Deep behind Enemy Lines - A S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly Custom Playthrough [FUNDRAISER Ep#1]

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I’m still pondering if giving more visibily to this modpack, even for a good cause, is the right thing to do. Let me know if we should do a multiple episodes fundraiser series, with all the proceeds donated to Nova Ukraine, or we should simply leave it at this, and not talk about this whole drama anymore. Be kind to each others Stalkers.

[@GamingWithHunterMain]

I'm a firm believer that you can recognize artistry/talent without acknowledging personal beliefs. I'd play the modpack and just ignore the political stuff because at the end of the day its a free video game.

[@Benai-c]

I think you should continue if you have fun with the mod. Fuck the drama. Its not your duty to filter every bad opinion. If people get brainwashed into dumb and delusional opinions there is/was nothing you could do about it anyways. If the creator/s make money of the mod they deserve the money if the mod is good despite dumb opinions.

[@Tardenglobe2346]

You think the civilians get the ''help''. 😆🤣😂

[@leptir1]

I think having a spine and showing it goes far beyond a game or its various modpacks. It's bad for your brand with a populace that's brainwashed into the equivalent of "China number 1". On the other hand, there's a great cause, one that the STALKER devs made a game about, one that metro devs made a game about (and which the lead dev died for), etc. Forget the nonsense opinions that "it's just a game and leave politics out of the fun", if you want to have grown past the mentality of an insulated child. Ask yourself, what feels right to YOU? I'll acknowledge I also want more of your playthrough, as I have many times in the past. Slava to the country trying to be ok, and being invaded by a genocidal, imperialistic, self-serving nation. Slava to NATO in that picture too. Slava Cheeki for knowing what's right.

[@leptir1]

I didn't realize the mod authors are pro Russian. It's fine. You can shit all over them and their opinions openly, play their modpack and enjoy it, and coopt it to fundraise for a good cause. Win win.

[@lukasbelan2109]

You just pulled the greatest UNO reverse card ever. The moment I saw the title I connected the dots and started laughting out loud :D. Hope the algorhitm blesses you.

[@jimmypeeps8471]

I didn't donate because my stupid government who bled this country dry already sent millions without our consent, when were are already broke and struggling and becoming a 3rd world country ourselves. My country (Canada) talked NOTHING but trash about Ukraine and it's "not see" problem in our news papers until about 5 years ago, now all of a sudden they aren't the most corrupt country in Europe anymore and they are our strong allies? You can see why most Canadians don't give crap about the Ukraine situation, right? It's bs, you should go back and read the Toronto Star headlines from around 2010 era, or try Toronto Sun.

[@headhunter531]

I was going to say the same. Fucking majestic 😂

[@Aaron067]

extremely good move. Glad to see you use the hatred to turn it into something amazingly positive. Thank you!

[@namelessking777]

I love the way you flipped something negative like that on it's head and decided to use the controversy to do something for a good cause, awesome stuff!!!!

[@JohnSmith-y8o]

What exactly is the controversy here? Or the "negative" thing everybody is talking about? All are talking about it but nobody actually explains what's this all about. I just came across S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and all those mods a week ago and didn't play by myself yet. So... what have the people behind this mod have done that is so bad?

[@Chesesino6111]

​@@JohnSmith-y8othe mods in the discord of anomaly custom are pro russian and support groups like wagner and isis overall bad people considering that stalker its an ukranian game that explains itself

[@tomigun5180]

@@JohnSmith-y8o They have a different opinion than what the Blackrock MSM narrative says.

[@abs0lutezer045]

@@JohnSmith-y8o So basically to understand this whole thing, you need to know that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is an Ukrainian game. Anomaly Custom is a mod for STALKER, devs are Russians. On their discord, they've been spreading pro-Russian and anti-Ukraine propaganda, being supportive of the invasion, banning people for any signs of them being pro-Ukraine or being Ukrainian, on top of that banning people for having stuff like LGBT flags or pronouns in their discord bio's for "spreading LGBT propaganda". So Cheeki Breeki pulled an UNO reverse card of the century on them by using their mod to raise money for Ukraine.

[@cypresstreehugger]

@@JohnSmith-y8o The creators of the mod are pretty much literal nazis (or at least allow nazis on their server) who are incredibly anti Ukraine, and not just a little bit they're pretty vile with what they say and openly support wagner

[@ImDred0123]

i dont comment on videos usually cheeki but your doing something good and just cause something about the discord is bad doesnt mean you shouldnt play a mod pack cause this looks super good

[@smothdude]

You are a good person for this. Makes me proud to be a fan of yours. I am glad you are giving awareness to this and putting money towards a good cause in light of this situation.

[@logicbomb2044]

Amazing response to an unfortunate situation. You're my go to Stalker content creator.

[@IgniterSA]

Would really like to see u continue playing this mod. Btw, as a Russian, i don't have anything to say, other than - i frickin respect your decision. Big brain move indeed🕊❤

[@vianenhive]

In an era of youtubers giving fake apologies for things they might or might not have done, its refreshing to see someone just say "Ah fuck it, lets use this as an opportunity to help people who actually need it" Regardless of your stance on international conflicts or discord drama, I doubt anyone can disagree with the chosen fundraiser. You are doing good Cheeki.

[@knightlydude777]

In his case its still an apology for accidentally promoting their discord, (he didn’t need to apologize imo) just a more effective one. Raising funds is of course great and helps people, though it’s not apolitical, i dont even think that his situation could’ve been solved apolitically…i suggest it would take some serious balls to do it that way

[@literallyme26]

"Hey guys, sorry I boosted a modpack that was created by Russians. Here's a link where you can spend your own money to prove how sorry I am." You people need help.

[@Rapture1008]

​​@@literallyme26 He boosted a mod made by hatefull assholes and to spite those assholes he provided a link to help the people those assholes hate. Stop being a cunt.

[@JackOfAllMages]

@@literallyme26 Proceeds of the video also go to the charity. I think you missed that part.

[@DarkDarvanna]

@@literallyme26 You didnt even listen the intro lmao, it literally is said that the money goes to Nova Ukraine.

[@Panda-kk1qv]

i agree with your steps on this complex situation. I liked that you stood your ground and did the right thing. Make the series happen!

[@gartenstuhl2396]

As we would say in Germany: "Cheeki du bist ein richtiger Ehrenmann"

[@lchmist883]

Politics aside, one of their biggest issues is that they are outright stealing mods from dedicated and hard working GAMMA modders. The modders have specifically stated that they require permission and credits. This was not asked for or given by the people at Custom. Not only that, GAMMA uses a launcher based installer that manually downloads each mod as it installs, adding to your download count on Moddb. Custom uses a .exe installer where all the mods are pre-downloaded, so it won't add to any counts. Not only did they not ask for permission or given credits, they are taking donations for "their work". Only a tiny amount of their 355 mods are credited. Less than 20. And they had the gull to ask everyone in their Discord to mass report a guy on a Russian site using their mod and taking donations for it. They want you to report someone for what they have been doing all this time. It's disgusting and it's even chasing some modders away because it just gets stolen and marked as their work when it isn't. Making money off of someone else's work is disgusting. They even banned a GAMMA modder after he accused them for what they are politically, and the ban messaged stated that he was like that, not them. I was there when someone asked for their mod to be removed. I won't mention how that person was treated, but it was horrible to witness. I left that Discord and deleted their pack from my PC. The politics just adds fuel to the fire.

[@zlivasprava]

@@lchmist883 Cheeki, check this one out too. I’m not surprised that this is the case but still.

[@CatspawAdventures]

Can confirm, they embedded at least two of my mods (New Extensible RF Sources, and the Barrier Defense Task fix), and I'm pretty sure there wasn't a peep about it. The really funny thing is that they *screwed up the install*. Because the version of NERFS that they included is literally over a year old (v1.2, released 7/2023), but they also "included" Devices of Anomaly Redone by Barry Bogs, which itself includes a custom copy of NERFS **v1.5**. So at best the stand-alone embed of NERFS 1.2 in the load order is doing nothing. At worst it may cause something RF-related to malfunction in unexpected ways. I would disable it, or better yet download the latest version, which should be loaded after DAR. Also holy shit, what they've done to the MCM menus alone is an offense against nature. What a fustercluck this is.

[@EuroNutellaMan]

Another reason to hate these people

[@RequiosWoW]

@@CatspawAdventures is there any other updated modpacks you recommend besides GAMMA?

[@CatspawAdventures]

@@RequiosWoW I hear good things about EFP, but to be honest, I mostly just mod the hell out of Anomaly itself, and test my mods in GAMMA to make sure they don't break.

[@BlissfulZen]

I literally just got the pack going based on your initial video mate. And here you go making a series out of this. Kudos, looking forward to this series while I play this myself in parallel. In the same time I appreciate your spin on the *drama* corner of the pack, well done.

[@Floaydi]

Do you know where one could get the links?

[@hambo6713]

Very classy way to handle things Cheeki. The single most under-subscribed creator I know of, by the way. Sure stalker is pretty niche but your videos are so well done and simply great to watch. I hope STALKER 2 blows this subscriber base up to the level you have already earned.

[@Hjppolyte]

I love your content, and you seem to be a very good person when i see how you manage this situation. Anyway, now it's time to crack a beer and let's the movie begin

[@YonBerry]

I always had a huge amount of respect for your channel and this fundraiser only makes me love it even more. Awesome idea!

[@joukedegenkamp7480]

i just got in to Stalker GAMMA and i got on your channel and today i saw this video i love it!! and donated some money. I play gamma but play this videos on loop.

[@NarrowSpider]

Actual Chad move.

[@uhNameless]

The absolute madman Cheeki pulling the 5 head move. I generally don't comment but I am doing this to bump the algorithm. Keep the great videos coming!

[@Meh_qwq]

ok thats a fucking boss move from ya

[@hephaistos163]

J'ai découvert ta chaine il y a quelque mois avec les vidéos Invictus sur GAMMA et je dois dire que j'adore absolument ce que tu fait! Je pense que donner l'argent fait par les vidéos sur ce modpack a Nova Ukraine est de 1. un move de Chad absolu et 2. la meilleur chose a faire meme si c'est pour une seule vidéo

[@ikonhero]

Thanks for making such awesome content and doing something for the good cause, while keeping a healthy sense of humor. Love your Stalker videos! Keep em coming.

[@TheFishingCrane]

Please keep the series up!!! I love it so far. I don’t have the luxury of being able to enjoy this game

[@doppelganger5328]

I'm glad youtube recommended this to me, props to you man this was a brilliant reversal

[@jivkodjamiarov8508]

This is why I love this channel and why it is among the best Stalker content on KZbin! Thank you Cheeki Breeki!

[@Cherno-Tekknobyl]

All the love my heart can give goes to you for such an awesome stand point!

[@contingentcat5690]

Good video, and a good way to handle this!

[@THEegg166]

I understand that people want to ignore "drama" but this is not a TV Show. It is real war and it has to be remembered! Absolutly amazing aprouch!

[@BrokenCornholio1537]

Except that it is just that. Drama. if you can't separate the art from the artist, that's on you. However, mod stealing is a real problem.

[@DarkDarvanna]

@@BrokenCornholio1537 Explain how a war where actual real people died is a Drama when Drama is only based on words, would love to hear your 2 neurons function.

[@NemeczeK101]

​@@DarkDarvanna The war is happening in Ukraine, not on Discord

[@BigMoik]

Because neither you nor anyone offended by this have ever been in a fist fight let alone been shot at. Grow up​@DarkDarvanna

[@ScottyBrockway]

Sick reversal bro! Thanks for doing something like a rational human being instead of knee jerk response.

[@ShadKats]

I like the randomised start! You’re a madman!

[@user-aquila128]

Hello from Ukrainian stalker community. I've just seen a video about drama with this modpack and heard you did a fundraiser for Ukraine. And I just want to say Thank you very much for support!

[@jelger6842]

I love the idea of using this mod for a fundraiser! You're awesome for doing this man

[@vividzx8034]

Nice, wish I have a pc strong enough to run anomaly custom but anomaly with a few mods is still really good

[@lignar13]

Hey Cheeki! Log time volunteer for Ukraine here (not Ukrainian), STALKER fan and enjoyer of your channel. I won't be trying this mod out of principle, but I like the stunt you've made here. Even though I don't like the idea of giving the team behind this mod more publicity, if you turn it into a series each time with fundraising and a short informational info like here, I'd find it more than acceptable. Nice vid!

[@kommandantduncan1693]

Commenting for nothing more than to boost the algorithm so this message goes further. Love this video, and love how you handled the situation.

[@kaiusbellum107]

As someone who isn't Ukrainian but supported the effort. Thank you so much your a stand up genuine man with principals and intelligence.

[@BoyNamedEuclid]

the Biggest Joke about the Discord and all? Prohibited: Politics in any form: discussion, memes, jokes, leaks, provocations, etc.; YET?

[@izzuou]

they have just made a politics channel where anything goes lol. "nationalism is ok btw"

[@eagleone5456]

I think they just changed the rules in the last couple days after seeing the backlash.

[@alkazarjkdghjd]

@@izzuou Do you know what nationalism is? I doubt you do if you think it's bad...

[@tomigun5180]

@@izzuou You're right, open borders for Isr... Wait, someone's knocking on the door.

[@deathpower221]

I love that you made a vid about this mod while avoiding the backlash. Smart move... i wish there is magazine mod for this tho. I'm a sucker for micromanaging and magazine mod scratches that itch.

[@worldbrake1667]

If you want to disable corpses on map, un-check mods in the priority 104 and 105 in mod-manager. love the vid btw 😁

[@_solko]

Please do continue. Watching you play this is somehow more entertaining than actually playing it. I have hundreds od deaths in this modpack. Hardest part is the loading time..

[@TheEpfunk12]

you made the right choice continuing with the series. good on you man! I subscribed because of this choice!

[@bruhton_]

major props to you for doing this bossman

[@Kodiac]

Thank you for doing the right thing Cheeki Breeki. You have and for me you will always be my number one source for stalker youtube content❤

[@blackburn1489]

Thank you. I am from Russia. And people like these developers make me feel disgusted and ashamed. I will be very happy if you can raise funds for a humanitarian fund. It will be very ironic)

[@somedesertdude1308]

Ukrainians want you dead soo

[@HauntedAbysss]

They've already come out on the discord stating they don't have no political affiliations and they don't want any sort of relations this is kind of shit that they don't tolerate

[@weiserwolf580]

@@mr_simay they are very big fans of Wagner mercenaries and Russian imperial ambitions

[@Jakkail87]

​@@mr_simayAre You really this dense?

[@weiserwolf580]

@@mr_simay unlike Orkistan, we in the free world are free to criticize them for their expansionist immorality, which they swear to renounced at the end of WWII and at the fall of USSR

[@perrytheplatypus207]

i am from Kyiv, all i want to say is thank you for doing the right thing:) taking a game from fully Z mfs and doing a fundraiser for Ukraine with it is the biggest boss move you could have possibly made.

[@Chosen_Ash]

“Taking a game from z mfs” they didnt make the game goofy lmfao

[@Справжнійкозак-с5р]

​@@Chosen_Ashok?

[@tomigun5180]

@@Chosen_Ash They've been brainwashed by the MSM. They still believe in those babies ripped out of incubators and WMD myth too. They fall for the same pro-war narrative. Every. Single. Time.

[@lucastheivagt4798]

The respect I have for the genius move you have done with the fundraiser on a Russian mod is top tier cheeki. Never change ❤

[@Nerevar692]

This is amazing, well done. I could not care less about their discord drama, I'm loving the modpack

[@SectionFS]

Good job with the fundraiser ❤

[@ahommen]

fuck yeah !!! 🙂 love the game, love the fundraiser idea 🙂 i would love to see where you take this series, so i hope you keep it going.

[@nobody828]

I think we all hope that Ukrainians and Russians stop killing each other and make more Stalker mods. This mod looks pretty sick/

[@flocanicflo5672]

finally some good f**** words :D

[@kjohn5450]

That's something I think we all can get behind :)

[@TheStrengthScholar]

You mean that you hope that the Russians stop invading Ukraine right? This isn't an equal situation. Once the Russians do the right thing the war is over.

[@canr1se]

@@PerryKobalt Guys, please stop it, u not seen us together. We were never brothers and never wanted it. Stockholm syndrome? Perhaps for some Ukrainians or Ukrainized russians (those who moved during USSR to replace those who were Gulaged nahuy to Sybirea or any other further parts of russia). Slavery and cultural appropriation? More likely I was born and raised at the East of Ukraine and I also carried this myth about "brother nations" as a kid, but never actually understood why we are, considering we understand the and are into their culture, when it is absolutely not vice versa and they actually consider us a "bad sort of russians" This is a war they started in 2014, a war during which they cause humanitarian and economical crisis in my country. A hybrid war where they attack EVERY aspect of my country trying to erase my nation and enslave the rest who are less resilient. There is no place for peace in mind, only hate despite whatever, considering how much pain they cause in last 10 years and how much more in last 100. It's a war of attrition. Fact is: if we will stop fighting - there will be no Ukraine any more as an independent state. Even if that will be a peace treaty where we give up some territory - russians won't stop at any cost, they will consider it success, regroup and go further on West with more allias who are ready to risk and overtake Europe

[@Sasha0094-x2r]

stop killing each other sounds like two countries just met and decided to start a war, lol

[@ReNaN30081992]

Great move Cheeki! Amazing content, as always!

[@thomas_dries]

This was the most badass uno reverse card I’ve ever seen! Good on you man!

[@CaptainSentry]

He reached the goal. Wild man. Lets see if it can get to 2000

[@LiterallyLozyl]

"Being a stalker is being a human" - Father Valerian

[@unitynofear7758]

Good video editing + adding audio commentary in the end.

[@maphiali]

Respect man, keep up the nice work! 👍

[@nimzo5138]

C'est toujours interressant de nous faire découvrir des nouveaux mods concept de Stalker et merci de nous les faire partager tu es un des pionniers incontestable de ce jeu respect Personnellement je viens de recommencer Misery gunsliger et je prends vraiment mon Kif je pense que c'est un des meilleurs Stalker de la session pour moi

[@Falconii2]

I am someone who is personally not affected by bad people designing great things thankfully, which is why I can enjoy things such as Rurouni Kenshin and in this case, this modpack. This modpack is phenomenal, and it is unfortunate the creators are not the nicest people (and I am being nice here) but I truly hope this doesn't become something like when they made that Five Nights At Freddy's remake that was excellent, but shadowed because of a controversy with the creator. Good seeing you shed some light into this and I really hope people enjoy this modpack for what it is, not for the people who made it.

[@Purpose_Tortoise]

This is a big man move. Way to go, Cheeki! ❤

[@JanHaakComposer]

Man, thats a very cool move. I hope you don't get discouraged by the bs you have to read in the comments. Even though I don't think I will personally play the mod, I would love another Stalker Play through from you that is not GAMMA, so please continue with that.

[@Protaanta]

Cheeki be like that dude that covers his mouth when yawning alone at home

[@Pieetrr]

you should definitely open memberships for this channel, we want you to make money from your hard work

[@Parthemonium]

Yup, continue this but with the Fundraiser. A very good Idea!

[@negativezerosquared6721]

Commenting for engagement. Hope this gets a ton of views!!

[@JoeMama-zc8ub]

What a chad move. Love it

[@melo-melos]

This is a BIG brain move fr

[@RisingTyger]

Hahaha i love this man you really are a cheeki breeki 😂 good for you i however love this modpack regardless of the drama and stuff.

[@BlindxSide]

This is incredible.

[@disgorgingconsciousness2250]

Good on you for setting up the fundraiser. A very positive way of handling an unfortunate situation. Such a shame when individuals with hateful attitudes bleed into a community.

[@alexandrumarinescu1]

Continue the series with the fundraiser.

[@195Lukas]

Ah yes, malding Vatniks... A sight to behold 😁

[@8ursty]

commenting for the algorithm ❤️

[@lz1088]

I just downloaded this, absolutly love it, I was also wonderig if you ever though about playing a pretty difficult faction such as monolith, UNISG or Sin or if you have already done that haha

[@mayas4m]

I believe the mod pack is great and serves as fun independent of the controversy around its creators (of it is about them, I don't know what happened exactly)

[@Lagstudio12345-K]

Ahahahaha!! Damn son! You did well!

[@alanlawz]

I think the way you are doing this with a fundraiser and ignoring the drama is a great way to support a great cause and just play a game for what it is just a game. I would love to support you with a donation but i already send a little every month out of my pension as it is.

[@Rugrat]

Great vid mate 😁👍

[@sovvifettuccine]

you are literally my favorite stalker youtuber and I now have another reason to stan

[@Gothic3174]

Very well done, mate.

[@Jyuan315]

Hi Cheeki, can you do more gameplay? I really like watching you. Cheers mate.

[@TweakedCast]

Looking past the drama, the modpack is fun and really makes Anomaly look great. As a noob who just wanted a nice looking modpack it does the job and ill be keeping it but thats about it. Gonna keep away from that discord server and such not that I could understand anything. Only thing i wish i could change is change the title screen back to just Anomaly instead of Anomaly Custom as they branded the modpack.

[@Lord_winterfell]

you are a lagend man

[@yourfriendraf]

Damn I was getting exited about this pack as a new fan of gamma and loved how it looked, being new I dont know really what other modpacks are worth playing, anyone have suggestions?

[@kraisroj7525]

funny how the 50% is pro ukraine and the other half is pro russia, brothers, im just here for another stalker modpack that isn´t gamma and i don´t care about politics. Cheeki please do a ironman run on this modpack, saludos desde memexico

[@BrokenCornholio1537]

If it's not against Russia and Ukraine, it'll be somewhere else. And the world will keep turning just the same.

[@preyo6511]

Good work Cheeki, can't let the idiots take our hobbies from us

[@GoDjMike]

Definitely keep playing!

[@Kkvta]

Lost all respect for the mod authors when I read their throughs about the invasion, supporting wagner group (WTF, seriously?), etc etc. Glad you bring this up Cheeki, it's a serious topic.

[@Pesquisando0b1011]

What is the system requirement for this mod? The visuals are amazing!

[@FieldMedic4077]

Huge massive props to you for turning something so negative into a huge positive! So much respect for that.

[@DrakyHRT]

One thing to consider is if they are from russia they CANNOT openly support ukraine at ALL otherwise it can end up with jailtime or worse.

[@BladeRunner031]

I think skills are very important in this mod,at least early game.About their discord....no comment but I noticed more info in English for sure

[@MattGuitarPlayer]

How is the skill tree accessed? Been playing a couple hours now and I feel like an absolute idiot not knowing how to find it lol

[@BladeRunner031]

@@MattGuitarPlayer I changed key bindings a lot but I think its K by default

[@MattGuitarPlayer]

@@BladeRunner031 Brother, I owe you so many medkits and antirads lol Thanks so damn much, man.

[@francescoluchena8302]

Supporting this

[@srf_x_60fps]

Btw Every trader or technician has a barter Funktion were u can craft guns amor etc

[@--________________________--]

LMAOOOO USING THERE MOD FOR A VIDEO WITH A FUNDRAISER THAT THERE SHOWING HATRED TO IS AWESOME

[@Cptshad001]

man I feel the main limitation of stalker now is the lack of diversity of missions, you fetch/kill/escort and thats it...

[@holidaycat]

Well which other kinds of generated missions would you want? Fully scripted missions take authors, good writing, time, and may not be compatible

[@EuroNutellaMan]

Look mom I'm in a KZbin video! Anyways: I don't think giving more visibility to the pack is a good idea, but I appreciate that at least you used the occasion for a donation and that's good. Ideally keep an eye out for anyone who is a good person to hopefully repackage this without the wagner and ISIS LARPing. If you continue doing a series on this modpack I think a disclaimer should be put somewhere alongside the statement video is a donation to Nova Ukraine.

[@ljubomirgoronja8014]

Hi what big fan of your channel. If I can ask in front of you fans for one thing it would be a tutorial on dismantling, repairing, upgrade and everything regarding toolbox mechanics as well as suggestions on which stuff is the best in category (best shotgun, sniper, rifle, pistol etc) Second bit. Would you be kind enough to disclose you PC set up which enables you to play in such smooth manner Anomaly, Escape from Tarkov, Gamma (and whether it will be enough to play Stalker 2 on it as well). Plus I would love to start streaming (you inspired me) so if you could tell me what microphone or streaming tools I would need I would be grateful) Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@umacoisaaleatoria9466]

That's cool and all but can't you guys also share the discord link or the download of the mod? I just want to enjoy a game in peace

[@andrelissi6582]

didnt like the idea of starting with nothing but im in for the good move

[@SuicidalChocolateSK]

Honestly this modpack is so insanely good, i cant bring myself to not play it. Such a shame.