Team Fortress 2 ramblings

got back into a TF2 mood recently. i've played it for about, what, 10 years now? (kinda sad now that i think about it). and it's still as fun as always. even when valve doesn't give a shit about it anymore.

i've mostly been playing on casual, no community servers (except for Uncletopia once) and i'm surprised how few bots there are. idk if valve is doing anything or they're just dissipating out of boredom but out of the games i've played, 2 had sniper bots. so that's helped it.

it's still really fun! actually managing to win a round on like, control points, dustbowl, etc feels amazing. i mostly play Demoman, Heavy and Medic (the last because no one else does) and they definitely fit into being those "i'm going to beat you to death" characters. nothing beats mowing down enemies as heavy or exploding 1/3 of the enemy team with a sticky trap they haven't noticed.

sometimes it gets annoying, though. specifically sniper and spy. the classes i play cannot do a thing against them and i wouldn't call myself the best sniper player myself, and i don't like playing pyro. in nearly every game i play as Heavy, i am always getting backstabbed even when i am constantly turning around for threats like a paranoid. every. damn. time.

these get balanced out by the funny moments, though. friendlies, accidentally 1-shotting cloaked spies, etc. too much stuff to count that's good about the game... even if it doesn't get another update for like, 10 years, i'd imagine it would still be alive because of how solid it's been made. even if the Wrangler exists.

also cosmetics funny, here's my demoman (nothing too much, i am not ready to dive into buying cosmetics for the right look... it's overwhelming.)

i just wanted to put out some of my thoughts about TF2. this is my first blog post, so i hope you enjoyed reading!