Nine classes mean nine different playstyles:
Scout - Good for twitchy gameplay. You run twice as fast as everyone, cap things twice as fast... and die twice as fast too. Good for people who like to run around and annoy others.
Soldier - Slow rocket launcher means you play this class if you're a thinker. You don't shoot where people are, but where they will be. Splash damage is awesome if you are the kind of player who likes knocking people around. Slow movement means you like analyzing the situation and killing from safety.
Pyro - Fast but short range; you like ambushing and chasing.
Demoman - Stickybombs make this class for people who like to set traps. If you get lots of kills with Claymores, this is your class. Pipebombs are for those of you who snipe with granades in other games. You know who you are.
Heavy - Point and Die gameplay. Put the bad guy in the targeting reticle, press the mouse button, and continue doing so until the other one is dead. However, really slow speed means that you aren't the kind who charge mindlessly into battle. You like to support a charge from the rear.
Engineer - Maybe you can't aim a gun with a twitch, but you are strategically minded; you build health stations, transporters, and automated defenses, all in the location where they'll do the most good for the team. You're labeled as defense, but most of the time you are support.
Medic - You like helping teammates and are good at hiding in plain sight. Medics have a limited heal range, but the flexibility of the medigun beam means you can choose where to stand so you can support while not being killed.
Sniper - If you're really good at aiming in other games, start here. Sniper should feel like home. Although I agree with Yahtzee Croshaw; playing Sniper feels like playing an adventure game except that the only ingame commands are "USE gun ON enemy". Click. But you have to be fast at aquiring tiny little enemy heads.
Spy - You're sneaky. Everything is stacked against the spy; cloak is short, the costumes only work until you bump into somebody, you're wearing a flammable polyesther suit doused in alchohol based aftershave so pyros light you with a sneeze, and everyone knows you exist, so they shoot each other knowing that team attack is off. However, there is nothing like actually outwitting another player.
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