VERY well made. No animation glitching at all, fluid movements, even of the toys, natural plot progression without taking an hour, interesting story, no plot holes, tickling ending. What's there to want? Definitely worthy of a prize.
Imagine this as a gamemode like hide and seek where the mann-equins have to hide but they can set up a bunch of traps and the goal is for the teams to kill each other
The BLU Soldier specifically seems to be shown sometimes as a bit of a team leader Not in a big way, but he's kind of avoided the flanderization that turned the Soldier into a total basket case, like he is by Expiration Date. He still has a vibe of a stupid, slightly cracked, but still basically functional drill sergeant (Think the War! comic). And then he's in a bossman-ish role in End of the Line
I was gonna say "Hey, the Pyro can't be on fire!" when he got lit aflame during his little panic as a toy, but then I realized he's made of wood. That's a good detail.
Dunno why, but I absolutely love this moment. 1:13 (somewhere close) Maybe it’s the fact that Spy immediately goes to hid in a box. Maybe it’s the wave Pyro gives the medic. It might be Heavy’s joy at seeing the sandwich. There’s at least five more moments there that I enjoyed, problem is I don’t know what I enjoyed the best from that series of clips alone.
Original concept, great use of ideas, good flow to the overall plot, and music that suits the video without being the same stock TF2 music! This is definitely a possible winner.
I love the little details, for example, they can’t scream or make noises because they don’t have mouths, or that Pyro gets lit on fire because he’s made of wood. This is extremely well made too!
The lack of dialogue and the great movement instead is fantastic - if I didn't know what tf2 was, I'd probably mistake it for something like a professional pixar short! Amazing work!
The choice of no voice was made by me after last Year's saxxy awards with Protonic Morons. I realized I did kind of a mistake to rush everything and hire voiceactors and such, and in this kind of project it was not seen as necessary to get voiceactors and I didn't liked to use the normal quotes to compose sentences.
4:50 *BAD AND NAUGHTY MANNEQUINS GET PUT WITH THE INSANE PYROMANIC TO ATONE FOR THEIR CRIMES.* In all seriousness, this is ridiculously well made... I don't know how many times I've watched this, but it never got old. Edit: Why did my shitpost get favorited? Well, thank you very much for favoriting it!
Okay now, I think we have the winner right here! Seriously this is instantly my all-time favourite Saxxy-awards entry, and I wish you all best of luck because this really deserves to win. Both fantastic animation and a nice story
(1 year late) but yeah, something like Lil Guardian Pyro, based on plushy cosmetics, teaming up and fighting FROM 2013, manages to still be better than some other TF2 SFM's
Wonderful animation and great story! I even noticed you animated Merasmus' sleeves to dangle a bit when he moved. Thats another thing I was hoping people would do when I added the bones there. Apologies my model might not have been up to par with others but Im glad you guys could use it so nicely!
Trust me, your model was far better than anything we had hoped for to start out with! We even added the entire first intro part, just because this new gorgeous model was out to be played with. Gotta admit it was not until late that i noticed the sleeves, but when i did... i just had to animate them! ;)
THAT. WAS. AWESOME. There are so many things about this that I just love. The concept in general is magnificent, animation was top-notch, music fit perfectly. For more specifics, I'm so glad you took advantage of Pyro's character. That ending basically made this short. You captured them perfectly. The silent and intimidating gas-masked mysterious person, but with a large soft-side as it truly doesn't understand what is going on around him. One of my favorite shots has got to be 0:45. The lighting is perfect, the magical essence perfectly captures what's about to go down. And oh lord, the expressions in this scene. Beautiful. I also love the foreshadowing in the first scene, how there's a mannequin in the book. Really nice heads-up. And how you managed to do this all without casting a word. The expression, the body motions, all of the character in the Team Fortress 2 members is truly awe-inspiring. You know exactly what each character is thinking, without narration or talking. This is the TF2 SFM version of Castaway if I've ever seen it. Best animation I've seen so far for this Saxxy Awards. It's truly marvelous what people can do in SFM. You got my vote, that's for sure.
I extensively agree. This animation has the proper music when the right situations, amazing movement, and it's easy to understand the reds with the music and movement alone. P.S. I want a banana. banana man.
2:50 Me: *grabs a microphone* *"Looks like the mini Red scout is about to get caught by the pyro while Blu sniper has shot aimed for him ready! Oooh! Looks like the Red spy had got the sniper in the shoulder with a rusty nail folks and made him shoot the pyro instead! Looks like things are not going to be too pretty for the Australian! GOUH! The sniper just got hit by the mini Red heavy folks! You heard me right! A full grown man professional assassin just got socked in the face by a doll!"*
All the saxxys are just too good. I can't choose whatsoever. This one was amazing. It relies more on movement to tell it's story than dialogue, and it does it extremely well. Best of luck on getting an award guys, you deserve it.
from the first few shot, my thought were already, oh wow the scene composition is amazing and the camera movement is great, when it got to the story, i was hooked, it was amazing, the fact that it didnt use that much dialogue just makes it much better, it shows that the team who made this knows how to tells a story without relying on dialogue so good job, its my favourite saxxy entry this year!
That is absolutely impressive! I love how you guys nailed the characters body languages and facial expressions. What a funny and immersive story. This is by far the best contender for the Saxxy Awards I have seen THROUGH ALL THE YEARS!
the ending was unexpected i laugh so hard and i like the concept and the Detail and the idea of the video at first ithough they Look bad but then I figure it out That its good so the animation the flow of the animating... the Bloom of th animation flowsreally good
Wow is great. Original idea, amazing animation, realistic reactions knowing these characters personalities (or at least their pretend personalities), and you can easily understand what the mannequins are relaying to one another without a single word but if you don't it's easy explain within the next few seconds again without any words. I haven't seen this kind Wallace and gromit kind of animation based storytelling since well Wallace and fucking gromit. Seriously congrats.
Animation is SO SMOOTH. And the end with Pyro slowly approaching? You genuinely feel the fear that you feel in Meet the Pyro. And then its followed up with that amazing "cutesy scene." Perfect--
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VERY well made. No animation glitching at all, fluid movements, even of the toys, natural plot progression without taking an hour, interesting story, no plot holes, tickling ending. What's there to want? Definitely worthy of a prize.
I want a prize for this one.
The only weird moment was when the medic looked at his fixed arm. Otherwise it's great.
The only thing I saw was the weirdness with the can and when scout was walking on it
Couldn't have said it better myself
If I’d give a prize, it would be 20 coupons for free stuff
The mannequins should be a decoration for all class
What if it's like a 3 piece cosmetic. You would have an entire team of just dolls
The Pocket Mercenary, comes in 9 styles.
on the action slot
Agree
What about a Halloween cosmetic sorta thing
Soldier is a pretty PRETTY princess.
Lol
Burnt Pie 4:49
@@Dorkify17 0:05 merasmus will that collective calling them name "i am cadiilac"
That is the best form of torture for anyone who believes them to be better that everyone
Pyro likes barbie toys
2:02 common moment of a medic taking leadership of a disorganized team
Imagine this as a gamemode like hide and seek where the mann-equins have to hide but they can set up a bunch of traps and the goal is for the teams to kill each other
That would be cool
That be a game mode I hope lives long time...... just needs a lot maps
Valve : That's a good idea , were including that game mode on the update that is about to be released on 2045
@@V1_ULTRAOFFICIAL. more like released in 4520
That might work :>
It's weird seeing the Soldier in a mastermind-role, not something you usually see.
The BLU Soldier specifically seems to be shown sometimes as a bit of a team leader
Not in a big way, but he's kind of avoided the flanderization that turned the Soldier into a total basket case, like he is by Expiration Date. He still has a vibe of a stupid, slightly cracked, but still basically functional drill sergeant (Think the War! comic). And then he's in a bossman-ish role in End of the Line
Not with that intelligence
@@Kabirdix that's why they call them soldier
I was gonna say "Hey, the Pyro can't be on fire!" when he got lit aflame during his little panic as a toy, but then I realized he's made of wood. That's a good detail.
Oh yeah
That is true
As soon as I read that Pyro was so thrilled to have lit a piece of paper or a card on fire.
شزكموز
I think your wrong because when I fight a pyro as pyro, both of us get set on fire
The medic left the engineer hanging.
Where?
That is a glorious pfp.
Suicide Joke?
I think not.
DDLC?
Think he was just waving at Merasmus.
I'm happy that the pyro finally managed to find a friend. Great job guys!
Savage xD
He always had Engineer.
Dunno why, but I absolutely love this moment. 1:13 (somewhere close)
Maybe it’s the fact that Spy immediately goes to hid in a box. Maybe it’s the wave Pyro gives the medic. It might be Heavy’s joy at seeing the sandwich. There’s at least five more moments there that I enjoyed, problem is I don’t know what I enjoyed the best from that series of clips alone.
Being a toy to the red pyro is a fate worse than death
you know what is even worst?
being blown up by Sid
@@slappybio1686 plot twist:
Pyro is sid
Yep!
Plague Doctor yeah but what if pyro AND sid had soldier as a toy
I mean pyro was very gental with that blu soldier.
Working on this was the greatest experience of my youtube life!
i agree
Yea no kidding
I can tell!
The man himself, pootis hoovy
No it’s not you’re just saying that to try to seem friendly
I didn't knew that Pixar made a new short
What ?!
Robert Robertr he meant that the animation and whole consept was so amazing that it is like movie of pixar ^^
My god these replies are killjoys, that's one hell of a compliment!
wolfalberto
/r/ woosh
Who for
Scout sneakin around at the beginning reminds me of how Spy is his dad and i love it
Parallel universe?
@@seko0629 read the comics, they're on the official TF2 website completely free.
@@seko0629 It's in the comics.
wait. what. i... what.
edit: oh my god. i just discovered that the blu's scout's father is the red spy. oh my god what.
@@dogvader ?
HOW did this NOT WIN?
*Sees the winning Extended Entry*
oh ._.
It had a great competitor with a great idea aswell. Welp, good luck next year.
what was the competitor that won?
@@sewpkan1297 Agent Gunn
Pyro really knows good fashion. That fairy costume paired up with the soldier is just fabulous!
Toy Story: TF edition
I'm suprised nobody else made this joke yet, that I know of.
Originality at its finest, am i right?
Toy Fortress 2
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Honestly it gives me Small Soldiers kinda vibes
When you always torture your toys and got revenge on you
"What dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty" 4:40
4:53
*Blu Sniper has been kicked for team killing.*
Kicked in the ass by heavy and spy
Actually you could still hear Pyro after he got shot, so it might not have been fatal.
The soldier had gone through so much torture...
Eventually....
He stopped thinking...
Kars
he never was thinking
*THAT'S A FREACKING FUCKING JOJO REFERENCE*
@@sulc4092 this makes sense
The JoJo Reference in the Chat
Pyro now has a new Doll
*What a happy ending*
Janrei Africa not really tho you know how pyro “plays” if you can even call it that
He's got himself a toy soldier! How wonderful for him!
hahhahaha good one
@Mask Hyper you mean schizophrenia
You mean living doll?
Original concept, great use of ideas, good flow to the overall plot, and music that suits the video without being the same stock TF2 music! This is definitely a possible winner.
Game Revo its from 2017...
Its inspired by lil guardian imo, not that original
This reminds me of little guardian pyro!
Game Revo ยยนวสวว
I see you on the top of many Saxxy Awards.
Real nice work guys , that was fantastic : D
why dont u enter a saxxy sensei?
"Team Neighborhood" WHERE's new ? We need it!
I agreed that was pretty in my book😉
600 like :)
WHERE IS MY TEAM NEIGHBOR 2
they may not have eyes, mouth, and ears but they still can communicate eachother with other ways and they could hear and see
I love the little details, for example, they can’t scream or make noises because they don’t have mouths, or that Pyro gets lit on fire because he’s made of wood. This is extremely well made too!
I love it! Smooth, charming and easy to follow story... And honestly I should've expected Pyro to do something like that to Soldier. XD
The lack of dialogue and the great movement instead is fantastic - if I didn't know what tf2 was, I'd probably mistake it for something like a professional pixar short! Amazing work!
The choice of no voice was made by me after last Year's saxxy awards with Protonic Morons.
I realized I did kind of a mistake to rush everything and hire voiceactors and such, and in this kind of project it was not seen as necessary to get voiceactors and I didn't liked to use the normal quotes to compose sentences.
Nice work guys! It reminded of the lil pyro guardian and I liked that too.
4:50
*BAD AND NAUGHTY MANNEQUINS GET PUT WITH THE INSANE PYROMANIC TO ATONE FOR THEIR CRIMES.*
In all seriousness, this is ridiculously well made... I don't know how many times I've watched this, but it never got old.
Edit: Why did my shitpost get favorited? Well, thank you very much for favoriting it!
@Noob Destroyer Eh, forget it, the joke was never funny in the first place.
ITS PRETTY PRENCISE
2 years later still a masterpiece. it was great to work on this with ya lads
Okay now, I think we have the winner right here! Seriously this is instantly my all-time favourite Saxxy-awards entry, and I wish you all best of luck because this really deserves to win. Both fantastic animation and a nice story
But then turbulence won
I wish more saxxy entries would be as original and creative as this one. Really well done!
(1 year late) but yeah, something like Lil Guardian Pyro, based on plushy cosmetics, teaming up and fighting FROM 2013, manages to still be better than some other TF2 SFM's
basically, something that was more harder in the past, manages to still beat this years type of SFM films
I swear i would like your comment, but it ends with 69 so I can't D:
I love this, every single part of it.
Atlas Omega same bro
Atlas Omega same
I just realized that pyro is kinda cute when he acts like a kid
In this sfm they all work together perfectly.
This must be the epitome of TEAM FORTRESS 2
Wonderful animation and great story! I even noticed you animated Merasmus' sleeves to dangle a bit when he moved. Thats another thing I was hoping people would do when I added the bones there. Apologies my model might not have been up to par with others but Im glad you guys could use it so nicely!
Trust me, your model was far better than anything we had hoped for to start out with! We even added the entire first intro part, just because this new gorgeous model was out to be played with. Gotta admit it was not until late that i noticed the sleeves, but when i did... i just had to animate them! ;)
Alaxe I
what map is this?
That was brilliant!
Also holy shit another Googly that animates in sfm. What are the chances?
Eyy my man! Proud to see you stumble across this :) Keep up the good work my dude
I wanna be part of the googley clan
GoogleyGareth vfdc
THAT. WAS. AWESOME.
There are so many things about this that I just love. The concept in general is magnificent, animation was top-notch, music fit perfectly.
For more specifics, I'm so glad you took advantage of Pyro's character. That ending basically made this short. You captured them perfectly. The silent and intimidating gas-masked mysterious person, but with a large soft-side as it truly doesn't understand what is going on around him.
One of my favorite shots has got to be 0:45. The lighting is perfect, the magical essence perfectly captures what's about to go down. And oh lord, the expressions in this scene. Beautiful.
I also love the foreshadowing in the first scene, how there's a mannequin in the book. Really nice heads-up.
And how you managed to do this all without casting a word. The expression, the body motions, all of the character in the Team Fortress 2 members is truly awe-inspiring. You know exactly what each character is thinking, without narration or talking. This is the TF2 SFM version of Castaway if I've ever seen it.
Best animation I've seen so far for this Saxxy Awards. It's truly marvelous what people can do in SFM.
You got my vote, that's for sure.
this blew my mind because the ending. lol pyro
I extensively agree. This animation has the proper music when the right situations, amazing movement, and it's easy to understand the reds with the music and movement alone.
P.S. I want a banana. banana man.
I love the little detail of BLU Spy trying to disguise as RED Spy to sap the sentry, but being too large of a mannequin to fool any of RED team.
Whoever voice acted the RED medic has amazing talent
It's just voicelines.
@@Breadmann.Co_DC2I think the joke is the mannequins don't speak
This is seriously Valve-Quality animation, you'd be hard pressed to find a better contender for the prize, this year
Agent gun would be a worthy contestant
Oh my god, the story, the excecution, and every little detail made this so good!
I managed to hold in my laughter until the end when he whistled for pyro like he’s a dog! Amazing work!!
2:50
Me: *grabs a microphone*
*"Looks like the mini Red scout is about to get caught by the pyro while Blu sniper has shot aimed for him ready! Oooh! Looks like the Red spy had got the sniper in the shoulder with a rusty nail folks and made him shoot the pyro instead! Looks like things are not going to be too pretty for the Australian! GOUH! The sniper just got hit by the mini Red heavy folks! You heard me right! A full grown man professional assassin just got socked in the face by a doll!"*
watch as the team mpmanages to beat the whole team, and the pyro gets to have fun with the solider.
Amazing job man and by far my favorite saxxy entry besides that undercover spy thing.
Mannequin vs Machine?
yes
No Mannequin vs Mann
Kakyoin no way Mann vs mannequin
Comment vs. commenters
Mannequin vs RC Toy Robots
Super well made!!
damn, now there are 3 saxxy that could potentially be in the top one. but I will expect this one to take the cake ( the real cake, not a lie)
I ate cake three days ago
nah obviously raxxo's collab is gonna beat everything else
This will win a award
Mark Unread Half Life 3 confirmed
I'm sorry but there's only a few crumbs left of that cake. There's still a slice in the furnace though... :3
The ending was actually nice
And I just liked my own comment because I got no friends
Hēņłø
Hey
Maybe you should turn into a puppet. You will have Pyro as your friend XD
*sees comment* well you are wrong buckaroo! *likes comment*
Thing is, you don't use friends for liking your comments
The Ending part was my favourite, because Pyro is playing with him :3
All the saxxys are just too good. I can't choose whatsoever. This one was amazing. It relies more on movement to tell it's story than dialogue, and it does it extremely well. Best of luck on getting an award guys, you deserve it.
Agh all these amazing entries and I have to pick one?
You have infinite amount of votes! Go cast those at everyone you think deserved it to show that support! :)
4:32 Can't unsee the spy looking directly to the camera. It's a bad for actors in most of films :D
1:41 I could hear Scout screaming " *OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD* "
Me to
I didn't hear it
I love this so much. The story is so delightful. I could watch this all day.
from the first few shot, my thought were already, oh wow the scene composition is amazing and the camera movement is great, when it got to the story, i was hooked, it was amazing, the fact that it didnt use that much dialogue just makes it much better, it shows that the team who made this knows how to tells a story without relying on dialogue so good job, its my favourite saxxy entry this year!
That is absolutely impressive! I love how you guys nailed the characters body languages and facial expressions. What a funny and immersive story. This is by far the best contender for the Saxxy Awards I have seen THROUGH ALL THE YEARS!
The comments pointing out these subtle things melt our hearts :)
When you go medic and there's a roamer soldier on the other team
3:36
I love how in almost all SFM videos about TF2 is that Medic is portraid as the team leader, even tho he's the least played class in the game....
@Caterina Oberti true
Underplayed mann
Like: pyro is adorabol
Coment: hes badass
Pootis is so small!
Is nice.
Simple he is both
he's both imo
He's both
both, both is good
the ending was unexpected i laugh so hard and i like the concept and the Detail and the idea of the video at first ithough they Look bad but then I figure it out That its good so the animation the flow of the animating... the Bloom of th animation flowsreally good
Some of the best characterization I've seen out of a short- very solid, distinct animation. Top notch job!
Okay after this Saxxy, lets get some modders to build a pyroland item for these "mannequins". Who's with me?
0:49 I love how the 2 just joins up at the back of the soldier
Spy hiding in the box its the best part of the video lmao
4:39 This moment made me smile the hardest I ever had all week. I can almost picture it: "and it was at this moment Soldier knew...he'd fucked up."
This SFM look so good ! he is Amanzing ! Awesome work !
Even if they become mannequins, RED still wins.
Holy smokes!! That was.... just... brilliant!
And it had....
THE BEST END EVAH
Well we know who won best extended now
the red team at the end:
Why BLU soldier, you're looking awfully puntable today
I’ve noticed how Merasmus seems to be a more serious wizard in this SFM.
1:56 Cutest spy in a box
2:57 Heavy Fist's crits in a nutshell
1:25
Ik you soldier you were saying
*HOLY MOTHER OF JOSEPH*
Congratulations, you just wrecked the competition, are you proud of yourself ?
3:06 WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAAAAIIIINNN
Hey this was actually pretty good!
Though they don’t have voices, you can still just imagine them speaking by their movements and bodily motions.
this was great! the animation was smooth, the lighting was nice, and the premise is really creative! Real good work with this
1:36 Spy jumping into a box, okay then.
Easter egg: that's a reference to a taunt he does
Wow is great. Original idea, amazing animation, realistic reactions knowing these characters personalities (or at least their pretend personalities), and you can easily understand what the mannequins are relaying to one another without a single word but if you don't it's easy explain within the next few seconds again without any words. I haven't seen this kind Wallace and gromit kind of animation based storytelling since well Wallace and fucking gromit. Seriously congrats.
Honestly its comments like this that makes all the hard work and effort, from me and the team, worth every second!
@@GooglyGazer No problemo, you guys deserve it. Keep up the good work.👍
End: pyro: who's ready to playyy?
Soldier: NOOOOOOOOOOOO
I love how clever the concept use while staying fitting to tf2 logic and characters.
You might have to remove the ending. That was too violent.
It still gives me chills D:
No dont its funny
Tyberious Manley obviously a joke
Lonetechwolf okay
NO FAKE MARKIPLIER
Hitler's Army Tortures American Soldiers 1943 Colourised 4:54
Because the USA was in europe in 1943 right.
America wasn’t in Europe till 1944
@@shaggysneakyamulet874 Operation Husky and the Italian offensive.
ah yes of course when the germans were attacking new york isn't!
@@shaggysneakyamulet874 America wasn't in Europe till ????, only USA and Canada did.
3:42 demo is carrying the beer
This feels like a much more wholesome Puppet Master movie.
At 4:37 I love the smirk spy give like this gonna be good
and here comes the saying 'can we no have to fight a tiny ass spy'
Oh wow, absolutely superb! Definitely has my vote!
This needs to be a new game mode
Also we need a soldier fairy cosmetics now!
I love how heavy realized the sandvich was much bigger but he didn’t realize he no longer had a mouth
Animation is SO SMOOTH. And the end with Pyro slowly approaching? You genuinely feel the fear that you feel in Meet the Pyro. And then its followed up with that amazing "cutesy scene." Perfect--
When the tiny spy stabbed the sniper he used a nail and a good joke for that is nailed it
3:15 wow spy tour too big for being a mini manequin have you thought of that? xD
4:45 This is the last image you see before you die
Could this be god himself?
This has got to be my favorite sfm video, next to the meet the medic vid. Everything about this is wonderful. Thank you for this existing.
To think that it was as simple as being transformed into mannequins to get team work in team fortress 2
Yes Pyro! Do the thing!
Amazing job by the way!