I Main Pyro Now

I played Pyro for 2,630,000 seconds, here's what happened.
If it wasn't already obvious, this is a prank. You got pranked. You fell for it.
lol

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Sound editing and mixing by @SoundSmithTF2

[utcast]

17:41, seeing a sniper next to the cliff on upward and NOT air-blasting him off the edge is ABSURD

[firenzarfrenzy]

"Ain't no way he's a pyro main now-"
*Shows fursona*
"Aight pack it up it's clear he's made his choice"

[OkamiKaiju]

12:48 absolutely love how that spy shot you ONCE then immediately recognized his mistake by running away only to die horribly

[OptimalLeisure]

I know I'm a couple months late to this (I was taking a bit of a TF2 break when this came out), but as a self-proclaimed Pyro main, this was such a fresh breath of air. Dane's said a couple of times before that he didn't really care for Pyro which I was fine with, it's alright if people don't share the same opinions all of the time. But actually seeing Dane give Pyro a chance and sticking with them despite previously not really liking them is so unbelievably nice to see. Also, as a little side note, I've noticed that people who don't tend to gel with Pyro typically enjoy the dragon's fury (which, yeah, fair), and the flare gun seems to be the only universally respected Pyro weapon. It's just a bit interesting seeing that.

[Pudding]

This is an April fools video, but I would love to see UncleDane's experience with other classes. He has a very in-depth analysis to why pybros would be better off bloodthirsty, and his preference of the dragon's fury.

[MrBump]

We all saw this coming after you voted for Pyro during Meat VS Match

[Alxium]

He went so far that he commissioned someone to draw furry Dane. Absolute Madlad.

[TammyBoy]

Rest in peace Uncle Dane. You will live on and be remembered by the TF2 community

[Fatmagic]

What you have been doing with pyro is what I have been doing with Spy recently. Playing your least played or worst class and learning how to play him is a ton of fun

[Chronicron]

Little did he know, with just a single April Fools video, Uncle Dane was going to re-define the public Pyro meta forever.

[hewgyrokma]

Fun fact: the initial hit of the dragons fury is actually debuffed compared to hitting an already on fire enemy, explaining the reason why it does 75 to buildings instead of 25

[imjaymaybe]

Love how most people who end up playing Pyro for an extended period of time end up realizing that the sustain damage class is more fun when played with burst damage

[margarinoslav]

Seeing a fursona 10 seconds in cements it perfectly. He is indeed a pyro main.

[spaceuncharted]

"This is real, and heres my fursona to prove it."

Whoever made that did a nice job, and also that was hilarious.

[serioussponge]

5:42 One of my favorite moments playing as Pyro is those awkward points where you're just staring at each other because half the time it will result in us having a silly exchange of emotes, because that's a lot of people's natural response to awkward moments is to laugh.

[davidrichardson]

Been several years since I’ve played this game. Pyro was in my top 3 most played classes. I think I was drawn to him because:
1. My aim was inconsistent at best with hitscan weapons
2. Pyros play style isn’t overly complicated or nuanced like spy for example, so it was rarely an overwhelming or frustrating experience
3. I just found it fun. Pyro is great for tight corridors and inside spaces, which was great because I was never the type to stick to the main paths and open areas.

[EmotreX]

This video made me love tf2 that much more. The fact that someone who doesn't like a class because of their play style can like it by switching weapons and making it more personal to them. With other class based shooters I've seen, they keep adding characters instead of weapons, leading to players not playing 70% of the characters because they don't like them and there is no other way to play them. This is no means of saying the others are bad I like those too, but I've noticed I only play a couple because the rest I don't like or I get bored of them because there is only so much you can do with a character with one way of playing besides going for strategies that are different, but not good.

[CactusCanon]

One of the biggest things you missed on was using airblast against the players themselves rather than on projectiles. You can juggle ANY class and keep them from running away while confusing them to the point where they can't get their crosshair on you. It works best in enclosed areas and not outside, and it's definitely something to try out. Get up close to an enemy and airblast the floor.

[justv]

Consider Dane: Your brain subconsciously predicts when an explosive class is going to throw something at you, so instead of saying "I was just kinda pressing it at random ig" you *did* actually learn how to, most of the time, time your airblasts with the enemies firing. Things like that are more of an instinct than a conscious action

[skeptic_lemon]

The reason you press mouse2 when you do when an explosive class appears is because you know that that's when they are going to shoot. I do the same thing. My brain just goes "yeah he's probably gonna go from seeing me to pressing mouse1... about now" and then I right click and it works. Sometimes I mess the timing up. Sometimes I'm wrong. But this doesn't work because it's random, it works because soldiers and demomen are sorta predictable. They see thing, they shoot thing.