The Strange World of Minecraft ARGs

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  • Over the last few years, the long-gone era of classic Minecraft creepypastas has had a resurgence, taking the form of "ARG"-esque channels. They seem ordinary on the surface but have an underlying story hidden by mysteries and clues along the way. Here, we're diving into four separate Minecraft ARG channels from over the years, including the first of its kind.
    📝 Support the people involved :~)
    TheBriefHistory: / @thebriefhistory
    Am I Alone?: / @amialone5614
    Mongster: / @mongster83
    AlphaVer: / @minecraftalphaversions
    +*. Outro music by / goozhebaijan
    +*. Outro animation by @yureiakari
    You can directly support AlphaVer here:
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    Thank you to the owners of the AlphaVer wiki:
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    🎶 Music list
    ☆ C418 - Mice on Venus
    ☆ Aphex Twin - Nocares
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - Alone in the Town
    ☆ C418 - Équinoxe
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - Meeting Eddie (in-game)
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - Heaven's Night
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - A World of Madness
    ☆ C418 - Excuse
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - True
    ☆ Kikiyama - BGM_008
    ☆ chang s - squall
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - Promise (Reprise)
    ☆ Ext16.05 Sound Team - Presentation
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - Ordinary Vanity
    ☆ Alias Conrad Coldwood - Fourteen Residents
    ☆ Presence of Music - Inquiry
    ☆ Akira Yamaoka - Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me
    ☆ Ext16.05 Sound Team - Downbeat Uplink
    ☆ Alias Conrad Coldwood - Empty Warehouse
    ☆ pandi - 333 (ecstasy)
    ☆ @goozhebaijan - sleaze
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ความคิดเห็น • 646

  • @toastedcherries
    @toastedcherries  หลายเดือนก่อน +517

    **Corrections**
    (In theTheBriefHistory part): "[...] he's back to the spawn point with the same amount of items that he had before."
    This is actually wrong, he has an extra 3 dirt for some reason.
    "[...] and we can see things moving around in the distance, but it's unclear what they are."
    They're just sheep.
    (In the AlphaVer chapter): • Both clips in the AlphaVer video Internal Footage 3 were recorded by Dev 6, and Dev 4 was just someone who featured in the video.
    • I called "Code 8" the fifth code in the AlphaVer section for simplicity, because we never got a Code 5, and the MD5/SHA256 hash arrays in the source code only contain 8 non-empty elements (all we have + the lost code five).
    • I slightly hint that the order of chests being opened is important, and I never bring up throughout the video that it actually makes up the password for the second OST . zip download, which was only ever linked through a community post.

    • @mingisreal
      @mingisreal หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      toaste parries can you play roblock

    • @InsideYouTubeMinds
      @InsideYouTubeMinds หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Toasted cherries Is a time traveler, confirmed.

    • @Imspongebob-
      @Imspongebob- หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      woah words

    • @MarsCannon
      @MarsCannon หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Ok "Coasted Terries"

    • @seod1353
      @seod1353 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      before the video?

  • @apehawk
    @apehawk หลายเดือนก่อน +1845

    I shat my pantaloons when spidermangamer2004 said "ermm... I didn't le build this..." and then herobrine showed up

    • @yuricock
      @yuricock หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      this is the funniest comment ive seen here today unfortunately

    • @-_Nifi_-
      @-_Nifi_- หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Every word of this is better than the late

    • @Tat011
      @Tat011 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      "He's right behind me, isn't he?"

    • @blueflamingskulljpeg
      @blueflamingskulljpeg 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +49

      And then herobrine brined his hero all over the place and the game crashed... and the player was NEVER seen again..

    • @tedscott3657
      @tedscott3657 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​@@blueflamingskulljpeg Aw Shart 😰 *_F-cking dies_*

  • @thatsaladprophet7051
    @thatsaladprophet7051 หลายเดือนก่อน +1251

    Honestly id love a parody arg where the protagonist doesn't understand what prebuilt strucutres are and gets scared whenever they find a desert well or something.

    • @toastedcherries
      @toastedcherries  หลายเดือนก่อน +489

      guy who hasn't played minecraft in 13 years and starts freaking out after seeing a village

    • @exterminator9676
      @exterminator9676 หลายเดือนก่อน +177

      @@toastedcherries I was just digging a tunnel in a cave and I found this weird dungeon area with new blocks... It had these weird spawners that spawned mobs and a brand new air-like enemy that jumps around? Is this normal?

    • @Dominic_812
      @Dominic_812 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      @@exterminator9676one problem is that the internet and wiki exists

    • @aoodle1275
      @aoodle1275 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +67

      @@Dominic_812what if he goes to the wiki but it’s just always down so he can never understand

    • @Dominic_812
      @Dominic_812 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aoodle1275 google

  • @f3ismyname
    @f3ismyname หลายเดือนก่อน +1330

    Finding good ARGs is like gambling.
    You either find a good well structured story or a lackluster obs recording of casual gameplay with added sound effects and unimpressive scare factors.

    • @ギコ
      @ギコ หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      inb4 "aw dangit"

    • @waffledog3709
      @waffledog3709 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ギコ aww, shucks!

    • @crafter2393
      @crafter2393 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      i cant stop winning!!

    • @the_blocktophus
      @the_blocktophus หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      you should check out Zeemyth, He makes ARGs in a very untraditional sense.

    • @f3ismyname
      @f3ismyname หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@the_blocktophus I'll give it a watch

  • @randomannoyance
    @randomannoyance หลายเดือนก่อน +386

    The Last Beta Player is so well done. this is peak minecraft horror to me, the last 2 minutes is the first time i felt uneasy watching a minecraft horror video since like 2013

    • @0Blueaura
      @0Blueaura 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was super bored with it, AlphaVer on the other hand... masterful mix of fake reality so toned down that you might believe it was actually true

    • @randomannoyance
      @randomannoyance 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      @@0Blueaura yeah TLBP isnt for the adhd tiktok attention span, thats why i love it so much. it takes time to build up but doesnt drag on for months between episodes, doing everything in just one.
      AlphaVer is a fun concept but its not a horror series, too over the top and works better as an arg mystery. TLBP isnt an arg, its just a short digital horror movie, so this videos name is wrong

  • @zeeziz
    @zeeziz หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    The Last Beta Player one lowkey had me on edge

    • @Mongster83
      @Mongster83 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      Me too. I was edging under the table

    • @zeeziz
      @zeeziz หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Mongster83 WHAT. THAT IS WILDD.

    • @BIPPITYBOPPING
      @BIPPITYBOPPING 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      shi actually made my heartburn worse wit that cobblestone breaking

    • @greasymoth4172
      @greasymoth4172 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Mongster83 me when the spooky video creator themselves shitposts in the comments

    • @DalekGarf
      @DalekGarf 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It was lowkey eding me in public

  • @jkljosh7392
    @jkljosh7392 หลายเดือนก่อน +180

    I love david's no fuck this energy as he does exactly what he should do in this situation. Close game

  • @404sVHSCollection
    @404sVHSCollection หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    40:01 even the osu! logo in the taskbar is era-accurate, their attention to detail is crazy

    • @atomictransfusion
      @atomictransfusion หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      but the firefox icon is the new one

    • @delcat5810
      @delcat5810 หลายเดือนก่อน

      oh hey it’s you

  • @SwaggyG_2102
    @SwaggyG_2102 หลายเดือนก่อน +248

    I appreciate you explaining the definition between ARGs and webseries at the start of your video.
    There are way too channels who incorrectly use the term "ARG" when it comes to webseries.

    • @toastedcherries
      @toastedcherries  หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      EXACTLY...

    • @just-linx8271
      @just-linx8271 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      That, and they mix it up with Unfiction

  • @soapgaming4903
    @soapgaming4903 หลายเดือนก่อน +204

    I love Minecraft ARGs, but MAN good ones are pretty hard to find.

  • @novvut
    @novvut หลายเดือนก่อน +272

    i have been fascinated by niche minecraft ARGs for the past year and hearing maple talk about them is the best thing ever

  • @TeeGKayy
    @TeeGKayy หลายเดือนก่อน +354

    Hi! AlphaVer Freerun World Record Holder speaking ^^
    I'm glad that people are talking about AlphaVer again, and more people should really get into it not just because it's another "wooOOOooo spooky ghost client :O!!!!" webseries, but just a fun, weird and esoteric custom Alpha version that anyone can pick up and play.
    I hope that the new versions can patch out certain bugs (i.e, certain lagspikes while playing Survival and loading chunks), but whatever the AlphaVer devs are up to is up to them, but I thank you for covering this!
    (Totally not an excuse to convince people to try more Freerun from the client, TOTALLY not saying it's underrated as hell lmfao)

    • @asra-5180
      @asra-5180 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      So, you don't mind giving a link to that right? Because I can't find one in the description.

    • @liminalityy_
      @liminalityy_ หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@asra-5180 go to the wiki, you can find a mirror there. this video also shows the magnet URL and the full QR code needed to get the jar

    • @mikazukimunini
      @mikazukimunini หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@asra-5180 There's this fun thing called 'Google' where you can type in 'Minecraft Alphaver Download' and it gives you a page of instructions and links on how to play it. There's also an even more exciting link in the description to the wiki page for Alphaver where there's something called an 'Installation guide'.

    • @ethanmiller3200
      @ethanmiller3200 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@asra-5180 You can find the releases on the AlphaVer wiki

    • @littlehorn0063
      @littlehorn0063 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      like, yeah, links would be highly appreciated :)
      Though, since YT is stingy as hell, it's better to separate it to not look like a link

  • @smilweyboi9936
    @smilweyboi9936 หลายเดือนก่อน +297

    i generally don't enjoy arg's because of how unrealistic there reactions are. But some of these seem so genuine and look as if the player is freaking out.

    • @The_red_commander
      @The_red_commander 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      You should watch "minecraft arg but the protagonist is tired" its realy funny,and the main character reacts like how a normal person would

    • @randomdandysworldfan5247
      @randomdandysworldfan5247 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@The_red_commanderi got that recommended to me minutes ago what the fluck-

    • @sebastianturner2458
      @sebastianturner2458 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A lot of Zeemyth's stuff is really good, especially the acting. Very much recommended.

  • @networkofneurons
    @networkofneurons หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    *Minecraft ARGs Starter Pack*
    • Prerelease footage
    • Player name with a real life name plus 2-4 numbers
    • Entity haunting the world, either due to past trauma or as the outlooker in a simulation (almost always has a code placeholder name like null or anom)
    • *50% chance of drawing a bonus player or friend that eventually dissapears from the game*
    • Unsuspecting channel name
    • *10% chance to turn into lifelike analogue horror with VHS static*
    • Strange video names, or just "____.(mp4/avi/mp3)"
    • If it's good, RGN made a video on it
    • Somehow becomes "It wasn't real" at the end
    FriskyD: • screen is black for 40% of the runtime
    SpamtonGSpamton: • Render distance is always very low
    B-zk9bt: • Distorted audio
    krisiscelja: • Player having access to devspace

    • @FriskyD.
      @FriskyD. 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      - screen is black for 40% of the runtime

    • @Spamton.G.Spamton1997-to6qx
      @Spamton.G.Spamton1997-to6qx 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      - Render distance extremely low most of the time.

    • @networkofneurons
      @networkofneurons 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@Spamton.G.Spamton1997-to6qx oh yeah I forgot that one! it's like the fog is coming the fog is coming the fog is coming the fog is coming the fog is coming the f

    • @B-zk9bt
      @B-zk9bt 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Don’t forget distorted audio!

    • @krisizcelja
      @krisizcelja 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don't forget the player having access to the devspace!

  • @FuroskiGoRawr
    @FuroskiGoRawr หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    the alphaver one was so funny to watch through, i love how its an arg but they made actual mods and the stuff looks awesome

  • @actuallyvulk
    @actuallyvulk หลายเดือนก่อน +255

    people don't say "webseries" anymore, they just say ARG despite not having any viewer interaction that progresses the story

    • @littlehorn0063
      @littlehorn0063 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      plague of something being popular, I guess. "Canon", "literally" and many other words have suffered this way

    • @Hug0k
      @Hug0k หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what does ARG means anyway

    • @nixglaceon5798
      @nixglaceon5798 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      ​@@Hug0k stands for Alternate Reality Game - the best example of a true arg would be erratas or the gravity falls arg

    • @legowhite
      @legowhite หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      AlphaDev has parts that are user-based. For example, they had to find the lost stream VOD to progress the story

    • @littlehorn0063
      @littlehorn0063 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      @lego,to be fair, AlphaDev is an actual ARG. All the things are there: player interaction, ciphers and decryption, and even progress driven by player interraction (as in, the saveblock thing from one of the version got butchered because something else got bruteforced)

  • @nekofrisk1005
    @nekofrisk1005 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    You know what’d be a good arg? One from the viewpoint of steve or a mob, imagine if we see steve being confused on where they are and occasionally they blackout and wake up in a different place in armor or in a house, basically steve is only conscious when a player isn’t actively playing

  • @diegostone73
    @diegostone73 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    To be honest, you should cover OldRoot, one of the best Minecraft mysteries that has never been solved. It was created by Alex Bale, who has a TH-cam channel. Alex Bale created OldRoot by playing Minecraft, taking screenshots, and putting puzzles and hidden codes for people to solve.

    • @UhhhIDontKnowEither
      @UhhhIDontKnowEither 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ALEX BALE MADE OLDROOT?!?!

    • @juanokug4
      @juanokug4 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think it ended a while ago, with no conclusion. It became so cryptic and hard to crack and people were having to ask for hints at every turn so it just ended

  • @Coresdby
    @Coresdby หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    5:47 "im evil bro look behind you" that is true.

  • @EliaszekEN
    @EliaszekEN หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    There is actually a glitch in alpha minecraft where save data from an old world you deleted goes to another world, it happened to me.
    So basically i was in alpha 1.0.6 going through an ocean searching for cactuses and then i saw a huge wall which was a montain of an old world i had deleted in the same world slot (because back then you only had 5 world slots) and it had the stuff and my base from that older world in Infdev 327.

    • @livvxx.0
      @livvxx.0 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      this was also the reason behind minecraft's "the very strange house i DID NOT build"

    • @reaty05
      @reaty05 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The most reasonable explanation outside of modding at least someone is honest about that part for a change instead of keeping it a secret

  • @MYSTDI
    @MYSTDI หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    The alphaver is actually so well made outside of the video its just so well done and a good mod in general ,the series actually have a story and not just some jumpscare and scary vibes

  • @shrill1736
    @shrill1736 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    would suck having an evil entity fella attacking you while youre playing a fat modpack with a gazillion mods, you'd have zero clue whether or not its part the mods or not depending on what type of modpack it is that you installed

    • @novameowww
      @novameowww หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      someone should make an ARG like that

    • @shrill1736
      @shrill1736 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@novameowww i agree

  • @EmperorAmbrose
    @EmperorAmbrose 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    1:01:05 "Wanna break from the ads?"

  • @SargentVaccum
    @SargentVaccum 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    The last beta player actually unsettled me

  • @AliceLynn
    @AliceLynn 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The Last Beta Player is one of my favorite short films of all time. My favorite detail is actually in the ending sequence where the Castle von Spawn sign is once again replaced. It's a tiny, tiny detail but was just so awesome to catch.

  • @wyattprov5755
    @wyattprov5755 หลายเดือนก่อน +578

    Okay "Toasted "Cherries"

    • @wyattprov5755
      @wyattprov5755 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yea,h

    • @wyattprov5755
      @wyattprov5755 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      🛖

    • @wyattprov5755
      @wyattprov5755 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ZLondon are.. My Craft?🤧

    • @nuggynet
      @nuggynet หลายเดือนก่อน +103

      @@wyattprov5755 why _are_ you replying to your own comment

    • @novvut
      @novvut หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      dude are you okay why are you talking to yourself

  • @peanutcruncher1349
    @peanutcruncher1349 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    making an entire mod pack for your ARG about minecraft development is pretty cool

  • @Mr-Smile4788
    @Mr-Smile4788 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Minecraft “ARG’s” like “minecraft alpha 1.0.16 versions” (which is one of my favorites) are my favorite forms of creepy video game media. not, just because they’re really nostalgic. But if they put together well, they can be really good stories. I just love the whole idea of like creepy “Herobrine” thing. which, is something that is in your single player world that is terrifying. I don’t know, I don’t think I’m making any sense lol. but I’m just gonna say is that, I just really love well put together Minecraft “ARG’s”. especially “minecraft alpha 1.0.16 versions” and “mark101”. also, thanks for introducing me to “the last beta player”. it’s really good :D

    • @sinistercrusader4981
      @sinistercrusader4981 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Have you ever actually left your mom's basement? You probably think the avengers is the greatest masterpiece to grace this planet in the last century.
      Minecraft Alpha is old and janky and the only people interested in it are soy guys such as yourself who like the "nostaliga" because you cant move on and are still mentally 10 years old. Herobrine was only good for old minecraft videos to scare dumb children, not for some 30 year old man to relive his glory days. Besides, herorbine only works on youtube videos, its not as scary in the game. grow up

  • @TheStarshipGarage
    @TheStarshipGarage หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    The two types of Minecraft ARGs:
    The annoying unrealistic ones:
    -Unrealistic scenarios and player reactions
    -Supernatural entities for some reason
    -Stakes are way too high for a block game
    -disappointing, lackluster pacing and ending
    -not convincing or well-made in the slightest
    The compelling grounded ones:
    -Scenarios and player reactions seem grounded and realistic
    -No mention of the supernatural, just relies on storytelling to be spooky
    -Stakes are realistic. High enough to be compelling, but low enough to suspend your disbelief
    -Pacing is well done and the ending pays off and ties together the loose threads
    -Very well-made to the point where you second guess if it's actually real or not.
    The trouble with video game ARGs is that since they happen in our real word, they have to have some grounding. It doesn't make much sense for a singular random game to have some scary eldritch horror inhabiting it, meanwhile, the rest of the world is unaffected. Series like the AlphaVer ARG are intriguing since it's a huge mystery about missing and previously unknown Minecraft versions.
    Something that actually exists. And along with it it even has its own Minecraft mod with the version that is portrayed in the video.

    • @iosefka7774
      @iosefka7774 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The idea of a supernatural entity affecting the game is more 'believeable' for me than the shadowy organisation in AlphaVer, oddly. Precisely because the latter is *theoretically* possible, it becomes all the more difficult to suspend my disbelief, whereas if the strange occurrences are explained by something like a ghost, suddenly one has no frame of reference for what is plausible and likely.

    • @ialwayswatchyoutube812
      @ialwayswatchyoutube812 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Its fiction it doesn't need to be realistic adding supernatural elements isn't in the slightest bit the problem with bad args lmao

    • @TheStarshipGarage
      @TheStarshipGarage หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@iosefka7774 I don't think it's a shadowy organization as much as just an eclectic developer with a checkered past that even the other developers don't know about. It's not some Polybius-type stuff, it's just a weird rabbit hole with loose ends. Plenty of such rabbit holes exist IRL. (for instance, the CR6 webseries mystery)
      My main issue with the supernatural entities is them being contained to a video game. Like, really, this being is able to possess people and electronics... and it decides to freak kids out on Minecraft? It's also just so weird to imagine some kid going to school or eating breakfast and then just going to his computer and logging back into the world that's home to some eldritch horror possessing people.
      "The Last Beta Player" understood this really well, sure, it was at least somewhat paranormal, but you could see the person playing and reacting in real life, and also see how he asked questions on the subreddit, with realistic responses from other players.
      And the framing is another thing. If it's established that weird paranormal things have been happening in the world besides just on Minecraft, it's believable. But if it's just random black entities that are the cursed souls of dead players trapped in the game... it's sorta laughable.

    • @TheStarshipGarage
      @TheStarshipGarage หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@ialwayswatchyoutube812 Fiction doesn't need to be realistic, but it needs to be consistent and immersive. My point was that slapping on paranormal entities haphazardly makes no sense, and the execution of it most of the time is extremely tropey.

    • @Kevinblue035
      @Kevinblue035 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      for me it's not a matter of realistic vs supernatural, but about suspension of disbelief
      i could believe that maybe there's some unexplained entity in the game, but once it we get into over explaining stuff like "there's a cabal of inter-dimensional entities sneaking into random little kids' minecraft single player worlds to conduct a ritual to break into the real world using minecraft's moon as a catalyst to summon their god-program" it's like ok man this isn't a marvel movie, calm down with that

  • @nixglaceon5798
    @nixglaceon5798 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    i watched as source horror came and went and its kind of interesting seeing the same trend happen with minecraft especially since the stagnation source horror went through seems to be happening much, much faster here. source horror lasted like 3 years and died once the creators found 'what worked' (gunslingerpro's gimmick) and copied it over and over to the point where nobody cared anymore. from what i've seen firsthand with minecraft args (the term arg here is erroneous but whatever) it feels like we're already at that point despite the concept being only a few months old - i've sifted through like 12 series that are practically identical. just scripted footage (sometimes with a vhs filter for some reason? what?) with a fake alpha number in the corner despite clearly taking place in 1.20.1 w a texture pack, and then there's a black figure in the background and then you go into the description/ccs for a caesar cipher or the end of a url just to find out the lore is dead kids/herobrine again. honestly i'm really glad you went out of your way to find some channels that actually have some kind of substance to them - horror is subjective so with horror i always try to find stuff that's INTERESTING over stuff that's SCARY, and for once i'm actually kind of engaged. props to you for bringing attention to the things that deserve to be analyzed esp since from what i've seen these args have basically no audience
    also not to be a nitpicking asshole but your use of the terms 'arg' and 'webseries' is wrong. everyone uses 'arg' wrong anyway nowadays but to clarify, to be an arg a story has to have audience participation. the G stands for 'Game', with the audience being players - if the players have no control over how the story ends, it's not an arg, and decoding things does not immediately count as participation. decoding CAN be part of an arg, but unless the players having to decode something influences how the story pans out, it's not an arg. the term 'webseries' is also not explicitly a horror term, it's an umbrella for literally any series posted on the internet. the most appropriate term would just be 'horror series' or, if you wanna get nostalgic, 'creepypasta', but i've seen the word 'unfiction' get brought up a few times and i feel like it's most fitting, as most of them seem to hinge on the viewer assuming they're real. i'd personally just go with creepypasta though. just felt like saying that because i see that word get misused a *lot* lol

    • @toastedcherries
      @toastedcherries  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      yeah I see 'webseries' used 2nd-in-place-most to describe these type of 'unfiction'/horror series so that's what I called it for simplicity, but you're definitely right about 'horror series'/'unfiction' being more accurate terms

  • @bucketeer8921
    @bucketeer8921 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    just imagine creating a channel in your discord server dedicated to investigating an arg and your server instantly gets flooded by users related to the arg as they become active in your voice chats and channels

  • @3k4chu
    @3k4chu หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    nice video watched in 22x speed

    • @Fiszy
      @Fiszy หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      impressive, what info did you get out of it

    • @omiadera
      @omiadera หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@Fiszy attention span deficit disease (aka ipad kid disease)

    • @lambybunny7173
      @lambybunny7173 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@omiaderaweird af comment

    • @omiadera
      @omiadera หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@lambybunny7173 i do be weird sometimes

  • @kidsphone5624
    @kidsphone5624 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    How you make such professional videos on silly games is beyond me. These are the kind of channels I would subscribe to.

  • @SympleCups
    @SympleCups หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I fell like ARGs really helped the minecraft community all together, and thats what get me to Minecraft alot. Such good times

  • @DogBat
    @DogBat 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I love the am I alone arg and the last beta Player and honestly most of them, I was hooked on alpha ver

  • @jessethecomet
    @jessethecomet 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I've been obsessed with Minecraft ARGs and webseries for almost 2 years now. I was suprised to see The Last Beta Player because it's actually one I haven't seen before! Love the way it is presented.

  • @gaminganimators7000
    @gaminganimators7000 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I hope people make ARGs/Unfictions for other games because Minecraft is getting a little over saturated

  • @vhbc8791
    @vhbc8791 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Finding good un-fiction is pretty hard, good video!

  • @Krusty_bot63
    @Krusty_bot63 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    1:35 Nepeta spotted

    • @laranjaaaaaaa
      @laranjaaaaaaa หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      omg hai nepeta

    • @OldRedGrizzly
      @OldRedGrizzly หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dear sweet Nepeta

    • @NOVAGUTZ_08
      @NOVAGUTZ_08 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      nepeta hi!!! hello!!!!!!

    • @sillyahh420
      @sillyahh420 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      me when the home is stuck or something

    • @lua2wood
      @lua2wood 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      me when im a degenerate

  • @taihounaishi7261
    @taihounaishi7261 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love the usage of SH2 and SH3 OST in this video, such a nice touch

  • @batatafrita2783
    @batatafrita2783 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Most Minecraft ARGs start like a cool Minecraft thing then suddenly it's something silly that transcends the damn game and lose the fear factor

  • @Garden0flowr
    @Garden0flowr หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love that second arg bc its just a guy capturing a weird creature and feeding it carrots lol
    Given its reaction to potions, it might be undead?
    Zombies and Skeletons are either healed or unaffected by harmful potions and harmed by helpful potions
    The entity is unaffected by negative potions and accepts positive potions, which isnt quite the same but i feel its similar enough to make it possibly undead??
    Maybe its a ghost and thats why it lacks a model

  • @HameleoshaDeHoga
    @HameleoshaDeHoga หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Despite already watching RetroGamingNow's video on the AlphaVer ARG it still sent me, just sent me man, this whole thing is like a vine boom sfx, it's so crazy not in a negative way but damn some of this stuff gets beyond what my measly tiny brain can handle, this is like overstimulating or something, idk I'm just silly

    • @HameleoshaDeHoga
      @HameleoshaDeHoga หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I love ARGs
      I'm not smart enough to solve them myself and I prefer watching other people explain them to me

    • @cheemsburger24
      @cheemsburger24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same

  • @clobzz
    @clobzz 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i never actually watched mongsters “the last beta player” but i have seen his world tours and recognize everything hes built in that video lol, never knew he specifically turned that forest and village into an arg along with everything else lol

  • @joshp3446
    @joshp3446 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Was not expecting to see a frame from the 2004 flash game Exmortis. That brings me back holy God

  • @iameggscellentt
    @iameggscellentt 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    the way you put the time and research into your videos is really influential to me. mb if i sound like i want you to guide me or if i'm glazing but you truly piece together your videos and have the knowledge to make such thought out videos. keep up the great work!

  • @MrBurntington
    @MrBurntington หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    53:28 Finally, guns in vanilla minecraft

  • @Child_consumer99
    @Child_consumer99 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I was like “man toasted cherries should make another Minecraft horror video” and then the same day he posts an hour worth of content

  • @GlizzyGamingGod
    @GlizzyGamingGod หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    minecrafts arg starter pack
    stalker like figure
    privated videos
    a code

  • @Nenerii
    @Nenerii หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    1.0.16 might be the most detailed one with its own music. 3 volumes of them.

  • @starleighpersonal
    @starleighpersonal 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Second ARG is interesting. Would be cool if there was another where the main character had common sense as well as a good understand of Java mechanics and general IT.

  • @theredbaron20
    @theredbaron20 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I've found a few structures in my world that the people and I play with can't explain, There's two really big holes in the middle of no where and some huge block in the sky made with all the blocks from the holes. It was creepy when I first found it but we think maybe someone got into the world some how and made it. Not really sure what else it could be from.

  • @SugarOverSweet
    @SugarOverSweet 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    tbh the idea of the low river biome sounds really cool

  • @GummitMan
    @GummitMan หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    something really scary happens then the yellow text casually just says peter griffin

  • @TheBlueMoon124
    @TheBlueMoon124 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I don’t know why but when I watch these videos I would get an unsettling atmosphere around me…

  • @user-un3ht3oz2n
    @user-un3ht3oz2n หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    This is so skoinkle boinkle

    • @Spamton-1997_BIG-SHOT
      @Spamton-1997_BIG-SHOT หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      true

    • @v-14415
      @v-14415 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      that is so calm4

    • @Counterdoom
      @Counterdoom 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      this is so sweden

    • @nekomanya
      @nekomanya 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      this is so norway

  • @marsians
    @marsians หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    1:35 nepeta homestuck cameo‼‼‼

  • @juanokug4
    @juanokug4 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man i really like the "am i alone" one. I Love when the paranormal is either kept a full secret or explored and explained, and having the entity on full display with a player using all the tools given to them (creative, spectator, dev blocks, etc.) Is also cool because like... Why wouldn't you use that stuff upon finding an entity? Especially in current day Minecraft.
    Hope it does get followed up on

  • @DogBat
    @DogBat 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I need an old version of Minecraft ngl, I didn’t play it back then but it feels nostalgic ngl

  • @bill-bath9621
    @bill-bath9621 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    AlphaVer is (in my opinion) the best Minecraft ARG and best ARG in general. There’s something about it that makes it so different than the other ones. And the music for it is genuinely so cool.

    • @Lunacy4
      @Lunacy4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Join my company

    • @littlehorn0063
      @littlehorn0063 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ehh, I still think FoundOnTheTape is the better ARG. It's just... damn, it's scary somehow

  • @Franticmky
    @Franticmky 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    3:14
    You really took time out of your day to convert all this binary that i'm only putting here for a bit of background footage. i respect it.

  • @cauldron1291
    @cauldron1291 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Mark101 was like pretty cool at the start but then after a few videos became goofy, still a pretty good ARG.

    • @tlpa
      @tlpa หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      its not an arg

  • @PhelanRichardson
    @PhelanRichardson 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i really liked the concept of am i alone; alphaver has to be my favorite though

  • @gojithecringe
    @gojithecringe 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The first ARG nailed the "TheBriefHistory" part perfectly

  • @jewels2004
    @jewels2004 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    love the use of music from OFF!

  • @Fazehamster69
    @Fazehamster69 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    17:19 GETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEAD

  • @toastedkayden
    @toastedkayden หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i love watching ur videos but especially the arg ones^^ keep up the good work cherries :]

  • @Toastdey
    @Toastdey หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Honey, wake up. Toasted Cherries just uploaded.

    • @SheshadriMondal
      @SheshadriMondal หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🍞: 🍯🛌🆙.🍒🎦

  • @littlehorn0063
    @littlehorn0063 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    46:50 WOOO, OFF ost heard!! Video is fire, music is even better :))

    • @SutolapSanyi
      @SutolapSanyi 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I SCROLLED TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE NOTICED THANK YOU SO MUCH

    • @SutolapSanyi
      @SutolapSanyi 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      also at 58:50

  • @mikono8280
    @mikono8280 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yep, It starting to get over the place and samey since one ARG breakthrough it.

  • @luanthomewagner187
    @luanthomewagner187 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I Wacthed the last Beta Player alone. And I don't know why but i felt so engaged I just kept watching and it was probably one of the best videos I ever watched. It's just that good I wish there was more.

  • @WhenIBlip
    @WhenIBlip หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Reddit users not joining in on the fun and moderators having power trips, typical.

    • @SnowmanSixtyFour
      @SnowmanSixtyFour 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      r/minecraft is the worst place on reddit

    • @SporianSummit
      @SporianSummit 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SnowmanSixtyFour reddit in general is the worst place on the internet (that isn't illegal shit and the like)

    • @Luna-ux9by
      @Luna-ux9by 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@SporianSummit reddit has a ton of illegal shit and I'm not sure why anyone hasn't sued or banned them yet

  • @c4rbin
    @c4rbin หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:37 MARBLE HORNETS MENTIONED

  • @wetburntbagel
    @wetburntbagel 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You see a mountain with a hole leading into a cave, going into the darkness fighting off the zombies and skeletons that appear in your way. Once you’ve went to deep you see glowing blue dots, going towards the the dots you hear screeching, you run as fast as you can but can’t stop the screeching. Until it’s silence for a second, but you then hear loud crushing sounds while a giant and seemingly blind monster. You run as fast as you can but the stomping never stops and you hear the monster roar, until it catches up and kills you through your diamond armor, you never will go into the deep caves ever again after the encounter.

  • @catlord2395
    @catlord2395 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Wake up honey! new minecraft arg recap video dropped

  • @sethfulton7011
    @sethfulton7011 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    you aren’t lying. i had minecraft on the 360 when it first released there & i played survival once and have never played minecraft survival again after that, and only played creative a few more months. it was so fkn eerie like i was on edge the entire time, especially after you get stalked by a zombie but you’re too scared & jumpy to ever put eyes on it. and then after that experience even being alone in creative (bc none of my friends played minecraft) felt like i was being watched at all times

  • @tacofitness1876
    @tacofitness1876 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    AlphaVer is by far my favorite as it feels like a literal Alternate Reality Game

  • @stardy8131
    @stardy8131 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    silent hill music this video is instantly peak

  • @Panzerguy58
    @Panzerguy58 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Cherries got toasted

    • @Orangeisnoob1
      @Orangeisnoob1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or did he?

    • @Panzerguy58
      @Panzerguy58 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Orangeisnoob1 good question but he got toasted

    • @Orangeisnoob1
      @Orangeisnoob1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Panzerguy58 or it waa the bread? Nah actually the toaster got toasted by the cherrt

    • @D1VINEDIAMONDS
      @D1VINEDIAMONDS หลายเดือนก่อน

      To toast, or not to toast?

    • @Panzerguy58
      @Panzerguy58 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's either toast or don't toast so you get toasted

  • @luckyducky7819
    @luckyducky7819 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I like that the entity one essentially ends with him catching the thing, and almost taming it and feeding it like an animal. Is there any other horror story that ends like this?

  • @BAzzaRProductions
    @BAzzaRProductions 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    AlphaVer just feels like a giant advertisement for a BTA-style mod they're working on lmao

  • @gachaofthegalaxy915
    @gachaofthegalaxy915 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Am I alone? Seem to just have a "bugged" enderman

  • @Kevinblue035
    @Kevinblue035 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    everything from that Alpha Versions series would be a really amazing modpack, i wonder if they'll release all of this in a playable form some day

    • @gel-pen-gel-drinker
      @gel-pen-gel-drinker 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      it already is! check the miraheze wiki!

  • @Itsmesharky1
    @Itsmesharky1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    17:40 the song is in his tab

  • @robnicholson3402
    @robnicholson3402 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    52:05 it almost looks like those mobs are among us..

  • @specsamhain_909
    @specsamhain_909 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've played Minecraft for so long; I didn't know the VOD was lost media up until now

  • @Fefeijon
    @Fefeijon หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this is a very wonderful video, ty maple

  • @farterduck
    @farterduck 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    underrated as hell

  • @JaytheLay1
    @JaytheLay1 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This was, and I can't ensure you know this enough, the smoothest, best paced, entertaining and informational video I've seen to date. Genuinely dude, this is fantastic top to bottom. Thank you for your work, I look forward to more!

  • @MistyWatersss
    @MistyWatersss หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Alphaver is the most complicated devlog ever and I love it
    I hope to see more videos from it because ill be sad if they blueball us like that

  • @viberbread
    @viberbread หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    this is one of the only youtubers who knows damn well what he has to do to get views but still does what he loves, and im all in for it, keep it up ❤‍🔥

  • @nully1579
    @nully1579 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've actually never heard of The Last Beta Player but it's so fucking cool

  • @ThatBoiOnLaythe
    @ThatBoiOnLaythe หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    37:51 oooo Lilypad! That’s a nice version, i highly recommend watching Squiddo’s video where she plays it. I like that video.

  • @firemayro
    @firemayro หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    honestly this all just seems like advanced edginess

  • @theticksquad8218
    @theticksquad8218 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    18:42 the absolute best ARG, so unique and such an amazing idea.

  • @yvnggxldxn
    @yvnggxldxn 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    yo lol i recognized dialko's voice in that clip immediately

  • @SilentRealm6677
    @SilentRealm6677 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    10:53 i used this prototype house in recent Minecraft update but redone it to fit with village update

  • @whimsicalrobotonatripod
    @whimsicalrobotonatripod 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love how the payoff and reward for participating in AlphaVer is a sick version of minecraft

  • @prokaryotesys
    @prokaryotesys หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    can't believe u ID'd the piano+bells as stuff from spitfire labs lol [circa 52:21]

    • @toastedcherries
      @toastedcherries  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      i used to use them both in every song and had to leak the sauce...

  • @bobtherobot-gb5jf
    @bobtherobot-gb5jf 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    5:30 "am I alone created by-"*ad starts* *this a tooth brush playing bile ilash*