The journey of 500,000 subscribers begins with downloading Cheat Engine for a really silly reason. Song used: Outset Island - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker OST
The other outfit I had been planning to use for the Cosplay event was a Ruin Sentinel, so just try to imagine that alternate timeline. It's honestly a little strange that I got involved in the Fight Club at all, looking back on it. I've never been very enthusiastic about multiplayer, but something about the themed events made it a lot more fun.
Zullie I'll never forget those times on Dark Souls 2 when you showed the entire community that not all hackers are bad-you've done so much good and have come so far-keep it up!
"So Zulie, how did you become a witch?" "Well... It all began when we broke into Shulva. At the time I was learning witchcraft after having used it to fake my entry in the fight club..."
Not gonna lie, this is a pretty neat origin story, and as someone who wasn't present in the fan base earlier on, it's really cool to take a glimpse back at the history I missed out on. Congrats on 500k and thanks for sharing!
“Not much is known about the fabled reality-bending witch known as Zullie. Careful explorers will be sure to note a cryptic set of clues left behind in her most recent RUclips video, however….” - Vaati 😌
"Someone who uses their knowledge of the nature of the universe to control reality and do impossible feats" seems like it could be a fitting in-universe description of a witch, and an out-of-universe description of a hacker. So, it always seemed fitting to me.
Could also describe a chemist, manipulating chemical bonds to produce a desired reaction (like mixing sodium and water to make a boom). It could also describe a physicist, although they'd need the aid of an engineer to perform their impossible feats.
Wow. I can honestly say I never suspected Zullie the Witch on RUclips was, in fact, the same Zullie the Witch from the Shulva break-in. I discovered your youtube presence accidentally when one of your videos was recommended after watching a wonderful Bonfire fight. It's been a while since then, and a wonderful ride learning about just how the game does what it does.
Alva must have had a hell of a time during his quest, considering how you've been learning to alter reality. "Give up Alva, I've given all the Amana priestesses Homeward."
When you think about it,you did keep in character for the youtube scene. Someone who sabotages the game but in the end helps the players along the way,be it with trivia or really helpful info. And one hell of entertaining way to do it
I love how much lore there is in the souls community itself, with legends like Let Me Solo Her and Giant Dad, and content creators like Zullie and Vaati
I was in these threads, and I was in these fight clubs. Your exploits were a big inspiration for me, and I ended up having a lot of fun with some of the cheat tables and other stuff. I can confidently say that you shaped the early DS2 community of that one site, with your work often being the subject of discussion, marvel and joy, and I'm happy that not only you're still around, you're still a part of my Soulsborne experience. Thank you.
DS2 was shaped by so many amazing content creators. Otzdarva, Limit Breaker's, Oroboro, and Zullie collectively made DS2 such a wonderful community to play with. I kind of miss having a community like that.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 you wont ever find something like that and you can thank mass media for that. they dont want us organized in anyway, especially when it comes to foreign games.
@@jhonviel7381 😅 I have no idea why you think mass media has anything to do with this. I'm pretty sure it has more to do with game design decisions in DS3 and ER.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 hype is made by mass media and through advertising platforms such as youtube, reddit, google. those old school fan made forums are a thing of the past is what im saying, by trying to consolidate all gamers into a single group of purchasing power most of these niche communities that formed during the early souls days will never come about again, because all new fans will be indoctrinated by the "hype" which of course is artificial. in other words its only going to get harder to form these tight-knit communities, especially when they catch up to discord.
@@jhonviel7381 I mean, I think I get what you're going for? That popular games don't have tight-knit communities? That's more because when a game is popular with a lot of people, they very naturally play for different reasons. The vast majority of players never involved themselves with the old communities anyway. The lack of community is more a matter of human dissonance, since it's harder to find like-minded people in a larger sea of people. Sure, old forums are gone but there's an ton of discord channels that exist to serve various niches. The spirit is still there though. Remember, ads only sell games. After that purchase, companies don't have as much incentive to influence those people. The influencers after purchase are community members who make their living ensuring the community keeps existing. I'd argue that content creators have far more influence over a game's community than game advertisements.
For some strange reason, I always thought you were referencing the witch that appeared in Dark Souls 1, and only now am I realizing that that witch was named Beatrice. This also reminded me of how ridiculously good the customization variety in Dark Souls 2 was, I don't think any other Souls game have come close since.
@@tannertadlock7741 I believe fashion souls is still uses as a general term for playing dress up in the game. It usually stems from the fact that armour isn't *that* important to gameplay, so when people ask what armour to wear the general answer is "whatever you want"
@@janedoe4929 unfotunately, while elden ring has a ton of armor sets, somehow it feels like it lacks diversity still. its easy to just look cool, but i found that cosplaying anything not-elden ring is tricky.
Congratulations! This community is lucky to have you in it. You deserve all the support you get, and I sincerely hope everything goes well for you in the future!
These are those cute and apparently meaningless stories that I love to be told about; it really is simple but dedicated decisions like this Zullie's cosplay that affect our lives and the contents we deliver in the most unpredictable ways. Happy to be able to be in presence of a story like this!
@@nvrndingsmmr Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
I don't know exactly why, but this whole video had me giggling, it was just so heartwarming, wholesome, and cute! Go Zullie! Most powerful witch in the lore of Elden Souls, so powerful that she broke through the barrier between game series universes, and even became aware of universes beyond! (Ours!)
What a wonderful origin story. I love how cosplaying as a witch turned you into a "real" witch within the series with the power to see beyond the veil, at the very foundations of her reality.
Damn, Zullie went from being someone mentioned in item descriptions to becoming a pvp god. That wasn't enough so she then became a DLC burglar. But even that wasn't enough, so she became a hacking icon. That's a sick story!
I love how these stories arise. Sometimes I look at my own stories from Souls and it is truly magical how they come about. So many different fascets of the game to be poured into at such extreme depths. Been following your journey since a couple thousand subs and its been awesome watching you gain traction and the recognition you deserve!
Quite fitting for someone who inspects the hidden/cut content of Fromsoft games to have the name of a cut character from DkS2. That was a cool story. Congratz on 500k subscribers Zullie!
I still remember those old days. Fight clubs going on for hours at a time in ds2. The gladiator event will always be seared into my brain, and it's on RUclips too. Those beginnings of seeing you in the clubs and in the threads, the shock of seeing people get into the dlc early. At a certain point people in the threads associated the name more with you than the character, and just look at you now
DS2 is the weakest installment storywise in my opinion, *but* had the best PvP. So many varied weapons with hidden mechanics that you'd only know if you actually read the descriptions. So it was very unlike DS3 where one straight sword is the direct upgrade to every other straight swords. There could be weapons that were "weaker", but it had a certain quirk to it that made it stand apart from the "Tier 1" weapons. DS2 has the most varied armor/weapon/build I've had in Souls PVP.
@@Faude18 *crown of the sunken king what? 👏👏👏👏👏👏yay you know the name of one of the dlcs yay. He said the crown dlcs did you think you was correcting something like? Anyway I'm not sorry, beat it
Zullie definitely should be added into Elden Ring as a summon!!! Thank you for all the wonderful effort you’ve put into making the Souls community into a greater place!
@@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia What? Fromsoftware and Bandai never have taken down Hack Tools and Mods/Fan Projects, and being a japanese company have nothing to do with it, capcom and square enix also are also a japanese company and support fan projects, the only japanese company that i know that taken down fan projects/mods is nintendo, and isn't even nintendo of japan, it's the nintendo of america.
Wouldnt really make sense story wise, i know patches apears in nearly all souls games but he's more of a miyazaki signature along with the moonlight greatsword.
When Zullie the Witch and her companions entered Shulva, there was no knowledge on the sunken city, it was lost, it was forgotten. What were they searching in those cursed depths: forbidden knowledge, fame or mere treasures? All of this is unknown and not important, because the witch found something she never thought could be in those ancient ruins. She found a part of herself. After that some say she died for the miasma of the lost city. Other insist that she escaped the cycle of the word. But few knows that she went beyond this and other words, seeking the laws and rules that make them work.
Well, you know, there is one legendary Russian youtube guy Zulin. Quite an old person in RUclips merits and he is quite famous with his long vids about games, so there are even jokes about it and Zulin time where one Zulin-minute is around an hour
This kind of story was like you want to impersonate your witch idol then becomes witch itself but with different kind of magic than your idol have. Great inspiration for my fanfiction
Congrats on the big milestone Zullie! It's hard to imagine the overall Souls community without you, so it's fun to learn about where it all started. :D I hope you have a nice little celebration for yourself, you've certainly earned it!
I found you looking through souls lore and out-of-bounds stuff, and got hooked on your videos. Love you Zullie! I hope you keep finding joy and support in this endeavor. Good luck!
What a story, Zullie. Thanks for always making such neat and concise videos on various topics that explains enough without having to be like 15 minutes long.
That is a really cute backstory, and super glad you ended down on this path! Only found your content recently but watching some of your older DS, Bloodbourne, Sekiro, etc. I've found so much more about the games I would adore in the future, so all I would love to say is congratulations on 500k subscribers, and here's to the 1m milestone! You're the best kind of Zullie The Witch anyone could ever ask for!
Congratulations on coming so far! This was such a great video, it was so heart-warming to see how far you've come. I can't imagine this community without you, so thank you for everything you have done, and I can't wait for when you reach 1 million subscribers.
When I first saw the corpse of Godwyn while playing on my first run I've spent a whole 10 minutes trying to make sense anf failed, and sure enough a couple of days later you made a video about it and was awesome! Thanks for improving our game experience trough your love for detail!
What an interesting story, I really wish that more channels would do stuff like this because it truly is amazing to see. I appreciate your content Zullie, and I am glad that you are getting the recognition you deserve.
that transformation at the beginning was so cool. congrats on this milestone! zullie & alva story was so dear to me along with lucatiel's. i love them so much
Been watching for a long time now, and this wholesome background content just made me want to say thank you for all you do. I love your videos and hearing about your shenanigans back in the day takes me right back to when ds2 released. Loved hearing this story, and your content is some of the best. Thanks for everything, Zullie!
Cosplay souls has always been my favorite aspect of this game. I have many fond memories of helping people with Nameless King dressed in Dragonslayer Ornstein's armor. When I found the Pontiff duel arena, I dressed in the Shadow/ninja armor and used all the Katanas. Just one of my favorite role playing games in how immersive the experience can be for people. Thanks for your videos Zullie, I couldn't imagine this game series without your presentation of the world. Has helped me understand and love the characters and design so much more :)
Thank you Zullie, you are truly one of my favourite content creators I’ve had the pleasure of encountering and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you
This is why I will always love video game communities. Starting from a theme-based fight club to breaking-in into an unreleased DLC, an amalgam of small stories agglutinate to change someone's life in fascinating ways.
I've learned so much about coding quirks and game design thanks to you. Not to mention lore insight and visual design. I wouldn't have it any other way. Here's to the next 500K
To be honest though the Soulsborne, sekiro, Elden ring community won't be as entertaining without these great people like Zullie, Vaatividya, Illusionary wall, GiantDad, LetMeSoloHer, etc. So thanks to Miyazaki, and his whole crew, and everyone else in the community for making memorable experiences.
Watching this made me smile a lot C: using your mods in both in souls games and sekiro. And between you and mr mcdonald seeing all the unseen stuff from the souls series really makes me appreciate them all the more. Congratz on 500k subs Zullie Sensei >:D and too many more vids in the future.
Congrats, Zullie! You're easily one of my favorite channels, and I look forward to your videos. I've gone from being casually interested in the FromSoft games to actually playing them myself because of you.
Having broken into the unintended DLC location must have been so cool. You can say that any location in a video game is always mysterious and fun to explore, but only in the sense that you, as a player, are suspending your disbelief for a while and experiencing a meal prepared by excellent chefs, but being one of the first people to wander into a truly *unintended* world of darkness must have been so incredibly hype
insta to the "Favorites" playlist just because of that introduction. This is gold And there's nothing ridiculous about it. It was quite interesting, if not cute even
Hey, Zullie! Thank YOU for the years of content. You're seriously amazing and you somehow managed to deepen my love for FromSoft titles. You're the best 😁👍
Its really good to know about you zullie, congrats on this achievement and thanks for all these beautiful moments that you have shared with us❤️🌸 Keep up the good work
You deserve every sub you get. Your content and contributions to the Souls franchise community are incredible. Keep up the great work and here's to many more!
This is something I've wanted to know for a long time! Thanks for sharing, I'm glad you became such a community figurehead, your insights are invaluable and you've shared so much knowledge that would otherwise have gone unremarked or completely unknown
You know I always curious of why you were called Zullie the Witch but now I know, though I never she originated from DS2 even though I've played it, it was cool to hear about your origin story. Anyways congratulations on 500k, didn't expect to see you'd reach that but I hope to see you reach 1 mil!
It's si nice to see how well all went and funny to see how u didn't just become known as zullie but as far as,i think, the whole fanbase is concerned, u are THE zullie, the actual witch from souls borne and the one we all turn to when we want to/need to know more about lore or any data at all
That's actually a great story, I'm not even one who knows you much, this is my first time visiting. All you did was one simple "name change" hack, then when the Sanctum City DLC was released, you got curious as to why the key was removed and you wanted to see the place itself, so you learned more about "hacking" a game and it lead you there, now finally you're in this position. Curiosity killed the cat? Nah, it found Zullie the Witch and led her through a glorious lore-based channel. Remember, cats are eternal.
I'm really glad you decided to go down this path. You're always the souls content creator I look forward to seeing content from the most, and all of your videos are extremely enlightening and educational. Congrats on 500k and I hope we see more from ya in the future
That was a great watch! Thanks for giving us the backstory to your persona, it's really cool to hear! And of course, thanks for all of the time and effort you put into showing the community really cool things in all of the From Software games.
How great to have the lore all in one place! I'm always happy to see DS2 represented in a positive light, and I'm happy you're still repping the purple dress set :)
Haha, I remember the good old days of Dark Souls 2. That's a fun little story about the origins of your username - I was always a bit surprised you'd latch onto a DS2 character, since it seems to be the game everyone dunks on the most, but I guess your origin story wasn't something as simple as just liking a character! DS2 is still my favourite FromSoft game though! I remember meeting people who had obviously gone on those Shulva-heists too - I hosted fight clubs on the Iron Keep bridge, and I remember in the weeks before Crown of the Sunken King released, I got a few people showing up with the Sanctum Knight set, Sanctum Repeating Crossbow, and Puzzling Stone Sword!
This seems like as good a time as any to mention that ever since I realized the lore connection with my namesake, I refer to you as "Mom" and wield the Moonlight Greatsword as a family heirloom 😉thanks for all you do to help us appreciate the depth of these games!
I'm sure this will be drowned in many other comments but thanks for making your videos. They're always a bright spot in my day when they show up, whether I'm at work or home.
I love you zullie. Im verry into obcure mechanics and when i stumbled across your channel a couple years ago i was facinated. Thanks for the content and i hope to keep seeing more❤
What a wholesome origin story :D I found this channel cuz of Elden Ring and it being my first Souls game, but plan on playing the entire franchise soon! I'll be sure to watch your old videos as I play the games and can't wait to see how far the games and YOU have come :)
When I played DS2 for the first time last Fall, I had an absolute blast. Zullie's Witch outfit was one of my highlights, especially when that one coffin switched my gender. Drip in DS2 is unmatched. Though instead of the hat, I used the veil. Fast forward a little and I find this RUclipsr going by the name of that witch, and it's some of the best content I've seen on the Souls series. Felt like one big coincidence.
i think i started watching you around 50k subs when i was real big into DS3 at the time. its always been a pleasure seeing you in my timeline, and subscription box, and i associate pretty much every song you've used with your videos now, honestly keep up the good work and keep making what you love, and one day, i hope you get a mention in a fromsoft title
I’ve been following your account for quite some time now, and you show me things I never knew about the greatest games ever made. Never stop your witchcraft Zullie
only just seeing this now coz i'm watching and re-watching a lot of your videos so the algorithm knows i wanna see your SOTE videos when they come out, but thank YOU for everything you do. I've learned so much and i love the format and the music you choose for your videos. I can't wait to find out what game From are gonna be working on after SOTE is out.
"An inside joke that just stuck" is one of the best naming conventions. It's actually how I got my name current username: Back when MW3 had just dropped. My friend, his brother, and a few of his brother's friends played as well. We got really into the Special Ops Co-Op survival missions to try and see how far we could get before failing to survive. One of the purchase able upgrades was the "Delta Force Operators" item that would call in friendly NPCs to help you fight. Usually they don't last past the early game and it spawns in approximately 4 and only one player in the session can have a Delta Force Team spawned in. As you all may know, in and around the time of MW3 launching so did Minecraft get into ita Beta 1.8 stage. My friend, had given me a pre-paid Visa card to purchase a copy of Minecraft as an early birthday present because he had a copy and so did another friend but not me. (Till this day Minecraft is one of the most used gifts I have ever gotten). I hadn't picked a name yet, and on my Playststion Network Account I had been going by a different moniker. I hadn't yet activated my Minecraft account because I didn't yet think of a name for it. So while we were playing MW3 we were having an especially great session I had called in a Delta Force Team at around wave 2 on the Map that is set in Paris, France (can't remember the name) just off the cuff I said to my friends "Whichever Delta Operator survives, that's what I'll use for my nameplate in Minecraft". The Delta Operators that spawned in would have random "callsigns" assigned to them usually random but some were easter-eggs. Well we are getting it hard and we were getting up there into the mid twenties on the Wave counter. All of the other Delta Operator NPCs were dead, except for one named "Red Cell". We then crested wave 28, I think, and this is when Jughernauts spawned way more often. I ended up being the last alive of my friends as I couldn't revive them in time and as the enemy AI cornered me like a rat and took me out like Ol' Yeller, there the last Delta NPC was still up and shooting right on my death/Stat screen, and then boom, here I am.
The other outfit I had been planning to use for the Cosplay event was a Ruin Sentinel, so just try to imagine that alternate timeline.
It's honestly a little strange that I got involved in the Fight Club at all, looking back on it. I've never been very enthusiastic about multiplayer, but something about the themed events made it a lot more fun.
I’m betting your hacker name would’ve been called The ruin maiden.🤔🐱
that would truly be the blandest timeline. Zullie is iconic
@@vista777 exactly, otherwise no waifu
Interesting though I think the Zullie timeline is the best.
Ruin the Sentinel 🤔
It's Zullie the Witch, with her famous quote "Every Witch has their Zullie."
It's Zulling Time
Its Zullie the witch, the protagonist of the famous spin off series (derived from dark souls): Dark souls Ruin explorer
@@organizedbonfire2649 congrats to Zullie on becoming the first youtuber to get a zullion subscribers
@Moon Man I think the cringier thing is someone still using "moon man" as a name in our lord's year 2022
My favourite part of the hacking event was when she set her own character level to one zullion and zulled all over the boss
Zullie I'll never forget those times on Dark Souls 2 when you showed the entire community that not all hackers are bad-you've done so much good and have come so far-keep it up!
Some of my fondest memories of II were the baffled responses to our shenanigans, like making you vomit prism stones or that time I stole Santa.
@@ZullietheWitch I want to know, and yet I feel it's better without context.
@@ZullietheWitch WAIT YOU WERE THE SANTA WHAT
No, Santa was one of the other hackers that broke into Shulva, so we were acquainted.
A wild Brandon has appeared
Zullie’s lore is literally the boxing guy who sits to drink water meme
“Ok imma seduce this dude”
“Damn I got seduced”
I feel attacked because of how right you are.
Alva must have been a hell of a chad
@@darkphoenix2 You already know from the armor set.
@@darkphoenix2 or just a nice dude.
@@nowhereman6019 Nice guys get all the witches
Gotta love an origin story that starts with both a fight club AND a heist
Good point!!
Sounds like a good movie
"So Zulie, how did you become a witch?"
"Well... It all began when we broke into Shulva. At the time I was learning witchcraft after having used it to fake my entry in the fight club..."
But not the edgy type, it starts with the actually good one.
Literally the plot of Fight Club
Not gonna lie, this is a pretty neat origin story, and as someone who wasn't present in the fan base earlier on, it's really cool to take a glimpse back at the history I missed out on. Congrats on 500k and thanks for sharing!
yeah back when the shouls community was actually nice
@@Sassy_Witch IKR? The community kind of soured when DS3 came out.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 and it got 10x worse with Elden Ring. And I have no clue why, since I doubt its because of wider audience
@@Sassy_Witch Feels the same as DS3 to me, ngl. Been through both transitions and it was the same deal.
Hey Swankybox, I didn't know you watched Zullie!
Zullie Lore, Vaati get on this
Prepare to cry
Yes, pls fkn do
Prepare to cry
“Not much is known about the fabled reality-bending witch known as Zullie. Careful explorers will be sure to note a cryptic set of clues left behind in her most recent RUclips video, however….” - Vaati 😌
He mentions her and Alva briefly in his video on other stuff in the Ringed City.
When Zullie the Witch said "It's Zullin time" to John Dark Souls, it was truly a historic moment.
Truly one of the moments in history
holy shit I thought you died
Psycho streamer ZERKS OFF in front of MILLIONS, eyewitness reports MEATGRINDERS on scene
The legend, the myth.
Hey! Haven't seen you in like, a year
"Someone who uses their knowledge of the nature of the universe to control reality and do impossible feats" seems like it could be a fitting in-universe description of a witch, and an out-of-universe description of a hacker. So, it always seemed fitting to me.
Could also describe a chemist, manipulating chemical bonds to produce a desired reaction (like mixing sodium and water to make a boom). It could also describe a physicist, although they'd need the aid of an engineer to perform their impossible feats.
Wow. I can honestly say I never suspected Zullie the Witch on RUclips was, in fact, the same Zullie the Witch from the Shulva break-in.
I discovered your youtube presence accidentally when one of your videos was recommended after watching a wonderful Bonfire fight. It's been a while since then, and a wonderful ride learning about just how the game does what it does.
Alva must have had a hell of a time during his quest, considering how you've been learning to alter reality.
"Give up Alva, I've given all the Amana priestesses Homeward."
Alva just happy to be maidenless no longer.
When you think about it,you did keep in character for the youtube scene. Someone who sabotages the game but in the end helps the players along the way,be it with trivia or really helpful info. And one hell of entertaining way to do it
Hey well said!
Miyazaki does it again
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I love how much lore there is in the souls community itself, with legends like Let Me Solo Her and Giant Dad, and content creators like Zullie and Vaati
The two ZeroLennys
Useless data Old Man and his Grandson
Yes, and there is also that legendary figure nobody dares to challenge, Soldier of Godrick. Still never beaten him.
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Oh shit
They are the TRUE LORDS,One day fromsoftware will put them in easter egg in a game
Everyone's forgot about OnlyAfro 😭
@@dustinsterling3248 what rings you got bithc?
Zullie with her 100 insight has been nothing but a blessing to the SoulsBorne community. Congrats Zullie!!! Been with you since 10k subs.
Her 💀
@@ishmael-xe 💀
@@HAHAd2I don't understand?
@@jeid6192 Zullie is a man its been confirmed and people still refer to him as "her" it's annoying to correct everyone every time.
@@Legion849 Confirmed where? In 2021 Zullie herself said on Twitter that she’s a woman.
I was in these threads, and I was in these fight clubs. Your exploits were a big inspiration for me, and I ended up having a lot of fun with some of the cheat tables and other stuff. I can confidently say that you shaped the early DS2 community of that one site, with your work often being the subject of discussion, marvel and joy, and I'm happy that not only you're still around, you're still a part of my Soulsborne experience. Thank you.
DS2 was shaped by so many amazing content creators. Otzdarva, Limit Breaker's, Oroboro, and Zullie collectively made DS2 such a wonderful community to play with. I kind of miss having a community like that.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 you wont ever find something like that and you can thank mass media for that. they dont want us organized in anyway, especially when it comes to foreign games.
@@jhonviel7381 😅 I have no idea why you think mass media has anything to do with this.
I'm pretty sure it has more to do with game design decisions in DS3 and ER.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 hype is made by mass media and through advertising platforms such as youtube, reddit, google. those old school fan made forums are a thing of the past is what im saying, by trying to consolidate all gamers into a single group of purchasing power most of these niche communities that formed during the early souls days will never come about again, because all new fans will be indoctrinated by the "hype" which of course is artificial. in other words its only going to get harder to form these tight-knit communities, especially when they catch up to discord.
@@jhonviel7381 I mean, I think I get what you're going for? That popular games don't have tight-knit communities? That's more because when a game is popular with a lot of people, they very naturally play for different reasons. The vast majority of players never involved themselves with the old communities anyway. The lack of community is more a matter of human dissonance, since it's harder to find like-minded people in a larger sea of people.
Sure, old forums are gone but there's an ton of discord channels that exist to serve various niches. The spirit is still there though.
Remember, ads only sell games. After that purchase, companies don't have as much incentive to influence those people. The influencers after purchase are community members who make their living ensuring the community keeps existing. I'd argue that content creators have far more influence over a game's community than game advertisements.
For some strange reason, I always thought you were referencing the witch that appeared in Dark Souls 1, and only now am I realizing that that witch was named Beatrice. This also reminded me of how ridiculously good the customization variety in Dark Souls 2 was, I don't think any other Souls game have come close since.
My friends always called 2 Fashion Souls. Since I haven’t played it, I wouldn’t know. But this puts that into perspective
@@tannertadlock7741 I believe fashion souls is still uses as a general term for playing dress up in the game. It usually stems from the fact that armour isn't *that* important to gameplay, so when people ask what armour to wear the general answer is "whatever you want"
@@Zikar probably that, more likely. But they always seem to bring that conversation back to 2.
Elden ring? I think the customization in that is on a similar level if not better.
@@janedoe4929 unfotunately, while elden ring has a ton of armor sets, somehow it feels like it lacks diversity still. its easy to just look cool, but i found that cosplaying anything not-elden ring is tricky.
Congratulations! This community is lucky to have you in it. You deserve all the support you get, and I sincerely hope everything goes well for you in the future!
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Y una vez más, joseju hablando catalán sin tapujo alguno. Un ejemplo a seguir señores.
Joseju no caigas en la trampa zullie es hombre
Donde caemos gente
These are those cute and apparently meaningless stories that I love to be told about; it really is simple but dedicated decisions like this Zullie's cosplay that affect our lives and the contents we deliver in the most unpredictable ways.
Happy to be able to be in presence of a story like this!
Better love Story than Twilight.
No story is meaningless!
@@nvrndingsmmr Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
I don't know exactly why, but this whole video had me giggling, it was just so heartwarming, wholesome, and cute! Go Zullie! Most powerful witch in the lore of Elden Souls, so powerful that she broke through the barrier between game series universes, and even became aware of universes beyond! (Ours!)
A force to rival Patches
Elden Souls?
She's the most powerful in all of the SoulsBorneKiroRing.
@@urtoryu_dy_althraidnwhere is John Elden Ring?
"...it has been truly life-changing"
Yeah, you literally adopted a new persona!
Hahaha, congrats on 500k, hope to see many more for you!
What a wonderful origin story.
I love how cosplaying as a witch turned you into a "real" witch within the series with the power to see beyond the veil, at the very foundations of her reality.
She has 100 insight.
3:22 Zullie plotting their next daring plot to break into the unannounced moon dlc for Elden Ring.
Damn, Zullie went from being someone mentioned in item descriptions to becoming a pvp god. That wasn't enough so she then became a DLC burglar. But even that wasn't enough, so she became a hacking icon. That's a sick story!
I love how these stories arise. Sometimes I look at my own stories from Souls and it is truly magical how they come about. So many different fascets of the game to be poured into at such extreme depths. Been following your journey since a couple thousand subs and its been awesome watching you gain traction and the recognition you deserve!
Yo is that the real Mattie-chan? 👀
@@burgerkingas7027 Indeed 🙈
Quite fitting for someone who inspects the hidden/cut content of Fromsoft games to have the name of a cut character from DkS2.
That was a cool story. Congratz on 500k subscribers Zullie!
I still remember those old days. Fight clubs going on for hours at a time in ds2. The gladiator event will always be seared into my brain, and it's on RUclips too. Those beginnings of seeing you in the clubs and in the threads, the shock of seeing people get into the dlc early. At a certain point people in the threads associated the name more with you than the character, and just look at you now
DS2 is the weakest installment storywise in my opinion, *but* had the best PvP. So many varied weapons with hidden mechanics that you'd only know if you actually read the descriptions. So it was very unlike DS3 where one straight sword is the direct upgrade to every other straight swords. There could be weapons that were "weaker", but it had a certain quirk to it that made it stand apart from the "Tier 1" weapons. DS2 has the most varied armor/weapon/build I've had in Souls PVP.
@@MoleculeXmolecule it seems like they sacrificed a bit of pve to make pvp better
:( rip ds2
Sometimes I wish I could go back to the early days of dark souls 2 when online was at its peak and you could run into all sorts of crazy players
@@MoleculeXmolecule DS2 is the STRONGEST story-wise in my opinion.
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This is so sweet, always loved the lore around Alva and Zullie, and I remember how special that summer of Lost Crown DLCs was. Great stuff.
*Crown of the Sunken King... sry
@@Faude18 *crown of the sunken king
what? 👏👏👏👏👏👏yay you know the name of one of the dlcs yay. He said the crown dlcs did you think you was correcting something like? Anyway I'm not sorry, beat it
@@Faude18 That's what the three DLCs were called you dingus
@@ramrodbldm9876 relax bro
@@Faude18op is refering to all three dlcs, not just the crown of the sunken king
Zullie definitely should be added into Elden Ring as a summon!!! Thank you for all the wonderful effort you’ve put into making the Souls community into a greater place!
Zullie, and Let Me Solo Her would be cool summons or characters.
what would she do? something strange like patches? she like starts spinning, glitching out, and levitating then explodes shortly after summoning?
@@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia Perhaps in their eyes it implies that their games aren't completed or finished. Which may be insulting? Idk.
@@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia What? Fromsoftware and Bandai never have taken down Hack Tools and Mods/Fan Projects, and being a japanese company have nothing to do with it, capcom and square enix also are also a japanese company and support fan projects, the only japanese company that i know that taken down fan projects/mods is nintendo, and isn't even nintendo of japan, it's the nintendo of america.
Wouldnt really make sense story wise, i know patches apears in nearly all souls games but he's more of a miyazaki signature along with the moonlight greatsword.
From a heartwarming event, to dabbling in the occult; now Zullie’s story is legendary. Love your videos, keep up the great work!
Title: "ridiculous origin story"
What I saw: "wholesome origin story"
When Zullie the Witch and her companions entered Shulva, there was no knowledge on the sunken city, it was lost, it was forgotten.
What were they searching in those cursed depths: forbidden knowledge, fame or mere treasures? All of this is unknown and not important, because the witch found something she never thought could be in those ancient ruins. She found a part of herself.
After that some say she died for the miasma of the lost city. Other insist that she escaped the cycle of the word. But few knows that she went beyond this and other words, seeking the laws and rules that make them work.
LMAO
This reads so awesome! Good Job!
@@kairensintal 😄
Can't imagine the Souls community without ya, Zulie! Here's to the next 500k!
...This is my only knowledge of the Souls community.
In fact, this is more canon than the actual plot as I don't even know the storyline.
To the 1 million mark, and beyond even that! 🥂
My favorite part of the lore is when Zullie says "It's Zullin' time!"
First youtuber to hit one zullion subscribers 😳
Well, you know, there is one legendary Russian youtube guy Zulin. Quite an old person in RUclips merits and he is quite famous with his long vids about games, so there are even jokes about it and Zulin time where one Zulin-minute is around an hour
@@Chasodey Unexpected trivia, but not unwelcome
@@Chasodey Nice lol
@@silverhand9965 agreed
My favorite thing about Zullie the Witch is her catchphrase, "It's Zullin' Time!".
@@boobyslater9390 I think that's your catchphrase ya little weirdo
This kind of story was like you want to impersonate your witch idol then becomes witch itself but with different kind of magic than your idol have. Great inspiration for my fanfiction
You've done the community a good service in your time on the internet already and I hope you continue to do well 😁
Congrats on the big milestone Zullie! It's hard to imagine the overall Souls community without you, so it's fun to learn about where it all started. :D I hope you have a nice little celebration for yourself, you've certainly earned it!
The Alva/Zullie story has always been one of my favorites in the series. A note of sweetness in a dark world.
I found you looking through souls lore and out-of-bounds stuff, and got hooked on your videos. Love you Zullie! I hope you keep finding joy and support in this endeavor. Good luck!
It’s amazing how little stories and people playing along make such crucial memories
This channel was such a huge driving force in getting me to really, deeply, love and understand Dark Souls.
That is a cute little story, we love you Zullie and thankful for your contributions to this community
You've brought us so much over the years and it's hard to imagine the souls community today without your influence. Thank you for all you've done!
What a story, Zullie. Thanks for always making such neat and concise videos on various topics that explains enough without having to be like 15 minutes long.
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Cheers Zullie! Here's to many more years of insightful and interesting content. All the best to you!🍻
Congrats Zullie! Always appreciate the work you put into your craft!
Congrats in the achievement Zullie! Cool to know about it lol
That is a really cute backstory, and super glad you ended down on this path! Only found your content recently but watching some of your older DS, Bloodbourne, Sekiro, etc. I've found so much more about the games I would adore in the future, so all I would love to say is congratulations on 500k subscribers, and here's to the 1m milestone! You're the best kind of Zullie The Witch anyone could ever ask for!
Congratulations on coming so far! This was such a great video, it was so heart-warming to see how far you've come. I can't imagine this community without you, so thank you for everything you have done, and I can't wait for when you reach 1 million subscribers.
When I first saw the corpse of Godwyn while playing on my first run I've spent a whole 10 minutes trying to make sense anf failed, and sure enough a couple of days later you made a video about it and was awesome! Thanks for improving our game experience trough your love for detail!
What an interesting story, I really wish that more channels would do stuff like this because it truly is amazing to see.
I appreciate your content Zullie, and I am glad that you are getting the recognition you deserve.
What a cute and nice story!!! Thanks for sharing Zullie! An honor to be in your presence.
that transformation at the beginning was so cool. congrats on this milestone!
zullie & alva story was so dear to me along with lucatiel's. i love them so much
Been watching for a long time now, and this wholesome background content just made me want to say thank you for all you do. I love your videos and hearing about your shenanigans back in the day takes me right back to when ds2 released. Loved hearing this story, and your content is some of the best. Thanks for everything, Zullie!
Cosplay souls has always been my favorite aspect of this game. I have many fond memories of helping people with Nameless King dressed in Dragonslayer Ornstein's armor. When I found the Pontiff duel arena, I dressed in the Shadow/ninja armor and used all the Katanas. Just one of my favorite role playing games in how immersive the experience can be for people.
Thanks for your videos Zullie, I couldn't imagine this game series without your presentation of the world. Has helped me understand and love the characters and design so much more :)
Congrats on 500k Zullie!
Edit: I remember hearing the first half of this story, but the second half is new to me, so I'm glad to hear it.
This really brightened my morning. Great story and it's been lovely to be on this journey with you.
Thank you Zullie, you are truly one of my favourite content creators I’ve had the pleasure of encountering and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you
This is why I will always love video game communities. Starting from a theme-based fight club to breaking-in into an unreleased DLC, an amalgam of small stories agglutinate to change someone's life in fascinating ways.
Congrats on 500K, Zullie! I loved hearing how your legend came to be. Cheers to 500K more in the future.
I've learned so much about coding quirks and game design thanks to you. Not to mention lore insight and visual design. I wouldn't have it any other way. Here's to the next 500K
To be honest though the Soulsborne, sekiro, Elden ring community won't be as entertaining without these great people like Zullie, Vaatividya, Illusionary wall, GiantDad, LetMeSoloHer, etc.
So thanks to Miyazaki, and his whole crew, and everyone else in the community for making memorable experiences.
Who the hell is GiantDad
EpicNameBro, OnlyAfro, Iron Pineapple, to name a few more.
I think chasethebro is pretty big as well
@@potassium3948 Chase is great. His weapon showcase videos are so chill.
@@Walamonga1313 ligma balls
I just don't know why but this BGM fits your channel so fucking well lol I love it
Watching this made me smile a lot C: using your mods in both in souls games and sekiro. And between you and mr mcdonald seeing all the unseen stuff from the souls series really makes me appreciate them all the more. Congratz on 500k subs Zullie Sensei >:D and too many more vids in the future.
Yayyyyy congratulations!! Here’s to your next 500K! Keep up the amazing work and thank you for all the smiles and amazing information! 💛
Finally, Zullie the Witch lore
Congrats, Zullie! You're easily one of my favorite channels, and I look forward to your videos. I've gone from being casually interested in the FromSoft games to actually playing them myself because of you.
Having broken into the unintended DLC location must have been so cool. You can say that any location in a video game is always mysterious and fun to explore, but only in the sense that you, as a player, are suspending your disbelief for a while and experiencing a meal prepared by excellent chefs, but being one of the first people to wander into a truly *unintended* world of darkness must have been so incredibly hype
insta to the "Favorites" playlist just because of that introduction. This is gold
And there's nothing ridiculous about it. It was quite interesting, if not cute even
Hey, Zullie! Thank YOU for the years of content. You're seriously amazing and you somehow managed to deepen my love for FromSoft titles. You're the best 😁👍
Its really good to know about you zullie, congrats on this achievement and thanks for all these beautiful moments that you have shared with us❤️🌸
Keep up the good work
You deserve every sub you get. Your content and contributions to the Souls franchise community are incredible. Keep up the great work and here's to many more!
This is something I've wanted to know for a long time! Thanks for sharing, I'm glad you became such a community figurehead, your insights are invaluable and you've shared so much knowledge that would otherwise have gone unremarked or completely unknown
Here is to you and the next 500k. Long may the sun shine!
Alva and Zullie’s story is one of my favorites. Congrats on the 500K!
You know I always curious of why you were called Zullie the Witch but now I know, though I never she originated from DS2 even though I've played it, it was cool to hear about your origin story. Anyways congratulations on 500k, didn't expect to see you'd reach that but I hope to see you reach 1 mil!
It's si nice to see how well all went and funny to see how u didn't just become known as zullie but as far as,i think, the whole fanbase is concerned, u are THE zullie, the actual witch from souls borne and the one we all turn to when we want to/need to know more about lore or any data at all
This made me quite nostalgic, I remember those /dsg/ fight clubs very fondly. Thanks for sharing this.
That's actually a great story, I'm not even one who knows you much, this is my first time visiting.
All you did was one simple "name change" hack, then when the Sanctum City DLC was released, you got curious as to why the key was removed and you wanted to see the place itself, so you learned more about "hacking" a game and it lead you there, now finally you're in this position.
Curiosity killed the cat? Nah, it found Zullie the Witch and led her through a glorious lore-based channel. Remember, cats are eternal.
I'm really glad you decided to go down this path. You're always the souls content creator I look forward to seeing content from the most, and all of your videos are extremely enlightening and educational. Congrats on 500k and I hope we see more from ya in the future
That was a great watch! Thanks for giving us the backstory to your persona, it's really cool to hear! And of course, thanks for all of the time and effort you put into showing the community really cool things in all of the From Software games.
Hi Zullie, I love your content. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for starting your channel! You and Vaatividya enable layers of details to be noticed and loved ! You’re great.
How great to have the lore all in one place! I'm always happy to see DS2 represented in a positive light, and I'm happy you're still repping the purple dress set :)
Haha, I remember the good old days of Dark Souls 2. That's a fun little story about the origins of your username - I was always a bit surprised you'd latch onto a DS2 character, since it seems to be the game everyone dunks on the most, but I guess your origin story wasn't something as simple as just liking a character! DS2 is still my favourite FromSoft game though!
I remember meeting people who had obviously gone on those Shulva-heists too - I hosted fight clubs on the Iron Keep bridge, and I remember in the weeks before Crown of the Sunken King released, I got a few people showing up with the Sanctum Knight set, Sanctum Repeating Crossbow, and Puzzling Stone Sword!
Congratulations! I’ve been watching your channel for months now and will be here for many more!
This seems like as good a time as any to mention that ever since I realized the lore connection with my namesake, I refer to you as "Mom" and wield the Moonlight Greatsword as a family heirloom 😉thanks for all you do to help us appreciate the depth of these games!
I'm sure this will be drowned in many other comments but thanks for making your videos. They're always a bright spot in my day when they show up, whether I'm at work or home.
I love you zullie. Im verry into obcure mechanics and when i stumbled across your channel a couple years ago i was facinated. Thanks for the content and i hope to keep seeing more❤
What a wholesome origin story :D I found this channel cuz of Elden Ring and it being my first Souls game, but plan on playing the entire franchise soon! I'll be sure to watch your old videos as I play the games and can't wait to see how far the games and YOU have come :)
Awesome to see how the channel started. And really grateful you're still putting out such interesting and informative content :)
When I played DS2 for the first time last Fall, I had an absolute blast. Zullie's Witch outfit was one of my highlights, especially when that one coffin switched my gender. Drip in DS2 is unmatched.
Though instead of the hat, I used the veil.
Fast forward a little and I find this RUclipsr going by the name of that witch, and it's some of the best content I've seen on the Souls series. Felt like one big coincidence.
I went in and out of that coffin trying to find out what changed bc I was in full armour and couldn’t see my char lol
@@Arinussy Same. Didn't figure it out until later when I went to change my armor.
i think i started watching you around 50k subs when i was real big into DS3 at the time. its always been a pleasure seeing you in my timeline, and subscription box, and i associate pretty much every song you've used with your videos now, honestly
keep up the good work and keep making what you love, and one day, i hope you get a mention in a fromsoft title
So happy for your 500k 🥳🥳
I LOVE your style of videos and the consistent quality in them
Zullie being heat as always 🔥
Ngl It would have been pretty funny if you got Vaati to narrate this lore video. Congrats on 500k Zullie!
Zullie the witch in dark soul 2 and now in elden ring we got ranni the witch
I’ve been following your account for quite some time now, and you show me things I never knew about the greatest games ever made. Never stop your witchcraft Zullie
only just seeing this now coz i'm watching and re-watching a lot of your videos so the algorithm knows i wanna see your SOTE videos when they come out, but thank YOU for everything you do. I've learned so much and i love the format and the music you choose for your videos. I can't wait to find out what game From are gonna be working on after SOTE is out.
"An inside joke that just stuck" is one of the best naming conventions.
It's actually how I got my name current username:
Back when MW3 had just dropped. My friend, his brother, and a few of his brother's friends played as well. We got really into the Special Ops Co-Op survival missions to try and see how far we could get before failing to survive. One of the purchase able upgrades was the "Delta Force Operators" item that would call in friendly NPCs to help you fight. Usually they don't last past the early game and it spawns in approximately 4 and only one player in the session can have a Delta Force Team spawned in. As you all may know, in and around the time of MW3 launching so did Minecraft get into ita Beta 1.8 stage. My friend, had given me a pre-paid Visa card to purchase a copy of Minecraft as an early birthday present because he had a copy and so did another friend but not me. (Till this day Minecraft is one of the most used gifts I have ever gotten). I hadn't picked a name yet, and on my Playststion Network Account I had been going by a different moniker. I hadn't yet activated my Minecraft account because I didn't yet think of a name for it. So while we were playing MW3 we were having an especially great session I had called in a Delta Force Team at around wave 2 on the Map that is set in Paris, France (can't remember the name) just off the cuff I said to my friends "Whichever Delta Operator survives, that's what I'll use for my nameplate in Minecraft". The Delta Operators that spawned in would have random "callsigns" assigned to them usually random but some were easter-eggs. Well we are getting it hard and we were getting up there into the mid twenties on the Wave counter. All of the other Delta Operator NPCs were dead, except for one named "Red Cell". We then crested wave 28, I think, and this is when Jughernauts spawned way more often. I ended up being the last alive of my friends as I couldn't revive them in time and as the enemy AI cornered me like a rat and took me out like Ol' Yeller, there the last Delta NPC was still up and shooting right on my death/Stat screen, and then boom, here I am.