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SteamID64

76561197968399860

SteamID3

[U:1:8134132]

SteamID32

STEAM_0:0:4067066

Country

United States

Signed Up

July 18, 2012

Last Posted

May 20, 2016 at 3:52 AM

Posts

361 (0.1 per day)

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In-game Sensitivity	2.045
Windows Sensitivity	6/11
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DPI	800
Resolution	1024x768
Refresh Rate	144

Game Settings

In-game Sensitivity

2.045

Windows Sensitivity

6/11

Raw Input

DPI

800

Resolution

1024x768

Refresh Rate

144

Hardware Peripherals
Mouse	logitech g403 / g303 / g400s
Keyboard	noppoo choc mini cherry mx reds
Mousepad	steel qck+
Headphones	sennheiser hd558
Monitor	benq xl2420te

Hardware Peripherals

Mouse

logitech g403 / g303 / g400s

Keyboard

noppoo choc mini cherry mx reds

Mousepad

steel qck+

Headphones

sennheiser hd558

Monitor

benq xl2420te

BLoodSire
In my experience, and not to bring on the HL hate, but HL players (unless also 6v6 players) really have no concept of how to dodge to avoid a sniper or are just to involved in other things to take the time to do it, whereas in 6v6 almost all players go into "can't headshot me" mode when they try to attack a sniper. This makes 6's sniping much harder, compounded by the fact that there are less players to shoot at (easy targets like pyros, heavies, and engies) and more of a focus on you when you snipe (since whenever a sniper appears in a 6v6 game the other team usually makes it their modus operandi to kill him).

Sniper v sniper can be challenging, but it's more of a nuisance, and in my experience it makes sniping in highlander it's own little mini-game. It's fun and I love it, but I would never pride myself or admire another sniper for their ability to counter-snipe, specifically when in TF2 it is so one dimensional.

It is true that there is a skill and talent to counter-sniping that you don't often see in 6v6 (anymore that is: back in the day gravelpit was all sniper v sniper, and maps like freight/yukon/follower saw a lot of sniper v sniper action), I just don't think that skill is anything particular spectacular. No one is putting the counter-snipe kill in their frag-vid, HL or not.

I would agree sniping in 6s is more difficult because they actually focus the sniper when they know your running it and they have better movement. Most top platinum players also play 6s though besides the utility class players so their movement is usually just as good though but since it's a different format they still have to walk into sightlines quite a lot.

You bring up a lot of countersniping which is actually not that important of a skill to have since there are so many other classes in HL that can kill the sniper. You can avoid the other sniper a lot of the time on some maps. Lets take a look at a scrim log on lakeside which is a heavy sniper map.

http://logs.tf/75302

I had 14 sniper kills which would seem like a lot but is only actually 22% of my kills and i was focusing on the other sniper whenever possible.

http://logs.tf/81353

Here's a log on pl_borneo where i only had 3 sniper kills because you can just avoid the other sniper if you want to.

Also on top of "best snipers" i would say there would have to be 2 different categories for hl and 6s sniping. I would consider sheep clockwork and powah to be the best 6s snipers and paragon jake phaze and paradox to be some of the best hl snipers.

I also had the challenge of sniping vs clockwork and powah briefly back in season 8 which was really fun it's a shame they don't really like the format.