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CBSSpent$45.95onTheseAmateurPokmonModels

July13,20163:40p.m.

CBS Spent $45.95 on These Amateur Pokmon Models

ByBrianFeldman

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WithPokmonGosweepingthenations,destroyingfamilies,andleavingapathofruinanddestructioninitswidewake,itsnosurprisethateventhemost
mainstreamofmainstreamTVnetworksreportedonit.Earlierthisweek,CBSranareportonthephenomenonfeaturingaclipthat,letssay,alarmedsome
viewers.
Ilovethisclip.Everythingaboutthisrules.ThewaythedeadeyedPikachustaresatyouwithhisbeadylittleeyes.ThelookofecstasyasBulbasaur
attemptstoclimb/humpatree.ThewayCharmandersfootclipsthroughtherockashespinsonasingularaxis.Itsphenomenal,andithauntsmydays
andnightwithoutend.
Now,havingbornewitness,youtooarecursedtoseethesefaceswheneveryoucloseyoureyes,fortherestofyoursullen,pitifullife.

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SotheCBSeveningnewsdidastoryonpokemongo,andunleashedthese
monstrositiesupontheworld.
Buthowdidthesepocketmonsters,nolongeradelightfulmisnomer,cometobe?Usingadvancedwebforensics,Imanagedtofindallthreemodelsonthe
websiteTurboSquid,whichallowsuserstouploadandselltheir3Dmodels.SearchingforeachofthePokmonnamesbringsupsearchresults,andeach
ofthemodelsusedbyCBS.
CharmanderandBulbasaur,madebyausernamedKudz46,eachcost$20tobuy.Pikachu,madebyuserchopnut,costs$5.95.
Totalcost:$45.95.
Kudz46isaghost,butImanagedtotrackdownchopnutrealname:ErnaniDantingtoaskhimabouttheclip.Themodel,uploadedin2010,mostlysat
dormant.Iwaslearninghowtomodelatthetime,andmadeaPikachu,putuponsaleonTurboSquidfor[a]measly$6,Dantingrecalled.AndIgotasold
messagefromTurboSquidafteralong,longwhile.Ididntreallyputalotofthoughtintohowpeoplewillbeusingit.
Hemostlytookissuewiththefactthatthemodelswerepresentedwithoutbeinganimated.Itdoeslookliketheydidntputalotofeffortdoinganythingwith
it,hesaid.Pikachusarmsoutstanceisbecausethemodelisrigged,meaningitwasmeanttobeprogrammedwithanimation.Seeingitusedlikethat
kindamademebitdisappointed.Iratherlikeseeingitanimated.
CBSsfolly,however,isourcollectivegain.IforonehopethattheykeepusingtheseamateurPokmonmodelsforallreports,orreally,foranynews
reportsthatneedalittlespicingup.

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