[SFM/HORROR] SERVERBLIGHT: Assimilation

A monster lurks in digital crevices, and the more you struggle, the deeper it pulls you in...
Check out the series: • Serverblight
There is actually a Serverblight subreddit now: / serverblight
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Here we go again, ladies and gentlemen! Ever since uploading SERVERBLIGHT, people have been asking us the same questions; What is it like to be assimilated? How does it work? Well, since this is quite an interesting topic to explore, I decided to write a little script to take a look at the process. And of course, I also took the opportunity to push the envelope and introduce some live-action elements. All that presented new challenges as well as new ways to evolve the series. I hope it worked as well as we intended and I hope you all enjoy!
-derfisch06
"So guys, we did it. 3 months imprisoned and counting."
-PossiblyLino
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Written, directed and animated by / @derfisch06studios
GAVIN played by / @possiblylino
Original soundtrack by / @possiblylino
Other assets from freesound.org and pixabay.com
Made in Source Filmmaker
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#tf2 #teamfortress2 #scout #soldier #pyro #demoman #heavy #engineer #medic #sniper #spy #horror #shorthorror #horrorshorts #animation #sfm #sourcefilmmaker #analoghorror #scary #sfmhorror #creepyanimation #creepypasta #horrorstories #horrorstories #serverblight

[@F1zzee]

"I wonder what could be blocking my capture?" the comically long heavy thumb:

[@sillylilguy861]

o no oooo no

[@netherwarrior6113]

You just gotta give it a sandvich, then it will let you capture

[@superbrainz2357]

I like how he somehow didn't even see it until he got up there. Also ngl you might as well try to use your revolver on it even if its futile.

[@Nafri4166]

spookyiest story of serverblight "ims goings to capture this points" say myself until i see the evils spooky longs thumb blocking my captures

[@Harmoni.Sphere]

@@Nafri4166 ''oh noes '' i yell ,

[@0kay_I_Gu3ss]

>be me >join a harmless tf2 server >absolutely dominating the game >new match >checks server list >bot names >"okay ill just leave lmao" >cant leave >Alt+f4 >Doesnt work >Opens up task manager and shuts off program >program shuts off >"happy.jpeg" >turns around >large ass hands >first reaction: >"holy shit heavy tea fort two" >dies

[@bemobf]

Fun fact alt f4 never worked in valve games

[@Aussie_Axe]

​@@bemobf instead it's F10 right?

[@marko-gj1uj]

Spam slurs. Oh, no. I made Serverblight learn

[@electrobot9871]

​@@marko-gj1uj "and to my horrors, it was the racist serverblight..."

[@superbrainz2357]

​@@marko-gj1uj The most unrealistic thing about this series is that with all the people its assimilated the serverblight isnt spamming slurs or dead memes in chat.

[@smallgear1000]

"I am capturing this point!" I said with joys. Then the serverblight serverblighted all over the place.

[@justapillow2443]

Why did I read this in soilders voice lol

[@Kyotodguy]

I then proceeded to fucking piss myself..*fades out*

[@XD-sc4ix]

Little did the serverblight knows The Creature jorked on him seven hundred times

[@TumasRamanauskas]

meat worm

[@guigazalu]

I· AM· Capturing this point! And YOU· WILL· Help me DEFEND IT!

[@piglatin5]

we fear the day the serverblight uses the katotsky kick to lure players in

[@johnnysiewjunyimoe7843]

'Oh boy, a conga chain!' I said with joys. Then the Serverblight Serverblighted all over the taunters.

[@EthanMitch-io3lq]

Don’t give him ideas

[@Sir_Hammock]

"i was playing tf2 with my buddy larry, thousands of chills ran up my spine when i saw him GAryy"

[@Sketchy_Ray]

​@@johnnysiewjunyimoe7843"and worst of all, they got Larry"

[@BucketOfStatic]

To my horrors. It was the creature!

[@bonkjobbot3772]

The Serverblight has infected enough players to the point that not only it can make a convincing Tf2 casual match, but also mimics player banter in the chat as well. I also like to think that it chose Dustbowl to populate since that map is one of the most played maps in tf2 and that it doesn't have sections where it kills you like cliffs and sawblades. It has learned so much since we first saw it and it's getting smarter every encounter.

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

Aaron doomed TF2 By "kicking" Scubamaster25... maybe Serverblight expetected that?

[@TheRealClaylex]

@wyslanniknewworldorder9525 And possibly why Aaron is alive but he's stuck in the game The serverblight is just toying with him at this point

[@aperdancup]

​​@@TheRealClaylex I guess Serverblight keeps him to learn new. Thanks to him, it now knows how to mimic a real player and how to kick players (assimilated ones also).

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@aperdancup Its like a cat. Its playing with him till it gets bored and snuff his life whenever it wants too.

[@skaynne54]

​@@aperdancupImagine being able to learn to do a real match. The Blight must've infected many more people, after Aaron escaped.

[@deedeedee5866]

Oh no...real life interactions. They're evolving.

[@fnaffan-cg1gd]

They’ve always been able to do that I believe. Ar at least cause the humans to assimilate with their in game characters and the game. Now the question is, is the blight really in real life? Or has this player been pulled into the game world enough for interaction? Or maybe it’s all in their head? The lack or concrete understanding makes it even more terrifying

[@nuip7936]

@@fnaffan-cg1gd it looks like it kills them in real life and their consciousness is pulled into the game, and it looks like they just suddenly died, so their family/friends wont even know what happened to them or that there was any foul play involved at all

[@eclate_666]

It seems like the players don't scream " help me " anymore. Maybe the monster forced them to be silent.

[@Badwaterp_gaming]

They just getting evolving because it's getting smarter

[@Scarifar1]

​@@eclate_666I think that was just its first clumsy attempts at getting people to come closer to it so it could spread. I think it's learned by now that it doesn't work.

[@marioandluigi143]

Me: "Think I'll play some TF2 today." *New Serverblight drops* "Nvm guess I'll die to an amalgam on the server."

[@SmeliciaYoursTruly]

Nah, I'd win

[@imperadorchin3099]

Imagine serverblight joins your server and then chat is spammed with "nah, I'd win" ​@@SmeliciaYoursTruly

[@platypusoo7958]

@@imperadorchin3099 then player said "Nah, i'd going end my self to jump into avoid death zone"

[@mahdirezaei1478]

REAL REALL

[@netherwarrior6113]

@@imperadorchin3099naw, someone has got to teach the serverblight how to civilian pose and spam pootis. Then it will truly be unstoppable.

[@Kreutonne3743]

Something just occurred to me, i always thought that computer monsters like serverblight could be beaten by just unplugging the computer or something like that but if this monster can force you to inhabit your character IN the game then it's possible that pulling the plug too late would just disconnect you from your real life body rather then save you from the monster.

[@AnUncoolDude]

Yeah.... @kreutonne3743

[@ruffruggednraw]

That’s a clever terrifying change

[@ThatOneMan830]

I get the feeling that’d only apply when you were in the final stages, like when it’s got you surrounded on all sides. If you did it earlier before being touched, I’d wager you’d escape successfully.

[@maximoarana5549]

Not only did this showed us that the "parasite" also afects you irl, but it also explained Why there were some players who's characters were so animated like the kys engenier and the blue soldier, because YOUR slowly becoming the character in the game.

[@passel5953]

youre english sucks bro

[@waffler-yz3gw]

well that was already kinda obvious, this just showed a first person account of it

[@DeathBringerArmageddon]

>Spawn into server >sees friend from last server (infected) on enemy team >starts a conversation about how it feels to be infected, completely making teammates uncomfortable as possible >once match starts, announcing to team that I’m making a bold move and everyone should follow me >in hopes they they don’t, head to enemy spawn with a smile as the entity opens the door > my last words as it slowly wraps its grip around me, “I do this because it’s my choice!” >promptly vote kicked after >enters new server, infected yet with my own free will and thoughts, it’s time to begin my own journey as infected

[@shanacayde7184]

​@@DeathBringerArmageddonor perhaps it may even let you live completely since you're actively feeding it more sources of knowledge, and thus considers you an ally despite not being infected... Hmm actually now that I think about it, nah, you're still screwed anyway.

[@jeffdakilla83]

​@@DeathBringerArmageddon nuh uh, metalpipe.mp3

[@ocaradasmaoladobokunohero]

You can tell this is a horror series because it begins with the most terrifying thing you could ever show a TF2 player: Dustbowl

[@Timewasted-dw1zh]

2fort

[@ocaradasmaoladobokunohero]

@@Timewasted-dw1zh Dear God...

[@jocelantonettetenoc5996]

​@@ocaradasmaoladobokunohero There's more.

[@Surkk2960]

@@ocaradasmaoladobokunohero Hydro

[@Purplefield]

I love dustbowl.

[@doomblade2902]

God the Valve of this world is gonna be sued into oblivion. "Your game got my kid killed! And all these other kids killed!" "Ma'am how were we to know some eldritch creature would inhabit our servers and kill people by bringing them in?" "We don't care, just do something!" *TF2 shuts down, Serverblight dies with it*

[@YeomasBros.2008]

Thank god ServerBlight won’t encounter the NSFW sprays

[@seelcudoom1]

disconnecting from the server did not kill it, only let it enter new servers, would shutting down tf2 stop it or just give it a wider hunting ground?

[@crisrodriguez9359]

​@@seelcudoom1 Who knows, if it's directly tied to TF2 and all of it's server's shut down then maybe if not then idk

[@ENZOMAN12]

I think it stays away from the official servers and hunts in the low pop community ones. Less "eyes". Plus, seeing its ability to harm people in the real world, it could just as easy crash or log out of TF2 so people don't know what the victim was doing. Now the BIG question is this: What if the gamer has a buddy with him IRL when hes playing? What does HE see?

[@sunshineskystar]

​@@ENZOMAN12 As with any internet based monstrosities, it will only attack lonely people in the middle of the night.

[@TheSingingFoxy]

Man, I love how much each episode adds to the serverblight. To think it’d recreate an entire server being played like an actual match to set up a trap to catch one person, and it made it impossible for them to escape this time with no kill zones. We didn’t even confirm if the main blight was in that server, all those could have just been the drones running that fake server.

[@memeymeme.]

There is no "main blight". The thing runs with all its parts, some of its parts, or completely separate. It's a sadistic being that gets a thrill out of terrorizing and fooling its prey till it finally consumes them, even to the point it'd go all out and fake an entire match just to strike fear in one player. Frankly its a wonder if it'll ever decide to go full fusion considering the fact its more practical to separate itself.

[@mcstabman5638]

@@memeymeme. It'll probably go full merger when it needs raw bulk over numbers, it's smaller parts have been established as frail already (despite being reusable), so there's going to be situations where it's gonna need a combined healthpool (such as focused fire from multiple sources).

[@ChaseDulce]

It would have had the ability to use people’s minds and souls so they can get into your head so it can multiply. This is like the scratch universe.

[@circle4602]

​@@memeymeme. I think there is a main blight, scubamaster96's heavy, I wonder if this heavy was patient zero of the serverblight

[@memeymeme.]

@@circle4602 my brother in christ scuba was caught in the 3rd part of the series, how could he be patient zero?

[@The_pain_train]

the dread i felt upon seeing dustbowl and realising there were no killzones to flee too was palpable

[@WindowsXDdead]

Oh…. OH NO

[@kishoverlord]

this guy looks like yuji wtf 😭

[@Onkee0]

Its beginning to look a lot like dustbowl.

[@datboi46523]

Snipeeers everywhere ​@@Onkee0

[@wakegan791]

the only place that's remotely safe in this part of Dustbowl is the passage between red spawn and first point after first point is capped. it can't jump high enough to get to the door. but you'd just be stuck there forever.

[@emeraldtheslime1722]

So now we have confirmed two things. One, cloaking as a spy doesn't seem to be all that effective. Not against assimilated members of your own team at least. And two, when you're assimilated, your corpse is left in the real world while your consciousness is sucked into the game and, by extension, the Blight. This series is proving to be incredibly interesting and I can't wait to see more. Keep up the amazing work

[@TheRealClaylex]

Now we're dealing with a literal murder machine

[@platypusoo7958]

So this is how what all behind infected cause them and second question how did anomaly or entity enter reality to force them continue playing a games

[@TheRealClaylex]

@ Its GOTTA be something supernatural It can't be a virus if its actually integrating your physical body into the game

[@banana-lover]

ehh I think it was just a seizure induced death, with how quickly the monitor was bugging I think its a plausible theory.

[@dumbvillage9253]

So now, we have confirmed two things. One, cloaking as a spy doesn't seem to be all that effective.

[@tychotheyokaiguy77]

5:00 That was flawless execution. It takes a basic game mechanic and turns it into a massive "Oh no..."

[@2idiotgermans932]

I'm glad you could enjoy that ;) I think the stretched out heavy thumb was at risk of looking very, very goofy. Thanks for watching!

[@hype3224]

Same with "you can't sleep,there are monsters nearby." Or "hold shift to run."

[@Zyro-dl4ow]

@@2idiotgermans932it kinda was. He pretty much just went “nope, it’s mine!”

[@TheTrashyboi]

​@2idiotgermans932 personally, I think a lot of stuff here and there tends to look goofy But you're working with tf2 as a basis, that's bound to happen, and I think embracing tye goofiness of it all is great for adding to the horror. Makes it feel more natural

[@the_king_of_all_curses_IV]

@@2idiotgermans932 i thought it was a toe at first and started laughing my ass off before realizing it wasnt

[@sodiumfluoridel]

Yall nailed the flesh that hates feeling, it really felt like the serverblight was the map itself.

[@aichi_d3a1]

I like how even in the "match" in the beginning, you can already tell that it feels odd and wrong. That Soldier shooting into that same spot in that same repeating way that looks suspiciously like a pattern, the killcam not triggering when he gets killed by the Demoman, the Engineer trying to upgrade his now nonexistent teleporter, the Sniper "pretending" not to notice him, until it all goes downhill fast. These small details really sell the ominous and "something's wrong" feeling that the Serverblight has.

[@riceCracker2234]

also the heavy keeps repeatedly revving his minigun

[@skyhunt9595]

U forget the mismatched class above.

[@SpectroliteDS]

@@skyhunt9595 Like how we see a BLU Scout early on, even though he's not shown up top.

[@soldier_gaming_tf2]

so does that mean serverblight can imitate whole servers instead of a few players?

[@dudesayshi2191]

​@@riceCracker2234 that's not really uncommon some heavy mains do that when waiting for an enemy push

[@minecraftcreeper6730]

I just realized at 2:27 you can see the sniper hands not holding the gun properly.

[@johnraizhen669]

That's one of the Serverblights waiting for blu spy to pass so he can assimilate each other.

[@minecraftcreeper6730]

​@johnraizhen669 Ohhhh okay I see now 👍

[@Detteraleon]

every single player is holding the gun wrong(except spy)

[@yakimavongoover1522]

Jeez... Maps with no let-yourself-go pits are basically a deadend for any of its victims... Literally

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

Cloaking do shit to this thing...

[@kauedasilva1072]

That probably its favorite hunting spot.

[@bevear]

You could rocket jump and killbind to fly out of bounds

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

@@bevear Sadly, Serverblight *learned* to turn off killbind too.

[@kauedasilva1072]

@@bevear Even if that somehow works, that will just gives the Serverblight more knowledge.

[@Ebtnoob]

I like the way you use the real life stuff to show the syrenix’s pov outside the game and what happened to him after getting assimilated I love that

[@KenganConnosieur]

I just realised, the engineer child mother who got infected probably buried him considering its confirmed that blight doesnt take away the body... That's so cruel we gotta call Kevin absolutely

[@LeOwwAgain]

"We gotta call kevin" lmao now he's working on this game too?

[@Artsy-Tea]

NOOOOOOO that's a good point D:

[@Iwishtoeatfish]

@LeOwwAgain Kevin kicks paranormal entities on the daily. The Server blight is huge but I don't think it's invincible.

[@countryboy1635]

That depends on if it truly kills them or simply puts them in a coma

[@engeerror8161]

I dont think so. I think irl players are in coma. Alive.

[@FlumptyReturn]

They are coming to touch the players again....

[@stuckerfan2563]

What if it touches a children

[@BWITHYURI]

@@stuckerfan2563already did that

[@Sherek_Astuto]

​@@BWITHYURI Yep, engineer 😢😢

[@netherwarrior6113]

@@Sherek_Astuto”Is this heaven?” is still the saddest moment in the series for me

[@samuelfernandesoliveira]

​@@stuckerfan2563okay, you might wanna rephrase that

[@jacb.o]

Neat details I noticed: At 2:45 the exact time he kills a medic, he starts to assimilate. Likely, he's already been infected at this point and beyond that the Serverblight was probably toying with him. At 1:47 'Syrenix' gets cold, this is probably a sign relevant to the Serverblight. Its also in the PUPPET video and through Jony's death that being cold is a prevalent sign of the serverblight. And one more thing, at the beginning sequence of the video, the "players" are fighting but subtly trying not to actually hit each other, hinting that all of them are part of the serverblight. For instance on 0:31 you can hear the BLU pyro use the flamethrower, when none of the RED team (Demoman, medic, heavy, engineer, and sniper) are even trying to get close. I think this is might imply that the serverblight COULD hurt itself on accident. It's most likely that the "fights" are coordinated, like the BLU soldier purposefully missing shots. Also notice how none of the players die, except for when 'Syrenix' kills the medic. And one last thing. At 4:29 'Syrenix' is most likely fully assimilated into the game. And I think that the players' surroundings when they are fully assimilated stay where they originally were. Since that continuing on from this time stamp, even though he was at the cap point he was still in the tunnel IRL. So, this might be a bit of a stretch but heres my theory for JonyDany12: It was likely that he was assimilated when his legs were grabbed in the Migration video, and I think that him being cold, and not being able to recognize his environment in the main SERVERBLIGHT video was either because: a.) he was assimilated the moment he left, so he is left in some sort of limbo which explains being cold and not recognizing the place or b.) the server where he was assimilated got shut down, so he still is in some sort of limbo, just a different reason.

[@Legothebone]

Why are people not commenting that much on this one? This one is probably the longest one.

[@RecklessBucket]

​@@Legothebone "I ain't reading all'at" or this comment was posted when floods more were coming in.

[@Caxapok22121]

Why Aaron was not assimilated then? Either the spy was fully pulled into the game, but not fully assimilated or his assimilation wasn’t complete yet and server blight need to physically capture you to complete assimilation. As we know dying in kill zones saves you, so that means server blight need to ‘touch’ your body to finish the process. It’s can’t be finished without that touch

[@justjack4435]

he warms up his hands at 1:48

[@jacb.o]

@@Caxapok22121 I think you've just answered your own question. Aaron hasn't fully assimilated yet because he hasn't had any physical direct contact with the serverblight. Notice how the classes he's played are soldier and sniper, classes that use their primary more than their melee. The spy in this video fully assimilated because he "touched" the serverblight (when he backstabbed the medic.) Where I think theres a pattern of how you get infected, either the serverblight gets to you, or you get lured by it and kill it using melee.

[@igloriajohnlexs.9355]

I love this! The fact that this is one of the maps that doesn't have kill zones makes it terrifying and that the serverblight is now intelligent enough to pretend to act like a casual game hopefully our main protagonist will eventually encounters some other players who survived like that one spy in the beginning or others who potentially found a solution anyways this amazing keep it up making this amazing horror series love your work!

[@memeymeme.]

The slow realization that he's alone and that those aren't actually people playing TF2 was crazy.

[@engeerror8161]

they was real at some point. They stopped to be later.

[@Walternity]

@@engeerror8161 youre english sucks bro

[@PARTY628]

i love this series!

[@Walternity]

@@engeerror8161 Aww. I noticed my comment got removed for some reason since I got the notification for the last reply and now what I replied with is gone. In-case you saw it I was quoting the video and didn't actually mean anything against you.

[@engeerror8161]

@@Walternity Tbh i dont remember what was your comment=D

[@avididmitri224]

I think one of my favorite parts about this is that it's horror which puts an entirely new spin on the genre of what's known within TF2 while still sticking within the rules of what TF2 has already established. You work with the guidelines of what the game already provides and then you carve out entirely new ideas based on it. The Blight isn't some omnipotent unbeatable invincible 'thing', it had to start somewhere, and it had to learn just as much as the few that escape it have also had to learn about it. First it was people escaping via map hazards, so the Blight seems to have inevitably started favoring maps that have less and less of, then entirely lack them. Then that one engineer escaped via ALT-F4 or something that circumnavigated being unable to disconnect without suicide, and seemingly taught it how to leave a server, too. At first it didn't talk at all, it just puppeteered those it caught and would stalk and then charge anyone it could. Then it got someone who had talked with text, and learned how to use text. Then with voice, and it learned how to mimic voice. Now we're at a point where it's intentionally going as far as mimicking fake matches with player banter and the usual class dynamics and passing up countless times where it could've easily gotten someone because it seems to enjoy luring them in, toying with them, the fear and the dread. Every single time it's getting smarter and better at keeping up the illusion while it decides when to break it, and what I find myself left to wonder is if anyone that encounters it is going to be smart enough, quick enough, or good enough to come up with some way to fight it back. What about hurt triggers? What if whatever this thing is could be baited to trip VAC somehow? Could a skilled Pyro airblast an instance into one of those capture-bound doors that permanently slams shut right as a teammate caps a point to kill it off? Sniper can kill all classes in the game with a fully charged headshot and spy's backstab is an instant kill to everything that isn't wearing a razorback or ubercharged. At the same time, everyone caught within it is still aware, they're still in there somewhere, even if they're puppeteered and in constant agony. Could they all resist it if they worked together? Could all these subjugated parts resist the Blight long enough to give a player an opening to hurt it or get away? I think that's the best part of this horror, too. There is probably a way, there has to be, the problem is that its victims need to find that way first, they need to get lucky, and then they need to escape and be able to warn other people. But it's already gotten smart enough that it seems to prefer isolating them, one at a time, lure them in till they can't escape, leave them with no way out, then converge on them. It's actively cutting out each and every possible way it knows someone has used in the past to get away from or outsmart it. ...So now it's an arms race, and the players are already waaaaaaay on the back foot, while this thing learns with each and every new one it takes.

[@BreadedButter-mk8ke]

Bro cooked with this paragraph

[@ChrisisCroissant]

I also wonder what happens to the IRL Corpses Do they die? Do they enter a coma? Would no one ever notice a pattern of deaths from video games and raise an alarm? I love how this series has both in-game and IRL repercussions

[@diamondcat11]

Bro wrote a entire fucking essay

[@spite1-d6r]

it took me 3 minutes to read all that

[@avocadofromroblox1813]

Nah the players wasn't assimilated at first, the sniper just managed to assimilate them silently

[@Alex_Spider]

Oh man not only player models got infected but it affects real life person too? That’s scary. Great horror video

[@FelixLotus2506]

Always was

[@tbsp3151]

GUYS DONT USE INTERNET! ITS IS LEARNING OUTSIDE TF2 TOO

[@PARTY628]

i love this series!

[@colinwedig2552]

@@tbsp3151 then the way to defeat it is to get it in a time loop where it watches it's origins, when eventually the new serverblight learns of itself thus repeating the loop.

[@SegaMario]

@@Alex_Spider Marie simp.

[@Kayhotech]

It took me a few watches to notice that at the beginning the fake players weren't even trying to actually play the game. It looks like what a robot thinks normal gameplay looks like but when you look closely they are all just running in the same spot back and fourth repeatedly, and not even aiming for each other. Most obvious is Blu Pyro just spraying fire over and over in an empty spot.

[@lolrus5555]

Well... as horrific as all this was, I'm at least glad to know that the POV Spy of this video was just another unfortunate player that had no idea what he was getting into and not a showcase of Breadolphin getting caught by the Serverblight after his initial escape in The Empty Server. With how the 'One Eye Has Closed' post clearly showcases his hat, I can only assume the next video in the series will be from his POV, and hopefully, he'll fare much better than the unfortunate spy player in this video... well, assuming the video isn't some sort of prequel or something. Either way, very glad to know that the only other person we know of other than Aaron that escaped the Blight is still at large and didn't just delay the inevitable.

[@SmellyMcStinky]

Well scubamaster is here so we can assume this is atleast a couple server hops ahead of the last episode

[@rockyroland5808]

I have the same thoughts after watching, thank you for writing out this comment and saving me the time.

[@stinkyfattroll]

Would be epic if Breadolphin and dicksalot teamed up

[@Dazzybhoy31]

Worst part is Breadolphin could be walking right into assimilation, it saw the blue spy even when he was cloaked so he might get up close and then have no time to react when it shows it can see him.

[@benlubbers4943]

It is not a prequel, Scubamaster69 the Heavy only got eaten last video. This is a sequel.

[@chadzahirshah2588]

1:46 I like how you showed the player getting cold, I know I may be looking too much into things but I view this as not only a callback to JonyDany talking about how he was cold but also an explanation of the symptoms you get from slowly being blighted in this series.

[@Sevenma]

probably a sign that it takes the heat out of the victim's organism. It may imply that their bodies are not in the coma but completely drained and dead, meaning that this poor souls have no chance of getting back to reality, even if serverblight is defeated..

[@XDedw_99]

@@Sevenma it would be better as an coma that the person wouldn’t recover from, he’s not dead and if he’s unplugged he’s still at the game, but it can show some form of despair from the family believing there is still a way to save him, even if there’s not, no matter if the blight dies he will still be trapped inside a coma.

[@chadzahirshah2588]

@@XDedw_99At the end of the video you can see blood leaking out of his nose, which I think is meant to signify to the audience that he is in fact “dead” in the real world and can’t come back.

[@dedmed8139]

​@@Sevenmaor maybe the sign you're a creep

[@XDedw_99]

@@chadzahirshah2588nah braindead

[@John_necron]

Finally, the return of scubamaster69. The best heavy. “We go together” truly an inspirational quote.

[@Jakkprolol]

Ive found a couple errors in the details. First 1:19 in the upper part of the screen you can see a "list of players". This being 5 blue players and 6 red players. The blue players shown are Engineer, Soldier, Sniper, Soldier, Spy which is incorrect seeing as we can see Scout and Pyro in the scenes. Also we never see the 5th blue player. The other thing is theres 6 players in game and we see 7. Unless the assimilated scubamaster96 doesnt apear in the player list and its intentional. I normally wouldnt pay too much attention to detail but this series does like to reward people that pay attention to those so yeah. Anyways, other than that small issue the episode is great. Yet another thing for me to be paranoid about when i play tf2 :). Hope to see more soon.

[@average-art3222]

Quote - "If you die in your dream, you die in real life." This - "When it catches you. Captures you. You stay forever."

[@purplybnuuy]

We go together.

[@ForeverEternalAPEX]

*"Dreams do come true, but so does nightmares"*

[@B1udge0nRiffo1la]

I'm having so much fun!

[@Landon_08-bd3vc]

​@@B1udge0nRiffo1lano you are not silly, you are plaing TF2

[@Nico_dud]

​​@@purplybnuuyok bagel from omori Also depth spelunking goated

[@ojjero4616]

Just a really smail detail here. If you look at 2:07-2:17 you can see the medic and heavy repeating the same movement process. For people with headphones you can spot the pattern earlier by hearing the same minigun charge up pattern. Really cool that the creators are focusing on the small parts here.

[@lyricdarthjarjar1373]

Doesn't that medic have the same cosmetics as the medic from the last one? Oh no...

[@lunaitor-uq9hz]

@@lyricdarthjarjar1373 No, it doesn't

[@ojjero4616]

@ However, the heavy is the same from the last one.

[@asadi145]

​@@ojjero4616No, he isn't.

[@realisticpatrickface9766]

Ok, now that we know kicking Server Blight (scubamaster96) only increases its migration and growth becomes all the more concerning. It was already worse when it learned how to exit its server, and this just adds onto that. Also, now seeing how someone IRL is affected once coming into contact of the Blight really freaks me out. I really love the new content from this series!

[@leilaclarridge5807]

Now that we’ve seen the real life consequences of the Serverblight, I wonder how long it will take before Valve and the authorities get involved?

[@Warmasterstales]

@@leilaclarridge5807 and worst part of it. WE STILL DON'T NO IF SERVERBLIGHT IS A HIVE MIND OR LIKE THE THING!!! Meaning we don't know if serverblight is in control of all corrupt players or each corrupt player is their own entity! That is the scariest thing here.

[@amethyst137_]

@@Warmasterstales we DO know. Watch the previous video. The Blight sucks you into the game and starts forcing you to do what it wants. Subdues your will. So, it's sort of both

[@Warmasterstales]

@@amethyst137_ I was talking about how serverblights mind works. We don't know it a hive mind and all corrupt players are just puppet's to it. Or all individual corrupt players are their own entities with their minds trapped in their bodies while. Making new serverblight.

[@amethyst137_]

@@Warmasterstales idunno. The assimilated Sniper from The Puppet didn't act like he has become a new entity. He became, well, a puppet

[@Grouchy_Chris]

I absolutely love the creepy version of the Kazotsky kick, what was supposed to be funny and fun now turned into something that emphasizes that there’s something wrong

[@thatprotogen2456]

The blight stalking dusbowl honestly makes so much sense, its perfect! Theres zero kill triggers, turning your pc off dosent work, *nothing can reverse the process*

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

The only thing that *can* work is winning the game by capturing the point/flag/cart it will "reset" the server and *kill* serverblight entirely.

[@Matpipe3]

​@wyslanniknewworldorder9525 it not 100% that will work ig

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

@ Then, why Blighted (New Serverblight) blocked the capture?

[@broseidonrex9485]

This was one of the first things I realized during the first few seconds of the game when I saw what map they were playing on. Glad to see I was not the only one who noticed that seemingly minor detail!

[@SigilOfBaphomet]

@wyslanniknewworldorder9525 good luck capturing the point when the entire server is already infected and it’s just you against them

[@winstonpapstein6871]

As terrible as it is to learn that Spies aren't a safe class to escape the Blight, I had a sneaking suspicion they weren't & Breadolphin was merely lucky to escape in the first episode. If you go back & watch Jony's episode again, you can see that part of the arm the Blight used to touch his leg had a Spy arm mingled within it.

[@slappybio1686]

its likely another player plating as spy

[@KperaOfficia]

It got smarter. In the first episode, the serverblight didn't find the Spy, even tho both were from the same team. However, It seems like It learned to plant mini serverblights on both teams so that this situation will never happen again

[@aperks]

​@@KperaOfficiait's not mini serverblights, it is ALL serverblight

[@KperaOfficia]

@@aperks id say "mini" cuz the BIIIIIIIIIIIIG serverblight would be the one in the red spawn room (which usually sounds and uses A heavy body) And from this video, I can only assume that they all share their minds with the main serverblight

[@TueyAmos]

@@KperaOfficia it's also learning to infest maps that don't have environment kills

[@romain8996]

Server blight cornering Syrenix and leaving him with little choice but to capture the point and waiting for him to realize there’s no escape really shows how much it enjoys playing with his prey now that he is in control, a far cry from him playing dead, hiding and rushing people to get them from the first episodes.

[@Adanish-oe6lf]

Plus,it shows the blight now have full mastery of how to kill,he now decided,like u said, play with his food before eating

[@SomeVRKid]

​@@Adanish-oe6lf youre english is bad

[@ghost_1054]

​@@SomeVRKid......

[@imperadorchin3099]

​@@Adanish-oe6lfyou're english is bad

[@roselandianrose5296]

@@Adanish-oe6lf your englis is bad

[@Charles-rp4vs]

Jaw dropped The transition at the start was oh so smooth and this is a great organic way of story telling omggg No community post or vague tweet saying "oh ywah this is how it happens" a dedicated video with oh just peak qualities Nice basement

[@2idiotgermans932]

Glad you enjoyed! I really wanted to take the time to explore the assimilation process. Thanks for watching!

[@brazenduke8164]

“Featured Taunt: Peace!” What a fitting advertisement, this series is all about bringing people together

[@lebollsong]

Yep, we go together

[@chickennuggetman2593]

we go together

[@lambda-m1676]

​@@chickennuggetman2593 we go together

[@Seven-or1lx]

Yep literally bringing em together 😊

[@SigilOfBaphomet]

I’m having so much fun!

[@chasecoulter2888]

Dang I can’t believe Dantes theory about Scubamaster being sent to another server was true! I would’ve thought the connection with the virus would’ve been cut. I guess not…

[@bemobf]

They forgot to put disconnected in chat for laste episode so it could get people confused I got

[@slappybio1686]

Man, Arron sure doomed that guy's life

[@TheManDude]

You know it’s good when it starts with a flashing lights warning and live action.

[@vb0n3dv]

What I love about this series is that it calls back to the creepypastas from the old internet where video games had cursed copies or code that reached out to the player either through the screen or in-game (ie. Tails Doll, Ben Drowned, etc.) but giving it a fun twist with the bot situation with TF2. I would have loved seeing this in 2009 as much as I love seeing it now. Thanks for keeping the game and that era of the internet alive.

[@2idiotgermans932]

We gotta keep the good ole days alive ;) Someone needs to prove that gaming creepypastas can be good. Thanks for watching!

[@anon_sabe]

Apparently this shows that sucubamaster96 did not escape and technically created ANOTHER Severblight since apparently no one on this server (except sucubamaster96) was part of the first Severblight. Also,this video confirms the theory that when Severblight is on the server, you automatically enter a "merge" process into the game itself before being assimilated. And that the body remains in the real world and your soul (or spirit) is trapped inside the game. Poor sucubamaster96, from what I saw in other comments, he was also a kid...

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

Aaron *accidently* doomed Team Fortress 2...

[@thesleepparalysisdemonon]

Ah but one thing to note Whenever people get vote kicked it shows a message that they left the server If the blight leaves the server it means it is going to another one when scuba master got " vote kicked " the message didnt appear Ergo the blight either somehow faked vote kicking or It found out how to leave and enter servers without those messages

[@anon_sabe]

@@thesleepparalysisdemonon Oh yhea, you have a point there.

[@epicgamerman692]

Then the question becomes whether it’s the same entity or if it has become an separate one all together and if that the case will the two get in an conflict over getting as many people in them selfs as possible?

[@avocadofromroblox1813]

​@wyslanniknewworldorder9525 nah, it was the engineer that doomed tf2. Teaching the server blight how to leave and move to other servers, Aaron just helped it

[@grantsrants665]

New Server Blight just dropped, let’s go! Edit: Okay, so I was right. Players can be pulled into the game, at least partially, even prior to full infection. All that’s needed is exposure to the Blight!

[@splatboi2012]

yippee😄

[@TheTrashyboi]

Actually, with that in mind, how do yall think Aaron fared with it I mean, that means he was partially within the game for a lot of it, right? So did everything turn back to normal when he left, or do yall think he could be having little "hallucinations" where the world starts looking like a tf2 map, and normal people as classes

[@igorOliveiradeCampos]

​@TheTrashyboi wow that's a good question

[@wix-1-3dgcjt6]

for me this is my only major complaint with this series, the trope of "the game actually affects real life" always takes me out of the immersion, and the a-posing heavy model in the darkness was goofy af

[@trES-2B-z4p]

Without it, it makes the horror less impactful when you have to make everyone too stupid to not just unplug their computer to escape.

[@dantes_integrity]

3:33 I think just the visual of everyone staring at the invisible spy is perhaps the most horrifying part of this video. The shock and disbelief, followed by the step to the side with the turning of heads confirming it. I also like how the Blight seems to be pretending to play a normal match- but is not quite good enough at it.

[@macshadow1150]

I think it wasn't pretending? I mean the game propably was going normally, untill scubamaster joined, infected soldier and snipier, and the sniper got all others except spy, just so serverblight could have some fun

[@TuxedoDogss]

@@macshadow1150 if you look at the opening shot, none of the team actually takes damage or gets anything done. the soldier at the start just shoots into nothingness. theyre all missing their shots

[@Gencrossbones]

​@@TuxedoDogss probably because it realized it could be damaged with normal damage. So it just misses its shots just to avoid the hassle of recovering the body or worse gathering every single gib of a player. We do always see serverblight recover the corpses of killed blighted players.

[@OneLostTexan]

@@TuxedoDogss But the spy runs through one of their teammates in that opening and doesn't get assimilated.

[@chadzahirshah2588]

@@OneLostTexanAaron also ran through the blighted Medic in the 3rd episode when running to find JonyDany and he didn’t get blighted. I think the characters have to transform into blighted mode actively before they can assimilate players

[@Cabimimp]

This video is incredible. You’ve perfectly captured the horror of a creature that can assimilate others and adapt to its environment, but in a video game and that’s terrifying. It brings back great memories of my teenage years watching The Thing, I loved the concept of that creature. Thank you for bringing back those old but good memories. I can’t wait to see players try to face these creatures. Eventually, word will spread online, especially among survivors, and they might even create some kind of "community mission" to take them on moments where they’ll doubt whether their friends are infected or not. Of course, all while keeping the horror factor that makes it so unique. Amazing work!

[@59day19]

the most horrible part is that he never had a chance, serverblight was just toying with him

[@superbrainz2357]

Yep. Dustbowl has no out of bounds pits, both teams were infected so he couldn't even try to fight back against blu, capture is impossible as long as just one serverblight touches the point. He never had a chance.

[@tbsp3151]

GUYS DONT USE INTERNET! ITS IS LEARNING OUTSIDE TF2 TOO

[@tbsp3151]

GUYS DONT USE INTERNET! ITS IS LEARNING OUTSIDE TF2 TOO

[@waffledog3709]

​@@tbsp3151bro, you're using the internet

[@BongBong-Gaming]

@@tbsp3151don’t worry it’s not real

[@gideonnewman8300]

1. Neat idea to remix kazotsky kick theme with more subtle instruments, I think it contributes to the theme quite nicely. 2. Sense we saw no masses of people joining when the serverblight started to make itself know, it could mean that it was already their and that serverblight knows how to mimic actual games of tf2. 3. For as interesting and fascinating I find the assimilation process to be, I can’t drop the feeling the guy got tickled to death.

[@MarksmanRevolver]

violent massage

[@alexmems20]

I thought the mercs would get even the slightest touch by the blight in-game would make them go straight to the spaghettification, the process would take about 30 seconds to 1 minute

[@shmegalodonschmuckington786]

​@@alexmems20Reminds me of John Carpenter's The Thing, where even a single touch with the Thing is enough to infect you.

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

Honestly..... I don't know whether it simply infected them or if they uh.... got kappa'd to put it lightly like a hand puppet

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

@@noisyphilosopherkrk522 We know that something with a hand enters the player model's mouth when they're infected. Perhaps it's the blightseed required to control the player fully

[@Purple_Jades]

Absolutely Peak Cinematic Series of all time.

[@bladefeather2293]

😂 I see myself! Haha thank you guys!❤ I appreciate ya adding my username! (Spaghetti sauce)

[@noelmejias552]

6:10 that settles it. The Server Blight isn't some hacker or bot, it's something....paranormal

[@JessicaCrawford352]

i think that was kinda obvious since the start but i guess it DOES settle it

[@TheRealClaylex]

Yeah it has to be now Because its literally pulling people into the game and killing their physical bodies

[@nicenameyougotthere.5021]

​@@JessicaCrawford352 I always thought it was a computer virus sort of thing but I'm enjoying the Lovecraftian horror more.

[@sillylilguy861]

The real Question is " *_who created server blight _* ?"

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@sillylilguy861 I'm pretty sure it wasn't somebody It feels..........idk supernatural?

[@dbb788]

The transition from the game to the laptop was amazing, along with the slow realization that he's already dead

[@johnjohn5187]

Serverblight: “You’ll make a fine addition to my collection.”

[@Neuwey331]

He's talking like he's Brainiac.

[@squigglyo0]

"So uncivilised"

[@ClaireTheSaltyHypocrite2309]

the way this video shows how it affects the irl world was MUCH needed for the terror aspect of the serverblight in my opinion. It was eluded to in the last video but it wasn’t made completely clear. INCREDIBLE video guys! keep it up but remember to not overwork yourselves!

[@LunaNull0105]

I believe the Server Blight has figured out that it is more advantageous on maps that don't have cliffs or out-of-bounds like hazards. Choosing to use pretty safe and more importantly claustrophobic areas that limits where you can go. And it took the chance with this spy. Like someone said earlier, cloaking or being invisible matters naught with the Blight due to the fact we can see it assimilating ALL teams. Friendlies can see other spies that are invisible in their own team for reasons (Idk why, Valve stuff). We can also assume that since it absorbed the medics, scouts, pyros, Demos, pretty much the entire roster of classes. I theorise that the serverblight is likely Immune to Fire, Can heal at a scary rate, has too much health, cannot be knocked back in any meaningful way, is super fast, likely can double jump / negate fall damage, Highly resistant to explosives, And now likely to be able to sneak up on targets because invis. And more than likely to FAKE ITS OWN DEATH. I am assuming it is capable of using unlocks given we saw it use a stock medigun to try and trick the soldier from the last time, I believe his name is Aron? (Dunno, I just know he was a sniper then Soldier) If we were to assume the Blight is capable of using the weapons, I.e., stock weapons. That is still a ridiculous amount of power behind its... Digits? Sure lets go with digits. Medigun to heal itself and possibly UBERCHARGE ITSELF. If we were to assume if it could use unlocks. What is the most powerful combination of weapons and tools from every class if you had NO slot restriction. I think it would be: Dead Ringer for Death façade; Medigun and Quick Fix for healing and Uber; All banners to be Immune to crits, heal on hit (Not like it matters), Speed, Damage Boost (Again, not like it matters, One touch and you're gone); Fists of Steel to have Ranged Weapon Resistance when Uber is on cooldown; Invis Watch and Cloak & Dagger for invis on the go and to hide to scare people; Pomson just to drain any Uber from survivors and to personally have fun toying with its victims (If a certain video of the Server Blight is to be true); and some others I can't think of at the top of my head as I'm writing this. The moment the ServerBlight figures out how to get to MvM, we are all screwed. Those upgrades will make it impossible for the victims to win Great video btw. Love how it's going so far! :D

[@theultimatetrashman887]

pipe down lil bro

[@maskedengineer6293]

@@theultimatetrashman887 Geez, who rained on your parade? The guy's having fun theorising, let him cook.

[@abyssalcrow8568]

Players can see their own spies invisible because its teamwork and gameplay, it lets you know that your spy is running in cloaked and you dont have to rely on the decloak colors all the time.

[@liamcarvalho4247]

Bro, if the Blight absorbs a scout using the BFB... Just imagine a bundle of bodies running at you at freaking mach 5 with full boost

[@LunaNull0105]

@liamcarvalho4247 Full Boost, GRU, Disciplinary Action, Conch, and we are screwed, plus Big Earner and Dead Ringer

[@IntrakitLabs]

Another awesome post from my two favorite germans.

[@2idiotgermans932]

So true

[@Juice_draws]

You look like the spy in the video

[@TheBonkiestBonkBoy]

@@Juice_draws bro is cooked

[@BahaeX2343]

@@Juice_draws you are right

[@CCFencer]

Very true.

[@giovannequeirozpereira4930]

I like to think that the medic ubercharge is the only way to stop the serverblight like " you only have ten seconds ".

[@jonsku6662]

Über lasts 8 seconds Also you know.. it techincally doesn't damage or "kill" you in-game, so...

[@1993OneWayCD]

From the info we've gotten, Serverblight is immune to Damage from the mercenarie's Weapons, but it SEEMS to be able to take fall damage / game damage (Insta-death zones), or, he seems to be *afraid* of it. Dunno if it actually works, What i have in mind is for the Medic to ubercharge a pyro, and in those ten seconds, for him to airblast Serverblight out of a cliff, that'd *possibly* work.

[@Adir-Yosef]

@@1993OneWayCD didn't Aaron take down an infected demoman with the direct hit (only for the blight to take back the body)? that proves it can be at least momentarily stopped with weapons. as for pushing infected off cliffs, ABSOLUTLY NO SERVERBLIGHT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONE ESCAPE ROUTE WE CAN CONFIRM WORKS!

[@1993OneWayCD]

@ True. Howhever, as we already saw, after a certain time of being exposed to the same server as serverblight they just- Turn into their characters? Dunno how to explain it. (this is how the engineer could move like "a human being" instead of a normal player) Pretty sure Uber would still work. Serverblight needs to kill both the player and the character so he can control them (this is all assumptions from the videos i've seen)

[@jonsku6662]

@@1993OneWayCD Doesn't seem immune to weapons, remember in last one the soldier still blew up an infected demoman (and votekicked the gibus heavy, who he couldn't kill because he was on the same team) It doesn't free the host body though, they respawn still infected

[@DIIATX]

Thank you bro! I stop making analog horror on sfm because I thought it wasn't hip anymore. You definitely help me change my whole perspective on how to use sfm effectively. One love!!

[@alfonjulescojpag]

Just a story. It has been four months since I found my son lying motionless in his room. I remember holding him tightly, screaming for help. His eyes had rolled back, his mouth slightly stained with blood. The wail of the ambulance still haunts me. The doctors did everything they could, yet they had already declared him dead. I refused to believe it. I begged them to check again, but the verdict remained the same. My son-my only reason for staying sane-was gone. Horror and confusion corroded my very existence as I clutched his lifeless body. I screamed and wailed inside the ambulance, cursing the heavens. Why, God? Why would you take my son? Thirteen years ago, I endured betrayal-my son's bastard of a father, the man I foolishly once loved, ran away when I was thirteen. My parents, who only cared about my academic achievements, disowned me when I got pregnant at fourteen. My husband whom I met at 23 and though that he was my forever since he didn't mind me having a son and treated him like his own son, but he had cheated on me when I was 26. I still remember the smug smile of the woman he chose over me, and the satisfaction I felt knocking her into the next world. I was alone, left to raise my son while fighting for survival. And yet, despite all that suffering, I endured. For him. But now, he’s gone. Three months have passed. I sit in my house, clutching my son's photograph, staring blankly at his computer. Memories flood my mind-the times we laughed, the times he hugged me, the times we played games together. Team Fortress 2. His favorite. I remember the joy on his face when I gifted it to him. I remember how that game made him happy. But now, he’s dead. And I don’t even know why. He... He he he... It's funny, isn't it? No, it’s not. It’s tragic. It’s cruel. It’s unbearable. I should just end it all. What’s left for me? Nothing but pain and memories. I make my decision. I walk to the garage, grab a rope and barbed wire. I sit at the kitchen table, writing my farewell letter. A final note to the world, a plea for God to keep my son happy in heaven. The TV is on, but I don’t care about the news. Nothing matters anymore. Until I hear something. "46,062 children's ranging up to young adult have died mysteriously after playing Team Fortress 2." What? I freeze. My breath hitches. My hands tremble as I grab the remote, turning up the volume. The news anchor continues, reporting thousands of grieving parents demanding answers, demanding that Valve shut down the game. But Valve hasn’t responded. Survivors speak of something lurking within the game-an unknown entity. Some claim they were almost assimilated, their surroundings warping into animation. They saw things that is incomprehensible to them. The monster toying with them, almost getting assimilated, forcing to watch their friend to be assimilated. And many-too many-never came back. As I read more online, something inside me shifts. Rage, cold and consuming, creeps into my veins. An entity has been killing thousands of innocent children. My son was one of them. Unforgivable. This is unforgivable. Thousands of children taken by some nameless horror entity? I grip the edge of the table. My nails dig into the wood. I won’t let this go. I won’t let the game be shut down without answers. Without revenge. I must find this creature. And I will kill it. I must kill this creature. Lord gave me strength. (Dislike it all you want, this is just my first time.)

[@ducgaminglc510]

How much time did this guy spend on this and only got 10 like ?

[@blueslime132]

sent a chill down my spine at the last part

[@beeflmaoo]

i want a part 2, this is fire

[@lissstar5423]

This is peak

[@MuhammadaabanUmar]

Who let bro cook

[@oriraburaboot4642]

Was not expecting scubamaster96 elongated thumb on the freaking capture point half expected Matt to uber charge the entire sever?

[@vactrox]

1:50 He's so cold. I had no idea heaven looked like a basement. Seriously, thanks for putting in the extra effort to show what is happening to these players on the real world side of things. This really elevates your project. As much as I'm joking about the cold, it actually makes sense since as the consciousness was pulled away from the body, the body would go numb... Even aside from the fact that servers wouldn't actually be programmed to feel heat/warmth. Less an actual coldness and more the absence of... anything. Also I was hoping you'd be uploading like this. An episode with our 'main characters' escaping and dealing with the blight, followed by a 'quickly made' side episode full of cannon fodder people to help expand on what a threat the server blight is. Not to sell your work short, stellar job as always. I can't wait to see the series... and the blight, grow!

[@pedrossecondaccount]

non out of bounds death maps are prob the serverblight's fav maps

[@Pink_Noodle]

Congrats once again on making the new hot thing. This series really captured the essence of a bunch of things core to the TF2 experience in exactly the kind of esoteric arthouse way missing in most modern entertainment. Love to see it.

[@2idiotgermans932]

You're gonna enjoy this one if you want more esoteric arthouse ;)

[@Tetra_bit1538]

@@2idiotgermans932yeah

[@danielscomentclub2636]

​@@2idiotgermans932 dünka, komrades

[@GodzillaLegendary2025]

​@@2idiotgermans932 infected Monsters by sniper!

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

@@2idiotgermans932 Now i fear more what 6th part will have when Breadolphin will be showed...

[@priscilacarvalho2407]

The fact that this series makes it out that meeting the Serverblight IS a real possibility to anyone. The tension that at anytime you will be just playing tf2 and out of nowhere be forced to run and find the closest pit to save your life, or else it's eternal torture for you, that's awesome. The fear doesn't stay behind the screen, it literally reaches out to you with long tendrils that wrap around your brain and then stays there, lingering, waiting, just like the blight itself.

[@thesleepparalysisdemonon]

screw this Im going to typical colors 2 Where everything is infinitely worse but atleast no blight *-yet-*

[@TheRealClaylex]

What I wanna know is if Aaron is actually STUCK in the game He might have survived against the serverblight but after the first experience WHY did he come back?

[@thesleepparalysisdemonon]

@TheRealClaylex I mean he got a friend ( matt ) to play with him so clearly he has some real world control Why he keeps playing is an enigma

[@badbreakingbadvideos]

My buddy ace could solo him, like what would the serverblight do to get hold of him?

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@thesleepparalysisdemonon He could possibly be doing it to try to figure out how to stop it Even if it means risking his life of course

[@MehrdadWastaken]

I remember that in the first episode of the series, someone said, "I wish this series would get more views." A few months have passed, and here we are! I hope this series becomes more popular and that more people get to know the work of both of you.

[@2idiotgermans932]

Thanks for sticking with us! Glad you're enjoying our work!

[@derpforger1305]

the really long finger blocking the cap NEEDS to become a meme

[@CappaEnterprises]

I’ve gotta say, this has to be one of the best “meta horrors” I’ve seen, every silly “arg” is just normal gameplay with hundreds of vhs filters overlayed on it which makes no sense most of the time, but this is different, its well paced and it tells a story that explains it in the next episode without even explaining it! Bravo 🎉🎉 I havent felt this scared from a youtube horror for a while, keep it up 🙏

[@2idiotgermans932]

Thanks for all the kind words! We really tried to go in a slightly different direction after SERVERBLIGHT. And I always want to explore the real-world side of our setting. Thanks for watching!

[@DylanoRevs]

I LOVE that you guys used IRL footage for the player instead of using an animation. It really makes it impactful in this horror series! I can imagine the widespread news of these TF2 players all over the world found dead in their room after playing a game.

[@HOLDENPOPE]

And people in-universe using it to justify their stance that video games are ba-- ... HOLY SHIT, IS THIS THE GHOST OF SOMEONE WHO HATES TF2?!

[@leilaclarridge5807]

I was wondering if anyone else was thinking the same thing as I was. How are Valve and the governments of the world going to handle this? What if the Serverblight escapes TF2 and infects other online games? Even websites and apps?

[@enderkatze6129]

This is gonna lead to a shutdown of the Game Eventually, likely together with destroying all copies, therefore Killing the serverblight

[@YeomasBros.2008]

@@leilaclarridge5807 this is starting to become some Analog Horror shit

[@SigilOfBaphomet]

@@leilaclarridge5807 it would probably be hard to link the deaths to tf2 itself

[@eagleeye5189]

Okay, this video elevated this series for me. This is genuinely fantastic. The acting on the player is really solid, and the transitions between him and the game (and his world becoming the game) are extremely well done. It is funny that he seems to be playing in a nuclear bunker, but otherwise this is just a fantastic piece of horror media that is just really damn amazingly put together.

[@2idiotgermans932]

Glad you enjoyed! I had a lot of fun writing the dream logic this devolves into. Thanks for watching!

[@Victor62784]

It's just a basement that has yet to be reformed 🙄🙄 (serverblight only attacks broke people 😭)

[@lucaschannel726]

@@2idiotgermans932but seriously where is the player playing the game in? It looks like a bunker even though only later does it become the map?

[@jck4134]

Wow, the scenes where the player's consciousness slowly gets dragged into the game are amazing! The best moment by far has to be when he turns to see the map hallway at 4:30. Great job as always!

[@divineroes]

This is epic, more Serverblight videos! R.I.P Spy, he couldn't make it out alive.

[@johnlocsin1628]

"If It Takes Us Over, Then It Has No More Enemies, Nobody Left To Kill It. And Then It's Won." - MacReady (The Thing)

[@redjay4145]

Dude the serverblight learning votekick doomed tf2 honestly. It can keep spreading itself across servers and do things like this. Idk where Aarons story is going to go from here but it’s good confirmation to have that when assimilated, your IN the game. Your body either dies or is just a husk while your mind is molded into the blight. Great work once again!!

[@kauske]

It could also be a memetic effect, as in they are not actually within the game, but seeing what the blight flashes on screen creates something like a computer virus in their brain that forces their physical body to play along as part of the hive mind.

[@TheRealClaylex]

So the big question rn with our MC: Is Aaron IN the game? How is he still surviving if his physical body is also stuck in the game

[@skaynne54]

​@@TheRealClaylexAaron never got assimilated.

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@skaynne54 That I can understand So do you think Aaron is just getting back into the game so he can try to figure out a way to stop the serverblight?

[@engi3583]

@@kauske Elon musk shouldnt create neurolink then

[@monger8865]

Love the many details that says "something wrong" in beginning such as: Match timer not going down at all before he got killed by demoman Team being mismatched when blu has scout and pyro but isn't visible at the top of the class board Constant firing from both team but blu seems to not receive any damage Blu soldier in spawn suddenly appearing a second later after Synerix rubs his hands (Door didn't open, wasn't dead before and no join message) Red team having a pattern on their attacks (most noticeably heavy revving up) After spy got killed by the demoman, there was no deathcam And the opportunities as well where the spy could get infected like touching the blu scout, any of the red team when demoman killed him, and the red medic. So many great details!!

[@Theblindingofissac]

therory time! Finishing the game might let you escape! Bc we see the blight stop the capture instead of immediately killing or studying him. Also I love the small details, like in the beginning the person criticizing someone for bad English says you’re instead of your

[@TheRealClaylex]

I would agree with this But the only nitpick is Aaron was able to get away from the serverblight Question is: Why is he still playing the game?

[@nicknamed1267]

​@TheRealClaylex maybe he's trapped in the game, like he's become his character.

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@nicknamed1267 Thats what I said before, he MIGHT be trapped Hes not dead but he's still stuck in-game

[@alessandrammendes81]

​@@TheRealClaylexmaybe But if we remember,in the part while matt and aaron is carrying the team Aaron is moving normally! No scared eyes No realistic moves Probably when you escape from server blight It loses the control of you. The reason Aaron It's still playing because... He stopped from playing after matt turning into one of "them".

[@mrxy201]

@@TheRealClaylex he cant put down the cup 💔

[@icetide9411]

Happy to know I was correct about just being in the presence of the Serverblight tying you into the game. Honestly a very terrifying idea that there's no truly escaping the effects of this thing

[@MemeBoi3M]

Having “soldier of dance” play at the beginning as a jingle was very nice 😊

[@narwhallord4267]

The amount of effort you put into all of your works is genuinely amazing! And it's a small thing, but thank you for using the subtitles! I really appreciate it :3

[@2idiotgermans932]

Make the videos you want to see on KZbin ;)

[@AdmiralPJ]

I do find it fascinating is that mid way the blight let the blu's capture the point, while the red soldier let himself get spotted by the player to get ready to contest the last capture point, so when the spy ran to spawn, the blight was ready to chase him while also giving him hope that he can end the game by capturing but gave up because of the heavy, which led the spy in despair and hopeless get taken by the blight.

[@nahuelfigueroa-l7e]

The truth is that your animation of your creation is great and terrifying. I'm a big fan seeing that and I love you.

[@hwangjeremy7814]

00:10 i like the kazotskykick

[@Soapromancer]

Good for you little timmy

[@lyricdarthjarjar1373]

The serverblight is learning to be friendly maybe at some point itle realize killing is bad

[@darks_gene707]

​@@lyricdarthjarjar1373 the serverblight will realize if they kill all humans they will have no purpose of existing

[@hwangjeremy7814]

00:10 i like the kazotskykick

[@eze1196]

Oh no

[@Esitaro3670]

The use of live action to show what happens to the player after being captured by the serverblights is just quite terrifying, great work!

[@JessicaCrawford352]

I like how since the entire server is the blight, when he makes slight contact with the blue scout when going up the stairs is when he first hears the noise behind him. Then hearing it again, he turns around in-game. And then, after backstabbing the medic that is when he looks down to see spy's arms instead of his own and his body and the spy's body affect eachother (like mouth movements, expressions, and some of the heavys shenanigans maybe, but i still dont fully understand the heavy being in the real world, could just be the blight being INSIDE of his consciousness aswell, but idk im not a theorist)

[@skaynne54]

Right now, it is heavily believed to be a supernatural/lovecraftion horror entity thingy.

[@sunshineskystar]

Heavy is not in the real world, it is him starting to get sucked into the game.

[@thor8606]

Can I just say I appreciate this series builds up anticipation without blowing it all on cheap screams and loud noises? Because I love that

[@Dragoneatspam]

DAMN. That means the Serverblight had a fricking FEAST after the last map. Holy cow. Bigbacks, man. Lets just hope Aaron airblaste the Serverblight off a pit.

[@luckymagicbelle]

THIS MIX OF LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATION IS SO COOL WHAT Each new installment of this just gets more and more creative!! Amazing storytelling!

[@sgt.purp1e]

Emesis Blue might be better on an objective level, this right here however has created a greater sense of terror and investment in me. I'm always going back to look for more details, and it makes me contemplate everything that follows as it happens, yet it still always managed to pull the rug out from underneath me. Thank you for this series, the good work continues!

[@MayhemOfMadnessBelow]

Serverblight seems to create illusions when the person irl saw the hall underground and that his hands were spy's hands for a second exactly like in the game... Pretty much messing with his head. I bet if he did try to leave his room somehow he would probably have never moved to begin with.... Since he thinks he walked away but end up still sitting on his chair...

[@TheDumbSauceGuy]

3:50 "He's right behind me isnt he?"

[@Kaktys-igol4atbli]

Вот и показали, что происходит с реальными игроками. Это просто охренеть, я прям орала в экран: "Ливай с сервера! Ливай, пока не поздно!!" Спасибо за серию, жду продолжение!

[@eclate_666]

ServerBlight : " You can't defeat me " Dicksalot: " I know . . . but he's can ". *Cut to : Man vs. Machine mode*

[@chestdent910]

if next video is this, i don't know will happen but it is intresting

[@ERRAYAMAKASSARCENDEKIA]

just imagine serverblight infecting mvm bots, XD

[@dibs6462]

@ERRAYAMAKASSARCENDEKIA does nothing, best it can do is somehow use the metal as "armor" even though that just makes it weird

[@PvpPetah]

@@dibs6462 the bots are like, made out of aluminum or something, they arent too hard to destroy

[@someanimatorgamer4114]

@@dibs6462 I don't think it can infect AI, can it? But we'll see if that ends up happening

[@oldreaddy3341]

I can't wait until Pyrocynical makes an 8 hour plus documentary on serverblight once it's done.

[@2idiotgermans932]

28 hours, at least. He needs lots of time to talk about random shit 💀Thanks for watching!

[@aperks]

​@@2idiotgermans932 RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS

[@cozmic124]

"the serverblight situation is crazy"

[@mastercritical3288]

This is well-executed closer to those who wanted to know the process of being in the same server with that thing, and of course- assimilation. Having said that, it's bad enough this thing has learned how to mimic actual, unsuspecting gameplay. Now, it got its hands on the one class that can disguise as other players, cloak, and fake their deaths. It's as if it had been wanting to assimilate that class for some time, and has grown intelligent enough to use a map with no death-zones in order to trap its desired victim. Up to this point, we've seen how it can lower a victim's intuitions to the point where it will willingly pass up on moments where it definitely could have claimed someone (back turned on Blighted, physical contact, etc.) before pouncing. It's scary to think it might eventually become even more aggressive in the future, taking first opportunities where it finds them. Shit's truly gotten real. Outstanding work, as usual.

[@tbsp3151]

GUYS DONT USE INTERNET! ITS IS LEARNING OUTSIDE TF2 TOO

[@superbrainz2357]

It actually had a spy arm before in previous videos.

[@STetalite231]

BOT

[@theporkiestpie8416]

We've also got confirmation as to what the Blight does to the actual real life players controlling the characters behind the screen. It blurs the lines between the virtual world of Team Fortress 2 and reality . It is then able to seep into said reality and place the player's real selves into a form of trance before leaving them in a catatonic state. But it seems that their consciousness is stuck within the game as we saw in the Puppet Creepypasta. That means that Matt(HectorT0rn), GUILLIESUIT, Directionz, JonyDany12 all the other unfortunate souls unlucky enough to be caught by this abomination have shared this unnerving fate. As one other person appropriately put it, the Blight is only getting stronger with each server it comes to infest and it's going to be a race against the clock on the part of TF2's playerbase to stop it.

[@ValScout21]

Как всегда, хлопаю стоя. Это просто потрясающе As always, I clap standing up. It's just amazing

[@engeerror8161]

5:30 Two new things. Serverblight cannot open spawn doors like normal player, overwise it already be opened this door to consume spy. Second thing. It is afraid of completing map objectives.

[@macshadow1150]

Not afraid, just the thing match will end and Blight cannot do anything about it. And as much as it like to play with its prey, I am sure it is at least a bit piss off that Aaron managed to escape.

[@engeerror8161]

@macshadow1150 yea i just didnt found correct words. But you ar eright

[@engeerror8161]

@macshadow1150 also i think it is afraid in case end of round will lead to map change. During this blights effect on its prey might be significantly lower, wich will let them left game. Maybe, low chances, but maybe it will let trapped inside people escape

[@waffledog3709]

My guess is beating the match would give players a window of opportunity to escape, especially in the process of a map change.

[@macshadow1150]

@@engeerror8161 Nah, if the match end, the player could escape, and about freeing people? Much more difficult. We need to remember one thing thou. As far as we saw, it can spawn itself on the map, but it never respawned do far, only kinda reformed. I belive the only way to at least stand a chance is to use weapons that completly obliterate ragdolls, like cowmangler or somehow push the infected of the map so ServerBlight cannnot get them back

[@StokBrood95]

3:13 If you look at blu team you can see the people who encountered the serverblight

[@EnchantmentMethod44147]

Fr?

[@geometrydashmhaeztheprogam7379]

Pretty weird that Blu Pyro wasn't There

[@StokBrood95]

How come?​@@geometrydashmhaeztheprogam7379

[@skyhunt9595]

​​@@geometrydashmhaeztheprogam7379 thats pretty went wrong when i checked the player class list, and wasnt using blu pyro and blu scout

[@PaveltheDicer]

While I personally prefer these kind of mysteries to remain unsolved or just interpreted by fans, this is explanation makes a good amount of sense. I dread the fact that the serverblight learnt about it's death zone weakness, so decided to play on maps without any.

[@DistortedDebaser]

From the beginning you can already find out that everyone's infected, nobody has even died at all and the timer isn't going down until the 2 minute mark, their engineer is hitting nothing with the wrench, blue team entirely ceases doing anything.