TF2
So I had a little fun with TF2 tonight. Had not been on in months, was welcomed back extremely warmly. All these people so happy to see me and talk to me…weird.
I got on TF2, it was a control point map, 5gorge. The whole point is to capture 5 points and hold them. It started out simply enough, I raced to the neutral “c” point, got a cap, and moved on. Things were going well, the teams had been balanced, and it was anybody’s game. THe previous few rounds involved back and forth wins and losses, which is kinda neat.
Anyways, after the cap, things slowed down. The last point, as one would assume, is akin to diving into a hornet’s nest, hoping you can throw enough fingers in there to grasp some…hornet prize? Anyways. I tried everything. I sabotaged as a spy, sorta worked. I muscled through as a heavy, sorta worked. We didnt give them an inch, and they returned in kind. After, get this, 2.5 hours of trying to cap one spot, I had had enough. It was time to try something new.
There was this guy on the other team, a sniper, that had over 5000 kills with his weapon of choice, I decided he needed to go. I picked a sniper, which I never use, and gently creeped along, making sure one of my less conscientious team members would divert his gaze. Sure enough, the established worst player on our team bumbles past me, I see the sniper follow him with his scope, I charge mine to full, and pop his fuckin head. As soon as he went down, the tide changed, I then shot the dispenser keeping the engineer pile-up alive, and the sentries were shut down quickly by our up to that point useless spies. With 2 bullets I turned the tide of the game. 2 shots ended a 2.5 hour long ordeal.
I think I learned a lesson in that. Sometimes a simple approach can yield greater results than a well thought out plan of attack. I need to learn to have fun and take it easy.
