The Great Hippo War

This was an experiment of sorts to see if we could make a video going from "no idea what to do" to "ready to render" in just a few hours. Turned out better then I expected lol.

On the Twitch stream on Nov 27, I asked the stream to direct a video and most shots were thrown together based on their input. It definitely led to strange tangents and nonsense, but I feel that gives it a special level of charm. :) We put about 3 hours of work into it on Twitch and another 2 hours the next day on a Discord stream. This excludes any post-editing.

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Created using Source FilmMaker

--Model Credits--
Lyra/Bon Bon Enhanced by JuiceDane

Dolphin by Stan

Silverstream by BeardedDoomGuy

Celestia by BeardedDoomGuy

Beach Map by EternalDarknessOfMoon

--Audio Credits--
Intro Music:
Holiday Weasel by Kevin MacLeod

Battle Music:
"DOTA2 Music Battle 002" from DOTA2

[libRteedude]

And people said Generation 5 would be a downgrade.

[Dragon]

Ah yes, the great war between the bird-horses and plushie dolphins. A dark time in Equestrian history...

[delcox]

I cannot imagine a better way to have started my day.

[MrKlevrocks]

How random do you want the video to be?

Argo: Yes.

[nightshroud]

Luna: Sister, what are you doing?
Celestia: *chicken noises*
Nightmare Moon: I think she hit her head too hard from our last fight.

[TheSimba]

Wow! that's more than Celestia ever did in 9 seasons of the actual show!

[partizan]

Wow, trailer for the Zebrica update is looking pretty good.

[KryaTheEgghead]

The Hippos and Dolphins: fighting

Celestia, not having to do anything with what is happening: *HERE WE GOOOO*

[imanishraf]

Now I know why Princess Celestia scare of chicken.
They brainwashing her turn into a chicken

[n.b.eskerata]

"And that's how Equestria was formed!"

[skullhed]

I don’t mind seeing this kinda content, I find it rather enjoyable

[LifeEnemy]

Such insight! What a beautiful creation. Surely this will be remembered as one of the great works of our time.

XD

[AntiR]

I was sad before this because I have a lot on my mind, now I'm just confused. Confused and utterly baffled

[TheCommenterDragon]

So hilarious i love it, amazing animation once again!

[Ozymandiasx]

0:43 Celestia's facial expressions killed me harder than that bomb ever could.

[CanadianCoyote]

I love how it’s all text to speak, but with perfect animation. It ties together to make it hilarious

[kittyking]

im baffled, such quality animation, please never stop argo

[BBBHuey]

Random hippo: "Well... That was weird... ATTACK!"

[jimllc]

Those are certainly maybe probably hippos.

[Number_]

Honestly I thought the speaking animation at the start would've taken a full day alone. Well done!