1/11 EDIT: A new video releases this upcoming MONDAY.
Hello everyone and welcome to the new year! My new years resolution is 1024×768. That’s pretty 2-3 years ago. Anyway, thought it was time for a site update as there hasn’t been anything since the release of our Christmas Gman Squad episode.
What’s currently in progress is a video that will be a larger piece that basically promotes Crackbone’s new, and as of yet unfinished website – braindawgs.com. Again, it’s something that’d be hard to describe without giving away the nitty, gritty details of the fictional plot. This upcoming video will brand the Source Mod Todd name, although it isn’t really a Source Mod Todd at all. It’s not about any mod, and it’s only focus is a skit revolving the debut of Crackbone’s website. So on that note, it is barely developing to actually be an indirect sequel to our second most popular video out there, the Zombie Competition Source Mod Todd (the first one being Counter-Strike For Kids). Depending on whether Crackbone can get something up or not on his website, this video will probably be released sometime next week, like in the Jan. 9th-12th period, perhaps. Won’t be long.
Also, worthy of a mention, fellow member DMGaina entered a Wegame.com Christmas themed machinima contest and placed in the top ten with his video, Snow After Tomorrow. Congrats to him on that, he was the only GMOD machinima guy amongst nine other World Of Warcraft machinimas. Check his video out on Wegame: Click here.
Lastly, I have to bring some fanbase drama into the mix. As you may have noticed, for something as crazy and offbeat as the Gman Squad series, it is quite popular and has a bit of a cult following. Unfortunately, judging by a lot of the comments and something I’ve yet to mention, its audience revolves in large part around goofy little kids (goofy and immature may not be the right choice of wording here when talking about them compared to us, though.) Basically, what’s been happening since the release of the first three Gman Squad episodes, is that we’ve had a LOT of imitator groups and copycat videos made by some of these kids. Seriously, these kids can’t even come up with a different name than “Gman Squad” for their little groups. Some of these imitators include “Gman Team” or “Kleiner Squad” or “Science Squad” (I guess it’s that hard to come up with two other words than ‘Gman’ or ‘Squad’). Then, worst of all, we have someone who is LITERALLY pretending to be Clyde. I tried messaging him on Youtube, to little avail, but he’s still reportedly going around in game servers pretending to be our characters. Note that HKSniper who plays Clyde has never once gone into a game in that particular character. It’s also starting to get out of hand as HK has told me he’s getting spammed by members of this fake Clyde group. So to set the record straight, beware of the imposters, and don’t think that they are us. We never play HLDM:S unless it’s for moviemaking (if we do, we are liably out of our minds, because we only play it as a joke since the game is itself a joke. It’s a slapped-on port of HL1’s Deathmatch to the Source engine, which has in turn created many poor side effects). Also, the imitator groups’ videos are bad. Real bad. Like, terribly bad. So please don’t mistake their videos for ours, even if they like to do their little pretending, it’s just getting out of hand. Thanks all and expect a new video soon.
-Xanatos
January 4th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
AHA! the copycaters become the copycatees!
DELICIOUS!
January 4th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Lulz at these copycat groups. Too bad you can’t have their lame-ass videos taken down or anything like that.
Anyway, freaking love the work! Keep it up!
January 4th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Just saw the Kleiner Squad. Uggggghhhhh, Terrible.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:11 am
lol zach, if you can even call boris’ videos that.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:31 am
direct copying and satire are two different things
January 5th, 2009 at 5:10 am
If you want to see the fake clyde machinimas
http://www.youtube.com/user/Zekeuro
January 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Sorry to hear about the copycats…however, there is an easy fix here. Just use an engine that is supremely difficult, takes forever, and crashes every other use!
January 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
hehe I knew crackbone would would get a site like that sometime.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
You might need to review the definition of satire there kevin.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:06 am
I hate those “squads” such a kids man….but don’t worry bro! the real fans r with u! those who believe on those fake assholes r a lot of kids!! seriously
January 6th, 2009 at 2:09 am
that site need some working! and i really cant wait on the next video. btw your steam group, why are non-of you there?
you tell us to get in the chat, yeah but no one wanna be there cause you(or any of the team) are there. of course i get the point that you have your own stuff to do.
Still your work are awsome, keep up the good work!
January 6th, 2009 at 2:15 am
“you(or any of the team) are there” sorry bout that, it s posed to be aren’t
my bad
January 6th, 2009 at 3:10 am
The site really needs some work, especially the videos page.
It’s a little bit confusing in my opinion.
Anyways, nice video by DMGaina there. Very touching.
January 6th, 2009 at 4:05 am
well copycaters are annoying but its to be expected with popularity. idk why little kids would even watch this since they probably dont even know what Half-Life is. PEACE
January 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
OMG that must be so damn annoying, and its true, the Gman Team area bunch of Stuck-up bratts who think they can make movies. I support you, Xanatos.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I thought the videos were terrible as a joke or something
January 7th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Funny story:
I came across some 10 year old kids on HLDMS who were trying to recruit people for their ‘Crackbone Squad’ team to make videos. Yeah…
January 7th, 2009 at 11:01 am
i know the maker of science squad hes the kid you kick in the intiation hahaha..poor kid only want to join you but you kick him and he saterted his own whahahh…what a sick kid
January 7th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
audiofaggot? i mean the author of the 21th comment
January 8th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Can’t wait neither for the site nor the video!
Really good work on your video DMgaina, very nice. Also, can you give me the names of the maps seen in the video?
January 9th, 2009 at 11:41 am
i saw a bunch of 12 yr olds making some “wannabe” gman squads.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Don’t worry for this dickheads, Xanatos… The REAL fans of the REAL G-Man Squad are here! I’ve accidentally watched an episode of “Kleiner Squad” on Machinima.com… I had nightmares all night long… XD
January 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
When someone has to copy someone else’s material it’s pretty said. Makes me wanna stab then in the face repeatedly with toothbrush. Much like the people in the JS public chat room where they quote crackbone every 5 seconds. (the mans a genius, in a punch myself in the nuts kind of way, let him be the one to make jokes about other peoples assholes) But hopefully this contest will get going, it’s generating a lot of hype, but my only question is, how are you actually going to get a winner WITH talent?
best of luck, dropkick (steam = cskiffy)
January 9th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Will be fun when the wannabes get phased out in the start…
January 9th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
I can’t wait to see the video!
And the website. I hope zombies don’t attack the website looking for brains. D:
January 10th, 2009 at 6:33 am
I went around to every copycat movie I could find, rated 1 star, and proceeded to say “copied gman squad, kill yourself”. Felt good.
January 10th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Braindawgs just pawns.
January 10th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
tok, you’re my hero.
January 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Both of you guys need better things to do than to bitch about xanatos and gman squad.
January 11th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Its funny when people with little kid mature levels send angry spam. They think they are getting a message out, but really all they are doing is humiliating them selves. Oh and before I go I like the idea for Crackbone’s website.
January 11th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Yeah I like that logo for crack’s website too.
January 12th, 2009 at 8:25 am
I hate those imposter groups who try to take the Gman Squad’s name. The real Xanatos and JS Clan FTW!
January 12th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
we want a spy crab fight video!!
January 12th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Bless you Xana, having to deal with this. Really man. Much love.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Hey man I think you should do a “Beware of impostors!” video I think that’d be hilarious (do it like a training vid?) I also am dissapointed with Crackbone’s site lol I wish he’d finish it already
February 1st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Oh god their infecting Machinima.com
bad
real bad
February 9th, 2009 at 2:31 am
HAVE FUN!!!!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 2:33 am
I WANNA GMAN SQUAD SHOW OF EPISODE 7 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 2:33 am
MACHINIMA IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 2:35 am
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO GET HALF LIFE ON INTERNET….DONT GIVE ME SOME WEBSITE OF HALF LIFE HAVE THE VIRUS…….TAT
February 9th, 2009 at 2:36 am
nyamahai
February 9th, 2009 at 5:31 am
006xi whatever…buy the damn game through steam!
February 10th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
“whats wrong with you” asked the nurse
“i got them brain dawgs” lol
February 10th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
You know what’s funny, when you moved to Machinima, you said that you loved Digitial Ph33rs work, but thought he had too many imposters.
Lulz
Anywya, ignore them, I just look for the “Machinima” under the vids, not “Machiniima”, Machiiinniimama”, or some other crap.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
is crackbones website ever going to be made??
February 11th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
@ in ther net
Yehs, sewn, reel sewn laik een a yeeahr or sometn.
lol
February 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
crackbone time is much like valve game release time, except even longer
February 11th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
so it will come up… eventiually???
February 11th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
can you ask him i just want his imput on the website
February 14th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
i wanna crackbone video more and more!!!!!
February 14th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
i got the braindawgs.com
May 7th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Toothbrush are more effective if you are also helping it with a good dental care: using flosh, a quality gel and visiting dentists usually. People should think more about their health
May 8th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I know the creator of science squad he is not like Onek said the leader and creator of science squad was never in gman squad or never attempted to sign up for gman squad if you people want to know what the true story of science squad is go here if you try to tell me i am some 10 year old kid trying to protect science squad then you really have no life.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4vx4WtJg5w
May 8th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Okay seriously,whats with people that are saying Science squad copied gman squad.
First of all I’m not that 10 year old kid name chuck.
Look at the date when that video was posted…
Now look at the first science squad video…
Different date’s and also the first Science squad video is older.
How could I possible be chuck,If the first science squad video was older then that?
Yeah that’s what I thought.