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They kind of threw this out the window after all the hats and costumes, though.

• teamonkey 13y ago
  It's all about the distinctive silhouettes of the character classes and how they move. Even with clothes you can quickly recognise a heavy, a pyro, a medic at a distance.
  • lifeformed 13y ago
    It's a lot harder though. The larger hats breaks up the silhouette quite a bit. At least you can still identify based on posture, which is done pretty well.
    • anateus 13y ago
      The Israeli military uses these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitznefet_(Israeli_military) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitznefet_(Israeli_military) They're big floppy hats that go on top of the helmet to prevent the classic helmet silhouette look. Works better because human bodies aren't quite as distinctive as TF2 classes :)
  • d23 13y ago
    You can even determine whether a scout is about to hit a sandman ball at you vs. when he has a normal bat out just by the slight difference in stance. I've never had an issue with hats confusing what class I'm approaching.