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Is going kritz to mid throwing?
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#1
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https://www.strawpoll.me/15932979

https://www.strawpoll.me/15932979
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#2
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Kinda, Unless your team is sandbagging or just fucking around.

Kinda, Unless your team is sandbagging or just fucking around.
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#3
20 Frags +

stay alive at mid for long enough to actually use it and you're not throwing

you close a midfight pretty quickly with kritz...

stay alive at mid for long enough to actually use it and you're not throwing

you close a midfight pretty quickly with kritz...
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#4
6 Frags +

Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know

Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know
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#5
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SentinelMost (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout

I haven't watched much the last two seasons. When did this practice emerge?

[quote=Sentinel]Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout[/quote]

I haven't watched much the last two seasons. When did this practice emerge?
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#6
9 Frags +
HalSentinelMost (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout
I haven't watched much the last two seasons. When did this practice emerge?

Shortly after valve added 3D HUD models so renaming your medigun/kritz stopped working

[quote=Hal][quote=Sentinel]Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout[/quote]

I haven't watched much the last two seasons. When did this practice emerge?[/quote]

Shortly after valve added 3D HUD models so renaming your medigun/kritz stopped working
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#7
28 Frags +
SentinelMost (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know

most is stretching it and kritz to mid isnt really throwing

[quote=Sentinel]Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know[/quote]

most is stretching it and kritz to mid isnt really throwing
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#8
21 Frags +
SentinelMost (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know

thalash does this every time but i rarely see na players do it at all

[quote=Sentinel]Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know[/quote]
thalash does this every time but i rarely see na players do it at all
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#9
9 Frags +

I disagree that most "good" teams check on rollout. Seven definitely does but I can't think of a single invite team that does. At least not in the matches I've watched.

It's pretty much throwing on smaller mids like gully and badlands but larger mids like sunshine and process it can be fine.

I disagree that most "good" teams check on rollout. Seven definitely does but I can't think of a single invite team that does. At least not in the matches I've watched.

It's pretty much throwing on smaller mids like gully and badlands but larger mids like sunshine and process it can be fine.
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#10
5 Frags +

When I played with EVIL for this season we had scrims against King's Crew enough to warrant me always checking their medi-gun on spy whenever we started the scrim or whenever Lucrative died, since they ran kritz so much it mentally scarred me. So it became a habit for me afterwards on my current team.

When I played with EVIL for this season we had scrims against King's Crew enough to warrant me always checking their medi-gun on spy whenever we started the scrim or whenever Lucrative died, since they ran kritz so much it mentally scarred me. So it became a habit for me afterwards on my current team.
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#11
11 Frags +

Spy at the beginning of round is optimal for checking kritz, but when you play with a bunch of nerds long enough (my team) it's extremely easy for them to discern a kritzkrieg by them just glancing at the medic.

fun fact: the voice lines the medic does when he pops a kritzkrieg is different than the voice lines than when he uses an ubercharge (it's why I have a voice command play when I pop uber/kritz, to mask those specific voicelines)

Spy at the beginning of round is optimal for checking kritz, but when you play with a bunch of nerds long enough (my team) it's extremely easy for them to discern a kritzkrieg by them just glancing at the medic.

fun fact: the voice lines the medic does when he pops a kritzkrieg is different than the voice lines than when he uses an ubercharge (it's why I have a voice command play when I pop uber/kritz, to mask those specific voicelines)
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#12
9 Frags +

If you are consistently winning mids with your medic alive and have a demo that is good with kritz it isn't throwing.

If you are consistently winning mids with your medic alive and have a demo that is good with kritz it isn't throwing.
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#13
0 Frags +

I see shade doing kritz to mid a lot. Even without surprise effect kritz can be quite good. You don't need to get the magic drop to be effective with it. Getting 2 frags is good enough. Even getting 1 frag + the mid cap is good.

I see shade doing kritz to mid a lot. Even without surprise effect kritz can be quite good. You don't need to get the magic drop to be effective with it. Getting 2 frags is good enough. Even getting 1 frag + the mid cap is good.
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#14
7 Frags +
TwiggyI see shade doing kritz to mid a lot. Even without surprise effect kritz can be quite good. You don't need to get the magic drop to be effective with it. Getting 2 frags is good enough. Even getting 1 frag + the mid cap is good.

they'll come back with uber after and get mid...

[quote=Twiggy]I see shade doing kritz to mid a lot. Even without surprise effect kritz can be quite good. You don't need to get the magic drop to be effective with it. Getting 2 frags is good enough. Even getting 1 frag + the mid cap is good.[/quote]
they'll come back with uber after and get mid...
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#15
9 Frags +
glassSentinelMost (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll knowthalash does this every time but i rarely see na players do it at all

isn't the freeze time longer in eu? or am I high

[quote=glass][quote=Sentinel]Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know[/quote]
thalash does this every time but i rarely see na players do it at all[/quote]

isn't the freeze time longer in eu? or am I high
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#16
RGB LAN
31 Frags +
TwiggyI see shade doing kritz to mid a lot.

I wouldn't read into this much, because Shade does what he wants (ie: runs frying pan), which is usually trolling his team a lot of the time, lol. I think this also has a lot to do with Froyo pretty much doing whatever they want and still winning.

But to answer the original question, kritz to mid isn't throwing, it's just risky and a little gimmicky. It can be cool to catch the other team off-guard if they aren't paying attention, but there can be a lot of counter-play to it.

[quote=Twiggy]I see shade doing kritz to mid a lot.[/quote]

I wouldn't read into this much, because Shade does what he wants (ie: runs frying pan), which is usually trolling his team a lot of the time, lol. I think this also has a lot to do with Froyo pretty much doing whatever they want and still winning.

But to answer the original question, kritz to mid isn't throwing, it's just risky and a little gimmicky. It can be cool to catch the other team off-guard if they aren't paying attention, but there can be a lot of counter-play to it.
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#17
0 Frags +

it's throwing if your team isn't very good

it's throwing if your team isn't very good
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#18
2 Frags +
mustardoverlordglassSentinelMost (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll knowthalash does this every time but i rarely see na players do it at all
isn't the freeze time longer in eu? or am I high

Freezetime isn't longer the humiation time is longer, you're probably thinking of the strategy period that was only used for i58 and I think i61

[quote=mustardoverlord][quote=glass][quote=Sentinel]Most (good) teams these days check mediguns on rollout so there's a good chance they'll know[/quote]
thalash does this every time but i rarely see na players do it at all[/quote]

isn't the freeze time longer in eu? or am I high[/quote]
Freezetime isn't longer the humiation time is longer, you're probably thinking of the strategy period that was only used for i58 and I think i61
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#19
6 Frags +

Y’all make a thread about anything now a days

Y’all make a thread about anything now a days
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#20
14 Frags +

yeah if the community isn't careful tftv will run out of space

yeah if the community isn't careful tftv will run out of space
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#21
4 Frags +

im not reading a lot of what people say but theres a lot of mids where going to mids and not commiting/putting ur medic in danger instantly loses the mid vs an equally skilled team so going kritz and banking on somebody being near u who can use it when u get it is inherently a gamble and if u lose people early ur teams in a mega shitty spot

im not reading a lot of what people say but theres a lot of mids where going to mids and not commiting/putting ur medic in danger instantly loses the mid vs an equally skilled team so going kritz and banking on somebody being near u who can use it when u get it is inherently a gamble and if u lose people early ur teams in a mega shitty spot
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#22
17 Frags +
aim-Y’all make a thread about anything now a days

If all of your threads were interesting or productive why did it take you 3k posts to get to 4 stars?

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[quote=aim-]Y’all make a thread about anything now a days[/quote]

If all of your threads were interesting or productive why did it take you 3k posts to get to 4 stars?
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#23
-2 Frags +

aight tftv noob, previously before they changed how stars worked having a bunch of posts gets u 4 stars

aight tftv noob, previously before they changed how stars worked having a bunch of posts gets u 4 stars
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#24
2 Frags +

anyone who got 4 stars after the changes is a fake ass nerd and anyone who got their stars before should get gold stars instead

anyone who got 4 stars after the changes is a fake ass nerd and anyone who got their stars before should get gold stars instead
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#25
6 Frags +

in addition to what everyone's already said, kritz to mid is actually really good when there's not a lot of time left because if the mid fight is taking a long enough time you just get to kritz and have a good opportunity to quickly win it

i played an invite match in s24 vs mae's team and went kritz to mid when there was like 56 seconds left going into the round and it was tied 4-4, the other team all thought it was impossible to win and figured it was going to go into golden cap, but we wiped them on mid and jarrett spawn camped them with kritz and we capped in the very last second (thanks to esea giving a tiny bit of extra time at the end)

in addition to what everyone's already said, kritz to mid is actually really good when there's not a lot of time left because if the mid fight is taking a long enough time you just get to kritz and have a good opportunity to quickly win it

i played an invite match in s24 vs mae's team and went kritz to mid when there was like 56 seconds left going into the round and it was tied 4-4, the other team all thought it was impossible to win and figured it was going to go into golden cap, but we wiped them on mid and jarrett spawn camped them with kritz and we capped in the very last second (thanks to esea giving a tiny bit of extra time at the end)
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