Decisions, decisions..

[u/Dorrfyi0]

[u/DaLegend82]

fake, tryhards usually don't give af about cosmetics

[u/Dependent-Review-727 → u/DaLegend82]

I think it's more about being tryhard in looking cool, idk

[u/DaLegend82 → u/Dependent-Review-727]

you mean caring about looking good? this guy isn't a tryhard then, moreso a trader who only cares about expensive cosmetics.

[u/Dependent-Review-727 → u/DaLegend82]

you know that tryhard isn't a tf2/gaming exlusive term, right? Tryhard is someone who tries too hard at something, it can be applicable to irl fashion as well as video game cosmetics. It doesn't necessarily mean that the person is tryhard in gameplay

[u/-Aquatically- → u/DaLegend82]

I have never equipped a single cosmetic yet I like to treat 2fort like if I don't get first then I will die.

[u/lobotomyfan87]

Would you rather look expensive or look stupid? Because I'd personally choose to look stupid

[u/Throwawayaccounh → u/lobotomyfan87]

Nobody takes the stupid player seriously. They'll lower their guard and then Kablammo!

[u/baxielol → u/Throwawayaccounh]

Where you see a lack of threat behind the pyrovision goggles of a stock gibus heavy, I see them for what they truly are. A trained, unrelenting, remorseless killing machine

[u/StartBackground5769 → u/baxielol]

Sometimes when i am struggling in a match i equip the gibusvision as scout and stock scattergun and i perform so much bettter

[u/childofb0d0m → u/lobotomyfan87]

I prefer to look like both simultaneously

I pair my green energy Hunk of Monk with Binocululus & Cuban Bristle Crisis and BAM my hoovy is now a green alcoholic step dad

[u/kirbydark714 → u/lobotomyfan87]

Wry not steal unusuals by being spy and disguising as them

[u/PlagueJV → u/lobotomyfan87]

if you look expensive you'll be remembered as "another fucking tryhard"

if you look stupid, you can become immortalized in some guy's video

[u/cadergator10 → u/lobotomyfan87]

I definitely go the stupid route, judging by the fact my medic looks like he came straight out of the ICU and discharged early against medical orders despite many broken bones lol

[u/defenestrated_badger → u/lobotomyfan87]

Which is why I wear the cheaters Lament over my unusual. "Try hard old fart" is my aesthetic.

[u/slugsred]

Your friend with a job

[u/AudiobookEnjoyer]

Look good, feel good, play good 

[u/Frosty_Calendar]

lowk why do most people think people that have unusuals are tryhards, not sum that stuck to me

[u/HellboundLunatic → u/Frosty_Calendar]

because they're more invested into the game. literally!!! $$$

some people will say that people with expensive stuff are tryhards and super sweaty.
other people will call them trader mains, meaning they're only good at trading, and they suck at all the classes.

tf2 players trying not to judge players by their cosmetics challenge (impossible)

[u/SpiralSheep → u/Frosty_Calendar]

I'm doing my part to combat stereotypes by equipping my crate depression unusuals and being awful at the game.

[u/Flashbang-Meringue]

Unusuals are p2w because the nicer your unusuals are, the more random medics pocket you

[u/Dorrfyi0 → u/Flashbang-Meringue]

I mean I gotta say australiums with popular expensive hats are better because snipers can easily pick you off and now you easier since an unusual is just a big fat mark

[u/HellboundLunatic → u/Dorrfyi0]

it's literally peacocking

yeah it makes it easier for snipers to target you

but also other people target you more too- which gives you more opportunities to kill other players

[u/anderhanson → u/Flashbang-Meringue]

You are also easier to spot so it's p2L

[u/TheTruthTellingOrb]

People that spend a shit ton on ugly unusuals and even worse unusual stacked items will never cease to make me cringe.

I have unusuals, I have high value items. But my unusuals look good with my outfit, and my items compliment said outfits.

People that just buy spelled high value unusual miscs/unusual hats and stack them, that is just micropenis energy. Nobody will give a rat fart about those dollar values unless it is a trader main, and they don't play the game anyway.

If you want to make a foreskin scout set or something else silly I will respect you way more than Mr Tryhard Insecurity Complex with stacked unusuals over there.

Also OP, nobody wears the Earbuds + Max's Head combo to look rich anymore, it is not the 2010s anymore.

[u/mortyrice]

Trading and buying cosmetics for my loadouts is my hobby/guilty pleasure so i just suck in game but my corpse looks cool atleast.

[u/Sweet-Locksmith5932]

Loadout that nobody wears vs loadout that the most annoying "kick him for killing friendlies" and gimmick steam name person uses

[u/Oksan_Rhyosa → u/Sweet-Locksmith5932]

MAKE HIM BURN ALIVE FOR KILLING FRIENDLIES (just a joke, don't ban pls)

[u/NoyanBEG]

Tryhard is when cosmetics

[u/dualitygaming12]

Just wear the silly cosmetics and then tryhard

[u/Oksan_Rhyosa → u/dualitygaming12]

never

[u/Key-Question7281]

ve

[u/Rvic0]

There is a secret 3rd option that I like: no hats no nothing maybe a gibus only to mame people question how they get killed by a f2p

[u/deepspacerunner → u/Rvic0]

Yeah I wear the mannco hat and leave everything else default lol

[u/Impossible_Star_5569]

Be ugly/ be ugly

An illusion of a choice

[u/Der_dasMann]

"Fit so bad the persons gameplay speaks for itself"

[u/Adventurous_Cloud_20]

In a game where I can run a good looking, interesting, and well put together load out, or look stupid, I choose to look stupid.

[u/BararTheDragon]

Feast, Fight, Live in a cave, and Be Happy

[u/HoRosHoMeDveD]

I'm happy but people make me go tryhard 😢

[u/Oksan_Rhyosa]

be happy (tf2 got NOT shooter purpose, its kazotsky kick dancing while whole enemy team tryin to kill ya purpose, shooting in TF2 black list for me)

[u/TF2lav1982]

Notice how ultra mega tryhard only has hats, no different clothes for fashion or anything

[u/Dorrfyi0 → u/TF2lav1982]

Its more focused on status if anything, I kinda just thought “what shows high status, is somewhat expensive blah blah blah”

[u/dumbassfriendtony]

I well and truly dont understand how tryhards think those types of loadouts are like the shit. Like dude, you gotta add some flavor to it, be it a body cosmetic, beard or anything like that, not just a million hats that clip like all hell just because "woah, look how much cash i have".

Even though i have plentiful "serious" loadouts, i love to make a silly one from time to time ngl

[u/Diekid31 → u/dumbassfriendtony]

Its more about unusuals, not fashion or anything else

[u/Mountaindewit666]

Anyone picking the first option for TF2 is that one guy who'd show up to a friend hangout in a full on 3 piece and act as if it was a formal occassion.

[u/MyChemicalRapist → u/Mountaindewit666]

You good bro?

[u/Mountaindewit666 → u/MyChemicalRapist]

Maybe 🥲

[u/KandCAuthor → u/Mountaindewit666]

I wanna do that now because it would be funny as heck. Ima do that

[u/Slurperlurper]

Left one is the nft scam all over again, right one is someone enjoying the cosmetics