It's been a while since I sunk my axe into a good ol' game of Team Fortress 2, but today's news from valve spurred me on to take up my flamethrower once more. We will finally get to 'Meet the Pyro' this coming Wednesday, and to celebrate Valve are announcing the 'Pyromania' countdown.
There isn't many other games where I can chase down other players, setting them alight in a blaze of flaming glory whilst cackling wildly when their character shrieks in pain yelling 'FIRE! FIRE!' only then to pull out a shotgun or batter them to death with an axe for good measure. This, of course is the kindly way to end their miserable suffering existence.
Yes I am one of those annoying feckers who loves to play a pyro; hunting spies, blowing players off cliffs and hiding round corners is all in a rounds work for me. Well at least it was for a very long time.
Ever since I started playing TF2 I had always been pulled towards the pyro class. In every other FPS I had played up to that point, I had always chosen to be the cool calculating sniper a.k.a dirty camper. I wanted to take the complete opposite approach with TF2, so I decided on the most in-your-face class I could possibly be. At first I was awful, I lost count of the amount of times I died as I ran in just holding down the mouse button like a complete muggins. Don't get me wrong it was still fun, but my K/D ratio left me extremely infuriated by the end of the game.
I found myself gravitating towards the sniper time and again, desperate to get out of the line of fire and to just be able go for a headshot spree. But I stuck at it, and learned that I could play the Pyro not so much in-your-face but more burning-yo-ass! Finding ways behind the enemy team is the most enjoyable thing when playing a pyro, especially if you pull it off well.
Seeing how many of the enemy team you could have burning at once before they notice you is still just as hilarious to me today as it was when I started playing. It's such a satisfying sight; almost like a beautiful bonfire made up of dancing pixies who just happen to be burning to death. I think you have to be a special kind of psychopath to appreciate the inner workings of the pyro.
It's been a long time coming, and I'm looking forward to see how Valve finally portray the true nature of the pyro. Will we get to see it's face? Is it actually a guy or a girl? All may be revealed on the 27th June. Plus TF2 players will also be receiving "Doomsday" a "new map with a brand new game mode that lets you relive one of the darkest days in TF history." It will even include a number of new achievements for you to go for.
"Flame on!"
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