playing TF2 but it looks like it does in my mind @szyl

Szyl BETTER SHOWCASE: youtu.be/ueQtA0hpJsc
I've combined a bunch of different custom HUDs, animations, particle effects, and other mods to make TF2 looks way better than it normally does. It looks and feels just as amazing as you'd think it does. This is also a test of how using a OBS 'sharpening' filter looks and if it helps the video look nicer (after this finished rendering on YTs end I can say it definitely doesn't).

Music: youtu.be/pmzfrY4C0jk
Mods For This Showcase:
- my own personal autoexec.cfg file
- SizzylHUD: github.com/tekunotri/sizzylhud
- Mastercomm's Mastercomfig: https://comfig.app/app/
- Xilekai's Control Point Illumination Fix: gamebanana.com/mods/538185
- newguy111's Spy Reload Fix: gamebanana.com/mods/196596
- Pistol Enhancement Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/523205
- Cukei's Casual Preloader: gamebanana.com/tools/19049 and github.com/cueki/casual-pre-loader
- Toon Particle Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/539244
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Jump Trails (other particle effects included in Cukei's Preloader): gamebanana.com/mods/11896
(these next 2 might not have been used, i used the inbuilt skeleton hotel FX from cukei's mod)
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Projectile Trails: gamebanana.com/mods/12420
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Fire FX: gamebanana.com/mods/289584
- Paint Bucket Huey's Avatar Styled Ubercharge: gamebanana.com/mods/472370
- NCognito's Triple Barrel Loch N Load: gamebanana.com/mods/203785
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Healing FX: gamebanana.com/mods/422308
- Kylul Spy Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/307980
- Paysus Sniper Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206371
- Kylul Medic Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/424671
- Kylul Engineer Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/400704
- Kylul Heavy Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/351628
- Kylul Demo Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/373379
- Kylul Pyro Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206311
- Kylul Soldier Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206373
- Kylul Scout Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206351)
with DRAG2812's fix: gamebanana.com/posts/12340946#post_12340946

Timestamps
0:00 Particle Effects I Selected
3:43 Menu
4:58 Gameplay

updated 1 year ago

playing TF2 but it looks like it does in my mind

Szyl 2025-08-10 | BETTER SHOWCASE: youtu.be/ueQtA0hpJsc
I've combined a bunch of different custom HUDs, animations, particle effects, and other mods to make TF2 looks way better than it normally does. It looks and feels just as amazing as you'd think it does. This is also a test of how using a OBS 'sharpening' filter looks and if it helps the video look nicer (after this finished rendering on YTs end I can say it definitely doesn't).

Music: youtu.be/pmzfrY4C0jk
Mods For This Showcase:
- my own personal autoexec.cfg file
- SizzylHUD: github.com/tekunotri/sizzylhud
- Mastercomm's Mastercomfig: https://comfig.app/app/
- Xilekai's Control Point Illumination Fix: gamebanana.com/mods/538185
- newguy111's Spy Reload Fix: gamebanana.com/mods/196596
- Pistol Enhancement Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/523205
- Cukei's Casual Preloader: gamebanana.com/tools/19049 and github.com/cueki/casual-pre-loader
- Toon Particle Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/539244
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Jump Trails (other particle effects included in Cukei's Preloader): gamebanana.com/mods/11896
(these next 2 might not have been used, i used the inbuilt skeleton hotel FX from cukei's mod)
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Projectile Trails: gamebanana.com/mods/12420
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Fire FX: gamebanana.com/mods/289584
- Paint Bucket Huey's Avatar Styled Ubercharge: gamebanana.com/mods/472370
- NCognito's Triple Barrel Loch N Load: gamebanana.com/mods/203785
- Skeleton Hotel's Altered Healing FX: gamebanana.com/mods/422308
- Kylul Spy Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/307980
- Paysus Sniper Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206371
- Kylul Medic Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/424671
- Kylul Engineer Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/400704
- Kylul Heavy Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/351628
- Kylul Demo Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/373379
- Kylul Pyro Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206311
- Kylul Soldier Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206373
- Kylul Scout Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/206351)
with DRAG2812's fix: gamebanana.com/posts/12340946#post_12340946

Timestamps
0:00 Particle Effects I Selected
3:43 Menu
4:58 Gameplay

they brought back LAUNCH Overwatch (and its decently fun)

Szyl 2025-09-19 | They brought back a near-perfect replica of launch overwatch, including all of the jankness the game used to have. This video is a long trip down memory lane for me 9 years later.

Day 1 Footage: youtu.be/4mFhfd5ZFBI
DVA Out Of Bounds: youtu.be/MHGA4_iccTI
Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE

explaining why overwatch quickplay bans are dumb

Szyl 2025-09-17 | One of the stupidest things blizzard has done in overwatch was ban people for leaving quick play/casual games without offering an actual alternative mode (that you can queue into quickly).

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE

opening 101 ow2 lootboxxes while complaining about queue times

Szyl 2025-09-15 | 101 lootboxes, 101 minutes in queue

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE

lucioball first person is back!

Szyl 2025-09-09 | Lucioball 2025 finally lets you play in first person again instead of forcing third person mode.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE

teaching a new player lucioball in the big 25

Szyl 2025-09-05 | Lucioball 2025.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
Top 500 Lucioball Discord: discord.gg/invite/gqgWbrC3AW
Vid showing the comp lucioball bot: youtu.be/An6jjOQZknI
Reaction to copa lucioball getting deleted: youtu.be/fJBr4P11Cqk
Complaining about lucioball queues 2 years ago: youtu.be/I5mWcp3HHuo

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:17 New MUST-CHANGE setting
1:06 Playing Lucioball
17:48 Teaching Lucioball
29:08 Join The Top 500 Lucioball Server
29:18 Coaching Lucioball

opening the free 43 lootboxes blizzard just gave me for free

Szyl 2025-08-27 | new update droped, lucioball exists now, but there's also a bunch of free lootboxes from their new leveling system. didn't get much but I know people like watching these so why not.

Music: Strawberry Cake - nobonoko

The Minecraft mods I use in Modern Minecraft

Szyl 2025-08-25 | This is a showcase of all the mods I use in whatever the most modern version of minecraft is. Things used and updated mod list below.

Prism Launcher: github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher
Prism Launcher Video youtu.be/xSy_JxMUqHM
Force Prism to use NVidia Linux:
env __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

Timestamps
0:00 Intro (Set Up Prism Launcher)
1:06 Use NVidia Card On Linux
1:26 Install Mods
5:09 In Game Settings
8:23 Shader Settings
12:14 Chat Settings
12:28 Outro

playing TF2 but theres MORE flames

Szyl 2025-08-22 | Skeleton Hotel's custom flame particles were a little too much for me so I'm disabling em going forward (the 'burningplayer' particles), but for this video they're re-enabled.

Less Flames: youtu.be/o3hzhTzJ58M
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

My TF2 loadouts in 2025

Szyl 2025-08-20 | Here's my TF2 loadouts in 2025. The weapons, hats, and taunts.

2024 Loadouts: youtu.be/_gLK1RIz4RQ
Previous snapshots of my loadouts (2 diff vids from 2021):
youtu.be/Z5XytGsxYGg
youtu.be/8302OS2JHOE

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:05 Scout
2:02 Soldier
6:06 Pyro
9:29 Demoman
13:11 Heavy
15:33 Engineer
17:05 Medic
21:32 Sniper
23:47 Spy
26:15 Taunts

Sizzyls Outro Song (2025+)

Szyl 2025-08-19 | Song: Bionic Zone by SupaBubba (@SupaBubbaMusic )
This is the full song of Sizzyl's outro for 2025 going forward uploaded in 4k resolution "60 fps" because why not. The visual is from the album art combined with a picture of my little guy. The further visuals throughout are SupaBubba's profile picture, a screenshot of our DMs where he said I'm good to use this as an outro, pieces of album art from his songs, and a bunch of other visuals from me.

I've gotten explicite permission from the artist who made this song to use this in all of my videos and ALSO upload this specific video titled "Sizzyl's Outro Song" that is just their song with a visual attached. That being said, please make sure to check out SupaBubba's other music/socials, they make great music!

Sizzyl: youtube.com/@Sizzyl
Outro (with visuals): youtu.be/gdyy1-U2BS0
Song on YT: youtu.be/yFAC-RSdHPs
Their Bandcamp: supabubba.bandcamp.com
Their Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/supabubba
Their Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/0o2ed14e5tgwigwezrj3nd4l6
Their YT Channel: youtube.com/@SupaBubbaMusic
Their Twitter/X: https://x.com/SupaBubbaMusic
Their Instagram: instagram.com/supabubbamusic
Their TikTok: tiktok.com/@supabubbamusic
Their (current) website: supabubba.com

Sizzyls Full Outro 2025+

Szyl 2025-08-19 | Graphics (except character art which I paid @ChrisQuay to make) made by me. Music by @SupaBubbaMusic.
Uploaded in 4k 60 FPS despite it almost never being used that way.
Full Outro Song: youtu.be/JjtMr5MlfWQ
Previous Outro: youtu.be/DgMTyc79n6I

playing TF2 but theres less flames

Szyl 2025-08-18 | Skeleton Hotel's custom flame particles were a little too much for me so I'm disabling em going forward (the 'burningplayer' particles).

More Flames: youtu.be/l9oR9sBHqGo
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U
Shoutout @Vanillamusic for making great beats to soloQ tf2 to (was listening to Nana Pt.2 from "Intro The Dream" while talking about his fire beats.

playing TF2 but i yap about youtube compression

Szyl 2025-08-16 | I hope this looks worse than the sharpened version as odd as that sounds.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
Sharpened 0.05 to 0.10: youtu.be/ueQtA0hpJsc
Sharpened 0.25: youtu.be/LVGEtfUkJfU

playing TF2 but it should be normal i think

Szyl 2025-08-14 | Hopefully this amount of sharpening doesn't looks completely awful.
Also funny cuz i messed up something else with this recording entirely.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
No Sharpness: youtu.be/jMRXoahDNac
Rundown of mods used: youtu.be/LVGEtfUkJfU

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:23 010 Sharpness
8:40 005 Sharpness

why does everyone hate Citadel???

Szyl 2025-08-12 | I feel like citadel is getting a lot of hate despite it being a really fun map to play and nice map to look at. Why does it get the hate it gets?

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
ZestyJesus Livestream: youtube.com/live/WLmJh0_HNGc
TheWhat Video: youtu.be/T4WJ8jJDE6A

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:19 Zesty Jesus Initial Take
1:52 TheWhatShow Take
3:08 My Quick Thoughts

playing TF2 with too many particle effects

Szyl 2025-08-08 | This is the third and final main particle effect pack option (Ghytd) and a decent middleground between the cartoon particle pack and skeleton hotel's HD particle pack. Personally not the biggest fan but maybe you are.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
Mods For This Showcase:
SizzylHUD custom HUD: github.com/tekunotri/sizzylhud and youtu.be/h2ISuthyV4s
Ghytd Particle Pack: gamebanana.com/mods/451166
Cukei's Casual Preloader (Mod Loader): gamebanana.com/tools/19049 OR github.com/cueki/casual-pre-loader

playing TF2 but in HD

Szyl 2025-08-06 | A guy named "Skeleton Hotel" has made quite a number of particles to effective play an "HD" version of TF2. This vid is a both a first impression and a showcase.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
Mods For This Showcase:
SizzylHUD custom HUD: github.com/tekunotri/sizzylhud and youtu.be/h2ISuthyV4s
Altered Healing FX: gamebanana.com/mods/422308
Altered Jump Trails: gamebanana.com/mods/11896
Other Skeleton Hotel particles found here: gamebanana.com/members/1414545
Cukei's Casual Preloader (Mod Loader): gamebanana.com/tools/19049 OR github.com/cueki/casual-pre-loader

playing TF2 but it looks more cartoonish

Szyl 2025-08-04 | Apparently you can actually play TF2 casual with the cartoon effects that are similar to the ones from the TF2 trailers. It looks and feels just as amazing as you'd think it does.

Music: youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE
Mods For This Showcase:
SizzylHUD custom HUD: github.com/tekunotri/sizzylhud and youtu.be/h2ISuthyV4s
Toon Particle Pack (Blood Particles+Jump Trail Disabled): gamebanana.com/mods/539244
Altered Healing FX: gamebanana.com/mods/422308
Altered Jump Trails: gamebanana.com/mods/11896
Cukei's Casual Preloader (Mod Loader): gamebanana.com/tools/19049 OR github.com/cueki/casual-pre-loader

Do tf2 skins give you tf2 wins?

Szyl 2025-08-01 | Sendoff for my beloved energy orb shotgun. RIP.

Music:
Title Screen - Mario Kart 7 OST
youtu.be/DLn1XZWCukE

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:13 Soldier
12:28 Pyro
26:41 Heavy
37:35 Engineer

make ANY microphone sound better in 2 minutes

Szyl 2025-07-30 | better (but longer) video: youtu.be/2oukn2wpPJ0
this is how to make your mic sound good in 2 minutes (you should also make sure to position it well and keep whatever wire you connect it with away from others to make it even better).
it expects you to have OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) installed which pretty much every content creator I'm aware of uses to make their vids atm.

TF2 Rare Shine Mean Captain & Sixth Sense Hunter + Vivid Plasma, Stormy/Blizzardy Storm, PFetti

Szyl 2025-07-27 | Small showcase of a "Rare Shine" Mean Captain that I currently own with a Vivid Plasma Soldier's Stash, Stormy Storm Pencil Pusher, Blizzardy Storm Le Party Phantom, and Pink Confetti Excquitie Rack

Music:
Rainbow Across The Skies - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse OST
Space Area - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse OST
That Stubborn Tree! - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse OST

Timestamps
0:00 Rare Shine Mean Captain
0:55 Rare Shine + Blizzardy Storm
1:55 Rare Shine + Stormy Storm
3:15 Rare Shine + Vivid Plasma
4:32 Different Team Color Shirts
4:58 Sixth Sense + Vivid Plasma
6:13 Sixth Sense + Stormy Storm
6:24 Sixth Sense + Blizzardy Storm
6:35 Alternate Team Color Versions
6:53 Sixth Sense + Vivid Plasma + Pink Confetti

Useful console commands I used to make this:
sv_cheats 1 : lets you use most of the commands below
mp_tournament 1; mp_tournament_restart : makes game timer infinite
mp_disable_respawn_times 1 : instant respawn
cl_drawhud 0 : disabled HUD in-game (but not in-menu)
bind o thirdperson : lets you use thirdperson
bind m thirdperson_mayamode : lets you turn your character in third person
bind l firstperson : back to first person

all in one command for quick initial setup
sv_cheats 1; mp_tournament 1; mp_tournament_restart ; mp_disable_respawn_times 1; cl_drawhud 0; bind o thirdperson; bind m thirdperson_mayamode; bind l firstperson

how to make ANY mic sound better (live demo)

Szyl 2025-07-25 | This video covers how you make any microphone (bad, good, or great) sound significantly better for free. It's pretty cool what you can accomplish with OBS filters.

OBS: obsproject.com
OBS On Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1905180/OBS_Studio
Fix Discord tweaking if you're using this outside of OBS somehow
1.) Go to the bottom of voice and video and hit 'Reset Voice Settings'
2.) Turn off 'Echo Cancellation' or 'Noise Supression' and see if that helps.
3.) Make sure the `Input Mode` sensitivity is set right
Also yes that's ludwig in the thumbnail, I couldn't be bothered with finding a random stock photo of someone else talking into a mic so I pulled a frame of a random livestream.

Timestamps
0:00 Intro (mic pre-filters)
0:22 Its Built In To OBS
0:38 How To Access Filters
0:50 Noise Supression
1:24 3-Band Equalizer (Fix Hissing Noise With Voice)
2:20 How To Listen To Yourself
2:52 Compressor (Make Quiet Things Louder)
4:23 Get Loud (Can Be Used As "Gain" Without Compressor)
6:06 Limiter
6:57 What EVERYONE Should Have
7:18 Noise Gate (Remove Breathing/Other Noise If Supression No Work)
9:10 Why I Try Not To Use Noise Gates
9:50 Use These Filters Outside Of OBS
10:30 Testing Background Noise
11:29 Noise Gate Live Setup
14:43 Physical Microphone Position MATTERS
16:01 Conclusion

#77 [FINAL] Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-23 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
Flankshark FULL stats (every game, KD ratio, win ratio, etc): tracker.gg/marvel-rivals/profile/ign/%C6%92lankshark/overview?mode=competitive&season=3
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#76 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-22 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#75 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#74 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-20 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#73 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#72 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-19 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#71 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#70 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-18 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#69 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#68 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-17 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#67 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#66 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-16 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#65 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#64 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-15 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#63 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#62 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-13 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#61 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#60 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-12 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#59 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#58 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-11 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#57 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#56 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-10 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#55 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#54 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-09 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#53 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

#52 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM

Szyl 2025-07-08 | After hitting GM by swapping characters to whatever I thought worked best at the time, how easy is it to hit GM again by just playing 1 'bad' hero in an unorthodox way [flankshark]?
My MR settings: youtu.be/WlLzDcTg4ws
Music: youtu.be/M0KeO_OwQ1U

#51 Flanking Jeff ONLY Marvel Rivals Bronze to GM