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Popping Pumpkins [SFM](Action entry)Saxxy Awards 2016

6th Annual Saxxy Awards

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It looked so cool to me while replaying the impacts again, and again...
But in hind-sight it had to be severely rushed due to the forever increasing time limit...

I did not want to extend my animation to 5:00 and put it into the extended category because I feel there are too many already. And it has come up in news that there are too many 5:00 videos, and them being worth cutting down to 3:00 http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=23444
Even several months before, they predicted almost perfectly that there would be a lot of 5:00 videos, probably because the winner of last year's overall was an extended video. But above all that it won because it was entertaining.

Now I can't say my video is entertaining. I mean... I enjoy it, but alot of people might see it as a rushed mess.

You might find a lot of pointless talking scenes because I wanted to fit my entire image about what this should have into the into the video.

There are no workshop items (To my knowledge.) And the video uploaded was edited in no way, and has came straight from source filmmaker's rendering.

This is probably a wall of text, but If you do not understand the story, then let me explain it in text. Demoman is looking for Medic, when he is literally right behind him. Spy and Heavy are moving a couch from floor to floor, when heavy insisting he catch the couch. (Kids do not try that at home... Or anywhere.) Demoman finds Medic and is about to reveal why he is looking for him, but finds that Medic is not serious at all, and is rudely teasing how the bombinomicon stole his eye. Comic explanation here: http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/
Moving on, Demoman takes in the tease, and tries to explain that the bombinomicon is not a forced to be joked about. Medic is just extremely exited for the Halloweening. Demo then has to smack some sense into him, the sense being that losing an eye is traumatizing, and to have teammates tease him makes him feel broken. Demoman exits the mansion to find himself chased by a pumpkin head Demoknight, ready to take his head. Demoman defeats this evil spirit blu thing, with his scrumpy bottle, and is headed back inside figuring things are safer there. Now here is where the rushing begins. In my head I imagine the Headless horseman appearing next and blocking the way inside. But i did not have enough time to do that, and there was 20 seconds left my dilemma here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Ld4XzwhnY
Which explains the plot-hole of demoman running back outside instead of running inside. The story continues as Demoman finds the spirit's magic spell book, which coincidentally has a Monoculus spell. Monoculus is actually demoman's eye filled with magic and given it's own conscience by the Bominomicon in-game. The headless horseman effortlessly defeats the eye with one swift cornea piercing strike. And before Demo could brutally beat the Headless horseman with his scrumpy bottle, he loses his arm. Demoman is thrown against the wall in great pain. When his neck is being threatened as "it". Just in time, Spy stabs the headless horseman in the back, doing little to no damage, but taking his attention behind him, where then heavy throws the same exact sofa couch he caught, and using the power of ubercharge, crushes the headless horseman like ant. Medic heals demoman granting his arm back, and was SUPPOSED to apologize and claim to do everything he can to get his eye back. That last ending was cut out for taking to long.

This saxxy entry was intended for the action category, and Source Filmmaker, models, particle effects, sound, music, and the map used are owned by Valve. To my knowledge. I think the map was community made...  The map was developed by these guys: 
Valve
Tim "YM" Johnson
Alex "Rexy" Kreeger

Special thanks to adviser/Co creator/contributors Hayzen (animation adviser: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/haystack_/)
And Sabastion Arrowson (Story advisor http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/sabastion_arrowson/)

All animation, other than the sequences and particle effects Valve pre-made, were animated by me.

I started in early September. And finished in mid-November.

Thanks, and please enjoy. Please. Link to voting here:{Sample link}

Made with Source Filmmaker http://www.sourcefilmmaker.com/

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