My fellow Team Fortress 2 arsonists, as you know there's a war going on. Demomen and Solders are slaughtering each other quite literally in the millions. While other classes are fretting among themselves trying to chose a side, there is little reason for debate among us. For we Pyros, the side to chose is clear: OUR OWN!

That's right. While those two gangs of idiots are busy blowing each other up, there is plenty chance for Pyros to get in there and rack up the points. Now while the excessive presence of explosive ordinance may make the situation seem daunting at first, there are two things that put things in our favor:

Close Range vs. Long Range

The Pyro was redesigned as the close range class in TF2. Demos and Solders don't really have that kind of advantage as using their primary weapons in close range places their own lives in danger. Take advantage of that! Get in close and set those bastards on fire! Take a page from the Spy's playbook and sneak up behind them. If you're the kind of player who uses the Backburner, you have an advantage with this plan. However, if you do go this route you pass up the second advantage...

The Airblast

Now we're talking fun. First off is the obvious use of clearing out all those damn stickybombs that are littering the place. This'll piss of the Demomen as they're denied kills as your team takes objectives without harm. The second use is of course defecting airborne projectiles. Grenades coming your way? Push them back. Send rockets back to the Solders who launched them. Just imagine the mess you can make when six of them bunch together.

Sure we already had our update, but that doesn't matter. Now is the time to take advantage of the situation and set people ablaze. Go out there and do your gasmasked brethren proud!