I'm Katsy, and I've Pyro'd for a few Plat teams. Ask me anything!

Hi! Thaks for the AMA and still answering questions.

Many years ago, I played comp Pyro in TF2, also played comp Quake, Counterstrike, a bit of UT and a few other comp games/mods. I liked Pyro because it was so different to the other games I played, but Pyro used to get massive amounts of hate. I'd generally respond to it by challenging a Quake duel or setting their ass on fire, I was a pretty good Pyro at the time. And yeah, a long time comp Quake player so I could walk the talk in a 1v1 Quake duel and that would shut down comments about lack of skill if they accepted. I didn't like Solly back then because he felt so slow compared to Quake, and I liked doing something fresh and different.

The hate for Pyro was very real, huge amounts of butthurt that finally resulted in a big pyro nerf. And that's about the time I quit TF2, also as a result of moving back to Australia so there wasn't much comp scene.

I played other, less competitive games for a while, stuff like speedrunning Borderlands 2, but got back into TF2 nearly 2 years ago, just as a fun game. My reaction speed isn't what it used to be, in my Quake days I measured a pretty consistent 99-120ms, nowadays I'm around 350ms and have to use my experience and game-sense over twitch shooting but can still easily mvp on pubs against good players. I main Solly, usually with the Original, if there are too many bouncy Scouts or reflecting Pyro's I switch to Heavy and clean up, also play quite a bit of Medic if there isn't one and do well. Occasionally play Scout and Engineer and can hold my own, but I'm terrible at Sniper and Spy. Most surprisingly, I'm now a really bad Pyro. I try but can't seem to get much done and it quickly becomes un-fun.

I used to be a good Pyro and had lots of fun doing it, but I seem to have forgotten what to do.

Do you have any idea's that could help me play Pyro well again? What is it that I've forgotten? Also, what are your feelings on the bad attitudes some players still have against Pyro?

I'd like to get into comp again, maybe silver Medic or Heavy, and maybe Overwatch when it comes out. But I used to have so much fun as Pyro, I don't know what I have to do to get that back.

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