This is NOT for hating on/demonizing new/F2P players. It's just for laughing at how the things many TF2 players take for granted are actually kinda confusing to a new player!

Saw this just a moment ago on the Giant Bomb/Whiskey Media server and had to take a screenshot.

Or these gems:

Have you guys seen anything else?

Mostly for me it's been new players completely unable to figure out how spies work; letting me pass when I bump into them or not noticing when I change disguise or cloak.

I, along with many others, have started playing the game recently because of the hype, though we've had the orange box for years.. 
 I was a noob for a few hours yesterday before i remembered how to play and had the game click with me, so i'm pretty sure people mistook me for a F2P player >_> 
 
how do you tell who's F2P anyway ?

I'm loving the ability to just play in goofy ways. For example, Battle Medic is now a hilariously effective option on most maps, as is Battle Spy and Mackerel Scout.

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

@Mikemcn said:

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

...It does make sense, though? I'm sorry, this is the TF2 forum, is there a reason you're here?

I am actually liking the influx of new players. Sure they do goofy things, and are easy to beat (most of the time), but for the most part, are nice/fun people.  The only thing i dislike about all the new F2P players, is that some of the older players (by older, i mean players like myself who have 290 hours on the game) are being complete jerks. I have been taunted before in the game, but i have never been called a noob so hatefully before, for simply air blasting guys off a cliff.

@Crushed said:

@Mikemcn said:

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

...It does make sense, though? I'm sorry, this is the TF2 forum, is there a reason you're here?

sometimes it gets confusing dude, especially if you're just starting out. things like SPIES, for instance :P

playing with F2Pers is great though, makes me seem better than I actually am

@Mikemcn said:

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

lol troll

@Laketown said:

@Crushed said:

@Mikemcn said:

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

...It does make sense, though? I'm sorry, this is the TF2 forum, is there a reason you're here?

sometimes it gets confusing dude, especially if you're just starting out. things like SPIES, for instance :P

playing with F2Pers is great though, makes me seem better than I actually am

TF2 is not like any other game, which is nice, but it also means that you can't expect anyone to know what the hell their doing much of the time. Add in the constant chaos of the average match and you have alot of very confused new players.

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

I love playing spy with the new players.  Right after it happened I got on a server with mostly new people and did amazingly, top of my team as spy by a lot

@Laketown said:

@Crushed said:

sometimes it gets confusing dude, especially if you're just starting out. things like SPIES, for instance :P

playing with F2Pers is great though, makes me seem better than I actually am

TF2 is not like any other game, which is nice, but it also means that you can't expect anyone to know what the hell their doing much of the time. Add in the constant chaos of the average match and you have alot of very confused new players.

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

@grant742 said:

I love playing spy with the new players. Right after it happened I got on a server with mostly new people and did amazingly, top of my team as spy by a lot

same, I got 15 backstabs on KOTH_Harvest in one life, because you can just keep going up the stairs, going out the window, landing near their spawn, backstab a few, see step 1 etc.

@Mikemcn said:

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

...So it does make sense, you just didn't understand it.

@Beforet said:

@Mikemcn said:

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

...So it does make sense, you just didn't understand it.

Im 30 hours in dude.

A medic that refused to heal as people yelled at him to heal. 5 minutes later "how"?

Playing against bad scouts and soldiers is ridiculously easy. I've seen a lot of questionable engie placements but mostly I end up ragequitting every time half my team goes spy. I saw one guy type "how do i shot gun"  in chat. He quickly corrected himself but that still kind of a silly thing to ask.

@Mikemcn said:

@Beforet said:

@Mikemcn said:

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

...So it does make sense, you just didn't understand it.

Im 30 hours in dude.

So it took you 30 hours to start understanding it.

As an engineer, I've seen so many pathetic engi mistakes. Building turrets outside of the initial spawn is my favourite (and, like, permanently building them there). Sigh.

That last one was great.

I always hate it when another Medic starts healing someone I'm healing unnecessarily, find your own buddy.

In about 75% of the games I've played about one third of my team consists of engineers, about a third of spies and/or snipers and the rest of the more beefy classes.
 
Also the engineers are goddamn terrible, building turrents first just outside of the initial spawns and forgetting about teleporters.
 
I've been playing the game since the F2P patch but I at least try to take care of the objectives (and usually have one of the top scores).

@Laketown said:

@Crushed said:

@Mikemcn said:

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

...It does make sense, though? I'm sorry, this is the TF2 forum, is there a reason you're here?

sometimes it gets confusing dude, especially if you're just starting out. things like SPIES, for instance :P

playing with F2Pers is great though, makes me seem better than I actually am

TF2 is not like any other game, which is nice, but it also means that you can't expect anyone to know what the hell their doing much of the time. Add in the constant chaos of the average match and you have alot of very confused new players.

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

I keep seeing F2Pers shooting at each other and doing "objectives" instead of trading hats. I mean, what the hell?

I keep seeing F2Pers shooting at each other and doing "objectives" instead of trading hats. I mean, what the hell?

@Mikemcn said:

@Laketown said:

@Crushed said:

@Mikemcn said:

I like how TF2 players pretend like their game makes sense...

...It does make sense, though? I'm sorry, this is the TF2 forum, is there a reason you're here?

sometimes it gets confusing dude, especially if you're just starting out. things like SPIES, for instance :P

playing with F2Pers is great though, makes me seem better than I actually am

TF2 is not like any other game, which is nice, but it also means that you can't expect anyone to know what the hell their doing much of the time. Add in the constant chaos of the average match and you have alot of very confused new players.

And im here because I bought TF2 years ago but haven't played it much because it doesn't make sense, im starting to get it though.

It's... Pretty straightforward, actually. But, I suppose everyone is different; perhaps TF2 is just the kind of game that has a completely different wavelength than yours.

Amazing.

@Crushed said:

This video is a fake.

You can't alt-tab out of TF2.

@528seven: yes you can, it's just really slow

@528seven said:

This video is a fake.

You can't alt-tab out of TF2.

You definitely can, it's just difficult and causes problems. It's entirely possible he was also talking about Shift+Tab for bringing up Steam messaging as well.

Also the alt tabbing message has no bearing on the video or what happens so....

@528seven: Are you being sarcastic or dumb?

I laugh way too much at this game. Watching spies being shit always gives me a chuckle.

That 2nd one was HILARIOUS!!!! Hahahaha omfg. I <3 F2P players. So awful.

@All of the above

I was joking.

This is the reason I'm scared to go play that game now.

I never played it before, I just started getting PC games and I though why not get TF2 now that it's free.

Seems like I'm just going to be patronized by more "veteran" players.

I had a 10 minute, 53 kill, 18 assist, 5 destruction life as Tomislov Heavy on the first point of the third zone on Dustbowl. Yeah.

Also, Tomislov is OP.

Jesus Christ, why are people such asshats?

@Crushed said:

Godddddddddddddddddddddddddddd howwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

I've been considering downloading TF2 but I seriously don't want to be a part of a game where I'm treated like shit just because I didn't play it when it was paid for. It's a dumb (and by dumb I mean in the "wacky" sense) FPS with a lot of classes working together, and it's meant to be fun. I can't stand that people try and treat it like it's some deep and serious intellectual experience or something. I'm just not interested in that sort of treatment.

@Marokai said:

I've been considering downloading TF2 but I seriously don't want to be a part of a game where I'm treated like shit just because I didn't play it when it was paid for. It's a dumb (and by dumb I mean in the "wacky" sense) FPS with a lot of classes working together, and it's meant to be fun. I can't stand that people try and treat it like it's some deep and serious intellectual experience or something. I'm just not interested in that sort of treatment.

You'll only find it on forums. I've yet to be in a game where anyone has made any derisive comments.

Lot of medics just latch on to a heavy and then refuse to heal anyone else. Kinda annoying but whatevs.

@mracoon said:

That last one was great.

I always hate it when another Medic starts healing someone I'm healing unnecessarily, find your own buddy.

You gotta spread the love mate xD

@Strife777 said:

This is the reason I'm scared to go play that game now.

I never played it before, I just started getting PC games and I though why not get TF2 now that it's free.

Seems like I'm just going to be patronized by more "veteran" players.

@elcalavera said:

Jesus Christ, why are people such asshats?

@Marokai said:

I've been considering downloading TF2 but I seriously don't want to be a part of a game where I'm treated like shit just because I didn't play it when it was paid for. It's a dumb (and by dumb I mean in the "wacky" sense) FPS with a lot of classes working together, and it's meant to be fun. I can't stand that people try and treat it like it's some deep and serious intellectual experience or something. I'm just not interested in that sort of treatment.

You'll be accepted in servers. Trust me, just because people are going to have a playful laugh to themselves when an obviously new player runs the wrong way, builds a sentry in the worst possible position, or stops to disguise or uncloak for reasons unknown to any, doesn't mean the entire server will gang up on you.

All the new players have been getting treated very well in every game Ive been in since the update, including veterans instructing them and giving out unlocks/

Large groups of Sniper/Spys is the biggest complaint i've had. Today on offense I had 5 Snipers 3 spys 2 Scouts and me as Solider.

Well the first class i tried when i installed TF2 was spy, needless to say, fail.
But I've got the hang of all the classes in 2 days of playing...except sniper, fuck that guy, he's useless and weak. 
Other than that i really don't remember any mistakes worth mentioning.

@ajamafalous said:

@Marokai said:

I've been considering downloading TF2 but I seriously don't want to be a part of a game where I'm treated like shit just because I didn't play it when it was paid for. It's a dumb (and by dumb I mean in the "wacky" sense) FPS with a lot of classes working together, and it's meant to be fun. I can't stand that people try and treat it like it's some deep and serious intellectual experience or something. I'm just not interested in that sort of treatment.

You'll only find it on forums. I've yet to be in a game where anyone has made any derisive comments.

Word. Just buddy up with another Engineer and repair his stuff when need be and you'll be fine.