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Bummed that it ended like that, but glad the creator was self aware enough to recognize that the project would be unable to be finished and be public about it. It would feel a lot worse if I am Sophie was just abandoned without any explanation.
I am Sophie is such well done because the creators decided to allow the plot to build up as a result of a cooperation between all involved instead of just one or a few being in control, which usually results in the collapse of any big project. Its the formula used to create all masterpieces. We call it agenda - free directing. Agenda - based directing puts the acting crew and the people behind them at risk because one guy controls everything. Rarely one woman controls everything but in the end in an agenda - based directing environment you have no control over your ideas and feel like a prisoner of war. When I am Sophie was being made this formula was thrown out of the window and its reverse was used instead. This allowed the main actress and all the other actors and rest of the acting crew and producers to come each up with their own ideas about how to keep the show going.
@@thefamouscommenter idk man I’m just hyped to see where it goes, I thought it was a bit sus he was coming out like this but like it’s actually going somewhere I watched the video in full on their twitter and I am just hyped from this fakeout lol
It's crazy to think about how this whole thing started with a video that got the commentary community talking and then spiraled from there. I honestly can't believe how far this ARG has come, it's absolutely astonishing.
Lmao the only thing they did was grab people’s attention. Once they had it they decided to can the project because I assume they got whatever grade they needed for the project and so they had no reason to complete it. I’m convinced they never really had a true end game to the story so they were never gonna finish it.
The absolute shit-storm of total garbage that the last almost _TWO YEARS_ have been stuffed to the gills with really messed with people's perception of time. I can vouch that it feels like time has passed at an absolute snails pace, because it feels like the last near two years have felt like a *LOT* more.
@@dantethewanderer4989 time's felt like it's passed very quickly, especially if you've not been out of work but that's just how your mind compensates for having done the same thing over and over again
Dude I was just randomly wondering if “I am Sophie” had posted anything new lately and found this video within minutes of you posting it. Nice little coincidence
No project is ever worth sacrificing your wellbeing for. Sometimes, you just have to call it quits--even if a project makes a lot of other people happy, if it doesn't make YOU happy, then sometimes you just have to hang it up. It's unfortunate, but even if the story isn't finished, the impact that I Am Sophie had is undeniable, and it's going to be up there with the legendary unfiction series. Thanks to Tom and the entire crew for such a unique and unforgettable experience. ♥
In a way, it's a pretty fitting end to a series about lives being destroyed for the algorithm. Much as I'd like to see the narrative end, Tom pulling the plug before the fictional cycle of destruction got too real is for the best.
@@aolwarez ...So you're *fine* with people sacrificing their wellbeing all to fit some fictional narrative? Dude, I have to ask: _What is wrong with you?_
me too, i was keeping up with it when it first started. then stopped after Night Mind posted his first video, but i am extremely curious what happened to this ARG.
"I'm an mma fan with a big mma TH-cam channel. Let me make a massively produced and very well made unfiction horror series." Thar sounds weird as fuck lol
Honestly, looking back, i actually think its alright that it ended when it did, because honestly i feel like the story that we got before the AI stuff came in was really excellent. A paranormal entity mentally assaulting people to mold them into influencers designed to attract hatred to feed itself, moving on to a new person it finds and callously eliminating the old one. Its an excellent allegory.
In my head they story ended before the introduction of virtual reality. Since that storyline just added questions that wouldn't be answered, viewing it all to that point and considering it done even if that leaves questions of it's own gives me the most satisfaction from a brilliant idea.
@@Daftanemone only in the sense that to my knowledge, there hasn’t been any indication that it’s over. But also no indication that it’s going to get new vids or anything either
Holy shit i completely forgot about tribe twelve wow. I understand that the slender craze is dying but you could give us closure like Everyman Hybrid did
@@unslaadkrosis9435 yeah ever since that case where two high school girls tried to sacrifice a classmate to him its been going down. But he was smart enough to have his own cast of baddies in tribe twelve so it could easily go on without slendy being more than a cameo he slowly fades out like EVERYMANhybrid did
I am Sophie was the first unfiction I ever saw and how I found your channel. It'll also hold a place in my heart, and I'm proud of the creator for doing what was right for him. Thanks for the cover as always!
My first unfiction was every man hybrid those guys had me freaking out as a kid but I didn't know what was going on it wasn't until gravity falls hunt for bill cypher did I learn about the community and I haven't turned back sense lol
NightMind is the sparknotes of ARGs and thank god for that, because he literally helps me put things together without me having to feel frustration over missing details or forgetting an important message.
Okay but hear me out really quick with the theory/idea I just thought of: if Sophie was a program, then the program is creating Sophie with whatever assets are available to it, at least, that’s what I’m assuming here. This is all based on that assumption. This program has now created a “real” person, but now has to make sure that the illusion can be believed. If this is for companionship, then this “person” needs to have assets that make it believable. A backstory, and “co-stars” that serve to expand that program. So the people from the company, like the “manager” for Sophie, aren’t real either. They are assets created from what this program has available. It can’t make a person from nothing, that’s why they based Sophie off of a girl that was real. She was alive at one point. So that can also mean it can use references from living individuals as well as deceased. Sophie was the main program running, while the extras were assets built based on available references for the program to build upon in order to allow the illusion of Sophie to be more believable. …I’m also on my third cup of coffee so I feel like Charlie in Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia rn. This is my Pepe Silva.
"As the summer is about to arrive." Me: Located in an area where it was 90⁰F at 8AM and even the hospital air conditioning is struggling to keep up. I was sweating through my PPE and had to change several times.
@@Nanuks_Fun_Zone Lol... Just the southern version of me teasing people who complain that it's freezing cold when their temp drops below 60⁰F. On a side note, my stepmother refused to schedule our Florida trip over Christmas or Spring Break and we ended up there smack in the middle of July. Same for the Mexico trip. Yeah, no thanks. I'll keep the -10⁰ in January, thanks. But still won't stop me from complaining. 🙃
@@maxy6749 idk where in the US you are, but in NC we’ve already had it breach 90 in the early morning several times over the past couple months and our hottest month isn’t even here yet. Can’t wait for 100% humidity on a 98 degree day. Should only be a few more days. lol There’s a reason I spent most of my time indoors even before I became homebound. Also, there is a record heat wave in the west/southwest right now.
god the 'work becoming a curse' situation is so true... atleast he did an amazing job on the videos he made~ keeping your spark alive as a person is really the most important thing~
I'm sad about how it ended, but I'm grateful it ever began. Major props to the actors and everyone involved. And thanks, Night Mind, for covering this!
@@CarrieLaffs interesting thought. But it seemed Simon was a good long term friend to Laura and in the prior videos, she did have an existing life. Sophie also was able to continue in the video game with the next video scene. One question that does float my thoughts is could Sophie's manager have something to do with Laura?
I have been a fan of MMAonpoint since it inception so to find out Tom is behind this great series blows my mind. It seemed weird when he wouldnt show up on the channel as much but it all make sense now. Bravo to Tom for creating this.
Hearing your personal rule regarding theories elevated my (already great) respect for the work you do. Your enthusiasm for this project is so infectious, too! What a ride this has been. Thanks for taking us along with you 8w8
Even if I Am Sophie was technically incomplete, it was still a good time. Better to have an incomplete experience with many high points, than to have a complete project that was decidedly meh/a project that never even got started.
I agree that I Am Sophie was a great ride. However, hugely disagree that it was better to leave it hanging the way Tom & the crew did. I understand the task getting to big, mentally, financially & emotionally. But it still hurts the project, period. We could have all formed theories & not had to worry about too many unanswered questions... Until they introduced the idea, out of no where, that maybe Sophie had been an AI all along. At that point, any theory that anyone had, was completely blown out of the water. Of all of the things that could have happened next, absolutely no one was thinking Sophie would have been an AI. Leaving the project open & unfinished is one thing. Leaving it open & unfinished directly after veering so far out into left field, for what we all can only assume is no reason (since the whole project now goes no where) is a different thing entirely. Regardless, I think I Am Sophie will permanently be synonymous with the topics of Unfiction & ARG. They told (part of) an awesome story & it was a good ride during a year that was draining us all.
A reminder to everyone who is upset about how it ended- The last year has been traumatic for many people and it's hard to create sometimes when a lot is weighing on you. Being overwhelmed and being in the public eye is also it's own nightmare as many know.
Great art is born out of struggle, this was not great art It was padantic shit soup for dumb people that think they can make an arg. Night mind has been drinking his own koolaid for too long.
Literally like an hour after Nick posted this, Sophie uploaded new content on Twitter. Might just be supplementary material, but it’s looking possible that the story isn’t over yet.
ok knowing arg's... I'm just waiting for it to be revealed that this was all apart of it haha. Especially when Emily logged off cause she had to use the "loo"... very suspicious. Dear god I've been watching too much arg stuff to not suspect anything else haha Edit: I know I’m not the first but I fucking called it check out their Twitter it’s still going
@@KatPadmore even tho I swear my spamming to others about how it ain’t over is gonna make me look like a character in the arg (I swear I’m from the US I’m not) I’m happy I can stroke my ego a tiny bit lol so have a sub and have a good life lol
I get it. I absolutely understand ending a project early when it comes down to aspects like being emotionally draining, physically exhausting, or damaging your own personal well being. Nothing is worth giving yourself entirely for your art. However… The “finality” of the project’s end does give me a slight bad taste in my mouth. It’s one thing to suffer a type of burn out, pause the story, and come back weeks, months, even years later. It happens all the time in ARG and unfiction. For it to just be over in a state where even if the creator decides to come back later down the road and pick the saga back up, only can’t because the story was already explained and given away because he currently has no plans to continue, that’s the part I have a few issues with.
He probably didn't want those questions following him after being done with the project. When you're done with something and ready to move on, you don't want unfinished stuff dragging you back.
@@Geospasmic Yeah, I get that, but I don’t see how dumping answers solves the problem. Fandom has an aspect of changing the question from “what” to “how” in situations like this.
@@TheChrisHype I think the creator has to make those choices based on what's best for them. I'm sure he didn't do it lightly, he would have considered the consequences. It was his own work, after all. But leaving open questions wouldn't let him close that chapter of his creative life properly. Other people might have chosen differently, but I can sympathize with wanting to put something to rest and not deal with it anymore.
@@Geospasmic 100%. That work will always exist in whichever state the creator chose to put it out. As an audience I don't think we're entitled to expect anything specific from the content of a creator's work, at least if they're producing it for free (and arguably even if it has a commercial release, since what we're paying for is fundamentally the artist's vision). What happens after that work gets put out there is down to the audience, but up until that point we get what we're given
This ending was so jarringly abrupt that I literally forgot I watched THIS video discussing it months ago until just now, after seeing it while scrolling and and thinking "Hey, I never saw how that one ended" I have to appreciate the honesty in just straight up saying "Yeah, I can't reasonably finish this, sorry" instead of just going dark like a lot of others, but still, damn that's a disappointment
Alright, so I know this video is nearly a year old but I’m gonna go head and supply my theory. So, recall how Tom Ransom states that the end of the series was the homeless man shooting himself in the head. I believe that the reason this is the end of I am Sophie is because the man is choosing to terminate the digital reality held on the Glaucus device. The company, Crateuas Industries, is named after the Ancient Greek physician who is best known for his work on categorizing herbs. Why is this relevant? The Glaucus device is named after Scylla’s lover who was once a man, specifically a lowly seafarer, who became a immortal by consuming a magical herb. Thus, the story ends with a rejection of the digital immortality offered by the Glaucus device, the man refuses to supplant reality with the digital one which is a culmination of the various themes in the web series.
I’ve been waiting for this video every since the announcement and nburd’s interview video and you have delivered and then some! Hearing you lament over what could have been feels so sad but also so cathartic.
This story was phenomenal! I've never been so intrigued in a web series. Mad respect to Tom and all the actors involved! They made something Hollywood wish they could think of. Thank you again Tom Ransom for this brilliant story!
after watching a lot of TH-cam Dramas, seeing some hate pushed towards some innocent creators for nothing they did, I fully understand why this project was made. hate is strong out there, sometimes it can be comforting as one character said, but it's still a monster and it can destroy some perfectly innocent beings out there, whether real or fake. LOL
I just want to say how much I appreciate how passionate Night Mind is about the art in these unfiction projects...the very first unfiction AND my first Night Mind video was the EMH saga (was actually only last year I know I'm late on the uptake haha) and I became so completely taken with concept of telling complex stories this way. The talent you see come out of these stories is incredible!
Wow! This is the first I've heard that it was over! What a great series! I do wish I'd been able to see at least enough of the missing parts to make it make sense. Thank you so much for covering this, Nick! Nightmind is how I found I Am Sophie (and Dad, and Marble Hornets, and pretty much every other series I've seen). You deserve a bow as much as the Sophie crew. Your commentary has been entertaining, helpful, and just generally awesome.
Oh what a lovely suprise, I have a wonderful bedtime story tonight. 💤 Thank you for all the hard work you put into these stories!❤ The I Am Sophie crew deserves so much love
I personally think the first art of this series was amazing, and its climax in the horror house was a perfect place for it to end. I didn't really go for the expanded lore of the second part, but I often feel that way about horror fiction. The less I understand, the more intrigued I am. When stuff gets too fleshed out, I lose interest.
This is very sad to see I Am Sophie burn to the ground due to it not making a lick of sense. I hope they have better luck with whatever unfiction project or whatever project they plan up next. And I agree with this part here. Everything else got too confusing afterwards. 45:31
I just recently got into the realm of exploring ARGs, and the three of the most interesting ones that I have seen have ended anticlimactically and disappointingly those three being, The Human Pet, The Killer at Seventybroad, and now I Am Sophie. How incredibly terrible I feel.
I would love if they were to adapt this as a book kinda like Terry Miles' Rabbits. The depth of the storyline I feel would suspend really well as an esoteric novel. Really enjoyed this series, sad it's DOA. The wealth of new online storytelling is so ambitious and exciting. Can't wait for the next big thing.
Hey Night Mind, glad to see you’re still doing well. I wanted to make a suggestion for a slightly obscure channel and toy line called Honey Lambs. There isn’t much to dig through but I think it’s unique and deserves more recognition
Following this ARG in real time was one of the highlights of the dismal year that was 2020. Sad to see it end, but I’m so grateful to have been part of the ride. ❤️
Such conflicting feeling on this project. Its brilliance is exactly why it was sooo disappointing. I'm actually put in mind of LOST - so many ideas thrown out, so much invested in trying to piece things together, excited anticipation and clue hunting....only to be met with a metaphorical shrug. Production values off the chart, power house performances, fantastic effects...but the plot got garbled and without closure. Argh i don't know how to feel. To paraphrase the Robot Devil - This unfiction is as disappointing as it is brilliant.
I still wonder who Sophie's sibling(s?) was. In the very first upload, she describes herself as a friend, a sister, a daughter, but the only family ever mentioned in the show were her mother and father.
I remember when Leon got this, he had no idea he had stumbled upon an ARG. It ended up being even more interesting than he expected. Fake, but for a good reason. He does not usually cover ARG’s but of course he followed up. He’s a comedy channel.
For me, this was a bolt of lightning - A lot of allegory and ideas with great big ideas, with very talented creators, inspired visuals... That sputtered out because as the creator said; the web was too thick and tight. Honestly, I think a lot of story was being strung together as they went which is why there are so many holes. Thanks Nightmind, I loved the video.
This series was commentary on something we didn't even know at the time - which was Facebook actively pushing hatred in the algorithm to get Facebook in front of more eyes. Making people angry just naturally gives more engagement and I'm sure it's not just facebook doing it. Imagine if he had been able to finish it. It would have been a truely prophetic series.
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Bummed that it ended like that, but glad the creator was self aware enough to recognize that the project would be unable to be finished and be public about it. It would feel a lot worse if I am Sophie was just abandoned without any explanation.
I am Sophie is such well done because the creators decided to allow the plot to build up as a result of a cooperation between all involved instead of just one or a few being in control, which usually results in the collapse of any big project. Its the formula used to create all masterpieces. We call it agenda - free directing. Agenda - based directing puts the acting crew and the people behind them at risk because one guy controls everything. Rarely one woman controls everything but in the end in an agenda - based directing environment you have no control over your ideas and feel like a prisoner of war. When I am Sophie was being made this formula was thrown out of the window and its reverse was used instead. This allowed the main actress and all the other actors and rest of the acting crew and producers to come each up with their own ideas about how to keep the show going.
It’s not over tho, they uploaded a video to their twitter
@@randomkid4783 ...wasn't this whole video about the creator admitting the project couldn't be completed like intended and it's not continuing??
@@thefamouscommenter idk man I’m just hyped to see where it goes, I thought it was a bit sus he was coming out like this but like it’s actually going somewhere I watched the video in full on their twitter and I am just hyped from this fakeout lol
plot twist it didnt
It's crazy to think about how this whole thing started with a video that got the commentary community talking and then spiraled from there. I honestly can't believe how far this ARG has come, it's absolutely astonishing.
That’s an ARG for you
Ikr
It’s still going tho, have you checked their Twitter they released a new video
@@Possum.man27 more like, that's a successful arg for you
Lmao the only thing they did was grab people’s attention. Once they had it they decided to can the project because I assume they got whatever grade they needed for the project and so they had no reason to complete it. I’m convinced they never really had a true end game to the story so they were never gonna finish it.
Seeing Dad [Nathan Barnett] in this series threw me for a loop. He is one interesting dude
Nathan Barnett has been and always will be everywhere not getting the credit he deserves lol so glad he did the dad bit and got the fame he was owed
Are you talking about Keith Apicary??? If so, he's not a new character. Good video to watch on this is by Inside A Mind.
@@187alan ?? Keith Apicary is one of Barnett's characters?
@@Closetedtypewriter yep
He’s this generations *“that’s that guy in that movie!”*
Holy shit this started in 2020? Felt like 4 years ago
The absolute shit-storm of total garbage that the last almost _TWO YEARS_ have been stuffed to the gills with really messed with people's perception of time. I can vouch that it feels like time has passed at an absolute snails pace, because it feels like the last near two years have felt like a *LOT* more.
No kidding. I feel like I aged four years since 2020 started lol
@@dantethewanderer4989 time's felt like it's passed very quickly, especially if you've not been out of work but that's just how your mind compensates for having done the same thing over and over again
mood of the century 💀
@@laurelsilberman5705 I agree
Dude I was just randomly wondering if “I am Sophie” had posted anything new lately and found this video within minutes of you posting it. Nice little coincidence
Same here.
lmao same
i literally rewatched night mind and inside a mind's videos yesterday and wished there was more. crazy
same!
Just missed seeing it yesterday as i was logging off. Been chewing my nails to see it today.
Dad is everywhere. He's literally the most famous person you don't know you know. He would have done such an amazing performance.
No project is ever worth sacrificing your wellbeing for. Sometimes, you just have to call it quits--even if a project makes a lot of other people happy, if it doesn't make YOU happy, then sometimes you just have to hang it up. It's unfortunate, but even if the story isn't finished, the impact that I Am Sophie had is undeniable, and it's going to be up there with the legendary unfiction series. Thanks to Tom and the entire crew for such a unique and unforgettable experience. ♥
You are so right. I also don’t think it would be as good if the creator isn’t happy doing what he was doing.
@@aolwarez How is any project worth sacrificing your well being for?
In a way, it's a pretty fitting end to a series about lives being destroyed for the algorithm. Much as I'd like to see the narrative end, Tom pulling the plug before the fictional cycle of destruction got too real is for the best.
@@aolwarez ...So you're *fine* with people sacrificing their wellbeing all to fit some fictional narrative?
Dude, I have to ask: _What is wrong with you?_
@@knucklejoe26 If the project is big enough, it's worth it.
Nice new upload, don’t suppose you could cover that “POSTcontent” guy again, he seems to have gotten further along.
Post has just gotten better and better
I would be so exited if NM covered POSTcontent again
I would love to see nick finish off Ben drowned too.
That and Catghost now that it came back!
OHOHOH HE LIKED THE COMMENT GUYS!!!!!
It’s honestly been a wild ride watching the arg from the beginning. Hopefully they get to do something like this in the future!
They have check there most recent community posts
Was having such a rough day.. jumped IMMEDIATELY when I saw you posted!
Same
Hope it gets better, or tomorrow is a better day
Do you work at too?
Same here
Hugz*****
Can't believe the project has finally come to an end. I'm gonna miss it.
Thanks for this Night Mind, this series made me so happy. Just wanted you to know.
Forgot what I Am Sophie about, but I'm still ready for this.
me too, i was keeping up with it when it first started. then stopped after Night Mind posted his first video, but i am extremely curious what happened to this ARG.
Why the hell does my comment have more than NM.....this doesn't make sense...
Watched like 2 or 3 of this chicks vids and that’s about it. I did watch Leon Lush’s videos tho.
@@agoodballet you should watch it, it’s very cool
@@idoparkourlolatleastithink9616 that's just our power
"I'm an mma fan with a big mma TH-cam channel. Let me make a massively produced and very well made unfiction horror series." Thar sounds weird as fuck lol
having horror and MMA as your two hobbies is very cool
@@monbub indeed. The two just don't cross over very much, that's all
Dude, my hobbies are beauty makeup and horror stories/games/ARGS... People have layers
@@Faby07aleixo like an onion
@@moonlight2870 exactly
We missed spooky dad content. That’s a real tragedy. Great work. It was a really fun ride.
YOUR HAIR!!!! 💜💜💜💜
Honestly, looking back, i actually think its alright that it ended when it did, because honestly i feel like the story that we got before the AI stuff came in was really excellent. A paranormal entity mentally assaulting people to mold them into influencers designed to attract hatred to feed itself, moving on to a new person it finds and callously eliminating the old one. Its an excellent allegory.
In my head they story ended before the introduction of virtual reality. Since that storyline just added questions that wouldn't be answered, viewing it all to that point and considering it done even if that leaves questions of it's own gives me the most satisfaction from a brilliant idea.
For what its worth, I Am Sofie was an absolute nail biting experience for the most part ... a ground breaking ARG story!
Ah, bit of a shame, but that's how it goes sometimes. Doesn't take away from what we got. Hope they take another crack at unfiction someday, really.
they’re back on twitter! seems super interesting adding onto the story, possibly more to bens character
@@caitlynandrews1729 What is the Twitter handle? Can you link it if possible?
I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say “cicadas” like that, but I kind of love it
I was looking for a comment about that,, but then you go and support the heritcal pronunciation...
its always a little bitter sweet when good stories like this end. But its better than when they just don't upload anymore coughtribetwelvecough
Tribe twelve is still going? My god
@@Daftanemone technically still going, functionally dead in the water.
@@Daftanemone only in the sense that to my knowledge, there hasn’t been any indication that it’s over. But also no indication that it’s going to get new vids or anything either
Holy shit i completely forgot about tribe twelve wow. I understand that the slender craze is dying but you could give us closure like Everyman Hybrid did
@@unslaadkrosis9435 yeah ever since that case where two high school girls tried to sacrifice a classmate to him its been going down. But he was smart enough to have his own cast of baddies in tribe twelve so it could easily go on without slendy being more than a cameo he slowly fades out like EVERYMANhybrid did
I am Sophie was the first unfiction I ever saw and how I found your channel. It'll also hold a place in my heart, and I'm proud of the creator for doing what was right for him. Thanks for the cover as always!
My first unfiction was every man hybrid those guys had me freaking out as a kid but I didn't know what was going on it wasn't until gravity falls hunt for bill cypher did I learn about the community and I haven't turned back sense lol
Arg isn't unfiction. Unfiction is technically nonfiction. This is fake AF and dumb.
NightMind is the sparknotes of ARGs and thank god for that, because he literally helps me put things together without me having to feel frustration over missing details or forgetting an important message.
Okay but hear me out really quick with the theory/idea I just thought of: if Sophie was a program, then the program is creating Sophie with whatever assets are available to it, at least, that’s what I’m assuming here.
This is all based on that assumption. This program has now created a “real” person, but now has to make sure that the illusion can be believed. If this is for companionship, then this “person” needs to have assets that make it believable. A backstory, and “co-stars” that serve to expand that program.
So the people from the company, like the “manager” for Sophie, aren’t real either. They are assets created from what this program has available. It can’t make a person from nothing, that’s why they based Sophie off of a girl that was real. She was alive at one point. So that can also mean it can use references from living individuals as well as deceased.
Sophie was the main program running, while the extras were assets built based on available references for the program to build upon in order to allow the illusion of Sophie to be more believable.
…I’m also on my third cup of coffee so I feel like Charlie in Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia rn. This is my Pepe Silva.
"As the summer is about to arrive."
Me: Located in an area where it was 90⁰F at 8AM and even the hospital air conditioning is struggling to keep up. I was sweating through my PPE and had to change several times.
If that's not summer, then brace yourself
in florida we call that christmas.
@@Nanuks_Fun_Zone Lol... Just the southern version of me teasing people who complain that it's freezing cold when their temp drops below 60⁰F.
On a side note, my stepmother refused to schedule our Florida trip over Christmas or Spring Break and we ended up there smack in the middle of July. Same for the Mexico trip. Yeah, no thanks. I'll keep the -10⁰ in January, thanks. But still won't stop me from complaining. 🙃
Is this some other country thing I'm to american to understand
@@maxy6749 idk where in the US you are, but in NC we’ve already had it breach 90 in the early morning several times over the past couple months and our hottest month isn’t even here yet. Can’t wait for 100% humidity on a 98 degree day. Should only be a few more days. lol There’s a reason I spent most of my time indoors even before I became homebound. Also, there is a record heat wave in the west/southwest right now.
"Damn its late, I really should go to bed for work tomorrow"
*Nightmind posts a video*
"Whelp, they make redbull for a reason I guess"
Is your name a Mass Effect reference lol?
god the 'work becoming a curse' situation is so true... atleast he did an amazing job on the videos he made~
keeping your spark alive as a person is really the most important thing~
Hey NM, do you ever think you might check out “The Sun Vanished” again? I believe he’s still going with it.
isn't it on a hiatus?
Time to actually watch night mind at night, wish me luck
So sad this series didn't get to be fully fleshed out the way it deserved to be 💙.
I'm sad about how it ended, but I'm grateful it ever began. Major props to the actors and everyone involved. And thanks, Night Mind, for covering this!
It's always a nice time finding an update to a series that I forgot about. Keep doing your great work!
Nathan was Laura's dad and an employee of the AI company!?!??!
How...?
Holy shit, I just have no words (other than Holy shit)
🤯
If sophie was somehow also Laura's mom would be amazing.. dying tragically? In a plane crash maybe?
@@CarrieLaffs interesting thought. But it seemed Simon was a good long term friend to Laura and in the prior videos, she did have an existing life. Sophie also was able to continue in the video game with the next video scene. One question that does float my thoughts is could Sophie's manager have something to do with Laura?
I have been a fan of MMAonpoint since it inception so to find out Tom is behind this great series blows my mind. It seemed weird when he wouldnt show up on the channel as much but it all make sense now. Bravo to Tom for creating this.
Hearing your personal rule regarding theories elevated my (already great) respect for the work you do. Your enthusiasm for this project is so infectious, too! What a ride this has been. Thanks for taking us along with you 8w8
Even if I Am Sophie was technically incomplete, it was still a good time. Better to have an incomplete experience with many high points, than to have a complete project that was decidedly meh/a project that never even got started.
I agree that I Am Sophie was a great ride. However, hugely disagree that it was better to leave it hanging the way Tom & the crew did.
I understand the task getting to big, mentally, financially & emotionally. But it still hurts the project, period.
We could have all formed theories & not had to worry about too many unanswered questions... Until they introduced the idea, out of no where, that maybe Sophie had been an AI all along.
At that point, any theory that anyone had, was completely blown out of the water. Of all of the things that could have happened next, absolutely no one was thinking Sophie would have been an AI.
Leaving the project open & unfinished is one thing. Leaving it open & unfinished directly after veering so far out into left field, for what we all can only assume is no reason (since the whole project now goes no where) is a different thing entirely.
Regardless, I think I Am Sophie will permanently be synonymous with the topics of Unfiction & ARG. They told (part of) an awesome story & it was a good ride during a year that was draining us all.
A reminder to everyone who is upset about how it ended- The last year has been traumatic for many people and it's hard to create sometimes when a lot is weighing on you. Being overwhelmed and being in the public eye is also it's own nightmare as many know.
Great art is born out of struggle, this was not great art It was padantic shit soup for dumb people that think they can make an arg. Night mind has been drinking his own koolaid for too long.
Yeah, and probably many projects were derailed. I wanted to see "This Room does not Exist" develop.
"Ah, nothing good on TH-cam, guess I'll hop to bed early"
[sees new Night Mind]
"I guess I will have that sundae after all"
Literally like an hour after Nick posted this, Sophie uploaded new content on Twitter. Might just be supplementary material, but it’s looking possible that the story isn’t over yet.
the add on to marks story looks so interesting, especially if he had something hidden and he was working with ben?
I think it’s like starting a paper, getting the first paragraphs just right, and then stopping right there.
ok knowing arg's... I'm just waiting for it to be revealed that this was all apart of it haha. Especially when Emily logged off cause she had to use the "loo"... very suspicious. Dear god I've been watching too much arg stuff to not suspect anything else haha
Edit: I know I’m not the first but I fucking called it check out their Twitter it’s still going
I thought she just wouldn't come back. That would've been spooky
@@KatPadmore excuse me?
@@KatPadmore like how so…?
@@KatPadmore I know I’m not officially the first but can I say I called it
@@KatPadmore even tho I swear my spamming to others about how it ain’t over is gonna make me look like a character in the arg (I swear I’m from the US I’m not) I’m happy I can stroke my ego a tiny bit lol so have a sub and have a good life lol
Did anyone else notice that the font used in the YRP game was ripped straight from Earthbound? It caught me off guard.
I get it. I absolutely understand ending a project early when it comes down to aspects like being emotionally draining, physically exhausting, or damaging your own personal well being. Nothing is worth giving yourself entirely for your art.
However…
The “finality” of the project’s end does give me a slight bad taste in my mouth. It’s one thing to suffer a type of burn out, pause the story, and come back weeks, months, even years later. It happens all the time in ARG and unfiction. For it to just be over in a state where even if the creator decides to come back later down the road and pick the saga back up, only can’t because the story was already explained and given away because he currently has no plans to continue, that’s the part I have a few issues with.
He probably didn't want those questions following him after being done with the project. When you're done with something and ready to move on, you don't want unfinished stuff dragging you back.
@@Geospasmic Yeah, I get that, but I don’t see how dumping answers solves the problem. Fandom has an aspect of changing the question from “what” to “how” in situations like this.
@@TheChrisHype I think the creator has to make those choices based on what's best for them. I'm sure he didn't do it lightly, he would have considered the consequences. It was his own work, after all. But leaving open questions wouldn't let him close that chapter of his creative life properly. Other people might have chosen differently, but I can sympathize with wanting to put something to rest and not deal with it anymore.
@@Geospasmic 100%. That work will always exist in whichever state the creator chose to put it out. As an audience I don't think we're entitled to expect anything specific from the content of a creator's work, at least if they're producing it for free (and arguably even if it has a commercial release, since what we're paying for is fundamentally the artist's vision). What happens after that work gets put out there is down to the audience, but up until that point we get what we're given
Leon Lush was the best part. "Ben" baited the hook well. Excellent icing on the cake for initial immersion. 😙👌
This ending was so jarringly abrupt that I literally forgot I watched THIS video discussing it months ago until just now, after seeing it while scrolling and and thinking "Hey, I never saw how that one ended"
I have to appreciate the honesty in just straight up saying "Yeah, I can't reasonably finish this, sorry" instead of just going dark like a lot of others, but still, damn that's a disappointment
Alright, so I know this video is nearly a year old but I’m gonna go head and supply my theory. So, recall how Tom Ransom states that the end of the series was the homeless man shooting himself in the head. I believe that the reason this is the end of I am Sophie is because the man is choosing to terminate the digital reality held on the Glaucus device. The company, Crateuas Industries, is named after the Ancient Greek physician who is best known for his work on categorizing herbs. Why is this relevant? The Glaucus device is named after Scylla’s lover who was once a man, specifically a lowly seafarer, who became a immortal by consuming a magical herb. Thus, the story ends with a rejection of the digital immortality offered by the Glaucus device, the man refuses to supplant reality with the digital one which is a culmination of the various themes in the web series.
I’ve been waiting for this one!!
I’ve been waiting for this video every since the announcement and nburd’s interview video and you have delivered and then some! Hearing you lament over what could have been feels so sad but also so cathartic.
My four eyed friend that is a very slick pfp. This is also very good so far im on the recap part :D
This story was phenomenal! I've never been so intrigued in a web series. Mad respect to Tom and all the actors involved! They made something Hollywood wish they could think of. Thank you again Tom Ransom for this brilliant story!
Holy cow this finally got an ending!?
nope
i dont think you understand what he meant
its over, and it had an ending
Nope. No ending.
after watching a lot of TH-cam Dramas, seeing some hate pushed towards some innocent creators for nothing they did, I fully understand why this project was made. hate is strong out there, sometimes it can be comforting as one character said, but it's still a monster and it can destroy some perfectly innocent beings out there, whether real or fake. LOL
Wow I’ve been thinking about I am Sofie the last few days AND I caught this less than 5 minutes after being uploaded. Cant wait to watch!
I just want to say how much I appreciate how passionate Night Mind is about the art in these unfiction projects...the very first unfiction AND my first Night Mind video was the EMH saga (was actually only last year I know I'm late on the uptake haha) and I became so completely taken with concept of telling complex stories this way. The talent you see come out of these stories is incredible!
Making this boring night shift significantly better. Thanks nick!
Wow! This is the first I've heard that it was over! What a great series! I do wish I'd been able to see at least enough of the missing parts to make it make sense.
Thank you so much for covering this, Nick! Nightmind is how I found I Am Sophie (and Dad, and Marble Hornets, and pretty much every other series I've seen). You deserve a bow as much as the Sophie crew. Your commentary has been entertaining, helpful, and just generally awesome.
Oh what a lovely suprise, I have a wonderful bedtime story tonight. 💤
Thank you for all the hard work you put into these stories!❤
The I Am Sophie crew deserves so much love
This has been such an awesome horror ride. I’m so excited to see what these people’ll do next.
I personally think the first art of this series was amazing, and its climax in the horror house was a perfect place for it to end. I didn't really go for the expanded lore of the second part, but I often feel that way about horror fiction. The less I understand, the more intrigued I am. When stuff gets too fleshed out, I lose interest.
This is very sad to see I Am Sophie burn to the ground due to it not making a lick of sense. I hope they have better luck with whatever unfiction project or whatever project they plan up next.
And I agree with this part here. Everything else got too confusing afterwards. 45:31
I was rewatching old videos of yours and then I got the notification, a very welcomed surprise indeed. Maybe this isn't the worst timeline.
I just recently got into the realm of exploring ARGs, and the three of the most interesting ones that I have seen have ended anticlimactically and disappointingly those three being, The Human Pet, The Killer at Seventybroad, and now I Am Sophie. How incredibly terrible I feel.
I would love if they were to adapt this as a book kinda like Terry Miles' Rabbits. The depth of the storyline I feel would suspend really well as an esoteric novel. Really enjoyed this series, sad it's DOA. The wealth of new online storytelling is so ambitious and exciting. Can't wait for the next big thing.
Thank you for guiding me on my I am Sophie journey 😊. Hope you have a great day.
After a looooooooooooong day of work time for my favorite ASMR, your voice is gold Nick Nocturne
Hey Night Mind, glad to see you’re still doing well. I wanted to make a suggestion for a slightly obscure channel and toy line called Honey Lambs. There isn’t much to dig through but I think it’s unique and deserves more recognition
Following this ARG in real time was one of the highlights of the dismal year that was 2020. Sad to see it end, but I’m so grateful to have been part of the ride. ❤️
I am Sophie was one of the first series I watched by you! I am glad i can find myself on this wonderful night curled up with a good video.
Your genuine excitement while telling this story is absolutely beautiful lol.
It was a heck of a ride, but I enjoyed it from start to end.
Such conflicting feeling on this project. Its brilliance is exactly why it was sooo disappointing. I'm actually put in mind of LOST - so many ideas thrown out, so much invested in trying to piece things together, excited anticipation and clue hunting....only to be met with a metaphorical shrug.
Production values off the chart, power house performances, fantastic effects...but the plot got garbled and without closure.
Argh i don't know how to feel.
To paraphrase the Robot Devil - This unfiction is as disappointing as it is brilliant.
Just watched a night mind video. Decided to go to bed because there was nothing else good to watch. How lucky I was to see this just in time
How could you upload this the same day as the Direct?! This is too much excitement!
I was just rewatching your I am Sophie videos earlier today so this something great to see
I feel like it's understandable to have plans not work out, but part of the skill in storytelling is knowing how to limit scope to what one can do.
I binged through the Sophie stuff this week, what a perfect end to my exploration to see this uploaded - thanks!
It's not over yet!! There was a new post on twitter today.
How surreal, I literally binged all of these videos a few hours before you uploaded this! Hell yeah, time to binge this too :D
I still wonder who Sophie's sibling(s?) was. In the very first upload, she describes herself as a friend, a sister, a daughter, but the only family ever mentioned in the show were her mother and father.
I was literally watching the other videos on i am sophie 2 days before. What a timing!
I remember when Leon got this, he had no idea he had stumbled upon an ARG. It ended up being even more interesting than he expected. Fake, but for a good reason. He does not usually cover ARG’s but of course he followed up. He’s a comedy channel.
A night mind instantly makes my mood better ☺️
Thx a lot for what you do!
For me, this was a bolt of lightning - A lot of allegory and ideas with great big ideas, with very talented creators, inspired visuals... That sputtered out because as the creator said; the web was too thick and tight. Honestly, I think a lot of story was being strung together as they went which is why there are so many holes.
Thanks Nightmind, I loved the video.
I was so happy to be involved live, I just wish it was wrapped up. It really was incredible all around.
Just when I though I was gonna get to go to sleep early!!! Thanks for keeping me up Nick!!
Also I sense a new pair off buds in someone’s future :)
Yes! I was hoping you would do a final vid. Thanks Mr. Nocturne!
I love hearing Nick gush about things he likes. The excitement is downright infectious.
Last time I was this early Sophie was in charge of the channel
And five days later, suddenly..... *checks Twitter*
This one was interesting thanks Nightmind, now I gotta catch up on the rest of your content from the last few months 👏🏼🌎
"pranked him by beating him to death"
as you do
Thank you for covering this, Nick! It is good to know a few things we didn't before, sorry it had to end but it was good.
This series was commentary on something we didn't even know at the time - which was Facebook actively pushing hatred in the algorithm to get Facebook in front of more eyes. Making people angry just naturally gives more engagement and I'm sure it's not just facebook doing it. Imagine if he had been able to finish it. It would have been a truely prophetic series.
Imagine this series hitting as hard as Black Mirror
I'm still gonna hate degenerates, and they deserve it, this story taught nothing but false empathy
You know that Night Mind loves a series when he spends time following up on where the actors are after the series being focused on the video ends
I was just wondering when you were going to cover I Am Sophie. Went to their channel yesterday and noticed they hadn't uploaded in 10 months
It's heartbreaking that the project had to end the way it did. It's still one the best out there.
Kicking back with an ice coffee to watch this!
I'm always excited to see nightmind posted!
I'm so sad that it ended like that... It deserved so much more