Funny thing is that they nearly could’ve excused Soldier’s remark as a product of his natural stupidity. “Hey, uh, Soldier…you know regular watches don’t do that.” “Oh. That would explain why the BLUs still shoot at me.”
@@bygavia9118that would require them to have said something or corrected soldier on the topic of a regular watch, but this was a spy watch, and soldier doesn’t know how it is to use a spy watch, only at the worst of what it does from how often he may face other spies
@@lordgrub12345 Heavy in comics isn't stupid but he was naive enough to think Classic Heavy would fight him hand to hand. Sniper is quite paranoid and dying once maybe scrambled his brain a little. Pyro is Pyro. Demoman is too intoxicated to think straight most of the time and Medic scooped a part of his brain so he would stop asking about his missing eye but a sober Demo is just a nice and chill dude who looks after his mom. The Spy is quite smart and cunning, after all he needs to be since his job demands it. Engineer is a high level genius and he end up being The Administrator (litterally his boss) caretaker while Miss Pauling was assembling the team again. Now we have Scout who is kind of dumb Soldier is a lead poisoned idiot (with a good heart in the end) And the Medic is highly intelligent but also a mad scientist obsessed with doing scientifically impossible medical "miracles".
@@Cysco8575I like this break down of the characters :) could use more detailing, like how Scout can be a good friend in a teenager sense, but good in general.
@@juussivePalate I do not trust the Respawn Machine... There is nothing to do while You wait for to respawn The other day I died and I wait and wait and when I eventually respawned the Battle was already over and My Family have been dead for 50 years I am never doing that again! And worst of all the damn Gravel Wars are still going! Why is this Pointless War still going even after the death of Blutarch and Redmond? I know it pays well and even covers Healthcare and all of that but I am just done with this Pointless War I am moving to Japan or something just to stay away from this mesh
@@juussivePalateEmesis Blue isn't actually canon to TF2 y'know. It's quite literally fanfiction, and also borderline plagiarism of the 1920s film 'M' and 1980s film 'The Shining', mixed with lines of dialogue ripped wholesale from 'The Sopranos' and a few other things. It's one thing to be inspired by something, but to copy entire pages of dialogue goes beyond that.
I wonder if the red spy actually had suspicions first. It could be argued that his comment about turning visible again was a ploy to make the blue spy slip up.
@@Pindeckoo1 Agreed. The way he suddenly talks about his own watch without as much of surprise or acknowledgement of Soldier's compliment leads me to believe he planned that out to root him out. That and the fact that both Heavy and Sniper were quite surprised and shouting at the blue spy while the red spy was simply eyeing him makes me think he was suspect of him from the beginning.
If Soldier only having two cards left wasn't enough proof that he was a Spy, then the fact that he didn't launch himself at Scout for being a bad player should've.
Why does him having two cards left prove he’s a spy? At first thought his annoyed reaction at spy and heavy talking was because he was about to win but had to wait🤷♂️
@@auzziemobboss5148Probably because he wanted to win to be able to stop playing, remember he's a spy, so he should want to get off the game as fast as he can. Also, him being annoyed is because RED Heavy and Spy were talking about killing his friends/teammates (BLU Spy teammates)
@@vannyvan.Same but, he doesn't know much about their red soldier, and go what he assumes, yes he try to play idiot but, he doesn't know the red soldier like the others does.
I like how Sniper tunes out most of the conversation but his mouth twitches when he hears, "I hate it too," and when he processes what Soldier says he doesn't know what to say except "what"
@@rowen616 definitely, my headcanon here is that he doesn't talk to a lot of people on the team but hangs out with scout because they're close in age and would like similar things + scout wouldn't stop bothering him
@@thedeliveryboy1123 i just how horrific it turn when you realise soldier was getting irritated hearing how all his friends are killed and how the ones who did it are talking about it with pride.
I love seeing little details like that be spotted by people who are more familiar than I when it comes to card games n whatnot. Idk, I've always found it really funny.
I love the grounded approach. You don't get to see these often, as the community loves to exaggerate the characters and their traits (not that it's a bad thing). It feels like a breath of fresh air.
It felt so natural that halfway through I was wondering why the voices were spliced in an official animation. I had to do a double take and remember that valve didn’t make this.
That's actually incredible. It feels like a shot from canceled TF2 Adult Swim series. Like the humor, the suspense and the quality of the animation itself is great!
Honestly if only valve kept that, we would've had a REAL series of the off duty days of the mercs, each other having their own episode or even the enemies trying to impersonate their enemy. It would've been amazing
1:29 the sniper having a realistic reaction is so great, the silent but concerning "What?" always gets me OH MY GOD THE WAY HE LOOKS UP BEFORE TURNING TO SPY IS AMAZING
Super high quality animation! I really love the interactions between the mercenaries here, it feels very natural. I also really like how the Soldier asking about the mission is suspicious enough to be a hint at what's really going on but subtle enough to fly under the radar on a first watch. Fantastic work!
It was really smooth how that was in there. My tf2 nerd brain just assumed soldier was just being stupid as usual until the end, really cool foreshadowing!
There is just one little disturbing point: blue spy reacted about using a dead ringer. So we do not know in the end if he is really dead or if he used his dead ringer. It could have be great if the blue spy was trying to flee by becoming invisible when he got shot.
this deserves so much attention. The characters are captured so well, I can see this happening canonically. The idea that this has probably happened in the tf2 universe makes me giggle.
I’ve not seen such a well animated and coreographed TF2 video in a long time. I thought I had grown used to all possible interactions between the classes but the execution here was very refreshing. Happy to see SFM is still going strong.
This is extraordinary! All the slowly mounting cues from soldier, starting with his anger about the killing of his team mates is great! Especially that topic change he does.
Spoiler alert!!! 0:54 i don't know if it's intentional, but i love the the blu lighting on soldier, foreshadowing him being a spy Edit 1.1 (5 september 2024): added a spoiler alert
This is so amazing, you capture their personalities so well and the lighting reminds me so much of actual valve work. From the very first shot, i knew i was in for a ride. I had to rewind every single shot multiple times to analyze everything. The animation quality is beyond amazing. Good work!
But kinda stupid when he slipped up way too easily when he asked a question about the mission, only to reveal that he was the enemy. Idk about red and blue but, blue spy tries to squeeze in like the red team but, he slipped up way too soon
Really cool animation dude! The casual conversation with the mercs seems so natural and not a lot of choppy dialogue, plus the animation was really smooth
the realization hit at 1:24 when we all heard what soldier said. the silence was loud. the hint was recieved. red soldier was the blue spy. i laughed the moment i understood that xD
I just can't leave this one alone. It never deviates too heavily from the source material and TOTALLY feels like a part of the universe. The animation is traditional and looks like the official team worked on it, the aesthetic is perfect for the setting and the subject of the video is hilarious.
Somehow I'm not surprised that the Heavy is great at rummy, and the Scout having a book of jokers (and thinking it's a good thing) is absolutely on brand for him.
i love how this brings the mercs characters to light just like in the comics, heavy as chill as he is spending the evening with his mates, spy being luxurious both with his play and time, and sniper ofc being the quiet one this is beyond perfect and i need more of it
The fact that by the lines with soldier, the red team know much about each other so well, they know Soldier wouldn't say a line that doesn't match his traits of himself. If only Blu spy didn't spill too much tea in commenting on the dead ringer... too well.
Gonna rehash what everyone's saying here but man, this is something I've been interested in seeing for quite some time. Just a slice of life of the TF2 mercs in a believable setting and scenario, but executed professionally. It's nothing crazy or insane, but like another commenter said, it's grounded and feels real. Big fan of the direction with this, it's well thought-out and feels like something that would've been used for official marketing; it's a short film, not so much a typical "SFM".
Wow what an amazing animation! It really feels like an official valve animation tbh. I love how the scene feels super natural as if it's how the mercs would actually interact with each other. And the small details are top notch, like how you captured the personality of each merc; sniper's calm and reserved stance or heavy's confident and relaxed state is a clear example of that. Not to mention the subtle animation like the little bobbles of soldier's helmet and scout's dog tags are just super fun to watch and really help immerse you. Even on a rewatch I'm catching new details like the little twitch of the fingers at 1:44 showing the blu spy's nervousness and panic or that there is a subtle blue lighting over the soldier to hint at the reveal of him being a spy. You have done an excellent job here, well done!
Had anyone sent me this video and said it was valve's, I woulda believe them, I swear, they look hella natural, Even the cut voicelines doesn't seem that out of place. Amazing work!
Oh man this animation is SO GOOD. The interactions are super in-character and it was nice watching this twice, knowing the plot twist the second time. The ending made me laugh too. XD Fantastic work!
This feels perfect, the way the characters interact feels so grounded and accurate, and not the usual overly exaggerated like in most other SFMs. The only part that makes this feel less like an official short is the voice mixxing, but that's just a nitpick. It would be interesting to get the actual voice actors on this, and with good impressions for scout and soldier.
Scout, behind all the chaos, pulls out two jokers from a 2nd deck from his mess of a secondary slot to win. This just seems right. Spy doesn't seem like the kind to care for his colleagues, this is what seperates the blue from the red spy.
absolutely lovely , lighting , face expressions , god the blue lighting on soldier and (do we keep playing) and most of all the 1:53 . i would love to see more of you keep it up cheers
I´ve been thinking all day about this masterpiece. You made every character perfectly, they feel exactly like you see em in game or in official shorts. Small details as the sniper being the first one to catch on what the blue spy said. The lighting on the soldiers helmet. Scout just doing his own thing for the whole short just as he does in real matchs. Every single detail is just perfect and I already have watched this at least 5 times
I like the blue spie's gun misfiring after it gets shot out of his hand. It's a small detail that most productions wouldn't bother with, but it adds a little bit extra to the scene
@@Vex-Pegasus I mean, the guy isn't a keen reader so, seeing the comments talk about how the four joker was cards, its imposable, so scout either stupidly got lucky or stupidly placed down a deck of cards he doesn't know but assumes xD
I absolutely love the video man, the hints of Soldier being spy, the characters feeling close to their real personalities from the comics and very subtle and fluid animation. I hope to see more awesome stuff from you man. One hell of a introduction to an animation channel and best of luck to the future stuff!
That's an insanely smooth animation, it looks official in a way. Fantastic job! And the little story, the way we just see them chill and enjoy some time off. Great stuff.
Heavy coping with the loss of poker night at the inventory. Also, in my head, Scout hired the BLU spy so he could cheat. Also also I love the blue light on Soldier.
This is one of the greatest tf2 vids I’ve seen in a long time. The grounded approach to these characters is very touching. Not to mention the visuals, they’re so good!
Something I noticed towaeds the end of my first viewing thats pretty rad, _every_ shot with the soldier had blue lighting. Thats so good! Its really subtle, and a second viewing it works so well even when you know!
the animation is so nice and their chemistry is so cute!!! 😭😭 the subtle expressions, the comedic timing... + i keep rewatching for all the little details people point out in the comments.. truly a masterpiece of modern art
"Soldier" could actually come out of this situation talking about watches "I hate it too, it happens all the time... and I have to see your frog face again, Frenchie!" turning it into a joke
![The Art of Spychecking [SFM]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/M9kmE82QYQg/mqdefault.jpg)
Blue Spy got too deep into character and briefly became a dumbass himself. So sad.
Funny thing is that they nearly could’ve excused Soldier’s remark as a product of his natural stupidity.
“Hey, uh, Soldier…you know regular watches don’t do that.”
“Oh. That would explain why the BLUs still shoot at me.”
@@bygavia9118that would require them to have said something or corrected soldier on the topic of a regular watch, but this was a spy watch, and soldier doesn’t know how it is to use a spy watch, only at the worst of what it does from how often he may face other spies
maybe not, he definitly had some dead ringer with him and faked his death
@@bygavia9118 The BLU spy was an amateur on all fronts. He easily could've played that one off.
It touches me when Heavy clarifies "not you" after a scout's question
I do like to think that the mercs do like scout. Scout and heavy seems to get along best, along with scout and sniper
@@henryattfield8979 in game scout is a douche, but comic accurate scout is just stupid
@@topminator2991 like all comic characters
@@lordgrub12345 Heavy in comics isn't stupid but he was naive enough to think Classic Heavy would fight him hand to hand.
Sniper is quite paranoid and dying once maybe scrambled his brain a little.
Pyro is Pyro.
Demoman is too intoxicated to think straight most of the time and Medic scooped a part of his brain so he would stop asking about his missing eye but a sober Demo is just a nice and chill dude who looks after his mom.
The Spy is quite smart and cunning, after all he needs to be since his job demands it.
Engineer is a high level genius and he end up being The Administrator (litterally his boss) caretaker while Miss Pauling was assembling the team again.
Now we have Scout who is kind of dumb
Soldier is a lead poisoned idiot (with a good heart in the end)
And the Medic is highly intelligent but also a mad scientist obsessed with doing scientifically impossible medical "miracles".
@@Cysco8575I like this break down of the characters :) could use more detailing, like how Scout can be a good friend in a teenager sense, but good in general.
"what"
-sniper
More like "wut ? "
“What’d you say lad?”
It was played so candidly subtle, I love it.
"what"
-me
Apples
lmao the way sniper just slowly realizes what "soldier" said and goes.... "what"
"Now i know it's sounds bad..."
Great stuff, was very enjoyable to watch!
You KNOW an SFM is good when you’ve got one of the legends in the comments giving it praise
This comment is still fresh. Yet surprisingly underrated.
Kosta I love you
Well then.. Subscribe to him!
@@Traeluegg-jn5px I am
Blue spy was devastated when the red team talked about which of his friends they killed
When I realised that my heart actually sunk
Like… holy fucking shit that’s so depressing
@@powdereyes2210they have the respawn machine (emesis Blue)
@@juussivePalate I do not trust the Respawn Machine...
There is nothing to do while You wait for to respawn
The other day I died and I wait and wait and when I eventually respawned the Battle was already over and My Family have been dead for 50 years
I am never doing that again!
And worst of all the damn Gravel Wars are still going!
Why is this Pointless War still going even after the death of Blutarch and Redmond?
I know it pays well and even covers Healthcare and all of that but I am just done with this Pointless War
I am moving to Japan or something just to stay away from this mesh
@@juussivePalate
yeah I'd be devastated too if my friends were going through that thing too
@@juussivePalateEmesis Blue isn't actually canon to TF2 y'know. It's quite literally fanfiction, and also borderline plagiarism of the 1920s film 'M' and 1980s film 'The Shining', mixed with lines of dialogue ripped wholesale from 'The Sopranos' and a few other things. It's one thing to be inspired by something, but to copy entire pages of dialogue goes beyond that.
The sniper was the first to notice that something was wrong here. He is undoubtedly a professional.
"what" like a pro
I wonder if the red spy actually had suspicions first. It could be argued that his comment about turning visible again was a ploy to make the blue spy slip up.
The red spy could have been coaxing blue spy to mess up
proffesionals have *standards*
@@Pindeckoo1 Agreed. The way he suddenly talks about his own watch without as much of surprise or acknowledgement of Soldier's compliment leads me to believe he planned that out to root him out. That and the fact that both Heavy and Sniper were quite surprised and shouting at the blue spy while the red spy was simply eyeing him makes me think he was suspect of him from the beginning.
If Soldier only having two cards left wasn't enough proof that he was a Spy, then the fact that he didn't launch himself at Scout for being a bad player should've.
Why does him having two cards left prove he’s a spy? At first thought his annoyed reaction at spy and heavy talking was because he was about to win but had to wait🤷♂️
Soldier is canonically an idiot so it wouldn't make sense for him to be winning at a card game I guess
@@auzziemobboss5148Probably because he wanted to win to be able to stop playing, remember he's a spy, so he should want to get off the game as fast as he can. Also, him being annoyed is because RED Heavy and Spy were talking about killing his friends/teammates (BLU Spy teammates)
@@vannyvan. i know why he was bothered it just what my initial reaction was
@@vannyvan.Same but, he doesn't know much about their red soldier, and go what he assumes, yes he try to play idiot but, he doesn't know the red soldier like the others does.
I like how Sniper tunes out most of the conversation but his mouth twitches when he hears, "I hate it too," and when he processes what Soldier says he doesn't know what to say except "what"
Such good characterization, hes a very quiet character but is still on the smarter side
@@rowen616 definitely, my headcanon here is that he doesn't talk to a lot of people on the team but hangs out with scout because they're close in age and would like similar things + scout wouldn't stop bothering him
@@thedeliveryboy1123 i just how horrific it turn when you realise soldier was getting irritated hearing how all his friends are killed and how the ones who did it are talking about it with pride.
I love how getting 4 jokers isn't possible without a second deck, implying scout either cheated or somehow got 4 jokers majically
It’s rummy so you use a second deck
majically
I love seeing little details like that be spotted by people who are more familiar than I when it comes to card games n whatnot. Idk, I've always found it really funny.
Or because of the game they are playing. apparently Scout didn't understand the game hahaha
STOP BEING TOP COMMENT, you spoiled the 4 jokers cause I glanced down 😔
I love the grounded approach. You don't get to see these often, as the community loves to exaggerate the characters and their traits (not that it's a bad thing). It feels like a breath of fresh air.
I love this very much, it feels comfortable, like it's not trying so hard
Its a rare one for sure you don't get to see much of this nowadays as time passes and things changes quickly😢
they even captured the Blu spies gambling addiction
It felt so natural that halfway through I was wondering why the voices were spliced in an official animation. I had to do a double take and remember that valve didn’t make this.
Come to think of it, it's pretty close in tone to the early TF2 videos.
blue spy complaining about turning visible too fast even though he uses le tranger just shows the experience gap between red and blue spy
That's actually incredible. It feels like a shot from canceled TF2 Adult Swim series. Like the humor, the suspense and the quality of the animation itself is great!
Honestly if only valve kept that, we would've had a REAL series of the off duty days of the mercs, each other having their own episode or even the enemies trying to impersonate their enemy. It would've been amazing
I was thinking the same thing. I wish Valve would have made the full series
1:29 the sniper having a realistic reaction is so great, the silent but concerning "What?" always gets me
OH MY GOD THE WAY HE LOOKS UP BEFORE TURNING TO SPY IS AMAZING
Super high quality animation! I really love the interactions between the mercenaries here, it feels very natural. I also really like how the Soldier asking about the mission is suspicious enough to be a hint at what's really going on but subtle enough to fly under the radar on a first watch. Fantastic work!
Kind of like “is soldier just trying to make up a topic to talk about, being stupid, or something else”
exactly!
It was really smooth how that was in there. My tf2 nerd brain just assumed soldier was just being stupid as usual until the end, really cool foreshadowing!
There is just one little disturbing point: blue spy reacted about using a dead ringer. So we do not know in the end if he is really dead or if he used his dead ringer.
It could have be great if the blue spy was trying to flee by becoming invisible when he got shot.
this deserves so much attention. The characters are captured so well, I can see this happening canonically. The idea that this has probably happened in the tf2 universe makes me giggle.
Should been part of saxxy award
2:16 “SEE! RED!
Wait no that’s blood
so,we still got probleme?
*Big Problem*
Alright who's ready to go find the spy?
@@LBP2008 right behind you.
you ever just make something saxxy tier just cuz
(i love all the little accents with the facial expressions and hands, it really adds a lot :D)
No way
OMG Gulp Cup tf2
Soldiers monkey face after sniper says what is top tier
Hi Yup Kup!!!
hi bluptub:)
1:31 The way Sniper looked at him and said “wut” and the moment the Blu Spy realizing he messed up was hilarious.
That “do we keep playing” makes all the sense now
And the blue lighting on soldier
I’ve not seen such a well animated and coreographed TF2 video in a long time. I thought I had grown used to all possible interactions between the classes but the execution here was very refreshing. Happy to see SFM is still going strong.
YOU'RE ALIVE!!! It's been too long since i last saw your videos! I hope you're doing ok.
You're alive?!
What you been up to?
This is extraordinary! All the slowly mounting cues from soldier, starting with his anger about the killing of his team mates is great! Especially that topic change he does.
Spoiler alert!!!
0:54 i don't know if it's intentional, but i love the the blu lighting on soldier, foreshadowing him being a spy
Edit 1.1 (5 september 2024): added a spoiler alert
oh my i noticed that too... the attention to detail by god
Had a feeling it was important, I love when artists do that
I was about to say
That's a clever detail right there!
1:24 Also here
1:53 is such an amazing shot, holy hell
This is so amazing, you capture their personalities so well and the lighting reminds me so much of actual valve work. From the very first shot, i knew i was in for a ride. I had to rewind every single shot multiple times to analyze everything. The animation quality is beyond amazing. Good work!
OMG i cant belive you and Kostamoinen would show up here... such an honor! thank you!
1:24 did Soldier’s smile just twitch? Him realising his own mistake and trying not to have a heart attack all like “what if they didn’t noti- oh…”
0:54 The way the Blu Spy gets progressively angrier by the Red team making fun of his team makes me feel bad for him :(
But kinda stupid when he slipped up way too easily when he asked a question about the mission, only to reveal that he was the enemy.
Idk about red and blue but, blue spy tries to squeeze in like the red team but, he slipped up way too soon
I can imagine him imagining the gruesome deaths like “how can you laugh at that you sick twisted son of a-“
The narrative of this is VERY good, but oh my GOD dude ur animation is SO FLAWLESS!!! It makes my eyes so happy.
I love the subtle blue light on soldiers(spy's) head and genuine anger in his body language. Love it, keep it up man.
Yea, im sad for him, like think that youre disguised as an enemy in a war, then the enemy mercenaries start to talk about how they killed your friends
@@PyroTFIndustries agree.
Can we just appreciate how the Scout was too preoccupied to notice the BLU Spy during this animation?
The story writing feels more like an official SFM from Valve than the animation. It's wonderful.
I love how the "soldier" has a blue highlight covering him for most of the video while the rest of the team sometimes has a red highlight sometimes.
I'm a sucker for body language and subtle cues in animation, this delivers in spades! Bravo
Respect for using actual voicelines instead of soulless AI. This deserve much more views than it currently has
Obligatory eye roll
ai would’ve sounded so much worse, I much like the charm of sentence mixing better
1:54 that scene alone hits so hard, it feels like a cinema
Really cool animation dude! The casual conversation with the mercs seems so natural and not a lot of choppy dialogue, plus the animation was really smooth
Glad to see that the Blu Spy is going to see his teammates again 😊
how to emotionally devastate people with one comment:
I love how there is a blue glint on soldier just before he asks about the mission
There's also a red glint appeared on spy when he killed "soldier" aswell
I love the tension build up with Heavy and Sniper up to when the blu spy pulls out his gun, very professionally done!!
This genuinely feels like an official canon TF2 short! :D
the realization hit at 1:24 when we all heard what soldier said. the silence was loud. the hint was recieved. red soldier was the blue spy. i laughed the moment i understood that xD
I just can't leave this one alone. It never deviates too heavily from the source material and TOTALLY feels like a part of the universe. The animation is traditional and looks like the official team worked on it, the aesthetic is perfect for the setting and the subject of the video is hilarious.
Spy’s aim from under the table was so top notch. Man a shooter fr 🔫
1:32 i love how the blue light on the window is hitting on soldiers helmet and cloth. really great subtle detail.
Good use of sound snippets instead of AI. Wonderful animation, lighting, everything else. Good story telling. 100 points.
Tell me I'm not the only one who finds it cute when the 9 from Teoufort interact
First, i love the dialouge, feels very natural , 2ndly i love the animation, feels like a offical short in a lot of ways
Somehow I'm not surprised that the Heavy is great at rummy, and the Scout having a book of jokers (and thinking it's a good thing) is absolutely on brand for him.
the official VA's should voice act this, its so well made 👏
Agree, although, soldier would need to be kept there but, honestly, the va's are amazing 😍
Tbh, it's so well done and cinematic that it felt like a real team fortress 2 animation!
i love how this brings the mercs characters to light just like in the comics, heavy as chill as he is spending the evening with his mates, spy being luxurious both with his play and time, and sniper ofc being the quiet one
this is beyond perfect and i need more of it
The fact that by the lines with soldier, the red team know much about each other so well, they know Soldier wouldn't say a line that doesn't match his traits of himself.
If only Blu spy didn't spill too much tea in commenting on the dead ringer... too well.
Need more conversational interactions between the mercs, Spy and Heavy sharing a laugh over their work was heartwarming (despite the murder)
Gonna rehash what everyone's saying here but man, this is something I've been interested in seeing for quite some time. Just a slice of life of the TF2 mercs in a believable setting and scenario, but executed professionally. It's nothing crazy or insane, but like another commenter said, it's grounded and feels real.
Big fan of the direction with this, it's well thought-out and feels like something that would've been used for official marketing; it's a short film, not so much a typical "SFM".
Wow what an amazing animation! It really feels like an official valve animation tbh. I love how the scene feels super natural as if it's how the mercs would actually interact with each other. And the small details are top notch, like how you captured the personality of each merc; sniper's calm and reserved stance or heavy's confident and relaxed state is a clear example of that. Not to mention the subtle animation like the little bobbles of soldier's helmet and scout's dog tags are just super fun to watch and really help immerse you. Even on a rewatch I'm catching new details like the little twitch of the fingers at 1:44 showing the blu spy's nervousness and panic or that there is a subtle blue lighting over the soldier to hint at the reveal of him being a spy. You have done an excellent job here, well done!
Had anyone sent me this video and said it was valve's, I woulda believe them, I swear, they look hella natural, Even the cut voicelines doesn't seem that out of place.
Amazing work!
Oh man this animation is SO GOOD. The interactions are super in-character and it was nice watching this twice, knowing the plot twist the second time. The ending made me laugh too. XD Fantastic work!
After Blu Spy got shot, I expected him not too long to appear visible with the dead ringer saying: "See! it doesn't last long at all!"
This feels perfect, the way the characters interact feels so grounded and accurate, and not the usual overly exaggerated like in most other SFMs. The only part that makes this feel less like an official short is the voice mixxing, but that's just a nitpick. It would be interesting to get the actual voice actors on this, and with good impressions for scout and soldier.
I love so much seeing them just talking normally, it makes the characters feel more human
Can we just talk about how great the sentence mixing is, how fantastic this animation is and how this guy deserves so many more subscribers
Scout, behind all the chaos, pulls out two jokers from a 2nd deck from his mess of a secondary slot to win. This just seems right.
Spy doesn't seem like the kind to care for his colleagues, this is what seperates the blue from the red spy.
this seems like a real animation valve would make, i subbed
I love when people create casual moments with the team, and Sniper being dumbfounded at Soldier's reply was gold.
This may be my favorite SFM ever, this is just like what I'd imagine the adult swim show to be directed like. Amazing.
holy shit, this feels like an official tf2 animation. The expressions, the tension in the pauses, its SO enjoyable to look at this! great job!
Epic! Also 1:53 holy shit this is a nice shot
The subtly growing blue glow of ambient moonlight on the soldier as it showcases his fowl reaction to the boasting of the red mercsis absolutely peak.
absolutely lovely , lighting , face expressions , god the blue lighting on soldier and (do we keep playing) and most of all the 1:53 .
i would love to see more of you keep it up cheers
This is fantastic! I love it. Some really great animation and character acting.
I´ve been thinking all day about this masterpiece. You made every character perfectly, they feel exactly like you see em in game or in official shorts. Small details as the sniper being the first one to catch on what the blue spy said. The lighting on the soldiers helmet. Scout just doing his own thing for the whole short just as he does in real matchs. Every single detail is just perfect and I already have watched this at least 5 times
I like the blue spie's gun misfiring after it gets shot out of his hand. It's a small detail that most productions wouldn't bother with, but it adds a little bit extra to the scene
The ending is such a scout move 🤣🤣🤣
I mean, does he even know anything about poker?
@@average-art3222 probably not XD
@@Vex-Pegasus I mean, the guy isn't a keen reader so, seeing the comments talk about how the four joker was cards, its imposable, so scout either stupidly got lucky or stupidly placed down a deck of cards he doesn't know but assumes xD
I like the fact that the spy is so skilled with the revolver that he hits the blu spy revolver without even aiming properly
I absolutely love the video man, the hints of Soldier being spy, the characters feeling close to their real personalities from the comics and very subtle and fluid animation. I hope to see more awesome stuff from you man. One hell of a introduction to an animation channel and best of luck to the future stuff!
1:53 This is the coolest view of spy I've ever seen. Keep up these cool animations
Man, this is amazing! You're channel is super underrated and I hope more people find your stuff, because your animation quality is top notch!
Fantastic work man. The animation is very smooth and the overall feel is spot on to the original Meet the Team shorts
I love the detail, that at 1:24 blu spy agrees with red spy about dead ringer short cloak, and at 1:43 you can see he has L'etranger equipped
Oooooooh…
Wait that means he does have a dead ringer
Since if he didn’t, he wouldn’t need it as much
Haven't seen a high-ass quality SFM like this in a hot minute, you sir have earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the great work, man!
That's an insanely smooth animation, it looks official in a way. Fantastic job! And the little story, the way we just see them chill and enjoy some time off. Great stuff.
I like how, because it’s soldier, he totally could have just passed it off as soldier being soldier.
A-level cinematic shots at the end there holy sh1t
This dude casually did an animation of something that I would think about
Incredibly charming and in-character work, like something straight out of Valve's own creations!
Deserves so much more views honestly
Heavy coping with the loss of poker night at the inventory. Also, in my head, Scout hired the BLU spy so he could cheat. Also also I love the blue light on Soldier.
"I will make a good hat out of you, little bunny." - Heavy weapons guy
*Soldier walks in*
Hello maggots, what did I miss-what the hell?
This is one of the greatest tf2 vids I’ve seen in a long time. The grounded approach to these characters is very touching. Not to mention the visuals, they’re so good!
feels like this was straight out of an tv episode
Man I'm telling you. This is some high quality stuff. Keep at it I say
Something I noticed towaeds the end of my first viewing thats pretty rad, _every_ shot with the soldier had blue lighting. Thats so good! Its really subtle, and a second viewing it works so well even when you know!
This, this is the perfect example of why we should have had that TF2 tv show
Very refreshing to see such nicely done sentence mixing! The blue lighting on Soldier is a cute subtle tell too
Holy shit, I LOVE the way you animate these! It's like the actual team at valve did it. This is absolutely how SFM was meant to be used.
I like how the color on soldiers face becomes more blue the more his facade starts to slip
Can somebody get this guy a Saxxy or something? This channel deserves more subs and views. One of my favorite SFM animators now.
the animation is so nice and their chemistry is so cute!!! 😭😭 the subtle expressions, the comedic timing... + i keep rewatching for all the little details people point out in the comments.. truly a masterpiece of modern art
HOW IS THIS SO UNDERRATED?? THIS IS AMAZING ALGORITHM'S BEING A BITCH
"Soldier" could actually come out of this situation talking about watches "I hate it too, it happens all the time... and I have to see your frog face again, Frenchie!" turning it into a joke