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phor11 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:22:43 MDT

I'm assuming this was made in gmod?

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zerojad — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:18:07 MDT

Five Stars for the image. xD

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Terrorsaur. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:24:42 MDT

Ah i did this before, but in an actual game with a bunch of other engineers. BWahah the amount of LOL Spammed on the mics and in the chat box as uber heavies were blasted back by 8+ sentries was priceless. Then we built a bunch of teleporters that led to the same spot and my computer nearly exploded -_-.

heh this was done on gmod im guessing?

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thisisasignin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:42:42 MDT

@Zeliard:
Waiting around??! No way! You build your gun, then you run to the other base, whip out your rail gun and wrench and go kill!

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FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:18:20 MDT

@Pezdispenser: Wow, you must have landed directly at the back tip of the sentry or so. That may confuse it a little as it may not be sure if it needs to look up or turn around. Nice find. Although it would be quite difficult to replicate those results.

I'm always lookin' for a good Pyro to try to backstab, so add me on Steam if you like burning overconfident spies. ;D

[steamcommunity.com]

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Pezdispenser — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:43:22 MDT

@Furious_Liver:

Yeah, it didn't take me long to figure that out, Pyro's my most played class (more time than all of my other guys put together).

Here's a little info about Sentries I picked up by accident:

If you land directly on top of an enemy sentry it "might" not be able to shoot you. I didn't give it much time before flaming it, but as soon as I landed on it (instead of aiming up and shooting me) it starting spinning around wildly. It would be nice if I could get this verified, but I haven't been in a situation since where I could try again.

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FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:34:27 MDT

All these comments reek of spy hate. You damned engies better watch your back! >:O

As far as the video went, I didn't find it helpful in the slightest. Also excluded some engineer tricks I like, such as placing a dispenser in a corner and jumping on top of it; completely protecting you from backstabs.

@Pezdispenser: Pyro is quickly becoming my favorite class. :D

Ah, another tip he didn't put in for the Pyro video: running backwards. With the way fire travels in the game, the enemy takes MUCH more damage if they're running into you rather than you charging towards them. Of course, the only class that should be foolish enough to charge into a Pyro should be other Pyros. Using this method, I've been able to take down (and dominate) 4 enemy Pyros at the same time, with most of them spamming "WHY WONT YOU DIE!?" in allspeak. Enjoy the awesome technique! ;D

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Pezdispenser — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:15:33 MDT

No love for the Pyro?

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:08:14 MDT

@dudenextdoor00:

GREAT job on the picture!!!

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Haniko — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:21:36 MDT

Oh if only real life were so comical on death.

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Akmed — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:06:23 MDT

HAI DER

[SNL clip]

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geekgrrl — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:53:55 MDT

@Witzbold: they were all pretty good. haven't heard that last song in forever.

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r3m1x — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:43:38 MDT

man, these Ning.com social networks are catching on pretty quick.

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TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:39:43 MDT

@Fyren: @dead_red_eyes: No problem! I actually meant to have the video embedded like dead_red_eyes , but it didn't work for some reason.

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dudenextdoor00 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:29:44 MDT

I should ask...any requests or ideas?

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dudenextdoor00 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:25:54 MDT

\@Witzbold:

I'll definitely be working on some more :)

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Annex1 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:23:53 MDT

If "win" could be shipped in a container from China on a large cargo ship, then the originator of this image should be expecting that shipment in 3...2...1...

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Witzbold — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:14:21 MDT

@dudenextdoor00: Damned fine picture sir.

May we please have another? ;D

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Witzbold — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:09:50 MDT

The use of the song "Weapon of Choice" makes this the best damned video of the week.

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dudenextdoor00 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:06:31 MDT

Thanks guys I made the picture and thanks for the love Kotaku! You can find the original here [ontargetgaming.ning.com]

Just kick on "view full size" in the bottom right hand corner. Thanks again guys :)

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deadjesterx — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:15:12 MDT

@Fuzzba11: Um, Engies are necessary regardless of what team you're on or what map you're playing. Try defending any of the Dustbowl maps without at least two Engies. If the enemy team knows what they're doing, you'll get owned in minutes.
Demos aren't as newb friendly as they use to be since Valve cut down on their ammo.
So yeah, learn the game before you open your mouth.

As for the pic, that is pretty impressive, but it's not a very viable defense. One or two Medics ubering a couple of Pyros/Demos/Soldiers would destroy those SGs with minimum effort. They're clustered up too tightly.

Still a great pic though. :)

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Scruffy_the_Janitor — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:53:18 MDT

@MajorMcMuffin:

Second.

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:27:04 MDT

@Fuzzba11:

Was using the word "queer" really necessary?

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:25:38 MDT

Hey OWEN, do you think that you could maybe put this YouTube link to the Engineer offensive training video up top? Machinima.com seems to be having issues at the moment.

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PositivelyJosh — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:24:36 MDT

@Fuzzba11: ...Demonoobs? Really? Noobs who try to play the Demoman tend to just completely suck at it, so I don't see where you're coming from.

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PositivelyJosh — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:23:03 MDT

Oh yes, that picture is now my desktop background. Engie is actually my most played class, not necessarily because I like it so much, but because I play the 360 version, where there are many people playing Halo Fortress 2 and completely ignoring any kind of defense.

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Fuzzba11 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:19:04 MDT

Engiqueers & Demonoobs are for pussies!

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:57:39 MDT

@TheCleaningGuy:

Yeah, it's still not working for me. I've been trying the last 15 minutes. Thanks for the YouTube link!

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MajorMcMuffin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:57:00 MDT

Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more guns.
I love engies.

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Fyren — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:55:52 MDT

@TheCleaningGuy: Kotaku victim #2 since last week. Witcher and now machinima.

Thanks for the 'tube link!

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TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:52:03 MDT

@TheCleaningGuy: Bah, nevermind. found it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxodkFM8N1U

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TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:48:31 MDT

Hmm, the link isn't working for me. Anyone else having this problem?

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geekgrrl — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:32:23 MDT

good movie. i'm more of a defensive engy.. i get pissed at engies who build in the other base when the enemy's traipsing out the door with our intel. defense first, offense if you can afford it. that said, no denying offensive engy is a hell of a lot of fun :)

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ErskinPig — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:18:44 MDT

I need some dog-gone help!

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Mainman — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:08:36 MDT

@dead_red_eyes: Damn spies sap everything, The World included. Could someone pass me a wrench?

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Menolly — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:03:04 MDT

That pic is full of WIN! I really need to start playing this type of game.

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Krytha — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:02:30 MDT

The rest of his videos are also amazing. I should be studying, but what the hell.

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Elijah Man — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:01:39 MDT

@ fumar: my thoughts exactly and always having a teleporter right next to you so if things get hot easy exit =D

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bibalasvegas — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:57:26 MDT

Good video but he doesn't seem to mention the fact that sentry guns have a finite range and therefore more than one rocket man, a sniper, or even demo man with time to get range on the stickies can take them down.

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:46:52 MDT

@Mainman:

Oh no, Kotaku is using a "OH HAI" tag. THE WORLD IS GOING TO END EVERYBODY!

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Dontdrop — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:40:12 MDT

Man I would hate to rocket jump into that.

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Dragonis — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:27:51 MDT

@solar_tf:
Thats only because you know what he can do with his pinky. :P

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Mainman — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:21:08 MDT

@Mainman: ...But then again, people who want to find this article quickly can do so because of the unique tag.

/headdesk

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blackdice — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:19:17 MDT

uh...demoman anyone?

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Mainman — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:18:37 MDT

@dead_red_eyes: No duh. I just don't see any likelihood of an upcoming range of articles under this tag, short of a string of lolcat posts.

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TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:15:57 MDT

Offensive engineer=awesome. Engineer barricaded within a wall made of a sentry gun and dispener? Asking to get Spied.

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Zangetsu89 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:14:41 MDT

Man, that's a sweet picture!

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soliunasm — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:14:15 MDT

@jello44:
Dispenser down!
Teleporter down!
Building a Sentry here!
Sentry down!
*pulls out shotgun*
*fucks up Spy*

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:04:31 MDT

@Mainman: Owen said that when he found the picture, the filename was "OH HAI". Hence the tag.

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chaos_isnt_here — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:58:16 MDT

hahaha, thats great

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jello44 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:56:41 MDT

SENTRY DOWN!

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fumar — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:44:44 MDT

There's nothing like sneaking into the enemy base and building a sentry and teleporter in the enemy intel room on 2fort. I did it last night and got 3 other engineers in there to help, lets just say we won very quickly.

This pic reminds me of that.

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Zeliard — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:43:55 MDT

Engineer is fun to play as, but I dunno. I guess it's too much waiting around doing nothing too much of the time, just waiting for enemies. Unless, like someone else said, you play it as an offensive class, which isn't always viable. I wish you could build more than one sentry at a time, though that would probably make it too unbalanced.

The funniest character has to be the Heavy. His facial expressions are hilarious, particularly when he goes on a killing spree and starts laughing maniacally.

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Mainman — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:42:17 MDT

We have an 'Oh Hai' tag now?

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:39:59 MDT

@The_nub_next_door: I've heard that both the R8 HDR Bloom Mod and the Cinematic Mod are terrible, so I never gave them a shot.

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Odin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:39:37 MDT

It's a pity you have to constantly babysit your creations so no git of a spy comes along and trashs them.

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The_nub_next_door — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:30:05 MDT

@dead_red_eyes: There's some mod that adds HDR to HL2 it also changes some of the character models, but you should disable it (trust me).

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:19:28 MDT

@solar_tf: - "Love how those guys have a lot of personality."

Agreed! They really did one hell of a good job, so I guess it was worth the 9 year wait.

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dead_red_eyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:17:59 MDT

Hahaha! Nice find Owen! Mmmm ... I loves me some TF2!!!

I'm glad that I ended up buying it for my old PC, and it makes me feel bad that the 360 version probably will get no love. I would like to buy the Orange box (360) just to play Half Life 2 with HDR lighting. But who knows? I know that Valve is currently trying to get Left 4 Dead out of the door, so maybe after that gets released the 360 version of TF2 might get some love.

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solar_tf — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:16:30 MDT

hah. Love how those guys have a lot of personality. I mean, the engie's left pinky finger alone has about ten times as much personality as the Halo-guy and the Gears-of-war-crew, combined.

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Strangelove — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:16:20 MDT

I could watch an entire movie in Machinima using Team Fortress ... the style is just so brilliant, as long as the writing/camera work was up to par it would be like watching a Pixar movie.

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Tyheam — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:14:31 MDT

Offensive Engineer rocks. One of my favorite class if played offensively.

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DugDawg — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:08:29 MDT

The engineer is my favorite character. Nothing quite like building a big sentry gun to do the fighting for you, and then hiding behind it

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