TF2 Basics.

TF2 is a place for fun gaming, making profit by trading and so on.
But, the community is a bit... Not perfect, it's fine. Just not the best if you're a newbie to TF2.



If you are a Newbie to TF2, please read this below.

F2P - Free-To-Play
P2P - Pay-To-Pay










It's not always a good idea to wear the Ghostly Gibus. The experienced TF2 people know that anyone who wears the Ghostly Gibus will be treated like F2Ps.
This is because the Ghostly Gibus is an Achievement Hat that can be obtained by dominating someone who is wearing any "Gibus" series hat in the first place.
It's a spreading effect that will be neverending. If there is another hat you have besides the
Ghostly Gibus, wear that then.
Even if it's the Mann Co. Cap, the Mann Co. Cap
will be rewarded to those who have paid for the
game, showing that you're a P2P.
Seriously. Don't be this guy above---------------------------------------------------------^
P2Ps should never wear that hat. Unless of course if it's a bit of a special version like http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198047433991/inventory/#440_2_4001551732

Some people play TF2 for fun (fighting)
Some people play TF2 for profit (trading)
Some people play TF2 to troll (engineer/spy)

You play TF2 for all. (Unless you're a F2P, minus the trading)

So Far
We have Covered:
‣ THE CRAP YOU REALLY, REALLY NEED TO KNOW
That's only the Basics, read on to learn more!

If you ever get into Crafting, here's a special tip if you're a F2P. DON'T! This is because whatever you craft, will be untradeable.
Example: http://steamproxy.com/id/KirklandGamer/inventory/#440_2_3504328097 You'll notice that it isn't Tradeable. That's because it was crafted from Untradeable Weapons.

Scrap is only Handy if it's Tradeable as it can be used as a currency for TF2 Trading as shown here.

Of course, Untradeable Scrap can be used to make
• Weapons
• Cosmetics
However, you will not ever be able to Trade them as they are Untradeable, unless you think it's so special, that you'll use Gift Wrap https://steamproxy.com/id/yarnova/inventory/#440_2_3893639697



There are 3 types of Metals
• Scrap
• Reclaimed Metal
• Refined Metal

Each Metal is always 3x it's value to the one above
(2 Weapons = 1 Scrap)
As in

3 Scraps = 1 Reclaimed
3 Reclaimed = 1 Refined

To start making Metals, you have to mix two weapons together to make 1 Scrap.
TF2 Crafting Limits those 2 weapons to be in the same Class, so you can only Craft Scrap if the two weapons are usually used for the same person/class.

Example:

http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_4022173145 + http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_3958677320 = http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_4022201840

Base Jumper and Direct Hit is both used by the same Class/Person


Crafting can:
• Help you combine/pile up stacks of Metal, such as 3x Scrap to 1x Reclaimed
• Help you split up a Metal into 3, such as 1 Refined to 3 Reclaimed
• Craft Hats (Chances of making a good Profit or bad Loss)
• Craft Weapons (Not really worth it)


So Far
We have Covered:
‣ Gibus Situation
‣ Achievement/Free Items
‣ Why we should never Craft as a F2P
‣ Why and what People can craft
That's only the Basics, read on to learn more!

(Fact: The only hats/cosmetics that a F2P can obtain are achievement hats/cosmetics.)

(Fact: What a F2Ps can get, a P2P can get.)



• [Name of item/cosmetic you receive]
[How to obtain the item/achievement]
[Name of Achievement from TF2]
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561197960435530/inventory/#440_2_162307172



• Ghostly Gibus
Dominate a person wearing any "Gibus" series hat.
The Achievement is called "Ghastly Gibus Grab"
http://steamproxy.com/id/999999999th/inventory/#440_2_3563851235



• Pyrovision Goggles
Very Similar to the Gibus, you must dominate anyone who is wearing the item itself, in this case, the Pyrovision Goggles.
The Achievement is called "A Fresh Pair of Eyes".
http://steamproxy.com/id/999999999th/inventory/#440_2_3563851240


• The Full Head of Steam
Get at least 7 out of the 11 Foundry-exclusive achievements.
There is no specific Achievement for this Hat due to how you actually gain the Hat.
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_3243156454


• Gentle Munitionne of Leisure
(Very Similar to the one above) Get at least 7 of the 11 achievements in the Doomsday-exclusive achievements.
There is no specific Achievement for this Hat due to how you actually gain the Hat.
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198135438510/inventory/#440_2_3928935398


• Frontline Field Recorder
Record TF2 gameplay, try to reach over 999 views.
The Achievement is called "Local Cinema Star".
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_3243156450


• The Skull Island Topper
This requires you to enter the portal that Merasmus creates after you kill him, and go to the top of Skull Island. This is on the map called 'Ghost Fort'.
The Achievement is called "A Lovely Vacation Spot".
http://steamproxy.com/id/999999999th/inventory/#440_2_3950876101


• Professor Speks
When someone goes Premium in TF2, by spending any amount of cash in-game. They get a option to tell Valve who helped that specific person go P2P. If he picks your name from his Friends list or by typing in your Steam Name, a free Professor Speks will be sent to you.
There is no specific Achievement for this cosmetic.
http://steamproxy.com/id/999999999th/inventory/#440_2_3749150369


• The Bombinomicon
You must kill Monoculus, and enter the portal, similarly to how you earn the Skull Island Topper as shown above. This is on the map called 'Eyeaduct'.
There is no specific Achievement for this item.
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_3243156453


• Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask
When Halloween mode is enabled, killing players can sometimes drop a Pumpkin, which you can collect and gain crits. After collecting 20 in total, you will obtain the Hat.
The Achievement is called "Candy Coroner".
http://steamproxy.com/id/999999999th/inventory/#440_2_3625974401

Due to Steam Limits on a Section of a Guide, I can only continue typing on a different Section, just scroll down a bit if you want to continue.

• Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head
The last three players to damage the Horseless Headless Horsemann when he dies will receive the 'Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head'. This is on the map 'Mann Manor'.
The Achievement is called "Sleepy Holl0WND".
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_3243156448


• The Monoculus!
Very Similar to the Achievement above. The last three players to deal damage to MONOCULUS when it dies will recieve 'The Monoculus!'. This is also from the 'Eyeaduct' map.
The Achievement is called "Optical Defusion".
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198147933213/inventory/#440_2_3243156452




• [Name of Cosmetic] - [Name of Game]. [How to Obtain from that specific Game].
[Achievement's Name from that specific game]


• Alien Swarm Parasite - Alien Swarm. by completing any 1 Mission, any map, difficulty, co-op or solo, if you win it, you gain this hat.
The Achievement is called "Hat Trick"
https://steamproxy.com/id/potatoisawsome16-3/inventory/#440_2_1051882954


• Spiral Sallet - Spiral Knights. Obtained when you get to the first dungeon or 'first Clockworks Terminal' as it's called in-game.
The Achievement is called "Mission Accomplished"
http://steamproxy.com/profiles/76561198046438746/inventory/#440_2_619698413


• Bolt Action Blitzer - CrimeCraft GangWars. Make your Character reach Level 6 (by playing online matches).
The Achievement is called "Key to the City".
http://steamproxy.com/id/aliksmen/inventory/#440_2_2083293399

• The Flamingo Kid - Super Monday Night Combat. Play until your character reaches Level 5.
The Achievement is called "Rookie Agent".
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING WITH THIS GAME AND IT'S ACHIEVEMENTS, SO IT MAY NOT GIVE YOU IT


• The Triclops - Super Monday Night Combat. (Very Similar to the one above with same game and similar goal.) Play until your character reaches Level 20.
The Achievement is called "All-Star Agent".
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING WITH THIS GAME AND IT'S ACHIEVEMENTS, SO IT MAY NOT GIVE YOU IT



• Black Rose - Alliance of Valiant Arms. Just make 1 character and complete 1 online match.
The Achievement is called "1st One Down".
http://steamproxy.com/id/herrman69/inventory/#440_2_1626401473



The Taunt: The Director's Vision.
http://steamproxy.com/id/999999999th/inventory/#440_2_3735685376

This Taunt is obtained by viewing a saved replay you have made, and use every tool available while watching it (things like the rewind and such).
This will earn you the "Star of my Own Show" achievement and this taunt.

Although Team Fortress 2 does not have a story mode or single-player campaign, the storyline of the game has been revealed through comics, Meet the Team videos, and major updates.

The Comics are however the biggest revealer for the TF2 Story Background
Comics can be found and read (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ here

Basically, you're on RED or BLU (whose uniforms are red and blue, respectively). You've been hired to shoot the people who dress differently from you.

Main Characters:
Redmond - Team Red
Blutarch - Team Blu
Gray - Evil Guy and Also Owner of Mann Co. Robots

The Story is mainly made to keep you Entertained and it's just Funny to Read.
The Meet the Team Video is here, it's a video put together from all the Offical 'Meet The [Class]'
But if you want to see the Proper Valve ones, look in this playlist (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ here

Below is the story from the comics themselves. I highly recommend that you read the comics as they are very good.

In 1822, Bette Mann died while giving birth to identical triplets: Redmond, Blutarch, and Gray. Redmond and Blutarch came out pretty much the same; however, Gray was a runt and could speak at birth, leading their father Zepheniah to order him smothered. Luckily for Gray, 1822 was the year of the Great Eagle Scourge, and was rescued by an eagle who swooped in through the window and carried him off to her nest in the mountains.

Fast-forward many years, to 1850. In his will, the late Zepheniah Mann left his company, Mann Co. (responsible for selling hats to TF2 players) to his "faithful aide and tracker, Barnabas Hale of the savage Australias". To the constantly bickering Redmond and Blutarch he left "the greatest curse of all... partnership", forcing the two to cooperate in making use of the vast, useless swaths of gravel they had gotten their father to purchase.

Fast-forward many years again, to 1890. Over the past 40 years each brother hired teams of nine mercenaries (the precursors to the playable classes in TF2) to try and seize all of that worthless gravel for himself, resulting in a long stalemate. In 1890, Blutarch decided he would simply outlive his brother and take all of the gravel for himself once Redmond died, hiring Radigan Conagher, the grandfather of TF2's Engineer, to build him an immortality machine. Shortly after, Redmond commissions Conagher to build him the same immortality machine, resulting in another intractable stalemate.

Then there's a bunch of things that happen in no specific order around the 1960s. BLU Scout, Soldier, and Spy accidentally blow up a "mall Santa training facility" and are sentenced to community service, working as mall Santas. While on the job, they manage to defeat a mad old pedophile trying to kidnap the children in line. RED Soldier gets his wizard roommate Merasmus evicted from his own castle. The mercenaries receive earbuds from Apple.

The real story picks up again afterward. Redmond and Blutarch, now pushing 150 years, propose a truce in order to build a machine to make one of them pregnant for no particular reason other than senility. Gray Mann returns and kills them both, after which he attempts to seize control of Mann Co., now owned by Barnabas Hale's descendant Saxton, by attacking it with thousands of robots that run on piles of money. While beating up a yeti, Saxton Hale fires all of the mercenaries and rehires them to defend Mann Co. against Gray Mann's hordes of robots, resulting in another intractable stalemate (are you seeing a pattern here?)

The war comes to a head when Gray Mann challenges Saxton Hale to one-on-one unarmed combat for control of Mann Co. He manages to win by making his daughter, Olivia, do the fighting. Unable to hit a child, Saxton surrenders the company to Gray, who fires the mercenaries.

Half a month later, Scout and Spy are preparing to leave, but they're arrested while trying to pick up Scout's savings from the bank. His savings turn out to be a large collection of Tom Jones memorabilia, which Scout claims will be worth a fortune after the twenty-something year old singer dies. Six months later, Miss Pauling, the catch-all assistant to the Administrator (the woman who says "Mission begins in 30 seconds" and "Overtime" in-game), begins putting the team back together. Disguised as a police officer, she arrests Soldier after he kills Tom Jones. They pick up Pyro, who has inexplicably become the CEO of Frontier Engineering, and the unemployed Demoman, who spends his days on the couch watching bad courtroom dramas on TV with his ghost-sword, Eyelander. Their trip to Siberia to pick up Heavy is interrupted by the news that Scout and Spy have been arrested and are set to be hanged in the town of Teufort.

Attempting to rescue Scout and Spy, Soldier and Demo manage to get themselves arrested as well when Soldier attempts to strangle Scout in the defendant's box after the latter begins to reveal that Soldier was never enlisted in the army. The four are saved from hanging when Miss Pauling arrives in the nick of time, revealing to the townsfolk that "mayors can't kill anybody, or make anybody do anything. They can do like two things." The mercenaries are free to go as the townsfolk (who have apparently been suffering brain damage due to severe lead poisoning in the water supply caused by all of those TF2 games you've been playing) go to the library to actually learn things.

Meanwhile, Saxton Hale teams up with an old lover, Maggie, and an old nemesis, Charles Darling, to take back Mann Co. Miss Pauling leaves a message at the home of Heavy, who ignores it.

Darling enlists Saxton Hale to locate the missing caches of australium, the nuclear superfuel responsible for the Australians' remarkable technological progress over the last century, especially in the teleportation, cloaking, and mustache sciences. It's also the key ingredient to the Mann brothers' life-extending machines. In return, Darling promises to return Mann Co. to Saxton Hale. The current owner of Mann Co., Gray Mann, has meanwhile been looking for the paper trail leading to the Administrator, who has steadily been rounding up the caches of australium.

Miss Pauling splits up the team to round up some stragglers. Soldier, Scout, and Pyro head to pick up Heavy in Siberia, where Soldier begins a relationship with Heavy's sister, Zhanna. Spy, Demo, and Miss Pauling have meanwhile landed in Australia to pick up Sniper.

Who's left? Engineer still hasn't shown up yet, and the Medic is revealed to be working with the members of the Team Fortress Classic team under Gray Mann, who has assembled the team to hunt down the Administrator and her australium caches. As it turns out, she's hiding out in Teufort, where she makes contact with Miss Pauling to tell her that only one australium cache remains outside her control.

Miss Pauling sends Heavy and Scout to Uluru, in Australia, to secure the last cache. There, they find that the entire cache is missing. At the same time, they run into Saxton Hale and Maggie, who team up with them to track down the people who took the cache (still unknown).

The consequences of the missing australium are dire. Elsewhere in Australia Soldier, Zhanna, and Spy travel to a naval facility to steal a submarine. Expecting a hard struggle against Australians--traditionally the world's toughest fighters--Soldier is disappointed when Spy reveals the true nature of Australians robbed of australium, the source of their power. Turns out they're all just pansies without it.

In the Australian outback, Miss Pauling and Demo have tracked down the home of Sniper's parents, which appears to have been long since abandoned. After entering the house, they're ambushed by Sniper, who--having found out that the mother and father he grew up knowing were in fact merely adoptive parents--demands to know who his real parents are. By a happy coincidence, Miss Pauling reveals that the purpose of their trip was not just to pick up Sniper, but to show him to his parents.

In the sub taken by Spy, Soldier, and Zhanna, Miss Pauling, with some exposition, explains that Sniper's real parents are actually the last survivors of the lost land of New Zealand. More exposition is provided when the team (minus Heavy and Scout, who are still with Saxton Hale and Maggie), enter the sealed lab of Sniper's parents, Bill-Bel and Lar-Nah. Forty years ago, at the urging of Bill-Bel (a thinly-veiled parody of Superman's Jor-El), the New Zealanders sank their islands to the bottom of the sea and enclosed them in a large dome to avoid the massive worldwide magma floes he predicted. With the council unwilling to listen to his advice a second time, Bill-Bel planned to abandon his wife and infant son, Mun-Dee, in a rocketship. A fight over who gets to go in the rocket (which fits only one) ensues, and in the commotion Mun-Dee manages to climb into the rocket, which launches, busting a good-sized hole in the protective dome and crash-landing in Australia. Ever since then, Bill-Bel and Lar-Nah have remained in their sealed lab, where Lar-Nah has been trying to drown herself with wine, one glass at a time, and Bill-Bel has been using the last australium cache on earth to paint his rocketships, all but one of which have exploded. After Bill-Bel and Lar-Nah learn from their son that 1) the rocketship in the lab is painted with a priceless nuclear superfuel and 2) the earth had never been covered in magma, Lar-Nah escapes in the rocketship, busting a good-sized hole in the protective ceiling.

As the lab begins to flood, Bill-Bel steals the submarine and flees, to the dismay of Sniper. His dashed hopes are temporarily revived when the doors to the lab reopen, but are then dashed again when the submarine captained by Gray Mann's team enters, shooting Sniper in the abdomen.

People trade for profit
People trade because they are kind
People trade because they want what you're giving them more than what they're giving away

There are lots of way to trade and earn profit.
All types that are known are listed here:

Scrap-Banking, where you sell any 1 weapon for his specific 2 weapons.


Using Steam Tax to your advantage, buying stuff on Steam for 'N' > Selling all those stuff for a amount in total that is larger than 'N' > Buying that same stuff on Steam and the cycle continues...
Thing with this method, is that you would have to usually wait a long time to sell what you bought from Steam Market, as Steam sets a restriction on your item you bought 'Not Tradeable Until [Next Week]. It should usually always be tradeable a week ahead from when you bought it.


Sharking, Sharking is where the person that is trading you thinks that their item is not as good as it actually is, so they give you it for a cheap price.


Scamming (Really Not a Recommended Method), it's like saying that I'll buy your Hat for 60 Dollars via PayPal. He/she gives you the hat and you never give him/her the money. You remove him/her from your friends list, you try to clear all of your tracks.


Waiting. Yup, that's right. Waiting is a method to actually earn some money. If you hold a item that is actually worth something, but impossible to get nowadays. It'll increase in price overtime. This can be fast or slow, depending on how many people already have it. Example: Vintage Troublemaker's Tossle Cap.

Unbothered Loss, this tends to be a bit rare nowadays, but some people are just kind enough to actually give someone a item for free, it's more likely that you'll get it in some trade where you're giving 6.44 Refined for his item and he's giving 7 Refined for your item. Making you a 0.66 Refined profit.

Actual Kind People, that's right. About 2% of all TF2 items are actually (not including untradeable items/achivement items) gifted. Someone might just gift you a Unusual because they're kind, I've seen many people with items like this. This is not really a 'trading' thing, but it's how 2% of all items are used to make profit.


(ST = Steam Tax)

Most Common
^
| Unbothered Loss
| Scrap-Banking
| Sharking
| Waiting
| Scamming
| Actual Kind People
| Advantage of ST
v
Least Common


The most common ones are quite easy to do.
The least common are least used because they tend to be a bit hard to do. So they're more rare.

The Top Tips to Avoid Scams:

(Any handy websites mentioned here will all be there in the Website Category)

So there are many people out there, that get scammed, they lose their expensive items, and later regret what they have done. There are many ways to scam someone, and pretty much all of them work.
Scammers are a big problem in the trading community, I will tell you how to NOT get scammed and what to do, if you notice a scammer. I will also explain how to be most secure.


Steam Guard

Steam Guard is an kind of "Protection System" by valve, that does not let you trade if its off. I recommend you to turn it on, to be availble to trade, and also to maintain more security while trading. Steam guard will prevent an user from trading for 7 days if you get onto another wi fi network or a new pc or 15 days if you turn steam guard on and off. Most phishers use a file to bypass that 7 days waiting with a file, so they simply bypass Steam Guard if someone is dumb enough to download a file like that.

There are other ways to get more secure here on steam, you can read Account Security Recommendations to know how, and also the Steam Trading policy to know what will be the result of being scammed (you wont get your items back):

• Account Security Recommendations
• Steam Trading Policy
• Recommended Trading Practices


Software Scamming

NEVER, EVER install software that claims that it will get you free hats, unusuals, stranges, etc.
It is 100% scam, there is no form of "item hacks" since everything is server sided and server validated, which would mean that you would have to hack steam servers somehow and find a way to get free items, which you can't. Many scammers also send you links to download software and claim that it will give you free items.
They can also send "screenshots proof" but its fake as hell.


Phishing Links

There are many forms of scamming as mentioned before, one of them is phishing.
Phishing is simply sending a link which will ask you to login to a website, STEAM in this case, and will steal your password and account name, that is how people can gain access to your account if you're stupid enough to login to that certain site.

Phishers use either .exe files or files that you have to put into your steam folder, they use them to bypass Steam Guard and steal your items, so you can loose whole your backpack by logging into a phishing site and downloading the file.

To not get scammed, always check the link
Valve operates only 4 websites for steam:

https://steamproxy.com
https://steampowered.com
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore
https://support.steampowered.com

Additionally, all official Steam login pages are secured with an Extended Validation SSL Certificate. Most modern web browsers will display this in the form of a padlock icon with a green highlight and the text Valve Corporation [US] to the left of the address bar.

Phishing links will lead you to a site that looks exactly like steam, but the difference is that the link is not the same. So be careful.
Most of the phishers do so:
They add you as friend and tell you that their friend wants to trade you, but he gets an steam error, then they send you an link and tell you to add him/her.
If you look closely it will be not steamproxy.com but something else.


Money Scammers

Many scammers will also try to scam you for money, they will invite you to a trade, and later on tell you that you will get your 50$ after the trade is completed. So if you sell something for money NEVER go first, unless the trader you are trading with/ selling the item to is a trusted guy, with high reputation, and you know that you can actually trust him/her.


Impersonation Scamming

There are scammers that will tell you that they work for valve, and will try to get your items.They can also claim that they are moderators, which you can also check.
They simply tell you that they work at valve, but to check if its true you can look at their profile. Most valve employees will have a badge that gives them 1000 XP.

Valve employees and Steam Moderators will NEVER ask or threaten you for your Steam account credentials, CD key, or credit card information. They will also never threaten to punish users for refusing to make trades or to click on links. They wont do any kind of support outside of the Steam Support.

Here is a example of someone trying to scam you, it's quite obvious:

[VALVE]*user*: Hello Sir. This is *user* from Valve staff. You just got reported.
*you*: what?
[VALVE]*user*: You duped. i need to scan your Unusual Brigade Helm sir, it's Original ID is 42051. In Item DataBase there are 2 of these hats with the same Original ID sir.
*you*: So I need to send the Unusual Brigade Helm i guess?
[VALVE]*user*: Yes, I need to scan it.

Scammers can also impersonate your friends, change their name to your friend's name and also the profile picture, and will try to scam you, they may ask to borrow an item or something different. This can be avoided by not borrowing them the items and knowing who you're trading with.


Reporting Scammers

There are many ways to report a scammer.
One way is to go to their profile, later on click MORE button, and then Report Violation,
There you can choose different options you can choose, Impersonating Another User - if its an impersonating scammer as explained before, suspected hijacker or phishing, a guy that sends you phishing links, Attempted trade scam, and many others, you can choose the best option for your situation, and report the guy by adding some comments and clicking Submit.

Lots of people think Fighting is luck, lots of people think Fighting is skill.
Crits are just lucky and handy, however the real fighting power is all hosted in the tricks you know. Such as a Stair-Stab, Corner-Stab and more for a Spy.
The other classes such as a Pyro, maybe there are no tricks you can use like a Spy can? Every Class has some kind of trick to be learned. All but the Heavy.
The most common 'trick' for all Classes would be a Combo, such as using a Degreser and a Flare Gun (Love That ;D).
I believe that the Heavy may have some kind of Combo that can be used such as Steak and Gloves of Running Urgently. But it wouldn't be very effect as other classes are.


How to Rocket Jump, the very and most common method for this is just jumping and shooting the ground.


It's very simple.

Look At Feet, opposite way of where you're trying to go to.
Jump
Wait a quarter of a second (Delay)
Shoot without moving aim

Try and remember that due to how this method works, you can actually add anything at the start and the end, example:

Shoot target(s)
There Seems to be more enemies coming
Look At Feet, opposite way of where you're trying to go to.
Jump
Wait a quarter of a second (Delay)
Shoot without moving aim
Look back at target(s)
Shoot


To Sticky Jump, it's not hard, even easier than the Rocket Jumping.
It's very similar to the basic method of Rocket Jumping, except that you get to tell the server when you want your stickies to explode


Look At Feet, opposite way of where you're trying to go to.
Place some sticky bombs
Look back at target/front (not exactly required, just handy to predict what you want your path to be like)
*Okay, there are two ways to do this bit here, you can either Crouch **or** Jump, wait 1/4 a second and explode.*
Right Click, to explode the stickies.

Advance Video on how:

Weapon Combos are a custom loadout that seems to work pretty good to get some nice kills.
Every weapon you choose for your loadout all adds up to one amazing weapon combo

Solider
Black Box
Shotgun
Equalizer

The Black Box is great for playing without a medic since it has 15+ HP per hit. To compensate the 3 rocket clip you use the shotgun. The Equalizer is great for quick getaways or close quarters when on low health.


Medic
Blutsauger
Klitzkrieg
Solemn Vow

This is a great combo when playing Medic as combat, the Blutsauger gives you +3 HP per hit, but it will drop your auto heal to 1 HP p/s instead of 4 HP p/s.
The Solemn Vow gives you the abillity to see your enemies health so you can pick weaker targets.


Medic
The Overdose
The Quick-Fix
Ubersaw

What you have to do with this set is simple: be a medic until you have your Ubercharge ready, or use your ubersaw to gain Ubercharge. The fuller your Ubercharge meter is, the faster you'll be. Keep in mind that the overdose only does 9 damage instead of 12.


Scout
Scattergun
Mad Milk
Bat or Holy Mackerel

As a Scout you are great for capping, but you will not be able to take out whole groups. That's why you have the mad milk, it will give you 60% of the damage you do back as healing (HP). Stay at medium to close distance and try to use the Mad Milk on a bigger group of enemies instead of one. You can also use it to douse flames on you or your teammates.


Engineer
Frontier's Justic
Pistol or Lugermorph
Gunslinger

Being a Combat Engineer is great when defending capture points. Your kills will be based on revenge crits from the frontier's justice. While your sentry draws enemies attention you can get yourself to safety if needed. A kill with the sentry gives 2 revenge shots, and a assist gives 1. Use your pistol as the main weapon until your sentry gets destroyed.


Spy
Diamondback
Knife or Big Earner
Dead Ringer

This combo works great against both engie nests and other jobs. The dead ringer is great for getting to health packs or getting into a better combat position. Once you take damage with the Dead Ringer activeated you will become invisable, the enemy that 'killed' you will see you die and it will extinguish flames. The Diamondback is not used until you have destroyed a building (or stabbed someone), in this case it will deal 102 damage and can be used to snipe.


Pyro
Degreaser
Reserve Shooter
The Powerjack

This combo is called the puff and the blast, because you have to airblast your target into the air, and finish him with the minicrit shots from your Reserve Shooter. The Powerjack is used to heal yourself, or even overheal you. You can use the degreaser to bounce rockets or jarates back to your enemies/enemy.


Pyro
Backburner
Shotgun
Powerjack

This combo is easier to play but it is mostly based on your melee attacks. You'll have to set the enemy on fire first, then quick switch to your Powerjack to finish your enemy and heal you to a better health, if you still have enough health left when killing the target you'll overheal up to 260 health. The Shotgun is to compensate the Backburner's low ammo.


Heavy
Tomislav
Sandvich
Killing Gloves of Boxing or Gloves of Running Urgently

This is a faster version of gameplay for teh heavy compared to the normal set. The Tomislav has a quick barrel spinup and is great for when used together with the Sandvich, in combat you are able to throw your Sandvich on the ground and continue shooting if you use the K.G.O.B. you have to use your crits to your advantage, with the Tomislav you can quickly continue shooting with the crits activated,. When using the G.O.R.U. you'll need a medic to compensate for the self-damage.


Demoman
Grenade Launcher
Splendid Screen
Ullapool Caber or Persian Persuader

This combo is called the "Demoknight" because you base your kills on charge and melee. When using the Ullapool Caber you'll need the splendid screen which gives you some explodsive reistance so you don't die too fast from the Ullapool Caber. When using the Persian Persuader, you will survive longer and be able to charge a lot. But you won't get any ammo, so don't spam grenades. Try to learn some of the ammo crate/health pack locations for a quick restore

Of course, this isn't all the Combos you can do in TF2, most of them you find out yourself! This is just some listed.
All of this Combos was added from the video below. Check that out!

Video on Weapon Combos

First off, I have to say. If you want to be good at fighting. There is a BRILLIANT map for practice on bots (that actually move). You may know it. It's called 'tr_walkway'.

Download Map Here: http://tf2.gamebanana.com/maps/107794
Direct Download Map Link with big fat button: http://tf2.gamebanana.com/maps/download/107794

Remember to give credit to the kind guy that made it
http://steamproxy.com/id/washipato - (Steam Profile)
http://gamebanana.com/members/783053 - (Gamebanana Profile)

Here's a video that shows how to install the map (also shows how to start your own offline server to play the map on):

You can also install other maps from Gamebanana[tf2.gamebanana.com] the same way.

MAJOR HELPFUL THING: When you go on TF2, go to console and type:
sv_allow_point_servercommand always

It is needed.
Leave, and join again if you typed this while on the map.

The command allows the map to spawn bots.
This is needed due to a TF2 update disabling it.

To get console up:

Find Team Fortress 2, press right mouse button on it and choose "Properties". Then click "Set launch options" button and small window will appear.
Put -console launch option in that window and press OK. To open console you need to press ~ key on Your keyboard while in TF2.

Some people find it easier to do it this way, click here if you want to see a video on how to enable it while in TF2 instead of from Steam.


You can do many things on this map:
• Train your fighting combos (Example: Pyro using a Degreaser and a Flare Gun)
• Train trickstabbing (Example: Jumping over and stabbing)
• Have fun spawning 100 sentries via commands
• And many more things along with this list! You just do whatever you want and wish to do.

Everyone wants to trickstab, they just have to know how to.
The requirements to be good at trickstabbing are:

• (Lots of time for) Training/Practice
• To recognise the situation that you're in and which trickstab to use.
• Ability to read

I highly recommend that you look at this video here, which basically teaches you on how to trickstab:

After watching it, I recommend that you pratice on the map that I previously mentioned - tr_walkway

If you're still confused on how to trickstab after watching the video. The main/most common trickstab would be a stairstab. Jumpstab or whatever you may call it. Basically, where you jump over the victim to get to his back and stab it.

To do that, you must remember the one highly important tip mentioned in the video which not much people picked up on. You must crouch/duck while doing some certain trickstabs, such as a stairstab.


Here's a small guide on Stairstabbing:

You see victim going to where you are, while you're on the higher staircase.

You jump.

Look backwards to where you're moving to.

You press and hold your crouch/duck button (it's normally the 'CTRL' button unless you have changed that).

You stab when the time and place is right.

Victim is dead by a stairstab done by you.





I recommend that you try this with bots on the map I mentioned before called 'tr_walkway'.




Corner/Blind Stab:
Pretend to flee from enemy around a corner and double back side stepping wide while they round the corner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLcC3n6cI9E

Matador Stab:
Side step an enemy that is coming at you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQxEV_rVzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVHy-kqtlB4

Stab N Sap:
Backstab Engineer then quickly switch to Sapper and sap Sentry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZiQcbUWH8k

Chain Stab:
A series of backstabs in quick succession.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpILOSbvsT4

Top/Head Stab:
Jump on enemy's head and aim for the back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gyTsmijUE

Drop/Eagle Stab:
Drop down from above enemy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBeqexoY5NA

Under Stab:
Bait or wait for enemy to drop down from above you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi3YzHgnwqg

Flick Stab:
Stab a jumping enemy or a enemy jumping over you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2VUlsv0HYA

I have continued this on the next part, if you'll kindly scroll down a bit, you'll see that it resumes there. The reason for this is due to Steam Guide Limits on each category.

Stair Stab or Ramp Stab:
Jumping from Stairs or ramp over the enemy.
No link found, sorry :'(

Reverse Stair or Ramp Stab:
Stab a enemy jumping over you from stairs or a ramp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu5N0yGE-_g

Jump Stab:
Jump onto and off of a object over enemy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFElIZLlgc

Blast Stab:
Stabbing a jumping enemy using the knock back to kill them with the environment. (Mainly used on bonked enemy Scouts or Ubered enemies)

Uber Stab:
A stab or Chain Stab or the effects of a Medic's uber.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nk7dSyDN7U

Leap Stab:
Jumping from a great height over the enemy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw15kN5c6jQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eJykmKCZYc

Ghost Stab:
Faked jump stab. (You'll see it in the video at 1:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0aB22zq5Yc&feature=youtu.be&t=1m10s

Frog Stab:
Jump from an enemy's head over the head of another enemy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvbkLBnmOg

Shark Stab:
Hide under water then stab.
No link found, sorry :'(

Helicopter Stab:
Silly spinning Leap Stab.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYdrrSpoy2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2qzpIQyWY&hd=1

I have continued this on the next part, if you'll kindly scroll down a bit, you'll see that it resumes there. The reason for this is due to Steam Guide Limits on each category.

Aerial spy crab stab:
Leap stab while Spy crabbing.
No link found, sorry :'(

Upside Down Helicopter/Copster/WTF Stab:
Stab at the ground when a enemy jumps over you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2W9kWdANoA

Face Stab:
I stab in the face that insta-kills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJyjIYe70Q#t=03m04s

Fail Stab:
Missed backstab. The best trick stab around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEhE9n78j0

Troll Stab:
A made up trick stab used to confuse fellow Spies.
No link found, sorry :'(

More information on backstabbing is here.

Scout is the primary roamer, dedicated to outflanking and attacking the enemy's Medic, Demoman and Sniper. He can also play more defensively, protecting his team's Medic from the enemy Scout and popping out of Medic range when an opportunity arises.



Soldier is the secondary pocket, being on a longer leash than the Heavy but still reliant on healing. He can put out a lot of damage, and in leagues with banners allowed, is excellent for extending, strengthening or countering an Ubercharge-based push. He's also fantastic at defending his Medic from Scouts.







The Pyro is an oddball, generally trying to work with either the Engineer to keep his buildings safe or the medic to protect him from spam. He's mainly there as a Spy counter and support to the classes most vulnerable to spam.

The Demoman is the biggest DPS source and the man you turn to for dealing with the enemy Engineer. He's also the best choice for combating a spun-up Heavy, and can lock down areas with traps and spam.







The Heavy is the primary pocket, being dedicated to protecting his Medic and holding ground. One of his big tricks is dealing with explosive-jumping targets and preventing the enemy from attacking too agressively.






The Engineer varies depending on the map, but most of the time his Sentry is used for area denial and his Teleporters can be used for quickly returning the slowest team members to the frontlines. His Dispenser is also handy for the team members the Medic can't reach.









The Medic is the lynchpin, and by far the most important person on the team. In betwen overheal and Ubercharge, he makes his entire team 50% tougher, in addition to giving players actual offensive power in the form of invulnerabilty or critical hits.






The Sniper is there to pick off key targets, generally the Medic, Heavy and Engineer. Jarate is also the second-best debuffing tool in the game, and can easily shut down or facilitate a push when timed correctly.


The Spy overlaps with the Sniper, being best used to take out the enemy Medic, Heavy and Sniper. His best attributes are the paranoia he creates and the amount of effort needed to stop him being diverted from the rest of his team.

People think there's a such thing as the 'Best Class', let me tell you this. There isn't.
There is the best class for you, but not for everyone.

The best for you. Here[www.gotoquiz.com].
And here[www.proprofs.com] just to make sure.

Scout: Fast speed / Low HP
Solider Explosive Weapon / Pyro Reflecting
Pyro: Versatile Air blast / Poor outside short range
Demo: Extremely high DPS / No reliable hitscan weapons
Heavy: Extremely high HP / Slow movement speed
Engie: Help team /w buildings / Poor at direct confrontation
Medic: Heal/Buff/Uber/ team / Poor at self defense
Sniper: Long range, high damage/ Poor at direct confrontation
Spy: Pick key targets / Limited options if discovered
(Information above was from a link posted below, I edited it and added more information)

Many people think that there is, so they talk about it online. Post about it, and it's just incorrect.
Is Solider the Best?
Is Pyro the Best?
Is Scout the Best?
Is Medic the B... And so on.

Point is, the question is not "What is the Best Class?", it's "What is the Best Class for Me?". You can find out in the links here [www.gotoquiz.com]and here[www.proprofs.com].

I feel a bit lazy to type now...
So I made a SFM video!

• http://steamrep.com/ - Very helpful for checking if they're a scammer or not.

• http://backpack.tf/ - Tells you the prices of items from TF2 (Mainly), you can also sell and buy TF2 stuff. You can also play 'Jackpot' on this website!

• https://scrap.tf/- You can, Buy and sell a lot of items. (The trades are ran by Bots on here). You can also join raffles without actually paying anything! One the best features is that you can trade a (simple) weapon for a weapon! They don't make any TF2 profit from that, they just like to be kind ;D.

• http://www.tf2outpost.com/ - Selling, and Buying items. Unusually the best/biggest place to do this (CSGO and etc items may also may been seen on this website).

• http://bazaar.tf/ - Alternative to Outpost.

• http://stockpile.tf/ - If you want to get free TF2 items for a bit of time. (Coming out soon.) (The link should be 'unremoved' when the Website is fully functional and released.)


Those are the main websites I know of to help you play TF2. They're all very helpful and useful.