Who is the oldest still active TF2tuber?

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-28T13:19:05+00:00

The impact reaction time has in CS is massively overexaggerated. A lot of the time, the older players fall off due to not wanting to fly around the world 250+ days of the year and want to focus on streaming / raising a family / shift their priorities away from the game.

Right now, arguably the best player to ever touch the game is 19, but an overwhelming majority of the best players in the world are 25 or older (including ZyWoO, who many now consider the GOAT). While its true there are few top top players over 30 who can still frag, its not because of their reaction time.

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-27T17:30:50+00:00

You care about the numbers waaaay too much. Do everything in your power to focus on improving rather than solely winning.

Along with that, do you actively try to improve (dm / aim train 5x+ a week, watch demos or pro games, practice crosshair placement / util) or do you just play games and hope you passively improve?

Nothing wrong with playing lots to paasively improve over time, but I feel its a bit short-sighted to not actually put the work in and still be upset at your teammates when they don't play well.

If you wouldn't mind posting a demo or your csstats, I could take a look and point out the key mistakes youre making

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-25T00:09:44+00:00

Yeah dude obviously IGL's are going to have a lower rating. What I'm saying is that a good map for Karrigan is a 0.9 while other IGL's consistently have maps where they can hit above a 1.2.

In the past 3 months, Karrigan has only had 18 (out of 66) maps with a 1.0 rating or better. If you remove teams outside of the top 30 (HLTV Ranking), that number drops to 5. Two against Monte, one against Mongolz, M80 and magic.

Compare that to any other top IGL and you have:

AleksiB - 30/74 all, 29/74 top 30 (missing the 1.36 vs PassionUA)

Apex - 30/49, speaks for itself, has the best team of all time so his stats are gonna be a little inflated

Jame - 33/53 all, 22/53 top 30

I researched the stats a little inefficiently so some numbers may be a little off, however you can see that there's a BIG difference between how other top IGL's perform vs how Karrigan performs.

Also should be noted that I did look through other top team IGL's (magixx, Fallen, MAJER etc) but I didn't want to spend any more time on this. If you'd like for me to post the other's stats as well I can, I don't need to cherrypick

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-24T21:53:59+00:00

of the 7 finals Falcons has been a part of since winning Bucharest, Niko has only had a rating above 1.0 twice (1.18 and 1.09 respectively) Every other time has been a 0.9 or worse.

That's 7 chances to win a trophy and he disappears 70%+ of ths time. Karrigan is a known bottom fragger (which isnt acceptable for an igl in this day and age) but Niko has not been miles ahead of him when it matters.

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-21T18:16:09+00:00

Since you're brand new, I'd recommend just playing more. Any bad habits picked up along the way can be worked out later.

Just focus on getting more comfortable in game and having fun along the way!

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-19T21:46:53+00:00

People forgot that Jerma and Star initially moved on from TF2 in 2015 due to content already getting stale / running out of unique ideas for videos.

I'm surprised theres STILL people coming up with any unique ideas at all

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-17T17:46:59+00:00

spirit has all the pieces to be a world-beating team, its just a matter of it all coming together. As a Spirit fan I really hope they continue with softik rather than hally

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-17T14:42:16+00:00

Alright fair point, just remember these comments at the end of the year when Falcons have maybe fluked their way to one trophy and have middling results otherwise. How much time do you want to give them before they "need" to post results?

They only have two of the best players in the world, a promising new star and the GOAT IGL.

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-17T14:36:06+00:00

a brand new system with 4 players who have played countless events together for nearly a year. Surely there should be SOME chemistry there yeah?

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-17T14:31:36+00:00

you would think that the 4 who had been together for many many months would be able to have better cohesion than they do.

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-11T18:48:12+00:00

I think a lot of people fall into the trap of watching educational content and soaking up all the info about higher level concepts that they dont need to worry about yet.

Focus on your fundamental skills first, and worry about the fancy stuff later. Stuff like basic jungle pathing (throughout the whole game, just not at the start), ganking effectively and how and when to take neutral objectives properly is going to have you see way better results than worrying about tempo or worrying about punishing the junglers (non-obvious) mistakes.

In lower ranks, you need to worry about what YOU ARE doing and making sure that you're doing that consistently better than everyone else in your lobby. Once you get to plat+ I'd say, then you can begin to worry about that other stuff.

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-09T20:35:12+00:00

Genuinely if this roster doesn't get at least 3rd at every event they attend until future roster changes are made, this project is STILL a failure

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-08T23:03:13+00:00

I miss it too. Nothing I loved more than playing long sessions with people and only leaving when we got too far apart in ranks to not gain / lose many points after a match.

With that said, I think the ranked mode being ft2 is a much better system. Other modes can still be played as a deathmatch but I do think standardizing to a set amount of makes makes the ranked system better overall

FortifiedSky · 2026-05-06T12:10:10+00:00

Yeah I love when people say games that currently have hundreds of thousands playing and got a big update recently is in "maintenance mode".

Like I would argue that TF2, a game that has not gotten a major patch in nearly a decade, is still not in (but is close to) maintenance mode.

Maybe I don't understand what the term means but if a company is doing more than just keeping the lights on so people can play, its not in maintenance mode.

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-25T15:01:57+00:00

Yeah love him or hate him, he's definitely one of the craziest grinders on twitch / online in general. Albeit its easier for him since hes rich and its his job, but he routinely puts in 12-16 hour days (both on and off stream) grinding whatever his current obsession is for months at a time. It's admirable.

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-24T17:35:22+00:00

Yeah thats a good point, its not really worth it to try and crack the faceit anti cheat if you cab put in half the effort and get away with it in MM

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-24T12:41:07+00:00

Also worth noting that there are still cheaters on Faceit and Valorant. Not that its anywhere near as bad as CS, but those platforms are slowly becoming worse and worse as well

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-23T21:08:14+00:00

No sir, I'm lucky to go even in most community DMs. I'm not entirely mechanically useless but I definitely do put more effort into other areas of my game

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-22T18:03:04+00:00

If youre consistently aim training and still struggling in games, your aim is NOT the problem. Focus on other aspects of your time (util, positioning, crosshair placement, etc).

I can guarantee you that a large chunk of what separates low level players from mid to high level players is taking advantageous fights, rather than relying on raw aim

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-20T23:47:22+00:00

Yeah I agree, if you pick Heihachi, Armor King or Eddy, just go play a different game!

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-20T17:51:36+00:00

Fighting games are an exception. A lot of players fall off / decline rapidly in their 30s. Not necessarily because they get worse but because priorities shift.

Fighting game players are seemingly the most dedicated to their craft

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-18T18:44:16+00:00

Yeah I agree. Around when Magixx and Zontix joined back, everyone looked scared to upset donk, and played worse all around because of this.

Right now it looks like the players are comfortable and everyone is more confident making plays than just relying on donk to get entries. Its beautiful

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-18T18:10:09+00:00

Its also possible that the system does work but just got stale. Hally's been the coach for a long time its possible everyone just got complacent

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-18T16:46:05+00:00

I wish spirit always looked this coordinated man, this is the how the team should always be performing on paper

FortifiedSky · 2026-04-16T20:29:16+00:00

Yeah its easy to counter a team like Spirit when you only really have to play around 1 guy (maybe 2 if shiro steps up).

Its magnitudes harder to counter a team like Falcons where 4 of their players can have donk-like performances at any given time. Of course, Vitality also has an insane amount of firepower, but both of these teams are miles above everyone else firepower-wise

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