The Gaming Holdouts
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
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How much do you love playing video games? Probably not as much as these people. From Fallout to Runescape to Pokemon and back, these are the stories of the most passionate players in the world. But when can passion turn into a months long obsession?
Music (In Order):
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door- The Black Skull
Spring by HOVATOFF
Waterworld SNES- Menu Music
Floating Home by Brian Bolger
Mario Kart Super Circuit- Lakeside Park
W. A. Mozart Symphony in D Majoy by A Far Cry
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal- Goldenrod Game Corner
Fairy Meeting by Emily Sprague
Cavern by HOVATOFF
Shuddery Showdown in Chinatown- Scooby Doo Unmasked GBA
Trophy- Super Smash Bros Melee
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl- Rival Battle
Air Prelude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major by Cooper Cannell
How to Play Theme- Super Smash Bros Melee
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal- Ecruteak City
Underwater Exploration by Godmode
Old School Runescape- Yesteryear
William Tell Overture by Rossini
Stats Screen Music- Lego Rock Raiders
Closer To Jazz by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Chill - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Imperial Forces by Aaron Kenny
Magnus Von Grapple- Paper Mario TTYD
William Tell Overture by Rossini
Retro by Wayne Jones
Pray for Death- Left for Dead 2
Kreuzberg Nights by Futuremono
Arabian Nightfall by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Production
Stickerbrush Symphony- Donkey Kong Country GBA
Brinstar Depths- Super Smash Bros Melee
Sao Meo by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Production
Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
Mine Cart Madness- Donkey Kong Country GBA
Crossing the Threshold - Ghostpocalypse by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Time is Running Out by Jeremy Korpas
Ghost House- Super Mario World
Remember Me by JR Tundra
The Heist by Silent Partner
Melancholia by Godmode
Lost in Prayer by Doug Maxwell
Etherial Choir Ascends by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Production
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal- National Park
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#fallout #nintendo #halo #modesforfallout #falloutlore #videoessay #fallout76tipsandtricks #falloutupdates #videogame #falloutmods #fallout76 #pokemon #nintendoswitch #runescape #halo2 #xboxlive #xbox #mario #mariokart #mariomaker #falloutnewvegasmemes #newvegas mario kart on the wii, #supermario #pokemon video, old school runescape gameplay, old school runescape documentary, #wiiu #wii #splatoon #melee #supersmashbros #smashbros #smash #nintendodirect 
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In the very first frame of your video, you lost all credibility. "Do not recommend channel"
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Communities banding together to complete every Mario Maker level. I watched fourteen distant strangers play Halo 2 as their world crumbled around them. All those moments will be lost in time. Like cartridges... in an Alamogordo landfill.
Time... to power off."
Underrated comment, that was low-key beautiful x3
@@Axel230to your x3 i raise a :3
I’ll raise you a mischievous >:3
Surprisingly uncringe, 7.583 out of 10
Like tears in rain
Breaks my heart. People idly waiting in futility at the end of time, simply sitting, watching as the world around them fades away, simply seeing how long they'll last, to show their love for what they live for, knowing they'll never experience it again. The thought, the experience is what mattered. After all, moments may not last forever, but memories do.
Thank you for covering the Nintendo Network After Hours group!!
The GOAT himself
We salute your efforts, noble warrior
A more honourable effort I have rarely seen, muthsera.
the man the myth the LEGEND
You absolute mad lad. Thank you for your dedication.
“Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.”
*Artoria liked this comment*
There’s something special about being the last person on a lost world filled with beautiful memories that will soon be forgotten
Like into the radius or outer wilds
@@hakan7324 or Soma
It didn't take long for the network to fall: our enemy was ruthless. Efficient. But they weren't nearly fast enough. For you had already passed the torch. I wish your console could have lived to see it. But you belong to legend. Your systems, your controllers - all burned and disconnected. Everything… except your network logs. That, you gave to us. And with it, we can rebuild.
“Its hard to believe they’re offline…”
“Were it so easy.”
*Project Cartographer's Community still making Halloween themed patches*
I really didn't need this reminder of Halo's death today
Ayo man don’t hurt me like this
The final 15 minutes of this video was an emotional rollercoaster I couldn't get off
well i got off just fine thank you
Try buttstuff
Well that’s good this isn’t p0rn
@@h20wizard57 ew
I don‘t think you‘re supposed to get off to this video.
this video fucking rules dude you deserve a huge algorithm boost
Everytime this happens they always turn into a shell of themselves inshallah please don't let the algorithm change you for the worse cake man
We all deserve for the algorithm to fuck off and burn alive painfully
@@HarambaeXelonmuskfansit’s poison and it’s all bc RUclips just can’t stop slobbering over itself for the success of TikTok and they’ll do literally anything to replicate it
@@HarambaeXelonmuskfans So true, they always sell out
I love how you started with the quotes, just them. Then proceeded to tell the tell the story, and finished with the very same quotes, but now with the names of those who said them. And whose stories you just told.
That alone makes this a work of art, good job!
“Not a single video on their channel at the time of writing that is under 1 hour, but those that are are” made me lol
That bugged me so much lol
having a war thunder sponsor is so appropriate for the theme of the video
Why keep playing? *the snail has taken my soul*
@@tylerchiu7065they won’t let me leave
@@tylerchiu7065
Why do I play warthunder?
For that sweet kill sound jingle.
@@tylerchiu7065 I just enjoy a good game in the T-2. With the new BR decomp, the T-2 is even better (T-2 dodged the bullet at 9.7). Its like they knew I would come crawling back for a dopamine binge.
3600 hours in, I can confirm
Im near 700 hours into mgsv. I get comments on my videos like "wow you still play this?" Like, why not? It's a great game, it's set in the 80's and is still timelessly *fun*
Yeah, a lot of people love to just jump on bandwagons and trash yesteryear's games, puts a real stain on both the reputation of those games and of gaming as an art form rather than a product, also funny how it's those same people who then complain about having to buy like 3 or 4 games a month to keep up with their friends
The MGSV addiction truly is the best kind to have
ayo, you're the guy who made the "April...30th" mgs2 video! thanks for making that, it was oddly funny dx
Casual treating games like junk food and only playing them for a month and moving to the next shinning set of keys.
And big studio pushing for game has a service slop has not helped with that...
Good to see a mgsv enjoyer in the wild, the game gets shit on too much I feel
I think it was majin obama who said "Aslong as there are 2 peolpe who play, the games not dead"
Based president
"finding it is is not the hard part, it's letting go"
-Fallout: New Vegas.
Tetris has gone through a lot of changes since it was released. The piece randomizer used to be fully random, but it was updated over time to be more fair by giving you permutations of the 7 pieces (called 7-bag), which means you're never more than 12 pieces away from the piece you need. They changed the rotation system to be more forgiving, they made you able to slide and rotate pieces to delay them getting locked in, and they added the ability to hold a piece for later.
These changes made Tetris more accessible, but there's still a community of people who prefer the less forgiving classic Tetris format. The NES Tetris community is very active and dedicated, and the Tetris Company took note and added a classic mode to Tetris Effect that mimics NES tetris's piece movement and randomizer. Honestly pretty cool (and rare) to see a company pay attention like that. It's an example of what could've happened with Melee, if HAL/Nintendo gave it official support.
I didn't know they had added a Classic mode to Tetris Effect
Brb, minor but important stuff like this is major, I'm getting that now xD
All these stories were inspirational; lonely figures in dying universes being the last surviving spark. Their love created legacies
One of the most underrated gaming essay channels I've seen in a very long time, thanks for playing.
the harambe reference took me a sec, but killed me.
It literally washed over me, I looked at myself in the mirror and fucking lost it. Good writing.
#Dixout
We went from “Video games aren’t art”
To “Stories about video games are art”
Phenomenal work. Very well done.
Video games aren't art.
@@TheGreatDanish a devilish trick or intellectually disabled? call it.
@@TheGreatDanish Yeah but have u seen the clip of the guy shitting himself while playing a game and like his mom walks into his room and like yells at him and stuff I think that's pretty good art haha
@@TheGreatDanish disco elysium
@@TheGreatDanish According to your Megaman music playlist, you think that video game music is real music.
Reading Apache N4SIR as enforcer and not nasir is hilarious
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I think this is easily my favorite video game essay of all time. The Melee montage was beautiful and reminded me why I love watching that game. The final reveal at the really recontextualized the whole video and put a smile on my face. I could feel the passion brimming from this video and loved it.
^^^^ I was looking to make a comment of my own until I found one that perfectly described what I felt. Amazing video, and the final reveal was just peak.
You're a great writer.
Thanks for making me feel something today bro.
Here's to the future holdouts.
Stay frosty and _watch those wrist rockets_
Imagine where the last splatoon player lived. Stumbling upon a world where everything is one color, except for an inkling-shaped dry patch in a forgotten corner of the dead world.
SUCH a good video. You deserve way more views and subscribers. The quality of the editing, writing, music, etc. is just so good!!!
i think playing a game for 29k hours or achieving max level by hitting the integer limit is more of a holdout then leaving your console on for a month. The former shows much more of a commitment and love for the game
Probably, but it's not as emotionally resonant as people desperately trying to keep something alive. I don't play MMO's, but hearing those stories of players hanging out before a game gets shutdown always gets to me.
What about reaching level 99 in the first reactor in FF7?
Not really, its not a contest of endurance but of "staying after closing".
If endurance was all that was needed, there are mario maker players and minecraft players that make the time commitment look quaint.
29,000 hours of old school rune scape is crazy, true. But it's still a game you can play right now. You can't play halo online on the original Xbox anymore, and they knew that. That's what makes the holdout so insane. If woox wanted to he could come back. If N4Sir wanted to, or SlitherySheep wanted to, they can't go back to their games. They are gone forever. That's what makes a holdout
At time one could think its a sign of mental illness, or an obsession, addiction - just love for the game? Not so sure - at which point you let it rest in your memories and move onto something else or just life in general.
Man... I had looked into the Noble 14 situation a while ago, but never knew that it was being repeated in the Nintendo circles.
Speaking of, aren't they still around? They still pop up here and there when the events are brought up. Insane we have people of a similar dedication...
edit: also the ending quotes being revealed to be some of the individuals in the various groups was amazing
The hackers booting people from Minecraft are fucking diabolical. Much respect for that level of chaos.
“Spartans never die they are just missing in action”
I honestly wish that when companies decided to be done hosting, they'd allow us to have the dedicated server software so we could do it ourselves. I still host plenty of games that allow for such things. It really wouldn't cut into the profits much either. Few people ever do that when it is an option.
this video is so well put together and a joy to watch.
As a first generation 360 owner, the rings of death and overheating boxes brought back memories of keeping our burgers warm inbetween our consoles on lan parties.
I almost died because of @5:14.
I inhaled a third of my coffee laughing at that.
Amazing video! So glad I could play any part in this story! 😊
Somehow, this is the most emotion I’ve felt in over 2 years.
This video made me remember some guy from jet set radio future when multiplayer was still a thing. My one friend really liked the music and so wanted to play too, we joined some guy and we could easily tell that he was an absolute pro, 2 or 3 times faster than us in some flood gamemode
this video is absolutely brilliant. totally engaging throughout, didnt even realize it was 43 minutes long until i looked at the timer.
The ending of the video is really good, holy wow. This entire video went hard, but slapped us with the ending. Love you buddy!
Wonderful work on this! I had no idea how crazy it can get!
Appreciate those words! Cheers!
This video has it all. Comedy, tragedy, storytelling, and tear jerking ending.
playing the quotes at the beginning and then revealing that they were real quotes from these players at the end made me emotional
Great video!
I remember when I was younger and I got tired of playing Halo Reach or Modern Warfare 2, and wanted to go back and give Halo 2 or Battlefront 2 a whirl. Then I was confused as to why I could never connect to any games. Then I found about the shutdown and Noble 14 and thought it was really cool. Sometimes I still pine for those OG Xbox Live days.
check out Insignia, its an xbox live replacement and Halo 2 is on there.
Legendary high level players are one of the most underappreciated and cool parts of video game history.
It really adds to the mystique of a game and really invigorates a community.
I don't think I would've been playing call of duty or runscape as long as I have without people like Scump or Zezima. Just knowing I was playing the same game as these legends was inspiring.
fantastic vid, holy hell. the reveal near the end made me lose it. fastest sub of my life
Didn't expect to see Raiden in here !
"hmm this video looks interesting, but i don’t know what holdout means in this context"
45m later
"oh, am i crying now?"
I have never felt such an attachment to a game like outer wilds, titanfall and into the radius.
The feeling for those games is indescribable.
Those quotes at the end hit so much harder the second time with their context, and the national park theme drove it home. Great video
My god the way this video is put together is so great, the callback at the end to the quotes with the national park music hit so unbelievably hard, great job
This players converted the act of playing into something much more meaningfull, something the developers and publishers can't do themselves, i never felt overwhelming passion that made me cry like just now but surely their actions live on and will inspire other players to keep playing.
30.000 hours of Ruin Scape is the equivalent to 4 hours a day for 23 years
What a great video to watch between the hourly fo76 events
This and the tf2 pfp is real as fuck
how much do you pay in rent per month?
@@KA-vs7nl I'll have you know that i pay none since i live in my mother's basement
The end of the video really feels analogous to survivors trying to live after an apocalypse. Some were doomsday preppers, others made by with luck and ingenuity. Even going as far as uploading their metaphorical consciousness to a (different) machine. Good editing and great video! :)
This video was fantastic. Well done! I really love your storytelling and you also seem to love all of the exact same games as I do (Fallout, OSRS, Pokemon)
I really appreciated all the little fallout memes and clips sprinkled throughout. Fallout is easily my forever game, and it holds such a special place in my heart, I don’t know what I’d do if I could never play it again. It brings me so much joy to see someone else who loves fallout as much as I do.
honestly, hats off to anyone that has fun with fallout 76, especially during the early days. ive never cared for a Bethesda game in general but having fun in a game is the whole point of games. im glad they where able to enjoy it
Upon finishing the video to completion, now I feel like a new type of holdout... a cheesecake holdout
Congrats on 20k subs btw, edit: 25k damn bruv
This legit made me cry, the denial part was way too touching. They're still standing!
Every once in a while, I'll find my old Wii and boot up Super Mario Galaxy and get lost in those levels for hours... It was the first video game I ever played.
Bro’s writing is so good i cried at the melee part
This was an emplemon level event of a video. Beautifuly made, heartwarming and touching.
I may just be baked but this is one of the best RUclips videos ive ever seen. The comedy, the music, the storytelling, it’s crazy this is free
Hopped on the treadmill to watch this and I didn’t even realize 45 minutes have passed. Great story telling & quality!
let's think about this a bit. some of these servers would have to continue running for these people to still be connected, but they would have been doing so at an operational loss. however, ultimately being in possession of these servers, one finds it far more likely that the server's power cable may simply be unplugged. meaning that these people are not likely to actually be still connected to these servers, but rather are stuck in some sort of "cached" state, or truly just directly connected with other players. no way in hell are those servers still on months later.
favorite channel for real, you can tell how much love and effort was put into this. the love for video games hits home incredibly hard
your videos are some of my favorite on the platform. you have a great sense of humor, the editing is great, the stories are great and well researched. the last 15 minutes of this video made me cry. thanks for the great stuff cheesecake.
Bro this is the best video I've seen in a while. Editing, script, humor, all on point 🤌🏻
goated vid bro. lot of great editing and jokes, and that ending reveal about the quotes legitimately made me a bit emotional lol
Loved the video. Even got me emotional at the end, teary eyed and everything. Videos like this help me remember that one of the best things in life is other people. Whether it be just admiring their passion or sharing something with them. Love from another small-ish RUclipsr!
As much of a tease to the imagination as it is to see an online game die and watch the last holdouts phoning in as their positions are overrun by time and technology, I think what's even sadder is when an online game dies, but its servers live on-- and so nobody is around to play it.
I was introduced to a game called Starsiege: Tribes, an old online multiplayer FPS game. Except for its discord community orchestrating brief matches every so often, it never has any players online. So, when you download the game and you're not lucky enough to have rounded up enough friends to play it, there is nothing left for you to do but wander around in enormous open maps, alone, no objective, no meaning.
You're not in any danger.
You're alone.
You're the only one who remembers.
Incredible video! It brings a little tear to my eye seeing our humble community getting recognized for just wanting to keep the games alive a little bit longer.
To clarify the timeline on Smash Bros. 3DS, as the fifth-longest holdout: Chario was the last known survivor for a while, although we had also known about the other player you mentioned because of the World Status map that the game had that showed where every active connection was on the servers. We were unable to ever find or identify this player, so we call him the Mystery Smasher of Hudson Bay. The last known games took place between myself and Chario, which he streamed on his Twitch channel on April 9, the evening before my connection gave out in the middle of the night. While he and a couple others were known to be online between then and his final disconnection on April 16, those were the last known games, only a few days after the shutdown.
im surprised you didnt talk about the northstar client for titanfall 2. a story of how when the official servers were dying off, the community came together and made their own peer to peer servers people could host so that titanfall 2 could never truly die.
Great video man, your videos are exactly what I miss from watching og internet historian videos. Keep up the good work
just commenting to let you know that your videos are amazing. your channel has to blow up even more soon, 20k subscribers is a hell of a lot so far though!
Great video man! The quotes filling in the names in the end was sick!!
Always love finding a channel that makes me subscribe after one video! Excited for more to come my bro!
Damn bro shit had me in tears at the end it was all perfect I hope you keep making masterpieces like this in the future man!
This video is really well made and full of great jokes and shit posts, nice work man
Standard lactose dessert, I don't even know what to say this video was just powerful. What an impactful experience, bravo my man
Thank you for making this video. The later half with the nintnedo network holdouts really got to me. I was there the day the servers shut down playing splatoon 1, and i was unable to keep going as long as i wished i could as i had work the next day and was in a call with friends at that moment, so i was unable to wholly experience catharsis on the level i wanted for the game that was my childhood in my teen years and meant the world to me. Splatoon 1 honestly lead me down the path i am now with the friends and family i have. Without it i wouldn't have my fiance or the friends i love and hold dear to my heart. With this video Ive finally experienced the catharsis and tears i needed to shed to be able to move on. It has been wonderful to hear about the strength of community during the shutdown. It has filled me with a sense of pride that will finally let me move on. Thank you
as of a couple days ago, fishguy6564 is the only remaining person on the nintendo network. i thought the name sounded familiar, and that's because fishguy is one of the most prolific mk8dx modders, and was responsible for some of the datamining leaks about that game's booster course pack, among other things. fitting that he's the last holdout i suppose, he has intimate knowledge of nintendo software and hardware to keep the lights on for over 100 days (105 at time of writing).
Man the ending parts of this video were so sad dude. I admire the strength of all these people hanging on until they couldn't anymore. Wish I had determination like that.
This was a deeply engrossing and incredible piece of work. Thank you for this.
Great video man. Excited too see where this channel goes!
hey cheesecake i have been loving your vids, im glad to be a part of your community :) i love your channel
Other comments aside -
Thank you so much for making this video.
It means a lot to me to have these stories recorded. I have no affiliation with them, of course, but this is such an important, and otherwise lost part of internet history.
These people are the type to disappear silently without ever being heard from or remembered long term.
I am so grateful to them, and as weird as it sounds, they make me feel incredibly nostalgic and happy. It's the cute, harmless, wholesome story anyone would love to hear from someone just like you or me, uniquely dedicated to something they love in the face of its inevitable demise.
To those that were holdouts - thank you. And to Default Cheesecake, sincerely, thank you for helping me know of and remember these events.
damn this video was great, subbed, last part almost had me tearing up
Some of these stories feel almost biblical or greek tragedy in nature. The two kirbies at the end of time, The final 14 Spartans of Halo 2 being a precursor for many stories like theirs to come as the age of live services show one of the most noteworthy casualties, The parents of Fallout 76 who learned to genuinely love a game many people hated, the Shy Guy in a arms outstretched pose ascending being the final sight of the final player, Zweite helping the final vestiges of Xenoblade Chronicles X's civilization until he was ultimately alone and proceeded to find a beautiful looking place to sit and watch the world end.
There are enough written works of fiction out there that you would have to take thousands of hours out of your life to sift through like you were in the Library of Babel before you find stories as compelling as these ones that _really happened._
Beautifully crafted. I laughed at every little bit, the edits were great. Bravo on this video 🎉💐
It can be fascinating seeing what motivates to enjoy something so long while others have no interest it seems. I always like coming across little groups for obscure games on RUclips. A couple I remember seeing awhile ago was a group that regularly plays Midtown Madness together and have been doing so for like a decade or so. Then saw another random vid of people that still play Command & Conquer multiplayer.
This was awesome, really inspiring for someone like me wanting to get my essays out there. Loved it.
I say this with zero exaggeration. This might be the best youtube video I have ever seen in my life. And I'm not some zoomer who just got here. I've been watching youtube videos since 2006
Amazing video. The stories I've heard here I'll remember forever.
Fascinating piece of gaming archeology!
I can always count on my favorite talking cheesecake for Niche gaming stories and neat facts
Haven't even watched it yet but seeing all the music names in the description is a good sign that you put effort into this video ❤
this was surprisingly touching & thought provoking. thank you for making this piece of art/journalism.
Very cool video and very interesting topic. I used to think years ago the hundred of hours I put into games like Super Metroid was pretty hardcore, then I run into people online who say they have hundreds of days in game for some games. But now I sit here 23 years into Final Fantasy XI online with an in game play time that is measured in decades at this point. It does feel special seeing people keeping games alive by never giving up and never letting go.
From someone who started gaming on the gameboy this made me cry
Damn, I'm not gonna lie, I've gotten a bit teary eyed near the end.
We really can't let go of things that make us happy.
I'm tearing up at the devotion and love people have for games
Five minutes in and you already nailed the power of this format. Cinema privileges and elevates the image, and you did that extremely well!