Pro tip. Some of the bots are programmed to only shoot if they can hit the head. If you turn around and look down, this places your head hitbox behind the player model, making it so bots cannot actually headshot you. In many cases, they just won't shoot. Works wonders on good sniper players too.
@The Last Mlg most good snipers are quick scopers and only really hit you for 50. Its mainly used as a 'oh damn, there is a sniper in this sight line and I seem to have pushed too far out, let me retreat back to safety in such a way that the dps of sniper will not kill me". Plus, you rather be headshot?
Another cool thing is looking upwards as soldier or calling for a medic so your arm hitbox blocks your head hitbox. Also crouch and jump randomly to throw off a sniper's aim and prediction.
It doesn't work in TF2 since your character model can't look directly down. But if you look up on the other hand, that will work, since your arm will block the head hitbox.
Scout single-handedly plowing through the first wave of bots made him look more like a real fighter instead of a douchebag that we know. Also i like the fact that Heavy's minigun was actually accurate and wasn't throwing bullets around. The whole animation is simple yet so cool!
For whatever reason, Scout in the comics tends to pull through when the team needs him most, like when he died destroying a shit ton of robots, so I’d say this is fairly in character for him.
Dude may be cocky, incompetent, and doesn't know how to shut his mouth once in a while but he didn't became the mercenary and the team's hit n runner for nothing
I actually killed a bot in tf2 as scout once, but it was reloading and sadly a teammate had to die, one of the things I love about this community is despite the bot raids we stay strong and fight back for what’s right.
@@derdannyline2875 I mean in Germany safe mode is on by default, so there's no blood, and when they gib they turn into items related to the class e.g Engineer exploding into wrenches. So it makes in-lore sense.
@@Cysco8575 In this particular series, yes, there are human aimbots who possess enhancements specifically designed to instantly lock onto targets and shoot them
I have two things to say about this one. First of all, I can clearly see "Rise of the Epic Scout" metaphorically screaming for about a half of this video, and as a scout main i can relate to it Secondly, this animation is pretty damn good.
I loved the rise of the epic scout SFM! If crash maul does some more SFM’s, I will be so psyched up! Like white on spy was my favorite SFM out of the five she made so far.
I always love these depictions of Scout, as under the douchey facade he puts on there’s a genuine fighter and acrobat and it shows in animations like this
I think he should be portrayed like that in animations more regulary, yeah, he's a jerk, but overall a good guy and also a mercenary, I don't know why people portray him as a defenseless, douche bag, bad person.
@@The_Alpha_and_the_Omega0 I realize he was inspired by CrashMaul but just because he was inspired doesn't mean it wasn't perfect. I look forward to seeing the sequel
Ran into something like this and it made for one of the greatest stories in tf2 to stay with me. I'd joined a casual match (cart push) where every human player on the red team was gone and it was only bots. Blu team, though, were all still human... and one guy in particular with a pocket of people started to say 'go engineer!' and started to make a defensive line to stop the bots from pushing their cart. Everyone on our team, 15 players, formed the greatest defense unit seen, fixing each other's turrets, helping our brothers upgrade, staying in stock. It was a hell of a battle, but we held them back... but then... round two came. And we were the attackers. At first, they got us killed, blasted a good number of us, most didnt stand a chance in our own spawn... but some of those glorious bastards got a foot hold in. We even got a two medic and one heavy Uber charge in to mess with their flow. We moved our wall forwards, up and up, through the tunnel, out the wooden bridge, getting point on point. Sometimes we were stopped, but we found a way to keep going. Then we got the the final area, a full on open range with high grounds everywhere for the bots. They picked us off like mad and soon... we lost all our time and went into OVERTIME. On our last stand and a heartened shout, we kept people touching that cart and pushed like there was no tomorrow. The heavy medics combo charged in, engineers planting turrets at every ledge and watching with my two eyes... we pushed that cart down the hole. We had won. There were roars of cheers and celebrations amongst the explosion of the bot pit was victory. A we ran for the after game lap and gunned down them bots... and we were hopeful. Those bots... they were legion. But us? We were the WALL. The Texas Front.
Reminds me of another similar story that I found on TH-cam, the video shows a bot infestation on 2fort so everyone went engi and build a fotress, dodge the bullets, got the Intel, taunt the ever living crap out of the bots, and won
0:31 That would such a cool idea for a demo shield! Instead of giving you a charge attack you can raise it to tank a certain amount of non fire based damage with the charge bar being it's 'health' And you can't regain shield healh unless you have it lowered for 5 seconds THEN it starts to recover. It might be broken It might not. But it would be fun no matter what.
I don't know if you've ever played Vermintide, but playing a horde hack and slash as an iron breaker Bardin holding off giants strikes and volleys of minigun fire with a trusty shield just... *_m a n ._*
@@justjoking5252 i did, actually. I don't really understand shield mechanics, but really want to, so i'm playing outcast engineer, helps me out-gat the ratling gun.
never have i thought a guy who makes bots would make a sfm about the bot situation but despite that, its a good animation and you now have my respect as a person who wants to be an animator (idk how much is that worth tbh)
Wait, this guy makes bots? This guy is contributing to the bot crisis? This video was most likely made to divert people's focus away from the fact they make bots... Very suspicious if you ask me.
@@Nebula_Protogen752 not sure if the guy is deliberately trying to divert attention away from the crisis but he doea make bots, see the oldest vid like 2 yrs ago which is like a bot showcase?
@@walkingglasses6264 it would be way to idealistic and optimistic too assume people like that can have a change of heart. These hackers just host bots for the fun of it and enjoy the fact that they're slowly killing TF2, fueled by anger and suffering of those who fall victim to their bots. Trust me, none of those bot hosts will ever change their minds about what they're doing. They want TF2 to die and they want people to be angry at them. And they're not going to give up. They're just going to keep on going without stopping. Cheaters don't stop cheating, even after they've been caught or even when someone else attempts to force them to stop.
Incredible animation, I really enjoyed scout using all of the tools at his disposal to take all of the snipers down. Really shows how even if scout acts like a moron most of the time, he is still a merc, and a damn good one at that. The helicopter scenes were amazing and really brought a new flavor of death and destruction and is a unique way to introduce the heavy as a true killing machine. Keep up the amazing work!
I remember the one time we tried to seriously win against an all-bot sniper team after they'd booted all their human players. Defending the payload was simple enough: all Engies, hidden behind walls while the sentries did everything. Attacking was another matter: we had a heavy, a soldier, and everyone else was a Vaxx Medic playing "guess when the snipers are going to show" to try to stop our Heavy from dying as we huddled behind the cart while the Heavy stood on top.
I want to think that this video implies a lore where RED started to manufacture aimbots to win the Gravel Wars against BLU and now BLU is on a campaign to destroy every aimbot facility RED owns.
I hope you don't mind the comparison: You have your own style of animating and I noticed some Crash Maul vibes on it and I mean it in a good way. An awesome action-packed sfm! *Spoilers*: I really enjoyed the helicopter part, made things much more exciting! Would love to see more! :)
Oh wow, I did not expect to see you here! I'm a big fan of your voice acting, especially as the big bad boss in Like White on Spy. Although I am nowhere near as good as Crash Maul, I am still striving to improve my skills and hopefully mimic a fraction of what he can do someday. Thank you for your kind words 🙏
@@Enigmaballz Oh, thank you! I'm happy that my voice-acting is enjoyable :) You're definitely on the right path, plus the fact that this took you 2 years means you've improved since then. P.S if you ever need voice-acting I'd be more than happy to help!
bro, words cannot express how much i love this. its like those videos made by that youtuber that presents herself as a woman with green hair, forgot the name, the only video i remember was 'meet the white spy' or smth. its so good and you basically replicate that, oh my goodness i love it. keep it going man!
My man, you HAVE to continue this series. The animation is banger, that part with Heavy in the helicopter clutching, and that cliffhanger had no reason to go that hard
It's a very messy mixture of ragdoll recordings, stock death sequences, and hand animation. I did the ragdoll recordings using SFM's built-in TF2. The stock death sequences were mostly Sniper headshot death animations. Finally, I blended the two together with hand animation to make it look a little more realistic.
This is beautiful... I love me the rare Gmod or SFM movie that makes Scout a badass and not the Punching Bag character for everyone else to pick on or physically lash out on. So sick of that crap. With a character as fast as Scout, that makes him perfect for fast-paced Action films like this.
I'm someone who's recently been trying to get into tf2 (I don't really play fps's, but I love everything about tf2 from the story to the gameplay), the bot situation has been devastating on me. It really makes it difficult to learn the game when every casual match is filled to the brim with bots. It's like expecting someone to learn how to climb a tree, but you shoot them in the fucking head everytime they leave spawn.
A tip I heard about is if you turn around and look down, the bots won't be able to shoot you because they are programmed only to shoot the head. It's weird, and I can't really explain it. Might as well be worth a shot. (Pun not intended)
My condolences man, if there's anything I can recommend it would be community servers. The skill floor there is a lot higher, but if you're itching to play then try uncletopia or something.
3:35 Predator-1: Attention there is a big explosion in the center of the red base. Commander of the Blues: Great blue, the commander of the reds remains and I have a feeling that they have just started.
Danm , so not gonna lie This Scout was badass when he faced off against a horde of Aimbots, well not nearly the same level as the Epic scout from the Crash Maul but still badass though
Always enjoy seeing some amazing Action-focused SFM for TF2. And this is definitely a great one, it's got a style reminiscent of Crash Maul but has it's own ideas that I really enjoyed.
Bro, you almost have a(n) similar/identical animation style like Crash Maul… And I actually like that. Brings back memories from _“Rise of the Epic Scout”_ and _”Meet the Rabid taming Engineer”_
you could make a team fortress 2 animation as if it were a 2010 animation, I liked that time of the sfm animations they were quite simple with only using the voices of the characters or putting texts on the screen talking together about some subject that was relevant to the time .
Being able to pick up other ally's weapons even as other classes would be a neat game mode. It's balanced because you need to find them on the field unless you have a friend who can kill bind and give it to you. Then in that case you can make the match a death match where player's die permanently until the next round. Idk, but a pretty neat idea.
4:10 : the dude that cheats himself and has bought bot Immunity (yes... yes these people exist - no, hedidn't get kicked by his team untill the bots took over...)
@@Dedprotectr I'm not sure that's how it works as you need to know how the bots communicate. I don't think that's public knowledge and probably different for every bot hoster... On the other hand I have actually met people who bought immunity ingame...
Even though I don't play TF2 anymore, but I still play fps games, and the way scout goes against the sniper bot army is exactly what I feel like every time I successfully flank a full team of snipers using wise movements
An interesting fact, Since I'm a zombie mode fan and a TF2 fan at the same time, I reviewed the fragment where the helicopter flies and heai shoots, very similar to Viper 1-2, where we also shoot zombies from a minigun in a helicopter in zombie mode, cool done
I watched some older TF2 animated videos earlier this year, and this does kinda feels like of them, just with new element of TF2 bots as enemies plot. Good work
The amount of nostalga I've gotten from the soundtracks. I remember playing nexon zombies during 2016 with my potato toshiba, thanks for reigniting a memory and great sfm!
Really neat animation! I don't know much about SFM, so the only advice I can give would be to go for some more interesting music choices. Picking the right songs is tough when you want to remain monetized, but it's absolutely worth taking the time to look for appropriately fitting music as it can add a lot to an animation. Besides that, great job! And best of luck with your future videos.
I see a lot of inspiration taken from Crash Maul in terms of animation style and camera work, which you should be proud of because not many people can tackle this style! The one thing I immediately noticed tho, is the lack of custom lighting. You pretty much used the default daylight on the map which is alright, but things like firing a gun, explosions, and being on fire radiates lighting which wasn't present here, so I hope you can improve on that :D
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Pro tip. Some of the bots are programmed to only shoot if they can hit the head. If you turn around and look down, this places your head hitbox behind the player model, making it so bots cannot actually headshot you. In many cases, they just won't shoot. Works wonders on good sniper players too.
Well, the actual sniper players will still body shot you so, yeeeah
@The Last Mlg most good snipers are quick scopers and only really hit you for 50. Its mainly used as a 'oh damn, there is a sniper in this sight line and I seem to have pushed too far out, let me retreat back to safety in such a way that the dps of sniper will not kill me". Plus, you rather be headshot?
so the bots can melee u instead
Another cool thing is looking upwards as soldier or calling for a medic so your arm hitbox blocks your head hitbox. Also crouch and jump randomly to throw off a sniper's aim and prediction.
It doesn't work in TF2 since your character model can't look directly down. But if you look up on the other hand, that will work, since your arm will block the head hitbox.
Scout single-handedly plowing through the first wave of bots made him look more like a real fighter instead of a douchebag that we know. Also i like the fact that Heavy's minigun was actually accurate and wasn't throwing bullets around. The whole animation is simple yet so cool!
For whatever reason, Scout in the comics tends to pull through when the team needs him most, like when he died destroying a shit ton of robots, so I’d say this is fairly in character for him.
Dude may be cocky, incompetent, and doesn't know how to shut his mouth once in a while but he didn't became the mercenary and the team's hit n runner for nothing
Maybe heavy adds improved barrel thats make sasha shoot straight than normal barrel
I actually killed a bot in tf2 as scout once, but it was reloading and sadly a teammate had to die, one of the things I love about this community is despite the bot raids we stay strong and fight back for what’s right.
Scout can be quite the difference maker in any pub in casual or competitive which is why he’s my most played class out of
I love the small touch how all the aimbot snipers are literally just robots and have the particles and sounds of one.
Thank you :) It was mostly to emphasize that these are indeed bots and not actual human aimbots, unlike the sniper at 4:02 near the end
@@Enigmaballz It is possible for human aimbots to be cyborgs (or enhaced humans)?
In germany all of the characters are robots. The diference between them and bots was which have their main programs altered and which not.
@@derdannyline2875 I mean in Germany safe mode is on by default, so there's no blood, and when they gib they turn into items related to the class e.g Engineer exploding into wrenches. So it makes in-lore sense.
@@Cysco8575 In this particular series, yes, there are human aimbots who possess enhancements specifically designed to instantly lock onto targets and shoot them
Turning TF2’s biggest nuisance into an absolute masterpiece of a short action movie, my guy I need more of this
Wonders of tf2 community
I dont get how this guy used to be TF2' biggest nuisance, I apologize, im kinda new to the community
@Squirrelasoarus they meant the bots are a nuisance
The Scout or the bots? Lol
Definitely the bots.
"Only the scout, mastered all the weapons could stop the ruthless aimbots, and when the world needed him the most... He returned"
oh come on.....
hahahahaha 😂👍
....wait....it cant be....OR CAN IT?....NO WAY.
...i dont think it is, but i also think it is at the same time.
Bullet rocket fire explosive
My grandmother used to tell me stories about the golden age of TF2.
I have two things to say about this one.
First of all, I can clearly see "Rise of the Epic Scout" metaphorically screaming for about a half of this video, and as a scout main i can relate to it
Secondly, this animation is pretty damn good.
Yeah nothings more fun then flanking a sniper and just getting that sweet 104 on them lol
I loved the rise of the epic scout SFM! If crash maul does some more SFM’s, I will be so psyched up! Like white on spy was my favorite SFM out of the five she made so far.
@@smokeyredmeadowShe?
I can tell after watching epic scout
It’s because of 0:18 isn’t it?
Honestly, the scout moves, attacks, and strategic thinking really gets some Elden Ring vibes.
I think the double roll into shotgun came from bloodborne
Dark souls but with guns
@@NaisanSama yup pretty much
@@awanderer3047 I fuckin KNEW that looked familiar
My god you people are as bad as the memes say. "BRO ITS LITTERALLY SOULBORNE RING FIGHTER DUDDEEE" God i fucking hate normies
This is amazing! Just 4 minutes of really well-made action! The posing of the scout everytime he fires a gun was really nice.
oh hey stickmations
It's an honor, thank you 🙏
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My favorite video of yours is "the horsemann hunt".
I always love these depictions of Scout, as under the douchey facade he puts on there’s a genuine fighter and acrobat and it shows in animations like this
I think he should be portrayed like that in animations more regulary, yeah, he's a jerk, but overall a good guy and also a mercenary, I don't know why people portray him as a defenseless, douche bag, bad person.
@@swampfire_edits8976 a little coward but not all time, like in his dead on the comics, he is not scared and kill all roblts before to die
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crash mauls depiction of scout is insane
This gives me Rise of the Epic Scout vibes. In fact this gives me Crash Maul vibes with all the action and style. Great work!
And the stare. The moment he made that stare, I knew he was going to be an Epic Scout
This is the only way the scout should be portrayed in my eyes. An unapologetic badass.
One whose bark is just as big as his bite.
@@kodiakbear9794Shut
@@adamkirkpatrick7681 yeesh, why the sudden outburst?
@@fleshdadbot6852wish I could've seen what he said
I think that a refrence to rise of the epic scout
It's not perfect, but deserves so much more attention. Keep it up man
how is this not perfect bro? Its very good
I disagree, this level quality reminds me of the fight of sawmill
@@The_Alpha_and_the_Omega0 I realize he was inspired by CrashMaul but just because he was inspired doesn't mean it wasn't perfect. I look forward to seeing the sequel
@@walmir8780 agreed
@@walmir8780lights in some areas are wrong, and I think actions in some scenes is too adrupt. But still the whole animation is very very good
This is so goddamn good, holy merry mother of Joseph. You deserve A LOT of attention for the work you put on the animation.
Don’t say His name in vain.
hes a bot hoster. he teaches how to bot. he has unlisted videos showing so.
0:18 *Matthew Bryce has joined the chat, aka epic scout*
Ran into something like this and it made for one of the greatest stories in tf2 to stay with me.
I'd joined a casual match (cart push) where every human player on the red team was gone and it was only bots. Blu team, though, were all still human... and one guy in particular with a pocket of people started to say 'go engineer!' and started to make a defensive line to stop the bots from pushing their cart. Everyone on our team, 15 players, formed the greatest defense unit seen, fixing each other's turrets, helping our brothers upgrade, staying in stock. It was a hell of a battle, but we held them back... but then... round two came. And we were the attackers.
At first, they got us killed, blasted a good number of us, most didnt stand a chance in our own spawn... but some of those glorious bastards got a foot hold in. We even got a two medic and one heavy Uber charge in to mess with their flow. We moved our wall forwards, up and up, through the tunnel, out the wooden bridge, getting point on point. Sometimes we were stopped, but we found a way to keep going. Then we got the the final area, a full on open range with high grounds everywhere for the bots. They picked us off like mad and soon... we lost all our time and went into OVERTIME. On our last stand and a heartened shout, we kept people touching that cart and pushed like there was no tomorrow. The heavy medics combo charged in, engineers planting turrets at every ledge and watching with my two eyes... we pushed that cart down the hole. We had won. There were roars of cheers and celebrations amongst the explosion of the bot pit was victory. A we ran for the after game lap and gunned down them bots... and we were hopeful.
Those bots... they were legion.
But us? We were the WALL. The Texas Front.
Holy… nice story
Fantastic
Now that's how you do it Texas style! Makes this Texan proud.
Reminds me of another similar story that I found on TH-cam, the video shows a bot infestation on 2fort so everyone went engi and build a fotress, dodge the bullets, got the Intel, taunt the ever living crap out of the bots, and won
@@rudysarmiento8700you are talking about the video calles "how we defended 2fort from the bots", right?
0:31 That would such a cool idea for a demo shield! Instead of giving you a charge attack you can raise it to tank a certain amount of non fire based damage with the charge bar being it's 'health' And you can't regain shield healh unless you have it lowered for 5 seconds THEN it starts to recover. It might be broken It might not. But it would be fun no matter what.
Of course that can put the Demo in very dangerous situations
I don't know if you've ever played Vermintide, but playing a horde hack and slash as an iron breaker Bardin holding off giants strikes and volleys of minigun fire with a trusty shield just... *_m a n ._*
@@justjoking5252 i did, actually.
I don't really understand shield mechanics, but really want to, so i'm playing outcast engineer, helps me out-gat the ratling gun.
Medic players like myself would kill to have this shield. I'd gladly replace the übersaw or the crossbow with it
@@fleshdadbot6852 why outcast engie when you can be a *S L A Y E R*
never have i thought a guy who makes bots would make a sfm about the bot situation but despite that, its a good animation and you now have my respect as a person who wants to be an animator
(idk how much is that worth tbh)
Wait, this guy makes bots? This guy is contributing to the bot crisis? This video was most likely made to divert people's focus away from the fact they make bots... Very suspicious if you ask me.
@@Nebula_Protogen752 not sure if the guy is deliberately trying to divert attention away from the crisis but he doea make bots, see the oldest vid like 2 yrs ago which is like a bot showcase?
@@walkingglasses6264 yes. But it's odd how someone who promotes bots suddenly created a video that's against bots.
@@Nebula_Protogen752 maybe an image change? Chnage of heart? Idk man
@@walkingglasses6264 it would be way to idealistic and optimistic too assume people like that can have a change of heart. These hackers just host bots for the fun of it and enjoy the fact that they're slowly killing TF2, fueled by anger and suffering of those who fall victim to their bots. Trust me, none of those bot hosts will ever change their minds about what they're doing. They want TF2 to die and they want people to be angry at them. And they're not going to give up. They're just going to keep on going without stopping. Cheaters don't stop cheating, even after they've been caught or even when someone else attempts to force them to stop.
Incredible animation, I really enjoyed scout using all of the tools at his disposal to take all of the snipers down. Really shows how even if scout acts like a moron most of the time, he is still a merc, and a damn good one at that. The helicopter scenes were amazing and really brought a new flavor of death and destruction and is a unique way to introduce the heavy as a true killing machine. Keep up the amazing work!
I remember the one time we tried to seriously win against an all-bot sniper team after they'd booted all their human players. Defending the payload was simple enough: all Engies, hidden behind walls while the sentries did everything. Attacking was another matter: we had a heavy, a soldier, and everyone else was a Vaxx Medic playing "guess when the snipers are going to show" to try to stop our Heavy from dying as we huddled behind the cart while the Heavy stood on top.
MvM hitting different
@@catmanmliolunnyyep
Did you win?
2:40 stealth chopper Gunner be like
Nice scoretreak from call of duty
True
This guy is a lot like Epic Scout, he's got potential.
Matthew Brice in a universe where bots have taken over Mann Co.
They even recreated that zoom in on the closed eyes opening to determination shot
@@MrSailing101 Btw, I am talking about the Scout, not the animator.
@@Multi1 that neither changes nor contradicts my statement, and does not even remove it from context.
@@Multi1yeah, MrSailing is saying when epic scout snaps open his eyes after getting his speed boost, they both do the same eye snap open/close-up
I want to think that this video implies a lore where RED started to manufacture aimbots to win the Gravel Wars against BLU and now BLU is on a campaign to destroy every aimbot facility RED owns.
I hope you don't mind the comparison:
You have your own style of animating and I noticed some Crash Maul vibes on it and I mean it in a good way. An awesome action-packed sfm!
*Spoilers*:
I really enjoyed the helicopter part, made things much more exciting!
Would love to see more! :)
Oh wow, I did not expect to see you here! I'm a big fan of your voice acting, especially as the big bad boss in Like White on Spy. Although I am nowhere near as good as Crash Maul, I am still striving to improve my skills and hopefully mimic a fraction of what he can do someday. Thank you for your kind words 🙏
@@Enigmaballz Oh, thank you! I'm happy that my voice-acting is enjoyable :)
You're definitely on the right path, plus the fact that this took you 2 years means you've improved since then.
P.S if you ever need voice-acting I'd be more than happy to help!
3:48 “Why we still here, just to suffer.”
bro, words cannot express how much i love this. its like those videos made by that youtuber that presents herself as a woman with green hair, forgot the name, the only video i remember was 'meet the white spy' or smth. its so good and you basically replicate that, oh my goodness i love it. keep it going man!
Accurate representation of tf2:Scout dies to bot malds switches to Demoknight with gun
Also rare occurrence of a Scout pushing point
Man the poses that scout makes are top tier stuff amazing job
Not going to lie this video will be become very famous in few years.
It will be a message to te future generations
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Probably.
My man, you HAVE to continue this series. The animation is banger, that part with Heavy in the helicopter clutching, and that cliffhanger had no reason to go that hard
At 02:46, how did you get the ragdolls to "ragdoll"? It looks so real and not hand-drawn.
It's a very messy mixture of ragdoll recordings, stock death sequences, and hand animation.
I did the ragdoll recordings using SFM's built-in TF2. The stock death sequences were mostly Sniper headshot death animations. Finally, I blended the two together with hand animation to make it look a little more realistic.
Love your work btw, I remember watching your TF2 and other games crossovers series back in 2019 :D
This is beautiful... I love me the rare Gmod or SFM movie that makes Scout a badass and not the Punching Bag character for everyone else to pick on or physically lash out on. So sick of that crap. With a character as fast as Scout, that makes him perfect for fast-paced Action films like this.
A masterpiece, as always!
This feels like a perfect TF2 war film. I love this animation
This feels like somewhat connected to The Rise of The Epic Scout series, given the fact he's a Blu Scout.
0:43 Epik Scout is crying on the sidelines
Nah he's just being proud of this guy here
Great animation man! I am thankfully that they algorithm has blessed me with this hidden gem. cant wait for your next work! :)
Now that, was amazing. I love how you told a story with so little words
I'm someone who's recently been trying to get into tf2 (I don't really play fps's, but I love everything about tf2 from the story to the gameplay), the bot situation has been devastating on me. It really makes it difficult to learn the game when every casual match is filled to the brim with bots. It's like expecting someone to learn how to climb a tree, but you shoot them in the fucking head everytime they leave spawn.
A tip I heard about is if you turn around and look down, the bots won't be able to shoot you because they are programmed only to shoot the head. It's weird, and I can't really explain it. Might as well be worth a shot. (Pun not intended)
My condolences man, if there's anything I can recommend it would be community servers. The skill floor there is a lot higher, but if you're itching to play then try uncletopia or something.
3:35 Predator-1: Attention there is a big explosion in the center of the red base.
Commander of the Blues: Great blue, the commander of the reds remains and I have a feeling that they have just started.
Basically the ending of the "die machine" map in bocw
And we have a 3 k.i.a agents
Awesome work dude! Can't wait to see what you do next
I have never witnessed good cinematography like this in a basic tf2 map
DAMN, THIS SFM IS S-TIER NO CAP, IT DESERVES IT!
if only it were that easy
Danm , so not gonna lie
This Scout was badass when he faced off against a horde of Aimbots,
well not nearly the same level as the Epic scout from the Crash Maul but still badass though
OMG! That scout was giving me some awesome deja vu of "Rise of the Epic Scout"!
Awesome man, good job.
Good work man! I love the animation and story!
Ah yes. a helicopter in tf2.
I guess that is the helicopter soldier ment when the description for the whirly warrior was being made.
What made me laugh more was the fact it's an Mi8 "Hip", a Soviet designed helicopter, with Heavy as the door gunner.
The gun poses are awesome and I love the detail of nuts and bolts spilling out of the aimbots when they're shot, very good job!
I love the Rise of the epic scout reference in this whole vid lmao
Love the souls dodge rolls at 1:38
Always enjoy seeing some amazing Action-focused SFM for TF2. And this is definitely a great one, it's got a style reminiscent of Crash Maul but has it's own ideas that I really enjoyed.
Holy hell scouts posing during action scenes felt so friggin dynamic, Fantastic work!
This was brilliant, my guy.
I was really rooting for Scout the entire time.
ive always wanted to make an animation like this of 1 character taking on all the odds, looks amazing, you're an inspiration
Very old school type sfm i love it
I liked the idea of carrying the bomb through the air. Imagine this like a gamemode
2:29 shit just went 0 to a hundred real fuking fast
HELICOPTER HELICOPTER
Bro, you almost have a(n) similar/identical animation style like Crash Maul…
And I actually like that.
Brings back memories from _“Rise of the Epic Scout”_ and _”Meet the Rabid taming Engineer”_
You’re not up against a team of Sniper mains anymore. Those things are human sentries.
This is to honor those who survived the aimbot crisis of 2020-2022
This guy made a bot show case 2 years ago, he was one of the ring leaders
survived? man it’s still happening
holy shit this was badass this should be the saxxy winner of 2023
you could make a team fortress 2 animation as if it were a 2010 animation, I liked that time of the sfm animations they were quite simple with only using the voices of the characters or putting texts on the screen talking together about some subject that was relevant to the time .
This is heavily underrated for someone who has 4k subs
Bro deserves more subs
I'm glad people still make these, nice work :)
0:53 this part has meme potential
0:18 That an Epic Scout reference?
sure it is
Duuuude, you got damn right.
god damn right
He awakens the epic scout spirit within him.
What happens if it is him🤯
Being able to pick up other ally's weapons even as other classes would be a neat game mode. It's balanced because you need to find them on the field unless you have a friend who can kill bind and give it to you. Then in that case you can make the match a death match where player's die permanently until the next round. Idk, but a pretty neat idea.
spy with a huntsman
scout with a phlogistinator
heavy with two shotguns
I can’t say anything anybody hasn’t already said
This is simply excellent.
Now, this is refreshing SFM great work!
imagine if a scout main actually did this in tf2
how do you have so little views?? this is amazing!
okay this SFM is really good
scout gaming
This was honestly AWESOME
Splendid job!
This felt like a spiritual successor to rise of the epic scout, well done
Animation improvement 💯
These are the heroes we need, and the heroes we deserve
Glad to hear the music from Counter Strike Extreme lols
4:10 : the dude that cheats himself and has bought bot Immunity
(yes... yes these people exist - no, hedidn't get kicked by his team untill the bots took over...)
Realistically, if you're cheating yourself. You can actually use cheats to tell the bots you're one of them, even without actually using the cheat
@@Dedprotectr I'm not sure that's how it works as you need to know how the bots communicate. I don't think that's public knowledge and probably different for every bot hoster... On the other hand I have actually met people who bought immunity ingame...
1:03 fucking RANGED PARRY
Yep
Really good animation!
Even though I don't play TF2 anymore, but I still play fps games, and the way scout goes against the sniper bot army is exactly what I feel like every time I successfully flank a full team of snipers using wise movements
This is the best sfm animation
An interesting fact, Since I'm a zombie mode fan and a TF2 fan at the same time, I reviewed the fragment where the helicopter flies and heai shoots, very similar to Viper 1-2, where we also shoot zombies from a minigun in a helicopter in zombie mode, cool done
2:58 Pilot: Tim Blue, Predator-1 has flown out, wait for the evacuation point at 1;30 minutes.
0:01 that cso theme bring back my childhood🥲
Ah yes rich kid giving away legendary weapons.... good old times
@@TaktyczneMleko yup,good old time🥲
@@TaktyczneMlekoThere is nothing like that in the video though??
1:52 Karl Fairburne!?
Wtflip is DAT?
Scout's shoes looks so different 0:42
This was just plain epic! You've earned a subscriber!
The helicopter was so out of left field, it was hilarious!
3:29 now that's taking out the trash!
With a big boom boom
great video😁😁😁
when bots invade a community server:
The fact that the gibus-hat sniper bots have become such a huge event that animations are being made about it is crazy
I watched some older TF2 animated videos earlier this year, and this does kinda feels like of them, just with new element of TF2 bots as enemies plot. Good work
Sniper at the end complaining that his accounts keep getting banned
3:27 ain't no way he managed to get the helicopter THAT close without jamming the blades with the environment.... 💀
The ending has a Westworld reset feel
The amount of nostalga I've gotten from the soundtracks. I remember playing nexon zombies during 2016 with my potato toshiba, thanks for reigniting a memory and great sfm!
Really neat animation! I don't know much about SFM, so the only advice I can give would be to go for some more interesting music choices. Picking the right songs is tough when you want to remain monetized, but it's absolutely worth taking the time to look for appropriately fitting music as it can add a lot to an animation. Besides that, great job! And best of luck with your future videos.
Thanks for the feedback, appreciated!
I see a lot of inspiration taken from Crash Maul in terms of animation style and camera work, which you should be proud of because not many people can tackle this style! The one thing I immediately noticed tho, is the lack of custom lighting. You pretty much used the default daylight on the map which is alright, but things like firing a gun, explosions, and being on fire radiates lighting which wasn't present here, so I hope you can improve on that :D
Thank you for the feedback :)
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