04-15-2012, 10:27 AM
A couple irl friends of mine have started playing and have been relying on me for help. They both have been doing pretty good so far. I've given them each a strange weapon (had to improvise with those), a hat, and a misc for their favorite classes. One of them likes playing Soldier, and I gave him a Direct Hit I unboxed. He's much better at aiming that than I am. I also got him a Softcap (he told me about it during school, asking which hat it was and told me he wanted it so I got it for him) and gave him my old Ornament Armaments since I randomly crafted another. The other friend likes playing Heavy, so I gave him a strange GRU (besides the Shotgun that's all I had for the Heavy) I unboxed (which he doesn't really use for obvious reasons), a Large Luchadore I also unboxed, and yesterday I got him an Ushanka since he told me he wanted one in-game because he also has a real one (which I've never seen him wear).
The two of them have been learning relatively fast, but one thing that seems to confuse them a lot is the Spy. The one friend who likes playing Soldier still doesn't have a grasp on how the Spy works just yet, and the one friend who plays Heavy freaks out whenever I go Spy. He has learned that he should Spy-check almost every teammate he sees, and now realizes 90% of the time I'm not actually dying, but still doesn't recognize the Dead Ringer uncloaking sounds and I manage to catch him off guard a lot because he doesn't really look around much when he doesn't think I'm near.
The two of them have been learning relatively fast, but one thing that seems to confuse them a lot is the Spy. The one friend who likes playing Soldier still doesn't have a grasp on how the Spy works just yet, and the one friend who plays Heavy freaks out whenever I go Spy. He has learned that he should Spy-check almost every teammate he sees, and now realizes 90% of the time I'm not actually dying, but still doesn't recognize the Dead Ringer uncloaking sounds and I manage to catch him off guard a lot because he doesn't really look around much when he doesn't think I'm near.