Well, it’s here, and it’s awesome.
Got mirrors up at Vimeo (Nevermind, they sapped it.) and WeGame.
Almost forgot to say: The song is Pendulum – Propane Nightmares.
I’ve put up a request for donations in the video for one reason – hosting fees come right out of my pocket, and right now I’m in a bit of a slump. The google ads don’t seem to be working, and I can’t tell people to click on them, so this will have to do. Remember, every donation goes towards maintaining this site.
Check this space later, I’ll upload a bunch of alternate angle shots of the things you’ve seen in the vid.
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Freaking Unbelievable 0_o
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Wow, awsome. I did not expect this
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Wow.
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
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November 24th, 2008 at 3:50 am
:O
November 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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November 24th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
so great! I only wish there was a pyro fire show, like at 4:10 but in a sprial or something. But seriously, those massive airblasts were sick!
November 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
That was unbelievable. I especially like the clumps of spies near the end.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Dude that was crazy. Gratz on the Ubercharged front page too
~Conspiracy
P.S. And I thoguht I was the only one who liked Pendulum!
November 24th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
That was fantastic. Great job!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Not to be “that guy” but what’s the song in the vid?
Great job, though – really good job w/ the script, and the video editing is really tight.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:40 am
>>”P.S. And I thoguht I was the only one who liked Pendulum!”<<
You, me, and the rest of the planet.
Who *doesn’t* like Pendulum?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Mirror for the original wmv @ http://www.fileplay.net/file/4280
November 25th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
@Daedalus: How did you get the bots to mimic with a delay? Whenever I use bot_mimic, they naturally mimic my actions instantly. Of course, that’s kind of sucky for making cool videos
November 25th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
*stands and applauds* That was awesome.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Hey! Give credit where credit is due, 0:24-0:40 isn’t original material and is ripped straight from Ignis Solus, a Lit Fuse Film.
That cube of crab walking spies is the best though.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Chad, Ignus Solus was set in 2Fort (as opposed to Well), and all your stated section shows is a Pyro running somewhere. :/
I’m not going to embellish because I’m really not sure if you’re joking or not. Please tell me you are.
November 27th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Very well put together- I can’t come up with any real video editing criticisms, just small suggestions like:
-The heavy taunt domino really ought to have begun at the same time as the beats you were syncing their deaths to.
-The 3:27-3:37 sequence’s dreamlike tone really seems like it could have used crossfading transfers between the clips.
-The flickering ubercharge at 4:00 could have been synced to the escalating drum beats.
-I have alot of thoughts on how the whole pyro-rocket matchups could have gone, which boil down to personal taste. The initial setup could be clearer, perhaps by including the typed directions- it’s still the low-key beginning, so I don’t think it would have broken the flow. I would have liked the intro to be only shots of bots standing idly or being spawned, not counting the start of the taunt in the first shot, and then really kick the video off with a camera that followed the red pyro’s gaze so that we saw the rocket firing squad at the same time he did. The reflection of the rockets could have been given emphasis as a surprise twist, an escalating repeating theme that later continues with the rocket duel.
Of course, the soul of this video isn’t the editing but the clever uses of the A.I. Some other ruminations:
-In terms of extended sequences, 4:03 to 4:47 takes the cake for me. Would you be up for releasing all the source footage you took from that camera angle? Because it strikes me as pure gold for any FMV editor wanting to stretch their action sync muscles, myself included.
-The Medic firing squad makes me realize that you now have all the tools to do a fairly epic 300 parody trailer. Hell, I could lend a hand.
-Could we see this tech used in Left 4 Dead? Because there’s some real potential there, especially if you could do it with regular infected using their various animations. It seems infeasible from what I’ve gathered about how you did this, but I gotta ask.
At any rate, great job. I have no idea if you even remember me (Hidden:Source forum member, we chatted this summer about video editing), but it’s great to see you getting back in the swing of things.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
The cube of spies on Badlands reminded me of the wind powered sculptures that Theo Jansen sets loose on the dutch beaches to terrorize picnickers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b694exl_oZo
November 27th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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November 27th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
@Novi
I just love those TED clips, there’s a lot of interesting things in them.
@Dag
The 3:27 part wasn’t crossfaded since I wanted to get in as much of the animation per class as I could during a ‘beat’. The part before it was stuffed in as a filler. =P
Also, I deleted all of the source footage, since I really needed the space, but I still have the scripts which were used to do the movie.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Wow this is such a great video! I saw this posted on a forum (ODR66) and was just so amazed I had to follow links to here
Nice!
November 28th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
bot_teleport
nuff said
November 28th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
coordinates: X Y Z Pitch Yaw Roll
November 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
We’ll be showing this on the big screen at this weekends BTM62 LAN Party in Oakville, Ontario — awesome job!! (Oops… I accidentally clicked on a Google Ad, hope you don’t mind)
December 6th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Kickass! I love the Source engine, and this is why. The Hadouken Chain was especially great.
December 7th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
i watch it every day just to cheer myself up, then i go play tf2 =]
December 13th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I’m starting to get the idea of this (sv_cheats 1;bot_command.. as opposed to bot_mimic), but how do I add a delay? I know Source has a wait command, I just don’t know it.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Awesome stuff man! Love the Pyro Rocket-Pong! You should make a tournament out of it or something…Anyone have a link to the song in the clip?
December 14th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Excuse the repost, but I found it, thanks. Sweet song
December 17th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Воздержусь…
December 18th, 2008 at 3:23 am
this is an awsome vid!!!! XD
December 18th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Хорошая статья
Вот только не нашел ссылку на РСС блога?
December 18th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Спасибочки! Буду теперь заходить на этот блог почаще!
December 19th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
А Вы на заказ не пишите?
December 19th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Отличная тема.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
благодарствую
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:11 am
Урааа… давно искал, спасибо большое
December 24th, 2008 at 1:57 am
fitting milieu! fount done!
January 9th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
It’s really nice, i just wonder one thing… What program or w/e it is… how did you do that travel between shots n stuff? I’ve been look for something like it but i don’t find it anywhere, please tell me!
February 16th, 2009 at 4:03 am
omg evildaedalus, i came across this vid from a link or something to the youtube site and became ur number 1 fan of this vid, i commented on the one on youtube, ur profile also, but u never responded and i dont blame u. i just wanted to say im in love with this vid, and the song. great song, downloaded it, cnt stop listenin. plus, i just wanted to know wat a.i. stands for, if u read this post and decide to respond, i have 3 ways for u to reach me: noob owner is my name on steam, gdamatov77@aim.com is my email, and gabid77 is my youtube account name
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:47 am
This… is… Epic. o-o
It’s like chillz in a box that no spy can sap.
The pyro-clip 20x rocket tennis was awesome, as well as the Heavy Dominoes.
Imagine that spycrab cube being lit with ubers.
Havok is awesome as an engine, ain’t it? 8D
March 25th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
to put it in one word: OMGWTFTLYOSM
May 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Добавил в свои закладки. Теперь буду вас намного почаще читать!
May 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Не стану говорить за остальных, но именно мне этот пoст понравился.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Я извиняюсь, что немного не в тему, а что такое RSS? и ка на него подписаться?
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