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Escaping Mediocrity as a Spy Player: tf2 Guide

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I've finally made the requested guide for spy players, but I've done it my way. Instead of telling you information that's in every single guide, I have come up with a a list of things that you may want to learn that could elevate your skill beyond what it is now.

00:00 Intro
00:42 Struggles of practicing spy
01:43 Recording your gameplay and analyzing your mistakes

02:33 Categories of spy mistakes:
02:43 Stupid habits
02:53 Needless weapon swapping
03:55 Not dropping your disguises
04:48 Getting around the map - lazy routing
05:20 Getting around the map - advantageous positioning
06:00 Being THAT guy
06:57 Using wrong weapons

07:26 Dead ringer rant

08:19 Lack of fundamentals
08:36 Practicing basic motions
08:58 Practicing in more/less controlled environments

09:59 Lack of understanding the class
10:12 Two extremes of learning the class and why they are more similar than you may think 
11:21 Finding your way of learning
11:52 Spies don'ts
12:30 Telegraphing stabs and being predictable

13:21 Advanced Movement/Niche knowledge

Learning maps
13:48 Spots that don't require invisibility
14:37 Map props for trickstabs
14:47 Props that you won't be noticed climbing
15:08 Props around corners
15:24 Props around common trickstab places

15:43 BONUS Tricks
15:56 Pixelwalks
16:06 Longjumps
16:37 Pixelclimbs

17:03 Rocket jumping for spy
17:20 Wallbugs
17:30 Surfing and rampslides
17:40 Bunnyhops
17:54 C-taps

18:50 Spy binds and scripts
19:35 Outro
20:00 Credits

Contents mentioned in the video:
@Jontohil2
https://www.youtube.com/@Jontohil2
@sarijus3310 
Hehe, it's me promoting my own video at 13:39 
@sketchek
 Video about pixelwalks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfmqIjnnRKU
@lieuty 
Longjump Spots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbodBhIxQb0&t=63s 
"+strafe" explained and how to use it for pixelwalks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBtPwd7gD4s&t=38s
@berniespy 
C-tap stabs explained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh0GFAPbRE4
@-soap
C-tap stab bind using minijumps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY32yQ-hxuw

I already have a few more projects cooking up as you are reading this so you can be looking to seeing more things from me in the future. Thank you for watching!

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