Scott X-Man

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[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

Correct.
Speaking from experience, if making this in a modern 3D/CG animation pipeline, my guess is about 500K USD (more if made in the West), a dedicated team of about 12-16, and 6+ months.
That's just for this specific project.
The annual cost just to have the team for a single year would be double.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

Depends which game studio, and at Shift-Up, the studio that gifted all of its 300+ employees in January, 2025 with a PS5 Pro and cash bonus as a result of Stellar Blade's success, totaling around $1.2 million USD, I believe they would.

Even if they don't allocate any extra money towards development, managing expenses is how a business stays profitable, and if they just reward their employees with game consoles and cash bonuses again, I'd be happy for them.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

Yeah, it’s probably a reach to make that claim of you.

What’s happening is the five-star chef is the owner of the restaurant now, using a commercial pasta maker instead of cutting/cooking it all manually, to save on time/costs, and to keep the consistency.

HTK’s been around a long time, I was studying his work as an artist almost 25 years ago.

He’s not going to be in the trenches or the cook line his whole life.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@GiaMMacool You want one that can alternate between the 2/3 when needed.
That's as good as it gets.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@ShiftUpWorld Yes, it's awesome, it just takes time, resources, and money to do this.

Successful, live service games with recurring monthly income, or those with serious bank can afford the teams dedicated to doing this, like how mine was.

You have to live in the real world sometimes.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

I too would prefer 3D animated... but had they busted their balls in crunch the whole time, it would take several months or more, and a dedicated team of about a dozen people (at least) to produce this video at a similar quality in 3D animation, and throw away many of the assets in the process.

They make games, so let them put the time, resources, and money into that.

Saving money on marketing is understandable, even if I'm bothered by the lip syncing and odd shots which makes EVIE look like someone else.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

It is a matter of resources, time, and money.

A video of this production quality in 3D would take several months, maybe up to a year, for a small team of dedicated personnel to make, and a majority of assets would be thrown away or not used in the game.

I understand their decision to have their team focus on game development, and get something quick out for marketing purposes with AI generated content, even if the lip syncing and certain shots bother me.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

KPOP Demon Hunters fan?
Legit.
Decent use of AI, though the lip syncing bothered me a little, and some close-up shots made EVIE feel like a different person.
Bet you saved a lot of money and did it in a much faster timeframe than if it was 3D animated though, so in terms of quality to output-speed ratio, it is very high, and understandable.
Wishing you and your team more success!
You have earned it.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

I waited 15 hours through the evening and night, outside the mall with my buddies to buy the original PS3 from our local game store.
From when the mall closed at 6 pm, to when it opened at 9 am the next day.
Our game store only got 6 units at initial release, and we walked out with four of them.
Leaving the mall, everyone looked at us like we robbed a bank, and it definitely felt like it too.
These moments stay with you.
Still have it too, and operational.
Good times.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@JimMcMurtry01 @DreaHumphrey She is a gem.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@GiaMMacool This is the honest truth, and I’m blessed to experience it for myself with my wife.

Easily one of the best pearls of wisdom I think you’ve ever posted, and you post pretty much just bangers all the time.

Thank you, and please keep it up!

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@ladydesiree I can’t explain why I like them, because they sound like they’d taste terrible, but I just do.

Ketchup chips are also super popular in general up here in Canada.

Can’t explain that either.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@KevinLamb74 This sounds promising, and I’m really looking forward to it.
I love the Dragon Lance series, and was worried, seeing how MTG has been handled in recent years.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

The big lesson of the last 12 months for me is that some people are irreplaceable. First we lost Charlie and then Scott. No one filled the void because no one else could. Become more like Charlie and Scoot. Every day aspire to live so that your death is felt and also remembered.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Scott Adams, facing death, shows us how to live.

Someone recommended “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” by Scott Adams. I had burned out on mainstream books, but picked it up, and was hooked. He had put into words a way of living, similar to one I had found, except his approach was systemic and analytical. Better than my own slapdash notes. Outside of religious texts, Adams was and is as close to a “guide to life,” as you’ll ever find. And even if you’re religious, you still live in this world, and would be wise to learn how to navigate it.

Scott is closing in on the end of his life, and even now he is creating new beginnings.

I’d better write this now, I won’t be able to when it’s too late.

After losing Charlie Kirk, a lot of us are wondering how we can possibly write another obituary. While there’s much to complain about the internet and social media, those mediums expanded the sizes of our communities, our influences, and indeed our families. Too often we find new ways to hate people, instead of finding new people to love.

Scott Adams comes up in conversation at every social event I host. “How is Scott Adams doing? Will he make it?” We all talk about streams we watched and lessons learned. It’s a memorial except he’s still alive. Scott would love to hear that, which is why I have said so repeatedly. I’ve lost too many people, via death or fallings-out, to leave feeling unexpressed.

He’s been a surrogate father figure and mentor to millions of people.

Scott Adams is not liked, he is loved.

People don’t “like” Scott Adams, they aren’t “a fan of his.” They love this man. And I do as well. I’m still living in denial of his fate. We all are.

We’d been making a film about the meaning of life, and while Scott Adams had been in both of our other films, we hadn’t booked him for Meaning yet. Then we found out he was going to take the ride of assisted suicide. Foolishly, we had assumed he’d always be around. Nobody ever dies, right? Your dad will be there to take your call the next time you phone home. Your friends aren’t going anywhere. That’s how we too often live. We could book Scott later.

We reached out and he graciously agreed to be interviewed. We all knew it was going to be our last interview together. Scott and I are both efficient with our time. When a moment is over, it’s time to go do something else. Obligations call. The crew pushed this one as long as we could.

After the interview wrapped up and the gear was packed and it was time to go, there was an awkward pause. I broke it.

“Scott, we love you.” He said thank you. “No, Scott, we love you, I mean it, we all do. We love you.”

None of us broke down crying, not that there would have been any shame in that, but we no doubt all soon will.

Well then, what is the lesson of Scott Adams?

On a practical level, the lesson of Scott Adams is the power of showing up. Nobody works harder and on a more regular schedule. You can set your clock to Scott’s show. Too many of us wait for the muse of inspiration or the jolt of information to force us into action. Work, everyday, maybe in obscuring and without tangible benefits for years. Eventually you’ll hit your mark and go beyond.

Scott plugged away with his streams from a small account (after a huge career via Dilbert) and soon became must-watch, and then transcended his role to becoming something much more.

On a spiritual level, we might ask, why do we love Scott? It’s not because he’s so smart (he is). There are not shortage of intelligent, clever, Machiavellian, and rich people with podcasts. When one of them dies, what is lost? All of that Ego and desire for adoration, and does anybody even care? When those people fall while living, who will be there?

Scott is loved because he’s devoted his life to service to humanity. “What is the meaning of life,” is the question we ask every interviewee, and Scott’s answer, “Be useful to humanity.”

Despite pain, sickness, and inevitable death, Scott is doing his daily streams, serving his country and all of humankind until his end.

He’s a light to the world and a mirror for all of us.

What exactly are we doing with the gift of life given to us by God. (Scott believes in the Simulation, but I believe God evens this all out in the Judgment.) Are we doing enough for others? Are we doing anything for others?

Like everyone else, I’m capable of throwing myself a pity party. Sometimes when life is going too well, and I don’t have real problems, I invent some. That’s where the Ego brings you, recursively worshipping itself, and when that fails, tormenting itself, as each path leads to its own attention.

May all of us live more like Scott Adams, and may God bless his immortal soul when he passes.

P.S. I ran this article through Grok for typos. The original version had “immoral” soul where I meant it to read “immortal.” I think Scott would have had a great laugh had that typo been left in.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@privateeyeruss @blackpilldood Luck is required to find the woman.
Men have to also be the man such a self-respecting woman would want to spend their life with.
I got lucky, and now I stay disciplined and dedicated to keep it every day.
This is what it takes.

[Scott X-Man @ScottXiong]

@privateeyeruss This is crucial.
Key trait to look for is called 'Conscientiousness', part of the Big Five (OCEAN), as per Jordan Peterson.
I didn't even know this word at the time, I just observed other relationships, and this character trait stood out.
Goes both ways.

[Naval @naval]

On Scott Adams.

A man finds, to his astonishment, that he exists. After the elation of childhood wears off, he asks, who am I, why am I here, how does this work? These are hard questions, so after a brief struggle, he selects a readymade answer and goes about the motions of life.

Scott Adams was not such a man. He was a live player, ever curious, intent on figuring out this simulation that he found himself in. From first principles, Scott unraveled, understood, and ultimately controlled his own reality. He hacked himself with affirmations, others with persuasion, the world with simultaneous sips. He explained people as moist robots, two movies happening on one screen, his world as Gods’ debris. He carved a personal mission to “be useful,” and made us all better writers, public speakers, and persuaders. He preached the footwear theory of motivation, the Adams Law of slow-moving disasters, the skill stack, systems over goals, and of course, the Dilbert Principle.

Besides cartooning, philosophizing, and teaching, Scott rose to the occasion and displayed, “the one virtue that cannot be faked” - courage. Scott had the courage to speak honestly as he saw it - about Trump, about his nation, and about his time, even though it cost him friends, audience, money, and his ticket to polite society. Scott had true courage, the kind that makes you unpopular, the kind that is always and everywhere in short supply,

At the end, as any hacker of reality, Scott covered all of his bases - he left as a Buddhist, a Christian, and a player in the Simulation.

Scott, we didn’t get enough time with you, but you were a mentor and a marvel. You were useful and you were courageous. You were incompressible and indivisible. One of a kind, and generous with your drawing, writing, and speaking. Unlike your squealing critics in the chattering class, you will be read generations from now.

On this earth there are many long-lived hells but no lasting heaven. Each heaven must be created and nurtured, ex-nihilo, from mind and from mud. Scott, you created a small heaven for us all, and to a larger heaven you go.

A man finds, to his astonishment, that he no longer exists. He asks why, what it was for, and how will the new reality work? When the rest of us get there, we’ll find Scott, ever useful, ready to explain, having figured it all out.

Notes:
• First line paraphrasing Schopenhauer.
• Courage quote via Taleb.