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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
absolutely ADORE the detail of the blue light on Soldier, like subtle foreshadowing. Will definitely use this as inspiration when i start learning more SFM
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.
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!
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.
I honestly can't believe this came out 4months ago and I'm only finding out about it now. 1. good sentence mixing & animation all around 2. a good story with it's comedy 3. just a general fun vibe. like the mercenaries finally letting themselves be known and trying to get along.
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".
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!
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
This is seriously so good. I love it so much. It's in character, it fits the style, the animation, everythingggggg. I love everything about this AWESOME JOB. I hope this gets even more attention ;)
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 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
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.
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!
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!
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 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.
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!
@@namenotfound8525 gin rummy is a great card game. Idk about official rules but these are my family rules: You have x cards in your hand (10 or 12 depending on round) and have to make a certain number of groups (3+ of a kind) and/or runs (4+ of the same suit in a row). On your turn you draw a card from a facedown deck then discard a card into a pile. You can also instead draw from the discard pile if its your turn, or "take", which is drawing from the discard pile outside of your turn, with the penalty of drawing an additional card. Once you have the prescribed set of groups and/or runs, you can lay them out ("go down") on the table in front of you. The goal is to get rid of all your cards, "go out". For example, if we're going for 2 groups, lay down 2 groups of 3, discard a card, have 3 cards left. Now I can play my remaining cards on ANYONE ELSE's groups that are out on the table. So going down but not out opens up opportunities for someone to dump their cards on your set and win. Once someone gets rid of all their cards, the round ends and everyone stuck with cards gets point penalties based on number and type of cards left. Lowest score at then end wins. So there's tons of strategy as to what to keep for yourself, what to discard, what to keep because you don't want someone else getting it, when to take and get an extra penalty card, when to go down, when to hold on to your completed set and wait for the perfect time to strike. Its waiting each other out, guessing what the other people are building, trying to build your own set without inadvertently helping others. Great game. And simple, most people understand how to play after like 2 rounds
i just wanna point out, the lighting in this is genuinely perfect. what really got me when i noticed it was the blue light on the red soldier. that is genuinely brilliant.
God this is downright amazing. The camera shots, the foreshadowing, the subtle expressions of Soldier, the usage of the voicelines... It's amazing Great job
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.
@@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
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
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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's 4 in the morning and I'm laughing my ass off at this
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.
lmao the way sniper just slowly realizes what "soldier" said and goes.... "what"
"Now i know it's sounds bad..."
"what"
-sniper
More like "wut ? "
“What’d you say lad?”
It was played so candidly subtle, I love it.
"what"
-me
Apples
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
@@Eyeofdustthey 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.
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 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
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.
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
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 😔
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.
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
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-“
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.
1:31 The way Sniper looked at him and said “wut” and the moment the Blu Spy realizing he messed up was hilarious.
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
1:24 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…”
1:53 is such an amazing shot, holy hell
I love that bit so much
Emesis blue vibes
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
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:)
That “do we keep playing” makes all the sense now
And the blue lighting on soldier
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.
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?
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
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.
The narrative of this is VERY good, but oh my GOD dude ur animation is SO FLAWLESS!!! It makes my eyes so happy.
absolutely ADORE the detail of the blue light on Soldier, like subtle foreshadowing. Will definitely use this as inspiration when i start learning more SFM
This whole animation felt about as official as it could get, the environment, the lighting, the characters, it genuinely feels like TF2
Can we just appreciate how the Scout was too preoccupied to notice the BLU Spy during this animation?
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 🔫
The story writing feels more like an official SFM from Valve than the animation. It's wonderful.
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!
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.
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.
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
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 love the blue light on spy 0:54
I honestly can't believe this came out 4months ago and I'm only finding out about it now.
1. good sentence mixing & animation all around
2. a good story with it's comedy
3. just a general fun vibe. like the mercenaries finally letting themselves be known and trying to get along.
1:54 that scene alone hits so hard, it feels like a cinema
Glad to see that the Blu Spy is going to see his teammates again 😊
how to emotionally devastate people with one comment:
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 really captures the old SFM’s before release of the game whish valve did this
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'm a sucker for body language and subtle cues in animation, this delivers in spades! Bravo
Good use of sound snippets instead of AI. Wonderful animation, lighting, everything else. Good story telling. 100 points.
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".
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 genuinely feels like an official canon TF2 short! :D
1:32 i love how the blue light on the window is hitting on soldiers helmet and cloth. really great subtle detail.
Honestly if blue spy just played it off like he Auto piloted through a conversation he might have gotten away with it
this seems like a real animation valve would make, i subbed
This is fantastic! I love it. Some really great animation and character acting.
I love so much seeing them just talking normally, it makes the characters feel more human
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 😍
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
This is seriously so good. I love it so much. It's in character, it fits the style, the animation, everythingggggg. I love everything about this AWESOME JOB. I hope this gets even more attention ;)
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
This looks like it was an actual valve SFM video, love it!
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!
Need more conversational interactions between the mercs, Spy and Heavy sharing a laugh over their work was heartwarming (despite the murder)
Tell me I'm not the only one who finds it cute when the 9 from Teoufort interact
I love it when they interact!
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
I would love simple actions like this between the mercs
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.
First, i love the dialouge, feels very natural , 2ndly i love the animation, feels like a offical short in a lot of ways
This, this is the perfect example of why we should have had that TF2 tv show
The attention to detail here is insane
I love the tension build up with Heavy and Sniper up to when the blu spy pulls out his gun, very professionally done!!
This was incredibly well crafted! Felt like watching an official Valve animation.
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!
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.
Dude the writing for this is gold, and the animation is great, keep it up man nice work
This is genuinely the best SFM short I've seen in recent times, Great work!
this is great! I love how grounded the characters are, the little twist with soldier, and scout finally figuring it out at the end!
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!
1:53 This is the coolest view of spy I've ever seen. Keep up these cool animations
Epic! Also 1:53 holy shit this is a nice shot
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.
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!
your character acting is some of the best I’ve seen in the sfm community, stellar work!!
bro absoloutly amazing conversation and plot, GOOD JOB! keep making these man ur gonna make yourself a name
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.
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!
I thought this was done by some big time tf2 youtuber until i saw your channel name and subscriptions. Hot damn, its S tier
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
A-level cinematic shots at the end there holy sh1t
Dude gin rummy and tf2 were my childhood. I can't believe this combo actually exists, and done so well too. Great job man !!
Thanks for telling me the card game name
@@namenotfound8525 gin rummy is a great card game. Idk about official rules but these are my family rules:
You have x cards in your hand (10 or 12 depending on round) and have to make a certain number of groups (3+ of a kind) and/or runs (4+ of the same suit in a row). On your turn you draw a card from a facedown deck then discard a card into a pile. You can also instead draw from the discard pile if its your turn, or "take", which is drawing from the discard pile outside of your turn, with the penalty of drawing an additional card.
Once you have the prescribed set of groups and/or runs, you can lay them out ("go down") on the table in front of you. The goal is to get rid of all your cards, "go out". For example, if we're going for 2 groups, lay down 2 groups of 3, discard a card, have 3 cards left. Now I can play my remaining cards on ANYONE ELSE's groups that are out on the table. So going down but not out opens up opportunities for someone to dump their cards on your set and win. Once someone gets rid of all their cards, the round ends and everyone stuck with cards gets point penalties based on number and type of cards left. Lowest score at then end wins.
So there's tons of strategy as to what to keep for yourself, what to discard, what to keep because you don't want someone else getting it, when to take and get an extra penalty card, when to go down, when to hold on to your completed set and wait for the perfect time to strike. Its waiting each other out, guessing what the other people are building, trying to build your own set without inadvertently helping others. Great game. And simple, most people understand how to play after like 2 rounds
@@archiveacc3248 I used to play Pesten (translated: Bullying) alot with family. but ever since discovering Rummy, it's become the main card game.
i just wanna point out, the lighting in this is genuinely perfect. what really got me when i noticed it was the blue light on the red soldier. that is genuinely brilliant.
God this is downright amazing. The camera shots, the foreshadowing, the subtle expressions of Soldier, the usage of the voicelines... It's amazing
Great job
feels like this was straight out of an tv episode
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 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
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
the blue lighting only being on the soldier through the different shots is awesome. a subtle but effective way of foreshadowing, love it!
Why is this actually one of the best SFM's I've ever seen, the lighting, camera, EVERYTHING! IT'S SO GOOD! GREAT WORK!
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