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kyynel

he has frag movie, not that it helps in any way for how to play medic, but meh :D

Homocide isn’t a good example anyway, its just a compilation of these super lucky funny things that will get you killed 19 times out of 20. :P

I would like to see some demos of the best medics too. I consider myself to be quite good as it is, but you can never stop getting better.

Also, +1 to what Dny said. Applys even more so to medic. Playing medic is about 95% gamesense, as soon as you get to middle point, theres no set tactics for exactly what to do, just go with feeling.

kyynel

he has frag movie, not that it helps in any way for how to play medic, but meh :D

Watched his “I Am Ze Ubermensch” vid, again, I’m sure he’s a bloody excellent medic, but watching vids like that could mean just about anything. Seems very flukey — but that’s the video, not him or his medic playing. Any idea where I can get any of his match demos?

Also, +1 to what Dny said. Applys even more so to medic. Playing medic is about 95% gamesense, as soon as you get to middle point, theres no set tactics for exactly what to do, just go with feeling.

Quite. The thing with medic frag vids is that half of them leave me feeling “I can do that, and do do that” — it’s not necessarily because I am as good, it’s because it feels like the frag vids don’t necessarily denote skill.

After looking at the I Am Ze Ubermensch video, seems the area I’m lacking in is judgment in dodging. I do a good bit of dodging when it comes down to it, but that guy seemed incredibly nimble. I’ve got to do some work on that. :)

If you want demos, I’d wait a couple of weeks then contact some of the top medics in etf2l on irc (Don’t add them to steam friends simply because most of them wont accept you.) Just because to my knowledge this latest update broke demos again so hence why im saying wait. Also maybe try and get someone to mentor you? Even if its not a top guy and only like div 2/3 its still going to be better movement/tactics etc than you have now.

p.s I think the mentoring program might still be up but im not sure.

Would be highly interested in getting mentoring from anyone. Anything that might help me to get better at medic is something I’m willing to take a shot at.

By the way, Dny, were you in UKGL previously? We played UKGL about a year ago, and they had a guy called Dny in. :)

Quite. The thing with medic frag vids is that half of them leave me feeling “I can do that, and do do that” — it’s not necessarily because I am as good, it’s because it feels like the frag vids don’t necessarily denote skill.

Ye, this is exactly the problem. You can’t get gamesense from watch frag videos. :P
Im assuming PoE don’t play that much, so what to do is get yourself into pickups. You’ll get alot of ragers there, but just ignore them, the ideal pickup1 medic would have 5 medi guns that could heal through walls for infinite distance and have 100% ubercharge all the time.

Just try to keep an eye out for when you should be pulling back out of middle point for example, or when you should be pushing up. Stupid soldiers will always make this difficult, but you’ll get a better feel for it, then im sure you can get an invite to pickup2 from someone and play with people who actually have a clue whats going on.

After looking at the I Am Ze Ubermensch video, seems the area I’m lacking in is judgment in dodging. I do a good bit of dodging when it comes down to it, but that guy seemed incredibly nimble. I’ve got to do some work on that. :)

IJust because to my knowledge this latest update broke demos again so hence why im saying wait.

yup, it did, :<

Im assuming PoE don’t play that much

Actually, we play a good bit, I have most of the vids up at http://www.youtube.com/poescrims if you’re interested in seeing them :)

You play once a week-ish? Thats not a huge amount, Try playing a few times a week. If you play alot, you will learn the ins and outs of medic well and get better gamesense. Gamesense just comes from experience, so the more the you play, the better you will get at it. :)