What's the point of Hitchhiker's ability to crouch?

[Pierce]

I can't tell if his proximity warning radius gets smaller when crouching. If not, then what's the point of it? To teabag???

[reevestone]

His proximity warning does not decrease when crouching. It's practical use is mostly limited to allowing him to mostly conceal himself in grass and try to ambush people (his warning radius will give the presence of A Family member away but not who and where, so he can POTENTIALLY still surprise them, especially if Experienced Stalkers is up), and allowing him to move through the handful of crouch-only obstacles like the broken overhang in Slaughterhouse or the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Car in Gas Station.

And to teabag. Most people use it for that in my experience.

[Moon Sprout]

You can move under certain obstacles, but most importantly it allows you to scare the ♥♥♥♥ out of people and watch zones via third person without victims being able to see that you're doing so.

[Kahrox]

Originally posted by reevestone:

His proximity warning does not decrease when crouching. It's practical use is mostly limited to allowing him to mostly conceal himself in grass and try to ambush people (his warning radius will give the presence of A Family member away but not who and where, so he can POTENTIALLY still surprise them, especially if Experienced Stalkers is up), and allowing him to move through the handful of crouch-only obstacles like the broken overhang in Slaughterhouse or the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Car in Gas Station.

And to teabag. Most people use it for that in my experience.

I never understood why people teabag, considering most of the time its female characters. You would think people would have enough common sense to know that a female lacks the anatomy parts to realistically accomplish such and activity. everytime i see a female character teabag, it just shows me their low IQ level.

[Pat Fenis]

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[CelkyN6]

You could crouch in grass with it from a distance and wait for victims to reveal themselves thinking the coast is clear.

[WinkPuffin]

Originally posted by Kahrox:

I never understood why people teabag, considering most of the time its female characters. You would think people would have enough common sense to know that a female lacks the anatomy parts to realistically accomplish such and activity. everytime i see a female character teabag, it just shows me their low IQ level.

It's a video game. You realise this right? like.. the anatomy doesn't really exist? And you know that t-bag is just terminology to describe how the crouch mechanic is used... it's not like... an actual , real version of... a t-bagging situation??

Also I "tbag" to say hi to people and have fun. I don't do it in a toxic way like some do, but it's fun to do the "stanky leeeeg" for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles!!
Nothing wrong with saying goodbye at the gate (if someone is there or on their way... I don't hang around and hold the game hostage waiting for someone to come) but when I say goodbye it means thanks for the game, I'm outta here!! :)

[Mr. Fancy Pants. Bot.]

Honestly I use hitch hiker a lot. And when people see screen go crazy they usually panic and run away. The ammount of time bubba runs them right into my arms is crazy. And or i've had times where I forgot the map but there is a long narrow strip of bushes behind some boxes on I think gas station. And people are sneaking around in it a lot and i've had victims litterally crouch walk and stand almost right on top of me and almost ♥♥♥♥ themselves when I stand up and smack them. Hiker blends in SURPRISINGLY well when victims aren't specifically looking for him. Got a few kills because of it. It also helps when sneaking in the basement you can follow a victim and you don't trigger sound notification when you go through noisemakers and catch them by surprise coming up behind them or they literally walk right into you around the corner. Hitchhiker is the living embodiment of the element of surprise. I wish people would actually crouch with him more.

The main downside from what I understand fusebox is the main meta escape in this game which is really fast paced exit and when time is valuable you can't afford to be poking around. had 8 games in a row today where the only exits were fusebox exits. It's just so common. I strongly believe it needs nerfed. If there are 4 exits for every map and ONLY fusebox is chosen for every single one there is clearly something wrong that is making victims choose that.