Friends Underscore Not Found

[gritty lily]

and Ryan became the CEO

[idle ocean]

but that video is made by Ryan

so he could be mentioning himself

[lucid flicker]

That’s what I thought

[gritty lily]

it is possible but the chances are slim to none because it also shows separate entities in some of the videos with the black blobs

[lucid flicker]

Something else we don’t know yet, who is the ceo before Ryan?

[lucid flicker]

True

White for Ryan and red for Alfie

[idle ocean]

I'm not yet at the point where I undertand the blobs

you say they represent alfie and ryan?

[lucid flicker]

Yes

It has been confirmed that they do

[idle ocean]

where does it say that

[lucid flicker]

Similar to white text being Ryan and red text being Alfie

[lucid flicker]

He replied to one of ghost’s comments

If I remember correctly

[idle ocean]

do we know who is recording the bedrock sequence of 2023?

[gritty lily]

Johann

[idle ocean]

who is that

[gritty lily]

the game perspectives are mainly from his point of view

[lucid flicker]

I don’t think any other game perspectives are from anyone else

[gritty lily]

we aren't 100% sure be he has some relation to the tests and AI experiments that happened at Bside industries

[lucid flicker]

Corn field is obviously Ryan/Alfie’s pov

I’m not sure about retrieval

Running Away is human Johann’s pov

[gritty lily]

most of the video perspectives are Johann's POV

[lucid flicker]

All the Minecraft ones seem to be ai Johann’s pov

[lucid flicker]

Yes

[idle ocean]

how do we know it's Johann?

[gritty lily]

we don't know if it is actually an ai or Johann's soul

[lucid flicker]

True

[idle ocean]

I can't recall seeing the name before

[lucid flicker]

In one of the video descriptions

[idle ocean]

ok, that must be a video I somehow missed

[lucid flicker]

Oh wait the description of Back to Normality

I think that’s the one

[lucid flicker]

Nope not that one

Hang on,

[gritty lily]

confirmation from FUNF himself

@idle ocean

[idle ocean]

ok, for this type of stuff I need to see the evidence

since I have to explain it in the video

[lucid flicker]

Oh wait it’s a comment

[gritty lily]

that is the earliest thing I could find

[idle ocean]

ah that would make sense, I haven't been reading the comments

[lucid flicker]

I knew it was on back to normality

[lucid flicker]

There are some important things in the comments

[gritty lily]

yup

[lucid flicker]

I recommend reading them

Just avoid gamejackers

There’s a few of those

Mainly happygreensteve and bluepike

[gritty lily]

also, there are some interesting dynamics between Ryan Harshas and FUNF in the comments

[lucid flicker]

Yeah

They do not seem to like each other

[lucid flicker]

Wait which comments

I thought you were talking about the description of Destroyed

[gritty lily]

mostly Ryan Harshas channel

[idle ocean]

ok, so who is recording in the prealpha arc

[lucid lodge]

wasn't the FUNF guy also here in this discord?

[gritty lily]

yes

[lucid flicker]

I think it could be Ryan/Alfie recording the pov of Johann or perhaps someone else in the game

Since those ones are clearly filmed with a camera

[idle ocean]

right

[gritty lily]

I mean there is also that, but whenever Ryan Harshas is involved, FUNF seems to not be far behind

[lucid flicker]

True

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker but the banter is mostly on Ryan Harshas's channel

[idle ocean]

btw there are blue frames in Title Not Found as well

[gritty lily]

huh

interesting

[idle ocean]

I'm still thinking it's a compression artifact, but wanted to mention it

[gritty lily]

it is a possibility

but who really knows

[lucid flicker]

Nice new channel banner

Also I see that you pinned the thread

[idle ocean]

this screenshot from Transferred almost has my logo on the floor haha

[lucid flicker]

Woah

Also that has the same date and time as the scenes in Titlenotfound, correct?

Also my friend told me to ask if he could be credited for finding the location of the sign in He’s Still Here

His name is PlushtimeTV

He found the location to be Big Cedar Lodge Missouri

[idle ocean]

I didn't know it was a real place

is there a picture of the real sign?

also, is Alfie an AI?

[lucid flicker]

That’s also where presumably The Summit is located

[lucid flicker]

I asked him for one

He’s looking

[lucid flicker]

I think, just like with Johann, there is also an ai version of Alfie/Ryan

But we don’t exactly know yet

[idle ocean]

How about that

Let me see if I can get a link on google maps

It’s too bad the sign is so far away

Presumably the staircase image takes place here as well

https://www.google.com/maps/place/2052+Esquire+Dr,+Ridgedale,+MO+65739/@36.5531796,-93.2879134,15z/

ah, and the playground!

while the under stairs image in He's Still Here might not be from this spot exactly, at least the wooden posts seem to match

[idle ocean]

what's the meaning of the mushrooms?

is there a reason they keep coming up?

[lucid flicker]

I’m not sure

Leaves and bedrock also mean something, but I’m not sure what

[idle ocean]

yeah

I've wondered if it somehow connects to the red dot blob

something else: the music that plays in {unused.0} is Subwoofer Lullaby, which hadn't been added to the game yet

[lucid flicker]

Hmm

Maybe that has something to do with it possibly being a modified version of Minecraft so that the AI can work in it?

Like maybe different versions combined?

[lucid lodge]

Banner change 👀

[hallow flax]

maybe it means something important to the story like an event we don't know about yet?

that would be interesting

[idle ocean]

sure, that's what I'm looking for

an explaination/reasoning

[lucid flicker]

New video https://youtu.be/rBP6L-vDPEg?si=2tJakxZUQmuBRHU8

I’ve already updated the playlist and the timeline

Here’s the description:

[idle ocean]

I win spectrogram race...but with no reward 😢

[lucid flicker]

Also I might be wrong because it’s either Ryan/Alfie or a kid we don’t know the name of yet

[lucid flicker]

Weird

I thought for sure there would be something in it

Because of how weird the audio is

But this is the second mention of Samuel

Also, can anyone even tell what the video is?

[hallow flax]

I'm behind, who's Samuel?

[lucid flicker]

A character mentioned first in Story 2

This is his second mention

We don’t know much about him

[hallow flax]

Definitely important tho right?

Perhaps there's more to him than we think

[lucid flicker]

Maybe

[idle ocean]

here's a question

does BSide Industries still exist?

is there any indication that it went out of business?

[idle ocean]

also, I'm thinking of ending Part 1 after Transferred

though I wonder if Retrieval is a better cliffhanger

[lucid flicker]

I think you should end part one with Retrival

Considering the beginning of it is the ending of Transferred

And the irl part is confirmed by the date in the description to be a flashback

How many parts to do you plan to do?

[lucid flicker]

I’m not sure

[idle ocean]

The Dreams video has a date of Sep 25 2010

The most recent Minecraft version would have been Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2_01

is there anything in the screenshots that suggests a different version than this one?

It's not a later version since this was the last version with the bright green grass

[gritty lily]

I thought we came up with the theory that it was Ryan and Alfie trying to take control of/"help" Johann escape

[gritty lily]

possibly, we don't know if Johann was the only experiment

[gritty lily]

what about a MMSSTV scan(Slow Scan TV)

“I don’t know, but we should load it onto the USB along with the others”
what does the person mean by others?

[lucid flicker]

we do know

corn field

[gritty lily]

oh, right

then by that logic, it is from the perspective of one of the other experiments

do we know if it is pre or post capture and/or experiment?

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker are you going to respond?

[lucid flicker]

Right I forgot about that

[idle ocean]

Script complete and recorded

Now starting editing

[foggy socket]

Do you use Dcode for decoding or a different site?

Just got a bro in #general about what sites to use for decryption

[lucid flicker]

nice

[hallow flax]

yey

retro is very very cool

[gritty lily]

he suggested Dcode to someone before

[idle ocean]

It all depends

DCode is great for a lot of things

But it’s not universal by any means

[gritty lily]

Anything new?(currently not able to check)

Comments, posts, vids, unreleased info, etc.

[lucid flicker]

not that i know of

[gritty lily]

k

[mystic veldt]

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

[idle ocean]

I haven't used this one as much but I've heard of it

[lucid flicker]

Olskan

this has nothing to do with friends not found, but i thought id share it anyway because nothing new regarding FUNF has happened yet

[idle ocean]

The video should be done on Friday

40 minutes right now

[lucid flicker]

LETS GO!!!

[gritty lily]

WO HOO

[wheat remnant]

YAY

[idle ocean]

If you would like to be credited as helping with the project, put your names below:

You have about 24 hours to do so

[gritty lily]

Ghostly Marianet

[wheat remnant]

imHeavi

[lucid flicker]

Lodenium

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker just letting you know, I will be unable to properly check the videos due to my computer being funky

Power went out several times and now my youtube and discord aren’t working properly

[lucid lodge]

I'm not sure about the others but definitely put @long nexus in the credits

[long nexus]

yeah ive been a bit inactive lately but i did a lot at the start of the arg

and i was the first person to get summit

[lucid lodge]

And barney and cheetos I suppose

[long nexus]

idk if this has relevence but its here i guess

NulledBird

[lucid flicker]

yeah you me and cheetos did a lot at the beginning

also who is ImHeavi?

[lucid lodge]

This is the equivalent of never showing up to school for a group project just to show up for presentations. Except you literally joined this server a week ago lmaoo

[gritty lily]

Also what about @barren smelt and @hot kestrel

Didn’t they have some part in this?

[foggy socket]

I kinda wonder how you guys gonna give credit to AshleighTheSapphira if she's not in this server anymore

Also one of people who built onto the FUNF lore in the first place

[gritty lily]

There are plenty of people who aren’t in the server or active who had contributions to this

[idle ocean]

it's really not a big deal. if someone is in this channel and wants to be added, I'll add them

I'm not really trying to go through and see who did enough work to be counted

[wheat remnant]

lol just but my name down for funsies

sorry 😭

[wheat remnant]

Oh, i didnt catch the beginning, sorry to cause any trouble everyone

[lucid flicker]

you didnt cause any trouble lol

[idle ocean]

yeah you're fine

[gritty lily]

should we do something with "@Cheetos"

just taking a look at people from the beginning of this

[lucid flicker]

cheetos should definitely be credited

idk where he went

[gritty lily]

he vanished after a couple months

[idle ocean]

the only thing is that some people who helped might not want their name out there

[lucid flicker]

true

[idle ocean]

so I like to only give credit to people who specifically request it

[lucid flicker]

makes sense

[idle ocean]

I would ping everyone but I'm unsure if that will ping everyone on the server or just everyone on the thread

seems a little risky

[weary bramble]

hello there! just wanna say im lodeniums friend and the one who found the big cedar sign / location.

[idle ocean]

oh nice job!

[weary bramble]

ty

ah ig i cant send a photo of our lil convo about big cedar

[idle ocean]

I haven't been able to find the exact building, but I'm pretty sure it's one of two

[lucid flicker]

hey Plush

[weary bramble]

hi there

[idle ocean]

unfortunately there isn't google streetview on all of the roads in the resort

[wheat remnant]

Wouldn’t (at) here do that?

[weary bramble]

just curious, is there a certain level to send images

[lucid flicker]

i sent the pictures of the location

[lucid flicker]

here

[weary bramble]

im talking about the convo between me and friends

[lucid flicker]

oh

wasnt that in vc tho

[weary bramble]

lemme dm it to you

[idle ocean]

I will give you permission

[weary bramble]

okay

thx

he basically knows that we know about big cedar

[lucid lodge]

Nah it was hella funny

Respect the hustle

[idle ocean]

heh

well, this first video from me is going to have a lot more exposition than explanation

I still kinda feel like I barely know what's happening

maybe I'll send a draft here to see what people think

[idle ocean]

here's who's getting credit

@here does anyone else want credit for contributing to the video on FriendsNotFound? If so, send the name you want me to use

[weary bramble]

sure

ah nvm lol

[woven quarry]

yesss

pleasee!!

[weary bramble]

ty for the credit

[woven quarry]

Thank you in advance!!

[idle ocean]

what name do you want

[woven quarry]

Sarah

just this ^^ thank you a lot!!

[idle ocean]

ok, something funny

up to this point, every additional person who has asked to be credited has been in alphabetical order

[woven quarry]

no really?

lol

coincidence ig ??

[idle ocean]

starts here with G

[woven quarry]

yee

[idle ocean]

i

[idle ocean]

l

[idle ocean]

n

[idle ocean]

p

[woven quarry]

🤣 wait yeah u right

[wheat remnant]

@idle ocean You dont need to add me, I don’t want to get credit for something I didnt do lol

[weary bramble]

would anyone like me to try to tell friends underscore not found about the video in case he wants to watch it

[gritty lily]

That would be a good idea

[weary bramble]

cool ill talk to him

[gritty lily]

He might even comment on the video with additional information

[gritty lily]

He is in the server

Look at the member list

[weary bramble]

hes in mine too

• lodeniums

i usually just dm him tho

[lucid lodge]

What if you put the funf discord account on the attributions lol

[lucid flicker]

who are you?

wait, are you FUNF?

[woven quarry]

no??

I don't know u ?

and u don't know me

I don't speak often here except in VCs

anyways going to sleep cuz im in europe

good night/morning/afternoon everyone

[lucid flicker]

oh okay

sorry

do you have any findings on the arg?

[barren smelt]

anothershadowz

[lucid flicker]

do you have a timeframe for when you plan to upload it?

[idle ocean]

it all depends on how many mistakes I find in my drafts

I'm on my third one now and it usually takes 3-5

[lucid flicker]

VIDEO TODAY LETS GO!

[idle ocean]

we're looking pretty good to release today

[lucid flicker]

[idle ocean]

alright

I think I have my final draft

[lucid flicker]

Nice!

[wheat remnant]

Woop woop!

[weary bramble]

this video sounds so good so far, im honestly super excited for its drop

[idle ocean]

it will probably be about 2 hours

youtube has to process it and then I have to watch it again just to check

I think it's a pretty good video and people are gonna like it

[weary bramble]

alrighty

[gritty lily]

lets go

[lucid lodge]

@hallow flax #ask-staff message

[lucid flicker]

30 MINUTES!

👍 🔥 ✅ ✅ 🔥

[idle ocean]

A little more than that

Processing is being slow

Probably about an hour (assuming I don’t find a major issue)

[lucid flicker]

👍

[idle ocean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqJ4dbjynw

[lucid flicker]

VIDEO LETS GO

[ancient wren]

w!

[kindred cloak]

new video minutes before i go to bed
best timing

[gritty lily]

wo hoo

[long nexus]

let's goooo

[long nexus]

@celest skiff

[lucid flicker]

@idle ocean I just looked at the comment section on your new video

It appears that FUNF has seen it

[gritty lily]

and you apparently made Johann upset

[lucid flicker]

i think he probably means that Johann is still suffering

[gritty lily]

different interpretation

but regardless, I didn't know that he was working on concert band music

that was a pleasant suprise

[gritty lily]

btw the his idea of red and white being rouge AIs is interesting

it is also making me question a couple things

[lucid flicker]

yeah i really liked that theory

[foggy socket]

The part where you say "... accompanied by other worldly sounds", a few of those sounds seems to be partial play-throughs of Minecraft music discs , two in particular

C418-11, for sure; C418-13, kinda though unlikely

[gritty lily]

it is them in reverse

I asked Lodenium to reverse the video cause I thought it was in reverse and heard something

It was a while ago but I think I can find it

did you take the video down?

cause the video is gone

[lucid flicker]

yeah i think so

[gritty lily]

could you repost it under as an unlisted video

[lucid flicker]

i think i took it down when the public playlist was taken down by youtube

[lucid flicker]

i dont have it anymore

and i dont really want to do it again

maybe i have a backup

[gritty lily]

if you do, then ok

if not, then oh well

@foggy socket all I can remember is that the end of retrieval is reversed audio, can't remember what the audio was though

scratch that, I do

it is part of disc 11 in reverse mixed with interference and something else

[hallow flax]

:DDDDDD

[formal folio]

I'm crying RGN is running out of ARGs to cover

He's gotta cover AndrewGaming67 once it ends

[barren egret]

I tried to use chat GPT and at first it told me there was a company named BSide idustries in the 1990s that specialized in making ai for games but then it forced me to log in my account and after I logged in it told me there was no informationabout a company making ai for games in the 1990s.

[barren smelt]

chatgpt aint trained on args.
(sorry if this is rude, that is not my intention)

[lucid flicker]

This really cool theory on the mushrooms that I found in the comment section on retro’s new video

[onyx ice]

for the image RGN deemed "ai generated" it looks an awful lot like an edited picture of the hall of names in jerusalem, which could make sense since the reason it exists was a wave of mass death

[onyx ice]

but this is just a theory.

[small hollow]

fine

anyways for me it looks like a big machine

[lucid flicker]

FELLOW GD FAN LOCATED

[small hollow]

lol

i like to insert myself into stuff

(no wait pause)

ok dont take that outta context

anyways i think i have an idea of what happened

nvm maybe not

[lucid flicker]

What’s your idea?

[foggy socket]

Looking this up on Google Lens reveal image is likely a stock image or some place in China

The other image with the cross stone is likely located at a memorial in Canada, France, or USA

[foggy socket]

?

[lucid lodge]

Oops, wrong place lol

[regal wadi]

Maybe you should another look lol https://imgur.com/a/5f8okIx

[lucid lodge]

Yeah the initial preception of this webseries is not the greatest. Granted this is only the initial comments. Mark101 and Decayed had a similar situation but eventually it became more of a positive perception.

[idle ocean]

Yeah, I never quite know what people will like, and this one doesn’t seem to be clicking with a lot of audience members

But it’s really interesting because while the comments tend to be negative, the analytics are positive, at least for the moment

[woven quartz]

Your editing is pretty good

the video just watch itself

I didn't watch tho

I just know your editing style

(trust)

(it makes sense if you think really hard about it)

[idle ocean]

yeah I always try to have the editing provide value

I want to build a mood/environment

[woven quartz]

it enhance the experience, so even with a mid story, it's still a top tier quality video, the retention rate will be good

[idle ocean]

yes, the numbers are pretty solid for sure

it's kind of a weird situation, actually

the source material didn't seem to resonate with a lot of people, but still many are choosing to watch it for a long time

[woven quartz]

probably because of the atmosphere

the only other reason would be that people have been lobotomized

did you personally enjoyed covering this arg ?

[idle ocean]

I do think I share some of the blame...the series is quite complex and I wasn't able to show how things tie together yet

[distant igloo]

watched the video and it was so intriguing that I joined the dc channel

[idle ocean]

so I didn't give it as good of a treatment as I would have hoped. but the problem is it's so long that I had to split it into two videos

[idle ocean]

thanks!

[woven quartz]

oh, so the video you uploaded was just part 1 ?

[idle ocean]

yes, I think it's better than the comments do. but as I said, sometimes things resonate with different people

[woven quartz]

i just had that sitting around lol

[woven quartz]

i'll try to watch the video then

if you personally thinks it's good

[gritty lily]

What’s mmbah?

[woven quartz]

biggest thread on this discord

if you go to it and scroll up a bit you can find some video on it

[idle ocean]

I need to make sure that one's on my list of future possibilities

[lucid lodge]

Gonna be frank. I totally wasn't too invested into funf because of the cheapish effects and complex story. I have a prevalence towards series like Alphaver, so series like this are just outside of my preferences. I'm assuming a lot of people in the comments have the same feelings as I do.

But at the same time, the decayed is nothing like alphaver but I gobbled that up so fast. I am unsure. Maybe that if it's too cliche I just stay away from it

[lucid lodge]

MMBAH may have a similar perception like FUNF ngl

I remembered it being a bit all over the place

Andrewgaming is a lot more focused. I have been there the whole time and it's an interesting story. 1st act is great. 2nd & 3rd act is eh. 4th act just started and will be the final one

[rare walrus]

i need to eventually watch the video

[static depot]

i do hope there will eventually be a part 2

the args not done yet right

[idle ocean]

I don't think so

I didn't cover everything either

[gritty lily]

as stated in one of FUNF's community posts they plan to keep the series going longer than they initially planned

they were going to do a long video called "Deeper" but they didn't anticipate it being so long and decided to keep the series going
you can look at the community posts if you want to know more

https://www.youtube.com/@No-one.heardyouscreaming/community

[woven quartz]

Depend on what analysis video you watched

mush's video was all over the place, it was the first one made on it so the investigation team didn't really care

But in his video, Dylan did put everything back together, even if he only covered the first half

which made a whole bunch of sense, that's the video we recommend new investigator to watch

[lucid flicker]

Who’s mush?

Also something I found funny

because RGN linked the Dreams video in his video description, it’s now the most popular FUNF video by far

The runner up is AFS with 1.2k

[woven quartz]

one of the guy whose comment section you spammed lol

[honest sparrow]

This likely has nothing to do with the ARG itself, but I recognized one of the office images from a backrooms level in the Backrooms Wikidot

The article is here: https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-4

Again, this likely has no relevance, but I thought it was pretty cool

[long nexus]

yeah definitely not, i think things are just slowing done

[deep forge]

I think it has some intresting ideas, I like how it incorporates other games, and not just purely Minecraft.

[crisp wren]

doesn't really incorporate them, it just kinda throws them in for the sake of it

the series wouldnt have been any different with or without mario gameplay

[deep forge]

Yeah, I'm moreso talking about the idea not the excecution.

[grim valve]

Hi

[gritty lily]

hello

[lucid lodge]

well it isn't really relevant to #1231748884750012507 , so I don't think this is the right place regardless

[lucid flicker]

Wait, he actually made a video on it?

Can I have a link?

[lucid lodge]

No he didn't

[foggy lily]

Maybe online images are being fed into the ai for some reason during the minecraft gameplay? Idk

[hallow flax]

Second friendsnotfound vid when 🥺

[lucid flicker]

Bruh, he just released the first one

It’ll be a bit

[hallow flax]

o ok 🥺

also im a little behind whats the key for this cipher? jhgia://liywf.jj/f4y2ORtUf7S?kk=qCeH6mcGMS5hbEns

[lucid flicker]

Tbh you should change the thumbnail back to this one

It looks way better

[idle ocean]

This one actually lost in A/B testing

The current one was chosen by more people

I do like the initial idea more, but I can’t argue with the statistics

[lucid flicker]

True

[hallow flax]

in the video wandering do the coordinates mean anything?

[hallow flax]

then again people can get lost in the backrooms

"friends not found" where have friends been lost?

it's definitely not a direct connection to the backrooms but the photo probably means something

maybe bside industries has something hidden inside the building

[lucid flicker]

I don’t think so

At least not yet

[spring trellis]

Yea maybe the creator of the arg will conveniently add lore to the coords soon 🤔

[hallow flax]

Anything new here?

[gritty lily]

not yet

[potent elm]

0110100001110100011101000111000001110011001110100010111100101111011110010110111101110101011101000111010100101110011000100110

can anyone decode this

foud in the discriptoin of ep2

[unborn crag]

https://youtu.be

[gritty lily]

Have you checked the top of the post?

Also, binary translator

[gritty lily]

it is also part of a youtube link, like the very start of it and it is missing most of it

[potent elm]

i see

[hallow flax]

Do we have a random string of letters and numbers?

It could possibly create the link if we put it after a v=

[gritty lily]

"https//:youtu.b"

it is from the beginning of the arg so whatever it connected to was probably already figured out

[hallow flax]

i meant like

some thing like skaFGL.IASDGF

like uh

[potent elm]

hmmmm?

[gritty lily]

like I said there is a high chance it was already used since it was found in the earlier parts of the arg

[potent elm]

i put it in and get sent to the home page

[hallow flax]

do we have something like this -> WKqhYq8oETo

[potent elm]

not your theorys tho

your not wrong

it could be those

0100111001000010001100100100100001001001001101000100010001010100010010000100100101011000010100110011011000110110010011000101

more stuff

[hallow flax]

more binary?

[potent elm]

maybe?

and i found this

https://www.youtube.com&#4

i wonder

[hallow flax]

NB2HI4DTHIXS66LP <-whats this?

[potent elm]

not part of youtube url

[hallow flax]

is it a distraction

like how oldroot makes distractions?

[potent elm]

i dont know?

[hallow flax]

maybe i did it wrong

idk

i just put it in a binary decoder

[potent elm]

run it through i decoder

yeah ok

good

[hallow flax]

NB2HI4DTHIXS66LP = 0100111001000010001100100100100001001001001101000100010001010100010010000100100101011000010100110011011000110110010011000101 is what i'm trying to say

i didnt decode NB2HI4DTHIXS66LP yet

but idk what it is

[potent elm]

found more

tffbe://kagfg.nq/5MmxTU5JXQC?eu=7N4wvyHFKcF4VlKz

[hallow flax]

ooh

is it another keyed caesar cipher?

[potent elm]

i dont know

[hallow flax]

yeah its another keyed caesar cipher

[potent elm]

im going through the vids descriptions

[hallow flax]

try looking for the key

should i ping ghost?

or maybe lodenium?

maybe not lodenium

but should i ping ghost?

[potent elm]

idk but got more stuff

{ENTITY.TAG/PLAYER/REMOVED}ERROR?

wrong one

hxkxs://jrywo.dx/7AN2FCX3a10?ai=u04qA_Z0jYjVYljH

[hallow flax]

i think this was already in the video rgn made

idk

[hallow flax]

this may also have been in his video

lemme check

[hallow flax]

oh this was already covered by rgn

[potent elm]

Continued lifelessness is key

what

what does this mean

[hallow flax]

is continued uppercase

[potent elm]

more code

jhgia://liywf.jj/f4y2ORtUf7S?kk=qCeH6mcGMS5hbEns

He didn’t have a choice…..

thats dark

pfidj://rohvy.jq/EUX21jJ4Vq4?wq=CX4aF-QM-X345f8D

ixtjl://ixonp.dsm/u/pK3LgLU

[hallow flax]

may be an imgur link

did you find anything with it?

[potent elm]

more

https://store.playstation.com/#!/tid=CUSA0...

thats a link

68747470733a2f2f696d6775722e636f6d2f612f4239304e5a536e

numbers

[hallow flax]

yeah well that doesnt tell us anything

[potent elm]

idk

if its a link

[hallow flax]

this may have something, but part of it was in rgn's video

[potent elm]

it has a reson

[hallow flax]

hmm, thats odd

its's a little different from the one in his video

[potent elm]

?

in what way

[hallow flax]

its not the exact one

it may be saying something different

[potent elm]

more text

voxgs://vpuok.qjq/r/cvucmMC

[hallow flax]

you're awesome

https://imgur.com/a/B90NZSn

[potent elm]

got more

abftv://mclpu.za/K5s6Jze7OmU?wv=sKZ0zDGmA--jbmcd

[hallow flax]

another imgur link

[potent elm]

wow

btw no more links

[hallow flax]

alr

so you got any keys for these encoded links

[potent elm]

this is wierd tho

After 27 years, I don’t think there are any ways out

[hallow flax]

wym?

[potent elm]

its 27years

little odd

and dark

got something

[hallow flax]

?

what?

[potent elm]

what just happend

[hallow flax]

idk

hmm

put it in something and send me a screenshot

[potent elm]

dyno says watch your language

how do i do that on pc

[hallow flax]

just put your code in a random text editor

and show me a screenshot

[potent elm]

sent to you

check ur dms

intresting huh?

nothing

trails cold

[lucid flicker]

the binary leads to the Home video i believe

[lucid flicker]

yeah this has been found before

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker I told them to check the top of the post, but looks like no one listened

Well, they can do whatever they want, I’m not gonna stop them

[lucid flicker]

it is fun to decode stuff

[gritty lily]

True

And this post is at several thousand messages

It would take forever to get back to the top

[long nexus]

yeah lowky we gonna start rediscovering things lol

[gritty lily]

Bound to happen at some point

[hallow flax]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking after

Do we have a friendsnotfound slide deck

[gritty lily]

check the pinned messages

[hallow flax]

Where?

[gritty lily]

The thumbtack at the top of the screen?

[hallow flax]

Oh I’m on mobile sorry

[hallow flax]

I’m on mobile I can’t find it T-T

[hallow flax]

Oh I found it nvm!

Sorry

[lunar magnet]

Dude rgn already made a video on it

[gritty lily]

The ARG isn't over yet

[lucid flicker]

Yeah there’s gonna be a part 2

Possibly a part 3 depending on how long this ARG continues for

Because there are a lot more videos than what was covered in the analysis video

[lucid lodge]

It's been 2 weeks since the video was uploaded, so let's check the comments on the channel. Remember that this is from the vocal minority

The perception of this is like 3-4/10

[lucid lodge]

Are the videos not shown in the RGN video the same quality as the ones shown in the videos?

[lunar magnet]

k

[lunar magnet]

there might be

[lunar magnet]

guys

look in the video that is titled "sorrow" when he is moving through the passage his coordinates act a bit wierd like thats now how coordinates work right. this might be something like the coordinates x:68 then 67 then 69 then 67 again like that and z coordinates are also increasing that means he is somehow going up.

"sorrow video link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6RBHy50k4&list=PLaimgFCsIVKiRK5VEYWMqnaJngiaKXf8L&index=14

guys one more thing

in the video titled "confusion" he enters the white room and sees a lot of blast furnaces but some of them are smokers instead. so maybe that represents that the smokers are players/people who are understanding the whole project and realising the expiriement slowly........

confusion link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIaQsz1x4c&list=PLaimgFCsIVKiRK5VEYWMqnaJngiaKXf8L&index=16

[lunar magnet]

dude that means maybe in the "fall" video he fell, he landed as he is the one who knows something isn't right unlike other people trapped in the store the place where they do the EXPIRIEMENTS, so that explains why in the "box" he was put in a bedrock box...a prison maybe

[lunar magnet]

to support my prison theory

in the destination video when he breaks the signs and the maps he gets teleported into a bedrock box with a sign "he is coming" bedrock box might be a prison

hmmm...\

GUYS ONE MORE

NOTHING NOTHING..

dude the corn field video is definitely from the past before they put him in the expiriement

[lunar magnet]

wait a second COORDINATES!

WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THIS INFORMATION

[lunar magnet]

guys anyone here?

FRIENDSNOTFOUND

[lucid flicker]

The corn field video is confirmed to be someone else (not Johann), along with the Hatred video on Ryan’s Channel. It is in the past tho

[lucid flicker]

I never noticed that! Good observation

[lucid flicker]

I like this theory, but that would mean that Ryan/Alfie captured a lot of people (and we don’t know how many he has, but it’s at least 3)

Maybe the smokers are people he’s captured and the blast furnaces are empty slots?

[lunar magnet]

oooo u do really have a detective mind

pls come man

[gritty lily]

We aren’t just gonna only talk about the theory, we have other stuff to do, so be patient

[hallow flax]

We understand how excited you are, but everyone has other things to do sometimes

[lucid flicker]

Sorry I’ve been busy all day

[lunar magnet]

kk

[lunar magnet]

kk

[lunar magnet]

kk

Lodenium might qualify to the next round

[lucid flicker]

What?

[hallow flax]

?

[wanton valve]

sup everyone

i came from the RGN video (just watched it). im guessing you guys worked on some of the extra videos? which video did u guys reach?

[lunar magnet]

new videos are here so we are solving the mystery of the new videos.

[lunar magnet]

let it play on for now

u will soon understand

[lucid lodge]

The people here worked on the whole channel before the RGN video

[wanton valve]

i know! i was talking about which of the clips in the ARG itself you reached in understanding

[lucid lodge]

Oh. For me, 0 of them 😂

I've forgotten them

[wanton valve]

yeah im guessing ill have to go through the channel and discord to recap then

[lunar magnet]

k

[lucid flicker]

all

[lunar magnet]

damn

k

[lucid flicker]

Nothing new yet

[hallow flax]

Latest vid is still wandering?

[lucid flicker]

yeah

[lunar magnet]

hmm

[foggy socket]

Not sure if this maybe any help to you on your research on the FUNF ARG, created by one of the OG members in this discussion thread

https://homesrv.ashleighhost.net/mcarg/friendsnotfound/

Created by @angelathesephira

[lucid flicker]

so, apparently someone made "endlessfurthermoreiskey.com" into a real website

i already let FUNF know about this

[hallow flax]

What do you think they will do

[lucid flicker]

Idk

Maybe change it so it doesn’t throw people off the arg (because this definitely wasn’t made by him it’s about pools)

[simple atlas]

nah that's just a domain placeholder thingy

(i think)

[chrome latch]

Marking thread.

[chrome latch]

Correct

[lucid flicker]

You're back!

[lucid flicker]

ah okay

[foggy socket]

I think she's asleep so better to not ping

But she did say she has pings disabled so... I guess you're fine?

[lunar magnet]

ok

[lunar magnet]

I

[chrome latch]

Yes, it's been a bit hasn't it..?

[foggy socket]

Mhm

[lunar magnet]

Ya

[lunar magnet]

Hmm

[lucid flicker]

It’s been a month

[foggy socket]

Ominous

[gritty lily]

???

[lucid lodge]

Wrong account

[lunar magnet]

ok this might be...

[lucid flicker]

?

[lucid flicker]

What is ominous

[foggy socket]

The red-yellow face

[lucid flicker]

oh

its just a random image i have

[foggy socket]

Not anymore, she left again cuz there's nothing new to discover in AlphaVer web series

If you need anything from Angela regarding new finds on the FUNF mystery, you'll have to ping her in AWD (AlphaVer Webseries Discord)

[lucid lodge]

Well that's not the correct explanation, but it's not going to make a difference. It's not related to Alphaver.

[lucid lodge]

Or just dm them

[next tundra]

Has been.

[foggy socket]

Oof, the FUNF mystery has been graded an F

Original message from #mysteries-generic

[gritty lily]

Damn

[simple atlas]

BRUHHH

[vital ledge]

its a 12 year old's creepypasta'

rgn couldve made a video on TLPA and decided to do fnf instead

[simple atlas]

jude is not A tier bro

B maybe

the decayedd is A

craftyking is C for sure

[simple atlas]

yo where's wifies' "EVIL AI MINECRAFT MOD" arg? it connects with craftyking

[vital ledge]

decayed was not fun to watch and was put in B tier for it

all exposition and no action

[simple atlas]

yes but the story was FIRE

story was S tier

video was b tier

= A tier

[vital ledge]

mass exposition is not cool and not when i have to read it for 30 minutes

[simple atlas]

true

[vital ledge]

videos are a D tier at best and the only reason it is B tier is because i like the story

if your videos make me fall asleep its F or D tier

[foggy socket]

Ah, so the tier list is your personal selection

[vital ledge]

duh

[simple atlas]

also wb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YISnxMg1nNM?

[foggy socket]

What it really is on a group level would be completely different

[vital ledge]

great

did you guys make the tierlist

i do not recall it being so

[foggy socket]

Haven't seen one yet

[vital ledge]

tiermaker has also been used time and time again for personal opinions, and it’s the most common usage of it

i would do a survey if i wanted to know what the masses thought

[simple atlas]

what about XtremeGamer11 bro?

[vital ledge]

if its not on here i didnt see it

therefore i cant say

[simple atlas]

its the vid i just linked

[lucid flicker]

Why are we talking about this in the FUNF thread lol

[simple atlas]

bcz he rated it F

[lunar magnet]

friends not found s tier

[foggy socket]

Thx for the comment but I think you should say that to Terrain cuz he created the tier list

[pseudo marten]

The what?

[foggy socket]

The FUNF mystery, full name is __f__riends___u__nderscore___n__ot___f__ound

[weary bramble]

@lucid flicker its been way too long since the day you posted this

[lucid flicker]

yeah its been a while since i started this forum

[long nexus]

its been such a long time bro

genuinally as the arg progressed ive gotten more and more busy

i dont even know whats going atp

[lucid flicker]

same tbh

especially with nothing new happening for a while

[gritty lily]

this is the perfect time to get caught up on what has happened with the ARG

[hallow flax]

as retro says "there's quite a lot to unpack here"

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker any idea as to what this could go too

[lucid flicker]

I’m pretty sure that was just the key for one of the ciphers

[gritty lily]

Yup

Pretty sure “Continued lifelessness” has been used as a key, just not sure about just “lifelessness”

[lunar magnet]

ik

[barren smelt]

the official name for it is domain parking

[deep rune]

Made a playlist for better viewing of the videos:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQt12Ikt6Ng3CtXHKLse0KAeDWzZ4RL_2&

[gritty lily]

There is already a playlist

It has the videos in “in universe” chronological order

[deep rune]

where?

Nvm I found it

[long nexus]

for anyone wondering the future, i have a pinned comment with all the important info

for anyone who wants anything put in the pinned comment (relevant to the arg) dm/ping me

[earnest valve]

?

wow, I was late for everything?

[foggy socket]

No ping replying RGN, pls remember

Check rule #8 in #rules

[lunar magnet]

K

[lunar magnet]

Damn I did contribute a little bit

[lunar magnet]

damn

[lunar magnet]

guys this might be the clue

[lunar magnet]

did you seriously put funf f @vital ledge

[foggy socket]

Yup he did

[lucid flicker]

Didn’t even notice this

[lucid flicker]

I wonder if there is something

[lunar magnet]

OK

[lunar magnet]

fr

[lucid flicker]

THE MAN IS BACK

https://youtu.be/N2dD3qhYowY?si=OZycAqcL5TR-1BrP

@gritty lily @long nexus

[wheat remnant]

YOOO

Back with the milk!

[lucid flicker]

literally lol

[sacred plank]

New videa

[wheat remnant]

i love it when i see a new videa

[sacred plank]

Yea Samuel came back with the milk baka

[gritty lily]

YESSSSS!

[wheat remnant]

ghost finally sends a message lol

[lucid flicker]

That was interesting

[gritty lily]

indeed

[sacred plank]

It was

[lucid flicker]

Samuel (I’m assuming it’s him because of the description) puts milk in a fridge and then either collapses or drops his camera

And then Minecraft gameplay at the end

[gritty lily]

maybe he was grabbed?

[sacred plank]

I didn't even see the mc game play

[lucid flicker]

Ooh maybe

[wheat remnant]

It was the very last couple of seconds

[gritty lily]

there is nothing of note so far

[lucid flicker]

Yeah

But this does mean that FUNF might start uploading again

Also I’m excited for Retro’s part 2 video and the teased “Deeper” video from FUNF

[sacred plank]

We'd probabob have to wait for 10 new videas

[long nexus]

by the sudden movement, i'm assuming he was grabbed

maybe the same person (alfie?) who puts people in minecraft and the footage is him in the game

[lunar magnet]

goddayumn

[lunar magnet]

lol

[lunar magnet]

fr'

[lunar magnet]

Fr

[lucid flicker]

Welp, we aren’t pinned anymore

Hopefully we still get a part 2 video by retro

[hallow flax]

Got replaced by strange house I did not build

We had a good run loden

[lucid flicker]

Yep

[lucid flicker]

Still hyped about this tho

[hallow flax]

Frfr

[lunar magnet]

blood thats bad

[lunar magnet]

ya thats why its special

[lunar magnet]

Oh no

[lucid flicker]

what?

[lunar magnet]

I was saying because I thought maybe friends not found arg is slowly dying

[lucid flicker]

Nah Retro is still gonna make a part 2

He said he would

[idle ocean]

maybe. not for sure

[lunar magnet]

yo retro

big fan btw

[idle ocean]

Thanks!

[lunar magnet]

Ok welcome

[lunar magnet]

bruh

no one........

[lucid flicker]

…

Nothing new yet…

[lucid lodge]

Should you rename this thread to friends underscore not found

[lucid flicker]

Friends Underscore Not Found

[split stone]

The Minecraft Player Stuck in an Experiment video or friends-underscore-not-found videos

I thought I recognize some of those images, so I found a website actually containing them i thought it would be interesting to share it here
Sorry it took soo long lol

Here is the website
https://www.nikdaum.com/news/2010/09/minecraft-alpha.html

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker

[graceful osprey]

Hey there, little late cause i just found the channel, but the "no no no..." look like they are said in a number form

[lucid flicker]

It does

[earnest seal]

hello, i've also just watched the video. the whole time i've been watching it it seemed like the main character - i believe it's alfie - has some mental issues. i'm not sure, i have basically no way to prove this apart from the red and white entities haunting him. maybe the horribe accident is the reason behind it? maybe this is why he's taking photos and screenshots of seemingly normal stuff and then the entities appear?

although this idea has no connection to the bside industries

[lunar magnet]

Yoo

Afyer a long timw

I see this gain

Again

[lucid flicker]

he probably does actually

There was a Imgur link that has a research paper about the brain that Alfie did

[gritty lily]

did you look at the link?

[lunar magnet]

yea hmm

[earnest seal]

oh, cool

[lunar magnet]

NICE

[earnest seal]

)))

other than that im out of ideas

this discussion seems a bit dead tho👀

[gritty lily]

There haven’t been any new videos yet

[lunar magnet]

Exactly

[lunar magnet]

Yea

[earnest seal]

hello again
im rewatching the friends not found video and it just came up, what does AI have to do with all of this? sure, glitches every now and then and strange occurrences in minecraft
maybe you guys have some ideas, or maybe ive missed a lot of other messages😂

[lunar magnet]

lol

[lunar magnet]

Yea

[lucid flicker]

https://youtu.be/aI4sRAbhSuQ?si=1lYRA6LcY5rYwlcs

Guys, he’s back

@gritty lily @long nexus @lunar magnet

[gritty lily]

YOOO

@lucid flicker vc?

[lucid flicker]

Can’t sorry

But please share anything you find

[gritty lily]

still frame from the last couple seconds of the video

[gritty lily]

also, add this to the playlist and unknown section of the time-line

[lunar magnet]

Its back

[lunar magnet]

Yeah its back exactly! Les go

[lucid flicker]

I hope that picture isn’t what I think it is

I think the name of the video is implying something

[lucid flicker]

Got it

Timeline and Playlist updated

I also noticed I didn’t add Not Right to the playlist and timeline, so I did that too

[gritty lily]

Whoever's POV we a re looking through(due the the grainy texture of the video, you can't tell if it is Johan or Ryan/Alfie) is going through a cave, while taking damage. When they finally reach the entrance, they turn around and go back in. Where the turn towards something(not sure what it is since we don't know if it is something not loaded in yet or if it an entity because of the grainy texture of the video) and dies soon after. Then it switches to a low-bit image of something that looks to be a dead body.

don't know what the plan is from here, because the grainy nature of the video obscures any information that could further progress any theories, we can't really tell what is really happening

[gritty lily]

btw, I commented on the video to get a little information

[lucid flicker]

Wait the description of the video is “A Life”

Is the confirmation for the Alfie = A Life theory?

I don’t remember if he confirmed it before or not

[gritty lily]

don't think so?

[lucid flicker]

Did he respond?

[gritty lily]

the cipher is hex and translates to "one you already know..."

@lucid flicker it is exactly what we think it is

[lucid flicker]

Wait what is it that we think

I’m lost

[lucid flicker]

Wait “Self Inflicted”

Oh boy

[gritty lily]

Johann

[lucid flicker]

but it says "self inflicted"

[gritty lily]

Then Ryan/Alfie?

[lucid flicker]

maybe, but i didnt think he was dead

i think we need more info

[gritty lily]

You could comment on the post

[lunar magnet]

Hmm damn

[lunar magnet]

We can make some here and there theories and then decide which one is the most real maybe?

[lucid flicker]

Just realized that the final damage sound plays when the image shows up

Maybe whoever’s body the picture is of is the POV

[lunar magnet]

Oh

[lucid flicker]

https://youtu.be/BcWsYjsMsXY?si=nAa0T6FwUR7zKddZ

@gritty lily @long nexus @lunar magnet new FUNF vid

and it actually has a date

9-4-2023

"Johann wasn't the only one left"

i added it to the playlist

I was going to add it to the Bedrock Arc on the Arc Sheet, but I wonder if this is the start of a new one

because 4 months ago he said a new arc would begin

and is says Johann isnt the only one left

if you find anything or have theories put em here

[gritty lily]

What is happening at the end of the video

[lucid flicker]

im not sure

the screen goes black

also what is the noise in the video?

it sounds weird

[gritty lily]

Spectrogram?

[lunar magnet]

ohh nice'

[lucid flicker]

The player’s skin has a hole in its arm

So this might be a new pov

Because Johann’s skin looks like this:

Also this is the first time I think we’ve seen the missing texture block

I could be wrong tho

Actually wait no this is the second time

This first time was in Closer

Also I brightened the hallway, but it doesn’t look like there’s anything there

Let me know what y’all find

[lucid flicker]

https://youtu.be/jWXjSoxk18o?si=8s4zyWHGESCkTkPF

@gritty lily @long nexus @lunar magnet

new vid

already

i hope this means that FUNF will continue to post like this

timeline and playlist updated

[gritty lily]

well at least we know the hallway isn't infinite

but where did they end up

@lucid flicker I commented with a question on both sector and hallway

also ignore the other comment on sector, they are trolling

[lucid flicker]

yeah there seems to be a lot of people doing that

[lucid flicker]

true

[lucid flicker]

i would assume the "sector"

also the description says "another step closer to the hub"

what is the "hub"?

[lunar magnet]

Spectogram aint showing anything

[lunar magnet]

Yeah

[lunar magnet]

Yes i know i know

@gritty lily might remember that time i replied on fnuf vid of furnaces and smoke furnaces

Then they fall into a bedrock prison

But before that vid

There was a vid of the player falling

Which

After that vid

Was a vid named

"Hub"

Or smth related to it

And before that

There was a hallway vid

Which everyone was wondering about

And i said that the z axis was somehow moving up

Even though it shouldnt have right then

[gritty lily]

@lucid flicker post from FUNF

[lucid flicker]

Ooh

[lucid flicker]

WAIT HE CHANGED HIS BIO TOO

[gritty lily]

Ooo, new cipher alert

@lucid flicker the cipher in the description decodes to "THE FOUR WILL BREAK OPEN THIS HELL"

[lucid flicker]

Interesting

Interesting wonder who the “Four” are

I’m also very interested to find out out who he is

I wonder if he means who he is in the story or who he is irl

Also I’m guessing the first 2 parts of Deeper are Hallway and Sector

[gritty lily]

I would also assume that is correct since FUNF said that the first 2 parts are already out

[lucid flicker]

Yeah

Also the part of his bio that says “Their home will no longer be here” is definitely referencing the old bio saying “His home is here”

It also says “they” instead of “him”

Did he respond to your comments?

[gritty lily]

not yet

[gritty lily]

actually yes

[lucid flicker]

What’d he say

[lucid flicker]

I knew it

It is a new pov

[gritty lily]

first on is hallway, second one is sector