A satisfying KA-BLOOEY

As you may have noticed (if you play with me at all), I play medic 95% of the time (or more).

However, there are some maps or situations that just don't seem to lend themselves to this approach, and so I venture into the other classes.

The Viking map (probably related to ctf_yaaargh, shown in images and youtube video used in this post) is one of those cases. Last night, with few players on the server and map objectives that aren't particularly medic-friendly, I chose to try pyro, demo and scout this time.

It was my demo efforts that prompted this post. I consider myself very, very newb at the classes other than medic. Their speed, movements, reload timing and weapons fit like gloves two sizes too big -- everything feels slow and awkward, unfamiliar. In other words, I hit the respawn room a lot.

But I know by now that only with practice does skill come. So I stuck with demo a bit on this map to try and improve my grenade lobbing aim. The spiral stairs is a great place for this. There were enemies up the stairs, and I figured I should be able to lob a few grenades and damage them without getting in range of their weapons.

It was a nice theory.

Did I mention that I respawn a lot? Anyway, I kept at it, and then decided I'd try the sticky approach. While they were gone from the stairs, I placed some stickies on the ceiling and walls. It was kinda obvious, but I still hoped to catch someone.

A scout came running along and figured I was easy prey for his shotgun (not the first time). I lured him up the stairs, and he came cheerfully along, figuring to dodge my 'nades and mow me down with the scattergun at close range. And he almost did. But I fell down the stairs out of his way, and then just as I guessed he was passing my stickies on his way to finish the kill, I hit the right mouse button.

KA-BLOOEY!!!!

SCOUT STUFFING EVERYWHERE!!!

Oh, my. Oh, my! It was truly satisfying. I finally killed somebody with my stickies ON PURPOSE. I laid the snare, I lured them in, and BAM! got the timing right.

Ahh, yes. Very memorable moment, my first sweet kill as demo.

So tell me: What TF2 firsts do you remember best?

And for your viewing pleasure, a video that pretty much captures the fun of this map: