IIRC he only played soldier during and before S9, which is before what is available, but I think he's played everything else.

The targe is good because of the damage resistances.

The actual charging part is just gravy and lets you get to mid at a time that isn't unreasonable.

@rowrow:

I agree with you on almost every unbanning. Only exceptions are conch and FJ, and somewhat the phlog. (As was pointed out earlier, you can use the mmmph to have absurd damage resistance on gully last and survive all the sticks on point. The bazaar bargain should also remain banned because apparently that's glitched. If you hit a headshot, any subsequent bodyshots up the counter).

However, I disagree with you on every banning (save maybe MtM, where I don't have a preference).

The splendid screen is fine. You're losing stickies. Sure, you can use it for a gimmicky play, but your team will be worse off.

As you pointed out, pyro with the axtinguisher is allowed, so there's no reason to ban the bushwacka.

RTR is almost entirely irrelevant. I actually think it might be a downgrade to regular sapper, since in the extremely rare scenario that it matters, the extra damage from the sapper is usually enough to kill a gun with 2 rockets.

YER is fine being legal. How are you going to get a pick with it? DR? People will call you out. It's 6s. Regular watch? You're even easier to spot than a regular player.

See lines 26 and 27 of the first pastebin (http://pastebin.com/tjxyqQhP)

You sometimes see pyro on even ubers on gully and badlands, simply because it's so good on those two lasts.

The reason not to is that you have to go back to spawn on the push-out. You also only get 20(?) health from a weapon drop. It's not much.

Then you destroy the sentry/teleporter. That, or you kill the engineer since the taunt takes time. It'd be unused except for granary (and maybe metalworks but there are multiple viable spots for a gun there so probably not), and even then it wouldn't be that much of an upgrade.

It's strong, sure, but you need to be literally point-blank to 3-shot a med without crits, and you need to get a kill on spy and not instantly die for the ability to be relevant at all.

It's not a kritz thing, it's more of a "this gun just gives you bonus damage for no reason" thing. Also, it's so stupid it's banned in HL, so take that how you will.

Comms are a thing. I'd actually say it's worse because most of the time you'd run a spy is when pushing last, which means there's a decent chance of them having a pyro. If they do have one, I'd rather have stock knife so I don't randomly lose it when going for a pick. If not, the abilities are literally irrelevant.

If you're running pyro to mid, you're gonna get destroyed by scouts. Not a whole lot to say here. How is this hypothetical pyro teleporting in front of the medic?

I would like to point out that the Holiday Punch is currently unbanned in UGC HL because if you manage to flank their uber as heavy then you deserve to stun them. Also, the radius for the holiday punch stun is about 90 degrees, rather than the full 180 for a spy backstab.

Say the HP does get unbanned. Does the viability of heavy increase at all? No. Will you try to go for HP stuns when they push in with uber? No, unless they're complete morons and turn their backs to the heavy that they should be focusing. If by some miracle you manage to stun an uber, you deserve it and have a great moment. In other words, worst case scenario, it doesn't hurt the game at all.

On a somewhat related note, what exactly is causing the phlogistinator to be banned? Where would it be used? You're still a pyro and have all the weaknesses, except now you just die to soldiers and demos because you lack airblast. You can't stop an uber. Please, give me a map and a scenario where you should run the phlog.

Just saying, LAN's that weekend; might want to pick another one so you actually get viewers.

You can make a low div6/iron HL team with a bunch of people with little to no experience, and it still helps you improve a lot.

To go with the ridiculous abundance of metal, this is a spot:
http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/432656641464950083/3D907BF7D785582B1206D5C082CBF3F62E607E62/

It can only really be spammed from close to house. Just add nobuild to the stem or remove the pumpkin, preferably the latter out of symmetry.

http://etf2l.org/recruitment/

Try there.

Try tf_bot_kick all.

EDIT: Also try looking through listenserver.cfg for anything strange.

It's 153, for the record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3Qk0AxGLY

That's all I ever think of when I think of Darn.

Disrespect and drunkenness.

Often, there's a key that says "If I'm pressing this and am over a target, fire", specifically for that reason.