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  • @trentsims
    @trentsims Месяц назад +6330

    The best part is that it wasn't even a rage quit. He likely just told himself he will pick this up again later, and later never came.

    • @Tvalfager
      @Tvalfager Месяц назад +664

      **glances mournfully at the steam game library list**

    • @rebelion160
      @rebelion160 Месяц назад +284

      Or they died

    • @SpaceRanger187
      @SpaceRanger187 Месяц назад +97

      this is why the NPC hotline was created

    • @Ackalan
      @Ackalan Месяц назад +79

      Truck-kun found another hero.

    • @johnnyjericho8472
      @johnnyjericho8472 Месяц назад +38

      Covid got him.

  • @Lex_thebearqueen
    @Lex_thebearqueen Месяц назад +7436

    And thats how people leave their minecraft dogs alone forever.

    • @brandons2411
      @brandons2411 Месяц назад +692

      you stop it with those sad facts.

    • @ancorgarciaalvarez
      @ancorgarciaalvarez Месяц назад +375

      I SET THEM FREE BEFORE I LEFT

    • @crezelezaragoza1088
      @crezelezaragoza1088 Месяц назад +127

      this is the reason why I don't tame dogs....

    • @skd9505
      @skd9505 Месяц назад +101

      I tamed 3 cats and left them in my home and haven't played Minecraft for ages

    • @SuperUvix
      @SuperUvix Месяц назад +28

      😢😢😢

  • @vincenthawke8141
    @vincenthawke8141 Месяц назад +348

    Had a friend who I've only known online, we played a game for a few years with some other friends, chatted in discord. He was a pretty chill dude, very talkative, always had a story to tell. Until suddently he did not show up anymore, our small community learned that he passed away a couple weeks after his last chat...just a casual chat about life...I keep him in my steam friend list as a distant memory, last online 6 years ago, 2541 days... RIP Mikey.

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 Месяц назад +6

      R.i.p you better remember him for a long time to come

    • @aranthos
      @aranthos Месяц назад +1

      @@cherrydragon3120 you better remember vincent remembers for a long time to come

    • @XDSDDLord
      @XDSDDLord Месяц назад +7

      I have a real life friend who died and I can't bring myself to remove him from my Steam playlist or my phone contacts. Even his home phone which I use to communicate with his mother is still under his name. It's hard. I'm sorry for your loss.

    • @marcpaulus6291
      @marcpaulus6291 Месяц назад +2

      Had a similiar thing, our Tank suddenly disappeared and 2 years later we learned that he had a very bad stroke and had to learn to speak and walk again.

    • @wexdust
      @wexdust 29 дней назад

      ​@@marcpaulus6291he tanked the stroke and came victorius!

  • @Kevin-gg2bl
    @Kevin-gg2bl Месяц назад +667

    I really hope that wasn't a subtle "Epic NPC Man's last video"

    • @P1ayer_one
      @P1ayer_one Месяц назад +35

      Me too 😔

    • @MrSasukeSusanoo
      @MrSasukeSusanoo Месяц назад +70

      *last uploaded 7 years ago*

    • @wizzed
      @wizzed Месяц назад +82

      Alan quitting tech town, Alan getting abandoned and server shut down, what's next?

    • @azebantheraccoon
      @azebantheraccoon Месяц назад +48

      ​@@wizzedoh god i hope this isnt him prepping to retire or smthn

    • @ceogar
      @ceogar Месяц назад +5

      @@azebantheraccoon my thoughts too :(

  • @Josh-99
    @Josh-99 Месяц назад +1536

    When I logged off WoW for the last time, I cleared out my quest log, transferred all my crafting materials to my guild's bank, sold everything that was soulbound on all my characters except the gear they were wearing at that point in time, and logged them all of in the inn in Orgrimmar. Basically, I tied up all loose ends and had them all get together in one location so they could all be together, drinking ale and swapping war stories until the end of time.
    After 15 years of playing the game, it didn't feel right to do it any other way.

    • @d4slaimless
      @d4slaimless Месяц назад +63

      That's very thoughtful of you!

    • @ionutznecro
      @ionutznecro Месяц назад +8

      ​@@williamscott2580 Recently ended? On a private server? Because Legion ended 6 years ago, brother 😂

    • @paullochieng-bh6so
      @paullochieng-bh6so Месяц назад +8

      15 years? I hardly remember the last time I logged into D3!

    • @KanetsidohiKanotoush
      @KanetsidohiKanotoush Месяц назад +17

      I did something similar. Don't remember where my Alliance characters got to sleep but all my Horde characters camped at one of the banks in Orgrimmar, the wood floors are nice

    • @ionutznecro
      @ionutznecro Месяц назад +1

      @@williamscott2580 yeah, it was Legion > BFA > SL and now the War Within coming soon. I quit after the first raid in BFA but i'm still casually gling through Classic now, WotLK was nice and Cata is a lot better than expected so far. But yeah, those damned Legion legebdaries man, it took me ages to get the good ones too.

  • @DatLe-ie8ib
    @DatLe-ie8ib Месяц назад +2734

    The evolution of the castle being built and changing and being burnt by a dragon in the background was a nice touch

    • @pierre-loup
      @pierre-loup Месяц назад +63

      Too bad it disappeared at 1:48, kinda disturbed the building process

    • @feynthefallen
      @feynthefallen Месяц назад +8

      Yeah, that served nicely to give a sense of the passing of time, didn't it?

    • @MickMcN
      @MickMcN Месяц назад +10

      The castle in the background randomly disappears before reappearing before being destroyed

    • @kovacsj7823
      @kovacsj7823 Месяц назад +31

      I was half expecting that the world gonna turn to some futuristic sci-fi with spaceships and lasers, and poor Greg still there.

    • @digitaIgorilla
      @digitaIgorilla Месяц назад +8

      Expansions 😉

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 Месяц назад +516

    Orcs walk by:
    "Hey, Greg."
    "Hey, Throg."

  • @TheHomelessDreamer
    @TheHomelessDreamer Месяц назад +3590

    Convenient that Greg happened to be along Baelin's Route, so he gets the occasional "nice day for fishing" greeting, at the very least.

    • @the_womble_king4357
      @the_womble_king4357 Месяц назад +104

      I loved the call backs in this episode.

    • @buggart
      @buggart Месяц назад +111

      @@the_womble_king4357 It would've been funny and somewhat sad if another "Quest Greg" came along with one of the adventurers shown in the video finishing the quest and taking that Greg back to Honeywood.

    • @sauriel2014
      @sauriel2014 Месяц назад +10

      *ha huh!

    • @What.99
      @What.99 Месяц назад +17

      “Mornin’! Nice day for fishin’, uh huh!”
      Every 10 minutes lmao.

    • @PalleRasmussen
      @PalleRasmussen Месяц назад +9

      And admire his upgraded fishing gear.

  • @MelanthaStr
    @MelanthaStr Месяц назад +1824

    That's the internet for you. Someone says "see ya tomorrow!" and that's the last time you ever see them again.

    • @D3voidofsoul
      @D3voidofsoul Месяц назад +118

      Very true...kind of the sad part of gaming or forums. Sometimes I think about those people I played online with for months and then one day they did not log in again. Did they die or just give up the game?

    • @0Zolrender0
      @0Zolrender0 Месяц назад +73

      Same as real life really.

    • @thatpunkcatte
      @thatpunkcatte Месяц назад +34

      All those people I used to play Halo 3 custom games with, one day was the last time I played with them, and the sad part is I never saw it coming or even realised after the fact.

    • @spectralassassin6030
      @spectralassassin6030 Месяц назад +93

      "I'm going to bed. See ya tomorrow man." Last online: 10 years ago.
      Where did you go my friend? What happened? Did you quit gaming altogether or did you die? I hold nothing against you, but I would have at least enjoyed a simple goodby.

    • @amoechan2455
      @amoechan2455 Месяц назад +31

      True, reminds me of that one friend I used to play with all the time 16 years ago. The private server of the game we used to play suddenly shut down - same for the server's web forum. We lost complete contact.

  • @perceptionmatters7082
    @perceptionmatters7082 Месяц назад +46

    Had a coworker that was a gamer like me. One of the few coworkers I have had that I could relate too.
    He was killed on his way home by a drunk after his shift.
    You can never know when or why someone logs off and stays offline. Just always be sure to wish them well before you or they log off. Never know when or if you will see them again.

    • @rd6458
      @rd6458 Месяц назад +1

      I'm sorry for your loss... 😞

  • @paullenoue8173
    @paullenoue8173 Месяц назад +444

    I've always imagined that when a player saves a game then logs off for a long time the NPCs involved go off to play other MMOs or take luxury vacations in scenic low-violence resorts.

    • @ramoin2612
      @ramoin2612 Месяц назад +36

      Low violence resorts…

    • @marsmech
      @marsmech Месяц назад +18

      That's what I imagine my MMO characters do when I log out for a long time. They just live a normal life. Then I log back in and I imagine some persons like "hey the worlds messed up and needs heroes again".

    • @JaiChameleon
      @JaiChameleon Месяц назад +31

      The loading screen for the game is actually there to provide time for the NPCs to get back to their places.

    • @glimpselife9592
      @glimpselife9592 Месяц назад +11

      I place my characters in towns before I leave or a nice spot because I feel guilty if they are aware and need something to do while I’m gone

    • @3.k
      @3.k Месяц назад

      @@glimpselife9592 As soon as you’re offline, they get picked up by the shuttle bus to the office, do their paper work, and then go on a holiday.
      That’s why you have to wait in a queue on login sometimes, when they are far away at that moment.
      They also don’t mind interrupting their holiday for you, because all in all they have a lot of free time, that’s worth to be on call anytime.

  • @TheKing318i
    @TheKing318i Месяц назад +360

    Brings me back to that heartbreaking post,
    "My cancer won guys, goodbye" (Last online 9 years ago)

  • @PitFriend1
    @PitFriend1 Месяц назад +753

    That was genuinely touching. Got the whole Fry’s dog from Futurama vibes from that episode.

    • @agiar2000
      @agiar2000 Месяц назад +37

      R.I.P. Seymour Asses.

    • @SA80TAGE
      @SA80TAGE Месяц назад

      yes it's called plagiarism

    • @It4int0ver
      @It4int0ver Месяц назад +18

      I can’t watch that scene. It kills me every time 😭

    • @NoEditNarrator
      @NoEditNarrator Месяц назад +4

      Was going to comment exactly this! Heartbreaking in sentiment lol

    • @cannibalbananas
      @cannibalbananas Месяц назад +12

      I still hate that episode. Can't ever rewatch it - too gut-wrenching 😭😭😭

  • @evilcritter
    @evilcritter Месяц назад +83

    I am so glad you had Alan laughing at the end because that was a truly hearbreaking one,

  • @Skellitor301_VA
    @Skellitor301_VA Месяц назад +63

    This reminds me of a particular account I have friended on my Steam. A friend of mine I was lucky enough to know for a few years and be one of the few friends in his friends list had passed away 8 years ago. I have his account favorited so he is not forgotten. I has the last date he was online in my calendar so that I and a few friends who knew him could hold a moment to remember him on that day. RIP TitanTom, we miss you bud.

  • @dragonovoz9746
    @dragonovoz9746 Месяц назад +1730

    I think I'm an NPC, my dad logged out to get some milk.
    I've been waiting...

    • @cmbaz1140
      @cmbaz1140 Месяц назад +66

      He will be back once the half life 3 comes out...

    • @mrbalazs1995
      @mrbalazs1995 Месяц назад +48

      Maybe he just forgot the password for his login...

    • @halvsketchy9293
      @halvsketchy9293 Месяц назад +22

      You may still see him before elder scrolls VI releases

    • @armado9721
      @armado9721 Месяц назад +15

      And mine is for bread🤝

    • @dingusbigus9629
      @dingusbigus9629 Месяц назад +6

      💀

  • @LasagnaQueen
    @LasagnaQueen Месяц назад +1305

    My friend died recently and I see his "last logged XX days ago" and its just hurting every time.
    Edit: Thank you everyone for nice wishes. I truly appreciate it. I expected this comment to vanish in the flow of comments

  • @fadingaway94
    @fadingaway94 Месяц назад +77

    Alan is slowly saying goodbye to all of his characters... 😢

    • @Dalmus
      @Dalmus Месяц назад +18

      I had that thought cross my mind, too....

    • @miguelcruz7826
      @miguelcruz7826 Месяц назад +3

      Is he leaving VLDL?

    • @salembookworm
      @salembookworm Месяц назад +2

      @@miguelcruz7826 I really hope not.

    • @fadingaway94
      @fadingaway94 Месяц назад +2

      @@miguelcruz7826 he's one of the owners so no. But he may appear less in skits I suspect

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 Месяц назад

      ​@@fadingaway94maybe busy with other things?

  • @ChuckGinther
    @ChuckGinther Месяц назад +38

    I understand this show basically had to become RPG Logic but the episodes about Greg absolutely deserve the amazing "Epic NPC Man" jingle.

  • @Zyzzyx42
    @Zyzzyx42 Месяц назад +452

    Its been 20 years, but I still remember exactly where I left my bard when I logged out of EverQuest for the last time. Standing atop a roof in Rivervale, the halfling town.

    • @peerpul
      @peerpul Месяц назад +14

      Log in and play him...

    • @sirsymbro
      @sirsymbro Месяц назад +16

      Oh the amount of calling in sick to work and ignoring my wife.... The good ol days of EverCrack!

    • @uoabigaillevey
      @uoabigaillevey Месяц назад +6

      For me it was Ultima Online. I hated leaving it but they cheesed the game too much trying to make it ore like EQ with the equipment stats. (Not bashing EQ.. it was designed with that system in mind.. UO was not.)

    • @spiceywolf
      @spiceywolf Месяц назад +11

      everquest is free now and all the old characters are still there... me and my dad had accounts from about 20 years ago and all our stuff was still there

    • @janitor2big4u
      @janitor2big4u Месяц назад +3

      Oh damn... It has been 20 years hasn't it. God I loved playing EQ. Got a ton of memories from that game even if I can not remember where I logged out for the last time.

  • @GhostFhoenix
    @GhostFhoenix Месяц назад +200

    The thought: "At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time, And nobody knew it" really makes me cry when i think about it. Im a 90s kid, i lived in a street where theres a handful of us 90s adventurousr kids biking around and playing in the woods and exploring a nearby huge memorial gardens. God... i miss the good ol days....

    • @FluffyTheGryphon
      @FluffyTheGryphon Месяц назад +5

      Me too, man. Me too.

    • @deadheadguy458
      @deadheadguy458 Месяц назад +2

      Not the only one

    • @dragonrabbit7410
      @dragonrabbit7410 Месяц назад +6

      i never thought of it in quite those terms before... but you're absolutely right. there is a silver lining though, in my neighborhood i see groups of latchkey kids riding their bikes around and playing games in the streets when the weather is nice. it genuinely warms my heart to know that those kinds of days are still happing for some. ☺

    • @greentoby26
      @greentoby26 Месяц назад +7

      Those 90s kids are now steadily experiencing the last times they carry their kids in their arms, once again without knowing.
      Time is fleeting.

  • @silkoth69
    @silkoth69 Месяц назад +22

    This legitimately made me sad. So many games I've loved but left. One day goes by, another, another, before you know it, it has been years and you're afraid you won't ever be able to revisit. I mourn the online communities I've lost. Entire sections of my life I can never revisit. The saying "you can't go home again". Online gamers.... eventually, this is true for us all. We love with a ticking clock.

  • @The1Elcil
    @The1Elcil Месяц назад +41

    an ominous direction the skits have taken the last couple months...

  • @po1nt1776
    @po1nt1776 Месяц назад +286

    I had a friend die a few years ago. I can see "last online 3 years ago" everytime I open a steam friends. It always reminds me of the good times we had.

    • @Hoppa_Joel
      @Hoppa_Joel Месяц назад +25

      :( we lost one of our friends in 2019 to cancer. In our game ( lotro ) we did music nights, he was part of the band, with one of his brothers. We still do music nights, and miss him.

    • @mukkah
      @mukkah Месяц назад +2

      Beauty, bud

    • @3LastSon
      @3LastSon Месяц назад +3

      that's rough. Sorry for your loss.

    • @iSTEFIXi
      @iSTEFIXi Месяц назад +4

      just delete him from your friends list

    • @DougFantasy
      @DougFantasy Месяц назад +13

      ​@@iSTEFIXiWTF man

  • @Spartan-Four-Twenty
    @Spartan-Four-Twenty Месяц назад +1251

    The video game equivalent of "Last Online 1 Year Ago." That shit hurts.

    • @nekogod
      @nekogod Месяц назад +16

      Those people sometimes come back though! I started playing WoW again this week and I last logged in December 2022!

    • @HokageSama13
      @HokageSama13 Месяц назад +15

      WoW last login……2012.
      Ah fun memories

    • @exDivinityFPS
      @exDivinityFPS Месяц назад +70

      It does, so much. It's part of why I can't play Path of Exile anymore-- A friend in Ukraine was going to start a new league with me and the invasion happened. Last I heard he was serving. I never heard from him again. Every time I log in I see his status, where he left an apology and a goodbye for me... Just permanently there.

    • @arrowghost
      @arrowghost Месяц назад +1

      Most likely people moved on

    • @kitarrah1422
      @kitarrah1422 Месяц назад +17

      ​@@exDivinityFPS😭 I'm so sorry. Hug

  • @Fuhrious
    @Fuhrious Месяц назад +40

    "bad times friend ahead"
    “maybe no computer"
    "maybe no home"
    "I will go way but we are two of soul"
    "I will return"
    Last Seen Online : 938 Days Ago

    • @Fuhrious
      @Fuhrious Месяц назад +22

      Full story:
      > A Guy in TF2 talking on the mic with a thick arab accent,
      > “You all go now. Go to fight the bad. I stay defend. They no get past. I stay. you go tight. I alone stay for to defend. Take their box. I stay.”
      > someone tells him to shut the f up > I tell them to shut the f up and let him talk if he wants (because I think he’s funny to listen to)
      > he adds me > every game I play with him he does the exact same shit
      > “I am Tank. I wait by helicopter. You kill. I won’t let through. You kill. Boomer man, go vomit. I alone guard helicopter. You go.”
      > “You put portal there. Good. I wait. You discover answer. I know answer. Keep portal there. I will put portal when need. Keep putting portal. Good. Do you see? I wait. You put portal. Good.”
      > just talking non-stop every game we play
      > arab spring starts
      > I have no idea where he lives
      > one day he sends me a message
      > “bad times friend ahead”
      > “maybe no computer”
      > “maybe no home”
      > “I will go way but we are two of soul”
      > “I will return”
      > > > Last Online: 938 days ago

    • @Vekcrazah
      @Vekcrazah Месяц назад +3

      that hurts

    • @longjimthealmighty
      @longjimthealmighty Месяц назад

      That genuinely made me cry a bit

    • @Fuhrious
      @Fuhrious Месяц назад

      @@longjimthealmighty yeah it's pretty sad

    • @ilovebiscuits7771
      @ilovebiscuits7771 Месяц назад

      @@Fuhrious Perhaps he was Syrian, Sudanese or Palestinian 😥
      Because, these countries are suffering wars. :/

  • @KennethSmyson
    @KennethSmyson Месяц назад +12

    Oh this was a bit too close to home. 15 years ago I was big into Eve Online. Our corp leader suddenly stopped logging on. We had a couple dozen members and had to start a new corp up. Thankfully we got most our stuff and transferred it to the new corp. Several months went by and he returned. His mom had died on Christmas, and he just had to disconnect.

  • @DarthEd77
    @DarthEd77 Месяц назад +184

    Reminds me of that heartbreaking episode of Futurama in which we see Fry's dog waiting for him outside the pizzeria for years.

    • @dragondude9637
      @dragondude9637 Месяц назад +5

      Shows just how loyal and faithful our furry friends are to us.

    • @Finnisher_DAD
      @Finnisher_DAD Месяц назад +2

      yeah that was really sad

    • @MyRegardsToTheDodo
      @MyRegardsToTheDodo Месяц назад +6

      "... for a thousand summers, I will wait for you..." That actually was my first thought aswell.

    • @beitlerfornc
      @beitlerfornc Месяц назад +2

      Damn, yeah, this hit me in the same spot as that episode. Good call. 😢

    • @lusti6511
      @lusti6511 Месяц назад +5

      Jurassic Bark if i remember correctly

  • @adamb89
    @adamb89 Месяц назад +216

    I used to play pretty regularly in a Neverwinter Nights 2 persistent world server that just sort of ran its course. Finding a host got increasingly difficult, and nobody was willing to run a server 24/7. Eventually a bunch of the senior members each got a copy of the server files, just in case someone someday started it back up, and then it went down forever.
    I booted the game back up about 6 years later and logged in via localhost and just wandered around the empty world. Now populated only by very basic NPCs. It felt eerily like a graveyard.

    • @lisahaber2104
      @lisahaber2104 Месяц назад +9

      kinda sounds sad
      Especially if you had played with many folks you knew

    • @richardhicks5031
      @richardhicks5031 Месяц назад +5

      Still got the files? I know a guy that runs all kinds of severs for older games

    • @justinlast2lastharder749
      @justinlast2lastharder749 Месяц назад +2

      Neverwinter Nights 1 = Classic.
      Neverwinter Nights 2 = Garbage.
      Hate that they pulled the exact Baldur's Gate 1 - Baldur's Gate 2 Rug Pull where they changed everything about the game to a different style of game, it's not even a sequel at that point. It would be like if they took Halo from FPS to a Hero Shooter or Looter Shooter for Halo 2.
      Don't get me started on BG3, that game wiped it's Ass with Forgotten Realms lore...then tried to have sex with it.

    • @Giby86
      @Giby86 Месяц назад

      @@justinlast2lastharder749 You cannot be grumpy about BG2 and BG3. You can be grumpy about a LOT of sequels, but these are both masterpieces. You don't get edgy points for having controversial opinions, you know.
      Also, BG3 is incredibly adherent to the lore of the Realms. But I look forward to your ridiculous nitpicking that you think proves your point.

    • @adamb89
      @adamb89 Месяц назад

      @@richardhicks5031 I might actually still have the files somewhere on one of these external drives I've been saving for the stupidity that never happens. If your guy is serious about sorting through whatever crap I can dig up from my hoard, he's welcome to it. Respond here, tag me, I dunno something.

  • @madtufguy
    @madtufguy Месяц назад +21

    Conspiracy Theory:
    Does anyone else feel like Alan is subtly getting "relieved" from the VLDL-verse?...

    • @TinKnight
      @TinKnight Месяц назад +3

      I mean, they've been doing this channel for 13 years. I'm pretty sure the 3 OG's are all married, & you've gotta imagine there are kids in the picture.
      I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted/needed to take a step back from the day-to-day of skitting. But they're not overtly killing off the characters, so they could still do them every so often.

    • @ashleywessels9860
      @ashleywessels9860 Месяц назад +3

      @@TinKnight Yeah this following Alan leaving is odd timing, I reckon you may be on the money there a bit.

  • @hardroxas7580
    @hardroxas7580 Месяц назад +8

    I like the detail of the city in the background being built and destroyed, showing how time is passing within the game.

  • @EJFXxx
    @EJFXxx Месяц назад +1125

    Greg is all of us waiting for Alan to return to TechTown

    • @eme117
      @eme117 Месяц назад +68

      I prefer him free : )

    • @thebenforever
      @thebenforever Месяц назад +8

      Accurate AF comment

    • @Oudia777
      @Oudia777 Месяц назад +46

      I want Alan back as the White Shirt super manager.

    • @Significantpower
      @Significantpower Месяц назад +19

      Alan had better stay away, or come back as a competitor.

    • @lonrakz524
      @lonrakz524 Месяц назад +2

      relax guys! he's on a reclusive quest / training... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @onecoolboy98
    @onecoolboy98 Месяц назад +368

    Poor Greg. His Sheep are constantly running amuck, his Wife and Child were deleted, his Grandfather's Sword was sold off, and now he get's abandoned forever till the end of time. My favorite NPC, will you ever find happiness?

    • @blangblong4640
      @blangblong4640 Месяц назад +4

      Yes❤

    • @mikecronis
      @mikecronis Месяц назад +19

      Still waiting for Greg's Quest to find Greta

    • @TheCrimsonRevenger
      @TheCrimsonRevenger Месяц назад +12

      Justice for Greta!

    • @lytsedraak
      @lytsedraak Месяц назад +15

      I felt sad for Greg at first, but then I remembered Quest Greg. The real Greg never leaves Honeywood, it's his Quest Gregs that go on adventures, only to disappear when they return to Honeywood, which made me feel sad for that reason. Either way, Greg doesn't seem to be made for happiness T_T

    • @LaylaSpellwind
      @LaylaSpellwind Месяц назад +6

      He made a badass vampire slayer that one time that was totally real.

  • @Blondie42
    @Blondie42 Месяц назад +3

    1:32 The first Baelin sighting since his movie short 🎣

  • @double0gold82
    @double0gold82 Месяц назад +7

    Nice, Jurassic Bark AND the added touch of the castle being built, expanded, razed, re-built in the background (like the cityscape in the Futurama opening sequence)!

  • @goldyloxje
    @goldyloxje Месяц назад +99

    The orcs migrating for winter.
    Such a sight to see those in their natural habitat

  • @The2KXperience
    @The2KXperience Месяц назад +369

    Some time, some place, somewhere, there's a former gamer out there that's reading about the closure of his former server two months after it happened.
    He's got a wife, kids, friends, family, and a fulfilling job. Sometimes his life can be so active it can get exhausting. But he loves being seen as the one guy you can always depend on.
    And for a brief moment, he remembers his time with Greg the Garlic Farmer. And he smiles. And he downloads another game. And he promises himself to make time for himself, and his hobbies, and to finish the story with the Greg of his new game.
    Gone but not forgotten.

    • @Respectable_Username
      @Respectable_Username Месяц назад +20

      This is genuinely beautiful ❤

    • @Gadzinisko
      @Gadzinisko Месяц назад +11

      Or he logs into another Skycraft server and meets another Greg again there.

    • @sufjams
      @sufjams Месяц назад +3

      I'm not crying, you are!

    • @shawns4354
      @shawns4354 Месяц назад +1

      This deserves way more likes!

    • @kwazimoto
      @kwazimoto Месяц назад +9

      The little toy dog is covered with dust, but sturdy and staunch he stands;
      And the little toy soldier is red with rust, and his musket molds in his hands.
      Time was when the little toy dog was new, and the soldier was passing fair;
      And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue kissed them and put them there.
      "Now, don't you go till I come," he said, "and don't you make any noise!"
      So, toddling off to his trundle-bed he dreamed of the pretty toys;
      But as he was dreaming an angel song awakened our Little Boy Blue.
      Oh! the years are many, the years are long, but the little toy friends are true!
      Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, eEach in the same old place.
      Awaiting the touch of a little hand, the smile of a little face;
      And they wonder, as waiting the long years through, in the dust of that little chair,
      What has become of our Little Boy Blue...since he kissed them, and put them there.

  • @aranthos
    @aranthos Месяц назад +5

    For each of us, at one point, we are all guaranteed that tomorrow never comes.

  • @Kavon94
    @Kavon94 Месяц назад +3

    I love that you guys take the most seemingly simple ideas and make them into such quality videos

  • @donaldlivingston75
    @donaldlivingston75 Месяц назад +131

    That little sound he made as the clock hit zero was a great touch. Sad ending!

  • @metoo7557
    @metoo7557 Месяц назад +157

    The very sad truth.. just like going outside to play with your friends as a child.. a day comes along when one day it's all over, and never comes back. And you never know it was the last day until it is gone forever. Playing your favorite games is like that too.

    • @syrum2699
      @syrum2699 Месяц назад +1

      that is the best analogy, made me look back for a second xD

    • @XenithShadow
      @XenithShadow Месяц назад +2

      Yeh i've heard that analogy before. One day will be the last day you do X, and alot of the time your will have no idea that it will be the case. Alot of the time this related to activities in childhood, and friendships in childhood. The saddest one is probably seeing a someone who dies suddenly or is not someone you can visit often.

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 Месяц назад +1

      Aw man... I came here for a laugh, not for a kick in the feels....
      Let's agree its better to not know. Imagine being invited by a friend and him saying this is his last week and he wants to have a good laugh together with you. Good luck finding a smile...

  • @SpringRockerPSN
    @SpringRockerPSN Месяц назад +7

    "Who was that?"
    Must have been the wind...

  • @goldenknight578
    @goldenknight578 Месяц назад +3

    Maybe now Greg will understand what Poppy's been going through.

  • @mactireliath2356
    @mactireliath2356 Месяц назад +106

    I logged out my favorite character in WoW several years ago. I left him in his favorite zone from WotLK, with the redwood trees near an abandoned cabin that he reclaimed for himself. I like to imagine he’s here still, with an old guitar and a fishing line. All out games shut down on a long enough time line.

    • @galmorzu
      @galmorzu Месяц назад +6

      Good call. That's my favorite place to, it's where I leave my main. Good taste in zones, my friend!

    • @MagicScientist
      @MagicScientist Месяц назад +8

      When I Iogged out of wow for the last time, I took my character back to their farm in pandaria and took off those heavy shoulderpads. Their story is over, and I like to imagine that they finally found peace after almost ten years of war.

    • @Smr19421
      @Smr19421 Месяц назад +4

      Quit playing wow 5 years ago. I left my main in the Outlands, on the very northern part of Blades Edge on a hill, overlooking the beautiful cosmos.

    • @Dynacuno
      @Dynacuno Месяц назад +2

      Day 1 player of the original Defiance. I knew the game was going offline ahead of time but couldn’t get myself to play it after that. Took my high level character out back like Old Yeller! Deleted her but will often use her name for other game characters. I like to think of them as reincarnations.
      I see the game received a good send off though. There is a video showing players firing off all their rounds of ammunition like fireworks. Loved that game… as for 2050, not so much!

    • @Rowrin
      @Rowrin Месяц назад +4

      I parked my main in Darnassus when I stopped playing. It was my favorite capital city and the first capital city I encountered when I first started playing WoW. Then I learned that all of Teldrassil burned down T_T RIP.

  • @middlespace8412
    @middlespace8412 Месяц назад +332

    A part of me expected the player to pop in at the literal last second.
    Imagine being an npc that becomes sentient moments before the servers close.

    • @InconspicuousChap
      @InconspicuousChap Месяц назад +13

      Well, Ben is too busy trying to prevent Poop McDinglefart from falling into lava.

    • @marianogigahertz9212
      @marianogigahertz9212 Месяц назад +9

      You are describing the plot of so many animes

    • @Nikember
      @Nikember Месяц назад +7

      Same, I was like "oh he'll show up, it's just going to have been a long time... oh, the server is closing, well, surely he will show up at the last second to say goodbye at least... oh... oh no..."
      Is this what it feels like to be a dog when your human leaves for work???

    • @SaraAdrian
      @SaraAdrian Месяц назад +6

      Nah the player will get nostalgia and decide to try to load his old save, only to find that the game has been offline for over a year.

    • @wut37inarow
      @wut37inarow Месяц назад

      Free guy?

  • @HungryHunter
    @HungryHunter Месяц назад +2

    I was half expecting his honnywood home would apear behind him, like he build a home for himself, become a local npc but still waiting for his player to return.

  • @jkm6060
    @jkm6060 Месяц назад +2

    Everyone knows, all NPC go in their private villas when you are no playing

  • @MrYTThor
    @MrYTThor Месяц назад +52

    Made me cry. One of my friends i played with said that before he took his life the same night. Noone expected that to happen....

  • @prashantsarkar821
    @prashantsarkar821 Месяц назад +63

    Adam and Rowan saying goodbye as the game shuts down was beautiful

  • @richshealer3755
    @richshealer3755 Месяц назад +1

    Seeing the last logged on stories reminds me of a real life incident. A neighbor across the street from me died in a car accident. I did not know the man. But I noticed he left his porch light on. It stayed on for many months. And it always reminded me that we never know when our last time to do anything is. Especially as we get a lot older.

  • @justinlast2lastharder749
    @justinlast2lastharder749 Месяц назад +30

    This feels like they are telling us Epic NPC Man is ending.

    • @MtnMania
      @MtnMania Месяц назад +5

      If that's the case, my interest in VLDL will end

    • @luis.hierro
      @luis.hierro Месяц назад +1

      And Alan left TechTown, so match the dots

    • @nathanrahardjo4754
      @nathanrahardjo4754 Месяц назад +6

      ⁠@@luis.hierrothey clarified on their reddit that Alan is still part of viva and im pretty sure their not ending any of the shows or removing alan as a character

    • @midnightblue1973
      @midnightblue1973 Месяц назад +2

      ​@nathanrahardjo4754 Glad to read this. Alan is the main reason I watch these. Something about his characters is comforting.

    • @ryuudrazyl5330
      @ryuudrazyl5330 Месяц назад +6

      Now or later, at some point, it will end. Let's just be grateful for each video as they come. 😊

  • @vwlssnvwls3262
    @vwlssnvwls3262 Месяц назад +188

    Exactly what I think happens to my characters every time I log out, which is why I always try to leave them somewhere with chairs, a bed, food, etc.

  • @Lorronzo
    @Lorronzo Месяц назад +2

    Greg of the Nine's Own Goal. Alone, but not forgotten. Abandoned, but not defeated. His journey has just begun.

  • @triaina_
    @triaina_ Месяц назад +1

    I would pay for this to be an actual video game

  • @SkiesEye
    @SkiesEye Месяц назад +121

    The feeling of waiting for the friend you met online signing off a game thinking you would pick it up the next day. And 10 years later, they are still offline. 😥 To all the days we got to play, and all the memories we miss.

    • @moh.syafrianabie8899
      @moh.syafrianabie8899 Месяц назад +19

      Same. I got a friend that has shared his life problems to me that he's around some dangerous people: from manipulative and abusive sister, to druggy friends. Last time I talk to him I said be careful and after that i have never met him for years. I hope he's fine.

    • @nickbag88
      @nickbag88 Месяц назад +10

      Man I know. I really show my age with this one, but I had a buddy from england I used to play Age of Empires II online with all the time. One day he stopped responding on AIM and stopped logging on. Hope hes still living and doing good.

    • @toddwood440
      @toddwood440 Месяц назад +8

      I once met a random guy who helped me a lot when I first started playing lotro. A couple months later another guy recognized me as someone his friend helped out and he told me that his friend had recently committed suicide. I hardly knew him yet that brief interaction in game was memorable and so I found it very sad to find out about his death. His account and characters and game relationships ended so suddenly.

  • @0815Horst
    @0815Horst Месяц назад +93

    And that's why you always logg out in an inn. Atleast it's cozy and warm.

    • @antonybadia
      @antonybadia Месяц назад +8

      in SWTOR you have an XP bonus if you logout in a cantina

    • @sillybobplays9444
      @sillybobplays9444 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@antonybadiai did not know that thanks

    • @ZachPeacock
      @ZachPeacock Месяц назад +1

      Same with WoW

    • @medalion1390
      @medalion1390 Месяц назад +1

      In RDR2 I got into a habit of always logging off in a saloon with a whiskey in my hand 😂

    • @honza1220
      @honza1220 Месяц назад +3

      I like to bring my character upstairs at the inn and actually lay them on the bed before logging out

  • @KrypticStudiosCorp
    @KrypticStudiosCorp Месяц назад +3

    1:24: Orcs are going to Helmsdeep.
    1:54: Orcs are going back to Mordor.
    2:14: Orcs have taken meat off the menu... boiz!

  • @craciunradu1959
    @craciunradu1959 Месяц назад +3

    Even abandoned in the middle of nowhere Greg still gets to hear Bodger go on about the hammer

  • @michael_pilot
    @michael_pilot Месяц назад +832

    Poor Greg, poor little lamb, he doesn't deserve this...

    • @jensennc94
      @jensennc94 Месяц назад +9

      Poppy says otherwise 😂

    • @tr1bes
      @tr1bes Месяц назад +1

      It's a server game. It's bound to close the server down sooner or later.

  • @chrisestrada6513
    @chrisestrada6513 Месяц назад +106

    "Sun's up there so daytime". Greg just knows the right thing to say. 😋

  • @abduktedtemplar
    @abduktedtemplar Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for the brevity at the end. It’s a silly thing to feel bad for a bit of code but y’all sure caused me to have to deal with some guilt from all the games I have started but not finished. Weirdos ❤

  • @Pizzagulper
    @Pizzagulper Месяц назад +1

    I was half expecting him to eventually build a garlic farm and that be his origin story.

  • @elli_senfsaat
    @elli_senfsaat Месяц назад +62

    Baelin's appaerance was a cute funny treat, but when I read "server shutting down" my heart broke 😢

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Месяц назад +47

    1:30 😹 *The large castle built in the background... **1:48** & now it's rubble... **1:51** it's back... **1:56** It's improved... **2:03** it's expanded... **2:10** it's burning... **2:16** it's ruins...*

  • @samuelrosander1048
    @samuelrosander1048 Месяц назад +3

    The wandering baddies ignoring Greg is just soooo on point!

    • @robertosswald5896
      @robertosswald5896 Месяц назад +1

      Didn't that orc actually wave at him, the second time?

  • @BloodyFoxDK
    @BloodyFoxDK Месяц назад +1

    This one hits hard,RIP Mom.

  • @mountenia5556
    @mountenia5556 Месяц назад +37

    This Greg's life has just been saved, because if the adventurer returns to Honeywood, the cloned Greg (for the quest) would disappear.

  • @FatherFigure-itout
    @FatherFigure-itout Месяц назад +44

    I love how this show has crazy antics, but also has deep hitting episodes scattered in.

  • @ripperdjak6224
    @ripperdjak6224 Месяц назад +1

    Reminds me of an old online mate i had. Logged off after we had a long session. Then never logged on again found out awhile after, he passed away in a car crash the day after. Still have him on my friend list.

  • @Jedbullet29
    @Jedbullet29 Месяц назад +1

    When Baelin walked past 'morning, great day for fishing" ...i just started crying

  • @Tekkerue
    @Tekkerue Месяц назад +29

    2:04 OMG the EPIC cry is back!!! 😭😭😭

  • @Unicobra
    @Unicobra Месяц назад +27

    You did NOT Just Futurama me
    It took me years to get over that freakin' Dog!

  • @solandri69
    @solandri69 Месяц назад +3

    Modern version of wondering if the light stays on in the refrigerator when you close the door.

  • @TheUnknownD
    @TheUnknownD Месяц назад

    This is why you should always finish your games no matter what.

  • @boblet132tx
    @boblet132tx Месяц назад +73

    Bodger still preaching the hammer is rightfully his... love it

  • @vijayanand6650
    @vijayanand6650 Месяц назад +137

    Dogs when you leave the house for 5 minutes

  • @Unbound_Selrahc
    @Unbound_Selrahc Месяц назад

    This is how so many characters must feel because I’ve picked up a game played for awhile and then gone away for months or longer

  • @shivam7156
    @shivam7156 Месяц назад +2

    Greg's "Who was that" brought me back from depression

  • @anwah3528
    @anwah3528 Месяц назад +23

    I've always wondered about this since I was a kid. There will be a time where we will save a game, log off and never return to it. It's sad and beautiful at the same time.

  • @KRBrickBot
    @KRBrickBot Месяц назад +149

    This poor instance of Greg bored out of his mind is left to a fate worse than Quest Gregs disappearing to a satisfying conclusion.

  • @raisgamesnz325
    @raisgamesnz325 Месяц назад +1

    I love the dragon destroying the castle in the background, :)

  • @clintonrumpf3927
    @clintonrumpf3927 Месяц назад

    This is like a real life friendship. One day may be the last day you ever spend time with that person, and you never know when that day is coming.

  • @mikesleftarm84
    @mikesleftarm84 Месяц назад +50

    The song playing was perfect. Had a big old knot in my chest for this one. Fortunately Bodger explaining that the hammer is rightfully his cheered me up a little and gave me some inspiration.

    • @Tigery760
      @Tigery760 Месяц назад +3

      What song is it?

    • @Noku2Radius
      @Noku2Radius Месяц назад +4

      ​​@@Tigery760 It's "Free My Broken Hearted Soul" By: Jesse Walton

    • @Vershond
      @Vershond Месяц назад +1

      @@Noku2Radius Thank you so much! I have been trying to find this song and searching for the lyrics I could make out was not helping

  • @matthewnewberry9843
    @matthewnewberry9843 Месяц назад +16

    This was sad. Like real tears. It's like hugging a loved one for the last time and not knowing it's the last time.

  • @tylerboyce4081
    @tylerboyce4081 Месяц назад

    I need a 10-hour version of this video.

  • @brandonhallfit
    @brandonhallfit Месяц назад

    Honestly the joy and happiness in the blooper at the end made me love this whole video. So glad y'all get to make a living doing what you love with people you love. Never stop VLDL

  • @ilajoie3
    @ilajoie3 Месяц назад +9

    I like the small touches
    Like when Ben asks Greg what time it is greg looks up to the notification area of the phone, it's as if you know most people watch this on their phones

  • @RancorSnp
    @RancorSnp Месяц назад +47

    An MMO you spend thousands of hours playing shutting down is always such a sad feeling, logging in on an almost empty server prior to closure, the BGM that was calming and relaxing now sounding very lonely and sad... It's not easy

    • @Rhewin
      @Rhewin Месяц назад +6

      @@RancorSnp It’s nice when they get a bump the last few days. City of Heroes had a massive turnout. I didn’t even play the game and I still get emotional at all the players gathered together saying goodbyes.

    • @EclipseStudios101
      @EclipseStudios101 Месяц назад +1

      I remember my childhood game shutting down back in 2018. It was heartbreaking and I logged on for the last time and stayed there until the very last second. We all had fun, said our goodbyes and I may or may not have cried for a pretty long time. It was the only thing that made me happy. Just a silly little game.

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 Месяц назад

      ​@@EclipseStudios101your story makes me think of the anime 'overlord'

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 Месяц назад +1

      Reminds me of the stories of ff14 where the devs added monsters to attack the cities and players defended the cities til server shutdown.
      Many watched how the moon crashed into the lands and were treated with an epic CGI cutscene of the end of times before the servers went down.
      Fcourse they disnt know ff14 a realm reborn was in the works and launched like 2 months later and is still going strong. But i can imagine people were very upset about things.
      Some of the battles are even immortalized in realm reborn to show it did really happen despite the fact 1.0 no longer exists

  • @thewolfstu
    @thewolfstu Месяц назад +1

    MAN, this hit harder after one of my fav game servers for SS13 shut down.

  • @Excellence478
    @Excellence478 Месяц назад

    It's like friends on the Quest as well, they say they want to play again soon and never come online ever again or respond to texts

  • @Pedro_99
    @Pedro_99 Месяц назад +10

    This video has a lot of stuff to unpack: the sadness of Greg, the return of Baelin (how long it has been???), the return of the pathetic cry. And the end of Skycraft.
    Tough times...

  • @snufflessmith
    @snufflessmith Месяц назад +15

    2:42 must’ve been the wind

  • @Hina_Hanta
    @Hina_Hanta 24 дня назад

    Happy to listen.
    Happy to stay.
    Happily watching her drift away...

  • @teresotajonera6557
    @teresotajonera6557 Месяц назад +2

    The very first Ragnarok Online for sure and all other MMORPG when to extinction / server shutdown. So nostalgic and relatable, nice one :)
    We don't know, the player Vandexel died in the real world and never go to play/online again.

  • @Lord_Cyanure
    @Lord_Cyanure Месяц назад +20

    And this is how Rowan will end : still waiting at the door of Techtown for Alan to return, until the end of the world

  • @blackclub92
    @blackclub92 Месяц назад +95

    This happened many years ago with this mmorpg called Trickster Online that was shutting down. When it came down to the last few hours of the server, most of the players just sat down and chilled in the main town square and chatted. We talked and talked until the time came, we said our final goodbyes to one another and logged off for the last time :’)

    • @exDivinityFPS
      @exDivinityFPS Месяц назад +9

      I did not get to be there, but it broke my heart when eTO shut down. It was so fun to just sit in Mega and chat.

    • @MrRezRising
      @MrRezRising Месяц назад +8

      Look up the last days of the original Halo 2 servers. A small group of players had their own idea on how to handle the shutdown, and took matters into their own hands.
      See, they couldn't turn off the server until everyone logged off.
      So what do _you_ think happened...
      😂😂😂

    • @Battlesny
      @Battlesny Месяц назад +8

      ​@MrRezRising all of the still logged in players got stuck as their avatars and sent to another universe?

    • @MamaJava
      @MamaJava Месяц назад +4

      Me when Heroes of Three Kingdoms shut down.
      Damn, I still miss my horse 😭

    • @origamichik3n
      @origamichik3n Месяц назад +2

      Exteel may not have been the greatest game. But it was a bit poignant when NCSoft decided to shut it down. And we spent last hours getting into "just one more match".

  • @GreenGardenAngus
    @GreenGardenAngus Месяц назад

    What’s sad is when your friends have passed and there can never be another

  • @socpancake
    @socpancake Месяц назад +2

    this is the saddest skit you've ever made 😢 I haven't cried this much since Bambi lost his mum

  • @kathrina3339
    @kathrina3339 Месяц назад +83

    While Greg was standing there, Rowan and Adam managed to complete the entire game 😆
    What a sad story...
    CGI is great!

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Месяц назад +39

    That fart at the end was actually impressive

    • @erodaems
      @erodaems Месяц назад +3

      Who let that one out?

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 Месяц назад +1

      @@erodaems idk lol

    • @stevenh.2459
      @stevenh.2459 Месяц назад +11

      Britt

    • @Pseudowolf
      @Pseudowolf Месяц назад +10

      And they put that in the outro because we needed a good laugh after that.

    • @sifaulm.9140
      @sifaulm.9140 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@stevenh.2459 Doesn't sounds like her voice. Maybe another female crew.