Ten Years Of Team Fortress 2 -- Q&A 

The virgin programmer: seeks employment at valve to make games. The chad Uncle Dane: seeks employment at valve for free cafeteria food.

When the world needed him most, he brought the dispenser.

Hearing that he’s actually an uncle now is the most wholesome thing I’ve ever heard.

5:26 fun fact: there's an unused properity/effect/whatever its called in tf2 files that allows spy to disquise as a dispencer. visually it only works when crouched, however enemy building don't shoot the spy no matter if he's crouched or not

I’d like to imagine SoundSmith is just eating a sandwich in the background, then Uncle Dane just tells him to put a funny sound in. Then he just presses a button on the table or something and it makes that slide whistle sound and he goes back to eating his sandwich like nothing happened

10 years the tf2 has been blessed with having uncle Dane as a part of the community

I know it's practically common knowledge at this point, but it's still a little weird to envision Idubbbz and Dane as good friends. They radiate completely different energy.

uncle dane's personality and the way he discusses topics is very reminiscent of how the engineer is, just a really friendly and down to earth guy who likes to crack some dad jokes

Don't know if you'll see this, but I want to thank you for the servers, videos, everything. Because of it, I've found a great group of people who I play TF2 with every night, and it's a very great time, I haven't had as much fun with the game as I have with all these people, so thank you.

4:37 Honestly I think the best thing you could do for Spy would give him access to non-sapper support/utility items in his sapper slot. Like, Imagine a little cufflink tracking device he could throw at targets that gave your whole team wallhacks to whatever you hit for a while. The spy is very all-or-nothing, as it stands, so giving him a way to support his team in a way that doesn't stick his neck out and doesn't involve instantly killing someone would be a huge plus.

So many Sentrys to build, so little time! Happy 10 years, Dane! Woo wee!

17:08 I couldn’t agree more. I took a 3 year break from Getting Over It, I came back to it yesterday and completed it within 2 hours. A break can really change your perspective for the better.

honestly this has just made me realize that people have been playing tf2 for longer than some people in the game are old

Damn thats wild it's been 10 years, I can't even remember how I found you originally but it was still awesome to win one of the first giveaways for the builders blueprints, even if I have no idea where that cosmetic is in the world anymore.

Oh wow.. Thank you so much for the shout out! And thank you for helping to keep community servers and TF2 alive and thriving.

I don't know the story of the Rokki guy, but, appearently he passed away from Dane's reactions, so rest in peace to the poor guy.

Iv been watching uncle Dane since middle school. Phew time flies. This man’s videos has been a huge part of my upbringing. Glad to see him still going strong all these years later.

Wait, this entire time, and I never realized SoundSmith is literally a sound smith.......

Uncle Dane is one of the few gamers who play a game for 10 years and becomes actually good at it. God Bless Uncle Dane.

Fun Fact. For anyone that doesn't know, at 19:48 uncle Dane is talking about Idubbz. Uncle Dane actually helped record/edit Idubbz most famous video Full Force which got millions of views.

hearing that valve spoke about removing sniper, even jokingly, is music to my ears

Thank you Uncle Dane. Honestly, you have kept me playing for so long. You rock!

Your the guy that brought me to tf2, thanks to you I'm now obsessed with the game and even have an Australium, your the reason I play engie the way I do, here's to probably and another 10 years of tf2

The past 5 years that i've been watching your videos, i've learned so much about playing engineer. Keep up the good work dane!

When I first started in mid 2017, I thought TF2 was a game that got frequent updates because Jungle Inferno dropped like a month after I began playing, then Scream Fortress. Boy was I wrong, and that's okay, but I'm very thankful of the fact that it exists and we have one of the best communities for a video game out there. Thank you Uncle Dane for continuing to give great content about it, I'm also excited to see a new video by you. :]

Its so cool that some random stranger has impacted people so much just by being passionate about the videos he makes

Congratulations on your 10 year stretch! Tf2 has been with me since 2010 and it's been my go to game for fun. I'm happy there are still tf2ubers like you around and I can still go into a game and have so much fun. Thank you for your dedication to the channel and for trying to teach people how to play the game.

That end was really wholesome, thanks for all the content you've been making through out the years and everything you've contributed to the community, love you Uncle :)

Uncle Dane is a very good questions man

I don't play TF2 anymore but I watch a lot of the content that you Uncle Dane, and the community puts out, and I say good on all of ya'll for keeping TF2 alive even though it was seemingly left to die by Valve. The community is amazing and the game is still fun and kept alive by the community despite the bots or even the test of time. Here's to 10 more years of Uncle Dane and TF2!

Dane, I love you. Your the reason I started maining engineer, and I started getting better at TF2 cause of ur ‘edutainment’ on the class. And I thank you for it 😊😁

Along with LazyPurple, BigJoey, MrPaladin, and Stabby, you're one of the biggest influences for me wanting to play TF2, and even thinking critically about video games in general. Cheers, Dane, hope your career here on YT continues to grow and thrive.

Finally. The Uncle Dane Upload we've been waiting for

21:23 If the percent of time spent on engi is similar to before the reset you likely have around 5871 hours. Although it could be a few hundred more or less depending on how much you played engi before to now.

Every Uncle video puts a smile on my face for hours after i watched it. Thank you Uncle Dane.

So happy to see your vids in my feed, happy 10 year birthday!

25:19

As someone who has also been playing since 2012, and also mained Engineer for (not only way to long) my early stages of playing the game, I can say that TF2 has been the most influential game for the past decade. Watching creators like STAR_, Jerma, LazyPurple, and dozens more have made me thankful for participating in this community. Thank you Dane, and cheers for being a decade old.

I loved that small bit you did with SoundSmith adding the slide wistle.

I've never watched this dude before until recently which was only like 3 videos, but this was nice to watch anyway

Proud to have had you here for 10 years, you're a great figure in the TF2 community

Whenever I go on long car drives (3+ hrs), I usually put on Uncle Dane videos to listen to as I drive, and they’re still entertaining even after all these years. Thanks for the great content, and for having good servers to play on when I stream.

Thanks for this video! Great to hear that Skial has also been getting better and that your love for the game hasn't gone anywhere.

Congrats on 10 years ! Thank you for being my favorite uncle and making engineer actually interesting after so long aya

Hey Dane loved the new idubbbz doc great editing, I knew you guys were friends but it’s really cool you’re working on projects with him. Big ups to the sentry love you dude

God, the mixing was driving me nuts because it sounded so familiar, then I scrolled down and saw that Soundsmith was doing the audio work. Not surprised, it sounds nice as all hell

Thank you for confirming the engineers blueprints on steel. I've been REALLY wanting that!

how its made will forever be the best show i’ve ever watched. Ive learned so much, and the curiosity my brain has when looking at thing and being like “how are batteries made at an industrial level?” And how its made is just all around very entertaining for me personally

you know it's gonna be a good day when Uncle Dane uploads a video

You sir inspired me to become an engi main. Thanks for the memories

Just hearing how optimistic you are in the future of your channel is beautiful to hear

this just makes me wanting to watch your content more often, ive mostly been drugging myself with soundsmith, arrayseven, big joey, and lazypurple in terms of tf2 guides and stuff (no offense to you guys, yall rock too) but every once in a while i watch your content cuz god damn, your engie vids are hella informative and the editing you and soundsmith do is so good Hope youre having a great day Uncle Dane (btw, im On your servers frequently through various states, if we ever meet up im usualy either a soldier or medic; i sometimes engie but only when hes needed)

Happy 10 years Uncle Dane!

Honestly, if it weren't for Uncle Dane, I might have never played TF2 after 2017 (the year I started) because he was one of 2 people related to TF2 that truly treated the game like a game and showed me the fun in the game. Also, Uncletopia is a god-send server and I would continue playing on it even if the bots are all gone, just for the fact that it has one of the best communities and I had so many bad experiences with online gaming communities (especially as a queer POC), including TF2, so thank you Uncle for making me play a good game like this one

Loved the soundtrack choices. Bang on.

Always a pleasure to see dane post a new video.

Seeing you have many hours in DRG, I'd love for you to make some videos on your second video about the deep rock engineer (assuming it's your favorite class of course). One of my absolute favorite games ever. Rock and Stone.

Uncle Dane deserves a million subs, hell he even made servers for us and gave us very entertaining videos throughout the whole decade

Good 2 see ur back man

Regarding some answers you gave about engie, heavy, and sniper: 1. I’d love to see Engie get a secondary that replaces his dispenser with a mini-dispenser that can be picked up and worn like a backpack. The secondary “weapon” would be a medium ammo box launcher that can be charged for longer range shots (like demo’s stickies). This would allow him to deliver ammo directly to his teammates so they can keep pushing instead of falling back. 2. I think for Heavy to become the best melee tank he can be, he needs a primary weapon that replaces his minigun with something kinda like demo’s shoes. However, to keep it interesting, it would have an ammo called “fuel” that burns according to a variety of actions (running, taking damage, etc.). As long as he’s fueled, he gets bonuses to movement, damage/knockback resistance, and dealing melee damage. When he runs out, he practically becomes a sitting duck. 3. If I could change Sniper, I’d have his primary damage be relative to a target’s max health: -Scoped headshots deal 0.5-1.5x -Scoped body shots deal 0.17-0.5x -Unscoped shots always deal 0.17x I’d really love to see what this change could do to the game (besides cut back on the number of quick-scoped and full-charge-bodyshotted scouts lol).

Happy 10 years Uncle Dane!! Your the main reason I’ve continued playing TF2 this long! Thank you for keeping the spirit of this incredible game and community alive!

4:19 I honestly think if Spy ever get an update, Valve should add more Sappers like The Long Range Sapper The Red Spy used in Meet The Spy or make other utility tools in place of The Sapper. Like a Tagging Tool or a Building Disguise Tool or something.

Very nice to see a video, keep it up homie

I started TF2 in 2021 thanks to RU-vidrs like you, LazyPurple and the Czech channel Growey. And I really thank for that since this old arcade style where nobody has any leveled weapons. So thank you for still making videos even though it's an old game, it's a shame that games like this aren't made anymore.

My uncle seems like a nice guy. I hope he's doing okay

I love how watching Uncle Dane makes me want to play tf2. Thanks, Dane.

I can't wait for a vid on how you'd fix comp. That sounds interesting and I installed the game yesterday.

Happy Birthday Uncle Dane!

18:44 If you watched any of valve's employees interviews you'll see that they're working there mostly because of that lol

The funny thing of running to a dispenser with forty HP and then getting stabbed by said dispenser reminds me of the dialogue from Thor: Ragnarok where Thor recalls when Loki turned into a snake - because he knows Thor loves snakes - and, while Thor was admiring the snake, turned back into his human self and stabbed him.

youre finally 10 now congrats man

It's rare for someone to reach such a legendary status in a community. I'm glad that you've achieved that by following your passions and genuinely helping people

Ten years already....man time flies

4:54 Honestly, even as a pyro main, I don’t think it would be too bad of an idea to make invisible spies invulnerable to afterburn. Not only is way too oppressive for spy that pyro can just track him easily by touching him with one particle, but I don’t even find fun myself that pyro can just find spies out of thin air. Because pyro can just find spies that easily, suddenly his role is to just randomly spraying the air in case he finds a spy, which isn’t exactly the most fun. Even if spy was invulnerable to afterburn while cloaked, pyro would still be very effective at spy-checking, and would easily track him down with the fire effect on contact.

Such a chill person!

Thanks for taking the time to answer some of these!

Who is rokki and why are they missed?

You're so fantastic your years of service have my gratitude

I was looking at your channel like 3 hours before you posted this thinking: "when is he gonna upload" then I watched it at night

been here since 2014, glad to still have you around 💚

I find it really wholesome that you call Ian by his name instead of his persona. Don't know why, but really butters my biscuits.

Mann, I love tf2. joined in 2018 and I have over three thousand hours. It's practically the only game I play.The bots are annoying, but the game, the mechanics, maps, and the players who provide you a challenge to your own skill, all that overpowers the stupid bots. Also, i love playing soldier and heavy.

It's so nice that huge youtubers like Uncle Dane are endorsing and introducing people to small games with small communities to people! Thanks uncle!

The legend is back nice to see ya adviser uncle

8:54 "should sniper be nerfed?" - 2007 was an incredibly different time, when people thought ENGINEER was overpowered, maybe pyro as well. People on pc played like they were using a controller. Valve servers had players that were leagues worse than now, which led to the general consensus that nobody on those servers were challenging at all. Snipers back then would miss me - not just my head, but my entire body - probably ten times before hitting me. This was what TF2 was balanced around before people figured out how hitboxes, lag comp, and prediction work in the game. The landscape is just different now. It would be a shame to nerf sniper simply because his skill ceiling is so high, but it is like antivirus being a no-brainer in 2022 when it was unheard of in the 90s. With the code leak, pandora's box has opened, and it is time to react in a way that is fair for everyone.

Agree with your take on sniper. Find it funny how the devs said tthe sniper was the biggest problem though, since I would've expected it to be the pyro (I find him much more annoying to fight than sniper). Hopefully a rework is done to both classes, cus if one overly complained class is fixed while there's still another insanely unfun thing to fight, it would somewhat ruin the entire experience for me

i think i start watching you . like 6 years ago (2015). man . time passes . i rarely comment when i was younger (for being too bad at writing. not much better now btw) all i am trying to say . thank you for years of contents .

Crongrars men you are the youtuber that i start loving the engi AND spawner characters in games

14:37 that’s the funniest edit of the video 😂

My nerf for sniper would definetly to reduce the time it takes for him to shoot, AKA the speed at which he cycles the chamber and whatnot. Could also open up the possibility for a sick, satisfying bolt animation too. I feel like making the ADS speed slower would be a bit overkill but generally the ROF nerf would be enough imo. Any other change like adding in any scope speed or "recoil" would be uncharacteristic for TF2

Holy crap Dane, your Steam/TF2 anniversary is *the day* before my own *birthday.* That's kinda crazy how that works out.

I just want to thank you for simply existing. Your really epic.

25:11 If im allowed to ask the community can anyone tell me what happened to rokki? I just found out about the thru this video and looked at some of there profiles and im kinda confused about what happened to them and if anyone can give me any context to that I would love it. Im sorry if its disrepectfull or anything but I just wana know about them

1:30 sounds like you've experienced the phenomena called "twitter" on the site called "twitter"

Thanks for answering my question Dane!

My second anniversary of playing TF2 just came on the 2nd! Happy Anniversary, Dane.

I imagine the TF2 Dev Team saying that Sniper would be their pick for removing a class from the game is very vindicating for a lot of people

4:12 awesomejoke131 really outplayed you, a ten year veteran, and to think I knew you 😔

Woah, Dane is ten years old! Just wanna say thank you for the content that you've been sharing these years. :)

I love y’all. ( both Danes community and the word) my half sister grew up in Mississippi and every time she visits us I love to listen to her accent and how she losses it slightly over the course of her visit and vise versa when we visit her.