Hope you all have a great week. I'm sorry this took so long, but I hope it was worth the wait. Hopefully, the next wait won't be anywhere near as long :)
@@RyeGamesOfficial Was awesome randomly encountering you while playing my daily dose of Blockland. My Blockland ID is 4189 im pretty old Cheers to the chads playing Blockland since 2004 Blockland alpha.
@@RyeGamesOfficial Was awesome randomly encountering you while playing my daily dose of Blockland. My Blockland ID is 4189 im pretty old Cheers to the Legends playing Blockland since 2004 Blockland alpha
Conan behind Conan's Farming here! BLID 4928. Had to dig up this old youtube account to post. I've been around in Blockland since 2007-2008 and have been through its highs and lows. Really happy to see my favorite game get some attention, though I know it's on its last legs. Thanks for covering it!
Hey I saw you in farming but I had to check for my self as I was known as Blue_Yoshi as my BLID is 8362 I wonder if anyone remember their being two Blue Yoshi's in the early days as that was me and my brother
G'day Rye, from PC to XBOX I have roughly 7500 hours on Battlefield 1, and I still play almost everyday since the beginning of launch. The game came out when I was only 11, however my dad purchased the game, and the xbox, for me in 2016 after my family had moved from Aus to the US. My Dad was a very busy man with his line of work, so I never really got to see him much. One thing that we did have in common was our love for modern history and we used to spend a lot of nights watching the history channel on tv (He would always fall asleep within the first 20min, I was just grateful he wasn't working). I didn't have any mates and it was very tough to make them, however every Friday evening me and Dad would play Battlefield 1 together, whether it was rerunning the Gallipoli campaign together harnessing some of that Aussie Spirit, to solving easter eggs on some of the most beautiful maps I have ever seen in my life. The game truly helped me connect with dad, and the fact that he would spare time in his very busy schedule to sit down with me and play this game every Friday evening made me feel a bit less lonely. Dad sadly isn't around anymore but I just wanted to say thank you for showcasing what a beautiful game BF1 was and still is, and how the player connects with the game through the awesome atmosphere, just as me and my dad did all those years ago. :)
This is beautiful, I never played it with my father but he was the one who secretly got it for me because I had eagerly shown him the trailer on my ipod touch weeks before 😂. It's so amazing that you have those memories, I'm sure your father is smiling up there ❤
Genuine. That's what makes these videos so incredible, from of course Rye but to the amazing people he meets and showcases in these videos. Thank you Sentry you are an absolute legend 🫡
as someone who pre-ordered bf1, I can honestly say that while the game is incredible, imo it was at it's best on release when no one really unlocked anything yet
Real, the game was at it's best when people just had fun and used whatever instead of servers being dominated by meta weapons and ace pilots with 100 service star attack planes.
@@dryspongeyt7353 i think thats the fate of most games these days. I feel the same way about warzone for example. At first the game was insanely fun because people were figuring things out, messing around with different loadouts etc. You could have fun and drop alot of kills without sweating your ass off. As the game progressed the game became unplayable without using meta weapons
@@YitoBandito That's always been the case for games. It also has nothing to do with unlocks (unlocks are just an annoying part, especially if you start out later) - people naturally get better over time (especially those that play more often than others), most aren't even sweating on top. As soon as a game is primarily PvP and is not something that offers a lot of fun RP options like e.g. Holdfast it'll just end up with servers being populated by high skilled folks. Unless you're playing something like CS where some admins automatically ban everyone who's better than them, but that's a whole different story as there's no chilling there to begin with. And that's precisely why SBMM exists nowadays, so tryhards can play against other tryhards and everyone can have fun (well, for as long as there's enough players to be able to properly run a SBMM system) - with the obvious drawback that it'll always try to solely match you with people on your level of skill.
Blockland was such an essential part of my life. Its where I discovered PC gaming, Created my screen name i've used my entire life, and started my understanding of coding that led to my computer science degree. I'm so happy someone has finally talked about it.
Finally blockland! My BLID is 1976 :) I've made lifelong friends and flown across the globe. Learned 3d design to make addons. Hosted servers with hundreds of people. Game was gold.
I never expected Blockland of all things to appear here. I haven't booted up the game since 2015. I won't share my BLID here, but I was playing since 2008, with fond memories of all the builds and insane game modes my brother and I participated in. What did the game in for me was the removal of maps in favor of shadows and shaders. The Bedroom map was iconic, and Slopes was fantastic for vehicles. I remember GSF Ghost's Paradise map being a wonderful place to explore and uncover all its secrets. This video was a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thank you for covering my childhood game, and stay off the Forums.
i wish i was mature enough to not invalidate your entire comment bc you wont share your id on a game that is likely to be gone soon. ig im childish like that ughh
Hi, I am Strynd (82190), the one with the kitty face and big farm cottage at 9:22. I did wanna correct that the boss did kill two people. Me somewhere at 40% health, and patyos at the very end of the fight. I died because I was all up in his face doing a lot of dps. He wanted me DEAD and harvested me with his railgun, lol. It was fun to show you around in the small capacity I did! I made some major renovations to my cottage if you wanna check it out, added a big garage and took out one floor of the big silo rooms.
I am the Yoda Gaming that was in this video, thank you for putting it out, i am really sad the game of IM is dead, and has gone such path...at least let this video be an memory and example of what an great game could IM be like. Thank you.
Man, I enjoy watching videos like this simply because its not only nostalgic, but also brings a bit of awareness to games I've never heard of or just haven't tried yet. It shows the communities that are small, but still alive on games that they really love that could easily be taken down at any moment. I know the feeling of loving a game when you were younger, only to grow up and try to go back to it and unfortunately finding it gone forever. I will never forget the original ToonTown (thankfully it was brought back) as well as the Disney Infinity games that I loved to play with my nephew when he was just a child. It's sad to see games that you loved and enjoyed just be thrown away by developers, and never to be seen again. I truly hope Blockland continues to live on for many more decades. Maybe one day the developer will see that he has a dedicated community that loves the game, as well as the people sharing their sadness for the way the game is now, and bring amazing updates and revive the game once again!
@@champagne.future5248 For real I need more of that in my life, too much negativity out there I have really been enjoying channels that try to see the good in things, this channels awesome.
Man I wish I would’ve known about block land as a kid. Maybe it would’ve filled that LEGO Universe sized hole that Minecraft eventually came along to fill
"The modern state of Interstellar Marines" Let me tell you something here, as someone who bought it together with a friend shortly after it came to early access (and actively tried to play it for over a month) - there never were any actual players around, we tried on almost a daily basis at that time and at best 1 or 2 other people joined a server. So it pretty much always had been that way.
Some of my best gaming experiences have been while reliving old games. Older communities are always SO much more welcoming than newer communities because the older communities actually want new players to stay. I hope these videos help add some more players to these groups to help keep them going strong!
Mr Queeba here :^) BLID 44574, played demo in 2011 and bought the game in 2013. Easily put 3500+ hours into it. Definitely one of the experiences of all time.
bro seeing blockland again was a trip. it was the biggest competitor to roblox when it launched, but ultimately failed due to the paywall and low player base.
Ea not doing a season 2 of Battlefield 1 instead focusing on Battlefield 5 was a dumb decision in the long run. Also cutting support for Battlefront 2 when the game was finally getting good.
I'll have to disagree with that first part, i don't think there was much more WWI left for them to be able to put into a season 2 and working on a sequel was probably the right idea, but they should have kept the atmosphere and that authentic feeling for BFV.
To be honest, them leaving BF1 behind was a good thing for the game. The result of what could have been is shown in BFV and I'm happy they decided to make a separate game to try what they attempted to achieve
@@loztwalker5068 I must disagree with you on that, as someone who studies up on history and loved BF1, there is so much missing to Battlefield that could’ve and really should’ve been added. I think there was a lot of scrapped stuff because some maps, items, and small Easter eggs are so radical that it seems like the last 2 DLCs we’re gearing up for something big. Anyways the additions I refer to are a Serbian and/ Montenegro Campaigns where you must face off the Austro-Hungarians in the mountains to the north and the Bulgarians to the east. A campaign or a battle or two involving the Belgians, such the opening invasion with the Siege of Liège or the battle of Ypres. Another notable one is the Japanese siege of Tsingtao and invasion of German Islands in the Pacific. There’s also a notoriously missing African Theatre Campaign, as well as a Romanian battle missing. Anyways enough rambling, I really do think they messed it up.
@@loztwalker5068 Balkans, Africa, Belgium, Asia, maybe expand into the various Soviet wars (Baltic fighting, Polish-Soviet War, Finnish Civil War), Turkish War of Independence, Romania, etc.
them cutting support for Battlefield 5 when the Eastern Front wasn't added yet was way dumber. At least BF1 had all major fronts of the war covered. BF5 is missing the biggest front of the whole war.
there's something really beautiful about these small communities they're small in size but their love and passion for these games is huge and it is genuinely so heartwarming to see , its just a bunch of people keeping a game alive just by sticking around and its so sweet
Hey Rye, thank you for covering RNL! We are going to host a Realism this saturday at 8 PM BST (British Summer Time) or 9 PM CEST (Central European Summer TIme) Seeing myself ping everyone in announcements and not have above 16 is embarrasing to me. I am sorry you got a sub par experience for the video, because, realisms are usually 16/32 minimum, then there is a planning phase and people play the map. I feel as if you didn't get the proper experience, and I HOPE that with enough players from this video, we maybe could get a full server for the first time in a while Hope to see some of you guys there this Saturday!
these videos always make me realize i need to be grateful for all the games i play and all the great community’s because one day it could be all gone like this one game echo vr my favorite game ever
6:03 - Hologlaxer here! Yea the outfit look terrible to you but to explain myself: On my side I actually have a custom decal/face pack that makes my outfit have a six pack and pecs as I regularly frequent my local gym. So from my point of view I am in a pair of white shorts beating up zombies with my bare muscles with some war wounds via bloodstains! Haha!
I have BL_ID 6053, I was so young back when I played Blockland. I wish I got into the community more, but as a kid I was more concerned with playing the games than anything else.
Hey Rye, I have a game recommendation! This game isn’t very well known at all but it definitely has hit that “dead game” feeling this year. It was a Sony titled called “Concord”!
14:07 it does look like a game from 2016... games didn't look bad back then, hell, I shouldn't even say ''back then'', it feels like yesterday. Games in 2011 already looked good. It is just that games today haven't really improved the visuals that much, they just got more demanding.
mom i'm on tv!!! it is refreshing to see blockland covered and reflected upon with such respect, this game is my childhood and has given me friends I still talk to to this day.
My best friend and I actually starred in a few block eye entertainment videos xD. I used to play Blockland with him all the time in middle school in 2008/2009 after introducing him to the game. When I first met him, I asked him if he had a computer, he told me he had a laptop that wouldn't boot up, so I offered to fix it, and we become fast friends from there. Unfortunately, he died in 2018, I have no idea how it happened, and I don't know how to contact his brother to find out how. I've kind of felt soulless since then, life just lost all it's color.
Dude, I really love the tone of your videos. The concept is great, but there's something special about how much you love these pieces of game history and the communities that sustain them
(BLID: 1263) WOW. So crazy seeing the Block Eye Entertainment throwback. Darkstar was such a cool guy. When I was a young and fresh PC player he worked with me for days and let me make my own little movie on that channel and feature in a bunch of his. Being nearly 28 now it’s really crazy how time flies.
There is one game I haven't really seen _anyone_ cover in a long, long time: Skies of Icarus. You had a team of steampunk-era airships going against each other in a bout for air supremacy by having the crew of the ships be responsible for several things going on with the ship: Engineers repair, Gunners shoot things and board ships when possible, and the Captain is the only one capable of steering the ship while given the ad-hoc role of leading the crew. _Every_ airship was built different, too. One could be like a sloop, the other a Man o' War, and the third one like an ariel Galleon. Each had their unique advantages and disadvantages, and combined that with the cool maps we had that utilizes thick clouds and terrain to hide behind, you could pull off some crazy tactics. It was a very cool thing for a while, but hardly anyone remembers it.
That moment when you stopped at Battlefield 1 and stared at the grass, that happened to me back in the day. The first time I played that game I was like LOOK AT THIS SAND WTF?!?!?!
Forgotten game to check out: Shattered Horizon. It was a multiplayer shooter set in space arenas, you'd fly around ships and asteroid rocks and shoot each other, with six degrees of rotation, it was great. You could press a button to 'suck' yourself down to a surface for stability.
Please make a video about Due Process!!! I've been commenting about it for ages now. The game is sooooooooo good, sooo polished. You could really give this game a revival. It's basically Rainbow Six Siege, but better in my opinion. But it's really dead. It would be great if we could revive it as a community. I really wish I could play a whole round again one day... The worst part is that the game isn't even old. It just never got the attention it needed. It's a gem of a game.
If there’s a community building up I’d love to check that game out. I saw this game and the comments was like “ it’s dead” and it’s like 15dollars so I never tried it out
Blockland looks genuinely fun and so does the 3rd game the ww2 shooter id love to play a game like that the maps alone look amazing and are so thematic.
Dont forget the battlefield 2, we still have a community. And the Scrap Mechanic game is going down on the hill, maybe that game is would be one of the dead games too.
When you was playing battlefield 1 you unlock some my memories. Being a sniper on the bridge taking people out behind the flag , one time the enemy team locked down the spawn as my team going into a tunnel they die so I went around got behind the enemy gun them all down they didn't know what hit them. there was like 11 people shooting down the tunnel.then I got shot in the back. Fun times.
Man.. the mention of Interstellar Marines hit different. I remember following it when I was a kid first learning how to use Unity. I game develop as a profession now so this has a special place in my heart. Thanks for covering it!
My friend and I coincidentally revisited Battlefield 1 ourselves last month. To our surprise matchmaking didn't take very long (for some game modes) and we had a good time in battle.
On Steam BF1 had 10000 average players in July, with peak players reaching 22k. And for the whole 2024 montly average hasn't dipped below 5000. Not to mention a big portion of PC players probably don't even play through Steam.
I play bf1 like once every two weeks, its got active loyal servers, everyone flocks around some 20 servers in total, although most of them are conquest, only like 3 operations servers are populated
3:44 I genuinely think that no one ever thought that this thing took 10 minutes to build... It was amazing even before I knew how much harder than a Minecraft construction it was
I feel the person's sentiment during the Smokin' Guns bit definitely holds true for me too; I only recently discovered your channel but every video is a gem and you come across as a genuinely lovely, and loving, person. I'm now one of the many people who will wait patiently until your next upload for the spark and personality you bring to them. Thank you for the hours of entertainment!
Lego Universe is another good one. I miss that game so much.... I loved playing it and helping kids out when I was a young teenager. Had even made friends with two moderators that went by " The Mythran " - I knew who they were as normal players and they had sort of sworn me to secrecy. I've forgotten the name of one of them, but I still miss my second in command of that unofficial little guild we made. Miss ya', Vendelvink.
I started playing Blockland back during it's open alpha stage back in '05 when i was in my early 10s (i'm 30 now 👴) and the game resembled actual LEGOs, so i'm one of the few oldest players who are still active within the community, the game, and it's modding scene, so i have the low low ID of '590' in the retail version of the game and thusly have seen the many changes and additions to the game over the years, and it's been a fun and great time overall to see this game's rise and (unfortunate) fall, as well as seeing the community's efforts that were put into many of the game's popular add-ons and gamemodes, and i'm glad that, at least in that sense, the game is still very much alive And lastly, thank you (and Sentry (Hi! 🖐😀)) for giving Blockland the attention and showcasing it deserves!
2:07 I got introduced to blockland by my cousin when I was real young, that lead to many more years of games and it all started with blockland. Miss talking to you man
I used to play blockland as a kid. It was kinda the Minecraft we had at home 😂 If I asked for Minecraft. It was hilarious to build slides, and have moments with my mates. Thanks for the flashback rye. 👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Battlefield 1 is either one of the best multiplayer games ever or a frustrating experience, depending on where you play. If you're in Asia, good luck finding a server that isn’t run by admins who ban you just for beating them, or one that isn’t overrun by Mainland hackers who mess up the game and even DDoS the server.
I play in Asia servers and never faced the problems you mentioned. I avoid the official DICE servers and instead stuck to custom ones. They usually have strict rules like no mortars trucks, mortars, SMG08/18; and also a strict KD limit. Yeah I sometimes get kicked out for exceeding that KD limit, but it's not that much of a problem for me.
@@spinyslasher6586 prob you play in "noob&pro" and "no limit" server. But what happened if you play in "admin no limit" or "green noob server" but being a good player? Yea that server kinda a problem for me, and many of them, so i went into EU or AU server to play peacefully
@@spinyslasher6586 you cant play inside actually, and mortar truck also forbidden in those server because admin would not let people farm killing. Many of admin noob server just spectate or using Vbot to kick.
Blockland seems like such a lovely game and community, I really hope that the dev decides to keep it open. Just the little snippet we saw of it seems so welcoming and cozy
Watching the Blockland part is probably the best, most fun i've had watching in this entire series, and I've never played it ! I still play Battlefield 1 to this day, and don't believe it fits with the series as I think the game is still doing very well, other than during late night for U.S servers. Still enjoyed seeing it on here though anyway !
Man. I'm old and your videos just hit that nostalgia vibe so hard. The background music, the games, your pacing and style of talking. Keep up the awesome stuff man.
Blockland holds a special place in my heart as someone who used to play it religiously on an old office PC back when I was younger. I still frequent some servers that have players just to chat. But its rare to find anyone on anymore. It was a super fun game when it was in its prime and at that time even roblox couldn't get me as hooked.
You should do more segments getting on with a guy thats in the know to show the best their little corner had to offer Its interesting to see what most games are like now but you could hardly get a real picture from just playing a bit
Blockland looks so fun and reminds me of all my good memories on Space Station 13 servers. They're still around and running, but I really feel like the golden age of it was roughly a decade ago.
Yeah it’s basically a solo dev with some help that made the game and they are no fan of microtransactions. If you look at highest BLID you can estimate that about 3 players buy the game per day on Steam so there’s usually 1 or 3 new players that show up daily. But this week it’s an anomaly since Rye’s video there seems to have been over 50 sales on the August 18th highest blid was 267135 and on 22nd it’s 267173. I’m gonna call this weeks high sales the “Rye Effect” Source Queuenard's Blockland stats for Highest BLID
Hey rye I've recently found your channel and as someone who doesnt game anymore this is the perfect substitute great series built around this albeit I must some look fun asfuck and it usually the dead games that are most fun
Blockland is crazy. So many cool memories there, even though I only joined once it was already basically dead. Prison Escape and other PVP servers are just great
Crazy how blockland is a mix of what you can find in tycoon in roblox now AND for those who know the game Trove with the boss fight !! Absolutly amazing
Interesting side note about Blockland. The Blockland forums had very little moderation and a very young Null used to run around there causing all sorts of Chaos. If that name sounds at all familiar it is because in 2024, the legacy of the Blockland Forums lives on in Kiwifarms.
Hope you all have a great week. I'm sorry this took so long, but I hope it was worth the wait. Hopefully, the next wait won't be anywhere near as long :)
I love you daddy! When can you give me cummies?? :3
Hope you had a great week aswell!
@@RyeGamesOfficial
Was awesome randomly encountering you while playing my daily dose of Blockland.
My Blockland ID is 4189 im pretty old
Cheers to the chads playing Blockland since 2004 Blockland alpha.
hey rye, are there any games featured in one of these videos that you actually just play regularly now? Or at least revisit from time to time?
@@RyeGamesOfficial
Was awesome randomly encountering you while playing my daily dose of Blockland.
My Blockland ID is 4189 im pretty old
Cheers to the Legends playing Blockland since 2004 Blockland alpha
Conan behind Conan's Farming here! BLID 4928. Had to dig up this old youtube account to post. I've been around in Blockland since 2007-2008 and have been through its highs and lows. Really happy to see my favorite game get some attention, though I know it's on its last legs. Thanks for covering it!
farming is the best server i have ever had the experience of experiencing but please add cats to farming i want a farm cat to keep me company meow
Hiya Conan from Conan’s Farming! patyos here BLID 4189 I’ve been addicted to clicking Onions and catching fish in your Farming server.
Also meow 😸
Bristem 28626
Farmers rise up
nobody asked
Hey I saw you in farming but I had to check for my self as I was known as Blue_Yoshi as my BLID is 8362 I wonder if anyone remember their being two Blue Yoshi's in the early days as that was me and my brother
G'day Rye, from PC to XBOX I have roughly 7500 hours on Battlefield 1, and I still play almost everyday since the beginning of launch. The game came out when I was only 11, however my dad purchased the game, and the xbox, for me in 2016 after my family had moved from Aus to the US. My Dad was a very busy man with his line of work, so I never really got to see him much. One thing that we did have in common was our love for modern history and we used to spend a lot of nights watching the history channel on tv (He would always fall asleep within the first 20min, I was just grateful he wasn't working). I didn't have any mates and it was very tough to make them, however every Friday evening me and Dad would play Battlefield 1 together, whether it was rerunning the Gallipoli campaign together harnessing some of that Aussie Spirit, to solving easter eggs on some of the most beautiful maps I have ever seen in my life. The game truly helped me connect with dad, and the fact that he would spare time in his very busy schedule to sit down with me and play this game every Friday evening made me feel a bit less lonely. Dad sadly isn't around anymore but I just wanted to say thank you for showcasing what a beautiful game BF1 was and still is, and how the player connects with the game through the awesome atmosphere, just as me and my dad did all those years ago. :)
Not often I see a G’Day on RUclips. Thanks for sharing and good on ya my mate
I got all teary eyed from this story. It's amazing the ways we can connect with one another.
This is beautiful, I never played it with my father but he was the one who secretly got it for me because I had eagerly shown him the trailer on my ipod touch weeks before 😂. It's so amazing that you have those memories, I'm sure your father is smiling up there ❤
I’m not trying to sound like a tough alpha or something but I don’t really cry much. But this, this is beautiful 🥹
You were 11 in 2016?! What are you like 15 now?
You're an absolute treasure dude. Showing you around BL was some of the most fun I've had.
Thank you legend 🫡
Genuine. That's what makes these videos so incredible, from of course Rye but to the amazing people he meets and showcases in these videos. Thank you Sentry you are an absolute legend 🫡
the skillcape pfp is peak
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A fellow scaper? Loved your addition to the video brother
The Blockland segment was so heartwarming to me.
as someone who pre-ordered bf1, I can honestly say that while the game is incredible, imo it was at it's best on release when no one really unlocked anything yet
Real, the game was at it's best when people just had fun and used whatever instead of servers being dominated by meta weapons and ace pilots with 100 service star attack planes.
@@dryspongeyt7353 i think thats the fate of most games these days. I feel the same way about warzone for example. At first the game was insanely fun because people were figuring things out, messing around with different loadouts etc. You could have fun and drop alot of kills without sweating your ass off. As the game progressed the game became unplayable without using meta weapons
@@YitoBandito That's always been the case for games.
It also has nothing to do with unlocks (unlocks are just an annoying part, especially if you start out later) - people naturally get better over time (especially those that play more often than others), most aren't even sweating on top.
As soon as a game is primarily PvP and is not something that offers a lot of fun RP options like e.g. Holdfast it'll just end up with servers being populated by high skilled folks.
Unless you're playing something like CS where some admins automatically ban everyone who's better than them, but that's a whole different story as there's no chilling there to begin with.
And that's precisely why SBMM exists nowadays, so tryhards can play against other tryhards and everyone can have fun (well, for as long as there's enough players to be able to properly run a SBMM system) - with the obvious drawback that it'll always try to solely match you with people on your level of skill.
I got jumpscared seeing BF1 in this list. Truly the peak of Dice and it's saddening to watch their descent into mediocrity.
this is every battlefield though
Blockland was such an essential part of my life. Its where I discovered PC gaming, Created my screen name i've used my entire life, and started my understanding of coding that led to my computer science degree. I'm so happy someone has finally talked about it.
Blockland feels like the OG Minecraft. I've seen many people say Minecraft led them down the computer science route too!
Finally blockland! My BLID is 1976 :)
I've made lifelong friends and flown across the globe. Learned 3d design to make addons. Hosted servers with hundreds of people.
Game was gold.
based
Bad ass
That is so amazing man
that is so cool, I'm glad you found so much to life in there. also the game looks so cute
its like brick rigs prequel like how rigs of rods was before beamng drive
Bro you're out here saving small communities on the brink of extinction, I'm sure they appreciate that more than you know.
"game almost 2 decades old" made me feel old af
same and im only turning 25 soon
I was born when this came out, i'm now 17 yo...I feel you
You are both young still lol
@@dudubungles9679 thank you
@@dudubungles9679but its still Crazy how fast time goes Even if You’re still under 20
I never expected Blockland of all things to appear here. I haven't booted up the game since 2015.
I won't share my BLID here, but I was playing since 2008, with fond memories of all the builds and insane game modes my brother and I participated in.
What did the game in for me was the removal of maps in favor of shadows and shaders. The Bedroom map was iconic, and Slopes was fantastic for vehicles. I remember GSF Ghost's Paradise map being a wonderful place to explore and uncover all its secrets.
This video was a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thank you for covering my childhood game, and stay off the Forums.
i wish i was mature enough to not invalidate your entire comment bc you wont share your id on a game that is likely to be gone soon. ig im childish like that ughh
Hi, I am Strynd (82190), the one with the kitty face and big farm cottage at 9:22. I did wanna correct that the boss did kill two people. Me somewhere at 40% health, and patyos at the very end of the fight. I died because I was all up in his face doing a lot of dps. He wanted me DEAD and harvested me with his railgun, lol.
It was fun to show you around in the small capacity I did! I made some major renovations to my cottage if you wanna check it out, added a big garage and took out one floor of the big silo rooms.
What a legend
Blockland has driving physics, so it's automatically more advanced than the average Bethesda game.
The chat in realism "maybe the real realism was the friends we met along the way" had me dying
8:10 the guy hiding in the hole was probably the funniest thing I saw all year.
I am the Yoda Gaming that was in this video, thank you for putting it out, i am really sad the game of IM is dead, and has gone such path...at least let this video be an memory and example of what an great game could IM be like. Thank you.
yaoda
wield an smg i must
its possible some people could stay maybe he could make a video revisiting the bwst forgotten games and the game coyld spring to life again
Man imagine Blockland making a comeback?
they don't die, they live on in our memories. Day of Defeat, I'll never forget you.
I loved dod
Wish you could "level up" by playing with bots, that would give the game some life (even if it's only pve).
God DoD was my Jam man. I feel ancient now...
ppl still play dod and even dod source its crazy I met some racist old guy on there. small but loyal numbers.
@@TomsGarage007 european servers are pretty much dead. Maybe max 5 guys at a time but usually its locked clan servers
Man, I enjoy watching videos like this simply because its not only nostalgic, but also brings a bit of awareness to games I've never heard of or just haven't tried yet. It shows the communities that are small, but still alive on games that they really love that could easily be taken down at any moment. I know the feeling of loving a game when you were younger, only to grow up and try to go back to it and unfortunately finding it gone forever. I will never forget the original ToonTown (thankfully it was brought back) as well as the Disney Infinity games that I loved to play with my nephew when he was just a child. It's sad to see games that you loved and enjoyed just be thrown away by developers, and never to be seen again. I truly hope Blockland continues to live on for many more decades. Maybe one day the developer will see that he has a dedicated community that loves the game, as well as the people sharing their sadness for the way the game is now, and bring amazing updates and revive the game once again!
A true breath of fresh air to see someone not write off blockland as another no-go dead game.
That’s what I love about this channel. Instead of dumping on games he bigs them up
@@champagne.future5248 For real I need more of that in my life, too much negativity out there I have really been enjoying channels that try to see the good in things, this channels awesome.
Man I wish I would’ve known about block land as a kid. Maybe it would’ve filled that LEGO Universe sized hole that Minecraft eventually came along to fill
"The modern state of Interstellar Marines"
Let me tell you something here, as someone who bought it together with a friend shortly after it came to early access (and actively tried to play it for over a month) - there never were any actual players around, we tried on almost a daily basis at that time and at best 1 or 2 other people joined a server.
So it pretty much always had been that way.
Yeah pretty much
It was a sad time ;-;
I was playing it when it was back in beta, same thing.
I remember playing it on a full server along time ago
I get the development issues, but the marketing for this game must've been horrendous.
Some of my best gaming experiences have been while reliving old games. Older communities are always SO much more welcoming than newer communities because the older communities actually want new players to stay. I hope these videos help add some more players to these groups to help keep them going strong!
Mr Queeba here :^)
BLID 44574, played demo in 2011 and bought the game in 2013. Easily put 3500+ hours into it. Definitely one of the experiences of all time.
no your not
@@Frying1Pans yes i am, the proof is here:
balls
the notorious hacker himself...
worth mentioning this guy is a notorious hacker :/
0:55 dude I thought it said eric cartman
bro seeing blockland again was a trip. it was the biggest competitor to roblox when it launched, but ultimately failed due to the paywall and low player base.
1:15 eric cartman
YEAASSSSS
Ea not doing a season 2 of Battlefield 1 instead focusing on Battlefield 5 was a dumb decision in the long run.
Also cutting support for Battlefront 2 when the game was finally getting good.
I'll have to disagree with that first part, i don't think there was much more WWI left for them to be able to put into a season 2 and working on a sequel was probably the right idea, but they should have kept the atmosphere and that authentic feeling for BFV.
To be honest, them leaving BF1 behind was a good thing for the game. The result of what could have been is shown in BFV and I'm happy they decided to make a separate game to try what they attempted to achieve
@@loztwalker5068 I must disagree with you on that, as someone who studies up on history and loved BF1, there is so much missing to Battlefield that could’ve and really should’ve been added. I think there was a lot of scrapped stuff because some maps, items, and small Easter eggs are so radical that it seems like the last 2 DLCs we’re gearing up for something big. Anyways the additions I refer to are a Serbian and/ Montenegro Campaigns where you must face off the Austro-Hungarians in the mountains to the north and the Bulgarians to the east. A campaign or a battle or two involving the Belgians, such the opening invasion with the Siege of Liège or the battle of Ypres. Another notable one is the Japanese siege of Tsingtao and invasion of German Islands in the Pacific. There’s also a notoriously missing African Theatre Campaign, as well as a Romanian battle missing. Anyways enough rambling, I really do think they messed it up.
@@loztwalker5068 Balkans, Africa, Belgium, Asia, maybe expand into the various Soviet wars (Baltic fighting, Polish-Soviet War, Finnish Civil War), Turkish War of Independence, Romania, etc.
them cutting support for Battlefield 5 when the Eastern Front wasn't added yet was way dumber. At least BF1 had all major fronts of the war covered. BF5 is missing the biggest front of the whole war.
there's something really beautiful about these small communities they're small in size but their love and passion for these games is huge and it is genuinely so heartwarming to see , its just a bunch of people keeping a game alive just by sticking around and its so sweet
Hey Rye, thank you for covering RNL! We are going to host a Realism this saturday at 8 PM BST (British Summer Time) or 9 PM CEST (Central European Summer TIme)
Seeing myself ping everyone in announcements and not have above 16 is embarrasing to me. I am sorry you got a sub par experience for the video, because, realisms are usually 16/32 minimum, then there is a planning phase and people play the map. I feel as if you didn't get the proper experience, and I HOPE that with enough players from this video, we maybe could get a full server for the first time in a while
Hope to see some of you guys there this Saturday!
+1.
RnL is still alive!
Real in real life
for sure!
rye should pin this!!
So true!
Damn I'd forgotten about Blockland. blid was 8385. Good times were had.
2nd time i miss a youtuber coming to check out blockland 😭
its cool seeing it being covered at all by someone with more than 10 subs though lol
:3
Beeba :0
Dude! How are you a legit journalist?
This feels like watching a true documentary.
7:37 Skills just peeking his head out and disappearing again has me dead. 💀
Had a good laugh at that lol just watching him
these videos always make me realize i need to be grateful for all the games i play and all the great community’s because one day it could be all gone like this one game echo vr my favorite game ever
6:03 - Hologlaxer here! Yea the outfit look terrible to you but to explain myself:
On my side I actually have a custom decal/face pack that makes my outfit have a six pack and pecs as I regularly frequent my local gym. So from my point of view I am in a pair of white shorts beating up zombies with my bare muscles with some war wounds via bloodstains! Haha!
You guys are legends.
Blockland got me feeling some sort of nostalgia and sadness for something I never experienced
I have BL_ID 6053, I was so young back when I played Blockland. I wish I got into the community more, but as a kid I was more concerned with playing the games than anything else.
Yo i had 5978 i was like 10
Hey Rye, I have a game recommendation!
This game isn’t very well known at all but it definitely has hit that “dead game” feeling this year. It was a Sony titled called “Concord”!
The Blockland segment was really good and the communities are why I love to play MMOs.
You just reminded me to go back and grind age of dungeons in blockland its basically a dungeon crawler mmorpg lol
1:17 NOOO WAY
He said heartman, not cartmen. I was just as excited as you at first.
29:31 thats me! :D
Hahha yay, I'm Gusto! That was a fun time. See ya on the discord if you're there
Man, i miss the days of blockland. So nostalgic to hear those sounds and see those menus
14:07 it does look like a game from 2016... games didn't look bad back then, hell, I shouldn't even say ''back then'', it feels like yesterday.
Games in 2011 already looked good.
It is just that games today haven't really improved the visuals that much, they just got more demanding.
true
150gb games today because modern devs are so damn lazy and can't compress
Gaming is LOL compared to yesteryear
Frostbite engine often has parallels drawn to it from Cry engine. They are both able to support incredibly beautiful graphics and have for along time.
the blockland section made me fell a huge emptyness
Starting off with Blockland... Oh brother. My dads old Lenovo laptop saw a bit of this. Rigs Of Rods as well.
Yay RoR❤
Soldat is another almost abandoned game. I haven't played it in about 15 years but I remember countless hours playing it.
mom i'm on tv!!!
it is refreshing to see blockland covered and reflected upon with such respect, this game is my childhood and has given me friends I still talk to to this day.
you a legend
My best friend and I actually starred in a few block eye entertainment videos xD. I used to play Blockland with him all the time in middle school in 2008/2009 after introducing him to the game. When I first met him, I asked him if he had a computer, he told me he had a laptop that wouldn't boot up, so I offered to fix it, and we become fast friends from there. Unfortunately, he died in 2018, I have no idea how it happened, and I don't know how to contact his brother to find out how. I've kind of felt soulless since then, life just lost all it's color.
A lot of people play bf1 I didn’t see it as abandoned
I never find servers
What platform? PC has several full servers in the server browser. @@bmxer1997isaac
You can always find servers in Europe. Its probably because of your region@bmxer1997isaac
there’s dozens of servers on pc. can’t speak on consoles tho
maybe he means abandoned by the devs, like how bf1 is unfinished from a balance perspective which really limits it in a lot of ways
Dude, I really love the tone of your videos. The concept is great, but there's something special about how much you love these pieces of game history and the communities that sustain them
Blockland actually looks like a really interesting game. Reminds me heavily of mimecraft, especially during its alpha and beta days
Blockland actually looks amazing. Its awesome to see there is still a small community aswell. A humble player base 🙂
(BLID: 1263) WOW. So crazy seeing the Block Eye Entertainment throwback. Darkstar was such a cool guy. When I was a young and fresh PC player he worked with me for days and let me make my own little movie on that channel and feature in a bunch of his. Being nearly 28 now it’s really crazy how time flies.
There is one game I haven't really seen _anyone_ cover in a long, long time: Skies of Icarus.
You had a team of steampunk-era airships going against each other in a bout for air supremacy by having the crew of the ships be responsible for several things going on with the ship: Engineers repair, Gunners shoot things and board ships when possible, and the Captain is the only one capable of steering the ship while given the ad-hoc role of leading the crew. _Every_ airship was built different, too. One could be like a sloop, the other a Man o' War, and the third one like an ariel Galleon. Each had their unique advantages and disadvantages, and combined that with the cool maps we had that utilizes thick clouds and terrain to hide behind, you could pull off some crazy tactics.
It was a very cool thing for a while, but hardly anyone remembers it.
That moment when you stopped at Battlefield 1 and stared at the grass, that happened to me back in the day. The first time I played that game I was like LOOK AT THIS SAND WTF?!?!?!
Forgotten game to check out: Shattered Horizon. It was a multiplayer shooter set in space arenas, you'd fly around ships and asteroid rocks and shoot each other, with six degrees of rotation, it was great. You could press a button to 'suck' yourself down to a surface for stability.
Please make a video about Due Process!!! I've been commenting about it for ages now. The game is sooooooooo good, sooo polished. You could really give this game a revival. It's basically Rainbow Six Siege, but better in my opinion. But it's really dead. It would be great if we could revive it as a community. I really wish I could play a whole round again one day... The worst part is that the game isn't even old. It just never got the attention it needed. It's a gem of a game.
Oh I’ve played that before, it was a while back and when me and my friend played we could only find Australians playing
If there’s a community building up I’d love to check that game out. I saw this game and the comments was like “ it’s dead” and it’s like 15dollars so I never tried it out
I can second
@bagofcat it's amazing ... the community is begging for it to go free to play..the devs refuse and now noone plays anymore
Blockland looks genuinely fun and so does the 3rd game the ww2 shooter id love to play a game like that the maps alone look amazing and are so thematic.
3:50 no way. I remember making that. It's been such a long time.
I honestly want to get blockland now and play it. It seems like a fun chill game to play
It's a really fun and chill game to play and it's really easy to fill up servers if you have a few friends to play with.
Dont forget the battlefield 2, we still have a community. And the Scrap Mechanic game is going down on the hill, maybe that game is would be one of the dead games too.
When you was playing battlefield 1 you unlock some my memories. Being a sniper on the bridge taking people out behind the flag , one time the enemy team locked down the spawn as my team going into a tunnel they die so I went around got behind the enemy gun them all down they didn't know what hit them. there was like 11 people shooting down the tunnel.then I got shot in the back. Fun times.
Man.. the mention of Interstellar Marines hit different. I remember following it when I was a kid first learning how to use Unity. I game develop as a profession now so this has a special place in my heart. Thanks for covering it!
My friend and I coincidentally revisited Battlefield 1 ourselves last month. To our surprise matchmaking didn't take very long (for some game modes) and we had a good time in battle.
On Steam BF1 had 10000 average players in July, with peak players reaching 22k. And for the whole 2024 montly average hasn't dipped below 5000. Not to mention a big portion of PC players probably don't even play through Steam.
game is not dead, it's just abandoned
it's very alive actually, i get operation matches in xbox all time
I play bf1 like once every two weeks, its got active loyal servers, everyone flocks around some 20 servers in total, although most of them are conquest, only like 3 operations servers are populated
3:44 I genuinely think that no one ever thought that this thing took 10 minutes to build... It was amazing even before I knew how much harder than a Minecraft construction it was
I feel the person's sentiment during the Smokin' Guns bit definitely holds true for me too; I only recently discovered your channel but every video is a gem and you come across as a genuinely lovely, and loving, person. I'm now one of the many people who will wait patiently until your next upload for the spark and personality you bring to them.
Thank you for the hours of entertainment!
Lego Universe is another good one. I miss that game so much.... I loved playing it and helping kids out when I was a young teenager. Had even made friends with two moderators that went by " The Mythran " - I knew who they were as normal players and they had sort of sworn me to secrecy. I've forgotten the name of one of them, but I still miss my second in command of that unofficial little guild we made. Miss ya', Vendelvink.
I started playing Blockland back during it's open alpha stage back in '05 when i was in my early 10s (i'm 30 now 👴) and the game resembled actual LEGOs, so i'm one of the few oldest players who are still active within the community, the game, and it's modding scene, so i have the low low ID of '590' in the retail version of the game and thusly have seen the many changes and additions to the game over the years, and it's been a fun and great time overall to see this game's rise and (unfortunate) fall, as well as seeing the community's efforts that were put into many of the game's popular add-ons and gamemodes, and i'm glad that, at least in that sense, the game is still very much alive
And lastly, thank you (and Sentry (Hi! 🖐😀)) for giving Blockland the attention and showcasing it deserves!
2:07 I got introduced to blockland by my cousin when I was real young, that lead to many more years of games and it all started with blockland.
Miss talking to you man
I used to play blockland as a kid. It was kinda the Minecraft we had at home 😂 If I asked for Minecraft. It was hilarious to build slides, and have moments with my mates. Thanks for the flashback rye. 👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Badspot has a whole history behind him, his game, and his forum. The amount lore is kinda crazy.
Battlefield 1 is either one of the best multiplayer games ever or a frustrating experience, depending on where you play. If you're in Asia, good luck finding a server that isn’t run by admins who ban you just for beating them, or one that isn’t overrun by Mainland hackers who mess up the game and even DDoS the server.
Looks like im not the only one here tought asians many badmins, not only kick person for stupid reason, but also kd limit is really annoying
I play in Asia servers and never faced the problems you mentioned. I avoid the official DICE servers and instead stuck to custom ones. They usually have strict rules like no mortars trucks, mortars, SMG08/18; and also a strict KD limit. Yeah I sometimes get kicked out for exceeding that KD limit, but it's not that much of a problem for me.
@@spinyslasher6586 prob you play in "noob&pro" and "no limit" server. But what happened if you play in "admin no limit" or "green noob server" but being a good player? Yea that server kinda a problem for me, and many of them, so i went into EU or AU server to play peacefully
@@ByzAsian45 I don't play in those because I don't want to be pelted by a bunch of mortar trucks camping outside the map.
@@spinyslasher6586 you cant play inside actually, and mortar truck also forbidden in those server because admin would not let people farm killing. Many of admin noob server just spectate or using Vbot to kick.
Blockland seems like such a lovely game and community, I really hope that the dev decides to keep it open. Just the little snippet we saw of it seems so welcoming and cozy
Watching the Blockland part is probably the best, most fun i've had watching in this entire series, and I've never played it ! I still play Battlefield 1 to this day, and don't believe it fits with the series as I think the game is still doing very well, other than during late night for U.S servers. Still enjoyed seeing it on here though anyway !
Bruh you talking about Battlefield made me miss the Blockland TDM Battlefield servers
well let's hope Badspot never shut Blockland down then. Fingers, Eyes, Toes, everything that i can cross is crossed.
Man. I'm old and your videos just hit that nostalgia vibe so hard. The background music, the games, your pacing and style of talking. Keep up the awesome stuff man.
Blockland holds a special place in my heart as someone who used to play it religiously on an old office PC back when I was younger. I still frequent some servers that have players just to chat. But its rare to find anyone on anymore. It was a super fun game when it was in its prime and at that time even roblox couldn't get me as hooked.
I love these videos, I love seeing the little communities they hold or bringing awareness to lesser known games that deserve the spotlight.
You should do more segments getting on with a guy thats in the know to show the best their little corner had to offer
Its interesting to see what most games are like now but you could hardly get a real picture from just playing a bit
The Century dude who showed you around blockland sounds really nice. Both audibly and personality.
The interaction with Skill4life was so pure
Blockland looks so fun and reminds me of all my good memories on Space Station 13 servers. They're still around and running, but I really feel like the golden age of it was roughly a decade ago.
11:19 Lol that's the Moomin house
Gotta commend the blockland developer that they didn't make it f2p and ruin the game by cluttering it with microtransactions
Yeah it’s basically a solo dev with some help that made the game and they are no fan of microtransactions. If you look at highest BLID you can estimate that about 3 players buy the game per day on Steam so there’s usually 1 or 3 new players that show up daily. But this week it’s an anomaly since Rye’s video there seems to have been over 50 sales on the August 18th highest blid was 267135 and on 22nd it’s 267173. I’m gonna call this weeks high sales the “Rye Effect”
Source Queuenard's Blockland stats for Highest BLID
Hey rye I've recently found your channel and as someone who doesnt game anymore this is the perfect substitute great series built around this albeit I must some look fun asfuck and it usually the dead games that are most fun
blockland made me feel nostalgic despite never playing it.
Blockland is crazy. So many cool memories there, even though I only joined once it was already basically dead. Prison Escape and other PVP servers are just great
Crazy how blockland is a mix of what you can find in tycoon in roblox now AND for those who know the game Trove with the boss fight !! Absolutly amazing
Blockland... remember playing that back in the day. i think it was a demo on their website so all i did was build or went snowboarding.
one of my fondest memories of blockland was the cops and robbers, more like prisoners and prison guards. holy crap, that was a long time ago
I used to absolutely love resistance and liberation! Always wondered where it went and how I even used to play it.
BLOCKLAND!!! I used to play this as a child and totally forgot about it! Memory unlocked
One of my all time favorite games that got abandoned was Fractured Space. Man that game was beautiful and fun.
blockland player here id 20589, we were lowkey set up for u to join the sports server we had on at the moment :'D
Resisting and libration honestly was the precursor of hell let loose. That game was so darn legendary
4:50 my jam
The small communities in these games remind me of the scenes where the protagonist visits his old favorites in the anime shangra la frontier
thanks for trying out blockland its been one of my favorites for years
Interesting side note about Blockland. The Blockland forums had very little moderation and a very young Null used to run around there causing all sorts of Chaos. If that name sounds at all familiar it is because in 2024, the legacy of the Blockland Forums lives on in Kiwifarms.