Lonelygirl15: The First YouTuber | Fallen Titans #9

The original title for this was "Lonelygirl15 and other ARGs" but I thought this title was better
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Lonelygirl15 was the first KZbinr to be taken seriously, but what was she hiding? Let's find out, as we discuss the series and the many ARG and ARG-esque shows that followed.
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[@QuintonReviews]

Go to www.privacy.com/QUINTON to get started and to earn a free $5 credit! Austin's video here ➱ kzbin.info/www/bejne/maTXmnagftBkatk

[@laurencebetteridge8633]

So are you continuing fallen titans or not, was this the last video?

[@michaelcut]

Pyro beat you to this one bud

[@srountree]

Please tell me more about Ice Breakers Sours

[@munjee2]

And it even says it just assumed it sounded similar

[@QSReed]

Privacy.com cannot protect you for long. I’ll get your blood soon enough!

[@fusetunes]

when i was like eight , my dad constantly played the one lonelygirl video where they’re lip syncing because he thought it was funny. when i discovered the series as an adult, i lost it at that episode just because i couldn’t believe my dad had unintentionally found an arg

[@WiloPolis03]

Marble Hornets is a classic, I always heavily regret watching those vids

[@QuintonReviews]

what a fantastic comment

[@WiloPolis03]

thnnxknsz

[@lolthebruh8716]

Quinton Reviews night minds analysis of marble hornets is amazing.

[@LieutenantJoey]

I’ve watched through all of Marble Hornets and totheark once a year since it ended, and it never gets old.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Was it inspired by The Blair Witch Project?

[@ryanhalien8468]

I don’t see nearly enough appreciation for the gaslight joke, that was funny

[@frankreads8618]

No it wasn't. You're mistaken.

[@geno_xi]

@@frankreads8618 heh I see what you did

[@justsomeone1842]

@@geno_xi No you didn't. there's nothing to see here.

[@ryanhalien8468]

@Fen Vulpeus for a second I was about to write a sarcastic reply and then it hit me haha I see what you did there lol

[@YoFroYu]

I read this comment the same time that happened in the video. Creepy.

[@lylathecreator5893]

small brain: sprite cranberry expanding galaxy brain: icebreakers sours

[@spaceghostmiid]

MLG Vocapup sour ice breakers are fucking amazing

[@rydemk4168]

NoSmoke Blaze I was gonna make a comment on that but that’s kinda obvious

[@michaelboydston313]

I bought some today, and popped one in before he pulled it out

[@MiruyaChan]

Quinton: "His name is Jonas." Me: "Damn he's hot..!" Quinton: "Jonas is hot."

[@wizgi7201]

Honestly your Slenderman theory is the one I choose to believe

[@mondo3556]

Honestly the amount of evidence supporting it is mind boggling

[@totallytubular618]

Fun fact: she’s now married to the guy who did the voice and mocap for Dante and DmC: Devil May Cry

[@Kimonia6]

So she's married to El Donté, el exterminador de demonios?

[@connor___]

I don't really know if it's considered an ARG, but Alan Resnick made a couple of series online that really echo the same feel and in my opinion aged much better than LG15. Alan Tutorial still blows me away to this day

[@winup9417]

it is more like a horror comedy series

[@VikingSchism]

Alan Tutorial is beautiful

[@sawdustanddiamonds99]

Alantutorial had a twitter account alongside it which i think technically makes it an arg

[@sawdustanddiamonds99]

Some of his adult swim stuff (unedited footage of a bear, this house has people in it) definitely counts

[@Pimpeaux]

I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or anything, but I always liked Ed Atlin's tutorial series more, even if it never technically ended.

[@Semmostaja]

Bounced on my boy's T-Shirt to this for the entire video

[@Mastaace]

I was gonna say, i don't think I'd seen that Big Money merch before.

[@walkinginternetstereotype80]

English please

[@trenvert123]

That is English. @@walkinginternetstereotype80

[@jeanne-emerycoleman214]

Imagine carrying your child for 9 months to name him Quinton. What a power move.

[@LimeyLassen]

Name like that you'll either be a neckbeard or ruler of the earth.

[@rockettheslime8858]

At least he wasn't named Humphrey

[@manmann6720]

John Coleman *outstanding move*

[@a.morphous66]

Limey Lassen Our Quinton is both.

[@SirBladewind]

My brother was named that and he is kind of the king of scumbags. So I guess it takes all kinds.

[@marafolse8347]

Just hearing someone say “The Operator” is kind of chilling to me, since that’s what I called the version of Slenderman that ended up being the first manifestation of my schizoaffective disorder..

[@Man-ej6uv]

that’s… fun 🙂👍

[@EmeraldBat67]

okay

[@EmeraldBat67]

@@alphachadus it's funny when random strangers just drop bombshells on you like this like "Oh great video i'm watching it while my grandma's in the hospital dying of bowel cancer"

[@alysssabear]

What kind of future psychopath writes shit like this?

[@goodjobeli]

Marble Hornets > Slenderman (2018)

[@rachelweathers1882]

WE'RE GONNA CALL HIM SKINNY BOI

[@brettfisher3808]

Remember when Austinmcconnel was allowed to direct a whole series of lonelygirl?

[@lockjawlarrythememeteam]

Give the man some slack, he was 20 and had $5000 lol

[@NagromVoice]

20:10 remembers

[@brettfisher3808]

lockjaw larry & the meme team I know I love Austin I wanted to know if anyone else remembered him

[@BeyMediaVids]

Yep, the Stone age of his life

[@MistaAnonymous]

I sure d o

[@anone.mousse674]

Fallen Titans on EpicMealTime?

[@smalltiny]

yes, please!!!

[@peterv2599]

He was never a titan

[@timthesavage2713]

*bacon intensifies*

[@nickymo]

Watching Greek on abc family one day and see LonelyGirl15 show up as a supporting character. That was my rude awakening that none of that shit was real haha

[@MamaAki]

Yuri of wind's reading of "Hyper-realistic Bl0o00O0oo00oOD!" always cracks me up.

[@chinopuertorico]

I sill follow him. Very cool dude.

[@SpaceTreeStudios]

"and she became the most subscribed to channel ever on youtube" >57,000 subs wow, times have changed.

[@boraxkid1097]

This and Internet Historian filling me in on all those years I didn't have internet.

[@turtleanton6539]

Looooool

[@AceBackspace]

Never understood what the hell LonelyGirl15 was all about, no clue how I never heard of it when I was younger. It's great to finally have a comprehensive rundown of what this was all about. Great video as always.

[@Pimpeaux]

Smol brain: LonelyGirl15 is gud Big brain: LonelyGirl15 is trash Galaxy brain: Why are we talking about LonelyGirl15 when LasagnaCat exists?

[@sourpuss5951]

LasagnaCat's comeback was criminally underrated.

[@olivercuenca4109]

Ah, I see you’re a man of taste!

[@thatgeckoott3532]

@@sourpuss5951 not underrated man, just underwatched

[@sourpuss5951]

@@thatgeckoott3532 Absolutely true.

[@ryanhalien8468]

Pimpeaux I love a good verbal meme

[@amywillis8440]

Does his mean he'll talk about Marble Hornets? ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT MARBLE HORNETS?

[@QuintonReviews]

yes

[@amywillis8440]

@@QuintonReviews MY HERO

[@bigfreerf]

Mann Im so excited for the comic dude, the hype is unreal.

[@TimSutton420]

@@QuintonReviews oh my

[@hoodedmullet8194]

@@TimSutton420 hi Tim!!!

[@boxylemons7961]

Honestly as someone who loves ARGs I feel lonelygirl15, though innovative for its time as basically the founder of ARGs, more or less has aged completely poorly and was an awful story in hindsight. If I had to rec a newer ARG, Daisy Brown is more or less a more refined version of LonelyGirl15, it shares a few problems and the props are kinda crappy [this is more apparent in the later episodes] but overall It's a rather great series with much more well written characters and coherent theming.

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

Skinny Boy for Smash ultimate

[@SirBlackReeds]

Pikadorf is already halfway there.

[@aneel7337]

I burst out laughing at the Icebreakers Sours because in 2008 as a 17-year-old LG15 fan I absolutely bought a pack AND showed them off in one of my poorly made webcam videos I posted to KZbin at the time. What a flashback. Also love your love for P. Monkey. And amazing introduction to Jonas. I don't often use the word "dreamy" but I feel like I'm supposed to when it comes to him? As for the revival, I think it was okay for the show's target audience that it was spread across different channels and social media, because I witnessed firsthand how the core fandom had laid in waiting for ten years and was ready to emerge and dive right back in when the new content appeared. Certainly it would've been nearly impossible to follow for any brand new viewers, so I think they were pretty specifically catering to that old fandom by doing things the way they did. It was a bummer when the revival just stopped, though, because I'd had so much fun playing in that fandom again that summer and then it just faded away all over again. I do understand that everyone involved got busy with other things and, honestly, I blame the 2016 election a bit for bumming everyone out too much about the future to get back to this time and money-consuming passion project. Totally understood that in November 2016 and I still do now. But honestly, I just want to know what happened to Jonas! The cliffhanger they left him on in 2008 has haunted me more than any real television cliffhanger, honestly.

[@sherlockian6770]

"We're gonna call him skinny boy" is the singular greatest thing you have ever said.

[@aedican9719]

"Lonelygirl15" kinda sounds like a pornstar/camgirl's name tbh

[@tree2040]

Petscop is probably one of the best done ARGs and is currently going on! It's the lost video game genre but done right.

[@andeggbreaks]

But petscop isn't confirmed an ARG

[@selty]

The ending was amazing

[@VenomSnake00]

Hearing Slenderman be referred to as The Operator brought me back. You really did your research!

[@perri7082]

*s k i n n y b o y*

[@yumaeyres]

You’re one of the coolest KZbinrs I know. I discovered your channel only recently and it helped me find a smile again, alongside interest in the world around. Thank you for your content!

[@ontos8534]

“But were gonna call him Skinny Boi” well there’s all the fear for slender man gone

[@JadeEyes1]

In the heyday of the "Slenderverse", people churned out DOZENS of vlogs, hoping to become the next "big series". Most of them were terrible, and almost all of them ended up being abandoned. MH and EMH were two of the only vlogs that actually had an ending.

[@alicethetransdalek7333]

the fact that you didn't put the purple monkey's fan site in the description makes me irrationally angry

[@ilikepie2eat3]

Three years later and the site is no longer up. I'm sorry to inform you. Cool pfp tho

[@toastytoby6237]

I get so genuinely excited whenever someone talks about old arg's, specially marble hornets

[@cjharshman9234]

I'm so happy you mentioned Marble Hornets, I LOVED it as a kid (even though it scared the shit out of me) I even made a fan t shirt out of paint and a t shirt I found at goodwill. Years later as an adult I saw a teenager wearing an obviously professionally produced Marble Hornets T shirt and we both geeked out and it was super sweet, it was extremely wholesome to see a kid going through the same niche little obsession with out the cringe of having to make their own shirt like I did lol

[@CranberryDave]

Yuriofwind? In MY Quinton video? Finally! This is perhaps the most ambitious crossover of all time.

[@ozmarichardson6524]

That would be great. Maybe some kind of creepy pasta bashing special?

[@babypurplebat2610]

The fact that you actually ate an icebreaker sours makes me love your content even more

[@oliviagangi1123]

Honestly, the downfall and “break up” of the Marble Hornets crew (THAC) is so interesting and sad, I thought you might do a whole video about it. If you don’t already know, it’s worth checking out.

[@FromDyl]

is there some kinda weird thing going on with the dislikes on each of your recent vids? as if a group has come in and just bombarded the dislike button? really confused someone pls explain

[@samuelmunoz7652]

Just dumb drama I think, nothing serious

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Probably fans who disagree.

[@zoedegenerate6703]

@@fightingmedialounge519 with WHAT

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@zoedegenerate6703 with his points.

[@kalm_tree]

Hey, Quinton? Thank you SO much! I'm starting a web series that starts normally and devolves, and your comments on how the shift away from entertainment hurt Lonelygirl15 were really insightful! I'll definitely try to keep fun vids interspersed with the story ones. Thanks!

[@LightAndDarkMdness02]

Hey, Marble Hornets was lit and actually had a good ending.

[@Minglesmoot]

If On A Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino to me, written in an essay, is like a proto-ARG but like a book version before the introduction of Choose Your Own Adventure novels. Its postmodern and I love it. I got a third for that essay and I shall never forgive it.

[@nyxbozovic7503]

Right now, there's an ARG on KZbin called Blackout and it's so good. It comes out Mondays and Thursdays and it's basically a doc about some sleepwalkers in a mystical town. There's a show, a forum and additional files about the show. It's so good.

[@manmann6720]

MickBozovic the sun vanished is also a good one

[@blackout295]

Is it an ARG or just a web series?

[@kryph1]

Skinnyboi, Skinnyboi, All the children try to run Skinnyboi, Skinnyboi, To him it’s part of the fun

[@femo3336]

it become less scary when you say it like that

[@JohnyK07]

Dude, I love watching your videos! They are an awesome repository of history about early youtube and internet. I always find so much about sites/videos/series I grew up with, but never got the full picture before. These are always so fricking interesting, not only because of what was made back then, but because of what the impact it had on the internet content we get today / what originated and grew from it. Never stop making these!

[@sammyruntz]

Quinton, did you do the old technique of flashing a few frames of the thumbnail in the video so KZbin will pick that image as the thumbnail?

[@LimeyLassen]

Oh my god I remember that

[@OSCARMlLDE]

Skinny boy is just like Absol, the pokemon that kept showing up to warn people about natural disasters but people just thought it caused them

[@LovelessAndroid]

I am surprised that you, a fellow RedLetterMedia fan, did not mention their theory that one of their early movies inspired Slender Man. Even down to where the movie would have aired on cable and where the creator lived. They had a movie with a bald creepy dude in a suit who stalked a child in a forest. I know it's unsubstantiated but it is an interesting footnote in the Slender Man history to explore. They discussed it in a Half in the Bag episode.

[@cobracommander8133]

LovelessAndroid I was expecting him to mention it as well

[@SirBlackReeds]

Wait, what?

[@cobracommander8133]

jacoblgames watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJjUZJ5opqiNnck

[@LovelessAndroid]

@@cobracommander8133 Shit I forgot they made a whole separate video about it. Thanks for the link!

[@timcosgrove707]

“This is the story of one lonely girl and her 15 minutes of fame. BOOM! That’s an early lunch right there!” -Quinton, probably

[@hankrowe7725]

dude those icbreakers gave everyone in my family violent diarrhea I’d be carful

[@dtims3262]

Damn, I could sure go for a refreshing case of icebreakers sours.

[@trenvert123]

If something is described as refreshing, and it comes in a can... run.

[@bigfreerf]

Man, if we're talking about ARGs, we gotta talk about marblehornets. The art for the upcoming comic kicks so much ass, and seeing the community still alive is unbelievable.

[@Azmo477]

Wait there's a comic in the making?

[@bigfreerf]

Heck yea brother! It's being written by Troy and illustrated by @jckielantern on Twitter. I think it's supposed to come out on February.

[@tashakon551]

Been curious about this for years and this is the shortest, most coherent and best summation. Thanks man!

[@LunatheMoonDragon]

I'd normally rail you for doing an entire video about ARGs without recommending Night Mind as a source for further exploration into them, but you filled that time talking about Ice Breaker Sours, which is obviously more important. So we all good

[@Nublet864]

Hey man I heard you've been having a tough time lately just thought I'd let you know that I super appreciate the work you put into your content, you've made some tough days better, thank you!

[@jjscallywag1]

I feel like I've watched this before? Have you ever covered Marble Hornets before, cuz I am getting some freakily strong deja vu right now

[@William.Marsh.]

Same, I thought it was a reupload

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

It was GamerFromMars the one who talked about MH, kinda easy to mix up the two.

[@Jakmanuk99]

You may be thinking of Night Mind possibly?

[@aint4u]

watch NightMind for more amazing ARG videos

[@sampalmer6757]

Repping my boi Nick

[@explodingcrack435]

NightMind is a real g. I personally recommend his video on 'This House Has People In It' .

[@RabidDogma]

Nick makes good videos, but...it's hard for me to watch his videos now, given his actions IRL. He makes good content, but he's not exactly a great guy.

[@ChloeRidenour]

RabidDogma I’m so out of the loop. What did he do?

[@1917girl]

@@RabidDogma oh god what did he do

[@Bonerlord]

my favourite arg is everymanHYBRID. just finished a month or so ago after 8 years

[@hydras5947]

Bonerlord dhgdsfyc finally found someone who watches it, hallelujah

[@healingv1sion]

It's finished? Holy shit I need to catch up

[@rabbitsurvivor1896]

@@healingv1sion Yup. Finished on January 1st.

[@billyweed835]

I'll always appreciate LonelyGirl15. She was the first KZbinr to have, like, actual production values, and to try and tell a story using the medium of online video. In many ways, Lonelygirl15 is like Red VS Blue: she showed that the internet could support scripted story-based content, doing for live-action web videos what they did for web animation: Without it, and its followers like Marble Hornets and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, we never would have gotten things like The Guild, Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and countless other storyline-based web series centered around high production values. Like RVB, it was a major game changer in the idea of making scripted content for the web.

[@emily933]

Love your content! So strange actually learning about lonelygilr15 bc when it was in the news my parents just told me it was a weird porn/fetish thing but I never quite believed that lol

[@Aaron7075]

This is what a KZbinr in his golden age looks like, Quinten Reviews is currently at peak with this series

[@VARIOUShorses]

I still refer people to Marble Hornets, it remains one of the most ambitious, and surprisingly successful, attempts at bringing horror onto KZbin despite the occasional stumble.

[@hoodedmullet8194]

Marble hornets is turning 10 this Thursday

[@YukeWeiss]

I love these videos and hearing about early KZbin. Lonelygirl15 was just a bit before my time (I arrived on YT in late 2006) and remember the 10 minute video limit, video responses, awards etc. and how all those things were in videos. What I find fascinating about it that you touch on is how time-dependent YT media can be. Several video formats/genres can be totally destroyed and made obsolete by the switching/reform of KZbin's features. It's a real nifty part of YT's experimental days. Great work, Quinton.

[@gort668]

Oh I get it, lonely girl 15, 15 minutes of fame

[@Ghostman223]

Mission failed we'll get em next time

[@JerryBlueCast]

Video starts at 0:00 your welcome

[@youngsheldon6996]

Thanks

[@SirBlacknoiseIII]

Repost to save a life

[@ZaryJo]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@CountDogula7]

Thanks, man I really appreciate it

[@annathiika5755]

o7 thank 4 ur servic

[@MysteriousC]

Excellent video, I really appreciate this dive into the nostalgia. i was super into this show and its community when it was active, so it's nice to see someone talking seriously about it now.

[@cosmicxcherry]

i remember being like 8 or 9 and finding this and being like “what the fuck” but i was too young to really know how to go down a little internet rabbit hole so i never looked beyond the (several) videos i watched and forgot the channel name when i got older and couldn’t search it up myself. i never hear people talking about this, so thanks for giving me the closure i needed LMFAO

[@steecheeful]

only a 13 year old would think that 19 year old is a 16 year old

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes

[@Maggerama]

Despite that everybody knows it's fake and such you still managed to write a tense script for this video. I have no idea how you did this, but it worked for me.

[@woolcaparmy]

Dude these used to be my JAM

[@toomielola3495]

your screensaver gave me nostalgic vibes, and it distracted the hell out of me.

[@travistreadway3180]

i remember this arg back in the day, was really spookyish when i was younger, keep up the good work :D

[@vishnublitz]

holy shit does anyone remember Daniel also acting as that guy from the machinima zombie show “Bite Me”

[@wolfgang7850]

Bite me, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... Eat this

[@BonnieFluff]

Glad you've made a video about ARGs, not watched the full thing yet, but as someone who still keeps up with some still active ARGs (Tribetwelve and EMH), it's great seeing the genre get a mention outside its circles

[@MxGerryNava]

FINALLY. A big youtuber talks about ARGs

[@somecitrus7561]

Scare Theater and ReignBot are kinda big arent they?

[@MxGerryNava]

Some Citrus yes they are! And reingbot is really awesome. I guass what I meant was mainstream focused youtubers

[@peytonlong2000]

Nightmind is the best ARG channel, if you're not already watching him

[@MxGerryNava]

Peyton Long Am too! He’s also great!

[@garysuperman]

*cough* game theory *cough*

[@swineherd_]

18:07 His name is Jonas He's carrying the wheel

[@HoodoHoodlumsRevenge]

GOOD STUFF, as always! Love your content, man.

[@JMB.831]

U got the best shit

[@BaptismOnFire]

hey bby

[@HoodoHoodlumsRevenge]

BaptismOnFire HELLO!

[@Tytoalba777]

Hey, nice to see y'all here.

[@shinenjoyer1407]

woah the gang's all here in this thread

[@TiernanWilkinson]

"Pluto is no longer a planet" The CIA: "Never was."

[@LinkEX]

16:48 Oh, I do remember the response content, including the obnoxious responses. But overall I think they removed a useful feature. As you said, it encouraged community bonding; and I think the spam could be fixed these days with the right algorithms. Also, having video responses encourages discussion and provides room for critical feeedback that is more visible to everyone watching this video. That way, it might even avoid echo chambers. Then again, that would make it hard to find an algorithm that can see the difference between legit yet unpopular criticism and responses that just want to cash in on the video's popularity.

[@LimeyLassen]

I wholeheartedly agree. I think removing video responses did some damage to the community. The remix scene in particular.

[@SharpiMP3]

You’ve been referencing the film in background for a while, and I think it’d be fitting if you did a review of the Beatles film yellow submarine, or some sort of retrospective about the film

[@brettrichardson7924]

Your gas lighting joke made me think, when common misunderstandings or lies in the public become truth because no one remembers the real truth, which one matters more?

[@perri7082]

quinton collab with austin mcconnell challenge

[@heather19515]

Splendor man? What is this, Neil cicierega

[@tjswanson7577]

Nice! More Fallen Titans! This is the series that brought me to this channel in the first place!

[@laurencebetteridge8633]

He said he was thinking about stopping it because people find some 'controversial' and because doesn't want to deal with the hate

[@mcgheefoulmouth6587]

@@laurencebetteridge8633 where did he say that?

[@rickysagawe7315]

Wow... Now i understand where the concept of that awful movie "Megan is missing" is coming from.

[@alleyesonyouprod1225]

Dude it's so cool to see you talking about arg.

[@tramatsid]

My name's boxxy

[@turtleanton6539]

Im not trooooolling. I love you addie (aderall)

[@fazereviewsesq.5310]

Really cool to see marble hornets getting some credit. Love ya Quinton

[@stvnhater]

No one: Quinton: M E T A C O N T E X E X T U A L

[@theguywhotries2899]

Of fuck yeah! I love old ARGs! Especially Marble Hornets, it is literally one of my favorite things that has ever been made.

[@DeclanCorey]

same!!!

[@Video-Post-Mortem]

Your grammar is just as awful as the acting in any of these ARG’s.

[@CocoHutzpah]

You're bringing back a lot of old memories. I remember the response videos and how that lead to the "What the fuck bomb" joke that was all over the place. Talking about ARG's and vlogging, I think this video should have two follow-up videos: the first about Boxxy and the war between 4chan and 7chan, and the second about Frog Fractions 1.5. I think it'd make for some entertaining videos and comment sections largely full of "I remember those days."

[@Sina856]

2:57 Great choice in reading material 👌🏻

[@TrueFool188]

I love that you are repping the Big Money Salvia shirt

[@NoGoodNik1]

Two videos in two days? You're spoiling us!

[@Judessin]

I remember watching these and loved it and the mystery between channels

[@viceroymarx406]

god i love this series. quinton more like queenton

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Yaaas

[@Video-Post-Mortem]

Did you just assume Quintons gender?

[@aschtheconjurer]

*Salvia And Son's Bug Chasing* So people DO buy Salvia Merch? Awesome.

[@parableparadox2178]

Thanks for this quinton, love your content, keep it up.