Let me get something out of the way right now: in most games, I HATE medics. Be it something that features lame healthpacks being thrown about to nigh-uselessness in a fight, the role of a medic in general is despised. Sure you know someone has to do it in order for the group to survive, but you really don't want it to be you.

Even in the old Team Fortress, the pinnacle of gaming goodness back when I was in high school, the medic seemed like nothing more than an 'Outbreak monkey', it's only purpose to spread AIDS to the other team while healing up your own guys. Granted they made tempting targets for my stab-happy spy, but I couldn't see what anyone could find fun about this role.

A few nights ago, however, this all changed.

It was rather odd at first. As usual I was using my spy skills to take out key targets, giving my bosses a bad idea of the game in the process (they think the spy is over-powered). However I was growing constantly annoyed with the calls of 'Medic! MEEEDDDIICCC!!' that rang out in vain, almost everyone else in my group playing as a scout, soldier, or heavy. So I figured 'what the hell?' and switched to a medic, figuring it'd be a neat experiment.

Then something intriguing happened. I...liked it. At first I wasn't too sure about the idea of following someone around, being nothing more than an assist point leech funneling health to someone who was really doing all the work. Yet in time I began to get the hang of the weapons, the syringe gun proving quite useful in taking out weakened heavys and over-zealous spies. Even the bonesaw was fun, the cold metal bringing a painful death to a few smack-happy scouts.

Sure my bosses were giving me shit for this as well, finding the medic 'boring' and 'tedious'. But I didn't care. I actually felt like I was doing something really useful for the team. Being able to watch someone's back I could relay important information about spies and possible turrets that had perhaps killed me before, bringing greater success to my team than I could as a sapping spy.

Plus I guess all that experience as a spy definitely helps in figuring out when one's coming to stab ya. Nothing better than someone coming up to ask for healing only to meet my bonesaw when the dumbass either disguised himself as a class we didn't have on the team or as myself. Not to mention that I sometimes have a pretty good sense for when I can feel a spy sneaking up on me, having done it to other people quite enough.

However I should state that this isn't meant to make me sound like some 'uber Medic', as that is FAR from the case. I'm still feeling out the class, getting the hang of switching from healing to killing and back again. I just figured I'd show people that might be hesitant about playing as a medic that it can be be pretty fun, just as long as you are willing to get over the inital hang-ups with the class.

So if you ever need a decent medic on your team, send a friend/game invite to Biofreak Mike. Like I said, can't guarantee I'll be the best you've seen. But I at least know that firehose is for my team, bonesaw is for their team =P.