did they remove smiling friends from their portfolio or is that just some random thing they decided to edit

So annoying it was actually a fun little alleviation to our suffering to have an amusing cartoon served up for free.
If this is seriously about that christmas joke then that is not okay

>>152668763
It’s not

>>152668763
The Oneyplays guys are just like that. The main Oney guy hyped up a "finale" to one of his let's plays for a year before mentioning that it's cancelled on a stream, not even officially. They think everything works like the internet and that cancelling a commercial project means everyone goes back to doing solo work and day jobs.

>start an animation studio
>cancel the show you are working on
>???

Like a reverse spumco, minus the child predation.

Okay, this definitely feels like an April Fools bit now. There’s no reason to remove them from the website even IF it was over, unless it was to emphasize it.

>>152668665
>Photos of guys standing next to Stalin.jpg

>>152669645
Yeah, unless there was something to do with this representing current projects only, but even then. It does feel weird to not let the show stay to just... represent existing work.

>>152669645
It's basically an indefinite hiatus. They said they might make more episodes in the future but they don't want to give anyone false hope.

>>152668763
>If this is seriously about that christmas joke then that is not okay
It is almost definitely about that with how quickly they changed their minds. It'll keep happening until you rise up against your masters

>>152669645
It’s completely normal to announce a sudden cancellation and then do one thing each day to attract the internet’s attention to it while the threads about that particular show naturally explode with asshole behavior wdym

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>>152670024
doesn't matter. anyone being an evil asshole about is just gonna go to hell, or bitch and moan when someone seeks retribution.

>>152670001
That’s not how things work.

>>152668665
Well yeah? They don't own the copyright to the Smiling Friends. CN does (and whichever Jew financier owns CN). They don't get to use it without permission.

>>152668665
who the fuck cares?

>>152668665
Unless they got all the animation crew in on it, it's probably legit (unless they're also being fooled).
I think the actual reason so many still think it's a prank has less to do with Zach's "reputation" and more to do with the fact that ending a popular show just three seasons in after getting renewed for two more is absolutely insane and honestly a bit pathetic. Hell, considering how short these seasons are , 5 isn't really enough.
My bet is that it's legit but they'll return in like, 4-5 years.
That said, I'd argue that their reputations would be tanked more if this was a weird prank than if it wasn't. Only real payoff a cancellation scare would have if they're going to announce something far bigger, like a movie.
Every SF related prank had some sort of reward for the audience. The pilot itself airing on April 1, the entire first season airing on the series premiere despite scheduling saying otherwise, and the really cool puppet remakes alongside Gwimbly.

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>>152670688
This fucking cartoon is another goddamn 10 minute short compilation being sold as FULL FLEDGE EPISODES, and even the pacing feels speed up and on crack, like the whole video is at 2x speed, if not more, and considering seasons are short with less then 8 episodes seemingly so, like jesus, the entire series is just the equivalent of 12 full 20 minute episodes with residuals.

>>152670722
wtf stalin had grok before anyone else?????

>>152670688
Yeah, I can't see this being a prank because the payoff just isn't there. They haven't even tried a 22 minute special yet and we know they're not ready for a movie, they've said so themselves how they were just getting comfortable with writing structure and characterization in season 3.

>>152670500
Good goy

>>152671957
An animated show has to be reviewed by execs several times. They’d kill the gag there if that was the case, a gag that makes the guy out to be a weird creep btw

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>>152670580
Smiling Friends fans do. Expect them to freak out over this for the next few weeks, at least until the final two episodes premiere.

>>152668665
Mr Boss has a massive cranium

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>i-it's just an April Fools g-gag

>>152668665
It's always been over. Zach & Michael only did this to their website to call more attention to the show's ending

>>152668665
Oh noes!!

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>>152674675
It's been fascinating to see the copium dwindle more and more among the fandom with each passing day. This isn't a bit, guys.

>>152668665
Yeah this is something fishy. There's no reason for them to scrub smiling friends off their websites. If the show is ending just because mach and zach got tired, there's no reason to have to "cleanse" it.
Someone is probably gonna throw allegations at someone publically pretty soon

>>152670526
That's not how it works. If they were able to have smiling friends characters on the website as a showcase of "hey, we worked on this", it means they already had a contract in which they were allowed to use the fact they worked on the show as advertising on the studio.
You don't lose your right to advertise having worked on something unless ur forced to a NDA.

>show is getting scrubbed from the websites of production studios
>animators are removing it from their protofolios
>barely anyone knew this was gonna happen

yeah, zach or michael diddled someone

>>152678472
>animators are removing it from their protofolios
Are people actually doing this?

>>152678293
Reminds me of the "Conformity Gate" -cope of Stranger Things season 5. Many people are willing to entertain all sorts of wild delusions instead of facing unconformable truths.