Addressing The Rumours

[@Smeaf]

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[@WierdGuyLiam]

Production value here is awsome!

[@r3dshed]

The cypher at the end credits reads: "REALITY SHIFTS / EVERY MOVE UNKNOWN / TERRAIN HOSTILE / INSTINCT SHARPENS / REALM ALIEN / ESCAPE"

[@wooldyy]

@smeaf i meant that i was tryna make an action sequence with a guy in a helmet

[@solomonjimmy]

finally less meme and more content🤗.

[@alex.g7317]

I just love how you have a tv in the background playing subway surfers for my lizard brain.

[@yesblocky]

Not the "Are you gay". Stay strong bro.

[@DJ_Narcan]

He didn't answer my question either

[@Esburito]

And would that be a problem

[@Igiii]

I am and love him. 😁

[@jozimastar95]

He answered both with money

[@alex.g7317]

@@EsburitoI think you just answered your own question

[@imes60]

Man your editing is to me one of the best in the YT game: entertaining, fluid, precise with so much work and illustrations in it. Make sure to find the right person for this job because you set the bar pretty high!

[@justblaze4707]

I worked all day for like 3 days straight trying to scrub the whole default smeaf file with a friend. I feel like we were pretty close but we knew we were missing the final solution

[@jimmyleach5308]

Justin Maller pfp is wild. Love that

[@mikehank2896]

been following you since early days, you've always had the quality, you've come very far bro

[@menmie]

2:25 is so relatable bro like man, im not trying to hate other 3d software but dang they're expensive and i dont even have a single penny, im broke

[@SouthernShotty]

I dont believe you edit your videos.

[@Smeaf]

I really put this guy to work 💥

[@Goormilak]

Okay, but what was behind that button

[@moaz9116]

A....void to a lake portal idk?!!

[@Zenithanimations]

The safe to the secret formula

[@Goormilak]

@@Zenithanimations you onto something

[@lukyno_666]

Text at the end is saying "reality shifts every move unknown terrain hostile instinct sharpens realm alien escspe" And the gps locations are some backrooms photos on google maps

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

When you go frame by frame when there is that text at the end there are some symbols in between glitch effect I need help with decoding that or anything

[@NomadRProductions]

@@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm It's "I'm lost" in the wingdings font

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

@@NomadRProductions nice. The Morse code after that is I think 100 / J or 100 / #J but I am steel checking

[@Bo0hs]

@@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm it says 10s Videos

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

@@NomadRProductions and there is that weird frame at 13:10 when the camera recording time changes to 0:00:21 and there is CHO3 written in the right top corner but that might be just editing mistake or smth EDIT: nevermind this is just a specific of this overlay I found other videos with the same thing on yt

[@PrinceEagle]

Smeaf will slowly turn into the Vsauce of the Blender Community

[@andrewphoto4750]

aye you i've seen you before in some disocrd lmao

[@PrinceEagle]

@@andrewphoto4750 hehe Probably from Kaizen or Polygoniq

[@andrewphoto4750]

@@PrinceEagle both lol

[@Enderblade18]

I think Polyfjord is already VSauce but Smeaf will be his partner in crime

[@PrinceEagle]

@@andrewphoto4750 nice 😄 You have the same username there ?

[@PeeJ_ENT]

This was dope, actually got me laughing out loud with your jokes, DaVinci Resolve gang

[@Smeaf]

Literally learnt so much from you Peej 🔥 Resolve Gang for life

[@RobZombiiAnimations]

That Incredibles scene with Dash also was inspiring for me take up animation! I had the original game and I would literally replay that one mission repeatedly. I just loved it!

[@manmeetsinghkhanijo7249]

Congrats smeaf on 200k watching you since 2020-2021 ❤❤ More love and power to u

[@stiefelriemen632]

"reality shifts - every move unknown - terrain hostile - instinct sharpens - realm alien - escape" I have the feeling it's a clue, but I can't figure it out

[@DMTsage]

i was about to comment the same thing

[@jonathansmith114]

Where did you get the key? From what I already know from PigPen Cipher, this is just gibberish using the standard.

[@DMTsage]

@@jonathansmith114 I also just used the standard and got the same result as his

[@sageval3516]

​@@jonathansmith114 It is shown in the video

[@sageval3516]

First letter of eac line spells R E T I R E, maybe he is retiring

[@crystalgames7744]

I love LORE! Especially "dark" lore like this! Smeaf really wants to give away that 1000 helping us with the puzzle.

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

New arg? Like some other people got: Reality shifts every move unknown terrain hostile instinct sharpens realm alien escape In between glitches when there is the text at the end there are some hidden symbols if you go frame by frame

[@wydua]

did you also listen to the morse code or not?

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

@@wydua i am just reading it and trying to translate and I think it is 100 / J Or 100 / #j You said listen so maybe there is something that I didn't hear or you just meant read?

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

and there is that weird frame at 13:10 when the camera recording time changes to 0:00:21 and there is CHO3 written in the right top corner but that might be just editing mistake or smth EDIT: nevermind this is just a specific of this overlay I found other videos with the same thing on yt

[@wydua]

@@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm i am too tired for arg oh god

[@kerhabplays]

and he's somehow captive.

[@GANXY]

Respect on how you integrated the ad read. Great video, keep it up!

[@the_gascan]

Smeaf, The truth is that reality shifts and every move is unknown. The whole terrain is hostile. The only way forward is with a instinct that sharpens even in this realm of the alien. That is the only Escape.

[@Nvvvvvvvvvvvvvm]

When you go frame by frame when there is that text at the end there are some symbols in between glitch effect I need help with decoding that or anything

[@Undead_Nexus]

theres some horrible high frequencies in this video i have a headache but god its worth it seeing you smeadaddy

[@scout9936]

So glad to have witnessed this channel explode! Here's to another 200k🎉🎉

[@multimicah]

wow, been seeing your editing just get better and better throughout the years - really cool an inspiring to see also your channel content is like insane now

[@mr.mostellar]

That tv sound in the background the whole time really took me back to childhood.

[@copewitascope]

Your editing is so amazing!

[@mementomori8984]

For those who were curious about what is hidden at the coordinates, I can say that there are a couple of signs that state (This park is private property, and entry without permission is prohibited to anyone except participants. If you enter without permission, you will be subject to criminal prosecution. SK Housing Co., Ltd.) That's all I could dig up about this place so far. Moreover, satellite imagery shows that there is construction going on and there is a baseball field. Two round objects resemble an agricultural complex system, but this is most likely not accurate, and they may be abandoned and not in use.

[@Roman_R0X_]

[34°42'03.0"N 135°49'16.0"E] Coordinates for anyone who's interested.

[@Kids_with_Guns]

thanks bro

[@supercalifragilisticex]

was that supposed to be a Japanese nuclear plant?

[@Kids_with_Guns]

I can't find it

[@Kutt3r__]

@@Kids_with_Guns I only saw a backrooms Reddit post with these coordinates.

[@ramalshebl60]

​@@supercalifragilisticex right??? like i didn't get the reference honestly

[@trevorwilliams401]

Love you Smeaf! Well done.

[@jackmaguire8634]

Has the blendermarket Default Smeaf model been updated yet? There seem to be a bunch of files that are supposed to be embedded (like a ../DaVinci/Smeaf.mp4 and a bunch of videos), and are they supposed to be missing? Is this part of the challenge? Also - '(INSERT VIDEO HERE)' is still present...

[@Smeaf]

Yes, everything works with or without the embedded media files lol I can’t say anything else without spoiling it

[@jackmaguire8634]

@@Smeaf lol nw thanks for the reassurance!

[@philthomas2378]

Hey man! It is channels like yours that makes KZbin Premium worthwhile! So thanks! You have been an inspiration to me to the point where I have started a KZbin channel (not under this username - also given it is a bit niche I am very happy/amazed with my 100 subscribers in 2 years 🙂 ). I am very grateful to people like you and other KZbin channels that put great content up. While Blender will never be anything more than a hobby for me personally it is very important for me as it allows me to unwind in a creative way in the evenings. It has been creating/editing my own tutorials that has made me realise just how much effort goes into each of these videos! So thanks again for all the hard work.

[@torphedo6286]

Pigpen underrated. Good to see Smeaf is a based Pigpen enjoyer.

[@assassinsenpai]

I'm going to try my luck with the default smeaf, but where can I submit my guesses?

[@theblindbandit_76]

Were the face maps part of the puzzle? Because when saving in 4.0 I think it lead to the loss of them

[@3DWolfEngineering]

keep it up mate ! youre doing such a great job and also inspiring me to finnaly get going on the blender point on my bucket list❤

[@GlamrockGabson]

8:50 i love how hes just out of focus in this section lmao

[@Peas3D]

I hope you're still having a good day while lost in the void, smingle!

[@Jesse-Karn]

If anyone is wondering. The morse code at the end says "03312026". March 31st, 2026? Something happening in 1 year, 10 months from now?

[@PedroRuiz3]

I ussed whatthefont to decipher it but couldn't find the right font.

[@WonderingStuff]

This puzzle is sure throwing me for a loop lol, the second clue especially (the "INSERT VIDEO HERE" one). I thought I had it, but now I'm back to throwing stuff at the wall and hoping something will stick, there are so many things one can try before something will. Almost forgot the fabled hat, what is up with that? Anyway, back to throwing.

[@theblindbandit_76]

Did you find the hat? I only see others commenting about it

[@WonderingStuff]

@@theblindbandit_76 Hi! Yes I did find the hat, I still do not know its significance but oh well. You just have to go to frame 291, then in any node editor look a little to the left and down. I'm taking a bit of a break from the whole Default Smeaf thing, might brew in me new ideas to try. What about you? How's the treasure hunt going?

[@theblindbandit_76]

​@@WonderingStuff Oh that's great. I thought it may have been lost due to the version update. I thought there may be more significance to it too. But now after seeing it, it doesn't sound any major alarms. The hunt has gotten pretty much fruitless for me lol, the only clue I wasn't able to find myself that was in the comments was the blue hat and perhaps the spammings of SITK. Maybe there's a clue in the motion tracking but I have no idea how to use that side of blender lol. So I do open the file here and then to maybe see if there's something I may have missed but I can't find much lol... I'm starting to feel like it could may have been a scam but it may be just me being drained from the searching and no results. So I left a comment hoping people will respond and maybe share clues to solve the puzzle.. And also looking at recent comments and I found urs lol. But if you decide to continue checking here are the rest of my discoveries so far(Yeah it's a whole essay lol): Maybe it has to do with motion tracking as there is a tab for it open but I have no idea how motion tracking works. If you do try to render the scene your computer may crash as there are subdivision modifiers that cause the smeaf model and eyes have an extremely high poly count. So if you will try to do some motion tracking from the animation don't forget to turn off those. Maybe that's a sign to him that you don't have to render? But idk. In one comment iirc he says that it should be able to be solved with/without some of the stuff. But he said he can't say much abt it without spoiling too much. There is a grease pencil too but nothing on it. There's red annotation arrows pointing to smeaf and there may be another annotation in hiding in the shader nodes, but you may have to scroll really far for that because I haven't found anything from just moving a bit. I have tried using the first letters clue with the modifiers on smeaf's body but it brings up nothing eligible, but they may be the first letters for clue one. I feel like the youtube video clue (This one "Clue 2: Okay, fine, go to this youtube video (INSERT VIDEO HERE)")may be a red herring because on the blender page it does say there are no outside clues. Meaning all the clues to solve this may be in the inside however I am not entirely sure about this, maybe in the video announcing the default smeaf addon or the one where he makes the smeaf animation will help point you to something in the file. The area lights and object data properties for some of the 3d objects are kinda weird, it may be helpful to look into that as well. There may be a secret in the rig, animation, textures or model. But I haven't seen anything that may be hidden in them yet. But they r the things he lists about the addon. There is an empty smeaf texture in the file, and in the blender market post it says it will be coming soon so maybe that's a hint? But he does say that there are no outside hints so it's possibly one thing to ignore. Maybe purchasing the addons that were on the file may help but I don't know... I think if that was the case he'd probably mention it. Maybe all the things that have 'smeaf' on them will give you the entire answer perhaps? Like the modifiers on smeaf that have dots after them. But most of the stuff have E's on their first letter and is another thing to look into I guess. I don't know if exporting an mdd will help in any way? For the Mesh sequence cache modifier. Maybe it's part of the solution but I doubt it will give any clues. If you'll want to try it don't forget to turn off the edge split and subdiv to be able to use it properly. There are comments in some videos saying SITK, SITP, SITC (These may be related to the first letters clue)etc. and like system is the key or smeaf is the key. However I have no idea if or how it's releated to this. Smeaf did mention one person was really close in the comments, and may have found the person he was referring to in a different comment section. Unfortunately I don't remember which video or community post lol. Some person did mention face maps as a possible clue but with the files update to 4.0 we may have lost access to that clue. He does mention that whoever solves the puzzle will know what to do to claim their prize, so there are more clues to find in the file I believe. It's either they r hidden very well or require some technical knowledge to figure them out. But just in case you haven't found some of these here are the other clues I found in plain text: ===================================================== Clue One: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # LOOK WITHIN ( ͡° ᴥ ͡°) Clue 2: Okay, fine, go to this youtube video (INSERT VIDEO HERE) So close, look right! You found this, nice. Second Clue is 'First Letters' Smeaf is the key, Unlock this and collect your reward ====================================================== Maybe there are more clues in the shader editor's annotations by moving frames? Or maybe from the red arrows annotation. But I legit have no idea. I think there are more text clues somewhere. Be it hidden through some cipher, some obscure part of the blender file or maybe the motion of smeaf. Smeaf will know one has solved the puzzle by performing a certain action so he must have left us a note telling us what to do... Maybe it's the Clue One? Maybe we r meant to play hangman in his comments or smth? Whatever the case, there should be more clues in the file. Must need a technical eye or just a more detailed look to get the key to the puzzle.... lol this is a lot but hope u find it useful

[@WonderingStuff]

​@@theblindbandit_76 Haha yeah that's a lot. We are on the same page regarding what we've found, also I agree that there are no more plain text clues. I've looked around the blend file more than I'm willing to admit. Other than what you've already mentioned, I've found nothing concrete. A couple of "interesting" useless things, but nothing more. (if you're interested in these, I can fetch them from my notes, I just do not have them at the moment) I'll reveal my cards, It's not much but it's my final guess. ======== What follows is what what I think is the path to solving this. Might be wrong. Trying random stuff in the workspaces I've come to realize is not a realistic way to solve the puzzle, so let's look at the clues: The clue with the mention of a youtube video I would discard completely, it being a "duplicate" clue makes me think that it's a leftover of a different puzzle that was eventually changed to the current one. The hat.. idk lol. The first clue gives us a blank sentence to be solved. The second clue ties nicely to the first, the "first letters" of something(s) that will fill the blanks of the first clue. There is no "third" clue. So, first letters.. first letters of what? The the first letter of the names that are replaced with "Smeaf" counts up to around 15 (the same amount of blanks in the first clue), but with an excess, also with some ambiguous letter possibilities. I think it comes down to this anagram. I've tried for days rearranging letters, trying to make a sentence that makes sense, but nothing that made me think "This is the one". I (momentarily) gave up. ======== What do you think?

[@theblindbandit_76]

@@WonderingStuff Yeah true it may be an anagram in some sort of ways. But I don't know if the first clue will help solve it. Because there are a lot of things called smeaf in the file, so I doubt he would want us to try and figure it out through guessing... unless he's sadistic like that. I think there may just a general anagram since he said it may take a while to solve but I'm not sure. But yes I don't think interacting with anything in the viewport will help too. I think it would be too difficult to implement in the first places. If there are anymore clues it will be hidden in some way... It may be an anagram, caesar cipher or whatever ciphers there r. Maybe there's a clue in the keyframes or animation(But I doubt this). Or maybe it's in plain sight but is just really difficult to solve. I honestly am running out of ideas of what it could possibly be, hopefully smeaf gives us a pointer to something, was hoping he'd mention something then but unfortunately no.

[@mamtapatil1892]

Please make a full video on light baking in blender and solving problems while baking light... Please make it..its very imp for optimising game audience really thank you.

[@lucienarcos-palma3834]

the coordinates are in japan

[@Dude_Blender]

Did anyone go to the coordinates?

[@GibbonFan]

the high pitch ringing in the background is killing me

[@madx5215]

You are the best smeaf ❤

[@billyoung9538]

What's beyond the observable universe? Mostly observable darkness, because the reason it's not observable is there is no observable energy. The one potential exception to this is if something that generates an observable energy does exist be is further away than the time it would take for the potentially observable energy to travel from it's originating point to us to be observed. For that to happen the observable energy source would have to be light speed( aka C)*distance away* current time for every moment that passes assuming we detect it the moment it comes into an observable distance. With the previous exception noted it should be pointed out that if another "universe" existed within the same darkness void our universe is expanding through eventually the two would collide, but we wouldn't know until something from it traveled from the edge of our observable universe to our point in space. AKA not likely in our lifetimes if ever.

[@ErikMKeller]

What if our universe is inside a default cube, and there are others in other default cubes, shouldn't we consider this before deleting it? 🤔

[@lightcatdev]

smeaf addressing the rumors..I can't believe that was what was behind the play button.

[@TheMightyBrosiedon]

cannot be bothered to translate that morse code at the end yet but i’ll get to it later

[@maddiej6296]

*looks up coordinates*... Some random industrial site in Japan...? You do you, Smeaf...

[@PedroRuiz3]

Using Google Maps looks to be a water holding tank. You click on it and label reads "Backrooms".

[@brandingdesignpro]

You have to delete the default cube… preferably as painfully as possible 😂😂

[@joyfulfrog-tm3504]

This is amazing man, I really enjoyed the ending.

[@minuteproof3713]

really awesome video, the scripting, staging, editing, everything was perfect

[@drdanon9615]

video file is missing from default smeaf XD

[@xodiz]

You cannot pack a video file as well as certain other types in a blend file.

[@peterpl4ysg4mes49]

BLUD YOU ARE A FUCKEN LEGEND for using yakuza 0 substory ost. OMG! But ye all the rumours you have answered are relatable les be real. (I just finished 5 yakuza games and they are peak)

[@muscle__rr]

It would be really great if you would add the price per edit or price per hour in your notion. It would really help people like me to get an idea about the payment that highly skilled editors get here on YT. Thanks. That might become an inspiration for many aspiring editors.

[@Leo-zj9pv]

Hi, can you tell me which platform do you usually use to find reference or inspiration for your 3d stuff? I currently struggle to find good reference for my 3d render. Thank you very much.

[@chryssdale5747]

Is it also possible to do commisions or earn money at all doing 3d on a low spec pc/laptop?

[@MrIssa2021]

You make more money than Chanux Bro??? How? He has 2.1 million subs and you have only 221K!

[@sirrender1010]

Why the random baseball park in yana japan?

[@almac8840]

Good editing goes a long way

[@Victor_Wilk]

Smeaf are you sure this puzzle works, haha

[@orange-ish4833]

Smeaf being a dog is crazy

[@steamer2k319]

Yeah, I thought it was a llama thingish.

[@MikeGemi]

Dont forget the 3D software at the time was insanely expensive too

[@rbuzio]

Cool video dude!

[@theblindbandit_76]

Just trying to see if clue one is a hangman game lol. My first guess is A

[@dertobbe1176]

so what is in nara, japan?

[@originalcharacter2470]

Perhaps this is becuase Blender has changed, but I find the lighting I got from following these instructions looks patchy rather than nice and smooth like yours.

[@nicolasdupouymanescau]

my take on the 1000$ enigma : the number of blocks in the armature of default smeaf is your age

[@Ren_rz]

The Burton's behind will remain a secret forever

[@godfatheralexander]

Yakuza 0 music 💓💓💓

[@OOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF]

Why are smeafs eyes below his nose

[@wydua]

Having this TV out of focus is so much pain. Why did you do this, why did you do this to usssss. I ALRADY HAVE ISSUES WITH VISION WHYYYYYYY

[@wooldyy]

nah bro I didnt mean it like that im tryna make an action animation with a guy in a helmet-

[@itsalgore]

Hey @smeaf , I am a 3d sculptor.... been in the world of 3d for the past 2 yrs but I dont have anyone.... not a single person that I can talk all things 3d with. I have tried connecting with people in different social apps but still alone. I do have a shitty laptop so my progress has been slow .... maybe thats the issue but i just wish I could be part of a community

[@HackeemSoleyn]

Anyone hears the noise from the mic?

[@ahadmazhar4154]

I didn't even realize I was watching subway surfers gameplay until like 2 minutes in. I may be cooked 💀

[@kartik-rk2jk]

I couldn't focus on the video because of the High Quality parkour gameplay of minecraft in the background bro that parkour is really smooth.

[@honaleri]

Says he never touches grass, then very clearly touches grass at the end. What are we supposed to believe Smeaf! What's the truth!

[@thomasduthie]

the worst part is i tuned you out when the subway surfers came on... genuinely embarrassed

[@jengjang1481]

good video 👍 but i think you accidentally skipped a question at 2:30 😃

[@sien_visuals6394]

Money is the realest answer ever

[@Itsa_Me_Jay]

i literally love this video

[@GaryParris]

well done good work

[@marcelocarneiro7300]

One of the best videos i saw this year

[@wydua]

the coordinates lead to the backrooms btw

[@tonezic]

The backround is genious

[@FriskDreemurr66669]

you're telling me smeaf isn't a snail?

[@amazanta1605]

Davinci is beyond underrated

[@bobbobkinz9958]

oh god hes a nautilus main

[@oge.elekwa]

2:29.. The 'Money' was real :)

[@charlesrobilliart7245]

This video is so good I loved it! ♥

[@TheGroselha]

I think those cables are not connected properly

[@OfficialTheOne]

my full attention is on the minecraft Background lol

[@Kitchen_Blender]

Great video!

[@notoriouscasual3333]

video starts at 7:29 and ends at 9:05

[@Malakaiser]

Bruh that high-pitch ringing is giving me a headache! 💀💀

[@drdanon9615]

34°42’03”N 135°49’16”E

[@jorgesotomayor3087]

aint no way smeaf edits in vegas 💀

[@justicemagagane5737]

We love you smeaf🎉

[@4pelokananasov992]

Bro, i hear this TV making ultrasonic sounds 😓

[@Kutt3r__]

The Pig's pen

[@ArtTizan3d]

Oh man, Some huge ARG feelings right now