The Spy: Mann vs. Machine Tutorial

ERRATA: 1. I've made an Upgrade Priority Chart similar to the ones I've done for other classes and uploaded it to the same folder as the Spy Practice mission (see below). 2. I was too harsh on Your Eternal Reward. It is definitely the weakest knife overall, but it is still playable. Using L'Etranger to mitigate the disguise debuff helps. I even suspect that it might be worth foregoing the Dead Ringer in favor of the Invis Watch when using Your Eternal Reward. 3. It is arguably worth it to start buying Swing Speed before the final tier of 25% Damage, which only increases your DPS by 187.5 / 750 = 25%, and only against Giant Robots. 4. As of early 2020, the Spycicle is currently glitched, and the melting problem can be avoided, making it technically better than Stock if the exploit is used. 5. Note that, contrary to the upgrade description, the first tick of Sapper Power doesn't increase effect duration. According to the Wiki, it only adds the radius effect. 6. The Ammo Refill Canteen Charges can be used to recharge the Sapper. However, you still won't be able to place a new Sapper until the old one is used up, which accounts for about half of the cooldown time, or you destroy the robot(s) being sapped. 7. Not a real erratum, but I'd like to add that I've started sapping Giant Robots AFTER stabbing them. If I can't land another backstab, I'm choosing to slow them down before I run away instead of poking them for a measly 40 damage. Just another tool in the toolbox. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See a lot of maps in the video that you don't recognize? Play them here: https://us.potatomvm.tf/ Timestamps: Opening: (00:00) Intro: (01:26) Part 1 - Weapons: (02:13) Part 2 - Upgrades: (04:17) Part 3 - Gameplay: (06:14) Strafe-Stabbing Technique: (12:59) Part 4 - Expectations: (14:44) Outro: (19:23) Spy Practice Mission: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/fo... FYI: The difficulty is beyond Expert, so don't get discouraged if it seems impossible at first. Practice hard so play is easy. Paste into ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\scripts\population (alternatively, try your "custom" folder if that doesn't work). Then open TF2, open your console, and enter the command "map mvm_coaltown". Vote to change the mission to Spy Practice. Auto-Disguise Script: (Paste into your spy.cfg file at [ ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\cfg ]. Create a blank text file with that name first, if you don't have one already.) bind "mouse1" "+attack" alias "autodisgon" "bind mouse1 +disgon; bind p autodisgoff" alias +disgon "+attack" alias -disgon "-attack;lastdisguise" alias "autodisgoff" "bind mouse1 +attack; bind p autodisgon" bind "p" "autodisgon" Music: "Takeoff Sting" - Ethan Meixsell "Detour Sting" - Gunnar Olsen Special thanks to: My wife for being supportive while I dumped a ton of free time into making a 20-minute video about a neglected game mode within a 12-year-old video game. https://steamcommunity.com/id/hell-met for helping me to improve my skills by being better than me and making me feel inadequate. Maybe he'll stop by and point out all of the errors in this video. This video was created with Movavi Video Editor Plus. https://www.movavi.com/ #tf2 #tf2gameplay