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"Nobody is going to respect the huntsman" Nobody is going to respect the sniper, period. you're either kicked for being a cheater or you're insulted for using the huntsman. There is no in-between, even if you're bad at the class.
@@sasukedemon888888888I got kicked for playing (“hacking”) as sniper in my first 10 hours of gameplay, I was still looking for a main. You cannot make this shit up
@@reallyfreakingoodvideogame468 "This is a competitive clip of a scout stealing a medium medpack right in front of me before I clutched this game by capping the last point"
The "-100% Respect from all players" debuff is only stated with the Huntsman but it's really a hidden stat on sniper himself. Hell, Snipers in video games have that hidden debuff stat.
it's even in real life. most snipers taken in as prisoners in war are treated worse, and will abandon their weapons and ghillie suits to seem like normal soldiers
"While you were focused on something else, that's where the backburner shines the most." But while we were focused on the backburner, an arrow lodges itself in-between our eyes. "The huntsman actually has legitamate tech that takes skill and practice to master." They hated Soundsmith because he told them the truth.
Honestly my favorite joke in the entire video is the tiny SFM at 12:49 with "Heavy Mains when they get shot in the head but it only hits their brain", like it's just there then gone so quickly but it's still hilarious to me
Does this mean that the Huntsman is the Luigi to the Stock Rifle's Mario? The overlooked, underestimated little brother that's constantly in the other's shadow but is actually really good in its own right?
Fun fact: because the player's projectile hitbox is a giant cube that doesn't rotate, some angles are easier to hit. That's why the questionable arrows. See, if you shoot Northeast, Northwest, Southeast or Southwest, you can get shots like 5:35. So clearly you have to put your Chess game hat on, and think like a Bishop piece. And sniff glue.
@@malokeytheallaround Probably through Vscript it could happen, but then that opens up a huge can of worms that, like... would probably get people stuck in walls all the time. Better off just turning those hitboxes into octagonal prisms.
At this point it's starting to feel like HL3 with how anticipated and how long it's taking to come out "OMG a lazy purple reference in a soundsmith video How it feels to play medic confirmed?" but anyways hope he's doing alright
So you're telling me that Soundsmith tricked us into beliveing he was doing a Manns guide on the huntsman and actually did one on the backburner only to TRICK US AGAIN by doing a Mann's guide to the Huntsman after that
This madman played us like a damn fiddle. He got our hopes up for A Mann’s Guide to the Huntsman only to trick us with A surprise backburner *THEN* he tricks us again by actually doing A Mann’s Guide to the Huntsman while we were distracted watching One Mann’s Trash. I am truly in shock and awe at how much he has done this year. Good job soundsmith.
Mad respect for putting in the effort to pull the bait and switch and then releasing this so shortly afterwards. Clearly lots of love put into both this and the backburner video and I couldn’t be happier
@@titicaca. i went to go price check this to be like "actually after the crate depression" since i have a few really cheap stranges, but you're absolutely correct. a strange huntsman alone is a hundred bucks.
@galaxythebat that's so weird. I got my strange festive Huntsman for around $14 off the market a couple years ago. I wonder what caused the price spike.
I’m always sad we never got more variants of the huntsman. It always felt like it was “statless” to indicate that it was a new base weapon. I’d love to see some more bows with different stats or unique properties.
Huntsman except it's a crossbow, you can store a shot for immediate firing, making it behave more like a traditional weapon, at the cost of some charge time and no tap fire. But, you can move at full speed while scoped, once you've finished loading.
Can I just say, as an animator, how well animated some of the SFM bits are here? It's not flashy, but between this and the Backburner video, there's some of the most impressive SFM character animation I've seen in a while. Big props!
Important note: Soundsmith didn't make it Also you seem to forget about people that do 50 times longer animations and with 30 times better quality all by themselves - alone. Such as Winglet. But agree, it is good animation after all.
The snippet of Soundsmith narrowing his eyes in frustration at the Huntsman at 1:44 makes me laugh every single time I watch it. Just this expression of "You little s***"
It pretty much functions similarly to other projectiles like the rocket and grenade launchers, in that it's viable and often sensible to fire in the general direction of the enemy. It's really not as crazy when you think about it that way.
In regards to the whole “the stock can still do all the close range stuff” bit, I do think it’s worth mentioning that it’s WAY easier to do all that with the huntsman. Sure you CAN quick scope at point blank range, but most people aren’t going to be able to do that reliably. I sure can’t, but huntsman flicks are a lot easier to get the hang of.
Almost as if it's not really a genuine point and he just wanted to bash the huntsman; albeit just to tee up the drama of "wait the huntsman is GoOd?" right afterwards.
@@Neovipaor to say that it takes a bit of practice, but when you get it down, the Rifles are more consistently good. Whereas the Huntsman has its niches… which is what a sidegrade is 100%.
TF2 players have this thing about assuming that anyone who even remotely tries to play Sniper seriously is some master who can hit every possible quickscope, to the point that it dominates discussions about the class as if it were just some built-in thing literally anyone can do from the first time they pick up the game.
@@BeesechurgerProductions im pretty sure most balance discussion, regardless of game, is centered around mid/high level play. iirc thats why the base jumper was nerfed in JI. doesnt really make sense to me for discussion to center around lower levels of play when discussing the potential of a given weapon/character.
@@snwoop7921 Even mid to high level players are gonna struggle with close range quickscopes though. Especially if your opponent actually employs the obviously overpowered tactic of... Strafing instead of running straight at you. In fact id argue that they are even harder to get down in high level play in a lot of situations since high level players usually know not to approach pretty much any class in a predictable manner, much less a sniper. The only ones able to reliably pull this off are either bots, cheaters or people who have so much experience playing sniper that they fall out of any reasonable degree of balance discussion concerning the remainder of the playerbase. Sniper may be frustrating to fight at times, but frustrating and nerf worthy are two pretty distinct things. Its why a lot of balance discussion confuses me because for some reason people deem soldiers or demos (albeit powerful) perfectly fine balance wise despite the fact they can delete half a team on their own under the right circumstances without even requiring all that much mechanical skill, but the squishy pick class specialized in long range is the overpowered one because top level players can make up for the weakness through their mechanical skill to save themselves in a clutch situation or make picks that are game winning. I know as well as any other how unfun it is to get killed by snipers, I frequently play medic and occasionally heavy so usually im pretty high priority, but the weird reputation sniper has built up over the recent years feels (at least imo) very overblown, if not downright disingenuous at times. The real balancing issues affecting sniper lie within his unlocks in my eyes, jarate is one of the most powerful tools he has available, especially since its so spammable and turns the bushwacka from a niche tool into almost a straight upgrade, while the bazaar bargain effectively erases its own downside if youre at least somewhat competent at sniper. And dont even get me started on stuff like the two "I turned your class gimmick off for free" shields.
glad to see he's also aware thats he's taken over 2 years on the SCRIPT ALONE (well aware that he spent time improving his mental health and good for him for it)
*_Am I the only one to notice that the arrow at _**_1:12_**_ technically MISSED, but because of the in-game mechanics, reality just said "yeah that was a headshot" and dragged Pyro's head into it?_*
i love how we crawled out of madness instead of decending into it, every mans guides starts seroius and ends in a comedic way, but we went the other way with this one nice one soundsmith
I love the animation so God damn much, SO much expression. And the lazy purple cameo had me straight up busting it down. I can't express how funny the bit and his appearance in general is.
2:10 okay whoever pitched this idea to soundsmith of making a reference to that one scout cirno fumo video is a genius and if soundsmith was the one who wrote this joke in, then that means he at least somewhat indulges in tf2 memes and is also aware of fumos the character development is insane HOLY CRAP THE MUSIC DURING THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IS THAT SONG EVERYONE USES BUT WITH THE STEREOTYPES INSTRUMENT
Without a doubt it was SerialArtistry. That demon usually storyboards for soundsmith and he's the guy who memed warpaint stereotypes into reality so it's not far off of something he'd suggest. Also the music was originally used for a collection of all the stereotypes without some of the older and longer gags and I gotta say it's stupidity and cleverness cannot be untapped.
@@jamesbrendan5170 Yea, the Remilia finger twirl and Reisen over Lucky Star, but the context of that edit was him making fun of weeaboo spy mains who overedit everything, so I didn't really consider him knowing about Touhou since he was probably just looking for "generic anime kawaii edit" gifs and pngs and they just happened to pop up because of how popular Touhou is in Japan.
9:30 I just want you to know, Smith of Sounds, that the single frame of wheeze soldier almost killed me because I was taking a bite of pizza when it happened XD
Thank you so much for being consistantly funny, you're one of my favorite comfort youtubers. Also, it might be weird to say thanks for that but thank you for wearing those pride pins. It does mean a lot to me, the random viewer you don't know at all. tl;dr: you're cool here's some money
Nice to see someone else realize the value of the huntsman. There's a reason I spent way too much money on a strange professional kill streak huntsman with an invisible spy kill counter and named it "The Bow-ner"
I don't have strange/ killstreak kinda money to spend on the game but I do have a regular huntsman with a rename and description called The Arrow Ace lmao
you know, in a world that’s so shit to live in sometimes, I’m genuinely glad that we can have videos like these to take our minds off of everything, thanks for doing what you love, Ethan
this might be my favorite Sam Smith video ever made. the bait and switch with the back burner only to lead to actually doing the Huntsman and it being such a quality video like this is absolutely magnificent.
So first of all let me just say, this is hands down the most well done video you have made to date. Everything is absolutely on point. The jokes, the animation, the sound design, the script itself. It is actually amazing. I don't how much effort and time went into this one, especially considering you released two at once, but this one is genuinely amazing. Congratulations.
I love how his animation is on two's. It sets it apart from others in a pleasing way. Not to mention how he brings so much life into his animation, too! Big W my mann!
theres actually multiple animators!! as far as i can tell, most of them animate on ones, but the ones who do animate on twos create a genuinely gorgeous look that i hope to see more often !!
There's something about hitting an invisible spy square in the face and seeing the split second ragdoll of him with an arrow through his head that just tickles me silly.
You’ve been working incredibly hard dude. The animation and quality of this video is super good, and the fact you posted this only 2 weeks after the Backburner video is insane. Love your videos dude, hope you continue with them :) ALSO, a suggestion I have for a future video is “A Mann’s Guide to the Quickie-bomb Launcher” as it’s a criminally underrated weapon with enough depth to make a 30 minute video on it.
I hated it when Sound Smith bait n' switched me with the backburner video because I was so hyped for A Mann's Guide to the Huntsman. Yet now I see the true nature of the unexpectedness of the Backburner, as it gives us one final surprise in the video we always expected. Thank you sound smith from the team fortress 2. Also, when do we get A Mann's guide to the Holy Mackerel?
My heart is bigger than the huntsman headshot radius, thank you for two manns guides in a month SoundSmith! edit: my heart has exploded due to the sheer mass and weight of the hit box
Having watched this video like 5 times since it released, I still can’t get over the Weaponized Jank section’s music. I adore how Baby Park’s backing track opens the section, and the full song doesn’t start until we see the words Weaponized Jank. I’ve always loved Audio and Visuals syncing to tell a story.
2:19 How it feels to play Medic, please Mr LazyPurple! 2:45 okay, the set-up for this is honestly pretty great. There's a lot of great jokes here. The Huntsman: Sniper's first sidegrade that feels different from all of the other Sniper Rifles. God bless you for not cheapening the ending of this video with an overdominant cheap joke. You deserve a medal of honor.
The montage at 16:12 is easily some of your best work yet. I originally subbed for stereotypes, but like you, I've moved on from that and have come to appreciate you for just how dang funny you are, and how dang good your edits are. Your Huntsman content in particular is usually some of my favorite, so this entire video is already above the rest, but I just can't get enough of that montage with how good the editing is.
The most common consensus for the janky hitbox is because it's base is close if not based on rockets (it's already a projectile so no extra work has to be done to create a whole new kind of projectile), it's teleport is a relic of how splash works for rockets.
We got 2 Manns Guide's in 1 month *This really is a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE* and a wonderful gift from Soundsmith!. Love to see how the animations and and editing has improved so much though
16:13 honestly my favorite part of this video the synced up kills to this banger music is just amazing honestly makes me wanna boot up TF2 and play huntsman stuff like this is just so great well done soundsmith 🤩
This was hilarious. this vid had soo many screenshottable moments, loved the animations and of course the narration was great too! Man, Soundsmith, you are absolutely goated
So happy you were able to get Jerma on this project ☺️ Sad what he did to those pedestrians in his 2007 toyota explorer in ‘99 but it was still great seeing such an old performance artist still keep up with the times, just like his peers Leonardo and Davinci
I like that, in the section where soundsmith is showing off his smithed sounds...the puff from the flamethrower's pilot light matches up with the veloceraptors hiss
Im gonna be honest The Huntsman is one of my favourite weapons and to see a entire 19 minute video about it really makes me happy, the HIFTP Medic scene just makes me laugh too
The points made at 7:00 pretty much summarise all my success with the huntsman completely. Rather the learning how to calculate the projectile in a fluid environment it's far easier to just get used to where the various "high probability" areas are on a map. Every map has those chokes, doorways, corridors, and corners where there are always going to have people flowing through them. So once you know the rough head height angle to fire the arrow, it's a super high chance it's going to hit -someone-.
Incredible video! 2 Mann's guides within weeks of each other is a real smissmas miracle! Be sure to take it easy for the holidays, I can only guess how much work it took to make two of these within a similar timeframe
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Epic video
41 minutes ago?
What is happening? WHAT IS THIS!?
soundsmith do you like potatos
fake.
"Nobody is going to respect the huntsman"
Bingsoy: I would beg to differ
The bingsoy saga
*360 headshots a guy while falling off the map*
"Nobody is going to respect the huntsman"
Nobody is going to respect the sniper, period. you're either kicked for being a cheater or you're insulted for using the huntsman. There is no in-between, even if you're bad at the class.
@@sasukedemon888888888 What a sad reality we live in. But I guess all we can do is deal with it until the time for Sniper getting respect comes in
@@sasukedemon888888888I got kicked for playing (“hacking”) as sniper in my first 10 hours of gameplay, I was still looking for a main. You cannot make this shit up
Plot twist, this is actually part of the previous Mann's guide episode since nobody expected the Huntsman's guide so soon after the last one
That would be genius
wooaah
Duuuude
Well a random arrow out of nowhere that teleports to your head when it doesn't even hit you is also unexpected.
DEEP LORE
As a Medic main, the Lazy Purple clip gave me a solid exhale through the nose in hilarity.
As a medic main, it gives me hope
As a medic main, I can't wait to see the competitive clip he chooses to use.
As a fellow medic main I agree
@@reallyfreakingoodvideogame468 "This is a competitive clip of a scout stealing a medium medpack right in front of me before I clutched this game by capping the last point"
As a scout main that bit gave me hope nature is healing
"Huntsman takes no skill"
"dying to an arrow in the face also takes no skill, my friend"
The "-100% Respect from all players" debuff is only stated with the Huntsman but it's really a hidden stat on sniper himself. Hell, Snipers in video games have that hidden debuff stat.
as if any of us is trying to get any respect in the first place, TF2 is the last game i'd look for any sort of respect lmao
it's even in real life. most snipers taken in as prisoners in war are treated worse, and will abandon their weapons and ghillie suits to seem like normal soldiers
@@TuxedoDogssthe new universal law: if something is percieved as sniper shaped, no sentient living thing can show respect for what is carrying it
It's funny how he couldn't get the anger clips in pubs.
I can't believe we humans instinctively hate sniper, regardless@@TuxedoDogss
"While you were focused on something else, that's where the backburner shines the most."
But while we were focused on the backburner, an arrow lodges itself in-between our eyes.
"The huntsman actually has legitamate tech that takes skill and practice to master."
They hated Soundsmith because he told them the truth.
yes but actually no
There is no, no in this it is just yes
More like into the collision box
That explains why I can’t use the huntsman to save my life
@@TKmeh the huntsman takes considerably less skill than stock
Two manns guides in ONE MONTH!
You the Mann, Man!
He should do a manns guide on how to be a real man co man man
@@haxxormcbunny7456 all he needs now is a Doctor squatch sponsorship so he can say you ain’t a dish…. YOU A MAN!
The spirit of Smissmas has possessed him!
i think he's actually a mann
@@dukefang1001 MERRY SMISSMAS SOUNDSMITH!
Honestly my favorite joke in the entire video is the tiny SFM at 12:49 with "Heavy Mains when they get shot in the head but it only hits their brain", like it's just there then gone so quickly but it's still hilarious to me
Clash of Clans barbarians in trailers:
Don’t worry I wasn’t using it anyways lmao
we have brains?
Just like the Huntsman itself, this video excels at catching you off guard the second the threat of a sniper leaves your mind.
My god... what legendary misdirection
You know it’s a Christmas miracle that SoundSmith uploads two Mann’s Guide videos in one month
Hey I know you you were that guy behind the Denny's (btw are you still doing the 2 for 1 deal?)
It’s a bloody Australian miracle-sniper
@@isakandreit's a pissmas bloody miracle!
It's the sniper from TF2.
Of course it's a Christmas Miracle.
What else could get SoundSmith to upload 2 videos in the span of an entire year?
You may have gotten us the first time, but not this time… we knew you’d give us this masterpiece eventually.
I didn’t.
@@thatguysavetf2916nu uh
THE HUNTSMEN IS REAL
@@freddiefishtonyu uh
@@dantesdragolic4292 CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER?
Does this mean that the Huntsman is the Luigi to the Stock Rifle's Mario? The overlooked, underestimated little brother that's constantly in the other's shadow but is actually really good in its own right?
luigi's taunt even deals damage!!!!
@@Lexxxxiii That's some fridge brilliance right there
Fun fact: because the player's projectile hitbox is a giant cube that doesn't rotate, some angles are easier to hit. That's why the questionable arrows.
See, if you shoot Northeast, Northwest, Southeast or Southwest, you can get shots like 5:35.
So clearly you have to put your Chess game hat on, and think like a Bishop piece. And sniff glue.
Thank you for the important information. You do know the value of information, I see.
Perhaps this is a dumb question but could you be able to rotate hitboxes for better accuracy? Or is that impossible?
I never knew that it doesn't rotate.
oh my god... the Sniper Bishops... THEY'RE REAL
@@malokeytheallaround Probably through Vscript it could happen, but then that opens up a huge can of worms that, like... would probably get people stuck in walls all the time.
Better off just turning those hitboxes into octagonal prisms.
I like how two thirds of the accidental kills are spies
Spies: Being at the wrong man in the right place
Because 🎵spy is a bad class🎵
Always enjoy a lazypurple cameo and I love the how it feels to play medic joke
I thought it was the funniest part of the video.
At this point it's starting to feel like HL3 with how anticipated and how long it's taking to come out "OMG a lazy purple reference in a soundsmith video How it feels to play medic confirmed?"
but anyways hope he's doing alright
I just love that glare the Stat-less-ness of the huntsman gets.
So you're telling me that Soundsmith tricked us into beliveing he was doing a Manns guide on the huntsman and actually did one on the backburner only to TRICK US AGAIN by doing a Mann's guide to the Huntsman after that
Apparently, you are correct.
He played us like a damn FIDDLE!
The highest quality bait on TH-cam
As he said in the back burner video, whatever they expect you to do. Do the opposite.
Double hat trick
This madman played us like a damn fiddle. He got our hopes up for A Mann’s Guide to the Huntsman only to trick us with A surprise backburner *THEN* he tricks us again by actually doing A Mann’s Guide to the Huntsman while we were distracted watching One Mann’s Trash. I am truly in shock and awe at how much he has done this year. Good job soundsmith.
Mad respect for putting in the effort to pull the bait and switch and then releasing this so shortly afterwards. Clearly lots of love put into both this and the backburner video and I couldn’t be happier
Holy shit I just realized I cameo in this video at 15:03 we did it Reddit
bait and switch and switch
@@BigPoobis you sir, have one the internet
@@TuxedoDogss*You
I like that at 5:21 the music that's playing is called "Wrong Enemy" and you're literally talking about hitting the _wrong enemy._
14:42 You know he was right, no one expected the second huntsman with the chair
"Thanks mate🔥😀👍!"
"Okay mate!😄👍"
I can’t believe he got the REAL JERMA, it’s amazing how well behaved he was considering it was a SPIE.
Don’t be ridiculous!
Jerma’s not real
rip jerma :(( ill never forget him
@@catsandspace Soundsmith's not real either so it works out
i thought it was a jerma clip that already existed?? he got jerma to do that clip for mann's guide??
@@BlownOutSpeakers this is a joke
I just love seeing Lazy Purple here I’ve missed his comedy so much.
Same, now maybe we'll finally get the finale to the How it Feels series.
@@twistedlegacy5942 He's busy recreating competitive clips
4:12 this image is pure fucking art. the muted music, the spy's cosmetics (and lighting issues), and the a-pose because he was disguised. perfect
This video made me want to buy a strange huntsman just to put a "cloaked spy kills" part on it
well i know what iam buying
have fun spending a fortune
@@titicaca. i went to go price check this to be like "actually after the crate depression" since i have a few really cheap stranges, but you're absolutely correct. a strange huntsman alone is a hundred bucks.
@@galaxythebat yeah it came from the rare crate 40 I think thats why
@galaxythebat that's so weird. I got my strange festive Huntsman for around $14 off the market a couple years ago. I wonder what caused the price spike.
I’m always sad we never got more variants of the huntsman. It always felt like it was “statless” to indicate that it was a new base weapon. I’d love to see some more bows with different stats or unique properties.
Plot Twist: "Huntsman.... but ICE arrows!!!🤪"
Huntsman with burn (aka better pyro)
I want one that has a weak bomb attached to the arrows. So like if it hits a wall or something the blast can still hit the enemy
@@raptorrixx99-wv2hlhuntsman except you have cluster arrows that immediately kill anyone in a room
Huntsman except it's a crossbow, you can store a shot for immediate firing, making it behave more like a traditional weapon, at the cost of some charge time and no tap fire. But, you can move at full speed while scoped, once you've finished loading.
Can I just say, as an animator, how well animated some of the SFM bits are here? It's not flashy, but between this and the Backburner video, there's some of the most impressive SFM character animation I've seen in a while. Big props!
Important note: Soundsmith didn't make it
Also you seem to forget about people that do 50 times longer animations and with 30 times better quality all by themselves - alone. Such as Winglet. But agree, it is good animation after all.
Oh my god, at 9:14 you said "can't have shit in this game" then it cuts to Brazil. Fucking hilarious.
The snippet of Soundsmith narrowing his eyes in frustration at the Huntsman at 1:44 makes me laugh every single time I watch it. Just this expression of "You little s***"
no stats? *bombastic sideeye*
Man, this Mann’s guide to the back burner looks really cool!
So is the Huntsman basically the Sniper’s equivalent of the Beggar’s Bazooka? Both are excellent for achieving accidental kills.
Yeah pretty much
Both have the power of accidental kills
Both have surprising tech
Both have the power/curse of RNG
Both have oddly handy mobility effecting abilities
It pretty much functions similarly to other projectiles like the rocket and grenade launchers, in that it's viable and often sensible to fire in the general direction of the enemy. It's really not as crazy when you think about it that way.
@@BloodBrandy So what you're saying is that they're the TF2 weapon equivalent of a game of Mario Party.
@@NEETKitten
Yeah pretty much…
2:15
Took me a full day to realize why the instrumentation in this sounded so familiar
You clever sound-weaver you
They dont call him Soundsmith for nothing lol
In regards to the whole “the stock can still do all the close range stuff” bit, I do think it’s worth mentioning that it’s WAY easier to do all that with the huntsman. Sure you CAN quick scope at point blank range, but most people aren’t going to be able to do that reliably. I sure can’t, but huntsman flicks are a lot easier to get the hang of.
Almost as if it's not really a genuine point and he just wanted to bash the huntsman; albeit just to tee up the drama of "wait the huntsman is GoOd?" right afterwards.
@@Neovipaor to say that it takes a bit of practice, but when you get it down, the Rifles are more consistently good. Whereas the Huntsman has its niches… which is what a sidegrade is 100%.
TF2 players have this thing about assuming that anyone who even remotely tries to play Sniper seriously is some master who can hit every possible quickscope, to the point that it dominates discussions about the class as if it were just some built-in thing literally anyone can do from the first time they pick up the game.
@@BeesechurgerProductions im pretty sure most balance discussion, regardless of game, is centered around mid/high level play. iirc thats why the base jumper was nerfed in JI. doesnt really make sense to me for discussion to center around lower levels of play when discussing the potential of a given weapon/character.
@@snwoop7921 Even mid to high level players are gonna struggle with close range quickscopes though.
Especially if your opponent actually employs the obviously overpowered tactic of... Strafing instead of running straight at you. In fact id argue that they are even harder to get down in high level play in a lot of situations since high level players usually know not to approach pretty much any class in a predictable manner, much less a sniper.
The only ones able to reliably pull this off are either bots, cheaters or people who have so much experience playing sniper that they fall out of any reasonable degree of balance discussion concerning the remainder of the playerbase.
Sniper may be frustrating to fight at times, but frustrating and nerf worthy are two pretty distinct things. Its why a lot of balance discussion confuses me because for some reason people deem soldiers or demos (albeit powerful) perfectly fine balance wise despite the fact they can delete half a team on their own under the right circumstances without even requiring all that much mechanical skill, but the squishy pick class specialized in long range is the overpowered one because top level players can make up for the weakness through their mechanical skill to save themselves in a clutch situation or make picks that are game winning.
I know as well as any other how unfun it is to get killed by snipers, I frequently play medic and occasionally heavy so usually im pretty high priority, but the weird reputation sniper has built up over the recent years feels (at least imo) very overblown, if not downright disingenuous at times.
The real balancing issues affecting sniper lie within his unlocks in my eyes, jarate is one of the most powerful tools he has available, especially since its so spammable and turns the bushwacka from a niche tool into almost a straight upgrade, while the bazaar bargain effectively erases its own downside if youre at least somewhat competent at sniper. And dont even get me started on stuff like the two "I turned your class gimmick off for free" shields.
That joke about lazy purple is golden
also a bit sad because we will probably never get the medic video
That -joke about lazy purple is golden- was a recreation of a competitive clip where
@@springfieldnegi2186dude just give him time. Man works hard enough as it is
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tzHe works?
Take your time, Purple. We know it'll be well worth the wait
Glad to see Lazy is doing good 😂
Heck yeah
HE LIVES
glad to see he's also aware thats he's taken over 2 years on the SCRIPT ALONE (well aware that he spent time improving his mental health and good for him for it)
@@thatcomedian2599Don’t forget the source spaghetti
Not only do we get two Mann's Guides in one month but we also get the first word of How it feels to play Medic
*_Am I the only one to notice that the arrow at _**_1:12_**_ technically MISSED, but because of the in-game mechanics, reality just said "yeah that was a headshot" and dragged Pyro's head into it?_*
Nice to see a lazy purple cameo. Really helps lets us know he's doing alright. Also, I hope your vid helps break the sterotype of the huntsman.
i love how we crawled out of madness instead of decending into it, every mans guides starts seroius and ends in a comedic way, but we went the other way with this one
nice one soundsmith
I'm very glad someone noticed this! The structure is reversed this time
@@SoundSmithTF2I love the millisecond pop up memes keep it up
I love the animation so God damn much, SO much expression. And the lazy purple cameo had me straight up busting it down. I can't express how funny the bit and his appearance in general is.
This video and the backburner one single-handedly proved that LazyPurple is still alive and kicking lol. Incredible work on the video!
16:19 finally, an actual totally sick sniper/spy frag movie. shadow wolf and lone assassin would be proud
What the song
2:10
okay whoever pitched this idea to soundsmith of making a reference to that one scout cirno fumo video is a genius
and if soundsmith was the one who wrote this joke in, then that means he at least somewhat indulges in tf2 memes and is also aware of fumos
the character development is insane
HOLY CRAP THE MUSIC DURING THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IS THAT SONG EVERYONE USES BUT WITH THE STEREOTYPES INSTRUMENT
Oh i am so glad im not the only one who noticed it
Without a doubt it was SerialArtistry. That demon usually storyboards for soundsmith and he's the guy who memed warpaint stereotypes into reality so it's not far off of something he'd suggest.
Also the music was originally used for a collection of all the stereotypes without some of the older and longer gags and I gotta say it's stupidity and cleverness cannot be untapped.
eh, about the fumo, I'm sure he was aware of Touhou before this. He inserted in Touhou GIFs in a Spy Cosmetics Stereotypes video.
@@jamesbrendan5170 Yea, the Remilia finger twirl and Reisen over Lucky Star, but the context of that edit was him making fun of weeaboo spy mains who overedit everything, so I didn't really consider him knowing about Touhou since he was probably just looking for "generic anime kawaii edit" gifs and pngs and they just happened to pop up because of how popular Touhou is in Japan.
9:30 I just want you to know, Smith of Sounds, that the single frame of wheeze soldier almost killed me because I was taking a bite of pizza when it happened XD
ragdoll funny
Krunkidile is an absolute chef with SFM. The animations are so lifelike, you'd swear they were using mocap!
Thank you so much for being consistantly funny, you're one of my favorite comfort youtubers.
Also, it might be weird to say thanks for that but thank you for wearing those pride pins. It does mean a lot to me, the random viewer you don't know at all.
tl;dr: you're cool here's some money
Nice to see someone else realize the value of the huntsman. There's a reason I spent way too much money on a strange professional kill streak huntsman with an invisible spy kill counter and named it "The Bow-ner"
@@Lawlz4Dayzz bait used to believable
I don't have strange/ killstreak kinda money to spend on the game but I do have a regular huntsman with a rename and description called The Arrow Ace lmao
@@jameshibberd5134 Dammit that's good! Mind if I steal, I MEAN BORROW, that joke?
@shadowldrago Oh believe me, that jokes probably older than me. Ive got no idea who came up with it but go for it lmao
I swear the Bows have a hidden stat called "Arrows magnetize to invisible Spy heads"
"By picking this weapon, you are basically sacrificing any respect the enemy team may have for you"
If I wanted respect I wouldn't play Sniper.
you know, in a world that’s so shit to live in sometimes, I’m genuinely glad that we can have videos like these to take our minds off of everything, thanks for doing what you love, Ethan
this might be my favorite Sam Smith video ever made. the bait and switch with the back burner only to lead to actually doing the Huntsman and it being such a quality video like this is absolutely magnificent.
The jerma bit with the spy had me fucking rolling on the floor you soundsmith are a gentleman and a scholar
Jermaaaaa!
16:12 the music is "get enuf" from Bombrush cyberfunk
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you :D
You beautiful bastard, thank you.
Thanks mate!
So first of all let me just say, this is hands down the most well done video you have made to date. Everything is absolutely on point. The jokes, the animation, the sound design, the script itself. It is actually amazing. I don't how much effort and time went into this one, especially considering you released two at once, but this one is genuinely amazing. Congratulations.
2 Mann's Guides in one month? And the editing and sound design on this video?! You, my Mann, are INCREDIBLE!
I love how his animation is on two's. It sets it apart from others in a pleasing way. Not to mention how he brings so much life into his animation, too! Big W my mann!
theres actually multiple animators!! as far as i can tell, most of them animate on ones, but the ones who do animate on twos create a genuinely gorgeous look that i hope to see more often !!
Im a lil confused, can I get a manns guide to a manns guide?
14:39 i audibly gasped at how funny this is
PUT THIS AS A SHORT I've watched it like 5 times
holy smokes this was not expected
Like the backburner.....
Hm
I wonder if that was intentional
The voices are so loud
Indeed
@@DaveMiller6042like the backburner :-o
Absolutely crazy for this one Soundsmith, Heart goes out to you and those you work with.
14:42 I had to look through all of your Mann’s guide videos just so that I could find this one clip because I love it so much
There's something about hitting an invisible spy square in the face and seeing the split second ragdoll of him with an arrow through his head that just tickles me silly.
You’ve been working incredibly hard dude. The animation and quality of this video is super good, and the fact you posted this only 2 weeks after the Backburner video is insane.
Love your videos dude, hope you continue with them :)
ALSO, a suggestion I have for a future video is “A Mann’s Guide to the Quickie-bomb Launcher” as it’s a criminally underrated weapon with enough depth to make a 30 minute video on it.
I hated it when Sound Smith bait n' switched me with the backburner video because I was so hyped for A Mann's Guide to the Huntsman. Yet now I see the true nature of the unexpectedness of the Backburner, as it gives us one final surprise in the video we always expected. Thank you sound smith from the team fortress 2. Also, when do we get A Mann's guide to the Holy Mackerel?
2:14 I love the technical difficulties graphic along side the stereotypes theme.
Two Mann's Guides were all we wanted for Smissmas this year
My heart is bigger than the huntsman headshot radius, thank you for two manns guides in a month SoundSmith!
edit: my heart has exploded due to the sheer mass and weight of the hit box
I think that needs to be checked out
Bro's torso is a heart now
This is one of the most well made animations I've ever seen, and with that Lazypurple cameo!
Having watched this video like 5 times since it released, I still can’t get over the Weaponized Jank section’s music. I adore how Baby Park’s backing track opens the section, and the full song doesn’t start until we see the words Weaponized Jank. I’ve always loved Audio and Visuals syncing to tell a story.
2:19 How it feels to play Medic, please Mr LazyPurple!
2:45 okay, the set-up for this is honestly pretty great. There's a lot of great jokes here.
The Huntsman: Sniper's first sidegrade that feels different from all of the other Sniper Rifles.
God bless you for not cheapening the ending of this video with an overdominant cheap joke. You deserve a medal of honor.
We have entered the multiverse with this one.
The back burner is one timeline
The huntsman is a different timeline
The show is procedural, every Mann's guide is a different timeline
The manns guide lore had been built
Ok but what has the Christolee show to do with it other then being a sponsors for one of the Manns guides?
6:33 describes exactly how soundsmith pleads innocent in court
The montage at 16:12 is easily some of your best work yet. I originally subbed for stereotypes, but like you, I've moved on from that and have come to appreciate you for just how dang funny you are, and how dang good your edits are. Your Huntsman content in particular is usually some of my favorite, so this entire video is already above the rest, but I just can't get enough of that montage with how good the editing is.
The most common consensus for the janky hitbox is because it's base is close if not based on rockets (it's already a projectile so no extra work has to be done to create a whole new kind of projectile), it's teleport is a relic of how splash works for rockets.
18:01 you nearly made me cry till you did this, thanks mate!
Dude the Heavy surviving a headshot clip was so funny
We got 2 Manns Guide's in 1 month *This really is a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE* and a wonderful gift from Soundsmith!.
Love to see how the animations and and editing has improved so much though
2:20 i started shaking im so excited.
Two Mann's guides in a month
*It's a miracle, it's an Australian Christmas bloody miracle!*
you glaring at the whiteboard at 1:45 is so damn funny and also highly exploitable. Can't wait for the memes to show up on that one..
16:13 honestly my favorite part of this video the synced up kills to this banger music is just amazing honestly makes me wanna boot up TF2 and play huntsman stuff like this is just so great well done soundsmith 🤩
Does anyone know what the song is called?
@@dubles06get enuf from hideki naganuma(also a song from bomb rush cyberfunk ost)
@@dubles06it's from Bomb rush Cyberfunk it's called GET ENUF it's a really good song
This
was
hilarious.
this vid had soo many screenshottable moments, loved the animations and of course the narration was great too!
Man, Soundsmith, you are absolutely goated
Wait a minute don't I recognise you from somewhere?
The fact that WRONG ENEMY !? kicks in at 5:21 is fucking genius
So happy you were able to get Jerma on this project ☺️ Sad what he did to those pedestrians in his 2007 toyota explorer in ‘99 but it was still great seeing such an old performance artist still keep up with the times, just like his peers Leonardo and Davinci
wait "2007 toyota explorer in '99"
@@Grayson-tk5hn please don’t say that he’ll get you too
@@kazoobard4365 but how a 2007 toyota in 99?
@@Grayson-tk5hn please stop questioning jerma he’ll get you
@@kazoobard4365 zoinks hes right behind me isnt he😨
I like that, in the section where soundsmith is showing off his smithed sounds...the puff from the flamethrower's pilot light matches up with the veloceraptors hiss
"Playing with the huntsman is distasteful... To me... But it's also the only thing that brings me joy in life."
-Bilbo Baggins
"W h a t?"
-Bazmo Biggins
@@raptorrixx99-wv2hl uhmm akschually soldier says Bablo Biggins and Bazbo Bibbons 🤓👆
@@-RandomStranger- *Backstabs you with the Big Earner*
"Buy yourself some talent!"
Everybody give this man a standing ovation.
Im gonna be honest The Huntsman is one of my favourite weapons and to see a entire 19 minute video about it really makes me happy, the HIFTP Medic scene just makes me laugh too
In the “did he mean to kill that guy” bit all of the answers are purposeful and calculated because we take those
To be fair, with the reputation the class has now, playing sniper in general has a -100% respect from all players stat.
5:12, SoundSmith: See’s Scout, Predicts when he will Double Jump, aim a Shot, and *Immediately Kill A SPY* and Rage Quit the Game.
5:44 I feel like that should have been 'Did he Mean to Kill that Mann,' but that's just me
The points made at 7:00 pretty much summarise all my success with the huntsman completely. Rather the learning how to calculate the projectile in a fluid environment it's far easier to just get used to where the various "high probability" areas are on a map.
Every map has those chokes, doorways, corridors, and corners where there are always going to have people flowing through them. So once you know the rough head height angle to fire the arrow, it's a super high chance it's going to hit -someone-.
Man, this video was amazing, and that emotional ending was really REALLY good, almost *unexpected* if you will.
1:32 that "What?" was so expressive holy shit
i love all the little details, like how the computer has a smear frame at 5:18 when it recreates that scene we all know and love
Can’t wait for the bonus clips for this Mann’s guide as well, keep up the good work man.
Maybe the real Mann's guide to the backburner were the friends we made along the way.
Incredible video! 2 Mann's guides within weeks of each other is a real smissmas miracle! Be sure to take it easy for the holidays, I can only guess how much work it took to make two of these within a similar timeframe
two masterpieces so close together. seriously. these videos are beautiful, thank you Soundsmith and co.
I love how this guy will make amazing sfm bits and then two minutes later we get a gmod scene