The Team That Cheated a World's First (Call of Duty Black Ops)

#callofduty #blackops #videoessay
The Team That Faked a Worlds First (Black Ops Zombies) is the entire story of the easter eggs in Black Ops Zombies. This is the explosive finale of the moon, Richthofens grand scheme, the cryogenic slumber party, and the Big Bang theory. This egg has been controversial.. but what I discovered was another grand lie. I hope you're ready for the end of this series for now!
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intro: 00:00
Rezurrection: 1:45
No Mans Land: 4:35
Moon: 05:58
Cryogenic Slumber Party: 11:04
Rochtofen's Plan: 19:44
Big Bang Theory: 25:21
The Lie Again: 29:53
Outro: 34:11
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Video/ Music Creds
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@ZombiesLibrary
@RevolutionGamer2K10
@Brian61010
@NGTZombies
@NiikThatGamingShow
@ODAGamingClan
@DarkJakHalo
@MurfsGaming
@JoshuaPare
@TheDoorMatt655
@MoD3RnHD
@billnyetherussianspy6364
@ecko
@MrDalekJD
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Songs
Damned - Call Of Duty
Thin Line - Destiny 2
Multiplayer Menu - Black Ops
Orthosie - Ben Elson
Eupheme - Ben Elson
On The March - Brendon Moeller
Samantha's Reveal - Black Ops
Galaxy Reborn - Mandela Dreams
Intenional Evil - Kikoru
Iterations - Broad Sky
One To Behold - jon Bjork
Water Clouds - Ambientalism
Saga Melodies - Rand Aldo

[@EvanExplains]

This will be the end of Call of Duty for now! Another door awaits!

[@sorrybecausei]

:(

[@Sythifx]

:( good series but keen to see what you've got in store for the future bro , gg

[@quinnhesting7465]

Man I was so excited for revelations

[@baileyapedaile8306]

​@quinnhesting7465 fun fact but the general thought noahj was first to the revelations boss fight isn't true at all, there was people there a day before him but they kept crashing, the story of how that last bone was actually found is quite random, someone datamined the steps and gave them to noah. But in actual fact that wall run wall had an arrow on it pointing to the bone the whole time

[@zakthebaptist]

grim

[@LoserKingsSocietyX]

Ayyy that's me at 8:39 . Guessing that's footage from Yoteslaya's Hacker guide I worked with him on. Man, watching these Easter Egg videos really brought me back. Miss you Brian. R.I.P. Yoteslaya.

[@colinmcmasters5819]

Very soon this series is gonna turn into "So basically NGTZombies..."

[@Behind_you_lol]

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

[@JosephLicka]

I used to watch them all the time for there custom zombies, kinda stopped when they were constantly Easter egg hunting on BO2, dudes would upload like 20 videos a day trying to discover the buried Easter egg lol

[@thesoral]

Yeah, they did a lot of videos for BO1 and BO2 zombies, and were at their biggest at the time. After that, it kind of died down when zombies disappeared for year. I believe they got a world's first a few years later, but that would be its own history video, I feel.

[@Bennybey123]

Spider bite and hyper mole boi!

[@Dally-_]

You shot me back with nostalgia. I miss spider bite and the crew

[@The_Valor]

Been waiting for someone to properly document the history of the Easter egg discoveries, remember watching the first moon completion on my 4th gen iPod touch in complete awe. Elite series so far!

[@TDM_]

Just wanted to clear something for people who don't know the WaW maps were not remastered for the Rezurrection DLC. The maps were playable at the start of BO1 if you bought the Hardened or Prestige editions. They were obviously added to the DLC.

[@jackrobson2035]

And you got moon for free when the dlc came out

[@djskilling9258]

I stumbled across this channel a couple of days ago, and already watched all of the zombies stuff. This is becoming my favorite thing to watch, I hope you'll keep making more episodes. You've earned yourself a subscriber

[@SeppukUwUwU]

If you like destiny, he practically makes documentaries about the worlds first races for raids

[@retro7362]

His destiny ones are even better

[@nicholasellinwood760]

But what if we never got Into destiny :/

[@EvanExplains]

Thank you! For now another universe calls! Zombies will return

[@nickrouse2795]

@@SeppukUwUwUwhere are the destiny videos I don’t c any on this channel?

[@wook4054]

Need Mr RoflWaffles to come on and tell some war stories

[@StormesWasTaken]

Nah, no way that killing the astronaut changes the excavators. Well I guess you do learn something new everyday....can't believe that...

[@Matt879Pc]

The only source for it that I could ever find are the wiki pages for the astronaut and excavators, and they both only list the other page as a source. I'm pretty sure it's a false claim. It doesn't match my experience playing the map either.

[@AkitakaTsuya]

Really well documented and great cinematography. Blops 2 is where the hunt races really started getting traction and where some issues rose up near the end of the games cycle, at least for us. The issues are still speculation to me but it def felt targeted. And with Blops 2 a lot more coverage happened so the "races" were heavily documented in recordings from multiple channels. Hope to see and hear more from you about the future documentation, it's been a very interesting series so far

[@orlandosanchez7907]

I do hope he’s able to reach out to you for some coverage on those days, I remember watching your guy’s streams days on end. I appreciate what you and the others did I hope you’re doing well.

[@about6penguins10]

It’s good that at least bo2 is way less controversial in who solved the Easter eggs first but it was still really cool to help out where I could with black ops 1

[@crediblevillain7562]

Loved this. Appreciate all the hard work and research that went into this series. Was very nostalgic for me as well as BO1 was my gateway into zombies.

[@Kr_The_Lynx]

Bro did pyrocinical dirty

[@Rocketboy3412]

Great video Evan! Can’t wait to hopefully see it go into black ops 2! I know transit is quite a short Easter egg and as well as die rise. But every map after that. Those videos will bang!

[@JaikTheZoroark]

Man, I didn't know this was the series I needed, I never even really thought about the fact people had to world first the easter eggs of the past, but to think that the world first for moon was illegitimate is insane. I truly wonder who the first team to actually organically find all the steps was. Just imagine if it was like the first step of the blood easter egg being known early, the hunt for that map would have quite literally been cut shorter by weeks. There are other games I can't name that can fulfill the same catharsis that finding an easter egg step entirely on your own can fulfill. I remember back in the day when I was a kid and I found that you could suck in the fucking generator off the map in ascension entirely on accident, and never found a single other step, it took me years to learn that the easter eggs for the maps even existed, probably until I met my ex-best friend during the Black Ops 2 days and we did the Mob easter egg for the first time. I don't want to ask you to research the team that found this egg legitimately first, but if you do in the next video or even give a brief mention of looking for it I'll be happy. Amazing series so far man, like I said, something I didn't even know I wanted to listen to/watch

[@NiikThatGamingShow]

While it's possible someone did solve this on their own eventually, it's unlikely. The KZbin video with leaked steps was posted practically at the same time the map came out- undoubtedly a disgruntled QA tester that leaked the steps or someone else "from the inside." There's been a pattern of leaked steps and hints throughout most all of CoD Zombies - as you point out, even with more recent releases like BO4 and Cold War.

[@ForgeGames_]

I love this zombies series and the twilight zone feel you give to each one is immaculate.

[@thanosogauros]

Great video again! Didn't know that the steps on Moon were also leaked. Same thing happened on Bo4's Dead of the Night. A playtester leaked the steps (I think on streams). I was watching Milos livestream and somebody guided him with the steps...

[@Do_dat_cap]

I been waiting for this video everyday checking your page your a goat🙌

[@thaddeusquintero1269]

Keep it up bro ! I hope you do every cod zombies from BO1 - Cold War, you going be big soon 100k otw 💯

[@Ajwhosover]

During the 18:22 soul collection segment I thought something was off and it’s cuz it’s Dempsey in space with no suit and god mode, good vid evan

[@willpeters3833]

The best part about this video is, i played all of the call of duty games until about advanced warefare where i was disappointed from ghosts onwards, and now finally black ops 2 zombies makes sense. Over 10 years later this video finally made it all click as to why black ops 2 zombies has a destroyed atmosphere, bright blue zombie eyes and richtofen's voice lines replacing samantha. Even though i knew of and completed a good amount of these easter eggs including blowing up earth on moon, it never quite all linked up.

[@dano_202]

Keep up the good work man, honestly these videos are great

[@Goostafus]

Another banger from Evan, love the history and scale BO1 went to all those years ago, great memories. Also in the outro it says "Consider Subsribing" I think this was misspelt on the past few vids too - just as a heads up :)

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Great video series. I only played Black Ops 2 zombies, hope you cover those next

[@xxchubbyguyxx1]

Back with another banger!!! Picasso 😎 I like it. Keep it rolling

[@1ofthedeafmute]

Great job, dude. This brings a lot of memories

[@JakeSafetyMan]

I've been waiting for this one! Keep these bangers coming!!!

[@Taintedveins7]

I'd be interested in chatting with you if possible, I was a part of WeTheGamerz back then, and one of the many groups who ran efforts for these Easter egg completions. I may have some perspective to the communities as a whole back then.

[@Synostra]

Throwback - WTG haha

[@EvanExplains]

Email me :)

[@NiikThatGamingShow]

Yo WTG! Shoutout Vosty!

[@konichicat]

I haven't been excited for a youtuber to post a new video in forever, then this was posted and I was over the... Moon :) great video Evan!

[@EvanExplains]

This made this evans day

[@Fogwell_]

This was a very unique idea for a series and I’m thoroughly enjoying it

[@aceprolific9381]

Awesome video man i really enjoy watching while I snack

[@WeeAddy]

13:25 - Yeah... Yeah, I didn't know this. And I've done the Moon egg multiple times over the years, and I'm learning this now from this video, and I think I might sob.

[@loganhowell2369]

These are so well made good shit evan 👍

[@EnterNameHere22]

These vids are so fucking good. They've reignited my love for zombies, even re-download black ops' 1-3 the other day lol

[@SynBna]

Moon was EPIC. A shock when players first played around 6am est. We waited all night for the DLC. I liked it, completed the easteregg thanks to the help online. But, it had a little too much going on, the astronaut, pack a punch, the teleporter, the wonder weapon was awesome (my fav actually) but pack a punching it was a disappointment. The oxygen masks, gravity, the excavators, the hacker, the size of the map (if you were downed online 80% rip) wall gun placements, Not saying they were all bad but added up all together made it a bit of a hassle for me personally. Parts of the map could of been made better. I also wished it was a bit more outside, I even expected to be floating in space for a bit(like a purchasable ride)rather than a biodome or inside somewhere or between rails and zombies.

[@roygeer]

Keep it up, Evan! Love these videos

[@CoDBeAsT1978]

Great video. Love the zombies Easter eggs

[@thestevenvw374]

S tier video? Can we expect bo2/bo3 ee hunt archive?

[@codenameeevee]

This is such an awesome series, thinking of doing bo2 anytime soon ?

[@caydensunday3204]

what was that font you used in the intro? that was cool looking

[@intuitionedits2.032]

LMAO RIGHT AS YOU MADE THAT SLEEP JOKE IT GAVE ME AN AD ABOUT SLEEP

[@CrazyJezuz]

Thank you for making this video! I genuinely thought for over 10 years since the 23rd of August 2011 that niik was the first in the world I am so shocked but thanks for bringing light onto this.

[@115deadshot115]

Well you might as well do all the zombies maps because these videos are so damn good

[@theflamingmushullama]

Bro my dumbass saw the title and thumbnail and thought "this dude ripped the shangri-la video straight from EvanExplains"

[@Ysodramatic]

What a great video! Never knew about the astronaut having the ability to change excavators

[@EvanExplains]

It blew this evans mind

[@Matt879Pc]

The only source for it that I could ever find are the wiki pages for the astronaut and excavators, and they both only list the other page as a source. I'm pretty sure it's a false claim. It doesn't match my experience playing the map either.

[@gabehobbs8795]

I can't wait for the BO2 explains!!! Super late coming into this one lol

[@FirewallBreacher]

So nice of you to give us a video with our mid-rolls! (10 mid-rolls on a 35 min video. Thats 3.5 mins per ad)

[@EvanExplains]

KZbin premium is an option

[@m0bxralph846]

This guy deserves more attention he makes well edited videos that deserve to be in the algorithm

[@Acheron420]

Very glad you branched out from destiny content, feel like you’re gonna find a lot of success telling the stories of other games

[@AdrX003]

Awesome vid 🎉 I would just want to point out the misspelling "Subscribing" at the end 😅

[@EvanExplains]

Intentional :)

[@AdrX003]

@@EvanExplains Only noticed later when re watching some of the others, sorry :) And by the way this is one of the absolute best every player can possibly have, i can assure you that. THANKS ALOT! ❤

[@Dwayne_LaFontant]

Quite a underrated video

[@englrus10]

You believe with Earth's destruction that rabbit hole will go too. Instead it fills with fog and lava and oh crap what's scratching my face.

[@Iscracker]

1:56 What is that scene from? Great video by the way

[@EvanExplains]

Resurrection live action trailer

[@themachoechidnaugandarandy7583]

There was never in game friggin cutscenes in the game or was that just you doing that?? (I know some future maps have cutscenes)

[@jakeupboy]

This series is absolutely awesome man

[@EvanExplains]

Thank you!

[@beansfebreeze]

We'll never stop clowning on pyro lmao

[@SXBIGtime]

Will be patiently waiting for the black ops 2 era now.

[@snow_inc]

You should do videos on some of the groups to actually figure out easter eggs. Some of the Easter eggs people spent over 24hrs trying to solve

[@EvanExplains]

🧐 this… is that video?

[@snow_inc]

@@EvanExplains yeah but this is specifically just focusing on how this group faked completing the egg first. I'm saying it could be a cool series if you do this for most of the maps. Showcasing when/how people figured out major components of the eggs after hours and hours and that kinda stuff This video is more or less other people watching a walk through, not solving anything.

[@Bigglenndaddy]

Hacking the wall buys was incredible it flipped the ammo cost as well

[@retro7362]

You can carry the seiries on but id say take a break. Thanks the great content tho

[@PurityStar36]

can't wait for you to do black ops2

[@NiikThatGamingShow]

While this video moves forward off a false notion that me and my friends "faked" being first on Shangri-La (our reaction is genuine excitement after playing the map for 26 hours straight and we never claimed to have been first) this video did a good job of covering the penultimate experience that was Moon and what was for me, the true birth of "First in the World." We were on the frontpage of Twitch while livestreaming this easter egg, and had thousands of people watching along back when that wasn't a thing that ever happened. What a great time this was - there was even an earthquake while I was streaming this day! Sadly, the VOD of that has been gone for a long time.

[@EvanExplains]

lets set up an interview and clear the air, email me!

[@NiikThatGamingShow]

I can certainly talk zombies easter egg hunts first-hand, I've reached out previously is the thic talents domain the proper address?@@EvanExplains

[@EvanExplains]

Yep should be

[@exoconn5553]

...noticing a pattern

[@peterkiss3702]

Can’t wait for the videos on blops 2 zombies wow

[@memes-on-yt]

This is a really cool video and a nice blast from the past but a lot of worlds first were from leaked steps. It sucks but that's just how it is

[@FirewallBreacher]

Wild that LiamFTWinter was part of that team

[@Ehrenfried2740]

Additional Info: Yes the astronaut spawns with a pattern of when/which excavators will come but you can "force" the one you want. You can escape the astronauts grab by pressing back and pressing A And I like the BO1 Area 51 with the earth, it was a bug but it spawned the thoughts, are we really on earth? Our Earth? Still today, the best EE of all time. Played it hundreds of times with people from TA, everytime a great accomplishment.

[@Bigglenndaddy]

Oh and if multiple players try to pick up hacker at the exact same time multiple people can end up getting it

[@glenseaman5057]

I’m down for more zombies content

[@karpsquad6993]

You can use a glitch for everyone to get the hacking device

[@Ehrenfried2740]

Everybody on the team could get the hacker device at the same time. 4 players = 4 hackers simultaneously, no problem.

[@tapmilk8778]

Real good videos

[@ProSurviver]

Amazing pyro joke

[@TJ-nj6bj]

I must have moreee

[@jenzu4229]

I mean Noahj does the same? Lmao wtf all content creators have their chat look for EE steps then claim world first to finish it xD

[@JaydenJiggs]

The difference is, there was a video that was released the day moon came out that had all the steps written out, there wasn't much of a hunt, more just following a guide that someone who had the knowledge of it put out there

[@Sebastian.Van.A]

Are you a destiny creator aswell? I recognize you really much

[@Sebastian.Van.A]

Evanf1997

[@EvanExplains]

That’s another universe :)

[@log3475]

You remind me of this evan guy who makes destiny content

[@EvanExplains]

He must be from another universe

[@karpsquad6993]

The Samantha says was easy xD I was always the one to do it

[@NoBrakes219]

Homie you forgot the c at the end of the video

[@ChickenTeller]

These videos are very well made. However, please be careful not to spread misinformation regarding obscure game mechanics.

[@EvanExplains]

Will be clarifying in a future video on this after testing

[@stockaf30]

welp

[@Taspens]

Yay, another one

[@squidward9747]

Please do bo2 next

[@KurosakiNaturo]

Who was in Paris?

[@evanfurn920]

You could have multiple people have hacker you just had to time it when you both picked it up. You could have everyone have it.

[@Ahhkiba]

Never trust a dude named Nick if he uploads an Easter Egg run 🤣

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

why did you say that the qed does nothing when you throw it at the astronaut?

[@TheVisionsX]

I think he meant it doesn't have any special effects, it just kills the astronaut

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

@@TheVisionsX it does not always kill him tho if that's what you're saying, at least on bo1 it doesn't

[@raygonz]

WOAH

[@Mamba24_81]

another w vid

[@Telixion]

Im pretty sure this is wrong. There were a ton of groups in a sort of union back then. We communicated a ton. A lot of jumping into their party and asking "Has this happened in your game yet? No? Ok we are two steps ahead of you." We typically wouldnt share steps until we got stumped on what to do next. Then we would share it with our union to assist with solving the next step. I wish we publically kept record of first to complete steps. Those moments were so satisfying, because you knew everyone else was stuck on it and now was your chance to gain an advantage. There would be times while the union was stumped someone would be checking online. It wasnt viewed as cheating back then. Because thats how the solving was accomplished. We were competing but also working together. So if someone had posted something either in forums or videos then it was where the entire playing field was at. The one portion of this video very likely was the discovery of that, someone posting a video. I remember catching up with them after this step and people were stuck. So while perhaps 1 step could have been found outside of them. To call him a cheater is providing a perspective that wasnt reality. They worked hard for it and deserve the credit.

[@EvanExplains]

Niik has admitted to using a text by text guide in a comment on my previous video. Stakes were not the same but it was a lie none the less, I want to talk to Niik to figure out more information

[@NiikThatGamingShow]

@@EvanExplains When you're ready to do Black Ops 2, reach out. Telixion and I were there for all of those as well. We even did the Die Rise easter egg first in the world together

[@hi-ek1gk]

Who’s in Paris

[@stoneyyyTony]

🔥

[@soviete2142]

We need bo222222

[@EvanExplains]

Coming one day

[@gabrielaguilar7809]

DON’T wear suits plz

[@EvanExplains]

No

[@nickjeffrey8050]

10 mins in and not a single mention of the Easter egg! wtf are you going on about

[@EvanExplains]

The moon what else?

[@Taxamine]

First!

[@heelcrack]

first heelcrack to comment

[@Olt_Free]

To much fan fair give us the information I made it 3 minutes in no real information don’t even care to watch the rest

[@EvanExplains]

Time stamps?

[@Olt_Free]

@@EvanExplains made it to 3:01

[@Olt_Free]

@@EvanExplains then dipped

[@armthesharks6904]

who cares @@Olt_Free

[@Olt_Free]

@@armthesharks6904 probably no one but I can still state my opinion