To paraphrase a video: "When your sentry goes down, what do you do? Do you: Calmly and rationally build a new one? Or do you SWING YOUR WRENCH AROUND LIKE A MANIAC BECAUSE THEY HURT YOUR BABY?"

For only 200 metal a month you can save a Sentry from being sapped

This legit made me cry. My life had gotten to the point that i cry to the death of a computer generated image of of a non living killing machine

Almost every other class has only one objective: kill enemy, but don't get killed. But engineer also has to protect, his sentry. What's the most frustaring part when you're playing as other class? Ded of course, but as an engineer, being ded is ok, you can respawn. But when your sentry is down, now that's very frustating.

Spy: oh please you could just make another one Engineer: It JuSt NoT tHe SaMe!!!

*LVl 3 Sentry slams down an engineer on a tab* Lvl 3 Sentry:"I am heavy weapons gun, and this..is my engineer."

"You all about to have a reel bad day" -Engineer with the Frontier Justice

As an engie main this is so accurate, I honestly treat my sentries like they're my child.

This is why LazyPurple gets so emotional when his sentries are destroyed.

"Why doesn't he just build a new one?" -Random Unfeeling Psychopath

*Sentries are not only an building and a turret, they are part of the family.*

What playing engineer looks like irl : *intense smacking* What it actually feels like :

You know you're telling a good story when you make the audience sad that a gun died.

First time I cried over an inanimate turret designed to shoot mercenaries in a video game.

Honestly, i cryed. And i will cry everytime i will be back there and watch game of my life, that i played in past. Feel you, engi. F

Level 1 sentry: pApA Level 2 sentry: I have become stronger father Level 3 sentry: I’m BeTtEr ThEn YoU!

One day, when I'll be old, and have a family, and Team Fortress will be dead from years and years, I'll watch this video again, and would cry again.

How i feel when "Spy sappin' mah sentry!"

For being a decade old, wow. This is very impressive for it’s time. All the little movements, cinematography, sound, lighting it was all great. For this being made by one guy, this is insane. Thanks for the mark you left on the TF2 community.

Even after 4 years Even when i'm 16 years old MAN I CRYING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL

For those who said that he can build and upgrade another one? Guess how long it took for him to make this one. How much emotion and feeling for this gun did he give? And how this gun acted like his son. Because it was.

Every gibus engie mains feeling

Engies face at 3:37 perfectly captures how it feels to lose a sentry during an overwhelming firefight with the other team.

This brought a tear to my eye... I lost my dog last year in an accident, and my first dream afterwards was me hugging him again. That ending got me a little 👌❤️

3:03 damn that part touched me.. showing that the engineer can feel the sentry's pain and hear its sound from far :'(

You know a video is good, even after 7 years it still brings tears to your eyes. It's still a masterpiece.

2:32 this is actually a really cool scene

Where girls cried: Titanic Where boys cried: Avengers: Endgame Where legends cried: Story of a Sentry

This actually made me cry Engie loves his sentry

This is why I can't play spy, it pains me to hear "SENTRY DOWN" during a round and hearing the sheer pain in their voice

I love this animation. I remember watching this for the first time when it first came out and literally cried watching the end and now rewatching it in 2020... It still hits me

For the quality, I can’t believe this was made 11 years ago! Also, Engi making a self-aware Sentry is amazing, it must really hurt to lose something like it that’s self aware. Awesome work!

Tonight, after four years, Story of a Sentry has reached 4.000.000 views! Huge thanks to that 4 millionth viewer (whoever it was), plus all the viewers that came before and after it. I'm amazed that even after four years, there are still daily thousands of people watching what has been for me a very valuable project leading to an invaluable experience in Seattle. Yay!

I feel the bond between them and i cry because i can feel the bond get destroyed. R.I.P engie Was dad of the lovely first sentry And died by its side R.I.P sentry Was the firts of its kind and loved his live and died by the engies side

8 years and it’s still the best sfm to this date. God speed!

You: finishes homework after nine hours* Dad: Spills coffee on paper* You:

Thats why the Frontier Justice is a thing

Every Engineer main (including me)... Sentry down? Become super emotional and cry.

Watched this again after years. Started tearing up before the end because I knew I would. I love this SFM so much.

I got goosebumps from watching this almost a decade after I first saw it.

"Original and full of life sentry." - 100% more damage (instant kill) - Living - Reckless sometimes so could target teammates or creator - 100% More emotion and sadness when destroyed - Only 1 can ever really exist

I haven't felt this sad about a robot since I've watched WALLE.

I love it I love it I love it. This animation is beautiful. it made me feel emotions of pure happiness, ones I have only felt in moderation. I thank you, soimon.

I remember crying at this video when I was younger. Coming back to it today to see if I will still cry now.

*pulls out frontier justice* YOUR ALL ABOUT TO HAVE A BAD DAY

I was expecting the Sentry to die, but when the Sentry was happy to see him before death it made me shiver lmao.

This is like my fourth time watching this and I still cry

I was fully prepared to hear "hey look buddy, I'm an Engineer..." as soon as I heard that music

watched in 2012 = cried watched in 2014 = cried watched in 2015 = cried watched in 2016 = still cried watched in 2017 = omg finally no crying

This is like every mechanic and the car they build themselves. All the time and effort you put into a machine. It not just a machine, it's my machine.

Havent played tf2 in a long time, but goddamnit that ending makes me cry everytime

One day we’re all going to open TF2 for the last time.

i dont know how but level 1 sentrys are cute

Man's best friend: Dog Mann's best friend: Sentry EDIT: Wow this is my first time ever reaching 1K likes! Thanks so much! I was just wanting to watch old videos and saw my comment! Thanks lads!

This actually made me tear up. Great Job!

Around 10 years later and this still hits the same.

He was like a father to me, I loved him like a son

My favorite class is the engineer so :/ i just flooded my house XD

From 2013 to now it still hits me hard

Happy 11th birthday Story of a Sentry. I didn't think I was going to cry today, and yet I did.

You made a little machine incapable of verbal communication of facial expressions cute. Here's your ticket to Valhalla, your contribution to humanity is complete /manly tears

This video shows why we need to upgrade our sentries so they can protect themselves. Sadly we can't always be there 😰

Lets be real, we all cried when we first watched this.

last time I've seen this really bring me to tears and that was when i discovered tf2 on yt not knowing anything about the game and 9 years later the tears drop again

The engie and sentry are like dad son and this is the best sfm ever

I'm not gonna lie. When I watched this back in 2013 I cried. Not full on cried but I dropped a lot of tears. This is so well done

i legit cryed. this is an amazing story and the music fits well with every bit

Didnt get old or outdated at all - still love it. Amazing job!

WHY AM I CRYING!?!?! AM I REALLY THAT EMOTIONAL!?!?!

*This just SFM, but I'm crying*

I love it and felt emotional with both engine and the sentry. Excellent SFM!

As an engineer main I love this. This animation is super good and you told a good story

IM NOT CRYING I JUST COUGHT SOMETHING IN MY EYE! WHAT DID YOU CATCH? TEARS!

me every time my sentry gets destroyed in TF2

i can not never forgot this video.

This was pure art, you have real talent my friend

damn. level 1 sentries are cute

WHO PUT THIS BOWL OF ONIONS HERE?

"I love that little gun" has a way different meaning thanks to this animation.

Probably the only SFM animation that has and still makes me tear up. An absolute masterpiece for the early SFM days.

This video explains why i hate spy's.

Who else is glad this won?

goddamn... how did you manage to make that so emotional... that was incredible

2021 and still the best love story I've ever seen😭

The pain of only having to spend 1 more metal to upgrade.

He needs that frontier justice now

This is The 2nd Saddest TF2 SFM Animation Ever! Its Basically "Mann's Best Friend" in a Nutshell, Great Job! (Second Row of Tears This Morning)

You make me cry and happy, thanks

Where's the pybro or lil guardian pyro when needed ;---;

Am I the only one that actually cried because of a sentry in a game? ;-(

2:50 is such a cool shot

Master piece.

When a level 3 sentry die Everyone:........ When a level 1 sentry die Everyone:😭😭😭😭

3:27 it’s almost like the sentry is asking the engie, what’s happening... as it’s dying

2:21 it’s like he’s tying its shoes

I'm an Engi Main so, I'm adding this to my favorites, liked it and subscribing.

Is it just me or is the lil sentry just so adorable?

Great story, I love it! You almost made me cry :)

This is the only SFM that I'm in fact scary to watch because of his 100% success ratio to make me cry. Now that the decade is almost over as a thanks of Team Fortress 2 for being F2P in 2011 I decided to watch one more time this video, the first time with 15 years old I cried, now with 22 cried again. Thank you soimon for this, If I ever need to cry this is my go.

Old but gold. I also remember someone mentioning years ago that at 0:34 sniper hands engineer a part of the sentry thus theoretically making him it's uncle