The First TF2ber

[@DEWILL]

I still watch ster's old TF2 commentaries time to time. Vibe from a such an unique man like him it keeps people coming back. Thanks for the throwback, mate

[@HeyGrouch]

His old commentaries will always hold a special place in my heart

[@capeluigigaming4348]

@@HeyGrouch i whould also like to eat the blind

[@IInferno]

Woah Grouch this is a SUPER high quality video tidbit on the "founder" of tf2 content, I appreciate your ster_ tribute, and look forward to more, as always.

[@HeyGrouch]

thank you my infernal friend :)

[@toaster6809]

@@HeyGrouch red splet way more splendidere then blu

[@Artixes]

This video is too wrong the REAL first tf2uber every obviously knows is the KZbinr known as Valve

[@HeyGrouch]

the real tf2ber was the friends we made along the way

[@buttonsalternate]

fr fr

[@victoriouswinner7745]

it must be cool to be the first tf2ber, and also be friends with the guy who inspired one of the characters. thats insane to think about

[@HeyGrouch]

wild

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

Fun little doc on TF2's history! Merry Christmas to you too Grouch ^.^

[@HeyGrouch]

Haha, thanks :) I was wondering if anybody would read the description

[@WipZedKay]

For me, it's not that Ster quit TF2 but moved away from videos to streaming. It does make more money and provides a different type of content but it just does not fill the same itch a video does.

[@HeyGrouch]

Yeah, very different styles. I've never really enjoyed Twitch much personally

[@ChristainGuyOfAction]

Christmas isn't a holiday. It's a way of life.

[@HeyGrouch]

@@ChristainGuyOfAction name checks out :)

[@C.A._Old]

*STAR_ & Jerma Both Legendary Created Revolutionary in TF2 KZbin History. God this both mann cant be forgotten by community & fans. Always remember to both mann channel TF2 Videos!*

[@Yan_Alkovic]

Man This takes me back... I am more nostalgic for STER_ and those good ol' days when his videos were coming out than I am for TF2 Because I still play TF2 so it's a part of my life But man thank you so much for this video, such a nice tribute to that wonderful person!

[@HeyGrouch]

Same here! Even though I started playing TF2 when I was like 12 or so, it doesn't make me nostalgic because I never stopped playing :P

[@Yan_Alkovic]

@@HeyGrouch Yeah and I was 14-ish!

[@bigbear1045]

This is a very interesting and well edited documentary. I didn't know anything about the earlier tf2 yt days, so this was not only entertaining, but also a good history lesson. Maybe you could do a series of tf2(or not just tf2!) ytber's history and who they are now. Would be fun to watch for sure. Merry christmas.

[@HeyGrouch]

Thanks for the suggestion! Merry christmas 🎄

[@C.A._Old]

*5:20** that true. TF2 youtuber Revolutionary Of Father.*

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

I'll never understand people who declare a content creator is obligated to create the kind of FREE CONTENT they desire.

[@HeyGrouch]

Some people, man 😔

[@C.A._Old]

*0:36** Also tf2 optimization was awesome at times. After valve killed back then 2015 gun mettle update.*

[@IInferno]

Mr GROUCHHHH! Benson is saying he resubscribed to Max.. give him detention!

[@HeyGrouch]

i'm gonna break his gosh darn phone if he doesn't cut out this nonsense

[@bigbear1045]

@@HeyGrouch After reading the first 3 words i was 100% sure you were going to break his legs.

[@C.A._Old]

1:17 i miss replay so muchs. need update again. and fix to youtube code too.

[@carpet163]

You should also do a lesson about JERMA. You can't teach about Star without delving into Jerma.

[@C.A._Old]

*0:59** in janu 2023 we saw leak public school traning tutorial level maps. god damn you valve. why cut these maps? that would be awesome for players!*

[@JustinWhy_]

Sup gooche lovely video as always, i also love that little character of yours

[@HeyGrouch]

thanks justin :)

[@C.A._Old]

4:39 First Bingo Creator ever.

[@C.A._Old]

1:33 holy sh*t original PAN

[@KeegTheDemon]

Thank you for making this video covering possibly the most important form of media I consumed as a child. This man was my original favorite KZbinr I would come home from middle school everyday and watch Jerma and star play some games. I’ll never forget how I felt when ster quit TF2 but looking back I quit shortly after and those reasons are probably related. Jerma is mad part 1-3 are still my favorite KZbin videos of all time I literally have the whole script memorized for most of those videos. Jerma and star are some of those special people that I will probably never forget about until I die.

[@KeegTheDemon]

I can literally imagine a compilation of my favorite star and Jerma moments from childhood. Can’t even explain how much I loved them. Will always be the greatest era of KZbin to me. Thank you Jerma and star 🫡

[@HeyGrouch]

Same. I love those boys

[@edmn]

Good morning! The first TF2 KZbinr I remember watching was OMFGNinja. Trickstabs!

[@HeyGrouch]

Classic. And technically older than Ster!

[@C.A._Old]

*I wonder: if overwatch didn't come out and meet your match was updated instead of frontline! If there was a community update, how would it be now?*

[@SealShpeeDaSweggy]

For someone who started playing TF2 in 2013 and still going strong today, I have to owe a huge portion of my time playing this game to STAR_ and especially to Jerma. They taught me so much during my early days and they brought us with some of the greatest entertainment and phenomenons within the community. They're videos will always be timeless and in my opinion, they are one half of my Mount Rushmore when it comes to TF2bers. It makes me really happy to see how big they went onto become years later.

[@HeyGrouch]

"Mount Rushmore of TF2bers" - love that

[@C.A._Old]

*i saw Last him from STAR_ was playing Overwatch 2 and then server crashs. :'D ah Legendary. :-')

[@Nik1_]

Thanks for the Video, Grouch. I really enjoyed watching this entertaining adventure to the old days of tf2 youtube. Also, we will talk to the parents of Ben, after the "incident" with using phone, because we want our students to know more about tf2, than watching silly videos about weapon reskins. - TF2 School Director.

[@HeyGrouch]

:)

[@antg2763]

imagine being this guy and not knowing how much of a legacy you would make

[@HeyGrouch]

weird to think about

[@_Kisaragi]

ster and jerma were my introduction to pc gaming as a whole thanks to tf2! but that "it's over" hits hard :( i was too stupid and young at the time to realise that he moved to streaming so for years i thought he just quit

[@HeyGrouch]

He's still making a ton of content on his Ster2 channel, a lot of which is just like the classic Star videos we know and love :) Just not TF2 stuff

[@Phloggers_]

a class that i can actually enjoy

[@HeyGrouch]

👨‍🏫

[@ojhat]

as a young lad, I had only just started getting into modern PC gaming in 2012 going into college, but I, living elsewhere than the USA for my life, did not have access to internet and no knowledge of how online gaming worked. I was interested in TF2, it was free, and was in the venn diagram of other interests at the time, but felt anxious to try go be an absolute noob at a game I knew so little about online. So, I spent a long time just fighting bots, but where did I gain the knowledge to eventually play the game online? Who else but STAR_. I never considered before now how valuable it was to have STAR_ making videos for an online game like that so long ago... Would there have been nearly as good videos for other game IPs? or such pleasant commentary? Maybe today, but I valued how much STAR_ taught me prior to braving the online gaming space.

[@kerzid]

can't believe benson would watch elmaxo especially during the HUGE ELMAXO DRAMA

[@HeyGrouch]

ikr

[@Time_pug]

Great video as always, lovin the description haha. If you ad a Shwicky Shwag to it, then you'll get the highest gamer score :P Anyways, to this comment I say "IT'S OVAH!"

[@HeyGrouch]

lol, love the shwicky shwack

[@Ashleyhelloveryeahhhh]

I lovw your videos. Keep the good work

[@HeyGrouch]

Thanks!!!

[@TheoryCool]

what a great video, keep doing these, they are really great :D

[@HeyGrouch]

Thanks! :)

[@C.A._Old]

4:49 Thats why 2016 is cursed of Year. And Fking Blizzard craps Copied to The Orange Box - Team Fortress 2

[@babooboss1557]

just found your ty 10/10 subscribed after 4 minutes into the video now currently binge watching your channel keep it up and no im not a bot but i cant write you a email like you said in the outro

[@LimeCultivist]

Star’s tf2 stuff was great, but it’s very very understandable that he didn’t want to keep making vids on the same one game

[@HeyGrouch]

Yeah. The old vids are still fun to watch :)

[@captainmccuckin2698]

Wholesome commentary videos on games back then were SO MUCH better than anything that comes out today. Doesn't matter if it is star or anybody else . Look even at the Yogscast whose videos were commentary wholesomeness and now they make dogshit TTT and GTA poops

[@Exarian]

4:53 I swear some people will be out for blood if you stop playing their favorite game, like you have an obligation to make their favorite game the biggest game around. It's what happens when you use fandom to replace your personality.

[@HeyGrouch]

Yup.

[@grandwizardautismo]

I got this game for Father’s Day

[@HeyGrouch]

Nice!

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

I am a Ster lore keeper.

[@HeyGrouch]

Ster lore goes deep

[@MCToons918]

I have always loved Star_, I understand and am glad that he's found new love but I will always wish to tell him thanks for the last 9 years of me playing Tf2, If he wasn't around with Jerma, Tf2 would have been out of system years ago.

[@HeyGrouch]

100%

[@MRBONES-fg6cs]

this is tf2worms erasure

[@batox7764]

Don't Forget The Jerma x Ster Duo

[@HeyGrouch]

that could be an entire video in itself

[@gungle2595]

I wonder when the term tf2ber was first used?

[@HeyGrouch]

hm, interesting question

[@BLACKout_TF2]

end of video: i am a real person, not a robot! im in ur discord too! i love ur content! :D

[@HeyGrouch]

Thanks! :D

[@BossKnight]

when is hte jerma mentioned

[@HeyGrouch]

No Jerma today, only Ster :)

[@BossKnight]

@@HeyGrouch :(

[@elemangell2981]

Yo your little PFP guy finally made it into one of your videos! I know you're proficient in 3D stuff, but what software did you use to animate him?

[@HeyGrouch]

I used Blender to render photos of the model, and then used Sony Vegas do any movements (like in the intro). I ended up with 24 unique poses for the model, 6 of which were just for the "passing notes" bit :P

[@mguymario]

Ster and Muselk was some of the first TF2Tubers I never watched. Sad they stopped playing the game or at lest plays it a lot less in the case of Muselk since he still posts TF2 content on his moremuselk channel

[@HeyGrouch]

Didn't realize muselk still made tf2 stuff, that's cool :)

[@C.A._Old]

1:59 think about it: Best video editor user & youtuber STAR_ Was Best! nobody was doing videos like this! ah man... i miss legendary. now he is doing streaming... in the Twitch. :-'( i hated you blizzard.

[@microsoftpowerpoint4731]

government gamer tag?? that is foul.

[@HeyGrouch]

lmao

[@C.A._Old]

*6:35** Then Why you did stop it ? ! WHY STAR_ ? ! Just Look Yourself & Then TF2 Community! Community already losed minds! Go Save Them!*

[@leosangome866]

Have you watched Gremlins 2?

[@HeyGrouch]

Nope. Nor Gremlins 1

[@mbars977]

Hey man, I do respect the love you give to "star_" as I too was a fellow enjoyer of his content and what he does And as somebody who had to witness the downfall of muselk into the minecraft flappy bird ditch of dispare, I have come into acceptance about some ppl. refusing to be what others need them to be in THEIR lives. But I genuinely think elmaxo is one of the better new gen tf tubers as he both is keeping his content on-par with who he is and into whom he is turning into as he grows as a person as well as gateways his audience into a self-help mentorship path which can help people going through a tough time to find a safe space like how Muselk used to do things around these parts. Rescubscribe to elmaxo and listen to some of his self-help material I am certain that you will enjoy it if you give it a genuine go where you are not forcing yourself to do so

[@HeyGrouch]

I love elmaxo! Watched plenty of his 2nd channel videos

[@MelonRafael]

He's back sort of but ye

[@HeyGrouch]

i'm so excited

[@Fiives3D]

yo its grouch from steam!

[@HeyGrouch]

yo it's syancide!

[@Metal_Tao]

Grouch, thank you so much for mentioning the hate STer got back in the day I was like 12 back then and it really depressed and confused me a lot how cruel people were towards him and Muselk Every single one of those fuckers almost pushed ME away from the game because of how staunchly self centered they were.

[@HeyGrouch]

Yeah, it was honestly crazy to see

[@socialexecution]

Another banger

[@HeyGrouch]

thanks :)

[@truth09]

Its summer?

[@HeyGrouch]

m-.. maybe?

[@truth09]

@@HeyGrouch Bro i have 0 idea too. Im melting.

[@Lumbercap]

New account but I have a new choice wiche beterd reb or bIu red better fight better becuse it spelt beter

[@HeyGrouch]

🤔

[@Lumbercap]

@@HeyGrouch my opinion wil never change red Beter

[@sonjatodorov8151]

Star Reminds me of technoblade i never watched star but their content is very similar

[@HeyGrouch]

interesting comparison

[@sonjatodorov8151]

@@HeyGrouch its true too like techno literaly has a video called "grown man stabs children in bedwars while talking about soap"

[@Daniel-rd7pv]

how did you make this video without mentioning jerma once? would be kinda interesting to hear about the fallout they had which im not sure what happened there. i think it was a long jerma joke idk

[@HeyGrouch]

I figured it'd be nice to just focus on Star and his accomplishments :) He's always brought up with Jerma but he also did a lot outside of just being Jerma's friend. Maybe I'll make a video about their reign together

[@mfs9470]

i love STAR_ and i love ster too

[@HeyGrouch]

Me too :)

[@sykens587]

nice video!

[@HeyGrouch]

thanks!!!

[@bencenagy9256]

NICE

[@HeyGrouch]

THANKS

[@nobodygivesashi]

Damn.

[@conrad3631]

Nice vid

[@HeyGrouch]

thanks conrad!

[@nobodygivesashi]

Damn this video comments are... uh

[@demiraykodal468]

Phloggers.

[@HeyGrouch]

O:

[@BoyOHBoy123]

2:19 the fuck is this clip

[@raptor3406]

How do you accidentaly scam your viewers?

[@HeyGrouch]

everytime a youtuber gets caught scamming their audience they say it's an accident /:

[@raptor3406]

I see, hey do you want to get scammed. I have 3 ps5 games for free

[@Enderladss]

Fall guy

[@HeyGrouch]

amongus

[@uiopclown8226]

this a cool video ur character is goofy

[@HeyGrouch]

thanks. ur goofy