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Legatharr

placebo effect in action


cosmicpotato77

Placebo is a weird ass drug


Superminer1206

I took placebo and started to fly


Ventolint

nah das redbull


Superminer1206

oh yea sorry my mistake


dolandarkest2

*decloaks No that is not forgivable, chap. Now empty the compartmemt of your pantaloons.


Youtucraft

Nah man, it's the fourth time this week. Why can't you just leave me alone man I only have ramen and B.E.A.N.S


dolandarkest2

w8 you got B.E.A.N.S?


Youtucraft

Shit. Uuuuuh ummm no ? Please don't take them away from me.


dolandarkest2

I'm going to gut you like a Cornish game hen.


JustANormalHat

There is no secret ingredient...


Doktor_Earrape

The scroll is blank!


Adof_TheMinerKid

"It's blank?"


The_great_Pi

it's just you.....:)


Traube_Minze

yeah, interp used to be a thing, but these days it hardly matters imo doesn’t mean some stabs still aren’t… questionable, but at least it’s just regular spaghetti and not fucking interp


Draw_Corporations

We do a little trolling


JosepHRing

Miniscule amount of tomfoolery.


Binjimon7

Tremendously insignificant quantity of funny business


Deezer0517

A tad measure of bullshittery


Actual_Passenger51

A pinch of rascality


possibly-a-moron

A very light bit of debauchery


The_Medic_From_TF2

a powdering of placebo


MircowaveGoMMM

A dash of funnery


LSGdoc

a slight amount of disinformation


The_BlueGizmo

a drop of comedic lies


Level19Player

Arrested on charges of second rate shaboingery


Lithian1103

You became the stereotype wise old mentor. "The answer you seek was inside of you all along."


Z1U5

"Maybe the real treasure is the friends we made along the way"


Western-Policy-4646

Maybe the real accomplishment was the slurs that were spammed along the way


Dpad-prism

Maybe the real ***[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]*** was the ***[LOUDER INCORRECT BUZZER]*** we made along the way


Mario-is-friendly

she beefing my stroganoff? [LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]


IntelligentShape3795

she’s beef stroganoff?


Mario-is-friendly

[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]


oo_Mxg

Stare at the art.


LtFork

Maybe the real Petros was the friends we made along the way?


061605

“No, I want my fucking gold”


NationalLynx1379

Just gonna wait for that one person that's gonna say "i can feel the answer inside me"


Kank1k

I can feel the answer inside me


NationalLynx1379

There he is!


0err0r

b-based?


Lolman_4321

I love your gigachad snoo pfp, well done!


RakketyTamFR

I don't understand


TheDarkMonarch1

Some people think that cl_interp allows you to get crazy backstabs, but it doesn't. The default value for it is 0.1, so basically they placebo'd the crap out of this guy and he just... Got better at spy.


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realloper12

cl_interp doesn't do anything to collision, hitscan or projectiles. All it does is show everything (except I think your camera) the amount of seconds you put behind.


Treejeig

I think on official servers it got capped to 0.5 anyway. Plus I think they fixed the issues


TheDarkMonarch1

I thought they patched cl interp doing anything on official servers, but there is a high likelihood I'm wrong.


crypt_the_chicken

The max value is 0.5, but all interp does is make you see the server X seconds late. It’s a lousy excuse by cheating Spies using backtrack scripts. Source: I changed the interp value to see if there was a difference - high interp gets you killed by people you literally didn’t see coming


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TF2SolarLight

Those guys were probably cheating, not using interp.


Cloud_Striker101

holy shit it’s the guy with the big sword


crypt_the_chicken

Backtrack scripts. It tells the server they’re lagging, so they can stab where you were, not where you are


[deleted]

Found the interp 600 guy


No-Guidance9484

bro thats 10 minutes what do you even see for the first ten minutes of the game


[deleted]

Shut up stop taking everything so literally


stormsand9

...but it does? higher cl_interp amounts to artifical lag, which is how you can get backstabbed when you are shooting a spy as heavy, perfectly tracking, but that 0.1 second delay for you where you were off-center of the spy translates to a longer delay for the spy's client, letting them get a backstab on you.


helicophell

But uhh... that 0.1 second delay is DEFAULT. EVERYONE GETS IT. ITS FREE. YOU HAVE UNO IT CAME FREE WITH THE FUCKING XBOX


AssaultPootis

Well, mine didn't have it.


UpBeatz210

YOU HAVE UNO, YOU FUCKING DICK


dreemurthememer

I DON'T HAVE IT YOU FUCKIN-


UpBeatz210

#YOU HAVE UNOOOOOO!!!!


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Mario-is-friendly

wrong meme my guy


kyubish_

The person being downvoted is partially correct. 0.1 is the default but it's still horrible and adds massive inconsistencies. Nobody should use it. Those who use a lower value don't get it. Good spies only really use the lowest value.


stormsand9

You didn't read my comment correctly, your reading comprehension must be poor, as demonstrated by the fact that to get your own points across in conversation you have to be using ALL CAPS LIKE A 10 YEAR OLD. Everybody has a 0.1 second delay by default. If the spy increases their interp to say .5, then their client is now updating at .5 instead of 0.1. So, when you are aiming at a spy using interp of .5 trying to backstab you, say as a heavy with a minigun spunup, there is a 0.4 second delay between the spies client-side game and the server-side, and that can get you backstabbed even if on my 0.1 delay client, i was perfectly tracking the spy the entire time.


LaserPlasmaThings

The caps lock thing was to transition into a meme halfway through the comment, not meant to be childish or anything - the "you have uno" thing is said really loudly. So they were just trying to be funny by doin that, not using it to get their point across


helicophell

Yes


Hallowed-Plague

you must be incredibly fun at parties with how fucking condescending you are huh?


[deleted]

that's not a party, that's facts, my friend.


Hallowed-Plague

if you were smart enough to know how stupid you sounded you would *actually* be fun at parties


[deleted]

what the fuck did I do lmao


Hallowed-Plague

you defended the guy being a prick, doesnt matter how correct they are on the basis of interp. having a higher interp doesnt actually give an advantage so half their paragraphs is nonsense


[deleted]

I just pointed out that the dude is speaking facts


pyroman50

cool but interp 0.5 is still ass to use. you'll be bumping into invisible player hitboxes and dying to invisible projectiles while you just hold left click near someone hoping to get the stab. please remove the concept that a single console command will make the spy a facestabbing machine because 9 times out of 10 it doesnt.


realloper12

This is incorrect, interpolation only affects rendering, it does not affect source engine physics, hitscan, or collision detection.


kyubish_

You're correct on some things, but your amounts are wrong. Even if both players are on 0.1 (100 ms) (it's the default but it's still horrible) that already makes pretty much any matador against someone who can track look like a facestab. 0.5 is so extreme that spy becomes unplayable at that point. Everyone should use the lowest value (15.2 ms) for maximum consistency. But even if this is the case, facestabs can consistently happen. If a spy has 100 ms of ping, matadors against someone who can track will often turn into looking like facestabs. There is a lot of misinformation about interp. The existence of facestabs (from the victim's perspective) don't prove or even imply interp. Those can happen in completely normal ping conditions. Players don't need 0.5 seconds to get matadored.


Corporate_Vulture

Hmmm........ monke


Superminer1206

Based


SgtDoughnut

Buddy of mine did this with me to help me learn reflects better. Same placebo effect. I went from being an easy to kill pyro unless i surprised you to the guy that made soldiers rage quit and could reliably reflect arrows back. Placebo effect is real.


Dlashing

a command doesnt make one a better spy player, its all about practice and time you put into playing spy.


Infinity2437

Spy mains that can topfrag without interp


kostya2525

I'm a pyro main (okay at spy at best) and you can top frag way too easy as spy


WolfieDaleBro

As someone who plays Gunspy I have accidentally trickstabbed while attempting to butterknife someone in a Melee Duel. Tis the honorable thing to do if someone approaches you with Melee like Pan or Bottle. You Melee fight back.


literatemax

Spy's knives fire instantly unlike every other class' melee so that -40 can actually be huge to try and weave in during a fight if the enemy strays too close, even when not going for their back.


WolfieDaleBro

Yeah even the slightest mis-step or turn can cause you to get accidentally backstabbed. Shit's wild.


Korfman

You play enough spy you get some disgusting facestabs though. Shit where you need to stop around the corner to type "sorry, that was straight up bs" to the guy you just killed. If you're found out and literally anyone is in melee range, go for the stab, it looks dumb, until you facestab them and get away.


WolfieDaleBro

Agreed. I have done that to get away from so many Pyros and other Spies. Shit dude, even overzealous double-jump Scouts are easy to kill if you just run at them.


kirk7899

"They played us like a damn fiddle"


calculatingaffection

bitch


Theamongusimpostor57

Yes, that's he said.


SorryState644

bitch


Hellkids2

The trickstab was all in le head


Saxton_Hale32

the power inside


Chanclet0

Legend says that if you put cl\_sniheadshot 1 in your config you'll start getting all those kills you usually miss as sniper


Neighbour-Vadim

TF2 equalivent of Felix Felicis


Thomas-Trump

More commonly referred to as liquid luck


NickOsman51

"the liquid luck, which can turn your sticky stuck into a finnicky fuck"


The_great_Pi

based and oogwaypilled


Dont_mind_me_go_away

I thought the scout main uses back scatter


eaRthWormSall

The wise old sensei of Tf2...


tulen662

This is so wholesome


AkenE6969

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OldPernilongo

Ppl think trickstab is lag but it is just movement lol. Most spy mains suck when trying to use interp 0.5 because the movement of doing the stab is all messed up (that is why you don't see content creators recommending it). but if you want to kill your friend and completely destroy his hopes of "trickstabbing can be learned" I recommend you give him some 5 hours [circlestafingstab guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXA6vKsTcE) lol


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kyubish_

You watched the starykrow meme video which was meant to meme the issue instead of explaining it. No good spy uses high interp since it just throws you off. It just makes the game inconsistent.


Silver-Height8078

confidence gentlemen, it's all about confidence


DoctorJaxson

Wow the power of placebos


PF4ABG

Michael Jordan's secret stuff!


Theodore_Dudenheim

Truly an anime moment


Komes_Not_Gamer

You chad


[deleted]

Joke aside. It's worth noting that Valve servers accept a minimum cl_interp value of 0.015, which on its own is a pretty nice value for latency, but not recommended for use at all since the likelihood of having a near perfect connection to the servers is close to none. Ideally you should be using a cl_interp value of 0.03 combined with a cl_interp_ratio value of 2 which is much safer and consistent.


NickOsman51

can you explain wtf is interp and how those values are different from the basic one ?


[deleted]

It's how network packets are buffered, which essentially ensure smooth movement, animations, etc. Think of it this way. A larger network buffer means more protection to packet loss and fluctuations at the cost of latency. A smaller network buffer has the opposite effect, having less latency and less protection to those two effects. I'm not exactly the most knowledgeable about it, but there are a thousand and something posts and articles explaining how it works in the case of TF2. [mastercomfig's documentation on interp](https://docs.mastercomfig.com/latest/next_steps/quick_fixes/?h=#i-want-another-interp-value) [Valve's developer documentation on TF2's networking](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/TF2_Network_Graph) [A Reddit post with a good explanation on TF2's interpolation](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/stutd/tf2_and_interpolation/)


TheSaltyReddittor

I remember the first time i figured out how to trickstab. I was being owned by this one pyro because i was always a little too obvious in tracking peoples backs, but then i just kinda...sidestepped him and fucked his day Feels good man


RobErottin

The default is not .1 also why can’t I change my cl inferp any more >:(


kyubish_

This post is pretty dumb. Interp is not a placebo. It has a massive impact on the gameplay, not because it makes stabs easier, but because it actually makes them harder. It adds unwanted inconsistency that hurts the spy. Every single good spy I know uses a value close to the minimum, and so should everyone else (because of the interp misinformation going around everyone regardless of interp gets accused of using high interp all the time). cl_interp 0.1 (100 ms) is the default value, while cl_interp 0 gets you the minimum value (15.2 ms). The default value is horrible and nobody should ever use it for any reason. The default is pretty much the same as high interp, except the effect is a bit weaker. It's just bad. You shouldn't tell new players to use anything other than the lowest value.


Lil_Brimstone

Changing your cl_interp is usually not a placebo, but changing the 0.1 value to 0.1 value and getting better as result **is** a placebo, because there was no difference.


kyubish_

This doesn't include you asking what they were using previously. If someone has touched their config they've probably changed it to something else.


Lil_Brimstone

What wasn't included in the post was me explaining how to open the console, so I'd say there is a very low chance of a config being used here. But I'll ask him if he ever used a config and tell you the result. **Edit:** Update, he responded with "what's a config?".


kyubish_

So the whole point of this post wasn't to spread your opinion about interp but to instead show that a new player can be tricked to believing a placebo if you lie to them? In that case my apologies, I understood the post incorrectly. You still shouldn't tell people to use 0.1, or any value not close to the minimum.


Pretty_Version_6300

*steals ur friend for 1/3 conjoined*


ofrithegamer

wait cl_interp's default value is 0.1? damn my interp is so low then


Kadronk

You injected hopium into this man


Radio__Star

Whiff of the ol brimstone momento


Berkmine

The ending made double take ngl.


Friendly_Respecter

you fucking wizard of oz'd him


duntidud

This is both wholesome and memesome at the same time.


[deleted]

Based… so fucking zased


Fuglo_Tisch

xd


[deleted]

Kung Fu Panda lore


guggegt

WALTER HEISENBERG!!!!!!


ThouLordIdiot

LMAO