What an ungodly silly post. Knock back from running at a Pyro is very different from a choke being softcore stuffed by a Pyro at a distance. Detonator forces you to keep it out when u det it, increasing risk of being walked at or bombed by spy soldier demo vs scorch where u just can fire, spycheck/deny a bomber, and fire again rather easily and quickly. The det has a much shorter time of area denial, as it dets and is gone, vs the lingering scorch shot after it makes contact once. Imo the major reason to ban the scorch was the miniscule amount of input for all the output. I’m fine with the detonator cuz its input/output is significantly more balanced, and has the added benefit of making Pyro much more versatile if used proactively (see players det jumping to their China to get rid of spy pestering their combo). Scorch shot is silly. Keep it banned. Idc if the det is banned but Pyro with it unbanned is atleast slightly more interesting and keeps the phlog viable on swiftwater first, makes Asheville Pyro much more viable in bombs and roof control.
in conclusion Pyro sucks don’t play it
Edit2* I am fairly confident not a single player involved in the original ban debate watched any* video on scorch vs det.