PLEASE READ: This video is a FICTIONAL story created for the purposes of storytelling and entertainment. I created the story and all of the evidence you see throughout this video, the channel does in fact exist and the story will be continued there. I apologize if you made it through this video thinking it was real the whole time, it was never my intention to play with people's emotions besides just creating what I thought was a cool piece of unfiction that people could get invested in. Going forward I will be better on including these disclaimers in the video itself as because not everyone reads the comments or the description. Thank you all for the kind words and positive feedback on this video, I read nearly every comment and its so amazing to hear your guys' experiences.
that means i got emotional for no damn reason!? Edit: In all seriousness video was great but it would be better to put a disclaimer y'know? but still it's a masterpiece.
Dude, I was about to say 'dude, you're a legend', but now this comment ruined the video for me, but alright, you deserve more love, have a good day y'all!
"I just dont know what is scarier. looking backward, and seeing how far i've gotten, or looking forward, and seeing nothing at all." is such a hard quote tbh, genuinely deep as hell and super well made
I like the idea that Con doesn't enter the caves, which are "dark, cold, and grey" because they probably reminded him of the basement that he wasn't allowed in, the basement where Levi was kept.
This was the best ARG i ever. Every moment, scary moments, shock, happy, sadness and fear is all done right 10/10 its a masterpiece ❤❤❤❤love your video hope you continue
This is the best fake arg ever but the one problem is at around 10:00 it says “hi con” when that’s what WE nicknamed him, not himself nicknaming him it
@@Doosway the channel, yes, the general Minecraft unfiction genre, no. But it was just so convincing! Usually Minecraft unfiction, the ones I’ve been able to find, has some sort of element that gives it away as not entirely real, something supernatural usually, but this had no giveaways, it was really cool!
So you both created the arg and are "solving" it? I haven't really seen anybody else do this, it was very convincing and it actually seemed like you didn't know the solution and were trying to solve it. Definitely earned a sub!
I've actually seen two before. It's about a world that can hear you. Very noticeable with its green coloured thumbnails. They made a video exploring the map. Then they made a follow up video analysing it pretending it's not them (despite it being obvious). There was another youtuber that made their own arg then a solving video. About a raven and a house in Minecraft. The video is mostly normal, analysing the youtube channel and all the videos and clues. Before we reach the end where the narrative changes and we find out the youtuber himself made the arg is part of the narrative. It was pretty cool.
I stubbled across this video and it is a damn good intro to your channel I’ve watch a lot of creepy stories and stuff on yt and this was the first one ever to bring a tear to my eyes filling me with emotions I haven’t even felt watching movies… this is a beautiful peace of art. I’ve been watching yt for 17 years and you sir have made me make my first ever yt comment to tell u this was absolutely amazing
I like the symbolism and parallel in the last scene where the child went into the darkness, looking at the torch as it went further and further. It was a nice parallel to the the child's habit of doing the same thing whenever they explored the cave. Symbolism-wise, the part where the child just habitually looks at the torch symbolize them clinging to the livestream, clinging to the hope that whoever's watching may be able to help them, it was enough to bring them to the next torch, the next livestream. But the last scene, it represents them watching the last of the torch, watching as it slowly disappears into the darkness, and so do they. This is just a fun lil thought of mine, may or may not align with Zacho's intention. But that still made the experience much better for me.
I'm torn on what to feel about this one. On one hand, for a brief time I forgot what your channel's all about and it shattered my heart to think of a kid in this situation. But on the other, it's well done enough to evoke those feelings in force. Well done.
Hey! I'm only ~10 minutes into the video but I think I found something that kind of tipped me off that this was fictional - The gmail you put in calls the user Con, despite that only being what you call him, and not his actual account name. I'm enjoying the story up to this point, and I was genuinely nervous when you first said it could be a kid looking to escape!! Keep up the great videos!
The story is so convincing that I actually looked around on the web for 30 min. I was so scared and nervous until I opened the comments. I was relieved that it was just a fictional story. It was very convincing, there is absolutely no flaw at all. I actually appreciate the work put in this video.
"Its scary but i will keep trying..." "If you will too.." literally had me in tears. as someone who has been in moments where i have needed to rely on my friends to keep moving forward this hit hard. The flashbacks to everything that had happened in the video as he walks down the hallway just made things so much more heartbreaking and so much better. Amazing work. edit: In my opinion you have reached your goal. I doubt the Minecraft movie could invoke such emotions in people as much as this video did.
Ok like genuinely i watched the whole video without looking at the comment section and i was TOUCHED to the soul. I really thought this was real and was sobbing hard. The realization that i had when i read your comment LOL. I was mad at first but in a good way. This was a very well down ARG i actually fell for it. You gained a sub !
I was first watching this on my TV with no way to see the comments and at first thought it was going to be you solving an arg and then you got to the stuff about police reports and my mind started to race. The instant you said "there were two kids in the house" I quire literally ran to my computer to look in the comments. This was so incredibly convincing. Well done!
The reveal at around 24:00 is so cool. The clues being called back on and culminating in a way that lets people possibly catch on during it or even before. Amazing.
knowing that this is fiction doesn't take away from the experience. it's like watching a movie. you know the characters are acting, but you still feel for them as if they were real. that being said, i love this newer genre of minecraft arg videos! they invoke the same feelings i got while reading House of Leaves (of which i cannot recommend enough), some sort of excitement or anticipation. i can't wait to see where this story goes next and i hope you have fun making it :)
@@aadarshroy3216 would you rather prefer an reality where all of this was real and actual children were endangered. if it was real, do you think someone would even make a video about it?
I rarely don't comment on any sort of social media, including yt, but this story alone was really well made and I absolutely love it not just bcs it was well made but also it brings awareness to things like this that are happening pretty much everyday. Tbh, you really had me believing that this was real and not to toot my own horn but im hard to fool. The video as a whole really moved me in a way I cant describe and I wish everyone can watch this exact video bcs the best way to get a very important point across to a vary large audience of different variety (different generations and age groups) is doing it in a way that has some sort of entertaining aspect to it, which in this case is Minecraft, and you have not done a very good job at doing but rather perfected this art. I love what you do and I hope you keep up the good work.
Honestly I wasn't sure about this channel when I first came across it, but after seeing all the compelling stories you create it's honestly exciting every time you upload
I'm glad you clarified that it was fictional. Though you honestly played it convincing enough to me. I would have literally never guessed it was faked. It all seemed eerily realistic. Good job on that aspect, even if you didn't mean to fool people. Just means you're a good writer. Honestly, you coming out to clarify that it's fake ALSO says a LOT about you as a person. You're transparent, you're not gonna try to lie for clout and crap. You earned yourself a subscription for both the writing, and being a genuinely open and honest person. That's fucking awesome. Especially in Minecraft RUclips these days.
thank you, because i make these myself i truly forget how they can come across so when so many people were believing it was legit and especially getting like emotional about it i needed to say something bc the goal is not to make people fully distraught just share a touching story :))
Before he said it was fictional I found it spooky that the kid had the exact same birthdate as my sister. Month day and year all correct and we live near Michigan
I will say, Usually if someone is truly in this situation, the last thing they would think to do is make a heavily well edited video that ends on a cliffhanger. So, keep that in mind next time.
This is easily the best ARG ever created. It just mixes reality and fiction so well, it makes everyone get confuses if it is actually real or just script. Very well made and i'm looking forward seeing more of your amazing work!
i think this is the best story ive ever heard 'there were 2 kids in the house' I AUDIBLY GASPED. i never show emotion like that in a video. how do you not have more subs??
Fantastic concept for a story and a brilliant way to tell it. Unique way to kickstart an ARG, very curious to see how the unanswered bits carry on. I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on all this as I've got some pretty solid theories in the bag, but without much basis for much of it yet.
I had some brief thoughts that this was an ARG, but for the most part, this actually drew me in so well that I did think it was real. (Due to my doubts, I chose not to check before I finished watching.) This is incredibly well-done and I'm excited to see more.
THIS IS LITERALLY A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!! I genuinely thought it was real for a second and it was so intriguing but then I read the description and found out it wasn’t but either way MY GOSH IS THIS AMAZING CANT WAIT FOR YOU NEXT VIDEO✨
Honestly this is so good. Not knowing you channel before, I thought this was going to be a regular “here’s this weird thing in the community commentary” video which I get recommended all the time. Then as the video progressed I got really invested in the story of Con, only once thinking this seems like an ARG, but then brushing it off thinking who would limit it to a livestream. It wasn’t until the note on the second child, did it fully click its a piece of fiction, which just speaks to how well this has all been constructed, excited to seeing more!
Damn, sucks that some people are getting mad over this. That's why you fact-check stuff, y'all. ARGs are fucking awesome, they're narrative masterpieces when done right, and this one certainly is. Because not enough people are saying it-- well done, again.
Great story dude, i was crying so much until i saw the description, idk how u have the ability to create an arg like this, fantastic job, why not a new sub?
this is the best video ive ever seen on yt. Im not even kidding. as someone who dont look at comments till after the vid. i felt all sorts of emotions and the ending of this video felt like the amazing end of a movie. until the cliffhanger. i loved this video all the way through and im going to look into more of your content. LOVE THIS
Hey I have a theory (it’s a bit of a stretch but bear with me). In the Michigan sports email and in the article detailing the missing child, they both show the date that they were released (email: Sep 6; article: Sep 7). Now, this is a story that Zachobuilds made, meaning he had to create all the article, accounts, and emails for the production. This means he had to deliberately look at the date and put it there, which makes me believe it’s intentional. My theory, which is crazy so hear me out, is that this entire investigation was done 2 or 3 months in the future, and then was posted in the past (our present day). I don’t have much to support this but this is my theory.
Gods, I'm late to this, sorry, but you're not wrong about time not lining up. Currently (the first stream available for me), "why me" was uploaded on Sep 2, but in the description, it states 8/7/24. I'm pretty sure America uses month/day/year, and even so, those days/month don't match at all. I'm not sure if it is useful information just thought it was a curious find about time not lining up in this ARG.
I had a similar idea for an ARG once. The whole "arg analysis creator is also arg creator" has been done before (Adam Butcher and the Crow64 ARG) but seeing it applied to Minecraft is refreshing. Such a well-written video! One thing, though, I wish you had taken the time to design real-looking newspaper articles instead of using the online generator everyone uses. It breaks the otherwise flawless immersion of the video and is a little jarring. Obviously they show up for like two seconds, but hey we're unfiction writers lol. Spending three hours designing something that shows up for two seconds is our specialty 😅 Amazing job and I can't wait to see what else you have in store! Will be following the channel as well, been looking for a new Minecraft ARG to keep up with.
When you said “there were 2 kids in the house.” My heart actually dropped and I ran to the comments. Man that was so well written you had me genuinely terrified! Good work!! :D
If i had a nickel for every time i watched an unfiction video about some weird and eerie thing related to a game that genuinely tricked me into thinking it was real and shocked me when i found out it was unficiton in the past few days, I'd have two nickels. Which isnt a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Well, I'm hooked. i've never seen someone make and solve their own ARG before, and the story you're weaving is incredible. Taking something familiar (creepy Minecraft alpha videos) and putting a depressing spin on it.
this is genuinely the CRAZIEST minecraft arg Ive ever seen! The story is everywhere from the camera movemnt to the deciphering! And ever single oclusion youve got is completely out of the box! the moment when you typed the password and logged in was definitely unprecedented in any of the arg! Man this is a true masterpiece
Great ARG. Gotta say that I saw it coming w the repeatedly leaving the house bit that the kid was making a replica of the house to practice escaping, and it burning down was possibly the antagonist finding out and foiling his plans, but very intriguing nonetheless, especially with the incorporation of a gmail account to uncover the rest of the story. Well done
Honestly this video was very convincing, and I applaud your storytelling for managing to make me believe for the length of the video and I hope to see more of this story in the future
I got so sad at the houses being destroyed. I know its fake but the sad walking just made me imagine that happening to a real little kid and now im sobbing
That "There were two kids in the house would make me cry so hard even without the last part, BUT THE LAST PART MADE ME CRY EVEN HARDER 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Ur a great storyteller!
i got a bad headache about 2/3s into the video when i was first watching it last night, so i decided to finish it today. let me say, even knowing the twist, it somehow still got me! i feel so bad for the kid, i want to see them safe!! i may be repeating myself, but well done! can't wait to see where this goes (^ ^)
man, this story was actually the saddest story I have ever heard, making it to the very end second of the video, and thinking each seconds of it is real, and at the it's fictional. through the video, I was ready to dig into it with you, I was promising myself that I will help that kid. gosh, this is just, idk man, is world that creepy that such things would happen?? I guess sooo....
@@BOXMAN2018 Saying in advance i’m bad with explaining these kind of things To me it hits hard because of how hopeless it’ll feel for the other kid, being so close to rescue yet missing and their fate being unknown as this was probably their last shot, we have no idea where they are now and if they’ll even be able to have any kind of chance to leave hints like this again. It’s such a gut wrenching twist
I loved all the times when you were like "ohhhh, wait.", and connected a buncha things together(mainly cuz i felt that way too), and it felt so satisfying when you connected the dots. great story-telling! this video has earned a "my sub to ur channel" award!
Fascinating choice of presentation. Unlisted livestreams are a little hard to enjoy though, but i really like the concept and story. We need more livestream based ARGs
I genuinely thought it was a Herobrine or possibly Null video lol. My Minecraft brain sees Alpha Minecraft and automatically picture Herobrine haunting the world watching the player constantly. Or Null Tampering with signs. Come on please tell me I wasn’t the only one who thought of Herobrine. But My gosh how much more sinister this story this was so well made.
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a youtuber do a video about their own ARG that they are making, I'd have three nickels ...which isn't much, but it's pretty cool it's happened thrice right? Cool stuff dude, very very intrigued.
What the fuck, bro i thought the livestreams were an arg, then halfway through i thought it's real, then i looked at the description and found out that THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS AN ARG. What the fuck, you're so tallented, i was actually tense watching this, still tense now.
i don't normally comment, but holy fucking shit. this is an insanely good story, piece of media, arg, whatever you want to call it. it's compelling, it's plausible, it fits right into the current minecraft horror trends, and its heartwrenching. the 'oh my god, there were two kids in the house' made me shrivel up inside, all cold. that was fucked up. i was drawn in, hook line and sinker. holy shit. it reminds me of "brandonworks", in a very good way, with a nice twist i wasn't expecting. it reminds me of zeemyth's work, which is a high compliment given he's a minecraft arg god. i would love, LOVE, to see another video, just like this, continuing the story. please keep making this sort of content, it fucks hard and i've not seen anything that captures this level of spirit the way you do with the same level of Reality.
I think you make the best ARG I've ever seen. It didn't even wander to some arc where there's a god and an entity, kept consistent and realistic. I've seen the ghost one, and this one. Can't wait to see more!
This video reminds me a lot of the works of Adam Butcher, specifically his video Internet Story, which also was presented as an exploration of a weird set of RUclips videos leading to a tragic ending. Really cool form of storytelling! Looking forward to seeing more from this creator
17:26 Now hear me out mates. I havent watched the full video yet but let me have a guess. 1)Owner of that streams have been kidnapped. 2)That loop stuff he is doing in that house is his escaping plan. 3)That house is his house irl. 4)His "kidnapper" possibly his abusive father. Now lets keep watching.
This is an excellent piece of unfiction, and you should be proud! :D Very good storytelling, from every perspective. This type of stuff is art, and it deserves to be called that, because art is all about making people FEEL things. This piece encapsulates a feeling of dread that can only stem from very serious topics like this. I love it. The impact of that last line was well-earned.
this means a ton to me, this video in particular I really went full force into creating a world people would Want to get invested in so I'm so happy it came across well :))
I had to check *_twice_* if it was fictional or not, good lord this is some great quality content I've rarely ever seen before. This ARG got me so immersed, I almost mistook it as genuinely real. I kept trying to doubt that it was real, but at the same time I kept wondering "what if...". Absolutely fantastic work! Captivating until the very last moments, comprehensible pace & incredibly easy to follow everything that was displayed and explained! I think I'm addicted to this type of content now.
I AM SO SURPRISED THAT YOU TWO CREATED THIS,bro this is more amazing than the conjuring and lord of the rings acting,my two favorite movies and youre better than them at acting dude,i have to say i am really really impressed,it was amazing to watch and had a lot of triangles and twists and everything nice,really good job
that story telling... i went in the video thinking it was going to be another cliche horror with jumpscares and such, but the story was actually creepy
This just came up as a random suggested video on our smart tv that didn't show a description or comments and damn, i first thought it was probably fake but then got invested and then felt sick that the kidnapper got away with a second victim, the one who had been asking for help. Was googling for a while and came back on my computer to get info from the article shown, etc and realized it was fiction. The relief! This was amazingly well done, and awesome story telling!
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PLEASE READ: This video is a FICTIONAL story created for the purposes of storytelling and entertainment. I created the story and all of the evidence you see throughout this video, the channel does in fact exist and the story will be continued there. I apologize if you made it through this video thinking it was real the whole time, it was never my intention to play with people's emotions besides just creating what I thought was a cool piece of unfiction that people could get invested in. Going forward I will be better on including these disclaimers in the video itself as because not everyone reads the comments or the description. Thank you all for the kind words and positive feedback on this video, I read nearly every comment and its so amazing to hear your guys' experiences.
that means i got emotional for no damn reason!?
Edit: In all seriousness video was great but it would be better to put a disclaimer y'know? but still it's a masterpiece.
You mother fu-
I got emotional for no reason
yes
Dude, I was about to say 'dude, you're a legend', but now this comment ruined the video for me, but alright, you deserve more love, have a good day y'all!
DUDE WHAT THE FUCK
"I just dont know what is scarier. looking backward, and seeing how far i've gotten, or looking forward, and seeing nothing at all." is such a hard quote tbh, genuinely deep as hell and super well made
And it’s from funny block game, of all things. I love it!
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this is my quote of the year. can't be topped
Nice pfp, rainworld is such a good game.
i will remember this quote as its very wise
"However, the channel itself is very real and the story will be continued after this video is released."
Oh, damn... I'm eager
Same I love these kinds of videos I’m going to continue watching cons channel
The description says it’s just an arg
@@Zenith610 yeah, thats no secret
The message, that the story continues still stays tho
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@@mistrystudios Same
I like the idea that Con doesn't enter the caves, which are "dark, cold, and grey" because they probably reminded him of the basement that he wasn't allowed in, the basement where Levi was kept.
This was the best ARG i ever. Every moment, scary moments, shock, happy, sadness and fear is all done right 10/10 its a masterpiece ❤❤❤❤love your video hope you continue
This is the best fake arg ever but the one problem is at around 10:00 it says “hi con” when that’s what WE nicknamed him, not himself nicknaming him it
Connor
I noticed that too.
He trapped him, EASYYY
Coincidental proabably (ik fictional)
Damm good analysis
DAMN. This was so well done, until I read the description for a genuine moment I thought this was real. 10/10 ARG, shockingly well done!
thank you so much!!
Same, I genuinely thought there was another kid stuck in this horrible situation, having rescue come so close but slipping away at the last moment
@@amberluppens3292 First time watching?
@@Doosway the channel, yes, the general Minecraft unfiction genre, no. But it was just so convincing! Usually Minecraft unfiction, the ones I’ve been able to find, has some sort of element that gives it away as not entirely real, something supernatural usually, but this had no giveaways, it was really cool!
@@amberluppens3292 nice
So you both created the arg and are "solving" it? I haven't really seen anybody else do this, it was very convincing and it actually seemed like you didn't know the solution and were trying to solve it.
Definitely earned a sub!
thank you!!
I've actually seen two before.
It's about a world that can hear you. Very noticeable with its green coloured thumbnails.
They made a video exploring the map.
Then they made a follow up video analysing it pretending it's not them (despite it being obvious).
There was another youtuber that made their own arg then a solving video. About a raven and a house in Minecraft. The video is mostly normal, analysing the youtube channel and all the videos and clues. Before we reach the end where the narrative changes and we find out the youtuber himself made the arg is part of the narrative.
It was pretty cool.
@@vvgirl6173the first one was this channel, the second was ZeeMyth! Both very well-made, honestly.
@@vvgirl6173 zeemyhth and wifies referance?
@@vvgirl6173 green one is made by this guy too
I stubbled across this video and it is a damn good intro to your channel I’ve watch a lot of creepy stories and stuff on yt and this was the first one ever to bring a tear to my eyes filling me with emotions I haven’t even felt watching movies… this is a beautiful peace of art. I’ve been watching yt for 17 years and you sir have made me make my first ever yt comment to tell u this was absolutely amazing
I like the symbolism and parallel in the last scene where the child went into the darkness, looking at the torch as it went further and further.
It was a nice parallel to the the child's habit of doing the same thing whenever they explored the cave.
Symbolism-wise, the part where the child just habitually looks at the torch symbolize them clinging to the livestream, clinging to the hope that whoever's watching may be able to help them, it was enough to bring them to the next torch, the next livestream.
But the last scene, it represents them watching the last of the torch, watching as it slowly disappears into the darkness, and so do they.
This is just a fun lil thought of mine, may or may not align with Zacho's intention. But that still made the experience much better for me.
“There where two kids in the house” GAVE ME CHILLS
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24:44 "there were 2 kids in the house" hit me so hard even though i know this is fictional
Edit: damn, I got so many likes just because of a comment
Bro.. the one is still with kidnapers.. I just recognize when i watch it again.. oh siansisnskoskqodn
gave me goosebumps man
@@Melonie_pew real dude
ME TOOOOOOOO
Super scary
I'm torn on what to feel about this one. On one hand, for a brief time I forgot what your channel's all about and it shattered my heart to think of a kid in this situation. But on the other, it's well done enough to evoke those feelings in force.
Well done.
I’m not sure if you knew but the whole “child being missing” was fake
@@nikhilr1171I believe that’s what their entire comment was about.
@@nikhilr1171I'm not sure if you knew but I'm pretty sure they know that already
Why do u sound like a half robot?
it’s all about the shock factor, bad
Hey! I'm only ~10 minutes into the video but I think I found something that kind of tipped me off that this was fictional - The gmail you put in calls the user Con, despite that only being what you call him, and not his actual account name. I'm enjoying the story up to this point, and I was genuinely nervous when you first said it could be a kid looking to escape!! Keep up the great videos!
Even tho this is a fictional story this guy could genuinely save some kids life out of some minecraft footage😭
hands down probably the best minecraft arg video i’ve ever watched
very well done!
thank you!!
@@zachobuilds before reading the description i was in guilt and feeling very sad about it u just cooked us,
The story is so convincing that I actually looked around on the web for 30 min. I was so scared and nervous until I opened the comments. I was relieved that it was just a fictional story. It was very convincing, there is absolutely no flaw at all. I actually appreciate the work put in this video.
"Its scary but i will keep trying..." "If you will too.." literally had me in tears. as someone who has been in moments where i have needed to rely on my friends to keep moving forward this hit hard. The flashbacks to everything that had happened in the video as he walks down the hallway just made things so much more heartbreaking and so much better. Amazing work.
edit: In my opinion you have reached your goal. I doubt the Minecraft movie could invoke such emotions in people as much as this video did.
Bravo my guy, ive seen a few Minecraft creepy stories but that one hit different. Very well done
Ok like genuinely i watched the whole video without looking at the comment section and i was TOUCHED to the soul. I really thought this was real and was sobbing hard. The realization that i had when i read your comment LOL. I was mad at first but in a good way. This was a very well down ARG i actually fell for it. You gained a sub !
I was first watching this on my TV with no way to see the comments and at first thought it was going to be you solving an arg and then you got to the stuff about police reports and my mind started to race. The instant you said "there were two kids in the house" I quire literally ran to my computer to look in the comments. This was so incredibly convincing. Well done!
SAME
You can see comments on tv you just can’t type comments
i genuinely thought the arg was based on those police reports
The reveal at around 24:00 is so cool. The clues being called back on and culminating in a way that lets people possibly catch on during it or even before. Amazing.
"There were two kids in the house" that is insane
That one line shook me
that just creeped my out when it was said.
I'm not sure if I wanna continue watching now
Very well built story!! PLEASE MAKE MORE!!!❤❤❤❤ Subbed with notifications on just to hope and see more of this!!!
Dude that was crazy story love it make more pls you are really good at it
knowing that this is fiction doesn't take away from the experience. it's like watching a movie. you know the characters are acting, but you still feel for them as if they were real.
that being said, i love this newer genre of minecraft arg videos! they invoke the same feelings i got while reading House of Leaves (of which i cannot recommend enough), some sort of excitement or anticipation. i can't wait to see where this story goes next and i hope you have fun making it :)
thank you that was my exact goal for this :))
it totally does. I thought he was actually solving a case and helping children. Learning that all of it was not real is disappointing.
@@zachobuilds Yeah man, this is way better than the Minecraft Movie
@@zachobuilds you should put the disclaimer that this is fiction at the end of the video.
@@aadarshroy3216 would you rather prefer an reality where all of this was real and actual children were endangered. if it was real, do you think someone would even make a video about it?
0:56 No, Notch just fucking broke leaf decay in alpha 1.2.6 so it got removed from the game effectively lmao
Wonderful ARG response. Thank you for the clarification in the description. I love ARGs they're like scavenger hunts.
bro before reading description i was going in depression
I rarely don't comment on any sort of social media, including yt, but this story alone was really well made and I absolutely love it not just bcs it was well made but also it brings awareness to things like this that are happening pretty much everyday. Tbh, you really had me believing that this was real and not to toot my own horn but im hard to fool. The video as a whole really moved me in a way I cant describe and I wish everyone can watch this exact video bcs the best way to get a very important point across to a vary large audience of different variety (different generations and age groups) is doing it in a way that has some sort of entertaining aspect to it, which in this case is Minecraft, and you have not done a very good job at doing but rather perfected this art. I love what you do and I hope you keep up the good work.
this was such a good story, i got late to school, while being fully invested. keep up the great work!
23:06 holy sh*t that explains why he didn't go in the caves
Honestly I wasn't sure about this channel when I first came across it, but after seeing all the compelling stories you create it's honestly exciting every time you upload
I'm glad you clarified that it was fictional. Though you honestly played it convincing enough to me. I would have literally never guessed it was faked.
It all seemed eerily realistic. Good job on that aspect, even if you didn't mean to fool people. Just means you're a good writer.
Honestly, you coming out to clarify that it's fake ALSO says a LOT about you as a person. You're transparent, you're not gonna try to lie for clout and crap. You earned yourself a subscription for both the writing, and being a genuinely open and honest person. That's fucking awesome. Especially in Minecraft RUclips these days.
thank you, because i make these myself i truly forget how they can come across so when so many people were believing it was legit and especially getting like emotional about it i needed to say something bc the goal is not to make people fully distraught just share a touching story :))
i couldn’t have said it any better
Before he said it was fictional I found it spooky that the kid had the exact same birthdate as my sister. Month day and year all correct and we live near Michigan
I will say, Usually if someone is truly in this situation, the last thing they would think to do is make a heavily well edited video that ends on a cliffhanger. So, keep that in mind next time.
@@citruscirrus5607yeah like what😭
This is easily the best ARG ever created. It just mixes reality and fiction so well, it makes everyone get confuses if it is actually real or just script. Very well made and i'm looking forward seeing more of your amazing work!
i think this is the best story ive ever heard 'there were 2 kids in the house' I AUDIBLY GASPED. i never show emotion like that in a video. how do you not have more subs??
Fantastic concept for a story and a brilliant way to tell it. Unique way to kickstart an ARG, very curious to see how the unanswered bits carry on. I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on all this as I've got some pretty solid theories in the bag, but without much basis for much of it yet.
ayeee thank you
I had some brief thoughts that this was an ARG, but for the most part, this actually drew me in so well that I did think it was real. (Due to my doubts, I chose not to check before I finished watching.) This is incredibly well-done and I'm excited to see more.
24:44 damn that sent shivers down my spine but i mean just imagine if this was real the guilt wouldve killed me
THIS IS LITERALLY A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!! I genuinely thought it was real for a second and it was so intriguing but then I read the description and found out it wasn’t but either way MY GOSH IS THIS AMAZING CANT WAIT FOR YOU NEXT VIDEO✨
Make more vids like this. Ill consider to sub cuz holy crap u have a matpat 2.0 theory level
Honestly this is so good. Not knowing you channel before, I thought this was going to be a regular “here’s this weird thing in the community commentary” video which I get recommended all the time. Then as the video progressed I got really invested in the story of Con, only once thinking this seems like an ARG, but then brushing it off thinking who would limit it to a livestream.
It wasn’t until the note on the second child, did it fully click its a piece of fiction, which just speaks to how well this has all been constructed, excited to seeing more!
Damn, sucks that some people are getting mad over this. That's why you fact-check stuff, y'all. ARGs are fucking awesome, they're narrative masterpieces when done right, and this one certainly is. Because not enough people are saying it-- well done, again.
Thank you, that means a lot
@@zachobuildsyou are gone be the next matpat buddy, I know it.
@@zachobuildsheck, more than that, YOU ARE A GENIUS!!! I swear you could become the next EINSTEIN!
@@zachobuildsand I know how it’s fake, but the fact that you came up with this is what I’m saying makes you the genius
Great story dude, i was crying so much until i saw the description, idk how u have the ability to create an arg like this, fantastic job, why not a new sub?
This was sooooo eerie and well made!! It makes me think of NickCrowley vids
this is the best video ive ever seen on yt. Im not even kidding. as someone who dont look at comments till after the vid. i felt all sorts of emotions and the ending of this video felt like the amazing end of a movie. until the cliffhanger. i loved this video all the way through and im going to look into more of your content. LOVE THIS
Hey I have a theory (it’s a bit of a stretch but bear with me). In the Michigan sports email and in the article detailing the missing child, they both show the date that they were released (email: Sep 6; article: Sep 7). Now, this is a story that Zachobuilds made, meaning he had to create all the article, accounts, and emails for the production. This means he had to deliberately look at the date and put it there, which makes me believe it’s intentional. My theory, which is crazy so hear me out, is that this entire investigation was done 2 or 3 months in the future, and then was posted in the past (our present day). I don’t have much to support this but this is my theory.
Wait a damn minite
Time travel + kidnapping + minecraft = good ARG
Gods, I'm late to this, sorry, but you're not wrong about time not lining up. Currently (the first stream available for me), "why me" was uploaded on Sep 2, but in the description, it states 8/7/24. I'm pretty sure America uses month/day/year, and even so, those days/month don't match at all.
I'm not sure if it is useful information just thought it was a curious find about time not lining up in this ARG.
I had a similar idea for an ARG once. The whole "arg analysis creator is also arg creator" has been done before (Adam Butcher and the Crow64 ARG) but seeing it applied to Minecraft is refreshing. Such a well-written video! One thing, though, I wish you had taken the time to design real-looking newspaper articles instead of using the online generator everyone uses. It breaks the otherwise flawless immersion of the video and is a little jarring. Obviously they show up for like two seconds, but hey we're unfiction writers lol. Spending three hours designing something that shows up for two seconds is our specialty 😅 Amazing job and I can't wait to see what else you have in store! Will be following the channel as well, been looking for a new Minecraft ARG to keep up with.
amazing video, this had me at the edge of my seat until the very last second. keep up the great work!
ahhh thank you!
When you said “there were 2 kids in the house.” My heart actually dropped and I ran to the comments. Man that was so well written you had me genuinely terrified! Good work!! :D
This is amazing, I genuinely thought it was legit at first. Can’t wait to see more of this story.
Just in the middle of watching this and only just realised this was uploaded like an hour ago lol, good video so far!
Me to
If i had a nickel for every time i watched an unfiction video about some weird and eerie thing related to a game that genuinely tricked me into thinking it was real and shocked me when i found out it was unficiton in the past few days, I'd have two nickels. Which isnt a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
is this about the "lost dinosaur game"?
@@SANADORFLAMENCO yes
Bruh. I’m way too old to get tricked by things like these and it concerns me. 😭
Well, I'm hooked.
i've never seen someone make and solve their own ARG before, and the story you're weaving is incredible. Taking something familiar (creepy Minecraft alpha videos) and putting a depressing spin on it.
this is genuinely the CRAZIEST minecraft arg Ive ever seen! The story is everywhere from the camera movemnt to the deciphering! And ever single oclusion youve got is completely out of the box! the moment when you typed the password and logged in was definitely unprecedented in any of the arg! Man this is a true masterpiece
the best minecraft horror i have ever watched, underated asf i had chills the whole time.
27:10 this part was genuinely so well done
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Great ARG. Gotta say that I saw it coming w the repeatedly leaving the house bit that the kid was making a replica of the house to practice escaping, and it burning down was possibly the antagonist finding out and foiling his plans, but very intriguing nonetheless, especially with the incorporation of a gmail account to uncover the rest of the story. Well done
Honestly this video was very convincing, and I applaud your storytelling for managing to make me believe for the length of the video and I hope to see more of this story in the future
I got so sad at the houses being destroyed. I know its fake but the sad walking just made me imagine that happening to a real little kid and now im sobbing
So well written, honestly impeccable work 🙏🏾
That "There were two kids in the house would make me cry so hard even without the last part, BUT THE LAST PART MADE ME CRY EVEN HARDER 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ur a great storyteller!
Man saves kidnapped kid with Minecraft
honestly i should change the title to this
More at 6
Minecraft truly can solve everything
The end is shocking....
@@LookiePookDaBoi It’s solved my cosine depression!
i got a bad headache about 2/3s into the video when i was first watching it last night, so i decided to finish it today. let me say, even knowing the twist, it somehow still got me! i feel so bad for the kid, i want to see them safe!!
i may be repeating myself, but well done! can't wait to see where this goes (^ ^)
Hannah Baker: “Why me?”
Clay Jensen: “WHY ME?”
Minecraft Alpha Livestream: “why me”
man, this story was actually the saddest story I have ever heard, making it to the very end second of the video, and thinking each seconds of it is real, and at the it's fictional.
through the video, I was ready to dig into it with you, I was promising myself that I will help that kid.
gosh, this is just, idk man, is world that creepy that such things would happen??
I guess sooo....
THE PLOT TWIST IS SO FREAKING SISHSBSIDJSJAAJ YOUR ARGS ARE SO UNIQUE AND CREATIVE DUD, U SHOULD B MORE POPULAR
AH thank you!!!
- Spoilers -
“There were two kids in the house.”
That line is so simple yet haunting, it’s amazing how well this arg was made
probably just goes over my head but why is it so haunting?
@@BOXMAN2018 Saying in advance i’m bad with explaining these kind of things
To me it hits hard because of how hopeless it’ll feel for the other kid, being so close to rescue yet missing and their fate being unknown as this was probably their last shot, we have no idea where they are now and if they’ll even be able to have any kind of chance to leave hints like this again. It’s such a gut wrenching twist
@@JesterEnthusiast ahh i get it now, thanks for the explanation.
Also as soon as I was up to the part where the line was said, I read this reply
1:24 "Because consciousness is a mouthfull
Much like your mo-"
I loved all the times when you were like "ohhhh, wait.", and connected a buncha things together(mainly cuz i felt that way too), and it felt so satisfying when you connected the dots. great story-telling! this video has earned a "my sub to ur channel" award!
Fascinating choice of presentation. Unlisted livestreams are a little hard to enjoy though, but i really like the concept and story. We need more livestream based ARGs
13:29 HOLD UP IS THAT THE HEROBRINE WORLD
It might just be a concidence, but it looks very similar to the one world
WOW WHAT??
The seed works in a1.0.16. This world was most likely generated in a1.2.6, which has different world gen.
It is not the seed
I genuinely thought it was a Herobrine or possibly Null video lol.
My Minecraft brain sees Alpha Minecraft and automatically picture Herobrine haunting the world watching the player constantly. Or Null Tampering with signs.
Come on please tell me I wasn’t the only one who thought of Herobrine.
But My gosh how much more sinister this story this was so well made.
I just subscribed oh my god that was so so good I love these types of videos
This video was so good i shared it with my 4-person groupchat
Me and the gang are waiting for part 2, don't let us down!!!
I swear when he first fell into the tunnel I thought we were Gonna have a whole Debase situation all over again.
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a youtuber do a video about their own ARG that they are making, I'd have three nickels
...which isn't much, but it's pretty cool it's happened thrice right?
Cool stuff dude, very very intrigued.
“There were two kids in the house.” that broke my heart. 💔
Man, sounded legit. You've got some serious skill to be able to make a story off this thing.
this is seriously genius, the way you are both creating the story and solving the arg is never seen before. sincerely, this is incredibly impressive
What the fuck, bro i thought the livestreams were an arg, then halfway through i thought it's real, then i looked at the description and found out that THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS AN ARG. What the fuck, you're so tallented, i was actually tense watching this, still tense now.
Some random dude living at Michigan Rock Rd: Why are there people outside my house holding pew pews
i don't normally comment, but holy fucking shit.
this is an insanely good story, piece of media, arg, whatever you want to call it. it's compelling, it's plausible, it fits right into the current minecraft horror trends, and its heartwrenching. the 'oh my god, there were two kids in the house' made me shrivel up inside, all cold. that was fucked up. i was drawn in, hook line and sinker. holy shit.
it reminds me of "brandonworks", in a very good way, with a nice twist i wasn't expecting. it reminds me of zeemyth's work, which is a high compliment given he's a minecraft arg god. i would love, LOVE, to see another video, just like this, continuing the story. please keep making this sort of content, it fucks hard and i've not seen anything that captures this level of spirit the way you do with the same level of Reality.
wow, thank you so much this truly means the world to me and im glad you enjoyed it so much
I think you make the best ARG I've ever seen. It didn't even wander to some arc where there's a god and an entity, kept consistent and realistic.
I've seen the ghost one, and this one. Can't wait to see more!
This video reminds me a lot of the works of Adam Butcher, specifically his video Internet Story, which also was presented as an exploration of a weird set of RUclips videos leading to a tragic ending. Really cool form of storytelling! Looking forward to seeing more from this creator
"i don't know what is scarier. Looking backward and seeing how far I've come, or looking forward and seeing nothing at all."
Hit me hard.
same, almost made me tear up because of something personal
bro that was so deep and entertaining really good job!
thank you so much!!
17:26
Now hear me out mates. I havent watched the full video yet but let me have a guess.
1)Owner of that streams have been kidnapped.
2)That loop stuff he is doing in that house is his escaping plan.
3)That house is his house irl.
4)His "kidnapper" possibly his abusive father.
Now lets keep watching.
21:45
Yep i was right about 2. and 3. atricles. Lets see the rest...
22:24
Yep 1. aticle is right too!
gg
this is actually so cool, I was worried at the start that you had stumble across an arg but didn’t realise what it was lol
super excited to see more!
Your a master at decoding and finding hints and clues on Minecraft arg's keep up the work!
This is an excellent piece of unfiction, and you should be proud! :D Very good storytelling, from every perspective. This type of stuff is art, and it deserves to be called that, because art is all about making people FEEL things. This piece encapsulates a feeling of dread that can only stem from very serious topics like this. I love it. The impact of that last line was well-earned.
this means a ton to me, this video in particular I really went full force into creating a world people would Want to get invested in so I'm so happy it came across well :))
I had to check *_twice_* if it was fictional or not, good lord this is some great quality content I've rarely ever seen before.
This ARG got me so immersed, I almost mistook it as genuinely real. I kept trying to doubt that it was real, but at the same time I kept wondering "what if...".
Absolutely fantastic work! Captivating until the very last moments, comprehensible pace & incredibly easy to follow everything that was displayed and explained!
I think I'm addicted to this type of content now.
18:10 why this scene actually made me cry
I AM SO SURPRISED THAT YOU TWO CREATED THIS,bro this is more amazing than the conjuring and lord of the rings acting,my two favorite movies and youre better than them at acting dude,i have to say i am really really impressed,it was amazing to watch and had a lot of triangles and twists and everything nice,really good job
I love Minecraft horror or arg’s like this, they’re so damn good
what’s with the audio? kinda cool but my ears didn’t like it by the end. it like shifts from middle to left to right, anybody else notice this?
omg me too
i thought i was imagining it lmao
Now that you mentioned it, I can't unnotice it.
Thats heartwarming you saved con! My concern is what happened to the other child and the kidnapper?
that story telling...
i went in the video thinking it was going to be another cliche horror with jumpscares and such, but the story was actually creepy
This just came up as a random suggested video on our smart tv that didn't show a description or comments and damn, i first thought it was probably fake but then got invested and then felt sick that the kidnapper got away with a second victim, the one who had been asking for help. Was googling for a while and came back on my computer to get info from the article shown, etc and realized it was fiction. The relief! This was amazingly well done, and awesome story telling!
This video was great. I love the overall storytelling and how it was executed. Hope there’s more of this content to come
the end just broke my heart