"Engineer is credit to team! Yes, you are good friend!"
| ~ The RED Heavy Weapons Guy to Gunslingerpro2009 in "Garry's Mod Ultimate Sled Tutorial", moments before his presumed death by the whiplash caused by the Physics Gun. |
Gunslingerpro2009 is the titular and main antagonist of the YouTube Garry's Mod ARG Gunslingerpro2009, an ARG that makes homage to the old era of GMod Machinimas.
He is a seemingly sadistic man, who shows no care for The Ragdolls, despite them being alive and sentient, and infact he repeatedly tortures them and threatens to erase them with his Toolgun if they do not comply with his orders.
He only seems interested in the filming creation of comedic Machinimas and building tutorials for the videogame Garry's Mod. As well as in Team Fortress 2, game which is assumed to have inspire him on starting to do the Machinimas in the first place.
Filmography[]
Sniper is Book[]
Gunslinger's first (uploaded) video. As the title suggests, it depicts the TF2 Sniper, who has turned into a book.
The video starts with the RED Heavy, who is holding a Sandvich and pointing to the RED Sniper, who has turned into a book. He yells "Sniper is book!" to which the Sniper replies "Read Me." Followed by a half a second frame of the RED Heavy, who is now semi-transparent, just to vanish moments later, leaving the Sandvich suspended mid-air. After that, the remaining seconds of the video are a pitch black screen with a static, almost white noise in the background.
Spy is Sandvich[]
Gunslinger's second uploaded video. This is where the main premise of the ARG, The Ragdolls, unveils itself.
It starts with the RED Heavy in ctf_well being dragged onwards while being lifted up and down, trying to give the effect that he's walking. Once he reaches the Atrium, he finds a Sandvich, which he is eager to grab, but stops when he realizes the Sandvich's "true identity." Followed by the BLU Spy undisguising, appearing in front of the camera. He starts to frantically bang his fists on the screen as a cry for help to the viewer, before being grabbed by Gunslinger's Physics Gun.
Garry's Mod Ragdoll Walker Tutorial[]
Hoo-ah! Each and every one of you will be sent home to your momma in a box! Last one alive, lock the door! Pain is weakness leaving the body!
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The first tutorial that Gunslinger uploads, and thereby the first video of his that exceeds the minute mark.
The video starts with an intro, which also serves as the demonstration for the building's use, using the RED Soldier as the "test subject," he is shown walking on the fourth point of cp_foundry, while occasionally voicing seemingly random voicelines, which in reality are a discrete cry for help to the viewer. After that, the video cuts to the RED Soldier walking through the middle area of ctf_well. When he is in the middle of crossing the train tracks, he is abruptly stopped by Gunslinger, who pulls out his Toolgun with the "Remover" function as the train warning lights start flickering. Gunslinger approaches the RED Soldier, who shakes his head in fear, implying that Gunslinger deciphered the RED Soldier's message and was giving him the option to choose between getting hit by the train or getting removed.
After this we cut to the actual tutorial, in which Gunslinger decides to use the BLU Spy as his "test subject," most of it seems pretty normal. If it weren't for certain anomalies, such as the BLU Spy's head moving without input from Gunslinger at one point on the video or a mysterious figure walking on a distance during the building tutorial.
After he finishes his building, Gunslinger makes another demonstration of the building, this time as an outro, with the BLU Spy walking towards a RED Engineer in order to sap his Sentry. However, after the BLU Spy reaches the RED Engineer, he "backstabs" him with no input from Gunslinger, symbolizing his "betrayal", and proceeds to run away from him in a desperate attempt to free himself from his captor, but to no avail as he simply retrieves him using his Physics Gun, ending the video abruptly once more.
hl2 2010-10-25 14-49-44-34[]
As of the date, this is the only video without a proper title, using the default Source Engine demo titles instead, implying that this was not intended to be watched by our eyes. The fact that the demo's titles dictates the day and hour of recording, gives us an estimate on when Gunslinger started to make these videos, or at least some of them, that being around late 2010.
The video starts a blue screen that lasts about 3 seconds, before giving us a Point Of View perspective of a short, headcrab-like creature in a maze made out of blast doors in the gm_construct dark room. It slowly makes it's way out of the maze, eventually finding a metal wooden barrier with a reflective texture blocking the way to the Warehouse. Here's where we find out that the headcrab-like figure is actually a RED Spy instead of the regular BLU, who has been beheaded by Gunslinger and been transformed into some kind of creature made out of a box, a watermelon and a headcrab ragdoll. In a fit of anger, the RED Spy repeatedly smashes itself into the barrier, eventually breaking it just to find Gunslinger in the midst of making a Machinima involving the BLU Medic and Heavy holding balloons. The two ragdolls turn to see him, giving out his position to Gunslinger, who grabs him using his Physics gun and returns him to his original position, before the video ends.
Sniper is Sentry[]
Gunslinger once again uploads a comedic Machinima, however this one doesn't have any "anomalies" in it. Leaving the horror factor to the implications of the video.
The video starts with the RED Demoman in the first point of pl_badwater, pointing and saying "That Sniper is a bloody Sentry!" Followed by a frame of an Engineer with a gunslinger equipped, who appears to be Gunslingerpro2009's in-game representation, next to the RED Sniper, who has been mutilated in order to fit into the destroyed remains of a level 1 Sentry Gun, and then he proceeds to shoot at the BLU Heavy, Medic, Soldier and Scout, whose ragdolls are unfrozen one by one, giving the effect that they're dying. The fact that they don't react upon being subjected to this kind of treatment may imply that the BLUs were already dead before the recording of the video.
Garry's Mod Ultimate Sled Tutorial[]
The latest video to this date. Gunslinger goes back to the tutorial format, this time showcasing how to, in this own words, make a "super fast sled for SledBuild." This suggests that Gunslinger had interactions in Garry's Mod's multiplayer. This video also makes for the Half-Life 2 Ragdolls' first appearance, who are representing the other players. For the time being, it is unknown if the Half-Life 2 ragdolls are alive just like the Team Fortress 2 ones, but some evidence seems to point towards it.
Gunslinger explains how to make a fast sled in SledBuild with the use of signs and cardboards. After he finishes building, he places the RED Heavy on the passenger seat. After a "Sled Race" with the Half-Life 2 Ragdolls, that judging by the multiple cuts in the footage, took him multiple tries. He reaches the finish line and exits the sled, just for the RED Heavy to stand up and congratulate him for his victory with the smoothest animation seen in the ARG yet, apparently to Gunslinger's surprise, who despite this quickly drags him away, presumably breaking his neck and killing him in the process.
Apparent plagiarism[]
Gunslingerpro2009 seems to have taken heavy "inspiration" from various sources in the time of making his Machinimas and tutorials, which is to say, Gunslinger stole fellow Machinimists' ideas. It is unknown if all of his Machinimas are plagiarized, or only a few minority.
Note: Since the ARG takes place in late 2009-2010, it is recommended that you only add videos from the same time period as possible inspirations.
- Spy is Sandvich takes "inspiration" from Sandvich is Spy by ZodiacMoovez
- Sniper is Sentry takes inspiration from a video of the same name by lolbeansproductions
- The rest remain unfound.
Trivia[]
- Gunslingerpro2009 is alike in many ways to the Main villain of the first Toy Story film, Sid. One of the only difference being that Sid was not aware that the toys were sentient, unlike Gunslingerpro2009.
- The BLU Spy's role as Gunslinger's antagonist is a reference to how the Spy class acts as the Engineer's main counter in Team Fortress 2.
- The "2009" in his name is an indicative that he started recording the videos on 2009, or at least that was the creation of the original Gunslingerpro2009 account.
- Some evidence, such as the Gunslinger being released in 2010 rather than in 2009, suggests otherwise.