Strange Anomalies in Minecraft Alpha

[@sixtyfour_dd]

why minecraft args always called like “mikegamingdude26”

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

I mean those kind of names were pretty common back then

[@Halfendymion]

Well my ARG (don't worry, it's gone) was called IceWaterGuy12 so I don't know

[@sodicious]

because it is the most generic gamer name ever

[@vik8218]

lack of creativity when creating a channel i assume

[@Promuch971]

Theyre mostly trying to go for the good ol xbox live gamertags

[@randomuser.5356]

When Retro stops talking and lets the footage from the video play out by itself, you know stuff's about to go down

[@Roydoesgamin]

Yeah fr

[@nico.flxurr]

REALL

[@SF124-was-a-taken-username]

From blocks that show the POV of another player, to giant bedrock boxes that play morse code

[@ron133.]

When Retro stops

[@RenataKlimczak-dy7hb]

Fr

[@microwaveplasma_]

How to make a Minecraft creepy pasta/ mystery: 1. Play on an old version of Minecraft 2. Record on low quality and at 5 fps 3. Set your render distance really low 4. Add random creepy noises

[@Mamac2006]

5. cut out the parts where you build stuff so that it mysteriously appears 6. cut out the parts where you travel so it looks like you teleported 7. forget about inventory management so it changes between cuts adding to the mystery 8. add fake bluescreens that bandicam wouldn't be able to capture, don't think about it too much 9. make a different yt account and analyze your mysteries for the clicks

[@microwaveplasma_]

@@Mamac2006 10. secretly activate subtitles and put a secret unlisted playlist link for people to click on

[@Justplaying478]

and make a video about you're own fake mysterie and make money and get views

[@Bari-gd]

​@@microwaveplasma_ 11. should have a name like "willamgamer1234"

[@f2f21f1-xc5yu]

12. Add random strings on signs that is some random binary ascii text you found

[@olzhas1one755]

Imagine going through all this effort to make an ARG and then not bothering to download a period-appropriate Bandicam version.

[@nerveswayHAHA]

Yikes

[@Ovotun]

lol

[@forkrunner2208]

lol. Gotta suspend your belief a bit harder for this one!

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

I once watched a movie that took place in the 19th century and you could spot a car passing by in one of the scenes

[@Jazkal-V420]

@@SneedFeedAndSeed a modern one or one of those real old ones that had little Covering?

[@YelloFelloMC]

these kind of args are so good until all of the sudden they enter "the *space*" and it just becomes science fiction

[@connyaaaa5555]

Exactly and it’s all the same ‘administrative space’ in each of them

[@SQUISHYCANDYGUT]

fr, I’d prefer if it stuck with the original plot instead of branching off to the cliche sci-fi stuff.

[@mr.ducklingcraft1835]

This arg is the only good one with an administrative space, because it was not high tech but more of worlds of diff versions (gateways to the versions) being connected to the administrative space in which anyone could come in your world, it would be creepy if some random person would be on your world, not like mark101 which was ruined due to the high tech factor, but it would be better to not call it administrative space, just give it no name, like seeing those versions of diff worlds in AS was pretty creepy ngl.

[@colbaltmind5696]

I'd like it more if it was like a Truman show kind of thing tbh

[@georgeofhamilton]

It goes from horror mystery to Mojang fanfiction.

[@WNDCFilbert]

the thing that REALLY throws me off about this arg is the bandicam logo. that logo was made in 2017 while all the videos take place around 2010. the original meme bandicam logo was made in 2009, when the recording software was released to the public. other than that, it seems interesting

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

Oof. Major oversight. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

[@Aphelia.]

ikr? the old bandicam logo was all lower letters, they ain't fooling anyone 😭

[@dragonmaster8193]

​@@Aphelia.It's videos from his hardrive

[@phonebinvideos5418]

You literally can’t record a BSOD without like a capture card, so this ARG is pretty sloppy. Even looking over all of the minor oversights like the inventory or hotbar changing when leaving and rejoining, it has mistakes.

[@snowrose124]

the fact that even the best of the best get this wrong bothers me so, so much

[@stormreach1234]

Ok the description at 6:00 just made me laugh with how forced-creepy it was lmao. Oh yeah I was really lucky to find this beautiful mountain range, just a shame it doesn't make up for the DARK EXPERIENCES of my friend *wink wink nudge nudge*

[@orionbarnes1733]

"Dark experiences that my friend experienced", yeah that line completely snapped me out of it. It's like that part in Hbomberguy's video on plagiarism where somebody said "resulting in destructive results"

[@SoapySoappp]

Okay- i didn't know what "Nudge nudge" was at first and my first thought of what "Nudge nudge" was is pelvic thrusting the air.

[@stormreach1234]

@@SoapySoappp That is hilarious, I'm not gonna unsee that now XD

[@therealtony2009]

wow i sure do love this mountain range.. too bad the incident ruined mountains for me

[@anthonynixon3706]

@@therealtony2009 the mountain split his a$$ open

[@nate_bombd3011]

Favorite part is how whenever the person recordings the alpha footage get scared, they instantly leave instead of doing the classic tropes of exploreing, adds a really nice touch of realism.

[@dontkillmynuts5165]

I had a seizure reading this

[@KevinIsNice6984]

He likes how they leave the world when scared instead of exploring ​@@dontkillmynuts5165

[@litterbox019]

@@dontkillmynuts5165 skill issue

[@n4n4sh1_]

​@@dontkillmynuts5165I edge to this

[@MinhkhangTran-ir1pq]

​@@dontkillmynuts5165fr

[@Real_Potato_Man]

9:50 : >sees a sign saying that he should leave >actually leaves shortly after instead of being a typical protagonist and not trying to "solve the mystery" to then end up somewhere freaky

[@S0me0ne_0dd]

Scary sign says leave i not stupid i leave

[@Chainsmoker65]

John: *Stops playing minecraft* Illusion: HEY YOU CAN'T!!! COME BACK!!!

[@epicmeme3264]

John: Nah, I’d stop

[@eepyrz]

Illusion is sad

[@Artyomann]

Literally my first thoughts. Just don't play until the entity switches to someone else

[@wes-y.189]

he seriously needs to do bottom of the void act 2

[@dalias12]

womp womp

[@lukasrgl]

2010: Dude in 2010 having Fun trolling People 2024: STRANGE ANOMALIES IN MINECRAFT ALPHA

[@Paul-h3i]

I aaaaaaagreeeeee woohoo

[@youtubecommentsguy9805]

The videos are from this year

[@AlmyTheAlien]

The ghost story aspect of old Minecraft is one thing, but I don't understand the fascination the ARG community has with this idea of Mojang running a top secret magic ingame admin server that connects two ways to everyone's singleplayer world. I'd genuinely sooner believe the game was haunted.

[@khunt5336]

I think it actually may be the impossibility of it that's appealing? Like that ARG with camera blocks that link to player's worlds. Possible? Not at all, but actually kind of a conceptually interesting look into a sort of parallel universe where that _is_ possible. I think it's more of a fascination with the what if

[@randomlittleidot]

@@khunt5336minewatch?

[@mr_h831]

​@@khunt5336 it's not conceptually interesting when it's legit the only thing happening. There are a MILLION AND ONE CLONES OF THIS IDEA. It's getting old.

[@khunt5336]

@@mr_h831 can't say I necessarily disagree with your point, tbh. To expand upon that, many people are exploring the same concept at slightly different angles, doing their own take on what I would say is an art trend. That art trend rn is oooh spooky Minecraft dimension. I think it's fun that a bunch of (probably) young adults and teenagers are collectively exploring their nostalgia in this way. it's a bit of a zahir for the community at the moment, which kinda happens in small communities. I think you see a lot of repetitive ideas used early on into an art form's development with not a whole lot of unique innovation, so I feel it's probably just a sign that the community is small, refining it's tools, and may well not hit a technical, emotional and intellectual stride for at least another half decade as the artists in the medium mature and new ones are brought in with new skillsets. I think the bright side to the repetition we're seeing now is that if the community is successful in building a core of dedicated artists refining their skills, we'll see an explosion of creativity in the community. On the other hand, the community could just fizzle out entirely if there's not more innovation to bring in new people who will be inspired to contribute more to the scene. That's just my conjecture, though.

[@mr_h831]

@@khunt5336 Well, you outed yourself as old in this post. 😂 It's okay, teenagers call me old too and I'm only 22. 😂

[@Ugottabenoodlin]

I can't express how much I appreciate this channel. The ambience, atmosphere, the fantastic scripting/dialogue. It's all very well done. Great job RGN

[@jinxed-truly]

Can we talk about how dude just opened an iron door by himself without any button or lever or pressure plate

[@hex_tvcx.]

there was a split second of a button being pressed and entry of the teleporter

[@GestaIter]

Nah nah, he’s just a strong guy

[@hex_tvcx.]

@@GestaIter frfr

[@flufftroopers1197]

If I had a nickel for every time RGN covered an Alpha Minecraft ARG where a normal player has a mysterious person join their world, cause their game to glitch out, show them a bunch of anomalies, and teleport them to an Admin Sector in the sky, then I would have two nickels, but its weird that it happened twice.

[@anthonynixon3706]

Nah, if *I* had a nickel for every time RGN covered an Alpha Minecraft ARG where a normal player has a mysterious person join their world, cause their game to glitch out, show them a bunch of anomalies, and teleport them to an Admin Sector in the sky, then I would be a f@!*ing billionaire.

[@hawaiiptiii]

and you know what i eat it up every time

[@GlareMaster]

I once encountered a bunch of redstone torches placed randomly around in a plains biome while I was playing bedrock. Nothing creepy happened though.

[@EchoSpace8486]

Also yeah found similar things that were really weird such as bedrock holes and ghost entities griefing my base. I played on it with friends but it was w world and We were always at the base and it blew up while we werent online. I still have constant reminders of that as some worlds on that pc still have weird occurances

[@BicirikBey]

Same. I was in a server with my friends and we saw redstone torches everywhere. We got scared created a new server, played on that, than 2 hackers joined us and the friend that opened the server never opened a server again.

[@chear8145]

most normal bedrock glitch

[@Ahalkaabi]

wait wait wait it was 4 redstone torches total right? not far from each other

[@zye.]

​@@chear8145There's a reason why some calls it "bugrock"

[@GothicPhantomZero]

He enters a similar "Room 617" at 22:02 in the other version world, Alpha v1.0.17_02, he goes through that lead to "the mines."

[@Wyattporter]

It’s similar but not exactly the same

[@GothicPhantomZero]

@@Wyattporter Right?! Just oh so weird!

[@Kostraproductions]

the first time I watched this I thought he went to Alpha v1.0.16_02 and got way too excited.

[@GothicPhantomZero]

@@Kostraproductions Oh?

[@tdsanti]

@@Kostraproductions same 😭

[@totalsoupsloud]

the REAL scary part, is when the cow dropped 2 leather

[@The_DeltaV]

W-what?! When did that happen?!!

[@dinonuggieincorporated]

😨 I’m h-horrified, I-I’ll never play Minecraft again!

[@Rapgod3hoursclean]

I shuddered reading this comment

[@SoapySoappp]

It shivered my timbers😱😱

[@nemanjastojicic7444]

Whats that mean?

[@_GLXC]

how to make anything scarier: put a date on it

[@BordoBereliCicikus]

Also make it old

[@youtubecommentsguy9805]

Date from at least (!) 10 years ago!!

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

pov: time travel in minecraft. he's talking back and forth to himself on the signs at times.

[@facastello]

17:27 I legit thought my own PC had frozen lmaoo 👌🏻😭

[@theairacobra]

i got scared a bit and instantly looked at my ram and cpu counter at the top to see if its actually freezing, this hit me harder than it would usually because i just fixed my pc

[@LLLexen]

you still use 4:3????

[@georgios1368]

Fr tho 😭

[@SeekPlush_]

Bro, ur still using Windows XP??

[@theairacobra]

@@SeekPlush_ have you heard of fullscreen

[@matthewrease2376]

Nah bruh, if Windows blue screens, your screen recorder is not gonna keep running

[@austinrichard8046]

It was a solar flare

[@anidson2045]

capture card

[@matthewrease2376]

@@anidson2045 no one casually records their screen with a capture card. Also it says bandicam at the top or something like that.

[@LibraritheWizardOfficial]

My computer blue screened right after reading this comment

[@matthewrease2376]

@@LibraritheWizardOfficial 😈

[@Chocolatepenguin]

"Ingrenteds" is not Danish for Ingredient, that would be "Ingrediens". Source: I am Danish myself lol

[@notkyoze]

damn im so sorry

[@muffer62816]

damn im so sorry

[@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow]

Get well soon 🙏

[@gordonf5553]

Damn it. I apologize profusely

[@Anonymous_is_myself]

What does it mean then

[@Fh13_D]

1:30 me when cocaine when me drugs me i

[@Yetygdd]

Yea when I you

[@cassregisterr]

this 95 year old minecraft alpha still has anomalies the old fashioned way

[@NyxKitty]

Man I love this genre of Minecraft mystery analyses. Even if they're obviously faked or if they go nowhere, it's still just fun to get immersed for a bit. Minecraft is so open ended, there's so much room for the creators of them to do interesting things.

[@justincolandro3371]

Absolutely ballistic rn

[@angelaerii]

real

[@TheClassyRob0t1]

conceivably kinetic rn

[@fanndx]

I have no idea what this means but hell yeah

[@calebyayayarl8088]

unrequitedly off-kilter​@@TheClassyRob0t1

[@supranova565]

fr

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

The existence of john game lover makes you think that if you enter names like idk "minecraft fan 1234" you could also stumble upon weird stuff like this. Another great video, i really enjoyed the mystery talked about here.

[@Iamlurking504]

Good idea

[@Iamlurking504]

NO WAY IT EXISTS

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

​@@Iamlurking504 lmaoooo

[@3clipse1guess]

i love how this guy doesnt bother about intros, just straight into the action

[@SlinkySmith59]

thanks for the heart attack at 17:27. genuinely thought my computer had crashed.

[@Mr-Smile4788]

I have seen “Minecraft Alpha 1.0.16 versions.” enough times to know for sure. Alpha Minecraft versions have a lot of scary stories/anomalies around them. *edit* did not expect this comment to get this popular. thank you guys :D

[@Kennysaco]

You do know that this isn’t real right ?

[@Mr-Smile4788]

Yes, I know that all of this is not real.

[@rosytea_]

@@Kennysaco They never speak as if it is true. RGN has covered Minecraft alpha 1.0.16 versions before and they are curious if he'll make an update video. You good?

[@FloppaAppreciationSociet-ds7zf]

Early Minecraft had a real eerie vibe to it, no wonder people started to come up with creepy stories in it. The OG Herobrine pranks were something to behold, the forum post and especially the creepy interrupted stream. The guys behind the latter later admitted to faking all about it, but the story ran so wild some people still believe Herobrine was actually in the game back then.

[@Schneewittchen1310]

Thats why I no longer like these videos. It's not real, or better said too scripted. It's only impactful if it's real or at least believable. Like no creepy pasta will ever be as scary as a real crime.

[@Ashacarlosalbert]

Hi RGN! Just wanted to tell that whenever I see a new thumbnail from you popping at my subscription session a nice feeling runs down through my brain. Its been tough times, but watching you has made me feel much better these days. Ty

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

This video flew by, I was surprised when it ended. I was so absorbed in the story that I lost track of time. I love your way of telling these stories and your editing makes it more immersive. I can't wait for the next update! Have a wonderful day RGN.

[@DUDEBRUHMICE]

I love these types of ARG video essay type videos, and this channel does them almost perfectly

[@supranova565]

like ?

[@DucksAndCatnip]

the fact he called it an "entity" is just so cringe lmao

[@DUDEBRUHMICE]

@@DucksAndCatnip what else you gonna call it?

[@DucksAndCatnip]

@@DUDEBRUHMICE a being. "entity" gives crappy creepypasta vibes.

[@ItsJesanime]

Maybe the teleporters are coordinate dependent and they only connect to their matching coords in the other world they link to. Maybe the teleporter built in room 617 was built by chance in the same coords as where John spawned in, so it happened to link up.

[@youtubecommentsguy9805]

Its a cut in the video dude

[@crossblock9583]

When are we getting deep dives again? 😭 I miss those so much

[@totalsoupsloud]

this requires actual thought from RGN, not like telling a story that already exists. all we can do is give feedback on these videos, and go rewatch the deep dives. He will see a spike in the deep dive videos and want to make another, just for his viewers. if you really want one, make 10,000 bots to go rewatch the deep dives.

[@Cheato64]

Hi. I tried to reply to this, but I think KZbin deleted my comment. So if both show up, then I'll just delete this one. So, I'm pretty sure Retro has explained the deep dives situation a while ago in his discord server. I will try to recall it, but it may not be accurate, so you are always free to join his server and ask him yourself. If I remember, there were two reasons why he has been slowing down with the deep dive content: 1) He has realized that he can't really make infinite deep dives on Minecraft, and I think he realized that this point is near as he feels like he's running out of source material. He said he may make one after every Minecraft update, but we shall see. 2) Opposed to what @totalsoupsloud has said, no, the recent deep dive videos have been performing way below standards. On March 3rd, he explained that out of his 10 most popular videos, not a single one is a deep dive anymore. Either his audience of this channel is changing and/or the algorithm is pushing viewers towards the MC ARG content and away from his Deep Dive videos. It becomes a choice to either put a lot of effort into a deep dive video and expect little benefit or put relatively less effort (some of these other videos may actually take MORE effort) to get a lot more benefit. The return on investment for his Deep Dive series has been declining unfortunately. In regard to this video, he stated that he has been simultaneously working on another project that will take maybe a month or 2 before release. I do not know the exact details, but I'll just say you should stay tuned. This video came out relatively quick because of how non convoluted JohnGameLover as a series is. Just note that he's been recovering from an illness, so expect things to be delayed. I do agree with your sentiment, while his analysis on these MC Webseries/ARG channels are top notch, even better than his youtuber peers by a long shot, I don't want him to become the "MC ARG guy". I do like his other content, like deep dives, icebergs, and his real-life mysteries videos, but the algorithm keeps pushing to these ARG videos. However he is experimenting, so I guess we shall wait to what he will decide. Stay tuned.

[@Raphsophomes]

Theres only so much information yk. He should seriously dig into other games too

[@ivy_47]

this shit isn't effortless 😭 ​@@totalsoupsloud even if the content is mostly left to the viewer to interpret the editing is still superb

[@slidersides]

Still entertaining nevertheless :/

[@hen0tic02]

wow that intro was extremely well made its really nice to see your channel grow in quality and subscribers

[@GDriblets52351]

I love these types of videos, they have a horror element to them, but not anything too bad. Not like jumpscares or anything. These are very entertaining!

[@DaftWullieFeegle]

This intro feels like i'm about to watch an episode of black mirror

[@salty6176]

For me it’s the movement of John that instantly tells me that it’s not an old video

[@dasunyxo7546]

Always a good day when RGN uploads

[@lspacca23]

fr

[@TheUkrainianViking]

fr

[@car_go_brr]

fr

[@TYF2]

fr

[@Kycle4]

fr

[@willywapper]

Shows new items in hotbar "who could have done that?" Maybe himself in gamemode 1 idk

[@enough2014]

did alphas have gamemode 1 ??????

[@fldom4610]

bro its an arg ofc its not real but people tell it and solve it like its real because thats wha args are supposed to be

[@eddykidplayzyt]

Man makes “Worst ARG ever”, asked to leave Minecraft

[@oooshiny272]

0:06 on September 11-

[@Raviolling]

2001, some pointless building were destroyed by Transformers seekers

[@Curlyheart]

2006, LEGO Star Wars II The Original Trilogy, was released for the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP, DS, and GBA.

[@bestoflui]

grow up

[@Raviolling]

@@Curlyheart thank you so much :) I started playing complete saga on my tablet in 2022 and it's changed my life

[@Lucas0221-h4e]

@@Raviollingyou didn’t even know what the wtc did to expand the economy on your fucking country, instead of doing this pointless shit, go read a fucking book.

[@8Eli]

When I hear “administrative space” I think of the other Minecraft ARG with the moon and the devs, a lot of ARGs happen to have some weird “admin” or “developer” thing in them

[@Scoobis925]

Notice how a lot of these ARGs happen only in early versions of Minecraft and not the latest. Gives it an analog horror vibe

[@Blahalel]

i don't find it as scary as some modern versions can be not sure what people find scary about it compared to how weird it feels playing modern singleplayer

[@Scoobis925]

@@Blahalel The emptiness and lack of anything makes it feel liminal in a sort of way

[@wafflechief206]

I was waiting for you to do one on this guy, i discovered him back in March and couldn't figure out anything but it's cool to see you do a video on him.

[@AsdQwertySlashio]

21:51 RGN: mentions about the top right Also RGN: *references to the minecraft label*

[@elatesiren]

Whenever the video gets dark i feel that something will go really wrong and there will be a jumpscare at some point

[@mothman6378]

i think if i was to write a minecraft arg the plot would revolve around the oppressive emptiness and lack of knowledge around early minecraft. i will always think the creepiest version was the earliest console builds, where you'd frequently be awoken in the night to monsters filling your house. maybe it's stampy nostalgia, though. i think i would either cover how empty a world feels while showing signs of player involvement/intention the player is oblivious to or does not know enough about to be scared. when i was young playing early minecraft on ps3 my dog was killed extremely loudly and randomly in one hit as i was walking away from base, it sounded like the dog made ten hurt noises and they stacked on top of eachother, i was so frightened after the literal hours of deafening silence that i left my room and didn't log out of the world; i think i would make that into a plot device in an arg.

[@bulut1185]

Imagine if the main character of these ARG's just stopped playing. =)

[@mr_bubzilla9077]

So happy to see a new upload! Keep up the vibes, man

[@TheStarshipGarage]

Came across the JohnGameLover channel awhile back, forgot about it until just now. Nice to see that you're covering it!

[@narutofan4673]

Mom: you're grown up how you shit ur pants over an block game? Me: alpha minecraft night irl Mom: makes sense ig

[@JimmytheDestroyer-x5v]

minecraft arg: Step 1: Go back and play a alpha or any old version of minecraft Step 2: play the game normally and record footage Step 3: Edit in sounds to pretend theres something with you Step 4: stop recording, build a structure, record and say it was a structure you didnt build

[@QUIKCaspa]

Exactly lol, I think these videos are just minecraft horror stories that aren't true but still entertaining I'd love if there was something in own minecraft worlds but it was rare for it to have an interaction but unfortunately all of these "Mystery's" are just fake

[@captain_wren1]

No way!! another upload hyped to see this.

[@Overtrains]

17:36 is a interesting moment. Why does the Technical Information say „STOP” with then some random code?

[@windows2v]

That's normal windows 7 blue screen information (the error corresponds to hard drive errors or software corruption)

[@Overtrains]

@@windows2v Ah! Good to know that.

[@baconlettucepotato69]

13:48 "As he picks it up, it does not go into his hotbar as it should." Me: Big deal. "It's almost as if _something else_ has picked it up for him." Me: *NOPE. NUH UH. NOT HAVIN' THAT.*

[@parkerrizner4769]

Yo when I was reading this is perfectly went in sync with the video lol

[@Tistan01]

FINALLY! An ARG that isnt just oooh spooky monster

[@Doom_Rooster]

Feels weird to watch a video about an ARG that not only is still in progress but that I've also stumbled onto by accident when I first found out about it

[@hellsnowkid]

That intro was so cool and tryppy, loved the sound effects too!

[@J1nsie]

Alot of Minecraft alpha creepypastas being released recently 🔥🔥

[@Graulas]

Because they’re so easy and low effort to make

[@ZeGamerZ-]

We need a ARG in modern Minecraft

[@EnderPlaysTrolo]

​@@ZeGamerZ-i should try that

[@Eokoi]

@@Graulas but they are better than 99% of modern content, so why not?

[@Graulas]

@@Eokoi debatable

[@RandomRandomer-to9gx]

Was only a matter of time before RGN covered this…

[@flarerik]

I like how Retro just casually recycles an old opening narration for the opening of this video, which itself is about yet another spooky "I got into the secret admin space that totally exists" ARG- in other words, introducing a rehash with a rehash of his own. Bravo.

[@nehirWithAHat]

i hate when I think i find an interesting video about a really weird bug and it just turns out to be fuckass arg like okay

[@ComicalBonzo]

9:17 i will never be able to hear his music without also hearing "the cows are everywhere" lol

[@Blahalel]

a bovine tsunami

[@soulglitcher]

Making a spooky arg myself sounds like it'd be really fun; I love these things.

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

Got any ideas?

[@soulglitcher]

@@ProGremlinPlayer A world that actively tries to make the player stop playing. It's a seed that is shared between a few characters, and which retains memory between different instances of it. The world itself is against the players, and can change how the game itself works. So it could do anything from being in a different version than the instance of minecraft, causing a certain type of block to have gravity to destroy a player's house, or even something like causing mobs to instead spawn in light. The idea is derived from the spookiest parts of minecraft horror, where something as small as a redstone torch without an origin becomes a reminder of something unknown out there. Small stuff that later turns into larger stuff.

[@OkamiAmaterasu.]

@@soulglitcher Could be a cool mod tbh

[@soulglitcher]

@@OkamiAmaterasu. Thanks!

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

The power is out, and I'm outside at night, perfect time to watch this video!

[@TensyWasTaken]

Data, I assume?. W choice

[@AAplefritter]

that intro was AWSOME! great job! :D

[@asianturtle6427]

18:20 this arg predicted the subtle foreshadowing meme lol

[@K4rmy]

14:37 - When player ask them for the name, they reply with base64 encoded string "aWxsdXNpb24=", which after decoding says "illusion"

[@Kingdomofnoobs]

The thing I hate about these "Scary Minecraft Rabbitholes" is that, Ive been around minecraft and the videos since the game was still in alpha. I can tell when things are recorded more recently on better hardware. If you go back to old videos, they are all terrible. Even the best ones dont have smooth frame rates. But most of these spend all the effort to lower their settings to make it look as old as possible, and then record the video at 240 fps or something. It just completely takes me out of it. The first videos showing the telepoter were mostly fine, but Im at the August 14 and 15th videos "diamonds" and "cool world gen" and it is so obscenely obvious that the footage isnt old. I like to suspend my disbelief for these videos, since they are interesting and fun, but when the "old" video is running minecraft at a higher frame rate than consoles can achieve, it just breaks down

[@patrykjaskowski4226]

1:53 "how do all these squares make a circle?!"

[@DeathBoomSFM]

i think i found out something, this is a friends teleporter but when he tried it, he showed what his friend experienced, but once he mentioned the "dark experiences" by his "friend", i think he was the reason his friend hated him, for trying something that HE made, tried and hid it from his friend for a whole, maybe he also wanted him NOT to record it to hide it from everyone about what his friend experienced... i feel like his friend is mad about him...

[@shanemoss3112]

i think that the people who were not around in the early early minecraft days don't realize how genuinely scary it could be. there was something about the quality of the textures, and the lighting, that was incredibly unsettling deep underground and in the dark of night. Minecraft has come a long way in it's efforts to beautify but the very first versions of the game (think x's adventures in minecraft for instance) were some of the spookiest times in minecraft history. even now they are attempting to recapture that feeling with things like the deep dark, and end cities. but the reality is, it's polish and sheen make the whole experience more cartoonish and less...creepypasta territory. it's crazy that these to eras are the same game and thats to say nothing of the time inbetween like the herobrine creepypasta. ok soap box going away now lol.

[@halberd-3291]

I appreciate the props you put on this story. I get the feeling most people would rather mock it. Good stuff - when or if it finishes I hope you cover the full AndrewGaming67 saga. It’s a great story at least so far in my opinion.

[@JamesR624]

*sigh* More low effort ARGs..... Protip: If you're recording your PC's screen and it blue-screens, the recording would not capture it as that screen would mean ALL programs have frozen; INCLUDING whatever software is being used to capture the screen. Either that video file would be lost, unable to be uploaded or at the very best, the video recording would just end at the crash. The only explination is IF they were recording, and playing in, a virtual machine, which; given the story up till now, would make NO sense.

[@EncyclopediaQuirkstonia]

This channel needs more recognition ❤

[@Jazkal-V420]

Lads, get up, Retro's got another Minecraft ARG video out.

[@Isimsizo]

I love your videos about investigating Minecraft ARGs! Keep up the AMAZING WORK! Looking forward to more videos like these, and of course: I hope you enjoy making these videos as much as we enjoy watching them!

[@thelemonsheep7257]

3:34 FTB stone block jumpscate

[@craftman_yt]

Welp, (judging by the comments) I think we are experiencing the 'ARG Fatigue' in the MC community. It has already come (and passed) in the GMod community. Give it some time, and people will be interested again.

[@Cheetahhurricane]

Do you plan on making coverage on other ARG’s? (Stuff like UNALTERED66, etc.)

[@Cheato64]

What even are those?

[@pizzalover1525]

I think he should also do one on The Sun Will Never Shine, I haven't seen anyone else do a video essay on that yet

[@bugsmith9751]

wow! this is mind blowing stuff! and the hotbar changes clearly arnt a sign of the person editing the video and recording different times, but instead proof! what a wild situation

[@Ryanwheatley07]

Dude I somehow stumbled upon your channel and I wanna say that I love your into dude, that's was absolutely sick my dude.

[@ultraturbosoggy]

Man that intro goes unnecessarily hard. Very good work and great video!

[@northyw64]

this is definitely an oddity in minecraft alpha

[@ilovewaffles321]

Oh fr? Never could’ve realized that without your insightful comment

[@george1717]

id say its more of a strange anomaly

[@northyw64]

​@@ilovewaffles321 your welcome 🤑

[@haka-katyt7439]

​@george1717 which has perchance, been discovered

[@ilovewaffles321]

@@northyw64 😎👍

[@theexpanse1371]

a new rgn video drops: time to stop what im doing!

[@DragonActual]

Couldn't be more creepy than the world merge glitch

[@minefromusic]

First person to light a nether portal must have been like: "dad?"

[@_i_c_]

I said this before on someone else’s video on JohnGameLover, but it’s extremely odd to me how similar the series is to one I covered, now called minecraft mention reuploads! Could it be the same guy making a second attempt? I really have no idea.

[@bubbles710]

While i know its not related to this video, i watched almost all your videos and found myself questioning what is a creeper, then during one of your videos i passed a comment that made an interesting suggestion. It was your disk video and the comment suggested that the creepers are actually spy tools created by rival ancient builder factions to spy on each other hence why they blow up, are camo colored, and spawn at night despite not burning in the day and why they are so sneaky. On the point of disks maybe the origin of the music disks was actually transcribed codes for the different factions and they had some technology that translated the song into the various things they observed. If we think of the skeleton as an ancient builder then maybe thats why only they know how to get the disks out of them. Theres still a bit of wiggle room to this theory and i again apologize for not bringing this up in a theory video comment section but those videos are several years old and i figured it would be easier to get the word out through the most recent video

[@Kuziek_]

Its 0:47 for me rn, we getting nightmares with this one

[@adeveth]

3AM 🫡

[@3disme]

@@adevethlol

[@OversizedPringleToe]

I love how you make such incredible videos for tiny low quality channels.

[@jackhall4254]

Ngl that intro gave me some nostalgia for doctor who's intros. Also nice to see this being talked about and analyzed finally.

[@wiadran_]

those arg videos from you are the best

[@urlocal_hotdog1]

1:35 this is trippy

[@WillKTaylor]

Did anyone else notice the splash text at 13:38?

[@fireflyyt6644]

You mean the Phobos anomaly?

[@Hissen.]

I thought for the first time this video is trolling but.. im now scared of old minecraft..

[@LordDanielG]

The fact I discovered John's channel, instantly knew it's an ARG and I just thought "imagine RGN make a vid about it"

[@yojackchill6652]

u instantly knew it was a arg? r u the real Sherlock Holmes

[@LordDanielG]

@@yojackchill6652 It was pretty obvious. An recently uploaded alpha version video with strange activities on a small channel trying desperately to seem normal and 2000s like

[@yojackchill6652]

@@LordDanielG dont think it was trying desperately to seem normal, there was a teleport

[@LordDanielG]

@@yojackchill6652 I mean the channel overall. I wasn't hating, it's just that the style of 2000s Minecraft let's play channels of 12 y/o's is just part of aesthetic of such ARGs

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

sameeee lol