the deepest osu iceberg: explained

[@Frenzy]

Very informative video. Watched the whole thing in one sitting. Pretty scary how twisted some people are in this community tbh

[@KokoroKatsura]

HUGE ANIME BREASTS

[@Phos7x]

i did not expect to see Frenzy of all people on here ngl

[@imageunfold246]

whats up frenzy

[@JovanLagrotta]

@@Phos7x right? lol nice crossover

[@kleinmike]

Didnt expect a Zombies Legend under this Video.

[@Glarses]

this was really enjoyable. got to relive some funny (and... eerie) moments

[@Bytesy]

do you play osu?

[@user-ls1ef1dh5j]

Keyboard man.

[@mal0gen]

keyboard boi

[@yungjohnny]

Build me a keyboard jk

[@kanecitizen]

@@Bytesy he's an og

[@raynboy6448]

I never thought that the osu community was a very huge lore with some deep stuffs. Very interesting

[@RieMUisthegoaT]

Wdym It's a big 14 years community

[@logicss2893]

@@RieMUisthegoaT you'd be surprised to know thats not true

[@joey7107]

@@logicss2893 wait, what do you mean by that? ( Im asking )

[@wigo9710]

@@logicss2893 osu was released on september 16, 2007 so yes it is a 14-year old community

[@wigo9710]

@@logicss2893 which also has a lot of 14 year olds

[@suhudude]

You definitely ended it off with a bang. I personally enjoy your documentaries a lot, so even if it's not osu i'll be here

[@naim2729]

Dude same

[@synergy9853]

Same here

[@sexyarmpit3915]

same here

[@cir1l109]

Same

[@darkpicture3]

WYSI LIKES aftegfshzhf gaff ystfy z

[@elwinzkji]

Some inaccuracies/additional info I’d like to point out: Lazer has been in development since 2014 or 2015, maybe even eariler. Cookiezi got banned in 2013, not 2014. The one who gave Cookiezi the cheats was a guy called failed. Cookiezi got unbanned in 2015, not 2016 Sort of related but in 2016 I sold my account to Seiko (Ben) and he got it from a high 3 digit to top 30 or 40 before getting banned (which did take a while). We were good friends but he’d try to make me do the most ridiculous shit sometimes just so his cover wasn’t blown lol. I still do miss him though! Rest in peace

[@shavitush]

development on laser hasn't been a thing until late 2016 (source: i had access to literally everything, it just didn't exist). they had design changes planned as well as the idea of going open source at the same year but they only started working on it a few months after the source code leaks

[@Zelepha]

I'm kinda surprised there's not more lore around ben,gwel and other people around him, they managed to break the whole game with more than 2k multis, did the best hack client with a smother game than mcosu and was also in the top 100 with like 10 accounts without anyone noticing it lmao... This guy was a legend RIP :(

[@xieldd-2200]

@@Zelepha what happened to him?..

[@Zelepha]

@@xieldd-2200 he died a few years ago from overdose

[@pinkydash]

I'm from Germany and I still remember the Marcel Heße situation, it really disturbed and disgusted me and it still does to this point. But I didn't know that he is/was related to osu. Anyways, great video I really enjoyed watching it! Good work!

[@ivorykharmahne]

I remember the Marcel Heße situation back in 2017, he was apparently spotted going to my school nearby (false alarm) and I had to spend 9 hours there waiting for our class to be brought out lol

[@muchdoggo6208]

Yeah i also remember the days this all happened, it was really disturbing back in the day and still is. This guy was a sick fuck

[@sadfasdfdfasf5372]

"Related" is kinda a big stretch he has like 1k plays and didn't play since 2015

[@amp4105]

he only had 15hr playtime its like putting him in a csgo iceberg because he played cs

[@MK-dp2xc]

been part of the community since 2015. this is way too nostalgic and is now probably one of my favorite videos on the internet.

[@bartiii497]

osu iceberg 7th tier: launch quits forever

[@DyDam-go2qy]

Referring to his quit video?

[@Lance0]

launch is banned on bancho btw (i think?)

[@LChristo]

Hey man thx for the shoutout at 21:40, but just wanna correct that I cheated over a year b4 I ever joined the BNG; hell it was before I was a ranked mapper haha. It just happened to take THAT long for it to be discovered and exposed, was a dumb thing to do and only ever had regrets since haha. Love the vid tho man!! (edit: also to add I was restricted for around 4 months about a week after the reddit post and got an extra 6 months sanction afterwards from the BNG, it has since ended at the end of September so I can and will return to the BNG soon-ish. I would've been happy to have told you this before to help out with the video but I thought I'd leave this comment anyways!)

[@launchh]

gl

[@hamhampangpang_customer]

stands for good licking

[@amp4105]

once a cheetah always a cheetah

[@Warzone3571]

Holy shit dude, i forgot you were a BN at the time LOL glad you finally came clean in the end.

[@LChristo]

@@Warzone3571 yeah nah it was a good year before that hahaha, anyways is what it is was a dumb thing to do

[@ZacharyCarter4]

Cookiezi's "pp cat" is actually named "Rascal" from the Japanese game "Neko Atsume" or "Cat Collecting"

[@Nisixya]

the one he has is rascal

[@ZacharyCarter4]

@@Nisixya fixed!

[@stuffedbrains]

Neko Atsume is the fucking bomb, love that game. Shame it got the Mobile Game mentality

[@MarianBaci]

Still pp cat

[@nightflare27]

So that’s why it was familiar

[@t4hN_YT]

This is basically the "But wait, there's more" to the first osu! iceberg video

[@EchterGeheimagent]

its his second

[@casshums]

The uncomfortable feeling knowing a good 80% of these makes this iceberg honestly really fun to watch. Been playing since 2011, on and off, but always kept an eye on the community. All of its just wild to me, thanks for the memories haha :D

[@kontrollieren]

marcel got declined at the military, wanted to khs because of that, failed and wanted to do something prison worthy, he killed the 9yo and hid at a old friends house, when the friend saw what he did he wanted to speak to him and got killed. later that day he went to a pizza store and told them to call the police and got arrested... crazy that this guy was at the same school that i'm in rn

[@artun42]

спасибо друг за инфу!

[@YumiNeeosu]

thats some deep shit right there

[@Hmm-kj3fj]

What the fuckkkkkkk

[@deltatwoforce]

ohne witz als das passiert ist war das so fucking gruselig, ich wohnte auch in NRW und als nach ihm gefahndet wurde hat jeder panik gehabt und meine eltern auch weil ich halt mega jung war

[@riri_doesnothingatall]

holy shit

[@taikaherra8937]

"I ended off with a bang." -Launch Hell yeah you did! This was the most interesting video I have seen from you, no cap. Still, I hope the best for you and for the path you are heading.

[@krinkle3689]

Last was for sure the creepiest. A bit sad that I was late to your channel. This was quality content. Good job & good luck!

[@ganliuurl]

i was dead when he said "apparently a osu player getting married is on this iceberg"

[@xwingg]

The last one is really crazy tbh

[@Warnerbrothers123]

Oh man, that was a good video. Very good with the information and extremely dark during the end. I never really knew much about OSU other than the big popular creators. If I had to vote on a deep iceberg on a game, this is probably my top pick. Love your content launch, have a great day.

[@launchh]

osu is the darkest game ive ever played, and thanks for the nice words

[@nordwjick6663]

You were my favorite content creator on osu and one of my favorite content creators in general. I'm kind of sad that you are not going to upload anymore, but i'll thank you for the videos you made soo far. I'm happy that you made this last video and didn't just announce it with a short 30 second video. Thanks for everything launch. See you next time!

[@TonioDND]

Damn i can't imagine the work behind this video, it's sad to hear that you'll move on from osu! content, but you shouldn't force yourself if you don't feel comfortable continuing like that :3

[@Torquematterz]

This was super nostalgic, haven’t played OSU hardcore in years but i had definitely forgotten about a lot of this stuff. Great content

[@Kiake]

Well made video, the climax made with the sound while you describing situations really made me shit my pants. I had to "spoil" parts of the video to not get caught with an hidden jumpscare that you could've eventually put but it turned out there wasn't any. Good job, keep going.

[@pidgy9951]

I'm surprised to not see Rohulk's catastrophe. i was looking forward to it since i didnt know much about it, ive just (regrettably) watched his Phub video and nothing more to it.

[@NiceWeebBro]

interesting iceberg explanation video! personally loved the music selection, Yume 2kki and OMORI OSTs are brilliant choices for a video like this also god, that last story was horrible and definitely quite the jump from all the other iceberg entries

[@mlemingcapoo]

haha i heard omori soundtracks too

[@hoseoksrealwife]

crazy how deep the osu history goes

[@raphu2272]

your avy is cute aa

[@hoseoksrealwife]

@@raphu2272 thank you :D is that ahri in yours?

[@redpersonMORDHAU]

8:50 HIDAMARI ONE IS SO CURSED

[@YumiNeeosu]

you started uploading again! lets gooo

[@redpersonMORDHAU]

@@YumiNeeosu Thanks!

[@simpfy9537]

Anyone got the sauce to that video, i wanna have it for research purposes…

[@arbuziec6424]

same thing was around in league of legends community. During worlds this year many EDG fans (chinese team) uploaded videos on twitter where they were watching the finals on laptop, tv, tablet etc. while having sex

[@redpersonMORDHAU]

@@arbuziec6424 even more cursed since it's chinese lmao

[@tntkit]

Never got in touch with the community much and this vid helped me a lot. Thank you for making the video and goodbye o7.

[@Luccaluke]

There are definitely some things missing such as "Kirito is legit" and "Reese, get the camera!"

[@faizyusuf2470]

ReeseWasHere :^

[@katiouss]

Just finished watching the whole thing. I can't believe how this game's history is actually very scary. It is still very fascinating to see. Worth the watch if you are just scrolling down!

[@wektorus]

I love how his voice is so fricking deep, but his personality is a whole different level, from sounding mean and rude, to actually being sweet and nice.

[@launchh]

duality of man

[@itzlqmer6084]

It's like people at the gym when you look at them they're buff asf and will probably pick on you but in reality they're nice people who want the best for you on your journey of working out

[@alphalostcontrol]

@@itzlqmer6084 nice

[@Taboomix]

@@itzlqmer6084 lmao

[@nou-jn6uz]

wysi

[@daurensarsembin5588]

There are actually 3rd very likely possibility regarding bikkos’ case. TL;DR: bikko is a Korean living(or lived) in Russia. The context is that there are a lot of Koreans living in post-soviet countries(around 500k according to wikipedia). A lot of them know Korean language and culture, and some of them sometimes decide to go back to Korea. In bikkos’ case, if his ip is really Russian, then bikko is probably just a Korean living in Russia that chose to play under Korean flag, because well, he is a Korean. Maybe he even later moved to Korea, but the my point is clear.

[@goingindieEN]

Interesting.

[@onx1]

Could be the case

[@whyareyoulookingatthislol]

also bikko has the trans flag on their twitter profile and they like stuff to this day,

[@blankblank5440]

@@whyareyoulookingatthislol I don't understand why people are noting random things like this about random people. Why does this all matter?

[@Slippy100]

Can. N

[@jmir1]

Just wanna say that you made some of the best content documenting this game's history, which is really important imo. I wish you the best of luck with whatever comes next for you. You clearly have a talent for making videos so if you decide to keep at it, I'll be here to watch :)

[@Orteiga]

Your'e missing thelewa :( He was one of the greatest, if not the greatest high acc players of his time with insane URs. my comments keep getting deleated, so youll just have to google it. there is a thread on the forums titled "Leevi "thelewa" Juusela 1995-2018" by a friend of his explaining what is last known about him. its realy tragic. rest in piece hoarseborn, you're a legend.

[@dendrotek]

the 727 thing got layers to it. a top player got unbanned after hacking (to “delete his account”) and then beat 2 other players scores on blue zenith which got him 727 pp, which is also why he originally said “when you see it”😭

[@SanteriP]

I have some traumatic personal experience with "Zallius' eyes have awoken" from when I was young and stupid. didn't know it doesn't happen anymore tho

[@EpochIsEpic]

Hell of a bang launch! Thanks for all of the entertainment and I wish you good luck on any future endeavors!

[@alatreon7451]

The guy who says ‘Riddle me this, Riddle me that. Who’s afraid of the big black’ is actually the Riddler from Batman in one of the older movies. The full line is ‘Riddle me this, Riddle me that. Who’s afraid of the big black Bat?’

[@xyezu2363]

launch quitting content creation is just sad to hear from you but I hope you do well so in your bright future best of luck out there 0/

[@krissyeva]

somehow out of all of the communities i've been in, osu seems to have the most history with suicide and dark shit ...

[@vfxgolden]

the last one bro, gave me the chills, good fking job on the video bro!

[@SalmonParadise]

Bruh rip, hope youll do well. You will be remembered as one of the best osu content creators :)

[@ChukiTheWolf]

Wow... Dude.. thats the best osu! video! i liked so much!

[@miiller364]

Wow it didn't even feel like the video is 40 mins long because it was so damn good, keep it up with the amazing content!

[@Riyoe]

Idke is back! Got to tune in to his first osu stream in 2023 and I'm glad he's back and trying to improve again (despite quitting his rank still above btmc LUL)

[@HeyMika]

Man I loved your videos and I still do. Just as you said you wanted to leave this here with a bang, and you totally did. I really enjoyed watching this and every other video you made. Everyone has to go on so I just wish you the best of luck and have great life on whatever you will do! You just made my day with this video!

[@qn2x]

never did i even think there was this much story behind osu!. i honestly really enjoyed watching all of this, i learned so many new things and will remember most of them for sure. i appreciate your time into making this video!

[@jn4h]

i'm so depressed that you're quitting, loved your content bro. Have a good one.

[@mydogjustranaway]

Since i was also interested in howl bc of fornite (lmao) I remember looking at a video talking abt what happened to howl (it also mentions the osu stuff and all of that) so basically he sold his videos for bitcoin, because “they were to good for the community” gonna miss you launch, great video

[@polesragge755]

I wanna point out some info on the Marcel Hesse story at the end Im swiss so i can understand all the news No Marcel didnt killed a woman but killed his 22 year old friend after he asked him to stay a few days with his friend. His friend basically woke up the next day and looked through the news. After he saw That basically Marcel is a wanted criminal, he wanted to confront him. Marcell then killed his friend with 58 Stabs and after a few days he handes hinself over to the police in a restaurant.

[@merutaa639]

awesome vid, loved how it got darker as it went on. take it easy now that you're deciding to quit. take care, watched till the end, fav part definitely had to be the bottom of the iceberg. It was the biggest shock and definitely deserved to be at the bottom

[@multyrain]

Not sure if this counts, but if you check the skin folder for the uberlegen skin you can actually find another folder inside which contains images of some pretty edgy stuff...

[@LiLTzuly]

Link?

[@okanoyuki]

link??

[@gordeniamcflurrian]

the folder is "rare moments"

[@gordeniamcflurrian]

aw man the reply got deleted

[@TheREALPlasma_101]

Love the use of OMORI tracks in the iceberg, and overall great video!!

[@benecrim1724]

This felt like horror story telling lol

[@sploot1143]

Holy shit. Probably the most fascinating ice berg I've seen. Thanks for showing up in my reccomended

[@1mpossa]

beatmap pack 139 about to get a 1000% increase in downloads lmao

[@locixx]

I like how the music gets darker and darker as the video goes on, really good job, this enjoyable video should get more appreciation! :D

[@firest752]

missed the opportunity to end off with "see you next time"

[@daviegravy995]

this is an insanely high effort video, thanks for everything man

[@SchiKrom]

morgen cheated his cs go plays as well, we used to have the same private cheat and he was the one selling it for the coder, however he scammed people behind the coders back so he got kicked out

[@VTamas3512]

damn

[@shavitush]

this isn't true, he was just a consumer of it

[@sadjj]

And i oop-

[@catpurrn]

@@shavitush omg real shavit.... nah but bro you still play kz?

[@shavitush]

@@catpurrn once in a blue moon

[@FreddyZeNerd]

This video was amazing, I love it so much! I'd love to see what content you come up with next, whatever it may be!

[@gabrielbr1459]

I've been in the community for years, and didn't know abt a lot of these stories, thanks for the video, must've taken a lot of time to edit it

[@sonnenblumenkerne2499]

i was so confused when i saw marcel hesse on the thumbnail. i'm german and remember his ugly face from all the news coverage from back when the incident happened, but i never knew it was covered outside of germany or that there was any connection to osu! (second part being the reason for the confusion)

[@screayx]

Absolutely the same. And at every point I was just like "did he just clickbait and took a random photo" and was waiting for the story to come up, but when I least expected it, it actually did.

[@utadayoCH]

Funny fact about Zallius - back in time he used to spectace people if they were suspected for cheating

[@retrolyzee]

That was such a good video, your story telling is on point for this kind of content. After I've watched it all I was like "Wtf I forgot that was a 42m video" lol. Btw you ended it with a bang and I hope to cya next time

[@mikhailrogers5628]

"He only played spunout" Damn. I guess only weirdos have spunout on.

[@mlemingcapoo]

i love it when u use OMORI's soundtrack in the video. Btw nice video, keep it up!

[@uriamiranda3953]

Incredible video, and thank you for the hours of joy that you give me with your videos, and what a way to end ( sorry for my bad english i am from Brazil)

[@launchh]

ofc !

[@naim2729]

Dude you have my respect,i hope you're doing well in things you want in the future,best of luck👍

[@dungmobi80]

Goodbye launch you have release so much interesting videos. You will be missed

[@pixelslick_old4057]

it's been a great ride watching your videos man, sucks to see you leave the community but what are you gonna do. i hope whatever you choose to do next works out well for you man ✌️

[@danilobatricevic4651]

And with that, he's added himself to the iceberg.

[@han-gyul6240]

Launch, this was a great video, I'd say you certainly ended it off with a bang. Best wishes to you in the future

[@launchh]

[@Pwassoncru]

By the way, the spinning technique using the whole mouse pad actually works so well … I’m spinning at 420 regularly using this, without any effort, just doing huge circles instead of small ones.

[@prismatic3695]

Good luck doing that with a large 400x400 mm mousepad though.

[@okaymuddy]

Never thought I'd get recommended a osu iceberg before

[@KinokoAro]

The first time I played Osu! Was 3 years ago, but I didn’t play seriously until this year And NGL, this game has surprisingly dark bits of lore

[@NickSharpx]

Great video, amazing work and nice narration! I'll add one more entry by saying, RIP thelewa :(

[@jukedem]

Launch really said the MrBoom method is a skin LMAO that’s hilarious he’s still going with the joke

[@m3iconn470]

bro im just sitting here watching some fking videos about osu and all of the sudden you talk about marcel hesse a guy from my city this legit gave me some of the worst creeps and goosebumps of my whole life imagining that such a monster would play something that i play gives me a weird feeling

[@mercamia]

there will be a time where a president is secretly an osu! top player

[@arthurkmn6925]

idk how to put in words this but i really like the type of videos that you made, mainly the documentary style videos, and i will miss your content a lot, thank you for existing on this community

[@shaerlocke3308]

omori music really fits with this iceberg

[@dennynguyen9961]

imo the best commentating on any osu video i've watched. imo the best osu video i have ever watched.

[@ACrawford00]

It really upsets me when people talk about Cookiezi in the military. That was a lie he never had to go to the military. He literally lives in Japan. Other Japanese people can confirm this, it’s quite insane honestly.

[@GameSharkN64]

He moved to Japan from Korea so that's an interesting one too if u think abt it.

[@lach6093]

don't you still have to go to the military service as long as you have a korean citizenship?

[@ACrawford00]

​@@lach6093 I'm like 99% sure that if you become a citizen somewhere else they won't make you move back for it. Imagine if your parents are Korean but you are born somewhere else, they wouldn't send you mail like "show up or else"

[@rubyy.7374]

@@ACrawford00 I don’t know much about him, but if he were to become a Japanese citizen, he’d have to renounce his Korean citizenship.

[@rayaya3342]

Not sure if this is a joke or not

[@KissShotMokou]

I enjoy your content a lot I think you have great videos although not as thorough as I would like them to be they are still pretty good, a Great video to end it on, best of luck on your future endeavors!

[@kwinoh7772]

15:35 That's a cool number of SS's ngl.

[@RYLF41th]

wysi

[@user-qp3hv5vs4t]

Strager also owned the first account named "Annonymouse"

[@Jack_8705]

11:47 this part is wrong, back then scores could be submitted and the map could be changed after, but the scores woiuld stay. As you can see those plays have higher combo on the first one and afaik score was also different for those that have the same combo.

[@cutenynx822]

Wow, I never thought some of these people could be found on Osu. Great video man

[@Asr.-]

Thank you, now i have a PhD in osu lore.

[@nickelisblind]

I respect you bro, your effort put into your long ass videos are enjoyable. I'll stay subbed for as long as I can!

[@laiyt]

please dont stop making osu content, only urs is quality and nice to watch

[@idValkyrie]

I'm not even playing OSU but got hooked up because of how intriguing, weird yet informative it is. No clickbait or anything, just straight-up great content!

[@Pannadela]

Hi, about that hidamari on ass incident... I know the guy behind it and i can say that he is kinda... weird. We started contacting somewhere in october 2019 and he seemed like a chill and nice guy. Somewhere in november 2019 he told me that he is going to visit his girlfriend in some eastern country (i will try to not reveal too much). He was sending me photos and videos from there, he was telling me how his gf is nice and such. Our contact broke somewhere in december 2019/january 2020 and it was an aftermath of two things: 1. The said hidamari incident, where it showed out that it was his gf whom he used to play a role of a prostitute 2. His ex's problems which (in shortcut) made her go to psych ward (that was actually the cause of the hidamari vid) We renewed our contact in like august/september 2021 (and I've done that only to do reports to his ex from that eastern country if he changed). He didn't change. He was still that manipulative, creep-like person who tried to make me his by various things (like sharing his private life, trying to give me money, promising that he will gift me some things etc). However, i didn't get manipulated and i ignored all his deeds. Even when he told me that he is going to meet up with me in the city i am studying i tried to avoid that, which was successful - i left to my hometown in the same time as he was there. Ngl that actually made him mad so he blocked me everywhere and called me out i am ghosting him lol. The only thing i regret is that i am no longer able to report what is he doing to his ex. That was fun tho. So, dear girls, if the one-eyed guy texts you, don't answer, just block him on the spot and report. Don't get manipulated by him. I resisted that, but there are people who might not be that strong. Be aware🍷 P.S. forgot to mention that he is still stalking his ex from eastern country from random twitter accs

[@woaheggo3195]

no way pannadela

[@Pannadela]

@@woaheggo3195 yes, this is me

[@jswitch3005]

In csgo there are alot of russians who'd have a korean flag but just actually lives near korea and japan. It's possible Bikko was never korean but due to probably made his account around that area of Russia so it shows that his flag is Korea.

[@Raemey]

8:35 this feels like a cursed meme lmfao

[@refrainn]

i dont know why, but sapphireghost story got me rly hard. theres nothing special about it, ppl quit games, especially osu, i quit it too, but their profile gives me weird feeling. i cant describe it with many cool words, but like... very important things in this profile are just frozen in time now or something?... anyway i hope theyre ok also the video is very interesting to watch, thanks for being as brief as possible :)

[@kekosaurusrex2370]

ngl one of the best videos i've ever seen regardless of being osu content or not well done sir

[@fFrequence]

man, the last one was really deep

[@KokoroKatsura]

HUGE ANIME BREASTS

[@fFrequence]

@@KokoroKatsura ?

[@junjun8855]

@@fFrequence I don't know either

[@hvick7274]

As a player that join Osu! In 2020 i never expected that an osu player k1lled someone. Good video btw! One of the last video nooooo :(