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How to ruin spy"s effectiveness in Highlander
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I had a crazy idea. Spies cannot use in-game voice chat to communicate with the other team, so anyone with a voice chat bubble over their head is not a spy. What if, through some sort of config, a whole team had their push-to-talk buttons "pushed" but their mics were muted? Spies would be instantly obvious, as the only ones without bubbles over their head.

Is this currently a banned strategy? I don't see rules against it in UGC. Is it cheap? Yes. Should it be banned? Yes. It's just an interesting idea I came up with.

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Edit: Yay typo in the title. That's what I get for typing on my phone.

I had a crazy idea. Spies cannot use in-game voice chat to communicate with the other team, so anyone with a voice chat bubble over their head is not a spy. What if, through some sort of config, a whole team had their push-to-talk buttons "pushed" but their mics were muted? Spies would be instantly obvious, as the only ones without bubbles over their head.

Is this currently a banned strategy? I don't see rules against it in UGC. Is it cheap? Yes. Should it be banned? Yes. It's just an interesting idea I came up with.

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Edit: Yay typo in the title. That's what I get for typing on my phone.
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since when is spy effective?

since when is spy effective?
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speech bubbles disabled in tournament mode

speech bubbles disabled in tournament mode
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Well if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.

Well if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.
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what

what
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You're not the first person to come up with this

You're not the first person to come up with this
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MagikarpWell if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.

the idea being you use mumble but everyone sets their game to transmit nothing over ingame voice all the time

anyone without the speech bubble over their head is a spy

[quote=Magikarp]Well if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.[/quote]

the idea being you use mumble but everyone sets their game to transmit nothing over ingame voice all the time

anyone without the speech bubble over their head is a spy
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let's get tinker to build mekansm so he can use it over and over again in fights!

let's get tinker to build mekansm so he can use it over and over again in fights!
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MagikarpWell if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.

can you comprehend this post

[quote=Magikarp]Well if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.[/quote]
can you comprehend this post
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die highlander

die highlander
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a little late in the thread for this what have we become?
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[spoiler]a little late in the thread for this what have we become?[/spoiler]
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idiotWell if it's "Highlander"

why did you quote highlander

[quote=idiot]Well if it's "Highlander"[/quote]
why did you quote highlander
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panda106speech bubbles disabled in tournament mode

Well that would ruin it, then.

MagikarpWell if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.

My suggestion wasn't that you actually use in-game voice chat for comms. It's that everyone has a bubble over their head because they are technically transmitting. I know they use Mumble for actual comms, that's kind of the whole point.

And sv_alltalk is disabled and that's fine. You're not relying on the spy to talk and give himself up. You're relying on all your teammates to have voice chat bubbles over their heads.

[quote=panda106]speech bubbles disabled in tournament mode[/quote]
Well that would ruin it, then.

[quote=Magikarp]Well if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.[/quote]
My suggestion wasn't that you actually use in-game voice chat for comms. It's that everyone has a bubble over their head because they are technically transmitting. I know they use Mumble for actual comms, that's kind of the whole point.

And sv_alltalk is disabled and that's fine. You're not relying on the spy to talk and give himself up. You're relying on all your teammates to have voice chat bubbles over their heads.
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Pick the unusual spy with a youtube channel and you've already made it ineffective.

Pick the unusual spy with a youtube channel and you've already made it ineffective.
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I think you can do some fuckery akin to the old item_schema bugs where you'd make spy jingle, but im not 100% on that.

I think you can do some fuckery akin to the old item_schema bugs where you'd make spy jingle, but im not 100% on that.
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Literally any pyro with a brain could shut down a spy 80% of the time

Literally any pyro with a brain could shut down a spy 80% of the time
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EoNLiterally any pyro with a brain could shut down a spy 80% of the time

>pyro
>with a brain

[quote=EoN]Literally any pyro with a brain could shut down a spy 80% of the time[/quote]
>pyro
>with a brain
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remove yourself

remove yourself
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http://www.ugcleague.com/index.cfm
no problem

http://www.ugcleague.com/index.cfm
no problem
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One Crazy Idea You'll Never Believe Killed Highlander

One Crazy Idea You'll Never Believe Killed Highlander
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how do we ruin spy's effectiveness in 6s thats the real brain burner

how do we ruin spy's effectiveness in 6s thats the real brain burner
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clckwrkOne Crazy Idea You'll Never Believe Killed Highlander

SPY MAINS HATE HIM

[quote=clckwrk]One Crazy Idea You'll Never Believe Killed Highlander[/quote]

SPY MAINS HATE HIM
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turn around

turn around
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