http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/workshop/filedetails/?id=325870313

This link above is for the Sukeban Boy set for Scout, uploaded before as the Sailor Scout for the literal pun. When I saw this thing I knew that because I am a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nerd who likes magical girl anime, I had to make an anime opening for this, so I volunteered. It didn't get in for Halloween which is a shame since it would have been the greatest butt-rustling of TF2 since the Grand Duchess Heavy set.

Regardless, I saw to it that this needed to get done no matter how much I may or may not regret this decision in the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80r_5pmeYQY

Huge thank you to SedimentarySocks for allowing me to do this. To everybody else I'm sorry and I will never do it again that's a lie magical girl ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is in my blood I'll try to do more than just mahou shoujo plz don't leave

http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=318231747
Voting for the Saxxy Awards 2014 has begun! There's some really good entries this year, and while I was unable to animate something from my own hands this year due to a mixture of illness and technical difficulties with my computer (which needs to be upgraded sometime this week to be fixed) - I helped out in this entry, "The Jewel Escapade", directed by Callegos (also known for Good Job, Breakfast Break and Magic Shmagic) and a very talented team of animators, modellers, original music and sound composing!

Instead of animation as per what I usually like doing next to posters, I did the audio design for this entry! That was then prettied up and made solid by Airon of eXtv who also worked on this project, big shoutout to him and Intero for helping me all the way.

A quick video from myself as well:
http://youtu.be/OYcHstxPaOc
This is basically promoting "The Jewel Escapade" again as well as what's happening with my current CPU situation. It shouldn't take too long to get back into the swing of being able to use my computer without things crashing (my computer crashed three times while working on this video), and by then I can get back to your commissions and requests as well as things I want to do.

(Including terrible Korean pop dances.)

http://youtu.be/Eqtm1Pxv5po
http://youtu.be/Q7jFw_dqKjk

Some context for these videos which I had fun doing:

The Love & War update was a fantastic update for TF2. After hinting it for a good while, Valve released a 15-minute TF2 short they've been working on that premiered the beloved comic favourite Miss Pauling into an animated universe, as well as releasing not only a whole bunch of cosmetics, but new taunts and new weapons! What they also did is they nerfed a few weapons to some classes - mainly Heavy's minigun, Pyro's Axtinguisher, Engineer's sentries, and the biggest upset of them all: Demoman's sticky launcher.

The competitive community seemed very divided about this. There were a lot of complaints and outrage from 6v6 and Highlander players. As some of you might know, I do play competitive, and this took a blow for us since our Demoman was very sticky-based and had issues with aggressive Scouts. Four days later, the nerf was reversed, with Valve implying that they were still planning on nerfing the sticky launcher again in the future, but perhaps not as extreme as a 2-second ramp up time. There was a LOT more divide for this, such as casual players Valve out for bowing down to a niche and being weak, or for those in the competitive community that supported the nerf, the rest of their community being weak for not adapting (a sentiment that a fair bit of casual and competitive players seem to share).

https://31.media.tumblr.com/b59fbd6f96209e92e6029e5409156fd0/tumblr_n7snfccSLm1r2qkzbo1_1280.png

As an SFM content creator, a TF2 fan, as well as a competitive TF2 player, the response and backlash I'm seeing from these videos I specifically created for a niche market within TF2 is very fascinating, but ultimately disheartening. I support competitive TF2 with the knowledge that this game is not built around competitive and that casual TF2 players are very turned off by the competitive scene based on how it's played or the player elitism that exists within it. I also support competitive TF2 knowing very well that Valve finds the scene stagnant, particularly 6v6 which they've expressed no interest in, and that is part of why ESEA and CEVO, both paid leagues, are not receiving any attention from Valve compared to UGC and ETF2L who do Highlander; a mode that is arguably closer to TF2's spirit. But the two communities are vastly different and there is no middle ground that currently exists; whether or not a community member or a staff member for Valve's team figures out how to make that middle ground yet, I'm not entirely sure.

Ultimately, I would love to create more content to promote the competitive side of TF2, a la Krunkidile's TSAs to improve on casual TF2, or Carbot's Starcrafts to Starcraft and Starcraft II meta. But because of the staggering differences and divide between the casual and competitive TF2 communities, it's hard to say if I'm going to find middle ground. I've had quite a few people approach me and thank me for introducing them to competitive or thank me for contributing to the scene, and for that I am truly thankful considering my competitive-based low-Steel gamesense is something to be desired - but I'm hoping that I'll be able to do that with Youtube just as much as I've apparently done it for Tumblr.