I hate that this video is being resurged two years later. This was never meant to be my most successful project, I can’t even really call it a project because I shit it out in a day as filler. YouTube makes no sense.

We don’t hate the vaccinator because it’s overpowered, we hate the vaccinator because it’s frustrating and not fun to fight against.

EVERYONE sleeps on the sodapopper, even in comp. The reload speed and "uptime" of the gun is surprisingly high despite only having 2 shots per reload.

This just sounds like weapon stereotypes ngl

I find the worst parts about the Vaccinator are A) most classes are restricted to 1 damage type + melee and B) the Vaccinator is the only medigun that lets you do the objective while ubered

I think what makes the stock Scattergun so popular is that, ironically, by following that meta you're able to experiment more with your other weapons/unlocks and still see success.

It's hard to run Shortstop without pairing it with the Crit-a-Cola for better ranged damage, it's hard to run FaN or Soda Popper without a pistol's spray 'n pray damage to clean up your inevitable botched kills (also doesn't hurt to have some sustainability thanks to their clip sizes), and the BFB begs to be paired with DOT weapons like the Wrap Assassin and Guillotine while making mobility options like the Winger or Atomizer feel nigh useless. All these primary unlocks have obvious synergies and if you ignore them you're bound to struggle more than usual.

With the Scattergun, you can run pretty much whatever else you want, get your use out of them, and you'll still have all your bases covered thanks to the SGs reliability. Also it's the only primary with more than 4 shots in the mag and that's a pretty big deal I don't hear brought up enough. Heard it parroted too many times that "the Soda Popper has a faster fire rate and reload, so it's basically just a better stock." while completely glossing over it's 2 shot capacity like it's no issue.

Maybe it's just me, but I have seen a lot more Scouts running the other unlocks as of recent. The BFB seems to be especially popular now. Makes sense since it's too much fun (even in it's less than ideal state). Nothing beats a good match on cp_standin with the BFB equipped. they go together like chocolate and peanut butter, I swear.

while i can see why you picked the stock scattergun for scout, it's praised so much for good reason, it's consistently good, has the highest tube size, and doesn't have any gimmicks. It deserves the praise 100%

9:22 a ww2 game once had a problem where players were saying that the tommy gun should get nerfed. But it was the exact same weapon as the german version. The only difference is the audio desing. So yeah if it sounds more powerful your neurons will make you feel more powerful

12:33 doesn’t the vac block 2? Like you can stack them if I’m not mistaken

4:56 and THAT is the exact reason I love gunboats. It just allows to do insane and hilarious shit with beggar's like flying across an entire map and confusing everyone in a server

I got boot hurt over him properly stereotyping my Original Soldier gameplay

Good video quality, only one issue: about half of the reasons you gave for why any given item is overrated was "it's boring" or along that line of thought. That's not helpful, it's not even an opinion, it's barely an argument worth mentioning. Half of the video is a valid discussion such as the scout and medic segments. Good arguments. Then you say wrangler is boring, as if being a stale meta pick is always entirely uninteresting without exception. I did agree with most of your real points though.

You did not take into account that jumpscare heavy is the way to play tomislav, however.

The way you talked about the Tomislav is such a breath of fresh air. I'm so tired of people being so objective with how they rate weapons. The whole point of how TF2 balances its unlocks is allowing you to form different playstyles and using what you personally like the most. Good vid. I don't agree with all your picks but overall your thoughts were well-explained.
Small tangent, but I definitely think the "e-sport-ification" of TF2 (Meet Your Match) contributed to people taking the balance of weapons way too seriously and focusing way too much on winning and topping the scoreboard (as you mentioned in the Scout section). I mainly play TF2 Classic nowaways, but I queued into a Casual 2Fort lobby recently for fun because I just wanted to play around with the Classic rifle for a bit. The amount of bitterness, rage, and sweatiness in the chat was mind-boggling to me. Someone was lambasting my team's Medic for not being "good enough", people all around were raging after getting killed, and in general it all just feels so vitriolic and miserable. Felt like those Skial rage videos to me. There were definitely sweats back in the day before MYM, but holy crap it's just gotten way worse since that.

This video was actually very entertaining, so kudos to that! Honestly I was taken by surprise when I saw you only had 900 subscribers.

Very well put together video, found myself actually agreeing with most of what you said which is quite rare with tf2 content creators. Keep it up!

12:32
Correction:
ALL THREE damage types, if you have enough Übercharge

Yo is that turbo dismount music? Subscribed instantly

As a semi-Pyro main I agree with the Powerjack pick, the amount of times people seem to completely overlook the Axtinguisher and Back Scratcher just because they want that extra movement speed is crazy, personally I think the three are equal in terms of the slot, the only times I see people not put the Back Scratcher as a good alternative is in competitive mainly due to the existence of Medics and even then it's useful.

“People say to use stock scattergun for SERIOUS scout gameplay”
Also him: “I disagree because I’m not here for serious scout gameplay”

uhhh... I don't know if you perfectly calculated your opinions or something but I agree with practically every single one you mentioned. you must be the chosen one, it's the first time something like this happends to me lol