reach a certain skill level, it's impossible to not see how much scout is hated.

Can we talk about mad milk + candy cane making the scout a violent and chaotic medic?

I once played scout for 15 minutes and I immediately understood why it gets hate

You got a point, but the thing which caught my attention is the music, that you use in videos. Does are such a bangers. Love your videos

as a scout main, i think the fact that the class kind of enourages you to get in character and be an annoying little shit is part of what makes him so special. like i could play the midfight and use my high dps and mobility to help my team out, or i could use it to get into some annoying spot nobody would ever check and just terrorize the enemy snipers

Good job space guy,you have outdone yourself in the field of jokes,I laughed 3 times watching this video,thanks for brightening my day!

Pyros in a cave: exists Scout: AHHHH FIRE FIRE IM ON FIRE

0:35 Ahhh actually you need an atomizer to taunt kill, instead of with the default bat.

7:35 GEEEZ! Put a jumpscare warning next time! I almost had a heart attack from the scariness.

this is exactly why i mained scout when i could play tf2. epic video! i also appreciate the ultrakill versus track in the end, loved ultrakill as well

Your getting better at sfm keep up the good work even if its hell lol

In my opinion sniper is far more infuriating to deal with. Scout needs to get close to you since his mid-long range capabilities are pretty bad. Sniper however can oneshot you from anywhere on the map and you can't really do anything about it other than just not being in his sightline. But even when you get close to him he can still oneshot you with either a quickscope (which happens more times than you might think), a jarate+bushwacka combo or just a random crit with any other melee. That class is in a dire need for some nerfs because the moment any relatively skilled sniper enters the server - it's game over. Just leave. There is nothing you can do to this jackass.

I never really ever dispised scouts, in fact, I always respect a good scout player.

the holy mackerel is actually an objective direct upgrade because the "fish kill" text doesnt show up when you fake kill a dead ringer spy

Damn that Cave Story music hit me hard bro! It had been years since the last time I heard it, great choice btw.

3:18 behind the aussie scattergun, behind the desk under Kleiner's arm, slowly creeping downward.

Met a very good scout today on Altitude He had 2 deaths and 54 kills, so he was definitely something But I never felt bad or angry, I was just "oh this guy is very good"

Cool video man, good job with sfm

Don't even play TF2 but this was a really interesting watch! Also, love the Versus music ya put in there :P

According from what you have said, Scout could be the most powerful character in Touhou if he was in the game

Note, Bonk is only bad when used to approach. What makes it really busted is it's ability to guarantee a scouts escape, no matter how bad his positioning.

1. Stole Friendlies Medic Medkit 2. Bullies Hoovy 3. Bullies Engineer 4. Bullies F2p 5. Laugh after kill 6. Shove Hoovies off a Cliff 7. Sh*t Talks (Mostly) 8. Annoying Pan noise

I hate it that his gun doesn't sound powerful enough. It doesn't properly communicate the strength of the weapon and I often die when it doesn't feel nor sound like I should have.

has anyone seen scouts on deathrun maps, they ruin EVERYTHING else for the deathrunners team, losing a respawn coin, hogging special easter egg items and blocking the firstperson view during hard traps or pits

I’ve been watching from the shadows for a month or so, and seeing this sick video and the amazing growth in quality of your content is what I needed to finally sub. I wanna be in on these videos when they happen. Top notch man! Please keep it going.

The Speedrunners soundtrack made me go from "Hey, this video is pretty good." to *[N E U R O N A C T I V A T I O N]*

HEY LORD FAT Happy smissmass space guy, thanks for all the work you put in your videos💖

scout isn't as annoying as sniper, at least scout needs aim and practice and to be close to the enemy, sniper is instant delete from anywhere on the map with no warning, sniper is 100000000% worse

You forgot to talk about the bfb and backscatter (which fair enough are regarded as the worst scatterguns but let’s be honest you can succeed with any scatter gun) the baby face makes the class that already is fast even faster with the caveat that he can’t double jump and the back scatter is just spy lite mode and also he’s very mobile with a good secondary and melee that aren’t relegated to last ditch effort weapons.

I’ll be honest, I had a lot of trouble watching this with the stuttering in your gameplay. But the actual talking part is fantastic great vid!

Because I'm a demo main, my biggest gripe is the ability to reverse your momentum at any given time, like how are you supposed to predict someone when they don't really know where they'll be in a second. Yes it's possible however it takes a lot of effort and skill while all the scout has to do is press space bar twice.

About a year ago, I was being dominated by a wallhacking scout who would camp at our intel (2fort) and taunt after every kill and his FON was cheat boosted by shooting both shots at the same time thus to one of the reasons I hate scouts to this day, also almost any scout I encountered would taunt after every kill and it gets annoying really quick

A good scout is like a mosquito that will never go away and you can never hit.

There is one problem as scout. Since you are fast and can dodge bullets and stuff, you are fast so most of the time you might miss. I have this problem. Without proper training that will happen. It mostly happens to new players or players like me who are decent, but not good at the game and have only been playing tf2 for 3 years.

Scouts: I WILL OUTSKILL YOU Me, a constantly revved Natasha heavy: Oh I don't think so.

How’s it going

I find BONK! Useful in dustbowl (Area 3) in offense and for countering/distracting bots, but besides that it's not to great.

Love the video and the ultrakill music in the bg

Nice video! you edit is Great, Funny and Awesome, I like it.

Have you thought of making a respond to ZestyJesus "Why Sniper needs a nerf" video?

I always found it weird how much hate Scout gets given he’s probably the class with the most counters say for Spy. Seriously, what the hell is a scout supposed to do when there’s 3 engineers on the other team?

The ability to meat shot players from the next postal code using a crit-a-cola short stop combo never ceases to amaze me. Until I meet the enemy Scout and immediately get mulched because they exploited my medium range nature. But I can never get tired of deleting the other teams medic combo with up to TWELVE blasts of 64 damage unrestricted by damage fall off. Its just the highlight of my day when it happens.

Just rewatched this and holy molly that alliteration at the start is something to be hold!

Haha that's so true, you can't really blame anything when you get killed by a scout, you just got outplayed and theres something infuriating about this class in particular. They're so cocky, so bold, jumping everywhere taunting you. You see them coming, trying to defend yourself and yet they still get you somehow dodging all of your attacks or killing you faster than you could kill him. When you get killed by Sniper it's very frustrating but you know why. You don't have to blame yourself for any mistake since there is nothing you could have done anyway except hiding the whole game. But when a scout get you, there is a reason, you have to ask yourself a question: Where did i fucked up? Was it luck? Is he just better than me? No i can't accept that this bragging arrogant piece of ***** just outplayed me, that's gotta be my teammates, yea, it's their fault, they screw up by letting him getting this close.. i ain't getting outskilled pff no way. But it's still in your head after the game, you're feeling less secure about your own skill, the scout is already inside your mind, you can almost hear him laugh at you. Now you want to start huting for them, to prove yourself it was just a lucky kill that has nothing to do with skill. You want the next scout you meet to be dead meat, you're starting to hate this class and at the same time it's fascinating you. You're starting to play scout, scout and only scout every single game, abandoning all the fun of a pyro wm1ing around, or a demo spamming or a soldier rocket jumping around. And then you get your ass kicked, especially by other scouts, which makes you hate this class even more. And eventually you're just giving it up, not giving a crap about scout, not scout, whatever kills you, you don't care anymore... or do you?

Tbh the scout is perfect, everything from the look to the noises to the gameplay style just wants me to take that f*cker, smash him into ground and taunt, He fits perfectly, fighting against good scout might take ages, and spies are terrorized by them. There is nothing I would change, maybe change baby face blaster cause it kinda sucks, but other than that, Scout is perfectly Balanced, he runs like annoying fly, he kills, he taunts, and he dies.

That alliteration with the S was amazing

Love the description that you gave for the fan of war but I feel like the same thing could be said about the baby faces blaster.

And here I thought the Spy was the most hated! Good job, dude.

anything that annoys snipers is an objectively good thing

I appreciate that intro, a very respectable use of words that start with the letter S

The production value on this is insane, and what is that I see? Only 38k subs? Blasphemy

I mean, i hate scout because the people who play him usually are also the type to, whenever they get a kill, scream slurs into the mic

I think that gimmick scouts are the most respectful kind of scout, like the crit-a-cola fish strategy or the sniper-scout (launching ornaments at a far range) or one of my favorites the Simpsons hit and run (running over to the enemy, hitting them with the fan o’ war once or twice and running away leaving then to your team’s mercy) The fact that these are more absurd ways to be killed gives an initial shock factor that only leaves respect afterwards.

Love the Scout loadout. That is my favorite effect on the hat.

missed opportunity to make Scout's laugh fade into a reverb echo of a source crash audio bug of the laugh

I like your videos, keep it up!

that sniper scope is so advanced it can move freely and you can still see through it

I had no idea that the Boston basher could give you an extra “jump”. Very neat game trick

The alliteration at the beginning is so unnecessary i love it

Scout is squishier than other classes... Except when he gets random crits when he needs em.

you are my #1 McDonalds wifi youtuber

the bonk is pretty nuts when it comes to an escape tool

Force-a-Nature doesn't hurt less, it hurts more. The highest meatshot damage with FaN that I got throughout my plays was about 130 (stock scattergun deals 10 less damage at max) which is enough to oneshot any light class, it's problem is that it deals a meatshot at a closer range than the stock scattergun. In other words Force-a-Nature is basically just a melee weapon that requires bullets and hurts more than the stock scattergun.

This doesnt happen often but scouts with a pocket medic are a thing and if the scout knows how to do the point and click adventure

Easily the most underrated Tf2 youtuber

With Scout's speed and jump it's really difficult to take them down as Soldier, so I just avoid them or maybe try to do some splash damage and then run away

Holy hell, it's been a decade since i've heard your name man, hope things are going well for you!