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scout = spy

@thatspyisascout / thatspyisascout.tumblr.com

I make dumb videos and say dumb things
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Howdy, Just saw the Let eet go video, Had a very big laugh but i was wondering if you could do something, i have a white brutal bouffant and a gift wrap would you be able to sign it? Cheers for the Vid's and great job

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Sure, I don't know exactly how to sign things though:http://steamcommunity.com/id/sody_pop

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I've been your fan for 4 years, I love all your mixes and animations (I'm so amazed how good you became at these!) and now you make this Frozen parody and... it's one of the best tf2 related things I've ever seen. So thank you so much for all your work! YOU'RE AWESOME

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It really is people like you that got me where I am today.  4 whole years is way more than I could ever ask for and I'm eternally thankful that I'm in a position that I can make stuff that people like and enjoy.  Thanks so much, and at the risk of sounding stupid, stay tuned for more to come!

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Oh my gosh dude! I didn't know your were following me! I just have to say that your videos have pulled me out of some really bad moods. Hope you've got more in the works! :)

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I'm glad to hear that! :D I really like your stuff too!

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I must know, does the demoman die first in your new saxxy entry?

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Unfortunately, that project is in limbo and I'm having second thoughts about it entirely.  I may pick it up again, maybe slightly altered, but I can tell you that:  that particular demoman is the first to die from his bravado.

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Well it's finally here.  Performing for you.

Well if you're not sick enough of Frozen already, HERE'S SOME MORE MOTHERFUCKER.  TAKE IT.  ICE IT.  CHILL IT IN THE FREEZER--BRING IT OUT AGAIN AND LET THAT BITCH GO.

Anyways, dang...really sorry this came out so late, I severely underestimated the amount of work I had to do left.  Anyways, but yeah.  This video is the hardest thing I've ever done and I actually learned a shit ton making this.

1.  Map editing, to make Day Viaduct Night Viaduct.

2.  Particle editing, for all those snowy sparkles you see.

3.  After Effects, exporting, compression methods, and all that other boring crap.

Also, I feel like a huge asshole I have a shit ton of questions or something I just found out I had today because like I've said, I have no idea how to Tumblr.  Sorry guys!  I'm going to answer them right now and hope you guys aren't too pissed at me...

Heavy is wish-making fairy.

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New Video Out Tomorrow

If everything goes as planned, with the exporting and doing some things in after effects (and learning how to do said things in After Effects) the video should be up by tomorrow, or the laaatest, Friday.

This one's a good one.  I've been working really hard on it for a really long time and I think you guys will like it.

It's pretty long, too.  Compared to like the rest of my stuff, anyway.

All these amazing freakin SFM animations have been coming out lately, and I'm like, "Damn.  I gotta step my game up."  Crazyhalo's SSB Source video is probably my new favorite now.  I've actually got it set in my mind that I'm sort of "competing" with End of the Line set to release in (rumoured) June.

I set my expectations for myself waaay too high.

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Hi how you doin

I made this thing.  I'm still making things, actually.  I know I haven't uttered a single peep in a long time, but that's cause I'm working on

 a whole bunch of things I think people will like right now.  Hopefully you do.  I can't force you though.

Thinking of uploading a sneak preview soon.

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Lots of good Saxxy Contestants

Unfortunately, I was unable to finish mine on time.  This is both a good and a bad thing.  Bad, because I've always sort of secretly wanted so badly to beat my enemies into gold statues.

But good because I'm not pressed for time in making my video the best I can make it.  I'm pushing myself (at least I think) in interesting new directions and sort of rebuilding my animating method from the ground up.

Focus has shifted from nitpicking animation details to timing, and just the big picture in general.  I'll keep whoever reads this blog (pshh, the few who do) updated.

Thanks, and maybe next year.

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Dude, First thing i have to say to you is that you fuckin rock man. The Not so Gone video you made was literally the most fuckin amazing and badass thing I had ever seen. I can't wait to see more man! "follows" Keep up the fantastic work! I actually produce content myself "mostly comics and random drawings" and my fan base is a little dinky in my opinion, but I'll be sure to throw you any support i can through Tumblr! So good luck with your future projects man. I'll be cheering from the sideline

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Thanks!  It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside when my work is complemented.

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The Down-Low on What's Going On

I'ma holla at you.

Expect a Saxxy entry from me.  I'm almost half-done right now, and I'm gonna work hard on it in my free time.  I plan to submit it to both the action and comedy entries, cause it's a little of both.  I think it's coming out really nice so far.

It's also sort of a 'music video' for a TF2 remix.  Yeah, haven't done one of those in maybe a year.  I might make a version using only TF2 music assets, just to be on the safe side.

Quick render.

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Stuff I'm Making - Dilemma

The whole reason I started this Tumblr is to have an outlet that I can communicate in more thoroughly than through a Youtube description, and a lot better organized at that.  If I'm not mistaken, this 'Tumblr' thing seems to be like some sort of place I can blog, like a new Myspace or something except not bad?  Correct me if I'm wrong...

--Anyways, the content I create. 

There's two different kinds of content on my channel.  I started out making TF2 remixes after being inspired by VincesoX's Pokerface remix 'Babyman'.  It was and still is an awesome video. I was never a stranger to attempting to get more subscribers to my channel.  In its' early days, every time I'd finish a video, I'd grab the link and share it on TF2chan.  I had literally never been there before, and only went to drop the link and run away.  I was afraid of what people would say.  I always have been.

I was guilty of putting 'tits' and 'ass' on my video tags.  I was young.  After making a couple of TF2 remixes, some of which became semi-popular (at least among the then much smaller TF2 community) I wanted to go bigger.  I can't just keep doing the same thing.

--Movies.

I loved watching Gmod videos.  My friend and I watched them tirelessly and laughed our eyes out, and we still do to a point.  I wanted to use Gmod--to make awesome videos like 69Starmix96 and Rubberfruit.  I ended up making one, though rather juvenile, and with Windows Movie Maker.  It was shitty, but it was a start. 

Soon after, Valve announced an official SFM build.  I didn't get a beta key, because I wasn't important.  So I waited.  And waited.  Then I finally got it.  This was what I needed to breathe new life into my videos.  I started work on a new remix.

Long story short.

Game Grumps started.  I loved it.  Both me and my friend loved it.  I saw all the Game Grump Animated's coming out, and loved them.  Sonic 06 happened.  I knew I needed to do it.  And I started.

Beautiful Little Moment came out, and I decided to share it on /r/gamegrumps.  It was radically different than anything I had made before.  It was something I felt like doing, not something that was a natural continuation of what I had been doing.  Eventually, it boomed.  My friend started calling me a Youtube star, but I didn't want to be called that.  I didn't like it.  I didn't want to be any sort of 'star.'  I thought I did, but I didn't.  I was scared.

Then NBA Motherfucking Jam.

Then silence.

Game Grumps with Jon ended, and I made one last Gamegrumps Animated.  I felt it would be nice to cap it off as a trilogy.  The video was uploaded, and weeks later, I got to thinking.

Sure, I had gained many subscribers from these videos.  But I felt, I had near abandoned those who I started with in the first place.  Are they still subscribed?  Do they know I exist?

After what may have been a year, yesterday I opened up Audacity and GCFscape, and began to mix.  Their interfaces greeted me, like old friends.

All in all, if I can say one thing about this, it's this...

Sometimes, people won't like what you create.  Sometimes they will.  Sometimes, people will leave you.  Others may stay.  Sometimes you've got to do something different.  You've got to make a change.  After long hours, and a rollercoaster of emotions, it's come to this.

My next video is not a Gamegrumps animated.  I don't have anything planned for this year's Saxxies.  I'm currently making a TF2 remix + music video, and I have many ideas for that.  I'm not an organized person.  Not even I can predict what I'll do next.

I may do more Gamegrumps Animated's, more TF2 remixes, or maybe something that hasn't even come to me yet.  It's all in the air.

I have a lot more things to talk about, but that'll be for a different time.

Thanks for reading.

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