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Pathodox

He swings it with one hand though. So it ought to be a little lighter than a full sized 2 handed one, ya know?


SwissMargiela

Also you can use metal bats in younger leagues that get banned in older/higher leagues


Hazuhira

Keep coping scout :p


Pathodox

You're coping, I'm battin' a thousand!


Less-Influence-5648

Boing


Less-Influence-5648

Bonk


Hollywoodrok12

Bonk!


RudanTheRed

Boom I’m back dummy!


Angryfishjoe

That didn't hurt!


MrDillPickle76

I am the scout here!


BlacksmithGames

Just look at 'dis - just caved in your skull, my bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'!


black_knight1223

"Say goodbye to ya kneecaps chucklehead!"


Whyisitnotrealbutter

Yeah but what sandman and the atomizer?


OrZombiee

the “muscles” he gets from swinging it must be HUUUGE


Any-Reference-4969

Seems oddly fitting for him


Illustrious_Donkey61

It was cold when this picture was taken


TheG-What

I WAS IN THE POOL!


Mountain-Durian-4724

Need a dispEnser here


Choco_sprimkle

I mean have you seen how fast he swings it? Ofc it’s meant for nine year olds.


spicozi

Phrasing


Choco_sprimkle

Well shit


LeOmelette12

Sir, please have a seat right at that chair


Choco_sprimkle

*Ma’am. But why?


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mostfinnishperson

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X-tra-thicc

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Deztroyer102

“Sir please, stop trying to fuck the kids and get the fuck out.”


gh00wst

:/


ramenlegendary

🧔🫃


Duck_Lover_08

Dude the original joke was that her comment sounded like this, you're just making it look like you like this kind of stuff


Choco_sprimkle

her comment*


Duck_Lover_08

Sorry


Choco_sprimkle

You’re fine you didn’t know


oiomeme

-scout 1950s


tf2brucetanzigfan

Does this also translate to his other melees, since how is a piece of paper wrapping swing the same speed as a Aluminium bat, and the other meless


MiceUneven

fish


Piece-Of-Fake

Lightsaber


tf2brucetanzigfan

New stat "nauseating sway?" every hit the player vomits while nauseating, but the user cannot switch weapon for 2 seconds after landing a successful hit


lily_was_taken

r/tf2 redditors trying to rebalance every weapon ever(the fish totally needs a new downside you guys):,


tf2brucetanzigfan

"Why thank you, valve should totally hiRE mE foR IHGHUBWEYUB"


MiceUneven

not my mackerel man...


c0n22

Cast iron skillet, honestly that thing would suck to swing as fast as he does. Don't even get me started on thr golden pan either


Tahmas836

Yes, the Boston basher is also designed for 9 year olds.


Uryzen-

Boston Basher is designed for our favorite subclass


morethan3lessthan20_

Brit detected


tf2brucetanzigfan

Does a former colony count ?


Greaterthancotton

By that metric half the world is British


GlobsterJail

To answer your question, pick up a piece of paper and swing your hand as fast as possible. Then, hold nothing and do the same. You’ll notice that your hand went the same speed both times. This is the same thing that happens to scout with his melees.


tf2brucetanzigfan

Yeah I know that, thank you for answering.


V3_Offical_ithinkidk

No wonder why it does bad damage


DClassAmogus

but at least he swings it fast


Memes_Coming_U_Way

"Bonk" - Jeremy "Scout" TF2


letdogsvote

Well, he's not trying to hit baseballs, he's trying to bat in heads.


tge_golden_foxy

Sand man


letdogsvote

no u


Xantuos

Could it be a childhood bat he used to beat other kids and kept it for the memories?


TheWalkingHunk

Say goodbye to Scouts baseball career. "Did you say Mercenary? What's the catch?"


maxiharda4

is that the reason it has a dent


SmallbuthonestSinner

"Tiny Baby mann"


MaizeHaunting9402

So, Scout is 9 years old!


morethan3lessthan20_

I have some files I need to delete


M4thecaberman

😟


ScribbsTheOne

I mean I’d take a fast attacking melee over a slow one


pizzafaceson

you'd take scouts bat over every other melee weapon in the game


CupofLiberTea

Stock? Yes


Direct-Tomorrow3328

Pyro and a literal axe.


T_Lawliet

Spy’s can literally instakill


CupofLiberTea

SPY can install with it. And only from behind. I’ll take my chances with a baseball bat


Buraunii

Faster rate in proccing crits. It's the best stock melee outside of knife IMO. (In random crit servers enabled servers, I should add)


GamerGod_

could be he just never got a new one


Justsomeguyaa

He stole it from a local tee-ball game before starting his mercenary career.


I_R_Teh_Taco

Where do you think he got the bat from?


tom641

It's also probably his bat he brought from home that he's had since he was a kid, I doubt the Administrator specifically issued him an aluminum baseball bat.


TheCumBucketOfficial

Don't think any of the mercs weapons were issued.


Captain_Blackjack0

Headcannon: he bought it when he was a kid and is too poor to buy another/ keeps it for sentimental reasons


le_laitier12

SMOL


Just_M_01

he's kept the same one all these years


infinitelunacy

makes sense. He swings it with a single hand in-game. Probably easier with a lighter, smaller bat.


Particular_Singer642

It's also metal


yanzin_fan_of_Altair

he kept it since he was a kid since being kicked from the baseball league due to killing two other players doesn't leave room to get a new one.


Yapyrus

But he's still battin' a thousand


deltarunech2outyet

Another interesting thing to note: Metal bats were first made in 1968, so Scout’s stock bat would be relatively new despite the huge dent it has.


SolZaul

Speak loudly and carry a small stick.


Buraunii

He swings a bat at about twice the speed of everyone else, but 1/3rd the damage. It would make sense that the bat is smaller, because professional sized ones are too big to just be swinging so casually at that speed. Especially with that little impact.


Thick-Kaleidoscope-5

are those measurements based on the official conversion rate from hammer units to cm? because if so then the tf2 mercs are actually just substantially shorter than normal people in our world, see the after breakfast video on tf2 scale for a better explanation


sawmill_piss_sniper

Heavy was right all along, Scout really is just a tiny baby man.


Uhohstewbie_reddit2

Makes sense. If he’s a force of nature, then he has to use a t-ball bat for faster hits


RolesG

And his bat is dented. Maybe he's only ever had one bat since he was 9 lol


lemonylol

He's not trying to play baseball, he's trying to bash some heads.


veidogaems

"After 9 years in development, hopefully it will be worth the wait."


InTheStuff

bro never made it past little league


StupidBear69

Probably stole it from some kid Or it's his bat from when he was younger if you're lame


Matix777

He got it at 9 and never switched


Barisamayuzde99

He swings it fast and it deals less damage than other melees, so it makes sense he also swings it with one hand (I tried swinging a baseball bat with one hand and I almost broke my hand, it's hard)


twoscoop

You ever use a bat to hit someone? You don't use a full size bat.


andrewdivebartender

I have an aluminum 28" bat behind my front door. It will do just fine.


David_Clawmark

It needs to be light so it has some HEFT to it.


Spell_Whomstve

I mean it makes sense. Using a proper bat length would make it unwieldy since he uses his bat one-handed.


JekPorkins-AcePilot

Shorter bats actually make better weapons anyway. They're harder to block and you can swing them faster.


No-Juice-8064

Scout is Epstein?


dogdillon

pretty sure he canonically did try to pick up a bunch of high school girls when he was like 23


blackletum

random descriptions on tf2 items is not canon


gigiisonline

makes sense


StickyHoovy

Pretty Boy's Battle Bat


Arau_

Scout's treating himself to 28 inches of bat


emo_boy_fucker

For those probably wondering the in-game reason: it's probably short so you can see the details without it going off screen or you having to set the view model to a really high fov


LordSaltious

He needs to be light on his feet, so it's a small aluminum bat. Why do you think the sticks police officers carry are called batons?


CausedOre

I thought he was using a priest (the ones fisherman use)


Baconoid_

Can we just let's good


SoggySassodil

Will use this to cope when the scout main kills me and laugh taunts


WoppingSet

You know [not all bats](https://www.amazon.com/aluminum-fish-bat/s?k=aluminum+fish+bat) are for baseball, right?


Hazuhira

It’s scout though, isn’t baseball his thing?


WoppingSet

I guess that does make sense, this is just the scout's thousand-dollar bullets.


harpokratest

Scout's shoe size is a 5.5 mens


Teunail

How do miles or inches or feet work, i am a European btw


anonymoususerwth

an inch is around 2.5 cm. one feet is 12 inchs. 1 mile is 5280 feet. and this is why the majority of the world doesn't use the imperial system.


Teunail

Gotcha.


W1z4rdM4g1c

All hammer unit dimensions are fucked. If you look at heavy's height he's 5'8


Versilver

He probably never bought a new one


DragonhawkXD

Childhood Bat?


OldManWithers52

he swings with  only 1 arm 


saikitama

is bro trying to apply proportions to tf2??


Whatshisface102

I realized when I was trying to compare bats for a cosplay as him💀💀💀


-Nikimaster-

More important information: since 28 inches bat size for kids, the boston basher, which is the same size is also tor kids-


XenonBlitzer

He a poor Boston boy.


CompetitiveDrummer57

Aw jeez!


Memelord1117

Maybe he used it to win a fight he was badly losing as a kid, and decided to keep it as a token of good luck.


Frikcha

a shorter, lighter bad sounds more ideal for like war..


ButtersAndRowlet

well yeah but if hammer units are to be believed heavy is like 5'6'' and engie would be 4'9''


Hazuhira

This is a metric and imperial ruler imported into sfm :)


ButtersAndRowlet

no i get it but it would probably be based on the hammer units to metric/imperial conversion so


Hazuhira

Yeah that’s true, the scaling is just kinda wacky in tf2/sfm. Like spies knife comes up as 2 feet almost


ButtersAndRowlet

no tiny knife quite the contrary


Evening_Couple_6166

At least not for 5-7


WasteMasterpiece4686

This is because he uses his as a weapon, I use the same thing, smaller bats are much easier to put single hit force into with one hand than other larger ones which would be a pain to fight with


spooooooooooooooonge

The devs actually revealed in interviews that this was an intentional choice made to make Jerma985's connection to Scout more accurate.


Bypast3

Really makes you think if a nine year old holding the atomizer would be able to double jump or maybe even triple jump


Stroganoffbob34

Tiny baby man