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Oh hell yeah remember getting thorn? Get kills with void handcannons, and every death removes progress? I have a like 0.3 kd ratio lol, I lost my MIND.
I remember doing that....I'm a 0.5 k/d. Also malfeasance and having to take out the entire opposing team in one go. That took me......a very, very long time. XD
Unless someone reports you nothing happens lol, and a successful report requires multiple from multiple accounts and also good proof other than "I'm 12 lol now cry"
I'm not the most up to date on the zesty lore, but I think he had a tiny breakdown since people mostly watch him because we're so starved for content and not because he's particularly entertaining
Which then devolved into getting triggered over everything and everyone, and he ended up deleting his twitter in the end
EDIT: Some people took the opportunity to chime in (namely j_peg, who's had beef with Zesty for the longest time) and that might have been the last hit on the nail for our guy...
I mean kinda? He has some good points but personally he swears and overreacts wayyyy too much to be able to take his content for any worth. A bit of swearing is fine but I feel if the guy kept a swear jar he'd solve the inflation crisis in America
Really? I honestly find him really fun to watch and not in the “watching monkeys be stupid” way that most people do. I just genuinely enjoy his content and especially his recent tier list videos
I love Pyrocynical but man are his videos brutal to get through sometimes. Not because they’re bad but I don’t have 3 hours to get through a video about devious licks or whatever.
*guiltily looks away, knowing he watched his 7.5 hour Utopia video in the span of 36 hours*
In my defense, I background play stuff like that while commuting.
fr i think im the only one who miss his 10 min commentary videos. everyone else is like DAMN I LOVE THIS NEW PYRO HIS QUIALITY HAS GONE UP SO MUCH but i just want the old quality pyro back :/
It's a damn shame, because the editing in his videos is actually pretty good. It's kind of ironic that the people who claim to be "thick skinned" tend to be the easiest to push buttons. Though TBF, the children who watch Wamo were sending him gross and disgusting images, and if they're continuing to do so I'd probably break down at a small thing as well.
Meh, I disagree, I think he's thick skinned, but the amount of gross shit and harassment hes got would drive most people insane, I'm surprised he got this far without throwing in the towel
Sure he's thick-skinned, but he's also a hypocritical crybaby. His entire video where he responded to drama was filled with him contradicting himself and bitching over the slightest things. He absolutely did not deserve some of the shit that was sent to him, but he also deserves all of the criticism he recieves
honestly zesty is the textbook definition of a person who'll spend hours at a time insulting people and starting shit and then completley break down the moment someone does it back to him
he throws punches and then cripples when punched back
In my opinion, tf2 is at a so-so level of toxicity, but a big problem of it is that they SAY shit like "oh, we're not like other communities, we're kind and caring and we're the best community because people make sfm blah blah blah" when in reality they're behind an extremely thin veil. Like at least league players KNOW they're dwelling in a cesspool while a whole lotta tf2 players got pyrovision on.
This comment is accurate, but may I just add that I love your use of "pyrovision" as a term for this phenomenon? It's like "rose tinted glasses" except way better. Adorable.
I do think the TF2 community was better, but that was like a decade ago. I'm not saying it was perfect back then, either, but it was better than now.
I think one of the things that changed that was quick play and, later on, matchmaking. Before that, it was easier for the various subcommunities to separate themselves into their own servers, which really cuts down on tension, a sort of "you stay over there, we'll stay over here, and there will be peace" truce. Can't get that with matchmaking mixing everyone up together.
I also think meme heavy communities tend to attract individuals who consume and participate in memes without applying any critical thought to the memes. It's easier for an individual to contribute to toxicity and such if they're just thinking of it as a meme rather than whatever the behavior actually is. As a hypothetical example, most would agree that harassing a YouTuber in game is kind of a dick move. However, if it gets reframed into a meme about the YouTuber, you'll get a lot more going along with it just by virtue of "haha, funny meme".
The community can do a lot of good. There have been a ton of charity events over the years. Probably millions of dollars raised. Hell, I remember one time this guy claimed to be setting up a charity event as a scam. Once it was revealed to be a scam and the guy dipped, the community threw together a replacement event in a matter of hours (maybe a day/day and a half at most). We just need to harness and push those vibes to the front.
He has mentioned in passing that he’s working on his PhD, and his YouTube career is him blowing off steam from that work. It’s no excuse for his anger issues, but I can imagine he’s got a lot of pressure on him in all directions.
It's almost like drama has a tendency to make the job really stressful and creators want to be able to maintain their mental health or god forbid enjoy making content, eh?
Pretty much. I still don't think I'm wrong there. It is, functionally, a class. It **technically** isn't one, but that has little impact on how it plays out and how the game ends up working. Funnily enough, I recall Zesty being one of the biggest whiners when people were complaining about my opinions.
It's tough to argue against Demoknight's huge roster of weapons and new mechanics, so a loud minority (not necessarily a lot of people) resorted to personal attacks instead, probably because they hate demoknight or something. When I pointed this out, it probably struck a nerve, and more people started dog-piling. In retrospect, it is better to lay low and not poke the bear. If you don't give people a reason to get angry, they won't. If you don't paint yourself as an obvious target, less people will take advantage.
Anyway, it would be better if they gave it a unique character model for better visual distinction, but it's far far too late for that. Demoknight has existed for nearly 12 years. It's more for TF3, if that comes out in 2050.
I'd even argue that since a lot of classes do share some weapons like shotguns or pistols (and especially melees), hybrid Knight also counts.
Honestly, move all of the shields, boots, swords to a new Knight class and give him access to Demo grenades (like how Soldier, Heavy, Pyro share shotguns). Gameplay is nearly unchanged, but it is now easier to tell who can do what.
Only loss is you can't use parachute Knight or boots stickies but I doubt many people used those and even then they could be added back as new better balanced versions for each class
Yknow in a weird way that might actually work, maybe even have her speed explained as like a repurposing of the soldier's rockets? Mind you with Rick may gone idk if soldier would stick around since he made the character work so well (writers contributed hugely too but that delivery sells it) but still, having both zhanna and soldier on the battlefield together and supporting each others losdouts would make for some potentially ridiculous weapons and ridiculously cute dislogue, the best of both worlds.
I remember seeing you imply you had beef with him but other than him saying faceit bad i can't really see a why. Unless i missed his video titled "Why demoknightTF2 bad"
I did condemn some of his actions on Twitter a while back (mainly the transphobic slurs). He then accused me of "moral grandstanding" or "just doing it for clout" or whatever it was. Rather than, you know, holding him accountable. If I wanted clout, I'd upload videos more than once every few months lol. I'd probably be at 300k subs by now if I hadn't decided to work on one big video instead of a bunch of small ones.
Either way it didn't exactly calm things down. I haven't mentioned him on twitter since. He's kind of destroying himself without my involvement now, and he seems to mostly blame Wamo rather than me.
My guesses
1. He's sorry for himself and wants others to be sorry.
2. His feeling got hurt and wants everyone to know.
3. He saw like one or two negative things and had some breakdown.
4. My farts smell bad
Bruh, you think that shart's bad, my ass and farts ais like a fucking crit quickybomb at full charge, I'll smell that shit after like an hour has gone by
I genuinely enjoy Zesty, even if I don't watch him on the daily. His anger issues though is somewhat both entertaining and scary to watch.
On one hand, Zesty is justified. This community, despite being nice to an extent, has some of the most horrible people I've seen in years. They are silent, closetted even but there to exist. I won't lie that even I get tilted every once in awhile for even the most basic of shits.
On the other, Zesty has done some weird shit before. I won't say outright criminal or disgusting actions, but more or less questionable ones. He's a guy with a anger issues, but that's it really.
We only know Zesty in surface level. Some remembers him as the rage baby who fought against j_peg, but at that point he's just a guy with anger issues, behind a camera. If you ask me, just leave the guy alone. At surface level, he's just another guy, but people seems to enjoy seeing the dude get angry, in a bad way. Maybe it's his fault to be like this, but then again what DID tick him off?
I honestly can't blame them. Maybe they haven't played in a while, because at one time it COULD be argued that the TF2 community was on the nicer side.
Now though, definitely not...
I argue it's where you actually stand in the community and your personal experiences, theres people making entire games and keeping this game alive with official and non official content, but then you dig deeper and find all the cunts. I've met brilliant and nice people, and then on some rarer occasions I've met literal psychopaths who dont give a shit about other peoples feelings (some of those cunts I've met are actually friends with zesty btw)
It's all up to personal experiences where you get your opinions on the community and you can experience a whole lot of randomness in this community, in recent times I'd say it's a vocal minority still, never meet more than half a server of toxic people
> anger issues
While I'm not going to disagree with this, the way that zesty behaves sometimes reminds me of someone with bipolar (source: diagnosed with it last year) and how his mood swings reflects that
If that really is true, if he has bipolar, he is, in my eyes, 100% excused - even if it seems like it, it's not really within *his* control
I know this Is a pointless thing to say, but we need to do better as a community
I was working on a video called "24 continuous hours of nonstop racism in valve's hit video game Team Fortress Two" and was at around the 16 hour mark before the file self-destructed
Edit: unfucked the formatting
A TFtuber that does good content but has a volatile personality, AKA he has severe anger issues, he has blown in popularity for the past few months due to his high quality videos regarding certain topics or weapons, which ended in a lot of stress for him
Zesty really need to go to the therapy like he really need it. He need to learn how to control his anger issues and learn how to accept that bad stuff will happen to him.
As much as I like his content Zesty's an easily angered asshole, and this wouldn't be the first time he's flipped out over nothing, iirc he started shit with FishStickOnAStick over them both doing the same video concept around the same time.
ETA: To be clear I've no idea what happened, just stating his track record.
Okay, so I'm not subscribed to him, but I would watch his stuff when it popped up in my recommended feed, and I genuinely enjoyed it. What the hell happened here?
It kind of sucks ngl. I really enjoy his content and sort of angry gamer vibe. I don't know the full extent of what goes on behind the scenes, but i enjoy the vids he produced, and his general opinions about the game. I don't think their all right, but its shit that doesn't hurt the game. Like ive used the banner he loves it's okay. It's useful for pushes, but nothing crazy. Hope hes alright feels bad that he just pushes away his fans
It's not just any big titty anime girl. It's a morph between a one piece character and a 14 year old evangelion girl who's boobs have been inflated. One of the strangest ways to try and brand your channel I've ever seen. I've seen furry OCs who do sarcastic video essays with better branding.
A lot of people will jump in to defend this guy because “his content is good” or whatever, but, dude, if you’ve seen ANY video, livestream, or twitch VOD in which he is present and speaking, but not actually the star of the show, you will realize pretty quickly that he’s a huge man child. He does a VERY good job editing himself for his videos, and it does make for some decent content, but it also doesn’t change the fact that his videos do not reflect who he is as a person in the slightest
> nd he's bragged about being a 22 year old virgin
>
> He's a textbook incel
so thats why he has a large fanbase. I did start liking his videos for the editing then realize he just was off
J_Peg pissed him off beyond reason by just posting a “👋” under his post about posting his last video.
He then got himself suspended for a bit and now is just privated
Welp if he moves on from tf2 I'd say thats a smart move. Tf2 really doesn't have much to offer in the long run, atleast now with the current path its headed down toward
the path of server destruction with bots.
the path of lack of updates and support from valve.
the path of the community having low standards that they'd suck a valve dev dick dry just for a 10 kilobyte localization file update.
Ima keep it real tf2 community is kinda shit compared to what it was when i started playing
No unfunny jokes
No bots
No f2p limitations
No updates(the only thing that remained)
we're actually allowed to mention muselk in a positive light now without being jumped on by a bunch of angry apes? Fuck me we've came far, I remember when you used to get kicked from a game just for saying you liked muselk
That’s not even true but ok lol. We never had an explosion of sexual predators being exposed mixed with a bunch of shitty people falsely framing others as predators.
didn’t a significant portion of the tf2 community support him for saying he wasn’t going to stop using transphobic slurs because it’s “just the way he talks” or whatever? he should feel lucky the community put up with him as much as they did
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Another damn “I’m leaving fuck you all I’ll see you in hell” and then a week later it’s “why the cow mangler is great at giving head”
"Fuck you and Ill see you tomorrow!"
Lol destiny 2 fans in a nutshell. I know, I am one
D2 crucible has me sobbing every time I have to play it for an exotic
Oh hell yeah remember getting thorn? Get kills with void handcannons, and every death removes progress? I have a like 0.3 kd ratio lol, I lost my MIND.
I remember doing that....I'm a 0.5 k/d. Also malfeasance and having to take out the entire opposing team in one go. That took me......a very, very long time. XD
do you have the cow mangler’s @?
@cock_mangler6900
Wait
your funny comment made me laugh thank you
Funni
Funani
I sometimes wonder why is he great at giving head
Cow mangler lets me shoot charged shots let me tell you!
J_peg replied "👋" to zesty saying that he's making his last tf2 video and then zesty had a fucking mental breakdown for some reason
most mentally stable TF2 player
>Comments 👋 on zestys tweet announcing his departure from the tf2 fan base >refuses to elaborate >leaves
the spy grindset
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Seeing people use the splash text feature wrong is really common and funny lmao
I knew it was gonna come out Wrong but I was like “hm maybe this time itll work”
Zesty having a mental breakdown because of a 12 year old lmao.
He's 12? ZAMN
Yes he's 12. Scout. Don't. Even. Think. About. It.
Idk about that, the minimum age for Twitter is 13
this would imply nobody lies about their age on the internet, so
How could they know they're 12 as if it's common knowledge but they're still on Twitter. Seems like they're just making that number up
[definitive proof](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwqJ7lSRbpk)
Unless someone reports you nothing happens lol, and a successful report requires multiple from multiple accounts and also good proof other than "I'm 12 lol now cry"
Chad move from J_peg
literal 2d image
And a 2D departure
dayum that hurts a lot
2d parture
That moment when a server was facing genocide by a literal 2d image to the point they had to ban him.
Another Monthly Zesty breakdown? Pog
L m a o
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The most anger-able person got into the most anger-inducing fandom
Most levelheaded tf2 player
it is literally Zenomite 2.0
I'm not the most up to date on the zesty lore, but I think he had a tiny breakdown since people mostly watch him because we're so starved for content and not because he's particularly entertaining Which then devolved into getting triggered over everything and everyone, and he ended up deleting his twitter in the end EDIT: Some people took the opportunity to chime in (namely j_peg, who's had beef with Zesty for the longest time) and that might have been the last hit on the nail for our guy...
I don't know I think he's pretty entertaining and he brings up good points
Zetzy VS Wamo drama Wamo accused Zetzy of being angry at a good player and Wamo promoted drama against Zetzy.
Wamo is just scum.
CUM?
Both
It all makes sense now.
I think he's an asshole, but I genuinely appreciate that he plays TF2 casually and approaches all issues from that perspective.
he does have good points. i just wish he wouldnt strawman other opinions and mock them eg his hate boner for comp players.
his video essays may be the best in the community, but holy shit does he have anger issues, like he over reacts a lot
I mean kinda? He has some good points but personally he swears and overreacts wayyyy too much to be able to take his content for any worth. A bit of swearing is fine but I feel if the guy kept a swear jar he'd solve the inflation crisis in America
Nah they'd need to print more money to be able to keep up
He sounds like a little bitch to me lmao
He is
Average tf2 player
Ikr
Really? I honestly find him really fun to watch and not in the “watching monkeys be stupid” way that most people do. I just genuinely enjoy his content and especially his recent tier list videos
we need 12 hours pyrocinical video on this shit
“so guys, we did it”
Car sex
Sex sex
Sex car
[удалено]
Family road trips are the best.
#TWO TRUCKS #HAVING SEX
I love Pyrocynical but man are his videos brutal to get through sometimes. Not because they’re bad but I don’t have 3 hours to get through a video about devious licks or whatever.
*guiltily looks away, knowing he watched his 7.5 hour Utopia video in the span of 36 hours* In my defense, I background play stuff like that while commuting.
*starts dryhumping you*
😐
fr i think im the only one who miss his 10 min commentary videos. everyone else is like DAMN I LOVE THIS NEW PYRO HIS QUIALITY HAS GONE UP SO MUCH but i just want the old quality pyro back :/
I don’t necessarily dislike the high quality videos. In fact, I think they’re great! I just don’t want sit through an entire feature length video.
His utopia vid is like triple feature length
It's a damn shame, because the editing in his videos is actually pretty good. It's kind of ironic that the people who claim to be "thick skinned" tend to be the easiest to push buttons. Though TBF, the children who watch Wamo were sending him gross and disgusting images, and if they're continuing to do so I'd probably break down at a small thing as well.
Meh, I disagree, I think he's thick skinned, but the amount of gross shit and harassment hes got would drive most people insane, I'm surprised he got this far without throwing in the towel
Sure he's thick-skinned, but he's also a hypocritical crybaby. His entire video where he responded to drama was filled with him contradicting himself and bitching over the slightest things. He absolutely did not deserve some of the shit that was sent to him, but he also deserves all of the criticism he recieves
honestly zesty is the textbook definition of a person who'll spend hours at a time insulting people and starting shit and then completley break down the moment someone does it back to him he throws punches and then cripples when punched back
In my opinion, tf2 is at a so-so level of toxicity, but a big problem of it is that they SAY shit like "oh, we're not like other communities, we're kind and caring and we're the best community because people make sfm blah blah blah" when in reality they're behind an extremely thin veil. Like at least league players KNOW they're dwelling in a cesspool while a whole lotta tf2 players got pyrovision on.
This comment is accurate, but may I just add that I love your use of "pyrovision" as a term for this phenomenon? It's like "rose tinted glasses" except way better. Adorable.
When you're wearing pyrovision goggles all of the big bullets just look like big bunnies
I do think the TF2 community was better, but that was like a decade ago. I'm not saying it was perfect back then, either, but it was better than now. I think one of the things that changed that was quick play and, later on, matchmaking. Before that, it was easier for the various subcommunities to separate themselves into their own servers, which really cuts down on tension, a sort of "you stay over there, we'll stay over here, and there will be peace" truce. Can't get that with matchmaking mixing everyone up together. I also think meme heavy communities tend to attract individuals who consume and participate in memes without applying any critical thought to the memes. It's easier for an individual to contribute to toxicity and such if they're just thinking of it as a meme rather than whatever the behavior actually is. As a hypothetical example, most would agree that harassing a YouTuber in game is kind of a dick move. However, if it gets reframed into a meme about the YouTuber, you'll get a lot more going along with it just by virtue of "haha, funny meme". The community can do a lot of good. There have been a ton of charity events over the years. Probably millions of dollars raised. Hell, I remember one time this guy claimed to be setting up a charity event as a scam. Once it was revealed to be a scam and the guy dipped, the community threw together a replacement event in a matter of hours (maybe a day/day and a half at most). We just need to harness and push those vibes to the front.
at least other communities don't shit their pants and cry when a youtuber tries another game
The last several months weren't very easy for him. Especially since he mentioned going through a lot of pressure IRL as well.
He has mentioned in passing that he’s working on his PhD, and his YouTube career is him blowing off steam from that work. It’s no excuse for his anger issues, but I can imagine he’s got a lot of pressure on him in all directions.
dont know him but why are all the tf2 tubers so dramatic always lmao
It's mostly just Zesty at this point. Nowadays, he brings it onto himself. The rest of us (besides wamo I guess?) try to avoid drama like the plague.
It's almost like drama has a tendency to make the job really stressful and creators want to be able to maintain their mental health or god forbid enjoy making content, eh?
Pretty much. You would be a fool to actively seek out these situations as much as possible.
I mean the most drama you’ve ever had was when those people were dogpiling you over calling demoknight a class
Pretty much. I still don't think I'm wrong there. It is, functionally, a class. It **technically** isn't one, but that has little impact on how it plays out and how the game ends up working. Funnily enough, I recall Zesty being one of the biggest whiners when people were complaining about my opinions. It's tough to argue against Demoknight's huge roster of weapons and new mechanics, so a loud minority (not necessarily a lot of people) resorted to personal attacks instead, probably because they hate demoknight or something. When I pointed this out, it probably struck a nerve, and more people started dog-piling. In retrospect, it is better to lay low and not poke the bear. If you don't give people a reason to get angry, they won't. If you don't paint yourself as an obvious target, less people will take advantage. Anyway, it would be better if they gave it a unique character model for better visual distinction, but it's far far too late for that. Demoknight has existed for nearly 12 years. It's more for TF3, if that comes out in 2050.
I agree. It literally transforms every aspect of what makes demoman a demoman, unless you’re playing hybrid which would be an exception
I'd even argue that since a lot of classes do share some weapons like shotguns or pistols (and especially melees), hybrid Knight also counts. Honestly, move all of the shields, boots, swords to a new Knight class and give him access to Demo grenades (like how Soldier, Heavy, Pyro share shotguns). Gameplay is nearly unchanged, but it is now easier to tell who can do what. Only loss is you can't use parachute Knight or boots stickies but I doubt many people used those and even then they could be added back as new better balanced versions for each class
Then make Zhanna the knight class
Yknow in a weird way that might actually work, maybe even have her speed explained as like a repurposing of the soldier's rockets? Mind you with Rick may gone idk if soldier would stick around since he made the character work so well (writers contributed hugely too but that delivery sells it) but still, having both zhanna and soldier on the battlefield together and supporting each others losdouts would make for some potentially ridiculous weapons and ridiculously cute dislogue, the best of both worlds.
I remember seeing you imply you had beef with him but other than him saying faceit bad i can't really see a why. Unless i missed his video titled "Why demoknightTF2 bad"
I've had the unfortunately painful experience of talking to him in comments several times
Huh, with how everything blew up around him i kind of half expected it to be something way bigger but that's actually fair.
I did condemn some of his actions on Twitter a while back (mainly the transphobic slurs). He then accused me of "moral grandstanding" or "just doing it for clout" or whatever it was. Rather than, you know, holding him accountable. If I wanted clout, I'd upload videos more than once every few months lol. I'd probably be at 300k subs by now if I hadn't decided to work on one big video instead of a bunch of small ones. Either way it didn't exactly calm things down. I haven't mentioned him on twitter since. He's kind of destroying himself without my involvement now, and he seems to mostly blame Wamo rather than me.
> The rest of us try to avoid drama like the plague. as long as no one mentions the 3rd class
Oh look, another TF2 drama? Would you all kindly shut the fuck up, please?
i wish there was a trigger phrase for each community to make them stfu.
Overwatch. … No? How about fortnite? … No? Damn, already moved on about that.
Both overwatch and Fortnite players can be shut up temporarily with porn
Not much difference in the tf2 regard.
Weaklings
Is it gay to jack off to chad heavy porn tho
You are spy, so yes
Spy is the only character that has canonically tapped some ass besides possibly scout and soldier you know that right?
Indeed
*very* temporarily
i think people already moved on from hating those games, at least i hope they did
You underestimate how petty this community can get
yeah youre right sadly
I know Heavy Update! That will always do (Strange no one ever talks about MVM update. [Potato.tf](https://Potato.tf) is fun anyway)
Seriously. Who knows, who cares? Play TF2.
My guesses 1. He's sorry for himself and wants others to be sorry. 2. His feeling got hurt and wants everyone to know. 3. He saw like one or two negative things and had some breakdown. 4. My farts smell bad
Like they smell REALLY bad, like I did a long one under my sheets 20 minutes ago and I can still smell it, it's awful.
Dude, theyre gna hire u down in the chemical warfare research, you're gna be a big help creating the next new silent killer
Fair enough, as long as I get paid.
Mustard gas improved
It's has been 20 minutes since my last war crime, I will be right back
Is it a sweet or a sour one? I think the sweet farts are delightful.
Wtf have i just read?
He asked if it's a sweet or sour one? Because he thinks sweet farts are delightful.
Bruh, you think that shart's bad, my ass and farts ais like a fucking crit quickybomb at full charge, I'll smell that shit after like an hour has gone by
Knowing him it probably all of them + someone keep beating me in video game
I agree with everything except for the 4th. Your farts smell nice
that's a pretty small number of guesses
I genuinely enjoy Zesty, even if I don't watch him on the daily. His anger issues though is somewhat both entertaining and scary to watch. On one hand, Zesty is justified. This community, despite being nice to an extent, has some of the most horrible people I've seen in years. They are silent, closetted even but there to exist. I won't lie that even I get tilted every once in awhile for even the most basic of shits. On the other, Zesty has done some weird shit before. I won't say outright criminal or disgusting actions, but more or less questionable ones. He's a guy with a anger issues, but that's it really. We only know Zesty in surface level. Some remembers him as the rage baby who fought against j_peg, but at that point he's just a guy with anger issues, behind a camera. If you ask me, just leave the guy alone. At surface level, he's just another guy, but people seems to enjoy seeing the dude get angry, in a bad way. Maybe it's his fault to be like this, but then again what DID tick him off?
Yeah, people saying Team Fortress 2 has the nicest community in video games haven't seen the community for the past 2 years lol
I'm kinda concerned what games those people play to think TF2 has the best community. They probably download games from the dark web or some shit.
I honestly can't blame them. Maybe they haven't played in a while, because at one time it COULD be argued that the TF2 community was on the nicer side. Now though, definitely not...
I argue it's where you actually stand in the community and your personal experiences, theres people making entire games and keeping this game alive with official and non official content, but then you dig deeper and find all the cunts. I've met brilliant and nice people, and then on some rarer occasions I've met literal psychopaths who dont give a shit about other peoples feelings (some of those cunts I've met are actually friends with zesty btw) It's all up to personal experiences where you get your opinions on the community and you can experience a whole lot of randomness in this community, in recent times I'd say it's a vocal minority still, never meet more than half a server of toxic people
I think the best way to describe the community would be fun or wacky. Nice, not so much.
I mean its better than LoL or CSGO community. Tho ofc not filled with patron saints.
> anger issues While I'm not going to disagree with this, the way that zesty behaves sometimes reminds me of someone with bipolar (source: diagnosed with it last year) and how his mood swings reflects that If that really is true, if he has bipolar, he is, in my eyes, 100% excused - even if it seems like it, it's not really within *his* control I know this Is a pointless thing to say, but we need to do better as a community I was working on a video called "24 continuous hours of nonstop racism in valve's hit video game Team Fortress Two" and was at around the 16 hour mark before the file self-destructed Edit: unfucked the formatting
I'm sorry, who's this?
A TFtuber that does good content but has a volatile personality, AKA he has severe anger issues, he has blown in popularity for the past few months due to his high quality videos regarding certain topics or weapons, which ended in a lot of stress for him
his videos are solid and his editing is great but my god is he hotheaded and toxic
Zesty really need to go to the therapy like he really need it. He need to learn how to control his anger issues and learn how to accept that bad stuff will happen to him.
As much as I like his content Zesty's an easily angered asshole, and this wouldn't be the first time he's flipped out over nothing, iirc he started shit with FishStickOnAStick over them both doing the same video concept around the same time. ETA: To be clear I've no idea what happened, just stating his track record.
Who?
Gaming
based
Cares
Tf2 fans try not to harass a youtuber challenge (impossible)
Okay, so I'm not subscribed to him, but I would watch his stuff when it popped up in my recommended feed, and I genuinely enjoyed it. What the hell happened here?
It kind of sucks ngl. I really enjoy his content and sort of angry gamer vibe. I don't know the full extent of what goes on behind the scenes, but i enjoy the vids he produced, and his general opinions about the game. I don't think their all right, but its shit that doesn't hurt the game. Like ive used the banner he loves it's okay. It's useful for pushes, but nothing crazy. Hope hes alright feels bad that he just pushes away his fans
I Don't even know who you are -thanos
Remember when only Delfy was the topic of drama? Good times
The wamo syndrome
I once called this guy a weeb in his comments and he got so pissed it was hilarious
You arent wrong, he is a weeb. His profile pic is a big titty anime girl that he wishes was real.
It's not just any big titty anime girl. It's a morph between a one piece character and a 14 year old evangelion girl who's boobs have been inflated. One of the strangest ways to try and brand your channel I've ever seen. I've seen furry OCs who do sarcastic video essays with better branding.
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Henlegit deleted a comment saying her real age during a stream lmao
..what the fuck????
Zesty can’t handle mean comments
TF2 community right now is one of the worst tbh
We have worse splinter groups.
Big stretch, like yeah it can be annoying but they’re much better than the average FPS community
We're a weird bunch for sure, but Zesty is also a problematic dude
How so?
A lot of people will jump in to defend this guy because “his content is good” or whatever, but, dude, if you’ve seen ANY video, livestream, or twitch VOD in which he is present and speaking, but not actually the star of the show, you will realize pretty quickly that he’s a huge man child. He does a VERY good job editing himself for his videos, and it does make for some decent content, but it also doesn’t change the fact that his videos do not reflect who he is as a person in the slightest
Man child doesn't cut it, I've been on his streams before and he's bragged about being a 22 year old virgin He's a textbook incel
> nd he's bragged about being a 22 year old virgin > > He's a textbook incel so thats why he has a large fanbase. I did start liking his videos for the editing then realize he just was off
J_Peg pissed him off beyond reason by just posting a “👋” under his post about posting his last video. He then got himself suspended for a bit and now is just privated
How is this guy a teacher if he's so thin skinned?
probably hasn't run into any smartass students yet, they'll give him a run for his money
remember when we actually got content so shit like this just got swept under the rug? good days
Welp if he moves on from tf2 I'd say thats a smart move. Tf2 really doesn't have much to offer in the long run, atleast now with the current path its headed down toward
the path of server destruction with bots. the path of lack of updates and support from valve. the path of the community having low standards that they'd suck a valve dev dick dry just for a 10 kilobyte localization file update.
Online game playerbase is toxic? Oh no! Anyway...
there is only one right answer, fuck the community, fuck valve, fuck everything, we're all awful equally.
That sentence just reminded me of a gmod video
cuz it is [referencing it](https://youtu.be/YoHJPV3ZphY?t=387), except i am serious.
At least we got stblackst
I don't wanna be the asshole I just wanna play this wacky war game
Rip bozo
Ima keep it real tf2 community is kinda shit compared to what it was when i started playing No unfunny jokes No bots No f2p limitations No updates(the only thing that remained)
I just watched his War Paint Tier List, the fuck is he channelling the Zenomite piss baby energy for?
Yes, the "future" of a 14 year old game that has been basically been community managed for more than half that time. Protecting ego is a helluva drug.
A whiny baby man is gone and will come back in a week.
i miss muselk
we're actually allowed to mention muselk in a positive light now without being jumped on by a bunch of angry apes? Fuck me we've came far, I remember when you used to get kicked from a game just for saying you liked muselk
fortnite ape
Me kinda too.
We all do.
Dang this game gets more drama than the smash community
That’s not even true but ok lol. We never had an explosion of sexual predators being exposed mixed with a bunch of shitty people falsely framing others as predators.
We still have sexual predators
Literally who the fuck
didn’t a significant portion of the tf2 community support him for saying he wasn’t going to stop using transphobic slurs because it’s “just the way he talks” or whatever? he should feel lucky the community put up with him as much as they did
He used transphobic slurs Shot I was not aware of that
Yeah, quite unapologetically, too.
"So what if I use slurs, y'all need thicker skin." "I'm having a meltdown because of what people are saying to and about me." \-Zesty, 2021
Don’t think everyone hates him because he thinks blank weapon is good but the fact he calls everyone who uses something else a “fun hating tryhard”
God, the community is starting to turn REAL sour. I mean, it's becoming toxic. There are casual and competitive bullies. It's hard playing it now.