Scunt

The Scunt is a sub-class/way to play as a Scout. It is notoriusly known for being the antithesis of a Friendly and for being one of the most hostile species in the TF2 ecosystem, often killing creatures for fun and being notoriusly aggressive.

## Description

Scunts are a type of scouts that are extremely easy to notice due to their cosmetics, and behaviors. They will always paint their cosmetics lime green/hot pink. Some refer to these cosmetics as “lime scouts”.

## Behaviour

As we said before, the Scunt is the exact opposite of a friendly, in fact this species absolutely hates this subgroup and will always kill friendlies on sight, even if they did absolutely nothing to them. Scunts often use the text chat/voice chat system to yell at their team about how they "didn't help" and how they are "useless". It's common for them to taunt after every kill and be as the most annoying and piece of filth as possible.

They are quite similar to Pan Scouts in terms of aggression.

Scunts can pose a threat, but usually lean towards annoying. They can play to the objective, but may also just agitate teammates by also throwing the match. It can be difficult to discern between someone who has a selfish playstyle vs someone who is trolling. Scunts also do things such as a lenny bind spamming *( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)* usually after a kill.

## History

Not much is known about Scunts or the origin of the playstyle, but it is possible this is as old as TF2 is. The name Scunt is derived from the slur cunt and the word Scout. Given the playstyle of the Scunt, such name is befitting. Furthermore, given the Scout's bombastic and arrogant personality, this reinforces the idea of the Scunt. It is believed that scunts do this because they are trying to appease the "fishlord" as a sort of a cult. This is implied as it says on their secret Reddit page

## Loadout

A scunt loadout usually contains the Troublemaker's Tossle Cap and Fast Learner colored lyme. Most important thing for them is that everyone else can see the colored cosmetics well. Weapons should also show all their "coolness". Rich scunts use guns from Australium or with rare skins. They use a Force-A-Nature or a stock shotgun (very often renamed to insult). Mad milk can be used by scunts for sex jokes, however the Mad Milk does help out the team the Scunt is on. Therefore, the most popular secondary is crit-a-cola for significantly improved damage. As a melee weapon, many scouts use Holy Mackerel to further humiliate their opponents or a Conscientious Objector with an offensive image.

## What To Do

Alright alright... we get it. Scunts are a serious issue in our ecosystem so we should treat them badly, right? No... Please do remember that all scunts (seriously speaking) are real people with real feelings. Do not hard troll a scunt, even if it feels good to do. It will likely escalate the situation and make them more aggressive. This is why we prepared some tips for you to follow when encontering a Scunt.

* Stay away from ledges, the Force-a-Nature is dangerous enough to push one to death
* Do not underestimate a scunt. An annoying, edgelord scunt is manageable, but a skilled Scunt can pose a substantial threat to the opposing team.
* Be aware of 'bait and switch' tactics, where Scunts use their bombastic displays as a way to distract your team while learning how your team fights.
* Gunslinger Engineers can counter Scunts effectively. Failing that, Pyros that can air-blast will work here as well.
* If Scunts are using voice or chat systems to talk trash, simply ignore them. This will seriously help them in the process of converting to a good person.
* How about killing scunts? Give me a moment... *Sounds of a picked-up phone*...mhmm, oh yea... oh yea... *Returns back* Well, the naturalists don't care, you can kill the Scunts as much as you like, just don't make them angry.

## Trivia

* Scunts are the main reason of possible extinctions of various species. This is why we are working hard to make sure they don't interfere again to the fragile ecosystem.