The Stalkers Of WEBFISHING

[@LucidMakesVideos]

What do you think of WEBFISHING's cryptids? Comment below! JOIN THE DISCORD: discord.gg/KZ7RPShsuY

[@peterhoulihan9766]

Interesting video. Small point about herobrine, a part of what made the original hoax so successful was the fact that it was done before multiplayer had been introduced. The idea of suddenly not being alone in your minecraft world was deeply alien and unsettling. Nowadays it doesn't hit so hard since people are used to seeing other players in their worlds. As I recall the hoaxer did it by repainting the door texture to look like a steve with white eyes.

[@LucidMakesVideos]

This is a good point, I hadn't thought of that!

[@spacesuitcat]

i honestly find the whole concept of cryptids in webfishing kinda cute? like how given the chance, some people like to play as mysterious creatures, from what I've seen they're usually not malicious and are just having their own fun. i personally came across one, but it seemed they had already broken character when i joined, they were running a couple mods that let them fly out to sea and look at us with their eyes poking right out of the water. it was overall a goofy experience. it's kinda charming how much the frankly really simple cosmetic system lets you play characters of all kinds. for crying out loud i once met a person who was doing cosplays of characters, once even dressed up as postal dude and came waving a golden scratch off game prying to sign his petition lol.

[@LucidMakesVideos]

They definitely elicit a level of cuteness from people who see them less as stalkers and more just "little guys".

[@sirpanda976blah9]

One spoke to me. I-I told it- he-... It, everything. I was scared and discomforted, sh-shaky and lonely. It... It found me hiding in a bush, sat down and started talking to me. Can you imagine... Coming up against the thing you're scared of the most and realizing you have nearly everything in common? I-I didn't feel that scared after that. They comforted me and made me feel safe. The dark, cold, lonely void... Made me feel warm again. I made a friend that day. And, y-y'know what? I'll be DAMNED if I don't pay them right back for the protection and love they gave me.

[@spacesuitcat]

@@sirpanda976blah9 Hmm Would be the first time I'd see a cryptid speaking, or not babbling nonsense.

[@greenguy9417]

I just met one yesterday. He was playing as someone's shadow for a good while, but after some hours of us joking about it, naming him "Spalsg" (someone tried to name him splash..) and playing some music on the guitar, he started talking with us and said we were his friends. Happy ending for us all

[@ShockedTaiLung]

He’s in his webfishing phase

[@joeisfat]

*the webfishing bubble

[@akapacool]

gud

[@kazuhiraeinzbern813]

My man is fishpilled

[@hvrris6214]

Fish era

[@Armillaria]

It’s 2 videos. If 2 videos about the same topic from this guy is a phase you should try finding some other KZbinrs to watch.

[@djtheopossum6850]

Has anyone here met "The Fishmonger" They seem to be a person pretending to be an NPC, honestly the way they pretend to be an AI is way creepier than the usual shy cryptids.

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

Is there any footage of them? Seems like a lot of fun to watch

[@kappa1737]

i mess around as a cryptid and its kind of fun

[@moogleydoot]

my theory: people with social anxiety who want to participate but are too scared to chat. Sometimes its awkward when someone hangs around but wont use their mic or chat so turning that into a character seems to be a good way to bypass the awkwardness.

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

@@moogleydoot as a cryptid player myself, I can confirm this is why I prefer using my cryptidsona :] It’s name is Folly if anyone’s interested

[@hedgehogpower194]

Sorry but that's dumb af Why a solution for YOUR awkwardness should be bothering and upsetting other people?

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

@@hedgehogpower194Every server I’ve joined so far is chill and okay with cryptids, I’ve had another cryptid player join a lobby I was in and we ended up friending eachother on steam 💀 In short, cryptid players aren’t usually seen as THAT disturbing. Most people are a good sport about it

[@ratsmackerjack7353]

​@@hedgehogpower194fun

[@Sunkissedspirit]

@@hedgehogpower194 ok that sounded a little rude...if these people are doing this as a coping/roleplay method because they can't walk up and say "hi" doesn't really sound so dumb tbh ? Maybe they don't even realise it in the first place you can't just assume for everyone at the end of the day

[@jussomdude8506]

When I started playing I checked the steam community section from my library and saw a video uploaded of somebody who saw a red fox wandering around. It didn't have a name and seemingly didn't respawn after being slowly punched into the ocean so I'm tempted to believe some are actually part of the game. Really goes to show that the generation of children who grew up with playground rumors are the ones making the games now.

[@Zyzzyva72]

As a part time cryptid myself, there's one thing that happens to me that wasnt mentioned, and one thing i do that tends to elicit muuuuch more response without breaking the vibe. For the first, it's not uncommon for me to end up inspiring other players to equip the same loadouts and join me - I've once has 8 players of a 12 player lobby all doing the same thing, without my asking nor encouragement. Dunno how often it happens to other cryptids. Secondly, instead of watching from afar, I choose one "mark" and walk uncomfortably close to them and stare. This both makes me more noticable and encourages that one person to care since they're being singled out. After like 5 mins, I switch targets randomly, and "lock on" to someone else. In my experience, this has lead to a MUCH better experience for all involved - highly recommend. also, i use voidcat but triple shrunk with catsoup eyes - waaaaay creepier imo

[@lord_walrus8611]

how do you do the hide name thing?

[@Zyzzyva72]

@lord_walrus8611 Nameplate? Don't think you can, although you CAN turn off your title by selecting No Title. I specify since my friend thought it was a joke and would literally title you as "No Title" lol

[@ghostiy1008]

how did you get the fur color? the normal black fur is a bit blue and doesnt fit with the inverted eyes

[@Zyzzyva72]

@ghostiy1008 it's a challenge reward for catching 3 (4 since it unlocked after the "catch 1" challenge) squid (maybe 5/6 I dun remember)

[@Zenala]

I had a meeting with a cryptid in a public lobby yesterday, though they were a little bit... different. They did interact with me, but only by pushing me into the water whenever I mentioned their existence and scattered off by the time I was back. They also sent a lot of symbols on chat instead of talking. They're very silly, I love them

[@glass_eaterr]

I DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND YOU IN THE WILD, HELLO LMAO?????

[@Zenala]

@glass_eaterr LMAOOOO OMG HIIII

[@moobalol]

Honestly the black cat is chill asf, I went up to him and he brought me to the void where we fished. His name is void!

[@Surkk2960]

This mildly reminds me of The Observer meme that happened many years back in TF2. They were people playing the Spy Class wearing specific cosmetics that had cameras on them and goggles that gave them glowing red eyes and held Red Tape Recorders. They just found odd spots on maps and just stood there watching while the match played out. They were basically like the usual Friendlies, but a bit more ominous. Maybe you should do a vid about TF2 Friendlies if you plan to do vids on tangent player behaviors.

[@Nx042]

Exactly my thoughts too

[@furnset]

bro became a fishtuber smh hes gonna be stuck in the fishtuber bubble

[@MoguTheMagician]

ive encountered one that had a mod that enables them to play the guitar without actually equipping it, it would play a note from time to time and would just stay at a part of the map where there was small puddles and fish there. it definitely was a creepy experience being lured in by the seemingly random guitar notes

[@Virianwastaken]

i think thats midiplayer :3 i have it too they probably have a midi that has notes super spaced out

[@BugsnBooze]

i love these kinds of funky webfishing mysteries. like some guys just decided to get a little silly. good for them. i accidentally created an avatar literally IDENTICAL to voidcat without knowing lmao (black cat, white dot eyes, curled tail) i just thought it was cute

[@JewelWildmoon]

Cryptids just sound like me standing around in VRChat trying to figure out how to talk to people and then running away when someone actually talks to me.

[@goldsberrie9448]

Haha same tho

[@JewelWildmoon]

@goldsberrie9448 Slowly starting to at least communicate via the chat box nowadays lol

[@megamemed2071]

Oh, so people do this in other games? I've been getting bored with tf2, so just for fun id go into lobbies and change my name to The Observer wearing nothing but the big eye cosmetic(the one that turns your head into an eyeball) and while t-posing I'd just watch people play from weird spots of the map. I would just watch until someone walks up to me, then play some creepy sound thru the mic and leave the lobby so it looks like I vanished. If I even bought this game I'd do the same thing the cryptids are doing. And, does that make me a cryptid in tf2? Interesting...

[@average-wubbox-enjoyer]

i did the same in old roblox games, sfoth original, crossroads (though i haven't had the best results there) and more recently temple of brickbattle's game, roblox hq

[@PhosphoCat]

I'm looking to buy the game literally just to do this LMAO i love doing that stuff in roblox and tf2

[@average-wubbox-enjoyer]

@@PhosphoCat yoooo

[@NORKIE]

2:25 by not interacting you are interacting, they see it and react to it and that moment in time when people do notice you and react, thats the best part.

[@Armillaria]

I think the night before Halloween I actually found a cryptid, it was a white cat with bulging eyes and a creepy smile. He was creeping up behind me and once I saw him I began messing with him. Then I wore his exact outfit and we even took a photo. We tried scaring others then put on our normal clothing and started fishing with others.

[@junimoboi]

This just reminds me of something i used to do with my friend groups or family. I'd get overwhelmed by the social engagement and pacing of what we were doing so I'd run up ahead then hide and stalk them lol I just liked observing others and not always being an active part of the group Plus surprising them when i finally felt ready to join again was really fun

[@Kamirose.]

I suppose I've done a "criptid" in webfishing, but not in a creepy way. I make myself entirely brown with no nose/mouth and sit on the docks. I perfectly blend in with the docks and I just find it amusing when someone said they just didn't notice me for a few minutes. I do still chat and stuff though.

[@NeuNeur]

7:55 - This is done with a mod called BetterFirstPerson made by atolt.

[@That1Smug]

Honestly i got webfishing for the first time just to let out some steam on a offline lobby and the text "What was that....? " appeared on my chat box and it freaked me out so much i decided to explore the offline lobby by curiosity.

[@ireckonrhea]

That prompt was probably green, right? That means an asteroid has landed in your lobby! Fishing the spot where you see a seemingly brown rock about the size of your character will give you the Dogfish. ^^

[@TrustedJustus]

That is one dashing cryptid if I do say so myself.

[@metaKnightSpamer777]

I've been this kind of individual in other games. Words can often get in the way of the experience. Speaking or not, Socializing or not, fitting in or not; Sometimes its enough to simply Be. And there isn't anything that can take that away.

[@DrWhoFan13]

6:50 was so wild, I had to replay that segment to make sure that I didn't mishear it

[@LucidMakesVideos]

I can't blame you, Webfishing is a strange game...

[@Ninja123546]

man i been rockin’ the void cat style for awhile now. now people gonna think im a creature

[@anxia-tea5846]

it’d be really funny to just casually talk to them

[@smartyax11111]

At the beginning of webfishing there was a short ARG call voidcat which I was really into and loved. This was the first person I believe to do something like this and other black skins have tried to imitate but the true VOIDCAT arg was super interesting and had an amazing ending. And I hope others can make a good story around this game

[@Creakstar8]

Ooooo if Lucid wrote a creepypasta based off his cryptid experience, I would eat that up

[@LucidMakesVideos]

That would be kinda cool....

[@VirtueYoutube]

your editing is really good homie damn

[@GeeWillikers]

im literally liking and commenting all over this video right now dude

[@LucidMakesVideos]

holy shit no way

[@PredictableEnigma]

Relieved to learn that it's just roleplaying and no one was actually being harrassed

[@azi-keil9574]

That pure black cat literally is just my skin 💀 this is so uncanny

[@prismcrystahla]

0:32 I hear prime hunters music in the background and now I'm happy. ok back to watching the full video lol.

[@mr.magicmumbles4039]

I dress up as a little void kitty. I go around copying actions of people and wearing the same clothes to be a nice little void kitty. Void kitty slander shant be tolerated.

[@oceyocelot]

Oh I think I saw one of these 'cryptids' a few days ago. I joined a random lobby that advertised constant rain and was grinding rain fish. After about an hour or so a random person joined with no name and a skin similar to voidcat (but had antlers). The player only responded to people with emotes and things like question marks in the chat. I didn't see them stalking anyone and in fact I do remember them using the tambourine and showing me a very large creature they must have caught from the void. I wasn't paying all that much attention but they didn't seem creepy. It's a cute little urban legend the game has.

[@memoman_yt]

That was me lol, it was funny af [Yeah, no joke i remember doing that on the server]

[@hatt3r]

The fact I had the same idea without knowing this was a thing is wild, i was gonna use morse code and secret codes and everything and i was late to the party

[@JegErEnBulldozer]

Edit: I didn't notice it at first but its actually xhsea thats in this video 😅 It's kinda crazy how one of the guys on my steam friends list went around screwing with people and calling himself grincher and ending up in many of the images and posts people put out. All for a joke as he wasn't the "real" grincher. He got banned from every single lobby 😂

[@mothnode]

Emergent narratives and egregore/thoughtforms/lore are the most beautiful aspects of human experience.

[@thegreenstache04]

Team Fortress 2 had/has a similar sort of Watcher that will join lobbies and observe people

[@FelixDewey485]

i saw one of these, some other people had formed a cult to fight it, and it left then came back with gold glasses and said it was too drippy to be evil anymore

[@appling_time8871]

Ok, this little guy was practically the reason i met my best friends!

[@woofnuggiez]

They arent that bad, I had a black cat with giant eyes and creepy mouth and no name staring at me from behind a tree, then after that we ran around and hit eachother for sillies and they gifted me a giant fish. :3

[@Oretal]

This is a nice video! I was hoping to see the white cat with scary eyes you kept using in this video because I’ve ran into that user before. Went by a name similar to “webf1sher” and just followed my group around. I led them to the store void and we all hung out there for a while before they left. That was my first spooky user encounter and ever since then I’ve replicated their look when playing with friends.

[@Bigmanriv]

2:51 ...someones keeping watch i feel them on my *shoulder*

[@LucidMakesVideos]

I can feel them in my shadow...

[@Bigmanriv]

@@LucidMakesVideos THIS GUY KNOWS TYLER WOOHOO

[@AshcookiesVA]

I remember one time while playing webfishing and some guy named "the air trafficker" or something in the lines. Just woke up from a nap, kinda forgot the exact name, but yeah, Something in the lines. And when I left the original lobby that I was in, I made another one. But this "the air trafficker" joined me in the 2nd lobby.

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

Very easy to identify that, you my friend encountered a hacker

[@NIMBUSNUMBERNINE]

ive been having some guy named craig balsam stalk me and follow me in every lobby today

[@denyarwing]

Dang, that's wierd. That dude was constantly joining my lobby and then leaving again.

[@krisclocksin8524]

I had an encounter with Craig too last night. Silly little guy that Craig.

[@Terratomere]

hes just some random hacker part of the grincher team that joins random lobbies and leaves at random, he cant really do much i know because ive had him just randomly join

[@HarperBoyle]

I had craig on my server as well. Sent him a love letter but he didn’t read it :(

[@Terratomere]

@@HarperBoyle because its a bot

[@iconix_]

wanna know what would be cool? with the new void area, if your alone and you went there atleast once cryptids would spawn, once theyre on a quarter of your screen they vanish and make a very faint wind sound or breath (ambience and music would stop for one minute after this)

[@Ripleazy]

I've started regularly joining a server called 'web fishing and serial killing' that usually has anywhere from 10-20+ players. Sometimes this guy < blank > will join who's just a black cat with those large eyes and will always emit this low rumbling sound even when they're not typing. They just stare at players and do this while occasionally moving slightly for anywhere from a few minutes to almost half an hour in my experience.

[@Zer0_days_Offical]

Theres also a dude named StingrayWizard whos gone around in private servers and public ones. Giving gifts and just leaving

[@Caterman_the_pomson_enjoyer]

This is basically the A posing heavies from TF2, trying to intimidate people with just their presence and pose

[@alubi5575]

I had an experience playing with my friends where some random person would join every single new lobby we made, couldnt find this person at all but they were always there. Creeped us out so we stopped playing.

[@Aceyweisey]

i was fishing in the void a few weeks ago when someone without a name joined my game, it spawned in the void and started growing in size before it just suddenly left

[@Bhunt9394]

Well shit. I thought about making a character that looked like a deer, sit in the middle of a demonic summoning circle, and waiting for someone to find find me. I just wanted to freak people out for fun.

[@randomuploaderguy]

I'm a cryptid too! Don't know if I show up but I can be found usually in the Hiijax "24/7 Canadian feeeesh server". I have an entirely empty name and no title. I fly around and build table bridges across the lake and generally goof around. I'm not malicious.

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

Did you use a mod or client to have the empty name? I saw another comment who said they had a glitched font that caused an invisible name but I’m not sure about it -another fellow cryptid player

[@NXN1T]

I love how much players from tf2 moved in webfishing

[@averagedump5583]

I don't know if this counts as a cryptid but I met this guy in a lobby named Goose, and he only typed in key spam. He was a modder and floated around but he was silly and it was an enjoyable addition to the fishing session

[@404_coffee9]

I did this once unintentionally I was just people watching to see what spots people usually fish at/.

[@ThatAnonymousBloke]

lmao I love how many videos there are on this. Ive been playing the game since release and due to a font glitch that made me have no name, I decided to go all black and give it the closest thing to herobrian eyes I could. Ive been seeing more and more people doing things like it, and I think its hilarious. though I dont stalk people its still funny how of put some people get by it.

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

How do you do the font glitch? Seems fun to mess with as a cryptid player myself

[@acegames7600]

i got the game today and someone kept on join me but i did not see it and it was the sam person join me

[@Kiwi-beans]

“Just one last video until I turn on my therapy sleep music and go to sleep-“ *the video scares me to where I can’t sleep* AAAA-

[@CynetTheCat]

extrovert meets introvert for the first time and tests out their life style (good video did enjoy)

[@therobloxianwanderers4687]

I saw one of them today I think but it might have been a playeer, But I think it was one cuz he would just walk around slowly and sometimes falls but he still keeps going His user was like < Blank > Or something like that. I even have a screenshot of him

[@sleepypog]

very well put together, if you want a horror game that combines these elements of isolation, loneliness and fishing, give Mysteries under Lake Ophelia a try, that game is very, very good.

[@SaintLesbian]

i encountered a featureless white cryptid cat in a random public lobby today... first i tried chasing after it and barking, then it landed on the roof of a building and we had a brief staring contest, then i tried slowly approaching and rhythmically playing the tambourine... eventually i thought "if you can't beat em, join em" so i changed my outfit to a featureless white dog to match and we sat in the bushes together. eventually i sent them a letter with a void fish and they sent me a friend request on steam so. i think the way to befriend a cryptid is to match their freak :3

[@feralpossumz]

I genuinely thought I was crazy because I met one of those ??? guys on like- my second or first day of playing? And I think they went to the lighthouse to go be all spooky but I was already sitting there so they acted nervous and then sat next to me and fished and then sent me multiple rare fish and I still have an alpha coinbag from them and I named the coinbag Bob. It was so sweet and it's actually my favorite moment from the game.

[@CaioTalksakaCaioba]

i've been through "something" with my friend. We were just fishing until some dude called "webfishing demon" joined our lobby, and would close the connection with the player. dunno what that means, but that was weird fun fact: we called him out to fish with us

[@slugalxii3781]

Would be funny if it was a bunch of people with social anxiety making a community on webfishing just messing with people by ‘stalking’ players. I like to think they’re too anxious to talk so they just people watch silently pftt!

[@alger_real]

ive seen the void cat 2 times just, that they liked to draw themselves over other drawings and talk in local chat with a very deep voice. also having no name and instead of using the regular eyes they used the small dot eyes

[@PhonyFox_A]

We getting the Herobrine of webfishing with this one 🗣️🗣️ 🔥🔥🔥

[@tsokiyzan8724]

I adopted one of these goobers as my webfishing son and he told me something about the blessed everlasting society

[@s20_]

that honestly mightve been me since ive been rocking that full white cat w the catsoup eyes and just afk on places

[@thenekokatze1141]

This makes me feel like this will make more types of cryptids to appear

[@WickedDoom12]

This feels like a Team Fortress 2 observer, but a lot less limited with a game like webfishing that has such a calm and casual playstyle and without a time limit.

[@UponFurtherReviewPodcast]

Woah it's me!

[@NEPHALEM4751]

Somebody loves metroid prime soundtrack and i cant not blame you its so damn good!!

[@mothgod1789]

honestly this randomly showing up in my feed is really funny to me because i had the same idea when i got the midnight color and im just figuring out that other people have been doing the same thing so "erm i was the first i did it first you guys are all copying me" but yeah honestly this is pretty funny

[@Sunhalk]

Did not know you made YT videos! I remember your username, I've seen you in a few lobbies. Always a chill time.

[@OliAtypical]

My friend was visited by a void cat the other day while streaming and they informed my friend about the fact that anyone can join a lobby through public steam accounts, not just friends.

[@LieutenantBoii]

They remind me of TF2 players that join 24/7 2fort servers and go 'A pose' and just observe people from a distance for an hour

[@justafriendlycryptid]

Sometimes its interesting to just sit and people watch. I've seen and heard some interesting things just lurking. (Before modding anyway. Never was a Cryptid but I share the behavior - but was dressed as Foxy).

[@Sadstr]

I had a void cat admire my art felt honored

[@idk-jv9kg]

i always talk to them and act as if we are in love and they always go with it and it makes me so happy that i look for them to do it again and again

[@animationmann]

Betting that Webfishing has gonna have its own Cult one Day

[@Shoot3r1072]

wow thats was really interesting but also creppy notg gonna play webwishing alone for a while :'D

[@SoftLoliete]

Yooo the lobby inspector! He joined me on the second time ever playing

[@Television_guy]

i was watching this video normally until i read the name "yo hold on i met this guy before" did you see a guy named jester by any chance? perhaps? i was dressed like one of the cryptids but wearing a suit and had the tired eyes

[@taylorthesillyguy]

1:53 something in the water

[@mokeyLIVE]

really engaging video! you had me wishing that there was cryptids!!

[@Cru3lking_Blocktales]

We exist. -sincerely, a cryptid player

[@okameow5693]

I find a 10 minute deep dive of just random cheaters in webfishing so funny

[@MyNameIsArtin2]

thats Mumli, hes harmless and he will show u peace

[@Mikapikapies]

Knowing they are just lonely people, it’s kinda cool to think one would join you. Now I kinda wanna make a lobby and try 😂

[@airgeadlamh]

Void Cat is a cool dude

[@LakkzScratch]

They are just players

[@fenrirsrage4609]

Lobotimite will always be one of my favorite Webfishing community "cryptid"/in-joke.

[@jahalb]

babe wake up new webfishing lore just dropped

[@k2a2l2]

voidcat looks adorable though

[@gekinatracksuit9710]

lucid, imma need a track list for this video I must know what's at 8:46

[@yellowcatgirl]

Played webfishing for the first time today, a hacker joined my friends private lobby, walked up to us then walked off to find our 1 friend who was somewhere else and said "nice hat" to them, they got scared and left/closed the server. This is so cool!!!! I cant believe such a thing is real, its like fman122 and herobrine all over again but Real!!

[@yellowcatgirl]

A black cat with catsoup eyes called 308. 308 i love you i hope you are having fun out there wherever you are