FUNKe: The YouTuber Who Transcended TF2

[@LucidMakesVideos]

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[@alex.g7317]

You ❤

[@alex.g7317]

Obviously me

[@natalialuca]

All of them are equal Everyone is unique

[@quintencornelissen2274]

​@@alex.g7317 no it is quinten

[@toenailwarrior]

2fort twerkers

[@toysipo2579]

FUNKe managed to establish a strong and distinct style separate from TF2's visual style. That helped a lot.

[@orrenlane]

I know it's kinda like your signature thing, but I really love what you do with typography. The skill to make text more than just a method of conveying information and turn it into a visual treat is very underappreciated, and you do it super nicely

[@LucidMakesVideos]

I really appreciate it! I always try to organize the text in a way that looks natural and interesting :)

[@Nik1_]

@@LucidMakesVideos I like when content creators use every single detail to try to convey the story. That usually means that the person behind it has a passion for what he is doing. I've been a fan of yours since the Muselk video, and its cool to see you change your art style and improve. When I will have good enough PC to be able to record video games, someday I will be also the creative person, but for now, I'm happy for you, even if I don't exactly know who you are behind the screen.

[@lifeless5064]

@@LucidMakesVideos yeah i also noticed how text across the video feels less like text, but a part of the image you know? Its like the difference between seeing a screenshot of tf2 with a soldier poorly photoshopped on top of the screenshot, and soldier actually being there in the screenshot (hope i explained it well)

[@ConcealedAxe]

He’s still on the internet if you look for him, 2 of salty phish’s recent videos feature him in a competitive Highlander team, I also like to think FUNKe never left tf2 (after all it’s his favorite game) and he’s simply waiting for another opportunity to talk about it. Anyways good vid

[@TemkaUwU]

im pretty sure hes making some of lean maseys videos. It feels like funk

[@mr.lambert3]

dude i can't believe "i miss tf2" was 3 YEARS AGO :sob: i remember watching that video a few hours after it was made

[@TwilightRO1]

Funk's old video outro got me into "The Good Life (Live at X96)". He used to end his videos with it, yeeeeears ago.

[@happyhapsly]

dude that outro shaped my whole musical tastes. funke got me into weezer, ozma, feed me jack, flobots, tally hall, magnetic fields and all that good shit.

[@SqueakyMcSqueaks]

@@happyhapsly ozma!

[@qvick3280]

5:25 fun fact, funke also was the first vtuber and invented vtubing

[@ribriddler8114]

Was he fr? I thought it was that japanese one with the bowtie on their head.

[@qvick3280]

@@ribriddler8114 bowtie head started youtubing in late 2016 while funke streamed with anime avatar first time in december 2015, predating bowtie and thus making him the first vtuber ever

[@lilstjimmy]

google demon lord at freddys

[@link4585]

so I looked into it. depending on your definition the first Vtuber was named Ami Yamato, who was an animated character that someone used to tell stories about their daily life

[@qvick3280]

@@link4585 chill it's a joke, no need to look so deep into it

[@ThatNerdGuy0]

my first funke video was one of his movement shooter ones. I didn't even know he was a tf2 youtuber until much later

[@garbage2882]

He makes youtube videos that give you the same feeling a video essay gives, but it's just an animated rant that is just as enjoyable to listen. I watched his video on albums a long time ago and I still have no idea what was going on, all I remember from that video is confusion and enjoyment. But he's also the main reason I decided to buy Ultrakill, his videos on movement shooters are amazing.

[@ruzgar1372]

Funke is the epitome of "not being able to make more content about the game because there is nothing new left" I'm sure he loves the game to death but his video essay type of content is not fit for the stagnant state of TF2

[@rattfish]

funke is the epitome of public enemy

[@UnhappyLiving4707]

very true

[@Absquatulationist]

I hope he hasn't quit and is instead working on his magnum opus.

[@zoalina]

This is like the mfs who are still saying The Winds of Winter is coming soon.

[@Mic.vencer]

He’s also got very good taste in music, and I like that he shared a song during or at the end of his videos. I got Ozma’s Restart on my playlist because he shared it

[@FilthyTea]

Anyone who likes Pinkerton as much as he does has great taste.

[@ashtoncartner]

Same here with Restart and a couple other Ozma songs like Apple Trees and Domino Effect.

[@Luke-hd3jm]

Finding ozma from funke is dope. Tf2 weezer man using music from a very weezer inspired band

[@bieyang339]

i hate that even though bro makes great videos, theres barely any comments/views here

[@longjimthealmighty]

The intro with the new animation and remixed jingle is great, can’t wait to see the volume 4 edition!

[@microwave7799]

I really hope FUNKe hasn't stopped content creation. I grew up watching his content and he has always been my favorite creator. I love the dudes style, personality and interests and I thoroughly enjoy all the videos he's made. His videos introduced me to great music, TF2, and my favorite genre of videogames being movement shooters

[@Zeiso_Serenity]

isnt he the guy who plays sniper for BTS? (Big Time Sus)

[@Cats_on_fire]

Yea

[@fastestglitch]

I have seen more of his TF2 from salty fish than I have on his own channel

[@Zeiso_Serenity]

@@fastestglitch me too lol

[@bcj842]

One thing about FUNKe that makes him a perfect video essay guy is his voice. His peculiar voice lends itself to cartoons and game commentary which he exercised to the full extent. I remember, because of the Wind Waker profile picture combined with his voice and appearance, he was often seen as the "anti-Leafyishere" back when that guy was relevant.

[@marcdag]

I stopped watching Funke for a while bc he stopped making tf2 videos, but recently i went on a binge with all of his newer vids and I was genuinely suprised with how high quality his videos were and how entertaining they were dispite not being about tf2. Other youtubers that i watched a lot were Muselk and MrPaladin. I think Muselk did a pretty good job switching out of tf2, but i remember MrPaladin trying to stop tf2 videos entirely and upload different content for a brief while, but that didnt do very well and he went back to making tf2 videos not too long after

[@pimbii]

i feel like Muselk should be part of this conversation. Even though he's fallen off now he was a huge youtuber at one point and started out with tf2

[@Jessie_Helms]

Man, it really has been a year since the last FunkE video, hasn’t it? I hope he’s okay. Also, for my 2 cents, here’s some other creators I would consider on par in terms of quality: -Aboy -Average Pixel -Lazy Purple

[@CandainBandit]

FUNKE is probably the most talented weezer fan

[@B.Love88]

I may have not watch him throughout the years but watching his videos on movement shooters was awesome. His animations were top notch and his style is so good! Thanks for giving me the backstory to a great creator!

[@thomashale2096]

Your assessment of FUNKe being initially very similar in content to Star is spot on. I actually started watching FUNKe after star stopped uploading on the STAR_ and ster channels to fill the wacky live commentary void I had after. Little did I know at the time, but FUNKe would not only match what I wanted, but also exceed and grow into his own. Great video

[@OJWizzard]

Now Funke is in the bubble of not uploading for a year at a time with LazyPurple

[@Totallykermit1]

FUNKe is like the David Martinez of animation he's special got a unique style and that style of animation is what makes him so unique and he can make it work with anything when it clicks and his character adds onto that like a buy one get one free deal and the animated sections just add to the rich deep character in his videos or the blur of fast movements that are in small bits of his animations or the puns and literally just the video in general like seriously there's nothing this guy can't do.

[@furnset]

engagement

[@brassicac]

engagement

[@MYR_112]

Engagement

[@jvgradiz906]

engagement

[@Honorarificus]

en garde!

[@LiamTolentino]

It's so nice seeing FUNKe getting the praise he deserves :) I've been watching him since I was in middle school when he was just making random TF2 gameplay videos so I basically grew up with his channel, watching him grow as a creator and become more creative with the art he produces. He's always seemed to me the kind of creator who just loves to create and isn't afraid to show off all his inspirations. He's just really passionate about the things he likes and everything he makes, from his music to his animations, feel like love letters to every creative work that inspired him.

[@aerialapexgamer3121]

The fact there was no mention of Weezer is mildly upsetting but otherwise great video! I remember watching one specific video from FUNKe, being a video where he was in just the dumbest game of casual he'd ever seen. I watched that video so many times when I was younger. I remember also watching the "Death of an Artstyle" video at some point, but I didn't really watch FUNKe all that much as I grew up. That is until the "I miss TF2" video. I fell in love with the art style, and the way he animated his avatar, and now I just love dropping by his channel from time to time to see what he's up to. He and JSchlatt also got me into unironically listening to a handful of Weezer songs.

[@TavishFinneganDeGoon]

Still edging hard to this dudes videos

[@matty1094]

edging or gooning?

[@rattfish]

thanks demoman

[@gusemine4112]

The story of FUNKe

[@Normium]

Even if he countinued to make TF2 content or not. FUNKe is still an amazing content creator.

[@ungamer6241]

Funke wasnt trapped in the tf2 bubble, tf2 was trapped in the funke bubble

[@Drt0Kkdo]

Speaking of Funke. I have a faint memory of a video he made where he was showing off an Arizona can collection. Not sure if it was his video or a mix up in my head but I really want to watch it again.

[@cringeysammy1551]

Muselk deserves to be studied, he had a LOT of criticism for transforming into a fortnite youtuber- and a popular one at that. Although Fortnite gave him a locker bundle- and he literally made it a reference to his tf2 load out and no one cared or noticed. Once Muselk made some more tf2 videos he didn’t get the same attention. Muselk left the tf2 bubble… but they didn’t let him back in.

[@LucidMakesVideos]

Already done! >> kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJnCnniGbNSZr7s

[@BananJumper]

4:11 that crit was just soooooooo nasty

[@Synical02]

Ngl star,jerma,funke and muslek are on my rushmore. Funke always had shown the ability to be more, and his content was great Unfortunately he hasn't came back yet He also introduced great music. Also ngl star could transitioned to his basically videos, because people enjoyed them, and his animations a lot. I think he wanted to kill off his core audience because he thought they'd consistently bother him for tf2. Star did an aggressive hard reset, and it worked

[@BazaarGamer]

FUNKe got me into some good music discovery with his video on concept albums. He is a man if good tastes.

[@kosherkingofisrael6381]

"Imagine how terrible it would be if Valve gave Pyro the Scout's attack pattern." E

[@SuspiciousGrapeSoda]

To this day, FUNKe is my favourite youtuber. He was the first tf2 youtuber that really stuck with me. His style and passion he had for his videos really inspired me creatively. Hell, i wouldn't read the works of Junji Ito if he didn't mention it in multiple videos. Probably wouldn't have sparked my interest in music, too, if he didn't do goofy lil weezer covers and make videos around the subject of music/soundtracks. Rewatching his older content fills me with nostalgia from watching and consuming so much TF2 content back in the day. Anyway, what i'm getting at is that his videos have inspired me, and i hope they also inspired others. P.S. funke if you're somehow reading this pls bring back bombi plush me needs it i was a broke highschool student when it came out 😭

[@DiskRan0]

What's so special about some green bomb Its FUNKe

[@mycology5242]

He’s the pinnacle of creativity on this platform always pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the animation space. Captain Disillusion is another creator in the same tier with CGI and VFX. I don’t think because they might not post for a year, they have quit. It just takes a really long time to make quality videos.

[@khoido7357]

If you guys want some more funke go watch saltyphish’s competitive tf2 videos, not all of them have funke but a majority of the 9s have him.

[@dxgbonbon3545]

We love FUNKe

[@JayDayKay]

always good to see FUNKe recognition

[@bradleyg_]

Funke was one of my biggest inspirations for starting my channel. Fully-animated video essays are pretty rare on KZbin, so I'm stoked whenever someone puts in the extra mile to make their videos stand out by taking the time to animate them. Along with Funke and Brain Dump, similar channels I really dig are Noodle, Cel shock, and savannaXYZ

[@mycology5242]

Yeah! Funke, Max, noodle, they are really inspiring.

[@Maina980]

FUNKe the KZbinr who escaped😌🙏

[@StormTrooperEX]

fantastic video funke style truly is peak youtube video essay sadly its super time intensive and requires talent

[@FlantisFroggu]

The music in this video is awesome, I want it all

[@Multi1]

From my theorizing, I can induce that FUNKe unintentionally did not associate himself with Team Fortress 2. And instead at the beginning, made videos on TF2, but since he wasn't unique, he had leeway to diverge into something different. To someone who is not a TF2uber, but someone who can make whatever he wants.

[@clarksonpuff7352]

De Blob mentioned, liked and subscribed.

[@YellowDice]

What a genius guy I can only dream of bringing an OC character like that to life. But to this video I think Jerma fits a little bit better. Funk still heavily relies on tf2 and sfm.

[@cystal575]

If Andiematronic taught me anything, Funke will return with a BANGER.

[@auqanova]

i actually only discovered funke earlier this week, so its kinda wild that i found another youtuber id subscribed to make a documentary on him. main takeaway ive got here is maybe i should go through more of his old videos.

[@Jessica-ml8wx]

I may adore Jerma. but it feels right that FUNKe gets his own video

[@nolanjohnson7401]

"where is funke" and then the drop had no business going that hard.

[@tonyelizondo804]

I’m proud to have watched funke since 2015!!

[@bread6596]

FYI to anyone who might want to hear Funke and or see him play Saltyphish is doing every now and then highlander and 6v6 content and Funke is part of the teams roster

[@pogowl3867]

haizzzz, guess I will binge watch his content again

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

Good video

[@kona7043]

tf2 content creators are some of the most popular now between jerma, funke rtgames that immediately come to mind. something is in the water in 2fort.

[@Bartmaaan]

FUNKe my beloved

[@jessicawolfe8367]

ding soy is not trapped in the tf2 bubble they are trapped in there with him

[@mr.hi_vevo414]

Finally, a FUNKe study study

[@basinbot20]

He does still play tf2, he is currently on a Highlander team BTS with fellow KZbinrs saltyphish and lazypurple

[@TrippaGuvna]

You can say that his career is quite...FUNKe-y

[@jakabshaw4127]

really nice editing

[@FizzyDrinkOz]

This is amazing editing man! Great video!

[@maybenot909]

I legit thought he stopped making content lemme look him up thanks for the heads up

[@UponFurtherReviewPodcast]

Guys don't forget to smash that like and subscribe button(s)

[@UponFurtherReviewPodcast]

pls we need to get FUNKe on UFR somehow

[@majorseamen7446]

first make tier list of ufr podcasts then we can speak on this matter mr UFR

[@ACEM1A1]

Huh?

[@truestbluu]

funke still plays tf2 and does talk about it, but doesn't make videos on it

[@mubrek236]

Ok but why is the music so good

[@hixx-fn5rh]

When overwatch 2 launched I go into a comp game with FUNKe. Talked to him about his old Tf2 videos and then we proceeded to win the game

[@emanuelkukucka9349]

I don't remember watching a single FUNKe's video... Thanks for introducing him!

[@trollmaster44]

fly high freaknfree

[@necroseus]

This was funky Well made video, yet again :)

[@ratwithglasses1495]

Emp lemon is one of the greats aswell

[@swingAE86]

I really hope he didnt stop hes one of the few people on yt i will stop what im doing and watch

[@gorcheze4141]

Funke is my favorite KZbinr his videos are just so amazing

[@YesDudeNoMan]

I remember how creepy his comment section got in 2015-16 about him and his friends

[@Maethendias]

i would love to know how you explain the parallel between star and funk concerning this exact thing about "not doing tf2 videos" to break out of the "bubble", considering star did literally the same with his basically series

[@josha618]

and i don’t wanna get demonetized again

[@jc_art_]

I only discovered FUNKe a couple months ago, through this youtuber talking about 3D animated youtubers and how cool they were. Ill look for the channel name once im done writing, (Edit: its "JayTheDevGuy" ) i really recommend their vids even if theres not many atm. Because i only recently subscribed to funke i didnt realize that all those videos were posted a long time ago, and i just assumed the reason i hadnt seen any new ones was because of how long videos like that take to make lol. Funke and that other channel (JayTheDevGuy) inspire me to maybe start doing something similar, it would just be alot of work that i dont know how to do yet, but i really want to do something with youtube, ive wanted to since i first found out what youtube was, and maybe i can combine my love of art and 3d modeling with my love of video games and youtube in a similar way, idk, probably just dreaming lol.

[@robanator9083]

I wonder if he knows that the bots are gone now

[@MBP1918]

These videos are amazing

[@tyranide16]

All I can say, is that I remember hearing him say "I wanna be FUNK-e"

[@ryryhc]

I haven't seen your other video but did you mention Muselk? He shifted pretty drastically away from the tf2 bubble

[@yebchaos]

The glazing for a youtuber that defended a child predator is insane

[@zekilla]

I like comparing the tf2 bubble to scp: secret lab; there are so many youtubers that try to expand from scp: secret lab and fail to do so

[@zoalina]

FUNKe commented on my profile once after I left a comment on a screenshot of his saying I enjoyed his content and it was helping me through rough times, Immediately deleted all other comments and disabled ppls ability to comment on my profile, that comment meant the world to me and will stay there forever.

[@WolfDarkrose]

funke really was a well shit this is happening get ready for a ride.

[@UnhappyLiving4707]

someone show funke this video maybe hell come back...

[@DDayJayke]

Jerma never struggled to break out of TF2 content. His content is amazing consistently and made a name for himself, by just being him. To imply Jerma struggled even a bit is a stretch in my opinion. I mean, his most popular vids have been in TF2 along with other games, where he broke millions of views. His most popular video is Grab That Auto 5 with 6.3M views. His top 4 most popular videos are not even TF2 videos. His most popular TF2 video has 2.4M views and is at 5th place, and the 4th most popular video on his channel has 2.9M views. To say Jerma struggled is not true. He has seen massive success upon branching out from TF2 content. Infact Jerma GAINED more traction transitioning from mainly TF2 to other games. I would have preferred if you replaced Jerma with someone like Muselk, as Muselk would be the most extreme case of being trapped in the "TF2 Bubble" since the only way Muselk managed to leave TF2 while still seeing success, was by jumping ship to whatever was hot at the time to replace any viewers and subs he may have lost after the jump. He jumped on the Overwatch bandwagon when Overwatch released, and then when Fortnite came out, guess he rebranded their account again? Muselk! Don't get me wrong, the video is good. But claiming Jerma struggled in any capacity to escape the TF2 Bubble is just not a good take to me. Jerma had 0 restraints holding him back from leaving TF2, he just chose to occassionally post TF2 vids from time to time. That is why Jerma and FUNKe are so great. They posted a lot of TF2 content, but their transitions proved that they weren't stuck in TF2 limbo, they just chose to stay for a while

[@dialga236]

thats crazy, but can we get a cigarette episode of UFR

[@quanked]

one of my favourite youtubers makes video about my favourite youtuber god is good

[@MuuToo]

Ah yes, my favorite vtuber. FUNKe.

[@mirror_mania]

i like the new intro music

[@happyhapsly]

correction: lazy purple was first

[@GRAFFLOGS]

engagement

[@MrCoolMiner]

Glaze train

[@financialproblems9308]

Oh shit its the weezer guy

[@ocean1641]

idk that its fair to say funke is "done" persay. I mean we really just dont know. Yeah its been a while but this isnt exactly strange for the caliber of youtuber funke is. Who knows? maybe hes been making something amazing in the background for the last year, or maybe he has just decided to put it all away.