What's Up With Classic GM Videos? [GMod ARG]

In this video I talk about one of the pioneers of the Garry's Mod ARG genre, @classicgmvideos4221. Get some popcorn!

[The-Absentminded]

Richter is the type of guy to call the Gravity Gun "Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator"

[megatokyo]

Three things I think you should mention:

1. Breen gets pranked is not the first time a HL2 map is used. Kleiner's Challenge 1 is set in an HL2 map.

2. The glitchy noises at 18:49 are what happens when Source tries to call a sound file that doesn't exist.

3. Ever since the zombiekiller video, all of the uploads have been auto-uploaded, with no footnotes from the uploader.

[harmonicaboi]

He actually started using the term source horror. Finally as these aren't interactive enough to be args

[themilkman]

I kind of wish you acknowledged that Bob and Bill episode 2 was actually following the same plotline of Breen Gets Pranked, just from a different perspective.

[Blurryisme]

I honestly hate the people who mock channels like this for being shadow man story but don't bother to actually hear people out, this channel is something special and shouldn't just be seen as a boring generic horror channel

Edit: the amount of replies proving my point of people not listening is so sad, you are not fun to talk to, please leave

[rebeccapilcrow]

Something interesting that you didn't mention: the 'disconnect' button at 5:25 goes from the unselectable gray to white just before the distortions happen and the black figure appears. If I recall correctly, this means it's somehow gone from a singleplayer session to a multiplayer one.
I don't remember if there were any other times the game was paused before the weird stuff starts happening, but the disconnect button is always white when it's paused afterwards.
It's a little 'blink and you miss it', but I think it might be a relevant clue to the newer videos.

[MKTB]

All arg and creepiness aside, bob and bill, and Kliener’s challenges should be an actual series
Edit: the message at 54:35 says “when they call u arg boy”

[WingDingsArts]

21:45 The scariest part is discovering that source can handle 2 light sources at the same time

[svijj_]

What I think is happening here, is that the dark figure is a player, that sees the other player as also a dark figure. In the video on gm_dancefloor, (which wasn't covered here), the player enters a secret hallway, similiar to gm_graveyard. What I believe is happening here, is that 2 *completely different* players entered their respective hallways at the same time, and became ghosts in eachother's games. I don't have any idea on how would this tie into the lore of Gmod9fan, as this completely turns the established connections on their heads. But one thing is ceratin, dark hallways (which appear on both channels) are very important, and can even transport players and entities between games.

[ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff]

I love the sad half life area video, specifically for the part where they say "theres 2 but one body.... *but then you realise theres actually another one you forgot about...."*
It alludes to someone that this person is forgetting. The shadow person.

[aubergineman]

I don't care how overdone it is, I love these dark figure series and living NPCS stuff. Anything that has to do with a game that's not what it seems is gold!

[RegalRoyalWasTaken]

One small thing I love is that the player is OBVIOUSLY a fan of Paper Mario due to how often its music shows up in his actual machinimas. Just a neat little bit of character detail, makes him more realistic since I'd absolutely use music from a classic childhood game in my machinimas.

[jimboberoonie]

i feel bad for the guy recording, hes just scared, not oblivious, not the bad guy, just scared

[SQUIZZLER]

I grew up as a teenager watching “random” Gmod videos back in 2006 and I have to say that the guy absolutely nailed the aesthetic.

The WMM instructions, the music choices, the visible trails from the physgun, having NPCs randomly flail their arms using thrusters until everything around them breaks as a punchline… Even the framerate seems authentically twitchy at times.

It’s all so perfect, and adds a real edge of believability that these genuinely are reuploads of some teenager’s explorations into a bizarre Gmod rabbit hole.

[SquidinKkiddin]

Jeez now that I think about it gmod is not that scary but with the internet and community make it more scary then it’s supposed to be and I’m glad that gmod is getting recognized not just for the fandom but for people across the world.

[ETB]

I feel like the "Hl2 cool sad area" video was made as an allegory for something that happened to GM personally, or what might something that happened in Bob and Bill.

There's plenty of sad, depressing moments in HL2, but I think that one in particular stuck out to him, because of what happened to him personally; that's why he went the extra mile of recording it, and uploading it on Youtube.

[pirimetrtayna]

41:44 Bill didnt kill anyone (atleast I think so). Remember the Dr. Breen prank video? Well if you look closely you can see that Dr. Breen was sitting on the bench on the background and when Bob was entering the building we could see how Bill was going to him. And we actually can see how Breen is puking when bob leaves the building

[MJRSoap]

25:00

The earlier Kliener Challange videos used a HL2 level, the entrance to the apartment block, specifically the playground outside they you walk through before getting chased up the apartment.

[OssyFlawol]

have we considered the possibility that the shadow man is actually classic gm’s father coming back from the store

[delta]

I imagine the creator's friend Scizzy just chasing him irl around their neighbourhood anytime they see each other in order to ask about the gm_construct pond/darkroom.