that fact that at the end u kinda became part of the ARG in a way is very cool we NEED more videos like this
now THIS is an arg: actually scary, involves the audience and goes far beyond the rules of minecraft - incredible
I love the idea they have an actual server up and running, and I'd imagine the player mining is just a bot or a script. But playing along with the idea it's an actual person... I am so impressed.
For a video tittled "Finding A Player Who Doesn't Exist" My initial thought going into this was that Alex wasn't even real and was just an AI that Crafty was friends with until the agency turned it on like a sleeper agent
Alex suddenly waking up and being in his 30s would be such a crazy thing. Strapped to an IV, a minecraft launcher in front of you, in a strange and foreign room, with zero memories of what's just happened, it would be horrible.
9:39 fun fact, that fast set of noises is actually a common bug in some of the older versions of minecraft where if you walk on the edge of the block, the sound doesn't play until you fully step on a block to make the noise, causing all the noises to play in rapid succession
imagine reaching out to a youtuber to check on your friend, they reach out after a few months, and say “he’s free”. no other context.
all fun and games until the research gets so deep you start digging into actual classified government documents
What an amazing ARG! I got worried when the D.M.S footage was shown because I thought it'd just fall down the typical tropes of analog horror, but I was wrong! This was a magnificently crafted piece of Minecraft media and having Wifies involved in it was the cherry on top! Alex when he wakes up "Zoom? Covid19? Teams? Minecraft is owned by Microsoft and is now on version 1.21?"
I like how halfway through the video, Wifies started to sound nervous/sad like he's very invested on saving Alex. You can hear him stuttering and speak in an anxious tone. Another thing I want to point out is when he said "he's free" to Crafty without a capital, unlike before when he typed with capitals. Like he's affected by this case. Also I find it poetic when he didn't delete the email from ArchIve, but instead, he "archived" it. But maybe I'm just yapping and overanalysing stuff.
this is the craziest arg that i have ever watched honestly. and the fact that you even became part of it in the end is honestly.. mind blowing
The burning trees at 10:35 are actually fairly normal for older versions of minecraft. Sometimes fire, usually on the tops of blocks, would just stop spreading and burn in one place perpetually. It was actually nearly impossible to fully burn down a forest because fire spread was so glitchy. I remember I used to use this to make fireplaces before netherrack was introduced or easy to get.
Archive mostly encrypting their information with Youtube links and Caesar ciphers: "How did someone bypass our encryption systems?"
Damnn that was a sick arg, I can't even imagine how long it took to set all that up, the creator is genuinely an artist.
For me personally, i thought that the McCompanion MOD ARG is the best Minecraft ARG but right after watching this, man this is the best, the story, the plot, the plot twists, the phasing, the connection to the other ARG and the real world. Everything is just perfect, man words can't explain how awesome this ARG is. Awesome work as usual Wifies!
Hey, Wifies! I don't know if you're aware but one of the ARGs which you spoke about a while ago has uploaded several more videos. It's the one called AndrewGaming67. I've been keeping up with that series and would love to see a follow up video on it. Great video, by the way!
ArchIve. The ones who made the “companion mod”. You have made two or more ARG videos on them now, and I feel like there will be more. Let’s start off the convo, ArchIve works on biology, and tech, so a fake robot-like companion is Minecraft, would be PERFECT for what ArchIve would do.
18:00 "you can't play Minecraft forever. Do you expect to still be playing it in 6 years?" minecrafters: YES
“Mine bedrock, mine bedrock, mine bedrock, mi-“ caught me off guard 😂
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