The Spawn Room is a pivotal part of Team Fortress 2. Every round on every map is bound to begin in such a room, offering a safe space to re-supply, re-equip and go idle to trade with third party automated bots without the risk of external threats seeping in to grind their Scarcely Lethal Botkiller Mk II Scattergun, unless, like, that prick spy is standing outside keeping the door open again.

The climax of every round, the beginning, takes place here as teams rush out to grasp the objective before the other, until bots inevitably kill everybody anyway, hence ending the thrilling climax of finding a game just to end in the first few seconds. Maybe you're playing Attack/Defend or Payload and this was the case from the start. Anyway that's not my problem, we're talking about stickies here.

Following your untimely demise you'll ultimately find yourself back where it all began, just to combust the moment the door opens because the Scottish geezer outside, and another riveting 20 seconds of immersive gameplay is shown in front of you, taunting you as you're not allowed to join in until you spawn again, only to have to deal with Tavish Degroot (The Demolition Expert) yet again. Lucky for you, there is a simple yet immensely effective way to nullify this problem!

While secured within the spawn room, press the COMMA (,) key to open the class selection. This key may be rebound depending on your configuration, however these rules will apply if you are playing with the default controls.


Once the beige backdrop of the class selection screen collides with your retinas, choose the "Engineer" class. You may skip this step if you were already playing with the Engineer, but I would recommend selecting the Engineer class a second time just to make sure.

If performed successfully, your game should look similar to the following image:


Please keep in mind there may be visual differences depending on your weapon loadout, cosmetic loadout, or the Spawnroom you are currently inhabiting, not to mention many other different settings that I am not going to mention, however regardless of what you are seeing, the following steps should be the same.

When playing as the Engineer class, otherwise known as Dell Conagher, sometimes more simply "The Engie" or "Engie" you can press the "M" key to access the class loadout. Well actually this works with any class, but we need to do it with the Engineer here. Much like the key to access class selection this may be different depending on your options, but that's not my problem.

Hover your mouse over the secondary weapon slot (highlighted below with the "Pistol" weapon) and press the left button of your mouse (dunno what that is on Mac I'm not a pleb)


From here, you should see the "The Short Circuit" weapon. If so, equip it. If you do not own this weapon you can purchase it from the Mann Co. store for the affordable price of €0.84


The game should then automatically redirect you to the previous loadout screen. It is safe to press the "Esc" key and return to gameplay from here.






Remember to change your current active weapon to the The Short Circuit, this can be performed by pressing the number "2" on your keyboard's horizontal number bar if you have fast weapon switch enabled (this will not work with the numpad.) Press two and then the left half of your mouse if you are using slow weapon switch to achieve the same result.

It's time for battle! Be courageous and bold! Approach the spawn door where that pesky BLU Meanie is lurking! (Note: Might be a RED Meanie on your game) and stare him in the eye!



Your success is dependant on how close you get to the door. Stand back as to not let the bombs defy your body. Range is key. Those stickies are stuck there and cannot get close enough to harm you as long as you stay back far enough, whereas your equipped weapon (The Short Circuit) can fire a projectile weapon which will eliminate the threat!

Simply press your SECONDARY FIRE key (Right Mouse for those of you out there) to fire a large circumference-possessing projectile!


And just like that, the sticky bombs are gone! Now go out there and batter that snivelling little camping cretin! It's up to raw aim and skill from here young man and or woman, but that's outside of my area of expertise! Good luck out there friend, you got this!



Lots of love, Mel Shaggs (a very passionate Steam Community Guide Writer)

Note:
While other methods are available, this is the best so I didn't mention the rest :)