Weapon reskins in TF2 have always seemed like a strange case to me. On one hand, if you understand the meme, it's nice to have a funny video to watch. But on the other hand, the weapon reskins meme is dumb and I don't know why or how it became a thing, and a lot of people probably think I'm a loony for continuing to quote it. Memes aside, I like both my audience and TF2's selection of reskins, so another video on them was absolutely necessary. This time, I'm looking at each one and determining whether it's better than stock. This is entirely preferential, but this is also my video and I do what I want, so while your opinion is welcome it's also objectively wrong in every way possible if you disagree with me.
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The lack of strange weapon reskin cases in TF2 has always seemed like a strange case to me.
Hehehhehe strange case
hehe
Most of the reason why not is probably copyright issues. That said, I would absolutely love a "Clearance Mann Co Crate" that carries a few stranges that are either practically unboxable these days (like the Kritzkrieg) and a handful of stranges that don't exist yet. I want a Strange Thermal Thruster, Hot Hand, Sun on a Stick, Sharpened Volcano Fragment, etc... and lets not pretend this is going to take effort or anything.
Very strange indeed
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HE SAID IT, HE SAID THE THING
THE WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN
SO HIGH OH OH OH
Cmon finish it One.....
Weapon re-skins in tf2 have allways been a strange case to him
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"Why did the feel the need to add this many to spy and spy only?" "And my favorite class is the spy" -Gaben
spy has always seemed like a strange case to me
youtube replies have always seemed like a strange case to me@@cheesepop7175
I found this comment just as I was watching that part lol
Total coincidence with the spy's counters being nerfed, a selection of weapons to make the stealth glass cannon basically invincible, and nothing ever being done about facestabbing.
@@AgentTasmania I mean they tried. Like 1 or 2 times.
Fun fact, the holy mackerel is a direct upgrade to Scouts stock melee. This is because if you hit a spy with it and he dead ringers, it doesnt display as a fish kill, and only shows the picture of the fish.
Don't use the tactic much though because raging spies will accuse you of hacking
It does major psychological damage too.
Actually, you can’t do taunt kills with it, so it’s not a direct upgrade.
@@duncanm4061 what taunt kill?
@@pokade3659 I was thinking of it as an upgrade to the bat, which can do the home run taunt kill.
"I do refuse to use a weapon if it isn't strange" i love strange weapons too but it's sad that half of them cost so much and strange parts can even make it more expensive if you want to keep track on even the most basic stats
@FuzzyFlawed14 there are like 150+ weapons, including festives and reskin i will need a lot to pour to have every single strange, don't even get me started on stranges like the kritzkrieg or the original
i agree with "i do refuse to use a weapon if it isn't strange" unless the strange costs more than 40 ref
And I refuse to use a weapon if it doesn't have a pro killstreak applied to it lol
@@FemboyTrain your wallet must be crying then
@@fuzzyflawed14 There are some rarer stranges that cost upwards of $100.
I respect the Ap Sap choice, but my favourite of the three Sappers has to be the Snack Attack. It's just the way it saps stuff is so funny to me, seeing half the breadmonster sticking out of the building, wiggling around while cogs and metal are flying everywhere always fills me with joy.
I switch between the Ap-Sap and the Snack Attack all the time. Wheatley’s voice is nice, and the snack attack is funny.
I easily get lonely, so I like to pull out Wheatley whenever possible.
Same
@@bobthebox2993 I knew I wasn't the only one. 🤝
sappers have always seemed like a strange case to me
You did not mention the fact that the Huntsman is a direct upgrade to its counterpart Fortified Compound, as if you have the cosmetic set equipped it can reduce the chance of hunger by up to 13%, a stat the Compound does not have. This is a very important detail.
Hunger?? There is no huntsman cosmetic set
@@dcp0102 There is, actually. The Fruit Shoot and the Huntsman make the Dual-Purpose Fruit set.
bows have always seemed like a strange case to me.
Wait...hunger?you need to eat in this game?
@@bolmobelo Of course, how else does Heavy heal his teammates w/ a Sandvich?
“Weapon reskins in TF2 has always seemed like a strange case to me…” - bird guy TF2
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The Prinny machete is always one of the funnier things for me. because it's such a big, meaty weapon and yet you can backstab with it.
Its really good on spy to practice timing trickstabs because it doesn't have the knife raise animation.
You can use as engineer
@@jamiehughes5573 why
I use it when playing spy demo and speavy
the prinny machete has always seemed like a strange case to me
Ham Shank has always been my favourite after getting a Genuine one traded and decided to name it “I have a Ham to kill everyone you Meat” plus you could theoretically eat it if you’re hungry while on the battlefield
That's the best rename i've heard lol
This rename is, indeed, "Genuine" it also fits the tf2 style and i cant think of anything else than "I killed this cow because it eated your grass, thank me vegans"
technically you could also eat the pan while hungry on the battlefield probably wouldn't taste too good but regardless
If you equip both you're not far off making bacon pancakes
HAM MASTERCLASS
Its just that, with the sound the pan makes, it feels like it would crit every time.
the pan is not a downgrade because of the loud sounds, it is a straight upgrade straight upgrades have always seemed like a strange case to me
Technically, the Engineer has one more reskin in the Pip-Boy for his PDA, and yes, this absolutely counts because the PDA can be strange while the Pip-Boy has no strange variant but effectively changes the appearance of the PDA UI.
I don’t get the hype around the Pip-boy besides being a Fallout item. I bought it and rarely use it, and I play Engi pretty commonly.
@@idkwhyieventryanymore looks cool
The trilogy is finally complete
shut up nerd
Weapon reskins
didn't expect to see you here
He forgot saxyaward reskin🤓🤓🤓
@@John-ev2jv Including the Saxxy and Golden Frying Pan is like letting Anatoly Karpov compete in a school chess club We can all hear the boss music, and it's not going to be fair for anyone involved
The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker actually does have a strangifier, although you could only obtain it by opening certain crates during the Halloween event of 2014 I believe. This also makes them pretty damn expensive to get nowadays.
Doesn’t it also make you immune to the HHH’s fear effect?
Yeah they’re not cheap. I spent too much to get a strange killstreak one a while ago.
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@@mrziiz6893 that would be the Pumpkin hat I would think
the horseless headless horseman has always seemed like a strange case to me.
8:06 The Giger Counter actually pronounced gee-gur (rhymes with eager) counter. The name is a reference to both the geiger counter tool and to the surrealist artist HR Giger, who's most known for designing the creature from the Alien movies. The reskin itself is even based on the motion tracker from the films. While many people tend to say guy-gur when referencing the artist, the pronunciation is indeed different.
nah clearly its 'exd-sql'
no its guy grr counter correct pronounciations have always seemed like a strange case to me
@@cheesepop7175 It's literally Gee-gur. That's how you pronounce HR Giger's name. If it was called the geiger counter, you'd be correct.
@@transhumanistgamer8963 that is tho
@@transhumanistgamer8963 no you idiot its guy (guy) ger (anger) cow (cow) n ter (lantern)
12:56 Nah nah bro
3:33 I really like this pannenkoek reference, you even put in all the little details like the dr evil gif and the music
Best part, i wonder how many got that reference
I was NOT expecting this, but I absolutely loved it
pannenkoek has always seemed like a strange case to me
As someone who also loves the Blackrose (and wishes they had a Lugermorph), I hope Valve someday add some way (Such as Mann Vs Machine Rewards or something) for new players to obtain them/let you get muliples.
I wonder how much a poker night code costs now 🤔
@@ffwast Don't see how that's relevant, considering the Black Rose has nothing to do with Poker Night at the Inventory
@@ffwast 120$ ish on key sites
I got mine from someone willing to family share. Also Lugermorphs are like 35 bucks if you want to save up for one.
@@Gon-hx4df Lugermorph comes from poker night goofus
6:31 my man just doesnt know cl_viewmodelfov
Personally I use the Iron Curtain more. Something about it just looks better than stock. The lugermorph is also amazing even though it does feel funky to use. Black Rose is just something to giggle over because it's so pretty. I hope to get pro ks kits for the things, I use em all the time
On the topic of Strangeifiers, I think we need a better way to obtain them in general. Right now I don't even think they are obtainable at all, and if there is a way then I'm completely oblivious to it. IMO it's time for a MvM update that adds new Missions to the game, increases the pool of Australiums available and gets a new sidegrade Mission to Two Cities that drops Strange parts & Chemistry Sets rather than Killstreak Kit Fabricators.
I mean you can effectively make weapons strange with Stat Clocks
unfortunately there will probably never be something that drops chemistry sets
@@stitchfinger7678 probably true, but that is such a wasted opportunity…
some are still obtainable by unboxing certain crates, but most of them suck
Australium Revolver when, man
I like using the crossing gaurd because I can more accurately tell if people are in my melee distance compared to something like the bottle. I swear you can miss by a fair amount with the bottle and still hit.
I like the crossing guard because I have one named "Choo Choo Motherfucker" and I think it's funny. That being said I REALLY wish it could be used by Engineer. He has a bunch of train themed cosmetics already so it's not fair that he's one of two classes unable to use train themed weapon.
@@garrettbates9124 lmao that’s awesome
I think I prefer the napalmer over the stock flamethrower. Even though it's an Alien reference, it reminds me of the aesthetic of post apocalypse games which is a look I really dig.
i love the watch out for rolling rocks hlaf an a press reference, its so complete dude he even put the music, i wish i stumbled into this sooner it truly changed my way of seeing you
You forgot to mention for the nostro napalmer the direct upgrade if it's Halloween and scout has all 3 alien cosmetics on
a situation so niche I have yet to actually capitalize on it in my 5000+ hours in tf2.
And don't you do more melee dmg to pyros with the Alien gear if you're dressed as Alien Scout?
@@stitchfinger7678 only if the pyro is using the whole set (the napalmer and the mk 50)
It should've felt real nice for the 3 people worldwide that could take advantage of that situation
He probably said that in another video but it's a lot funnier if we annoy him by saying he missed that part
Wow, that mario 64 half a press reference is such a deep cut, lmao
I heard the Mario 64 file select music and immediately upon noticing it and the blue gradient background, immediately checked the comments section to see if anyone else got the reference.
mario 64 refrences have always seemed like a strange case to me
@@cheesepop7175 One one hand, if you like making references but hate noone getting them, it's always nice to have a nearly universally understood option. But on the other hand, not every Mario 64 reference is necessarily more well-known than the reference it's replacing, so sometimes there's no point in even making 'em.
Alternative title: I TALK ABOUT HOW I ONLY USE RARE AND TRACKER
Man, I could've sworn I had a Robo Sandvich... That said, the MvM items I DO have are pretty sick, I got the lockbox, the soldier's Sparkplug, the battery bandolier, and my favorite: that one that's based off heavy's headdress that made all the feathers into jets of fire. That thing looks sick as hell
ok
metal sandviches have always seemed like a strange case to me
The Black Rose is legitimately the only reason I started playing with stock on Spy so it is absolutely in my top three, if not number one.
That's why I started playing spy. I got it back in like 2013 and it just sat, then I realized you cannot get the item anymore
unobtainable items have always seemed like a strange case to me
Despite the cost involved, you gotta admit the golden pan is the best reskin (plus being truly all-class)
golden pans have always seemed like a strange case to me
@@cheesepop7175 on one pan
Prinny machete looks so based on spy. The way he holds it paired with the right cosmetics can be Intimidating. Cosmetics I use are the bandanas and a night vision goggles hat, I forgot which one
I have collected all of the reskins for a bit now. The only ones I’m missing are the fish cake, maul, memory maker/saxxy, and the apsap. They make so much more of a difference on my gameplay than cosmetics and that’s what I love so much about them.
You can get the maul on backpack.tf for less than 5 ref
I never got reskins. I do know that back when I played all the time, I used to get kicked from matches because I'd only use the holy macular because I loved hitting people with a fish. Never used my main or secondary. Only used the fish. People hated me back in the day lmao
You weren't kicked because you were using the fish lol. You were probably either toxic or annoying in chat tbh
@@dcp0102 I actually wasn't. I try to not be toxic to people, but thanks for assuming the worst in me..
@@camharkness I'm not assuming. And I said toxic *or* annoying, I'm positive its the latter now lmfao. You aren't getting kicked for using a melee
@@dcp0102 I said was, past tense. I only used my melee.
@@dcp0102 and yes, you were assuming.
Personal favorite reskin is the Nostro Napalmer. It's just a cleaner look.
i think the rainblower looks cleaner, look at that thing, the brass used to make it look like an instrument is a masterwork
Napalmer model is also shorter making for easier hiding
the nostro naplamer has always seemed like a strange case to me
3:00 Scout with the normal pistol and the red colored reskin: "Hey look at this mag and shells" Scout with luger: "Hey look at this gun"
i really dont get why a weapon not having a strange variant is such a big problem
People want the funny numbers that go up
HE DID IT
he even said in a podcast episode that he likely wouldnt make weapon reskins 3, but he still did it!
doing things have always seemed like a strange case to me.
My biggest hope would be for valve to make the black rose unlockable through that game it promoted again in a future update
AVA is *dead* dead, it would be easier to make it craftable or something because the game it was promoting is never coming back.
Maybe turn all the old ones into Genuines so that you can still tell someone’s (somewhat) of a TF2 OG.
@@callsignapollo_ Also allegedly it had malware in it or somethin', so maybe it's for the best it stays deep-sixed, even at the cost of a sick Spy knife
unobtainable weapons have always seemed like a strange case to me
@@WhimsicottFanatic "somethin" idiot cant even type the letter g even if its 1 letter correction: "something"
Thanks for the pannenkoek reference, truly wasnt ready for it.
5:00 forgot to mention that the reskin does bonus damage to scouts wearing the full alien set which technically makes it better than stock (although very unlikely to happen)
Damage bonuses have always seemed like a strange case to me.
It also makes you take significantly more damage against the exact same scouts tho
@@garrettbates9124however, the AirBlast that you still have perfect access to is more than enough to keep them out of melee range.
12:35 Uhm acktually the Necro Smasher is all class *except* Spy.
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Regarding the Wee Booties and Bootlegger, I personally prefer the Bootlegger since the demo pants I use have their own shoe models and the Bootlegger doesn't clash much at all as opposed to the tips of the wee booties clipping through everything
3:33 Oh god, I immediately had flashbacks to when I first saw that masterpiece of a video lmao
The Pannenkoeken reference idin't go unnoticed, got a solid chuckle out of me
5:49 This is the first thing in this video I disagreed with you on. The Axtinguisher is a great looking weapon, sure. But there are few things funnier than setting someone on fire then bashing them over the head with a mailbox and running away at the speed of light.
Evil Great Blue be like: Weapon reskins in TF2 have never seemed like a strange case to me.
evilness has always seemed like a strange case to me
The original is also quieter than stock sometimes, technically it’s the same volume but it only has lower frequencies so if your headphones aren’t sensitive to bass it’s effectively quieter. It’s basically an upgrade
rockets have always seemed like a strange case to me
6:41 it’s funny, my fov isn’t super large or anything, but it means that the head taker doesn’t take up that much room in my view.
the rose is literally a butterfly knife that stabs you when you use it. if only i had one :(
2:06 lmao, love the goofiness scale
FINALLY!! A VIDEO RANKING THE RESKINS!! I've always been a sucker for these reskins over the decorations and unusuals simply because of how colorful they are compared to their stock weapons. I've had my eyes on all the readily available ones for years, and I've even gotten myself the Lugermorph and Big Kill when I probably shouldn't have put the time and effort in, and it started from me wanting the Ham and Skull and finding them for cheap on a trading site. Currently I do not own the Batsaber, Black Rose, the bread items, all the sappers, the obvious Saxxy and Memory Maker, and the metal sandvich, which is the one that bums me out the most.
3:48 that was good, rip my guy TJ
For the YER vs Wanga: you missed one important thing, it gives you a excuse to yell WANGA whenever you get a backstab
your eternal reward looks better, wanga prick is just a toothpick knifes have always seemed like a strange case to me
10:50 during the entirety of this video, i kept thinking "the black rose is easily gonna win since it can be stranged"......then it hit me like a soggy sack of bricks. it WASN'T a strangifier for the black rose i've had in my bag for the last year. it was a professional killstreak fabricator, and i felt like an idiot XD
Always nice to see a reference to that pannenkoek video
You forgot the iron bomber
The reason spy has so many reskins, is because he is Gaben's favorite class.
3:33 Absolutely legendary.
The Mario 64 menu music gives me PSTD FROM PANNENKOEK2012 and I love it
"Accurate demoman simulator" That got me pretty good. I love the weapon but I do get your point about the screen blocking. And damn I love the wrangler resting but I don't think I've ever actually seen someone use it before, which I assume is because it's expensive or something. Only thing about it I don't like is that it's just a big box basically, and the default wrangler has a cool solar panel on it so it's not bad
That ham shank made me wheeze in a way I have never wheezed before. I've been doing that bit for years and yet somehow didn't expect it.
Personally my favorite reskins come from war paints. Especially for Heavy. Autumn Mk II Family Business used for fat scout with Professor Speks, Dead of Night (Dark), and Eliminator's Safeguard (visor up). Makes you look (and feel) like riot police.
also minigun with top shelf war paint also looks cool miniguns have always seemed like a strange case to me
9:18 ackshully u meant sunk- cost fallacy 🤓
I think my mind keeps forgetting I watched this video just so I could watch it again
A strange Ap-Sap that talks your ear off and tracks the engineer nests you've totaled with it?? That sounds amazing.
12:30 thanks man, very cool
I never realized the revolver has the CT logo from CS 10:24
i seriously wonder why they didnt make the apoco fists a kgb reskin. not only do they look way to cool to be a reskin of what is pretty much a direct downgrade, but imagine taking the steak and using the crits you get kgb, and combining it with the gibs from the apoco fists. it'd be so cool
Excellent pannenkoek2012 reference, love it
3:19 its the sound design
3:39 pannekoek2012 reference B)
Pan is my favorite simply because panning a spy to death is really hilarious
Ngl didn't even know that the crossing guard and bird staff existed before this video 1:25
Woah, I'm the Pyro at 4:27, that's rad! I've never seen anyone else use the GrandMaster and Spectrum Splattered Warpaint together. Thanks for roasting me to a crisp.
5:15 one thing going for the lolichop is its unique taunt, which is actually very cool
taunts have always seemed like a strange case to me
@@cheesepop7175weapon taunts have always seemed like a strange case to me.
@@LilMcMoffett weapon taunt animations have always seemed like a strange case to me
Ngl that pannenkoek2012 refrence really made my day thank you
I've made an entire alt personally based on "weapon reskins in tf2 have always seemed like a strange case to me", thank you for bestowing a part 2 on everyone.
12:05 yo what about the saxxy tho?
Personally, I would love it if promo reskins got strange variants and strangifiers. Stock could have simple stats like extra ammo added for no random crits(stock scattergun and grenade launcher get two, rocket launcher, sticky launcher and shotgun get one extra shot), medic primary and melee should have alt fire that does burst healing as a start to give some features to the stock. Valve comp could drop strangerifers, killstreaks, even older collection item drops.
????? completely removing random crits from stocks would make them absolutely shit and one extra ammo does not make up for that at all, It, AND it would make them way more op on servers that have crits disabled by default, making every other weapon basically useless, stock medigun is also the best medigun already. thank god you dont work at valve. I agree comp should actually drop items though. Maybe people would actually play it
@@dcp0102 You misunderstand, plus I probably explained it poorly so I don't put in a whole ass book in the comments section. My idea for STOCK with more ammo where appropriate is "you load more ammo, but have random crits disabled until you spend it all and do a normal reload" and yes with no random crits servers that might be OP. However, I want only stock to have that function, as well as where appropriate alt fires like for a obvious example of Scattergun, alt fire switches to and from a two shot mode(no random crits, -10% damage and 50% knockback for what is basically mini Force a Nature as a mode, but you can go two shot switch to normal shot and finish them off. or use the Two shot mode for air dodge tactics. you cannot use two shot mode with extra load, same for stock shotgun(which is more of a burst shot)). A good thing that you mentioned Medics wonderful stock medigun. the Medic Meta is such that the crossbow and ubersaw are most effective, think of it like if stock medigun had no uber and other mediguns did, not very good idea right? Medic primaries and melees need some alt fire that does bust healing, simply give syringe guns and crossbow types what is basically a sandvich(medium heath pack, 30 second cooldown, cannot throw it and pick it up to self heal, when at full health can pick up map health pack to replenish the med pack, gives 5% uber on heal) to throw on alt fire, while the melees get a injector syringe in the left hand that is a melee ranged sort of 20% health on hit that could give extra health and when on it's 15 second cooldown, you have a 25 damage plus 33% faster swing speed no random crits melee that on stock bonesaw gives 5% uber as a upside. stock melees could have a simple "third hit does XYZ", "alt fire does a wind up for minicrit damage" or for the Heavy "on kill: 5 seconds of speed boost" plus a new core class passive I call Rushing Slav for the Heavy that makes it so that with his main damage dealer holstered he is 15% faster with his other slots and it stacks with speed boosts as the new base speed on secondary and melee slots.
weapon reskins in tf2 have always seemed like a strange case to me
I felt like I literally disagreed with all of your picks lol but that's why I'm glad there's options!!
You did good leaving your opinion on the pan at the end because if you had said it earlier I would've just closed the video right there and discarded every single opinion as trash earlier.
The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker can actually be strange, but you have to buy an extremely rare strangifier that costs hundreds of dollars...
Worth
reminds me of that one time when
reminds me of that one time when it always seemed like a strange case to me.
The mario 64 abc reference is the highlight of my life
Amazing pannenkoek reference, love to see it
idk if you excluded it due to rarity, but what about the saxxy, I mean you included the memory maker which is only slightly more common saxxy would win hands down, turning people to gold is something only shared by the golden pan, and while I'd say the golden pan is better then the saxxy in a bubble, knowing the person killing me is talented and not just rich makes me prefer the saxxy
Fr, I have met only one person ever with a Saxxy in my time playing TF2 and I am super jealous. I got to hold it once after they died :o
I think the memory maker is included solely because you can have it unlocked for you through achievement servers (the same ones that give you the necro smasher, frontline field recorder, director's vision taunt etc). So a lot more people than you'd expect have access to it. Including me.
GUYS HE SAID THE THING 😲
THE HALF A-PRESS JOKE IS GODLY. You are a legend Great Blue.
More people need to talk about this, I laughed my ass off at this
WEAPON RESKINS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A STRANGE CASE TO M-
11:20me from 2020:(*sad pipi*)
1:15 what about mackerel?
(this is a year late, but) I assume that it's a bootlegger/wee booties situation where either the Holy Mackerel or the Unarmed Combat could be the Reskin, but the Unarmed Combat is more of a Reskin than the Mackerel (especially since the fish is a set item).
The nostromo napalmer was a literal alien reference!! How did it not win!
10:05 it's because they're disguised, it's thematic.
I can't say I expected the pannenkoek reference, but very welcome
Nine Iron + Gaelic Golf Bag is an underrated and overpowered cosmetic synergy, FIGHT ME
10:06 “My favorite class is the spy” -Gaben
Shame the iron curtain and black rose can’t be claimed anymore. If they did an event which they were free for a couple of days that would be awesome.
The irony of the "memory maker" being forgettable
The Apoco-fists is literally just Mr. Torgue yelling "PUNCH HIM SO HARD HE EXPLODES"
"what better way to end the year". Looks like this took longer than expected
What is the PipBoy for the Engineer catagorized as? Cause it does change how his pda works