How Prop Hunt Took Over The Internet

[@RichterOvertime]

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[@pinnvophowns]

Why is your comment funny? @@mcdonaldburger420 💀

[@XCalysShooterX]

I spammed the right arrow key

[@swgclips03]

Prop hunt! Otherwise known as "Hey I went as a can and I'm stuck under the map, I'm unkillable!"

[@AlienFan25]

Classic Nanners moments.

[@postbordemYT]

That good old Source engine jank

[@wesleytaylor4777]

@@postbordemYT until you find out your hit box is clipping and you die

[@krunken_isok]

i love me some tiny props breaking reality and clipping out of existence.

[@allisonmartin9434]

Prop hunt! Otherwise known as “I play the most annoying meme music while being chased by a combine elite and I’m also a rubber duck

[@PixelatedManiac]

He said he was -6 years old in 1998. Every video I’m flabbergasted at his actual age thinking I was pretty young for gmod. Such a confident and well articulated speaker I’m jealous you’ve developed these skills so quickly!

[@jokesterlego6108]

I'm always surprised to realize Richter is a year younger than me, I feel like I'm so young and yet here I am enjoying old Source nostalgia from someone a little younger than me!

[@trioxidetheidiot86]

i was -13 lol

[@DyslexicGamer]

I was 9...

[@ferweenie]

HES ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME??? WTF

[@camshortfuse2740]

That made me stop and pull out a calculator. He was born in 2004, oh my god who let a baby on the internet? He's 20. I'm officially old.

[@MamaBedlamVO]

Thinking about my first and one of few only games of Prophunt, I remember winning us the round. I played a hider and nobody told me how to turn into a prop, so I just hid on the office map and closed a stall door, t'posing as Kliener for the whole match. Somehow nobody found me, and I hold onto that memory dearly for no particular reason.

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

LOL

[@femed1283]

he broke the meta

[@Cuestrupaster]

I remember playing and people would just go to up something above the field of view of the hunters, no one ever looks up, so they would win even as Kleiner T-posing...

[@themodernfrontiersmen]

Prop Hunt and TTT were the best game modes back in the day. Now so many games have copied what Gmod started, and kids today don't even know

[@SanyID]

Skibidi toilet

[@liberty7036]

Skibidi toilet 🗣🗣

[@vinlyght]

Gmod is the skibidi toilet game don’t lie to yourself

[@Jixxyyy]

TTT is my guilty pleasure

[@akapacool]

And? Its fun. Its important to know your roots, but its not necessary. You probably didnt knew half life or quake versions or even css one so yea man

[@MaximumADHD]

Oh hey that’s me @13:26 👀 My version of PropHunt was inspired by the TF2 rendition. I had to push Roblox in some stupid creative ways at the time because custom characters were hardly supported and the engine wasn’t as well documented. I would delete the character’s legs so they would glide around on the floor, then I’d make the prop a hat worn by the player. Roblox didn’t allow us to control object masses at the time, so the large mass of the props made it super difficult to rotate your character, and sometimes jumping was outright impossible because the prop was too heavy. I had a lot of fun making it though, and I’m still developing stuff on Roblox today 😎 I was 13 approaching 14 when I made the game. The March 2010 date is actually just when the game’s place was made (it was used for something else previously). The game itself actually launched in August of 2012.

[@caxo1361]

No body cares lil bro, make a real game and it'll matter? Like lol

[@NicholeXD]

@@caxo1361 Hey let's be respectful alright? I'm not sure what max did to you but being an asshole to him because he likes making roblox games is extremely disrespectful.

[@gobbleygourdiscursed6782]

@@caxo1361 sir.. roblox is capable of some crazy shit, dont put em down like that

[@PriorityCollective]

blud think he important blud think he's him@@caxo1361

[@Derpixied]

@@caxo1361 No body cares lil kid, get a life and it'll matter? Like lmfao

[@spenceranderson1012]

“Old Timey Nostalgic people like me”- Ritcher Overtime

[@EngiGODS358]

Yup, we watched the video.

[@AlienFan25]

​@@EngiGODS358I haven't yet but clicked to save it in my history to remember (I'm currently working). But after reading that, it saddens me (is that even a word?).

[@WDWhat-sn9iw]

@@AlienFan25 yes, it is a word

[@AlienFan25]

@@WDWhat-sn9iw Nice. I do have a decent vocabulary. Sometimes that is, sometimes.

[@WDWhat-sn9iw]

@@AlienFan25 don't worry, same with me

[@TheEngieTF2]

Prop Hunt is probably one of the best hide-and-seek gamemodes to ever exist in video game history, the idea of becoming the object itself to hide is truly unbeatable

[@mfinland2767]

0:22 I love how almost everything is just VanossGaming, it just show how dedicated they're in Gmod games.

[@sonicsega6]

"They're still playing Gmod?"

[@idropNukes999]

​@@sonicsega6 pablo💀

[@Ricefarmer_Khai]

Childhood memory is slowly coming back to me

[@Chloroxite]

"I was -6 years old in 1998" H-how am I older than this youtuber?! Good god I feel old... (2000) 😨

[@cDog8766]

I know that feeling. I was 4 when Half life (1) was released.

[@CptGraceStar]

Maybe we should keep it as Kevin. He's just some guy, could be you, me, or anyone with a fun idea.

[@plugnplaystation]

He could by you. He could be me. He could EVEN be-

[@owosinpan]

​@@plugnplaystation ...Right behind you

[@trioxidetheidiot86]

​@@plugnplaystation**BANG**

[@anormalstreetlamp6878]

HAHAHAHA OF COURSE, I would have written spy sentence myself if nobody did

[@notabomination4799]

Kevin was the memories and friends we made along the history of prop hunt

[@MiningJack777]

The biggest issue of some prophunts is the lack of "miss damage", meaning you can just shoot everything without having to be strategic

[@Darthvader-oc5tp]

If I’m not mistaken there was a prop hunt mod all the way back in the original Call of Duty 4 and that’s why they put it in CoD4 remastered.

[@URnightmares162]

There is, especially with Vanossgaming videos of it back in 2014, i thought i was only one who noticed that.

[@nigeladams8321]

It's wild that I'm now watching people who are younger than I am

[@ScVmDoZeR8015]

Dude same

[@jaxon_hill]

Yep! Gf and i had the same realization. Really weird.

[@jimmy-breeze]

yeah right lol I never even imagined this would be a possibility even though it's kinda inevitable when you think about it

[@DudeTheNinja]

I've always been a fan of hide-n-seek gamemodes since I first played derivatives in various Minecraft minigame servers (Hive's "Block Hunt" and Hypixel's "Farm Hunt" were two I particularly enjoyed as a youngster), and I fondly remember a "jetpack trick" you could use with the Flamethrower in the TF2 rendition of the game mode. One part of the video I felt was a bit sloppy was the section on Fortnite. So here's a bit of clarification on prop-hunting in Fortnite: First off, the overwhelming majority Fortnite's custom game modes are community-made (the only official ones are Battle Royale, Save The World, Festival, Rocket Royale, and LEGO Fortnite). So the modes you looked at are just as unofficial as the custom servers back in the day. The item featured in community-made maps/gamemodes was added in mid-2019, the Prop-o-Matic, and was designed specifically for prophunt-type gamemodes to be made by players. That being said, Epic Games *has* included some prop-hiding items in the past to the Battle Royale mode that actually work quite well in gameplay (and I have actually seen them be useful in combat, and dying to it at least once this month alone). I've listed them in chronological order of being added for convenience. - The oldest example of a Fortnite integration of hiding as an object comes from the game's first season, with the Bush equippable. This item was present throughout the entirety of Chapter 1, and unlike future props, you could actually shoot back whilst hiding in it! It also blended in extremely well with the smaller and more vibrant bushes the C1 map had to offer, which is probably why they vaulted it in Chapter 2 (due to the island's foliage becoming more subdued in colour and also larger). It did make a brief return in November 2023 for the OG season. - A couple of items exist that let you throw down props and hide in them, and also walk around wearing them. Two that come to mind are the Creepin' Cardboard and the Sneaky Snowmando, both of which act in the exact same way and were both added during 2020. - NPCs on the map (first introduced in C2S5 in late 2020) can sell you items like heals and weapons for gold bars (obtained by looting containers, killing players, and completing bounties), and some offer special services. Some of these include more combat-oriented support like hiring them as a teammate, but the one concerning the video is the "Prop Disguise" some can sell. For 250 bars, you can be turned into a prop - some wackier props include Slurp Juice barrels, a small bouncy pile of tyres, and a mailbox. I recently died to someone using the mailbox in a junk-filled area (when I myself let my guard down trying to buy a prop disguise myself lol), and I found it hilarious, just like the old Prop Hunt days. - For a brief period in 2021 (during C2S7), an item that let you actually select what prop to use in BR was added - the Prop-ifier from C2S7. It let you pick from some wacky props again, like a gnome statue, a toilet, or a traffic cone (among others). It only lived for a month, though. Hope this clears stuff up regarding how Epic Games is involved in this saga featuring the iconic formula of hiding-and-seeking-with-funny-inanimate-objects. :)

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

Ah good old Prophunt. I remember binge watching GassyMexican and Seananner’s videos of them back in the day, and still rewatch them occasionally.

[@PhallicPhantom2]

God, I can't believe I was around when GMod first came out nearly 25 years ago and now I'm 30 and STILL occasionally playing it!! Beautiful.

[@mcdonaldburger420]

Hmmm that doll moving must've been the wind. HOLY SHIT IT'S A PROP MOVING!

[@chxrripop]

WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS THAT PROP MOVING THAT MUST BE A HACKER!!!!!1

[@mcdonaldburger420]

REAL11!!!!11111@@chxrripop

[@darkdevistation1499]

Somehow, this gave me nostaligia. I was not even there to see all this old stuff!

[@coadekat]

Prey (2017) is easily the single best video game I’ve ever played, and was my gateway into the genre of Immersive Sims. It keeps me up at night knowing I’ll probably never play a game that good again.

[@Yman830]

late reply, prey was sooo good, defenitely one of my favorites. but for me, the game that keeps me up for that reason is gloomwood. such a masterpiece. if you haven't played it yet then it might reignite that spark

[@coadekat]

played a bit of the demo about a year or so back. Is the early access that good? I’ll have to give it a go again then

[@Yman830]

@@coadekat its up there with my favorite games I've ever played. 10/10. do yourself a favor and try it, absolutely stellar imm sim

[@normal_norm]

Vanoss and his friends are always the face of gmod prop hunt or gmod alone

[@Slaxckson]

For me, prop hunt is always synonymous with Seananners and his gang

[@normal_norm]

@@Slaxckson understandable For me is just Vanoss and friends

[@pyroskar6797]

They're still playing gmod?

[@MAR-sc7np]

Well i wouldn't know since they kicked me out of all they're chats ​@pyroskar6797

[@ST-vf4ch]

BABE WAKE UP NEW RICHTER OVERTIME

[@I.O_Productions]

VIDEO

[@trioxidetheidiot86]

a new richter overtime!? no way!!1!!!11!11!!!1111!1!!

[@TKsh1]

It's wild to think that the original Hide and Seek creator made an great gamemode and suddenly vanished more than 15 years ago. Maybe he will reveal himself after this video?

[@xenovenomzillathesymbiote1681]

¨Babe, wake up. Richter posted something new!¨

[@Perdix64]

The thing that feels that makes it still feel alive a bit is Vanoss, The Gaming Terrorizer, H2O Delirious, Nogla, Basically, and a few others, they’re still playing playing it all in GMOD with new maps made for Vanoss.

[@NTeKLullaby]

Highly recommend playing Prey (Arkane), not for the Prop Hunt mode, but for the standard game, or even the Moon DLC Roguelite Mode afterwards.

[@Kinsect101]

I remember when I was starting to join a bunch of Minecraft servers (Such as Mineplex, Hypixel, The Hive and so forth) I would play their version of Prophunt called Block Hunt

[@ForzenHorizonZero4down]

Can you do video about "The Hidden" game mode? It the most underrated one

[@cDog8766]

I had COMPLETELY forgotten about The Hidden! For as little known as it was, it was fun! Hopefully your comment gets noticed.

[@razmeep6403]

The quality of these videos are insane. W youtuber

[@RaisinHook]

17:12 I really liked Witch It, the ragdoll physics & the dumb power-ups made it better than most

[@miyabiiyt]

Am I the only one that has unconsciously already watched so many Richter Overtime videos without paying attention at the channel, but videos after videos, started remembering the name and now enjoys every single one of them...

[@Sparx632]

Witch It is a game based purely around the concept of prop hunt, it has a lot of personality too with a unique art style and Halloweeny theme, that’s definitely one I’d recommend.

[@sheacorduroy5565]

I’m kinda stunned it wasn’t mentioned that the original CoD4 had a prop hunt mod, which I’m 99% sure is why it was added to the remaster.

[@mort4825]

Thank you for documenting Source engine history, man. It's such a vital piece of internet culture, and a nostalgic retread.

[@leftblank]

I remember when it was just exploding barrels in gmod

[@digsnbones]

Black ops 3 also had prophunt which came out in 2015 people would jump into random wallruns and freeze them selves so you would always need to search random tops of walls

[@vf.nightcore]

Yes, thank you for this video. Playing hide and seek in counter-strike Source was my childhood. In case anyone is interested in what it was like; hide and seek wasn't a game mode or a map so you could only find a server by the title of the server so it could take a long time to find a good one. Once you got in you got a menu to the left where you could pick a huge number of items to hide as. Typically these servers were french or german so you more or less had to guess what to pick from the list. It worked just like prophunt where ct were the hunters and t were the props. I honestly miss those days sometimes but I'm happy that hide and seek ended up being so infinitely popular.

[@ConcreteMuncherOfficial]

guys dont replace the r with o in prop hunt, worst mistake of my life

[@adskiy_xlebyshek]

Poop hunt(maybe porp hunt)

[@mrdrizz65]

Don’t that the r and o out

[@Niko-Codes]

O-oh god...

[@wealthybone2990]

It's crazy to see how popular prop hunt got and for a good reason it's a good game mode and I'm happy that it did because it's a game I enjoyed and loved playing it in different games like cod surprisingly but it's also in overwatch now.

[@kabanfriends5764]

I play gmod prop hunt with my friends still to this day and it's been one of the most fun games for me

[@HONEYSBEEZ]

Amazing video, I love your editing dude

[@lukasneuner4760]

Man, now I feel old. I have such great memories of Prop Hunt and many other gmod gamemodes, but I started playing gmod before version 10 (I think I started at v8) and slowly stopped playing shortly after 13, but kept watching on yt for a bit. So before it all went super viral. fascinating to see where it went after that.

[@Fauxvale]

Haven’t started watching the video yet but just wanted to say the thumbnail goes hard. I can tell you put work in, composition is nice and it’s very eye catching, good job 📈📈

[@3lPhantom]

I remember seeing jellybeam (i think that was his name) prop hunt videos, it was pure gold

[@BiodegradableYTP]

Prop Hunt was my first big gaming obsession when I got Steam way back in 2014. I racked up a good 1400 hours in Gmod by becoming part of a community that would build, for a time, *THE* most popular Prop Hunt server in Australia from 2015-2016. It was a grand old time.

[@homemadetirasimu3659]

Prop hunt had made so many memories, Especially the greatest Call out of all time "LIL' CAN! LIL' CAN!"

[@bobito3861]

idk who you are and i doubt ive ever seen one of your videos, but this came across my home feed an hour after upload and hell yea man

[@CharlieViking95]

Your content is incredibly impressive given your young age. Keep at it, Richter!

[@toster41]

I have no idea why, but I find myself thinking about old source mods like Suicide Survival, Zombie Panic Source, The Hidden Source and many others on a monthly basis. The nostalgia was strong with Prop Hunt too.

[@Kazaretski]

Prop Hunt and Gmod legit introduced me into a whole new world of gaming. Man, simpler times...

[@AE1OU]

My man didnt mention trouble in terrorist town when talking about counter strike modding scene. A mode that eventually would lead into the meme game Amongus

[@vilixten8747]

Thank you for posting at the perfect time

[@novelezra]

Ritcher saying he's old at 21 makes me feel like I'm already dead.

[@moosevelt9148]

There was also a pretty big prop hunt scene on the major minecraft mini-game servers, thinking particularly of Mineplex's Block Hunt. Besides blocks, you could also be mobs, and you even choose classes that gave you different abilities. Just wanted to say that, depending on the type of game you are making to work as both prop hunt and whatever multiplayer mode you have, modes like prop hunt are a great way to teach players maps. It makes players pay attention to level geometry, prop placement, and the nooks and crannies of areas.

[@blank._.1084]

Bro is 19/20 and making some of the best content on the platform

[@courisu7828]

I'm horrified at the 50% chance you're younger than me (I'm also a 2004er) since your stuff is so well put together, this video especially. Keep up the good work, dude.

[@toastpants11]

My day always stays the same when richter uploads❤ keep it up richstone 🎉

[@TeamCraftable2004]

0:12 POSTAL 2 MUSIC???

[@knifekitty_ls]

MAP MUZAK!

[@reignrevival2689]

YESSS RICHTER OVERTIME FOR MY BIRTHDAY HELL YEAH!! Thank your arg boy

[@SwaggyG_2102]

This, Gmod Hide and Seek, or Sandbox used to make NUMBERS on KZbin back during the early-mid 2010s era of KZbin gaming.

[@URnightmares162]

There was prophunt for Call of Duty 4 back in 2014. As you can see by Vanossgaming videos on it.

[@knifekitty_ls]

I remember playing some prop hunt called hide'n'seek in nonsteam cs 1.6 back in 2007-2008. CS 1.6 amx mods were fun, HNS, KZ, paintball, soccerjam, zombie swarm and plague... what a time.

[@E300.1]

1. HOORAY RICHTER OVERTIME IS BACK!!!!! WE LOVE RICHTER!!! 2. i loveeee prop huntttt 3. prop hunt

[@ProbNotCross]

Lil darkie fan detected

[@LANGIMATION]

2:17 it's due to your regions streaming restrictions. However other streaming services can have different agreements to show different shows but not some that Netflix might have in the same region and vice versa

[@kodak1587]

The joy I get when my friend walks by me, turns around and just sees a fucking vending machine running away then screaming "THAT WAS YOU?!" is immeasurable

[@kdandsheela]

Damn, first time I've watched a video of yours. Great research and script writing, thanks for putting this together!

[@Flamma_Dreemurr]

That banger of an outro song is now in my Spotify playlist

[@Tony_Bamanaboni]

whats the song?

[@Flamma_Dreemurr]

@@Tony_Bamanaboni bloom my darling

[@scientidead]

[@LikaLaruku]

Prop Hunt was my introduction to Gmod. Currently I'm really into "atmospheric horror" maps.

[@KingPBJames]

omfg, I remember playing box war. what a nostalgia trip! damn termites! born in 91.

[@TheHENOOB]

Kevin: a forgotten legend.

[@stationmasterkuma]

I remember playing Blox Hunt on Roblox back in 2015 or 2016 (my roblox memories are kind of foggy) and (yet) I remember it being so fun and tense hiding from the seekers.

[@Hail2994]

Greatest birthday present. Thank you Richter.

[@Rob30k]

Dark Souls 2 and 3 also had an official prop hunt mode, well not really a mode but rather there's an item that allowed you to turn into a prop which was super handy to not only hide from player invaders but to also observe what they had equipped.

[@GoldSrc_]

Note, there are two Prey games, one from 2006 and the one in the video from 2017.

[@RiveryJerald]

who really asked tho? he's talking about prophunt, not about native americans going to space and then have the old guy become a god and shit. good riddance that beth just made a completely different game with the ip name

[@Alex-cv2gi]

Vanoss taking up like 90% of the feed fro Prop Hunt, classic.

[@enviousshogun]

I am almost 18 and plan on being a youtuber, just as a hobby, and noting how actually young you are when you mentioned you were negative six, I'm inspired to possibly be able to do what you do in only 2 short years

[@FelixValentiCh.]

6:50 is that the original scattergun

[@Skullz-is-m1chi]

babe wake up new richter video out

[@the_only_ag1]

Great video as always Ritcher.

[@kiachaelchild]

quality vid as always bro

[@LoudSodaCaleb]

"I was -6 in 1998" my guy, you are the first youtuber to make me feel old.

[@xscitobor1233]

14:06 dang getting nostalgia flash banged by old minecraft thumbnails while witching a history of prop hunt was not something i expected

[@PD_CĪPHĒR]

I remember religiously watching vanoss and friends videos on gmod. They each usually had their own video from the same session. It was like the worlds goofiest example of roshomon story telling. Good times.

[@angusta.alchemy]

I had a friend named Laura that never had a bit of interest in PC gaming, neither casual nor otherwise, until she heard about Prop hunt during the rise of popularity and had me setting up her steam profile, getting gmod and both of the necessary valve games, including counterstrike, so she didn't have missing texture files just because she said she wants to play prop hunt with me.... She didn't know and just assumed it was as simple as me bringing a "game CD" from home to put on her PC and to this very day i still don't think she realizes i did all that because I didn't say a word to her about it before or after the fact

[@vizthex]

honestly i forgot this video was about prop hunt and got invested in these funny box mods made 30 years ago lol

[@gildun]

fun fact: in FN, there's actually IS a self damage mechanic, but for some reason, many people don't turn it on

[@SuperTux20]

PropHunter, the one with the red and blue name-logo, seems to be one of the best standalone prop hunt games on Steam. Wicked good fun!

[@Jakepearl13]

Prophunt may exist in other games,but thankfully we’ll always have classic prophunt to go back to :)

[@Thatguy-fp7rh]

The cortex command ost hit me like a brick off an overpass

[@bananashoplifter3440]

Oh how I miss the days of Nanners, Gassy, Diction, and other various pals playing Prophunt, TTT, and The Hidden

[@Tuskin38]

I was 7 in 1998….

[@AOLEnby]

I remember my first prop hunt experience was playing Geist multiplayer on the game cube. You could possess objects to hide from your friends.

[@yoshibro6462]

I remember playing Minecraft Prop Hunt when I was younger. Good times.

[@mr.radovic702]

Yoooooo Richter is 04, my BROTHER!

[@agniteyt]

Gmod and Prop Hunt is literally my childhood. Combined with Machinima Content and Nostalgia obviously. Seriously tho, I really want to play Prop Hunt on KZbin with my friends doing so by entertaining others as well the same way i was when i was a kid.

[@evilchild1851]

Its always funny seeing Vanoss Videos appearing as 90% of the videos whenever someone talking about Gmod and pulls up a list of videos on the screen

[@tomtom98]

Playing prop hunt when your were 6? Here I was playing it when I was 14...

[@Swagmaster07]

The Kevin has already breached our defenses!

[@LtnCorrsk]

As someone who wasn't negative years old when Half-life came out, there is an older version of Hide and Seek: It was on Team Fortress Classic, one team played as Snipers (If i remember correctly), the others as VIPs who had to hide in large dark maps (with some jumping puzzle) for a certain amount of time. It'd be akin to Prop hunt, but the props team are all non-T-Posing Kleiners. It was usually somewhere in the map rotation of servers with Escape maps and Conc maps. So not really a full fledged mod.

[@pheesh9141]

i seem to recall a modded community server in that TFC/original CS timeframe had prop hunt games on goldsrc, but yeah there were a lot of hide and seek maps