I'm a cheapskate and where ever possible wait to buy games until they drastically reduced in price. That way it gives the games time to mature (patch up) and I can feel the buzz that games get if they're any good. Well I've known the Orange box was pretty special for awhile and well worth the $30 price tag but I just never got around to picking it up until a few months ago. Even when I did, I went through all the single player games first; Half life episode 1 & 2 and Portal.
I barely touched TF2 even once I had the games on my steam list, with the feeling that I'd been out of the gaming loop for so long that I'd have trouble getting into the game and community. Especially because there is such a large community of mega-hardcore players of this game. To some extent I had that problem for a while but at the end of the day, it's just like any other FPS. I had a couple of "n00b" calls when as the heavy I couldn't defend a the last point on an assault map in a one vs one scenario, but generally, people didn't notice that I was a TF2 newborn. In fact, a couple of times I mentioned it in chat to ask for advice on the easiest classes to pick up and play and people were pretty good about it.
Anyway, a few weeks before the Sniper vs Spy update came out, I played with a friend online for about 6 hours straight and I was hooked. I've been playing pretty much as my game of choice since then. And as it turns out, I'm not bad at it. I'm by no means of professional-gamer quality but I put up a fight well enough. I've come top 'o the charts a couple of times and if you're wondering, I have no class of choice particularly. I do best with the Heavy, Demoman, Pyro and Sniper and although I'm crap at them, quite enjoy the Spy and Engineer.
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