gm_7eleven: GMOD's Greatest Map

this map seems... familiar...
/ ratlobr
00:00 Intro
01:46 Spawn Area
02:34 Outside
03:31 Train Station
04:00 Inside
06:00 Dark Room
06:47 Final Thoughts
cool place: / discord
intro song is The World As Negative Polaroids by Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza

[@ratlobber]

Hello. It's come to my attention that the Domo and 7/11 promotional campaign was not Japan-only and that it also aired in the United States. I am so sorry for this blunder. Forgive me.

[@narcanabuser]

Wow how could you make such a foolish mistake? Unsubscribing and never watching anymore of your videos ever again

[@mints4997]

ur and idiot and u cant make video

[@rosinros]

organ failure imminent

[@goofygaming2775]

K

[@robuxman8035]

Hey ratlobber if you are looking for any ideas, a cool source mod for you to check out would be Battle Grounds III. Its a free revolutionary war game on steam that has roots in modding with the original Half-Life. Its a really interesting game with mechanics that I feel are kind of dismissed as janky similar to Fistful Of Frags, but turn out to be fun to figure out and master. Let me know if you check out the game and what you think. Thanks man. [Sorry for commenting the same thing twice also in a completely unrelated comment i just hoped you would be more likely to see it in your replies]

[@RequiemForRavenholm]

the fact that he says "i've been ratlobber" at the end means he is no longer ratlobber. rest in peace.

[@faceless2302]

the youtuber formerly known as ratlobber

[@Croucher72649]

This is the moment ratlobber becomes dead

[@Lazy_ness]

rodentthrower

[@thurnus]

Do you know how the present perfect tense works

[@matthours1783]

One does not step foot in the same river twice.

[@Cheapducky]

4:54 It's a long and weird story, but Domo had a huge presence in pre-2010 internet culture thanks to Newgrounds, 4chan, and SomethingAwful. The main boost it got in western popularity was in 2002 in a meme depicting Domo with the text "Every time you masturbate, god kills a kitten." You'll see a lot of references to Domo in the 2005-2009 period of the Source community, with him either being openly displayed in more silly maps, or hidden as an easter egg on more serious ones.

[@foxlerfox2810]

I remember circa 2006 a meme depicting Domo with the text 'You have been eaten by a Grue' in reference to the old Zork text adventure

[@christiancinnabars1402]

I was about to comment something like this. Domo was seen so often on the internet back then, that I'm surprised a good number of people don't recognize him nowadays.

[@MyScorpion42]

oh geez I remember domo was everywhere when I first started using the internet, I never figured out what that was all about

[@Db--jt7bt]

Seeing someone have to explain the context of Domo makes me feel old af.

[@lolbeamer]

Wow, I thought this as well. I could barely remember parts of my childhood playing Half Life 2: Deathmatch on a particular map featuring Domo posters. Appreciate it.

[@Whomobile]

The Railway is probably set up to use the phoenix model train wheels, pretty much make your own train.

[@ORIONVIIXI]

yoo a popular person

[@iudnaji7509]

it fits sligwolf’s train

[@Mr_Fancypants]

I haven't touched gmod in maybe 5 years and i still remember the names you mentioned

[@NoobHammer]

yea

[@scrithen2836]

Or i like to put sligwolfs go kart in between them and just keep building up speed

[@RegularJohn53]

There was a map for CS Source that recreated a major subway station in Hungary called CS_METROBUDAPEST. It wasn't a popular map but I remember it was 1:1 exact scale with working subway trains. I used to love it unfortunately I never knew a server that ran it so I only played it with bots. The CTs were coming into the station with one of the trains. It was amazing.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

yoo, is there a link to the map's workshop page?

[@CreepyboomGamer]

Please give a link this sounds sick

[@Badgerinary]

Link it or say goodbye to your ribs

[@dinkthegreatest]

link

[@youngwindmillgang3239]

yea a steam workshop link to the mod would be fire

[@bigjuan7939]

Man this map was a banger. Me and my friends would do rp and football on the top also pvp. But at the bottom we would do some scary things

[@estatico1655]

and also pvp?

[@estatico1655]

xd

[@ForkLefts]

Did you do pvp?

[@masnidebelicrnac]

It's a shame you did so little PvP

[@user-md1kl3qu9r]

what about the pvp

[@blonded0532]

This is my favorite kind of KZbin content. Covering just the most unremarkable internet charm from ten years ago.

[@TimSzabo]

Try gm_wangan

[@LotsOfS]

Domokun was all over Garrys Mod before GMOD 10 was released. The mattress texture was even replaced with a domokun texture by default in GMOD 9.

[@TimSzabo]

Try gm_wangan

[@BM-sn7vr]

I remember playing versions of this map that aren't even on the internet anymore

[@kabbablabba4073]

any chance you still have any of them? i love playing old/archived versions of gmod and gmod maps

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Did one of them have a windy night sound effect?

[@BM-sn7vr]

@@SplendidCoffee0 it was at night and it was very simple, a little creepy but also kinda small and comforting

[@SplendidCoffee0]

@@BM-sn7vr the one I’m thinking of is also a night map

[@BM-sn7vr]

@@SplendidCoffee0 I felt like that would be the most iconic version of the map I had a lot of fun times on it, sadly i've never been able to find it in the past.

[@gentaillahi6153]

Exploring old amateurish gmod maps feels like you exploring some real life building/warehouse with only basic lighting and/or no furniture. And I love it.

[@BababooeyGooey]

gm_7eleven is even fun outside of GMod; it's fun in TF2. LazyPurple's Silly Server map rotation includes it, and one of the funnest times I had was spawning in and immediately seeing a giant pyro in the skybox shaking his ass directly into my face. Naturally I found the teleporter that lead to the skybox and did the sniper pelvic thrust alongside the pyro.

[@ShowNoMercy453]

🤣

[@duncanproductions2k6]

"one of the funnest times I had was spawning in and immediately seeing a giant pyro in the skybox shaking his ass directly in my face" is such a hilarious sentence out of context

[@the_epic_memer553]

bro i played that same map on tf2 and me and some other dudes were trying to get a vending machine into the elevator.

[@gordon_freeman2542]

I remember this map, VenturianTale used to play on it.

[@Pfincess]

yeah, it's nostalgic.... but its also sad considering what happened. Poor Bethany and Cierra

[@demonicloaf2100]

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time

[@Agushi]

Really appreciate seeing videos like this, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the weird low-detail maps from early-ish source mapping. Nice to see videos covering stuff like this, always wanted to make similar videos about some of the old rp maps people used to run all the time back in 2006/7 gmod , really crusty maps

[@Max-mi1tz]

I love your music taste, the background music really added to this video for me, along with the great story telling!

[@Doramyplays]

i love the flow you have in your videos, you getting side tracked reminds me of myself and my adhd and i just cant find a way to get bored like... really your vids are so well thought out!!! keep it up dude.😄

[@marlon6598]

1:17 "featuring a big-ass 7 Eleven" Are you an ant by any chance lol

[@MoonStudioAnimation]

Is a "rat"lobber. 😅

[@floralpoboop]

Spawn rooms use to be a basic thing in gmod 7, 8, and even in 9, they were common back then, but most people never played anything older than gmod 11. Soccer use to be pretty big in gmod 8 and 9, and it is likely the train had either a planned func_train or had one but func_trains broke hard in gmod 10. Domo use to be pretty popular back then. I even ended up putting in domo in my first map. My first map also had a airplane cannon and was for gmod 7. I would say that this level is more likely older, or the mapper took old map cliches. Gmod9 was stupid popular before garry newmen actually had valve patch the source engine to break specifically all older versions of gmod. Including gmod 6,7,8, and yes 9. Someone fixed gmod 9 but they only released the fix on filefront, in other words its gone. I had fixed a bunch of gamemodes that were broken back then too and even made a few of my own. I do remember gm_seveneleven in 2010 so yeah.

[@LowTierOnion]

Great content amazing editing love the lore of one of my favorite maps ever.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

I remember playing an earlier build that took place on a super windy night. That was my favorite version for some reason, and I’ve never been able to find it again.

[@TF2Scout..]

That sounds cool ngl.

[@LoLRaNz11]

I played this map a lot of times. Also that intro was fire wtf

[@beamour]

The good thing about Ratlobber is that he cares about his videos. truly Underrated

[@TimSzabo]

Try gm_wangan

[@PollyCot]

This has to be my new favorite channel to whack on in the background. Love it.

[@ericsgabbs]

I was already so happy today and remembering your videos exist made me even happier. Thank you for existing

[@user-rx7ml3uz5s]

Oh god I just woke up and opened up that video even before opening eyes, and I'm on 1:26 and thinking like "hmmm familiar voice" then looked up channel name and got shocked it was my favorite minecrafr youtuber rarbobbwr

[@user-rx7ml3uz5s]

I was sleepy...

[@Shieldclock]

Domo was well known from the website 4chan as early as 2004. He's kinda like a primordial meme

[@austin_the_brimstone]

This map was the first map I played in gmod nearly a decade ago. To me it's my version of construct. It was my go-to for many years. Lots of weird memories running from weeping angels and companion cube NPCs in that dark room....

[@pumparum]

This is unironically such a good video, well done bro

[@supervillianspotlight7042]

Just found your channel! Your editing is great keep it up!

[@juligvazquez]

Bro you just gained a subscriber, I hope you get more. You def deserve way more than what you have.

[@jmacius]

As soon as I got banned on my DarkRP server I was just playing and as soon as I saw this, watched it I felt so much better. Not that I was bothered by the fact I got banned but rather so this video enlightened me. I really do like the contrast and atmosphere your videos have given me and overall, I appreciate you uploading this.

[@user-op1sb3eu6u]

I love those 90's style beginnings to your videos.

[@ertx2083]

I believe another cool thing about the map is that it gives you space to spawn dupes, water to test out any mods that would require it, football court for trying out any rolling physics object or to play gravity gun catch with friends etc, the train station + railways for if you wanna make a train the place it self for roleplaying, point is it has a lot of boxes ticked for a good multiplayer experience its very simple yet very easy to test mess around in which is what gmod is about messing around with stuff and having fun.

[@TheAmazingHerosquad]

It's kinda like an alternative construct, dark room and all!

[@ertx2083]

@@TheAmazingHerosquad yeah!

[@lord_shmeat6276]

Honestly this video brought back so many memories of loving 7/11 and Domo now I remember it all.

[@notNajimi]

The workshop was a later addition to Garry’s mod, so it’s likely that the people who claimed to play the map before 2012 played it on a pre-workshop version of the game and downloaded it from a third party site

[@drphiI]

Heavily dig the visually-fuzzed, late-90's-early-2000s late-nite MTV aesthetic you got going on. Subbed.

[@kevin-fo2ev]

editing with the vaporwave vibes goes HARD, keep it up big man!

[@MrValBar2]

man, I'd love to see you reviewing gm_mobenix, I have a lot of cool memories with that one really glad to have stumbled upon your channel

[@pabblo1]

Man. this map brings me back to 2012, when I first started watching early GMOD videos on KZbin. (This led me to play GMOD for a while, although I stopped playing after my old PC died.)

[@FredbrStudios]

i love the editing style and the aesthetic of this video +1 sub

[@badbitchhamburgers]

holy shit i love your editing style. very well made video

[@spookyy7278]

your vids are so good you def deserve more subs keep up the good work :)

[@ricespinner6237]

the intro alone made me sub instantly. beautiful.

[@feartheb33k33p3r]

i love the editing style of your videos! reminds me a lot of vaporwave and early hypnagogia, you would get a kick out of dj yo-yo dieting.

[@breadspy5974]

There is also a hallway beside the liminal space room that has a wall that disappears and reappears periodically. When the wall is gone it leads to a room with some puddles on the floor and bright floodlights illuminating a pretty grimy room like the rest of the underground section.

[@hishilll5147]

Dude you're editing is so good you deserve alot more views

[@swark348]

Ikr

[@JPav91]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Gmod has a history with Domo going back to the mod days before it went retail. You see… the mattresses from HL2 were skinned with a Domo texture. I don’t recall if this stayed the same in Gmod 9 but I do recall it being a part of 8.

[@theman3343]

That domo promotion actually made it across the pond! I have the cup from the commercial! 7/11 was constantly doing slurpee cup promos and I still have all of mine.

[@monkeysfromvenus]

Just wanted to say that your intro is freaking sick

[@Reanimga]

I remember gm_7eleven being in a bunch of VenturianTale videos, brings back memories

[@doktorkritzisch2702]

I used to get so scared going down the elevator. I remember being so on-edge just nocliping near it way back when I first played Gmod

[@spooncriminal8792]

good job that was super well made

[@savagesam43]

as a gm_7eleven_night enjoyer im glad to see you make this video

[@ashenveil6759]

You didn't mention that semi-secret room in the underground area, did you notice it? It's blocked off by a brick wall that disappears periodically so you have to noclip to reliably get in. I thought it was a nice additional creepy touch to the underground space, it made it feel like someone was trying to hide something down there.

[@DetectiveCam]

6:00

[@geckoafterlife]

Hell yeah, my all time favorite gmod map

[@suspense_comix3237]

When you went into the 7 Eleven I started to have the urge to pee.

[@dimensionalshade8290]

Trainstation rings quite home for me ,living where i do,i would always go to the next village over,there,a small,barely even small house sized building called itself a "train station"the train would come from the steppe to here and then ride away into the endless grass ,the size of the station in his map is basical the same if not bigger then the train station i used here in that village.

[@glogged.]

intro so good i subscribed immediately

[@chillychile1985]

This video seems like a friend in school showing around his favourite map in gmod

[@kairu_b]

Even though it's just 7/11 you made it interesting. I like the dark room😃

[@JayMutts]

My personal favorite was GM_Skydive. It had a sandbox area bigger than Flatland but with a little building you could use to go back up into the plane you spawned in

[@tangyorange6509]

Holy shit I just found your channel, what a goldmine for source

[@obeseperson]

Love this map cuz I can reference it with any friend group, even brand new ones, and they’ll know just what I’m talking about

[@DjLogomoloChannel]

1:11 Hey! I made that red car! Didn't expect to see it here lol

[@webbtail245]

I like how the beginning of each video is like an adult swim bump

[@Nantosuelta]

aahhh Gmod, I spent waaaay too much time playing this game back in the day

[@Derikimi]

Lots of good memories in this map.

[@hypergu]

Holy canoli im glad i found this channel its very nice

[@ThatAngryPunk]

Domo kun was a prop using the mattress model in the base game of gmod 9 so its not surprising to see him used in this way as it was pretty common to see Domo around the internet at the time.

[@BlizzardWizzard]

I remember domo being everywhere when I was a kid, and I never knew there was a show or anything he just showed up, and everyone had something domo. I remember one day at the book fair, I was talking to my friend while we were browsing the shelves and we found a demo note book, I asked himif he knew what the deal was since he was more internet savvy then me, he explained what a notebook was before I specified I wanted to know about the little brown guy. He said he didn't have a clue. And then a few years later it disappeared like it was never here.

[@wc.graphy]

Great content! Subbed!

[@user-bkey]

mundane stores and things are definitely my favorite type of map too, its a funny contrast to whats going to actually happen in multiplayer sandboxes

[@pucco7412]

Sweet jesus how did you make those transitions and that intro, so perfectly retro, i wanna do something like that at some point

[@Nyllsor]

Great review!

[@givemeanonion]

how did i even find this video? i havent played gmod at all in years and somehow this comes up in my recommended with less than 1k views

[@Felix_KS]

alternate Universe: MouseThrower visits mg_8twelve

[@ViKODiN_]

Your intro is so fire 🔥

[@pstewa1]

The Domo collaboration was here in the states. I have the paper cups from that 7/11 promo sitting in my kitchen lol.

[@wellingtonskellington]

vibes remind me of thorhighheels a lot, nice vid; makes me wanna fire up gmod and fuck around on this map for the first time in years

[@Yora21]

Never encountered the words "gross lighting" before, but it's spot on.

[@JonLasaga]

The domo advertising campaign was something that happened in America too and it used to be all over 711s around the time this map came out.

[@sweetdannyandlisa]

"Domo?" *lights cigar* "Haven't heard that name in years..."

[@JP-th8sq]

that spinning carousel is for the bagels/roles with cream cheese or butter. at least thats what was on the one near my childhood home

[@Kombat-xh3kw]

As a kid i was scared to go in the basement 10 years later im not scared anymore

[@CrustyFox87]

I understand, I used to be really scared of Minecraft’s Ender Dragon when I was younger, and the creepy music in the End didn’t help lol

[@Edward135i]

8:07 7/11 is owned by the Japanese company Seven & I Holdings, and there are more 7/11's in Japan than anywhere else the world, so it makes since that they'd have a Domo promotion.

[@pizzazif]

there is this one gmod map that i used to play called gm smileycamp. it's my favorite map because of all the secret lab stuff and the teleports it uses which is stuff that i thought and still think is awesome.

[@pizzazif]

i also really gime gm pantheon.

[@TheUPwner]

i had never even noticed the bunker or the train station, or at least completely forgot about

[@tacostyler]

Earned a sub, you are epic 👍

[@mustash1388]

the security rooms gives off heavy fnaf 3 vibes.

[@lukaakulluka]

such a good and nostalgia fueling video! also wanted to ask if anyone knows what music is playing in the chapter cards cause it sounds extremely good :)

[@36yearsoldgamercrippled49]

nice work!

[@MLP4242]

this video has a cool vibe :)

[@vitonamous]

7/11 will be my favorite map and also the missing texture on the parking space

[@HamguyBacon]

I always believed these companies paid to make maps that would advertise their brands or stores and people would have a fun map to play on.

[@whysosketch7591]

I didn’t even realize I would recognize this many maps

[@friendformationbot]

th term "liminal space" predates the internet's obsession with the concept by about a hundred years :)

[@darkfoxthekitsune]

I love real-life based maps, you're totally right, there is something that feels so..satisfying about it-

[@NickPapison]

that intro 🥲 vry nice 👍 also the liquid d&b is a good choice

[@toweringhorse2054]

Me and my brother spent an unhealthy amount of time on this map as kids. I completely forgot about the train station and had no idea about the bunker in the dark room. I guess we were too scared to explore it

[@toastkicks]

My absolute favorite

[@valettashepard909]

Love the vid, I was wondering what the music you used for the background and transitions