What Happened to MagikarpUsedFly

[@MagikarpUsedFlylol]

Hey! Had a friend send this to me on Discord and just got around to watching it and wanted to say thanks for the in-depth retrospective! Reading through the comments brings a smile to my face hearing about the lives I've touched whether it's for the better or worse haha. As an update on my life, things are going great! I went into more traditional video production - not telling my audience because I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it without relying on the audience I built to jump start it. Currently I work at an Ad Agency where I went from a video editor, to head of editing and moving into head of creative towards the middle of next month. I stripped away my use of Social Media as I found it to be toxic to my mindset and that includes Twitter (or x or w/e the fck), Instagram and KZbin. As of right now, YT has turned into a side gig for me as I believe it should be, and utilizing my strengths in other fields to continue doing what I enjoy outside of Social Media. There are some misconceptions in the comment section (someone said I streamed myself going off with a tirade of racist comments? lmao what kind of fake news ass), but after writing up some responses, I found it's just wasted energy. After doing YT for 10 years, 1 thing I learned is that you could literally tell people something. Dumb it down so it's easy to understand. Write it out in large text and people will still not understand lol. TL;DR - Thanks for watching! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for the retrospective in my absence! Appreciate you all and wish nothing but respect and positivity with your lives. ❤

[@LoLAthlete]

It’s an honor Mr Magikarp. I wanted to share your legacy by making this video properly. I hope i did it justice :)

[@DabGodSauceKing]

Legend

[@kevinramos7047]

Just wanting to share some random love. I literally thought to myself how you have been and while going to youtube and writing what happened to magikarpuseffly and then seeing this video as well as your comment being so recent, I thought that was pretty cool. Glad to know you’re well and yeah good luck in the rest of your life man. Legitimate found you hilarious on your vids. Be safe!

[@WholesomeCureShow]

Love it, may many for years of success continue to follow you my friend!

[@Bazzabazeman]

You were one of the greatest to do it buddy

[@space_bread]

I'm happy you titled this video "What happened?" Instead of Downfall. I'm glad people respect mat's desition.

[@MAMAJUGO]

When you put all your eggs in one basket, you eventually get kinda sick of eggs, even if they never break

[@LoLAthlete]

Well said :)

[@thoticcusprime9309]

no

[@frosttheweavile461]

But at least you have eggs.

[@regis9596]

@@frosttheweavile461yeah shit eggs

[@grantholomeu3725]

He always made great videos even

[@HeWhoPlaysLoL]

I feel like the majority of these "why content creator X stopped/where he went" vids come down to the same conclusion of "League is frustrating as fuck and making content for just League locks you in a creative quagmire that'll burn you out hardcore." Magikarp, Redmercy, SRO, etc. That's not an insult to these vids, they're well done. Does serve as a cautionary tale to creators to not only hyperfixate on 1 thing, though.

[@LoLAthlete]

The last thing I want to be remembered for is hyperfixating on 1 video series 😬

[@Siegram999]

I dont really agree its more so there is no real content outside of SR. why do u think so many content creators flocked to tft and now the new 2v2v2v2 mode.

[@bsh7390]

Yeah, it means they are mature and just move on, instead of sticking to a game eternally

[@ujjalrabha8146]

there used to be guy who cosplayed as the cchamp he plays, later he made a content house. suddenly i remembered him. does anyone remember his yt channel?

[@lightspeedrescue]

Lmao SRO didn't quit and is still making League videos, he's just irrelevant because his viewers dropped him. He behaves like a emotionally stunted manchild on stream and was stuck in Plat most of the season. His Twitch viewership at one point dropped to hover between 100-200 concurrent viewers only, while his months old videos are stuck under sub-40k views. Enough for him to get by, but not enough for him to stop if he wants to continue making a living.

[@stay.night1]

magikarpusedfly should be talked about more, he made great videos in his prime

[@user-mx9he7ex3z]

"Its a good job michael jacksons dead, Cus now im the king of.... POP" "Blererererrrrgh" and other quotable moments

[@muggs105]

problem was he was getting comment about how he should kill himself and those sorts of bad stuff, so when he turned that into jokes, those idiots didnt take it well, he outplayed them really good.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

no

[@KonradCurves]

He makes better videos now. His horror videos are some of the best things on youtube. His 2 hour doc best ive seen on this platform

[@muggs105]

@@KonradCurves i havent finished watching it, not going to spoil for the audience, but im almost finished watching it, each era has its things, that's cool.

[@AlejandroNovoaWorks]

I can see the "What happened to LoLAthlete" in 6 years talking about himself after a 4 year hiatus.

[@hicria]

LMAO

[@pwpqwq7648]

Considering how little viewership he has, he might just stop soon

[@hicria]

@@pwpqwq7648 little? 50k views per video is great

[@cobreeee]

Magikarp was honestly the only league content creator i used to watch back in the day. His sense of humor and personality were the main reasons i watched his vids, not just the league stuff, even though i found him through that. I remember binging his spotlights while bored and watching his playthroughs of other games, unboxings too. He was always honest with his audience and he was a really big inspiration to me. I dont watch much of him or youtube in general lately, but i do try to check back on his and brickys channels from time to time. Also another funny thing i remember disliking his self deprecating jokes because i thought more of him than what he was saying.

[@Estmaraver]

Matt is a fucking legend, his videos made me laugh so much while I still was in the worst years of the Venezuelan scarcity period in 2016/2017. I eventually got out of there and I have to thank Matt for the good laughs during such a difficult time.

[@Snarflez]

Venezuelan here. Glad you got out.

[@EOMMunaware]

Magikarp, redmercy, pants are dragon. In their prime 2015-2016 making vids. Me as 13 yr old watching every single video. Never realized I’d miss that era.

[@lackiduki]

what happened to magikarp? he used fly

[@minimumwage2169]

Banger🎉

[@thejoe9175]

The Man, The Myth, The Legend. Matt, is the one of the OG League content creator who inspired a lot of people and put some names on the spotlight as well like Skooch and Nicky Boy who carried his torch for creative league content and not a competitive content. This man's legacy til this day is one of the earliest building blocks of League community. He did live in his words as he said "I am the greatest of all time!"

[@Phantas-ma]

🥩🚴

[@tenderandmoist5011]

This mans

[@che1r]

@@Phantas-ma fr

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

I was never too fund of his league content but i was proud of him for standing his ground to do what he loved. His content honestly improved since then

[@cripplinmuffin]

What I miss the most is him playing games with his friends. Any games, not just league. The recent jeopardy videos really make me miss the days even more. I just love their dynamic as a friend group.

[@C4lheiro]

As being someone who watched Matt's Content since 2018-ish and got to know his wife and friends, seeing someone reffer to them as "Karp Krew" ( 2:15 ) in 2023 made me smile so bad. I miss them together, but I'm so glad Matt is doing what he loves.

[@data5565]

Out of all of the lol personalities you have discussed this one is the one I miss the most. The rengar spotlight I still watch at least once a year

[@ZForZamorak]

I love his ivern and asol ones.. actually the more I think about it I love so many of them

[@data5565]

@@ZForZamorak rengar was the best. That’s a hill I die on!

[@antoniiaradeva1503]

surprice but *** hahahahahah I love that video so much!

[@DominikMBlock]

Whats crazy to me to this day is that he used to make porn. He learned his skills on how to shoot videos there. In some vlog video he visited some old collegues and was pretty chill about it. I think some of his videos, like the "Zilean actual champion spotlight" are timeless and are still entertaining, although 2014 LoL didn't age well visually.

[@shakkarugat9184]

2 vids in 1 week? Did we just hit the jackpot?😮

[@Scrap_]

If it wasn't for this guy, I might of had a life outside of League of Legends.

[@Ticklestein]

He’s active again. New style, but active again. Insta and KZbin. It’s very mellow. Very nice. I really sympathized with the mental health struggle, it’s very nice to see the posts on his IG be positive 🙂

[@Savvle]

Do Uberdanger next

[@omgpterodactyl3289]

Would love to see a video about Keyori, her league videos were a large reason I really got into the game and her transition(pun intended) to WoW and other games still has a sizable audience.

[@skeley6776]

No way he actually went down the trans rabbit hole xD I guess I hope he survives the coin flip.

[@PyroFortune]

​@skeley6776 speaking on shit like you have any personal experience, or like it's any of your business, is hilarious

[@BoneWalker]

@@PyroFortune Careful, your ego is showing.

[@poonpoon1604]

My only question about keyori is what happen to Jenny?

[@LordRydag]

Keyori was a total ego tripping wanker. People stopped watching out of actual spite.

[@Heill_B.]

I remember when I first started league, I knew nothing about the game, so I looked at youtube and found MagikarpUsedFly's channel, and from his video, I learn a lot lol, but yeah keep making something that you don't like is draining. thanks for the video, keep up the good work ^-^

[@merok4291]

"He's a fucking rock....." lives in my head rent free.

[@madmaxiemartialartsnerd485]

Something I noticed that happened to league content creators, is the community themselves as the younger audience came, became way to obsessed over ranked. Not to be THAT guy. But back in my day we really didnt give a fuck about your rank, as long as you were funny and posted good vids, you were fun to watch. These days if you aren't Diamond+ the community just kinda treats you like shit. Honestly i say the LOL community is probs the most snobbish game community when it comes to ranks.

[@cloudynguyen6527]

The LoL community adopts the worst aspect of the gym bros. Instead of obsessing to improve muscle, it's rank score instead.

[@TitoCarlo13]

im still watching his old video to reminisce the old time when I enjoy league

[@nicklasveva]

"AP attack speed gnar" being classified as a troll build is offensive to me. Back in the day of season 6 or 7, this was the best you could build on gnar. And I had to suffer it.

[@MushyMaan]

I loved his content. Then one magic day I managed to get into one of the fan games he had going, the game glitched causing everyone to get random champs. I asked for a redo with champs everyone wanted and he just flipped out. Seriously kinda raged over it.

[@Magnetcross]

This is very wholesome, he escaped ccp riot games league of cacner and now enjoys making other content, mad respect for the wh40k

[@emred4653]

He's freed from league of legends. He's probably a happier man now.

[@YoSuey]

I really enjoyed his jeopardy videos. Wish he'd keep the series up

[@MatthewKBranin]

One of the GOATs. Thank you for this video, it's so well done. Do one for Bricky!

[@BiIboSwaggins]

You should really do a video on Spazie. He lost like 200k subs in the last years. And used to be one of the few content creators backed by RIOT. He was showcased on the client almost weekly. And now his channel is dead, his stream is super dead.

[@mithenmedina540]

Content creators aren't artists, the sooner they understand that, the sooner you choose if you want to be a content creator or not.

[@naknampucha5236]

That feels like a gig that they won't be able to keep forever. As long as they feel done,. they shouldn't keep it as if it's something that would last longer than it should.

[@thomasvlekke5365]

his "3 grown men spend $3000 on plastic toys" was so amazing and covi shutting one of the best warhammer series on youtube down after episode one was.... depressing

[@LviathanGG]

Matt will always be an icon I would always respect and love. That man inspired me to be a video editor and literally molded my humor and that its okay to look after yourself over just making content. I respect his decision to go on hiatus but man do I miss the guy :(

[@merlin5411]

One of the few creators I can count on two hands that left without being in some sort of controversy.

[@laurocoman]

I'm glad Mat moved away from the public spotlight and (like he said himself in this comment section) is working in other things as editor to have YT as a side gig. But at the same time, I'm really sad we probably won't get to see his sense of humour and commentary any more. The videos on his father's death, his bird and My Life So Far were very appreciated. The guy had everything to make it in YT and just walked away. Freaking legend.

[@droppedmydagger3834]

Hey, enjoyed the video. It reminded me a lot of BrickyOrchid8 and his "So you want to main" series, and how he felt Pidgeon-holed into league content because of that series. He openly stated that he did not enjoy making league content and wished to do variety, but the League community hates anything non-league related, and he noticed views would plummet on anything for DBD or For Honor which were other games he was currently getting into at the time, and was actually pretty damn good at those games. He did end up quitting the League content for good after a battle with his viewers. It's crazy how much the community is obsessed with the game to the point it's usually all they play and the only content they want to consume. If I ever became a well-known youtuber(which would most likely never happen) I would avoid League content at all costs.

[@draeinlineskating8893]

Matt is my favorite youtuber in forever, i dont care what content he make i still love it but specially video with friend fucking around in leagueor what ever game they want The atmosphere of him with his friends make me feel like i have one myself

[@hawk-nightcore5577]

Its so sad to see that everyone playing league just gets depressed from it... Its the same for casual and non casual players sadly

[@errorsofnovember6068]

i just watched Redmercy's downfall and now Magikarpusedfly😢 i guess nostalgia just a place to visit

[@Oliver-zj9kl]

Magicarp was a big part of my childhood and why I also played league in the first place. i admit Im one of those people that just lost interest after a while to his video but his new content is really really interesting to watch and even after I grew up, I still like his personality as a youtuber and as a person.

[@thehorsetermite886]

3:40 so I remember somebody once commented that if Matt and Hitler kissed their facial hair would never touch, which Matt saw and said was the best comment he has ever received. I wish i knew which video it was.

[@Me_Caveman]

2009-2023. That's how long I played League for. They used to be more than what they are today and it is a chapter I'm satisfied with. Time to move on.

[@Leikjarinn]

He quit to make the best StarCraft retrospective ever

[@weasledude]

I miss the actual champion spotlights.

[@toddydog3]

I never really watched him even though I was pretty actively in league at that time. He seems like a quality guy.

[@TheVoiceofWisdom...]

I like how you posted at 12 AM for me (I live eastern canada) that way when I wake up your automatically on my front page for youtube

[@VOIDW1TCH]

To this day, I still use the “: ^)” from his Talon spotlight, it’s become a habit nowadays whenever I talk about something hate lol Magikarp and Sky Williams made up most of my teenage years on YT and will always have a place in my heart 🖤

[@likeyoutubers5454]

My favourite KZbinr of all time. Legend. He was and still is the living proof that fun and comedy are better than competition and winning. He made is laugh while everyone else was teaching us how to win.

[@kiswithy5541]

Im a league player, but i enoyed his warhammer videos the most. He had tons of fun!

[@doofs]

Personally, I've always understood the key factors of Matt's main motivations to move away from champion spotlights being: the unrealistic amount of effort put into each spotlight, the then after creative burnout, and the lack of content creator support league had, and still has. Matt's eventual move away from League content I've always interpreted was not out of a lack of passion towards the game, but rather a frustration with the League's content creator scene being non existent and the logistics of making Champion Spotlights. Y'know why put weeks of effort into one single video when a single twitch highlight could pull in the same numbers at the time, which inturn lead him to pursuit passion projects.

[@KraXoom]

I agree so much with him and it’s why I also stopped playing LOL as much as I use too. Riot really made this game more about competitive play (because that makes them more money) rather then a fun to play game. The gameplay is worse and the toxicity increased because everyone that plays thinks they’re gonna be challenger, which is very unlikely but they all think they’re god tier players. I miss the good old days where everyone including the enemy team congratulated someone for getting a penta kill rather then flaming each other over all chat about whose fault it is.

[@rhym2258]

Tbh I loved his content overall I watched very vid he would upload I was sad when I saw his decline in uploads but I understood that everyone has their own life outside of it and he should take time for himself and what he wants but still to this day I look forward to uploads from him

[@brownishtint]

The Kled spotlight thumbnail is godlike

[@Neyooon]

dang, I was still in high school when I used to watched him, I really missed his content

[@KirThalosRavencrest]

RIP my boy Solwolf. The OG break the meta man

[@Andrew-sv5xn]

Matt is probably one of the few league youtubers who WASN'T popular cause of league. His personality is a gem the humour is amazing that's why i wish he'd do KZbin no matter what game or video it is. He's still absolutely and wonderfully entertaining

[@MarshallDKious]

I feel like it's also worth mentioning that, in his return video, Matt said he was excited to come back with new material and to talk about things he really liked and enjoyed. His first video back after the long hiatus was a breakdown of H Games that he really enjoyed. A risky topic to be sure, but it's a niche market. It should be noted, in the ENTIRE video, there was no nudity, sus sounds, or visuals, but within about half an hour the video was PULLED right off the platform for "Violating the ToS" of KZbin. Which, again, none of the content in the actual video depicted anything sexual (to my recollection, but it has been a long time and I only saw it once) . What makes it frustrating is that, while KZbin will absolutely take down a creators content for "violating" their ToS; in the same vein, KZbin is happy to take money from ads that will absolutely advertise sexually charged games and the like. I think, had KZbin not pulled the rug out from under him, Matt would've made a strong comeback to KZbin; however, after his first video back was unceremoniously wiped off the platform, he just, stopped wanting to create anything. Which I can't blame him, why would you want to put any of the time and effort into a video to upload it, only to have it either completely delisted or have it demonetized because you said 'boobies' or something?

[@Mordikay211]

Matt getting kicked out by Dyrus was a legendary moment though.

[@haomantherighteous7976]

I think that there are two sides now. People who watched the Loltubers grow out of League, and those who miss them in the current community. A lot of my friends quit 6-7+ Years ago and we never went back. Some of us still play but… idk sometimes games just run the course with some people.

[@XenagarD]

I honestly blame riot, No offense back then you could win a game with any champion in multiple different ways via split plushing, playing passively and farming or even building a huge lead, the game wasn't that snowbally, games could be 40 minutes where you just held out vs someone who to picked op early game champs like fiora or riven etc. You could effectively counter the tryhard early game champs just because the game wasn't designed to be played a single way as it was today. Now, league of legends has one playstyle, and they reward only that playstyle of ending games fast and playing aggressively earlier. You can't pick late game champions who are weak in lane unless you are in high elo and skilled enough to get through the game, because riot doesn't want games going long, herald and elder drake where made for that reason. As it is right now, The game only revolves around your botlane and only they will carry and only they will get everything and be the hero etc etc. You cannot play passively and win if you are on a tank or something safe other than an enchanter. Adcs now spike at one item and if you let the game go on they only become stronger and if they have an enchanter in the late game they are unkillable. Champions like jax, irelia, pantheon now do well both in lane and late game. Tanks will lose lane, be decent mid game and then be super minions late game. Late game mages like viktor and syndra's kits were made easier to scale into mid game rather than late game, while they still kept their safety, they basically got buffs and still remained safe to play. Bruisers are probably the best of both worlds, you can do damage as well as tank damage. It's insane how this game has become to sweaty, even in aram.

[@usedcolouringbook8798]

To be fair, the pros are the ones who set the standard of gameplay. The West wants slower games but the real pros are Asian and they love their 15-20 min games. So it's just Riot catering to who they feel matters, not the community that made them #1. Imo it's just how the Chinese do business.

[@usedcolouringbook8798]

Seems I was a month early when I asked myself this same question.

[@LoLAthlete]

What Happened to Imaqtpie? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3qrd3eki5ufe9U

[@Eerbyrb]

still waiting for bunnyfufu lmao haha

[@moe-7544]

Are you going to do one for Brofresco?

[@ManuYoCom]

I only started watching him last year for his Warhammer videos. I didn't even realize he went afk, I was finding it odd I hadn't seen new videos in a while xd

[@BlahoMark15]

He guided me into Leauge allowing me to be here. Shame the game corrupts your soul.

[@inanimatesum4945]

He catered to anime fans, he knew how everyone felt around the game and when to make a contrarian take. He did a good job branching out after considering how hard it was to be making videos on the game.

[@godalful]

I miss this channel. I just got back into the game

[@kuroki4151]

Donkey was the only content creator who got away with the League curse, maybe cause he got out early?

[@justamoogle5268]

I think the only Karp crew left playing league is Darkk Mane, kinda wish for the old days

[@nuperaa6617]

Good for him, after all we all kinda stopped with the league. I'm a season 3 veteran, now that we have some money and jobs there are more important things in life.

[@KonradCurves]

The thing is his non league videos always been better. His Horror doc one the best things on youtube and deserves more views and respect

[@edmonnavarroza317]

I mean come on does everybody know how HARD is it to edit an ACTUAL champion spotlight? Even I can get depressed being worked upon so much.

[@toni46]

"regurgitated content just to keep the lights on" Thats kinda sad but it speaks to our financial literacy a little bit. He probably raked in so much money during his prime but at the end he still had to do what he didn't want to just to pay bills. That was prime time to invest and stockpile wealth so that when he quit, it wouldn't really matter. I mean he saw the writing on the wall. Anyway I hope I'm wrong and he's actually living comfortably off of what he made and not struggling financially.

[@GarredHATES]

Had no idea about his league stuff, I know him from the Warhammer video.

[@Skishe]

League of Failures was my favorite series he ever did... Silver Scrapes being an iconic subreddit gag. Kind of wish he didn't delete his College? KZbin account (themattcastro). One of my favourite quote being, "morbidly obese fat friend". That channel was practically gold.

[@maverickso8397]

I miss his league stuff and did wish he did the original champ list but im still happy he happy tho

[@hollow_man_7693]

He realizes Magikarp can't use fly.

[@elliswinchester5858]

I DID started off watching his channel with the actual spotlight But I then turn to love the other content as myself stopped playing League God damn I don’t know just how many time I rewatch secret Santa and laugh

[@kaofee]

Damn I loved watching Magikarp and i didnt even play league. The only contact i had with league was my brothers but he made it so much entertaining to watch.

[@gelonvia8525]

Matts videos were legendary, honestly ifound his videos to be the funniest of all the LoL tubers, and most normal tubers

[@Natemazuri]

I still have his signature on the bilgewater letters riot gave at insomnia leaguefest! Amazing guy!

[@thomasvlekke5365]

He recently also came out saying he got burned out on Warhammer content..... Well, that's not entirely true, bricky said that to us in a recent dice check video. So even something that gave him energy and made him hyped is something he got burned out on

[@parsa8941]

To this day, mat is one of my all time favorite people online

[@Teriirii]

I like that he focuses on what he likes and doesn't just people please anymore, though the league content did get the views going at least he kinda didnt care about that lol. People like him make me want to become a whole ass youtuber, alas I dont even have a good computer

[@andreibossahtamon3950]

*SIHG* Im divided on this one , one hand Im happy for him to do what he likes, on the other Im sad that "actual champion spotlight" will never be done again with his humor that million of fans and league players enjoyed

[@Finn3h]

He really got done dirty by YT his variety never got pushed I always had to go look for it

[@NemeiCat]

The year he stopped playing leauge is the same year I started then found his channel a year after that

[@maziio646]

His best videos were Horror related, that says a lot about his channel and motivation

[@emkicha209]

Looks like season 5-6 was just peak league youtube with all those videos lmao

[@jBaO493]

Bro his starcraft video was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 It pains me that it didnt even get 100k views That sh#t was an emplemon level of quality right there, it truly deverved more attention

[@ItsJoeyNoodles]

When he stopped making as much League content is about the same time I quit playing league completely. I also personally think its not fun as a casual player. I do enjoy playing TFT though.

[@anthonybalista7421]

Holy shit I was literally just thinking that I haven’t seen a Magikarp video posted in a while and was wondering why.

[@tomberghs9286]

He's limiwire docu was amazing❤I've been a fan of him since end 2014 he's a absolute legend.

[@mississippitornado6842]

back when it required talent to make videos

[@alyssarichardson2544]

I salute this man, he was talking about Tank Ekko before anyone else, that shit got me to Diamond in s5! Hit it again in s7 but since then the furthest I got was to my platinum promos which I didn't finish before the season reset (went to classic wow then back to Borderlands 2 and Doom mods / .wads) played a little since but not since Emerald was implemented...

[@aldzcant1736]

The same with the old guys such as BoxBox, scarra, Shiphtur, etc.

[@RyeFields]

Curious to see if anyone else from the karp crew are gonna be on this series

[@Hehehe023]

Matt made me touch warhammer

[@nd6274]

great vid! i lowkey forgot about him, his champion spotlights and league of failiures were amazing