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Joe: Land ho!
Ren: Home sweet home ahead!
Monkeyfarm: What'd you call me?
Recording date: December 18, 2012
Joe Hills: Until next time yāall, this has been Joe Hills, joined by Monkeyfarm; any last words, Monkeyfarm?
Monkeyfarm: FAIL.
Joe: Joined by Xisuma; any last words, Xisuma?
X: I want my pick back :(
Joe: joined by GenerikB, any last words, Mr. B?
GB: I found this cool new pick! Itās been a great day.
It was not, in fact, a great day for anybody involved.
How did you get into Minecraft Youtubers?
Monkeyfarm, summer of 2011. I donāt even remember how I started watching his Letās Plays, but he was so chill and funny that I followed him to Hermitcraft (this was before HC had the concept of seasons, apparently). From there I got into your typicalĀ āold schoolā minecraft youtubers, like CaptainSparklez, Skydoesminecraft, and DanTDM (oh and Slamacow. Slamacow!). I stopped watching youtube in like 2013, and stopped playing minecraft in 2016 with the 1.9 combat update.
Fast forward to summer of 2019 and I start seeingĀ @nevergonnagiveuzucc post art on DA that suspiciously looks like minecraft fanart? It never occured to me that it was a thing. Then I hear her talk about Hermitcraft and Iām like, Hermitcraft??? itās still going??? And then I hear about thisĀ āGrianā character from both the internet and my own brother and then I watch Hermitcraft and then I read ATUS and bam! Iām on tumblr making a mineblr.
So there you go, history lesson on Moonriseās current hyperfixation.
Also special thanks for @nevergonnagiveuzucc for reintroducing me to a huge part of my childhood :)
How did you enter the fandoms of Mark and Jack? Hope that made sense xD
Well, I already watched some YouTube because of Minecraft; I watched Captain Sparklez and a guy by the name of MonkeyFarm a lot, but that was all I really watched regularly.Until FNAF came on the scene. A good friend of mine had heard of this phenomenon of people playing the game on video and getting scared silly, and looked some up. We watched a bit of Felix. Then we found an adorable, loud Irish man. And then a handsome guy with a crazy amazing voice. And we laughed ourselves sick.
Despite the fact that I startle very badly (like, i sometimes get physically ill from it), I was hooked. I ended up looking Mark up later on my own, and eventually added Jack to the mix as well. Felix never really stuck for me (he seems like a great guy but his videos rarely catch my attention), but as time went on Mark and Jack became more and more prominent in my life. The egos more and more caught my attention and fascinated me, the way the guys wove these fictional characters into their ownĀ ārealityāAnd then A Date with Markiplier happened. And then Markiplier TV. And I lost just every one of my shits. Over the following summer I (last summer), especially as my health dipped to the worst itās ever been, I dove headfirst into the fandom everywhere I could. Just like Mark and Jack and their goofy videos have gotten me through some of the worst times in my life, their alter egos and the amazing communities got me through even more.
Iāve made so many friends and really felt renewed, found a crazy strong passion I havenāt felt for much in a long time, and found an inspiration to be to others what Mark and Jack (and Jordan an Amy and Arin and Danny and so many others now) have been for me. I actually really want to start YouTube seriously, as well as streaming on Twitch. I doubt Iāll ever be able to support myself with it but if I can make people happy, Iām happy.
So I guess this very long answer is also sort of my announcement that Iām going to start doing video stuff? I donāt have my own space so Iāll be restricted to what I can get through library quiet rooms and the like, but Iām going to make this happen somehow.
Uh, is that a good answer? XD
mmmm monke
My forever craving šš¤šš½ #monkeyfarm #oldsaybrook #ct #cteats #shrimpscampi #valentinesday #love #foodie #pasta (at The Monkey Farm)
It's too late for me I've already seen the #monkeyfarm (at Wiseacre Brewing Company)