How it Feels to Play Sniper- Combat Veteran Reacts (LazyPurple)

Lazypurple is back with another "how it feels" video. This time, he breaks down the ins and outs of playing sniper! One of the most technical and difficult classes in Team Fortress 2 (TF2) outside of spy!

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[chesterstevens]

"They forgot about one thing... I slept NINE hours last night!"
"...What is that like?"

I felt this deep within my soul.

[pumpactioncrusader]

The "Wow" sound effect I'm fairly certain is from an anime called _Fairy Tail._

[qasmokes]

2:08 That hat is actually from a game franchise called "Sam & Max" the bunny head scout was wearing is Max

[ampstamp]

11:55 as someone who mained sniper, it wasn't really the muscle memory pulling my mouse, it always had the instinct that the person was about to move so I would predict shots that wouldn't happen and by the time I realized it, I would try to over correct it, leading to horrible shots like that. On top of that, adrenaline pretty much gave me tourettes whenever I played. This video has actually helped me become a better sniper

[notalive]

9:06
Interestingly, from what I've read trying to benefit from this is part of why Batman sometimes has a bright yellow symbol on his suit. The symbol directs fire towards the most heavily armored part of his body, therefore stopping his targets from spraying and praying and accidently hitting him in the head, or in the arm or something.

[dynoscord]

him: "In minecraft, you don't have to aim. You just need to go run towards the thing and [whack it]"
The entirety of hte hypixel community: *enraged raging continues to rage*

[Techhunter_Talon]

9:28 Mental image of every super hero ever in comics, TV, and the like looking up just then. XD

[ClawMacKain]

The "Fortnite dance" is actually a dance done by the actor that played Turk in the show Scrubs did in the show. So it's actually older than Fortnite. Fortnite just took many dances in the game from Scrubs.

[pedrocc]

2:50 The "WOW" sound effect is from the anime Fary Tail

[Zegger]

"Ocassional caffeine addict" is my new favorite job interview answer when they ask me to describe myself in three words

[notalive]

11:03
I haven't done any shooting myself, but something else to add that seems to be relevant is subconsciously aiming downward in anticipation of recoil. Obviously not what's going on with Lazy, but I feel like saying something.

[rdnusskern]

12:50 Precisely why I often hate the chat in the streams, there are so many smartasses that keep spamming useless tips, which sound obvious to an experienced player, but literally don't help somebody who's new to a class one bit

[sixgs]

Always a great day when you watch a caffein addict

[dancingsnek]

The “wow” sound effect is from an anime called “fairy tail”

[icetide]

He called Max's severed head Bob's burgers. I don't know how to feel

[domestx]

When a army veteran is a gamer: *Oh my god, HE FULFILLED THE PROPHECY. HE IS OUR KING!*

[nki]

It's just sad how nowadays everybody remembers it as "Fortnite dance" not as "Turk dance"...

[RTLLRY]

One of the big things that makes aim in TF2 different then other games is that a lot of your aim isn't just with the mouse. Especially with scout, learning to get yourself aimed in their general direction and then using your movement to dial in your aim gives great results. The faster the class, the more you end up aiming with movement.
With sniper due to the reduced movement speed when zoomed you instead will end up with better results when you avoid going for "reaction shots" aka when you predict where they will be move your mouse and click in the same movement. You will see much more consistent results with an 'ambush' style of aiming, where on opponents unaware of you, determine where they are going place your point of aim along their projected path and then fire.

Or you equip the Huntsman. Its hitboxes are why it gets named the "lucksman"

[christianwright]

16:12 They also brought them back for MK11, every single character in the game has one. Yes, even the likes of Joker, the Terminator and Rambo have Friendships that you can execute at the end of a fight.

[lennox]

That "WOW" sound effect is from an anime called Fairy Tail