Exploring the Abandoned Internet [Vol 2]

Hello, friends, welcome back to exploring the abandoned internet. This is volume 2 and I'll be looking through another abandoned virtual chat service as well as a few odd websites I found in my search.

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Sources:

World Chat Wiki

Real Vampires Website

The Tarot of Sneezing

Worlds Online Video:
YouTube - Thom Kidrin

Video Broll Sources:
Envato Elements
Pexels
Welcome to the Game II

Music:
Half-Life - Vague Voices

CO.AG Music - The lost

Silent Hill 3 - Never Forgive me, Never Forget Me

Amnesia Rebirth - Fear System Safe

Silent Hill 3 - I've Been Losing You

Time Stamps:
34:16 - The Tarot of Sneezing

[jewjewsbizarreadventure]

Abandoned websites have always had such a somber energy to them. The idea that someone devoted time to coding and sharing their website only for it to be left a ghost town always leaves you wondering what happened to the creator

[MrGencyExit]

I was a beta tester for this in 1995... it's so weird hearing it referred to as a game :) No matter how many times I hear it, it's funny.

[Ironface]

The weird things about many of these abandoned sites is that they're still being hosted and supported somewhere by someone, so they're never completely abandoned

[yournamehere]

I love this series. It reminds me of how weird the internet used to be. In many ways how naive and free it was. I really miss the old internet, a lot. So much more personality in everything. So much more connection.

Sure, there were problems but nothing that doesn’t still exist today. Arguably it’s worse today and harder to police without ruining things for everyone.

Corporations really destroyed the freedom and creativity of the world. So much potential wiped away for profit. It’s makes me really sad to think about.

I’m also happy that someone is delving into the weird and strange things from back then. I’m happy to see someone chronicling it. In an ever shrinking internet it’s actually refreshing to see.

[emoplayeranime]

I really like empty worlds. It’s creepy but fascinating

[captainsawbones]

its so surreal to hear people discuss stuff that was completely normal and comfy for me as a kid as eerie and creepy or weird or liminal, hah.

[LinkedTimeLime]

I remember watching Vinesauce play Worlds YEARS ago, I was obsessed with the weird emptiness of the game and stuff like it after that. It's awesome to see someone else talking about Worlds again after like 9 years.

[pseudonymos_]

Ahh yes, Exploring the Abandoned Internet (Vol 2), my favorite Mid-West Emo album.

[ramen_ndles]

When describing signs you are a vampire it littaraly just described a person who does not go outside.

[Akldog]

The vampire website intrigued me, I found a local club that seems to still be active. The meeting time and all. The location isn’t dedicated to the club, but seems to be an actual bar. I’m surprised it was on the official website. I checked the address and the bars name was rapture. I left an inquiry about everything, and whether they were even aware of being on the website or if they noticed a different clientele on the meeting day. Here’s hoping!

[jacksample]

These videos are so strangely comforting

[scintillatedscarboroughfair]

Back in the early 2000s a book was published. Vampire Encyclopedia. Huge book full of history, media, resources to more in-depth writing. I used to have one as I was just like these guys. Funny thing about isolating yourself because you think you’re a monster, isolation leads to you not speaking your ideas out loud and your biases grow. I had to give all that stuff up one day, stopped wearing so much black and trying to hide from people. Turns out we all share these “vampire” traits because they’re more or less human traits being scoped out through the “I’m special” filter we all seem to have when we’re younger.
I used to believe. And while the idea is fun to think about, it leads nowhere but all that in-fighting between friend groups.

[Majikfish]

19:20 thank you SO much!!! This happened to me when I was playing Worlds back in the 90’s.

I was just a young kid at the time it scared the crap out of me!

I remember I made friends with a person who had figured out how to get out of bounds, I vaguely remember that you could save specific locations as teleport points, and you could travel to other people’s positions.

This happened to me when exploring outside the animal house.

I’ve been describing the “rolling eye monster” for years and nobody believed me!

[Reese]

great video! it's nice to see more content of people actually exploring worlds as opposed to going on about how "creepy/weird/haunted" it is; it's a game that deserves a more nuanced discussion. i hope you'll do another video on some more of the custom worlds as well - you get a mix of both new and old user-generated content and it's absolutely fascinating. kinda like mini time capsules of the internet. but i'm rambling now lol - keep up the great work!

[secretpeace-wpxg]

Video Request:

If possible could you do a video on the obscure game known as "Gingiva" there aren't many videos on it but from what I understand based on the walkthroughs the game holds a very interesting story if you look past the art style. You play as a woman who has a wind up key for a head and she works in a factory until the owner sends her to jail. You befriend chattering teeth who helps you break out and fight different enemies throughout the game. The owner ends up sending a bunch of different enemies to bring you back and take you to a different facility where you get made into something that looks like Pills.

The game's fighting style is similar to what is found in final fantasy, omori and undertale. You also end up befriending other creatures but they don't stay long.

At some point when her original head is found you befriend a gun and the ending depends on who you pick which is the teeth or the gun. The game has two different endings but to me they don't really look that different.

[MrChristianDT]

Oh, that totally explains something from when I was a teen. Had a friend who was convinced she was a vampire who used to always say own at the slightest little nudge & would never explain why.

[blackdragon]

I stumbled across a old Sade fan website from like 92 (during their Love Deluxe era). This was around the early 00's. I was shocked that websites were that old back then. I also think the old Space Jam website still worked too.

[GoldenTV]

I like how all the traits for being a vampire are really just autism lmao

[RCHXN]

I don't know about anyone.... But I am hooked to this guy's stuff man. This is literally and legitimately what I've been looking for. No bs over edited clickbait videos or anything. Just simpulll Sick video dude!❤

[soraskingdom]

Another great vid sacrow, youve quickly become one of my favorite youtubers.