In Valve's now iconic 'Team Fortress 2' they created the world's first War-themed Hat Simulator. Two teams of RED and BLU mercenaries battle it out across countless warzones with intense firepower and fine head-based tailoring. Somewhere behind all of this is some sort of deep conspiracy with two warring factions, corporate intrigue and muscular hirsute Australians. But really we know it's all about the hats.
Harry101UK and I have been talking about this project for YEARS but I actually wrote it before we'd even met, long before I was ever recording music. If memory serves, I'm fairly certain that this song was the first rap I ever wrote. The earliest recorded demo of this song dates back to 2016 but the lyrics had existed for at least 2-3 years before that.
Of course I've been back through and updated the lyrics a bit to reflect 6+ years of writing and music experience. (the old beat I originally wrote to was almost half the speed, so some lyrics had to be streamlined to make them say-able!) The Engy and the Medic got the biggest re-writes, because the Engy lyrics were a total tongue twister that was unsayable at this speed and because I'd actually already recycled the Medic's original verse to be used in my Surgeon Simulator song.
I moved house recently and knew I'd have to take several weeks off from working on videos to do so, so now seemed like the perfect time to resurrect this project and have someone else make a video for me for the first time. And who better than the magnificent Harry101UK? We'd been talking about the idea of doing this project for the longest time and I'm so grateful to Harry for stepping up and spending the last couple of months to make this incredible animation.
And I'm equally grateful to my amazing Patrons who funded the project! Thank you to every one of you. I'm immensely proud of this video and I'm thrilled to be able to share it with you all after so many years!
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bit.ly/StupendiTunes Lyrics, and Vocals by The Stupendium
Animation and Soldier/Heavy vocals by Harry101UK
youtube.com/user/Harry101UK Beat produced by Pacific
www.beatstars.com/pacificmusic/ Mixed by Oxygenn Beats
youtube.com/oxygenbeats Source Filmmaker Workshop assets:
Enhanced Soldier model by Maxxy and Velly
Enhanced Spy model by Alaxe
Hipoly Pyro model by SediSocks, Murphy, Hecates and Game Zombie
Deathmatch Mercenary model by Maxxy
Pyroland props by wekateka and RedMser
Dispenser Screens by Pumkin and 'will eat for food'
Additional props from the Frontline! Community Update
Additional props from the Invasion Community Update
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The Stupendium is a musician, animator and content creator, creating weird, wonderful and usually incredibly nerdy songs and animations. Join them on their journey to obscure, niche internet stardom! They have some pretty decent videos, wonderful facial hair and a great sense of discomfort describing themself in the third person.
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3 years ago
CHECK OUT HARRY'S ALTERNATE ENDING! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJqdMm-GrF4 LYRICS: SCOUT: Watch out! The scout's out and about. Running around, bringing bonks right down on your scalp Do you even know who you're talking to here? I'm a streak of greased lightning, keep fighting for years I'm a stunner, number one run and gunner My beats bring the heat 'cause I'm a sweet double jumper Your fingerâs on the trigger but before you get to pull it I'll take a sip of fizz and go whizzing past your bullets I'm on it like a rocket on a course to freakin' pound ya Call me Super-Sonic 'cause I'm running rings around ya I'm a dab hand with a sandman I'm the baddest in the badlands I'm a speed freak on a kill streak See a blur and then it's bang bang DEMO: I'm the Demo! Explosions are my M.O. Tyrant from the highlands getting violent on the bellows The only thing more volatile than me would be my ammo I'll leave you blown to pieces while my piece is screaming blammo Did this have whisky in or was it nitroglycerine? I'll find out on the way out if I'm spouting flaming p*ss again 'Cause if I live another day my liver might go anyway And I'd rather go in glory so in war I won't be giving in I suffer for my art I've got sulphur on the heart This tartan Spartan's gonna tear you apart. Fire shots at the Cyclops, it never ends well Oh, they're gonna have to glue you back together in hell SNIPER: Zoom, red dot Boom, headshot Your head's got a new lead clot Bring you to a dead stop, leave you with your head popped Another target on the list that can be checked off 'Cause on a mission I am viciously efficient My vitals just my rifle and a set of jars to p*ss in When it comes to assassins you could say I'm high-calibre Yanking my machete from your head like it's Excalibur No mercy mercenary, I'll take you down like cattle when My true forte's in 2Fort playing blood sports on the battlements Spray your brain before you know what's happening Safe to say, no way that you'll be wearing hats again If youâre seeing red or youâre feeling blue If you wanna bust caps and wear them too If you like warfare in stylish headear Well have we got the game for you No there isnât any greater Military millinery simulator We fight all day to find out whoâs The most fashionable faction in TF2 SOLDIER: Listen up âcause I wonât say it again You'd better not be sissies because war is not a game! Unless of course it's war games, then Iâm all for games Hope you're keeping score because numerate I sure ain't! I am good at fighting, ask Sun Tzu I taught him all he knows in the art of Shovel Fu Way back in ancient China when I met him one night He said Soldierâs really cool and the best at winning fights Now I win all the fight money wherever I go 'Cause my rockets go BOOM then you explode Now, the army told me that I was crazy But I wrote this song so Iâm clearly amazing SPY: Gentlemen, it won't be gentle when I sneak into your base and steal the faces of your helpless friends Stealing your briefcase really was a brief case You think you're smart but I have the intelligence Be a man! Why do you have to die screaming? I shoot you, take the loot and take my suit for dry cleaning. Iâm not cheating you ignorant swine I creep in and sneak things right into your spine When I fight with my butterfly it stings like a bee So tonight tell your mother 'hi', give her a kiss from me I'm debonair with deadly flair, I'm anyone and anywhere The face your mother wakes to is the last you'll ever see HEAVY: I am heavy weapons guy I make puny babies cry Want to live? Rule one: Don't. Touch. My. Gun. May be slow, no need to rush ya When i'm rolling with Natascha Fill you dead with holes we crush ya Leave you cold like snow in Russia. That's puny gun! I punch more damage! Chew you up for lunch like sandvich Think you can outrun me? Prove it I'd like to see you outrun bullet If youâre seeing red or youâre feeling blue If you wanna bust caps and wear them too If you like warfare in stylish headwear Well have we got the game for you No there isnât any greater Military millinery simulator We fight all day to find out whoâs The most fashionable faction in TF2 ENGINEER: Howdy! The engineerâs in the field Farm boy charm with a megaton yield Iâve got a cranium laced with uranium Dispense your offense with the weapons I wield I'm hot stuff, âcause Iâve a hundred degrees So if you boil my blood youâll get burned on Steam I'm over qualified to leave you nullified and tan your sorry hide You'd better run and hide or die by my machines Just a friendly Engy Preventing entry with a deadly sentry Each practical problem I solve, my skill mounts The only thing higher than my IQ is my kill count PYRO: Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Emboldened scolding folds of red and gold are my desire! Its my sacred duty, keep the beauty burning higher Leave you dismembered in the embers, every felling swells the pyre! I'm a terror from the nether, something that you've never seen With a charcoal soul, heart pumping kerosene You've met your match you'll be a charred patch on the floorboards I'll strike a match and strike the match off of the scoreboard What's it matter if my brain's deranged when I snuff you out? Boy, does it look lovely out! Candy canes and fluffy clouds! Racking up the kills as Iâm cranking up the grill Easy to blow you away when you're just powder MEDIC: Got a little headache? You'd better call the Medic! Were you wanting anesthetic? Really donât be so pathetic That burning is a bird within your sternum that snuck in whilst I was working But I think a bloody dove is quite a lovely aesthetic You grazed your knee? Well it seems to me You need invasive exploratory surgery See I may have a little uncertainty Between patient, Specimen? Itâs a blur to me. Get the point of my syringes at your hiney Iâll Ăbercharge and buff you 'til you're shiny I could fix you quick with my medi-gun The procedure is painless but thatâs no fun⌠If youâre feeling blue or youâre seeing red If whatâs on your mindâs whatâs on your head Who wants to battle When thereâs catalogues of hats to browse instead? Itâs not how far you push the cart What matters is the noble art Of dressing heads in dandy threads To wear whilst you are blown apart If youâre seeing red or youâre feeling blue If you wanna bust caps and wear them too If you like warfare in stylish headwear Well have we got the game for you No there isnât any greater Military millinery simulator We fight all day to find out whoâs The most fashionable faction in TF2
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