Surprise, Spy Gentlemen!

Go on then mates!
No! I think not…

So, what happens when a Sniper takes off his Razorback to show it to the audience? The (same) Spy pops in unannounced to gut him like a cornish game hen.

Yes it’s true, I’m talking about the Spy update now!
The Spy actually used his “Dead Ringer” Spy watch to mislead the Sniper into believing his shield absorbed the deadly blow, just to receive a deadly blow some seconds afterwards. Ironically those 8 seconds seemed to be enough to negate the applied cooldown… but will this shield ever see all those walls where the Sniper loves to camp? I mean, as mentioned in my last entry, the item was passive and only useful against a single class (which is the archenemy though)… well, we will see, I really like the Huntsman, maybe we will have two class updates at once?
But now back to the recent update, what exactly will the watch be exchangable with? I’ll go with the Sapper or the Disguise Kit. If it is the latter, I’ll so use it.
But there are some more questions regarding the new item… how will it work, is it passive? Does the enemy get points awarded for killing your faked self? Will a kill message appear? Can you dominate it? =P
Most people will be quite cautious when it comes to celebrating a Spy kill, if this isn’t the case. And what about fire? Will it even work in that case? Questions over questions…

But there is another new gadget the Spy is interested in… the “Cloak and Dagger” spy watch. Staying invisible forever sounds like some fun! You only have to stand still to make use of that feature, and metal doesn’t work at all to replenish it. It also seems to recharge (slowly) while standing still cloaked. If that’s the case it sounds superior over the classic watch. Unless you get chased around like a chicken of course… but this just can’t be the case too often. Or it gets drained extremely fast while moving… well we will see, I’ll surely see it on my wrist the second I get my hands on it, to test the Spy’s decision.

Would be fun if a Soldier (or Demoman, those two always switch position, when it comes to playtime, think of a crit nade then) hurls a crit rocket into the mix now, to make an appearance too. =P
Well, it will be either the Spy, the Sniper, or even both! I’m so glad if the Spy will get his update though… at first it just makes sense, as it is very unpopular compared to other classes (which didn’t receive their update yet), and most notably, it is my favourite class… =P
This sadly also means they didn’t announce a release date for a reason, so just scrap the 19th of May. ;[
The next days (starting with the beginning of the week), will tell us more how this story ends, I wouldn't be surprised if it takes some more twists to bring us to the new update... ^^
Still unsure if it will be really the Spy... the shield didn't break into million finely crafted pieces you know? And some crit explosive could add some flavour too... valve wants to play a little bit!

Oh... and why can the Spy smoke without a disguise kit? It surely creates a lot of smoke, you know how it works in L4D. ^^

And here is some random stuff ;]

edit: According to the official blog, the Spy update will be released on the 21st of May.