I'd been backing DJ Professor K the entire tournament, so when he finally took over in June 2020, I was so happy that I timecoded the entire Encore stream. It took 10 hours, but I loved every minute because the hard work everyone put into this project had paid off, and they made a once in a lifetime level event. This tournament was truly magical.
KFAD2 is right up there with the original TwitchPlaysPokemon for me as once-in-a-lifetime online events that came out of nowhere, took over my life for a month, and will simply never be matched. A genuinely unbelievable amount of effort went into this silly meme music tournament for a relatively audience.
The fact that the funky uncle himself actually acknowledged DJ Professor K's win in KFAD 2 is still one on the coolest things ever to me. Hell, this tournament in general is still one of the coolest things ever to me. I remember checking the channel and the Mojo every single day for new tracks and lore posts, and there's so much cool stuff that isn't even mentioned in this video, like the subplot with Neil Cicierga and Hat Kid becoming Phantom Thieves. I don't think we'll ever see anything on this scale ever again, and I'm so glad to say that I was there 💜
Man, has it really been 5 years...? I had a lot of fun doing accordion parts for both tournaments (and doing the voice of the worst/best character in the entire project, Naxx Guyfieri), and it really was a time of amazing collaborations and a palpable creative fire burning in the community. Thanks for this retrospective.
Oh, YOU were Naxx. That's awesome, glad you found and enjoyed this video. The Naxx and Doge Dating Ad during K Day made me tear up (mainly cuz it played twice in a row for some reason, LOL).
@@jonsetradio Man... Doing those videos with Wolfman was incredible. I'm so glad I got to meet him twice when I was studying in Japan last year - he does VGM jazz jam sessions in Tokyo these days. Incredibly talented guy and project lead for many things KFAD.
Sad u didn’t mention that dj’s takeover had Professor K voice acted and actually hosting like a real radio dj! It was my favorite thing about the event!
worth mentioning for people that like arragements instead of regular rips siiva now has a section of the channel dedicated to orginal arragements albums with a new one dropping every 6ish months and they are genunaly amazing
this is it the definitive KFAD retrospective in my eyes. You talked about all aspects! What takeovers are, the first KFAD, the mojo, the recreation project and even mentioned KFAD inspired tournaments! you sir made a great job.
as someone who found KFAD 6 months ago and has been obsessively exposing my friends and loved ones to it and its spinoffs, thank you for your fucking work :salut_emoji:
Omg the dubbing on the KFAD1 quotes was so good you all did great there AAAAA KFAD2 was the event that encouraged me to give submitting to the channel a shot, and shortly after it ended I ended up on the team (somehow XD) I’ll be back to watch the rest of the video soon, thanks so much for making a deep dive on this!!! :D
i am so happy to see this pop up in my feed. i absolutely ADORED kfad and it was my biggest fixation for so long. this essay was amazing and i just wanna give a shoutout to the other mashup tournaments that were inspired by this one! they're just as good if not better sometimes in terms of quality but nothing will come close to the kfad experience back when it first happened.
This event was so amazing. So much charm and passion oozed from this tournament and I remembered checking the mojo and UA-cam channel for updates. KFAD was special and hope we get someone like this again someday
Since the release of this video, some other post-kfad stuff has happened. In late-2024, as part of general siivagunner lore, kfad 1 and 2 trailers were reposted (it's more important in context of the lore) and a previously unaired snippet of the DJ Professor K stream was uploaded. It takes place after the stream ends and is a log file of sorts.
Oh, this is a treat of a retrospective. This was definitely one of, of not, the best Siivagunner projects to ever be around for. MissingNo. being my main was awesome (and kinda painful) and it really opened my eyes to a lot. I believe my comment in "Screaming in Unison", the dual rip of MissingNo. and Weird Al is somewhere at the top in the comments. Even inspiring a joke video based on the my comment saying i was slightly disappointed it wasnt about 4 minutes of screaming lmao This event and other fan tournaments are still a very fun and key part of my online experience. Even leading to me to follow things like S.A.L.T and Mashup Week Megamix nowadays. It even inspired me to make my own source lists in its style (though i stopped a while ago). I miss it, but I'm always happy to see others come out the woodworks to talk about this event.
I remember when King for another day was going on i was the biggest Mr krabs fan and i wanted him to win so badly i remember commenting on every video that had him in it and liking the video and the Mr krabs Rave song went so crazy 55:20 ahh good times
I remember being hyped for the King For Another Day tournament, voting in the tournaments for my main DJ Professor K with Daft Punk as my backup, and genuinely looking forward to the next matchups to listen to during workouts. This meme mashup was a labor of love, and it shows to this day!
I literally made up characters for a hypothetical 3rd Tournament like "Federal Criminal Yoshi" who had a mix of the Payday 2 Soundtrack and Yoshi's Island tracks.
As a layman when it comes to KFAD, I appreciate your passionate, substantial recap of the whole event! I give you and the guest voices my compliments on this video project. I definitely need to check out these songs, especially the ones inspired by "Weird Al!"
I never thought I'd see so many people still talking about this tournament! I've been obsessed with these songs for a few months, so it's nice to see so many others who know about KFAD
Wow, it's embarrasing I finished watching this so late, when we're reaching 5 years of the credits of KFAD2! This is a fantastic resume and it really shows how devoted you are to the event. KFAD 2 has never stopped being a passion of mine as late as 5 years later (neither has Siivagunner as a whole, too) and it makes me happy to see long form videos explaining how cool it was! You did amazing, and I'm sure I learned one or two new things when I thought I knew everything! I will treasure this into my favorite essays, and here's to many more years of celebrating KFAD
KFAD and King for Another Day were both such amazing events that I still think about them to this day. Beyond grateful to everyone who helped with both projects, and a big thank you for making this retrospective.
OH NO IM 11 DAYS LATE I FORGOT TO COMMENT HOW TERRIBLY LAZY OF ME!!! In all seriousness KFAD2 is genuinely the most important work of art I’ve ever experienced. Not only is the project on a level of quality few other things have reached, but it lead to me meeting almost all of my closest friends. There truly will never be something like it. Oh and, thanks for letting me cameo as my favorite skeleton boy. NYEH HEH HEH!
I missed both KFAD events, but I'm glad I found them because thanks to them a lot of other projects spawned from them and I found probably my favorite one, Third World Tournament The legacy KFAD had is amazing, I began to appreciate mashups even more thanks to them
Great essay! This will help a lot of people who never heard of KFAD. And yeah, I totally can’t unsee Adam (not the guy who ruins everything, Adam Levine.)’s own face in his render.
I’ll never forget working my awful cafe job in 2019 where the highlight of every single day for me was anticipating checking my phone to see what kinds of rips would be released and reading the mojo whenever the site and channel were updated , i remember walking home every afternoon always listening to my new favorite rips forever a Pitbull and the Aliens and DK main 😌
I still need my KFAD fix and that's why I'm following a tournament like it called Mashup Week Megamix. Still I remember pushing the Quote agenda... my boy did not deserve that 0-2 😭
miku nyans groove is maybe one of my most-listened to songs of all time. not just on itunes or on bandcamp or whatever, no i’ve listened to it an insane amount of times and i adore it so. high quality shit.
Cave Story was on my wishlist for a long time, but I only bought it because of KFAD. Is was a pretty good game! I first heard of KFAD because of the Boss Battle Fusion Collab, the video with the fake sans reveal trailer. And I was like "what is this thing?" I ended up checking out KFAD1 and got excited for KFAD2, to the point of event planning to make an arrangement of my own for the tournament. I'm not event that good of a musician, I barely played bass in a band long ago, and had audacity installed. So yeah, I somehow made Sound Like Jagger with the help of a guitarrist from Fiver. And it somehow got accepted. Nice >: ] to be part of this historic event
My congratulations to the chef, this was a great video I still remember a bit my experience with kfad as a whole, watching the rounds go by, voting for my mains, hating characters who took down my mains, and having a good time checking the mojo and the takeovers. Thanks for the video Jon, this is iconic
Hey Jon, I said I'd be back after I watched the video, here I am lol I honestly did not have my expectations set high for "niche internet topic in the form of a 2 hour video essay"-type beat, but you know what, goddamn it, you just made sense of pretty much everything that made KFAD special and then conveyed it to a general audience too I am so glad you made a video for you, somethign that you felt needed to be made, and not something that would get a bunch of clicks, yet it still serves as an understandable and coherent story about the project itself while also serving as a good sampling of what made the project so enjoyable to begin with. You knocked it out of the park on what might as well be your first try on something like this man, good job
I wasn't there for kfad when it started and I was very late to the party as by the time I got into it dj professor k's takeover was near completion and they were currently getting back to their normal uploads, but kfad to me during the whole lock down was just a great way to relax and just be able to meet new people. kfad and siivagunner in general has changed my life in multiple ways, I honestly wouldn't be the person I was without kfad and I'm glad someone is giving it the type of analysis it deserves. shoutout to the kfad inspired tournament community as well as they also changed my life in multiple ways and just from a small event happening on what's basically a extended click bait shit post channel. kfad is awesome and means a lot to me and another people. I hope this video gets the views it deserves as it was great watching this.
I remember KFAD coming out and thinking it was cool, but not really knowing the context behind it or listening to every track (because to someone who doesn’t know what is going on it looked like a LOT of tracks) but I’m glad a video like this finally exists cuz now I can understand the context behind it :) I’ve been getting KFAD rips recommend to me by UA-cam for years after the tournaments so maybe I’ll finally go through them all now :D
Someone put Unregistered Hypercam 2 in Rivals of Aether as a mod character and Vinny Vinesauce himself came upon it in a stream he did. He didn't know about KFAD at all and if anyone in chat did, he didn't see them, but he said it was one of the best modded characters he'd ever seen because, to paraphrase him, "How do you take a concept and turn it into a character that has its own identity, and this 100% works." Yes the watermark is in the top-left of the screen when you play as him. If I saw that back in high school when I first discovered KFAD, I would've screamed, but it was made in 2021, where I have since been a burnt-out(?) graduate. Also there's a Missingno character on the workshop as well which uses its KFAD incarnation as a basis. I have no damn clue what all it can do, it lives up to its role as glitch in the best way. Also also, the KFAD Battlefield is a stage put in by official members of the SiIva team, so that's beato.
if it serves as a metric, the funny clickable part in missingno's portrait lets it glitch the game harder (and glitches the menus too) and its up strong makes big $$$
It's beautiful seeing more love for the KFAD tournaments all these years later. They were fantastic experiences I'll never forget and also mean so much to me! Fantastic job with this video, too, it felt very complete and there was lots of cool stuff like the dubs!
This is an AMAZING essay to get people into KFAD! I myself never got to vote during the first one, but I was around for every part of the second one and it was the biggest thing for me at the time. Ever since the tournament ended to this day I listen to tracks from this and just enjoy everything it had to offer. As someone who enjoys SilvaGunner as a whole this tournament meant a lot as well for just how broad of an audience it draws. I also want to say that I appreciate the shout out to the other tournaments that spawned from KFAD such as Mashup Week and Third World Tournament, they are honestly the closest things we will have to another KFAD and they are AMAZING (current hyper fixation among the other tournaments) so to see that shout out made me very happy. Overall I really enjoyed this essay and I think you did an amazing job on getting everything that makes this tournament special. I’ll definitely be recommending this video to everyone! Law and Disorder Main BTW :)
It always makes me so happy to see someone so passionate about these tournaments that mean so much to me as well. You did them justice with this retrospective, and that isn’t easy! Here’s hoping the algorithm favors you.
I had known about both KFAD tourneys prior to this video, and decided to watch for the nostalgia factor. However, I hadn't heard many of the rips in KFAD2 prior to this video, and I was blown away by quite a lot of them. You've got mad props from me!
"Im making this video for me" you're what UA-cam needs more of. Just people with a genuine passion (and slight obsession) for the things they talk about. I've genuinely never heard of KFAD before this but with how much passion and love you poured into this video I'm definitely going to check it out now. Incredible watch keep up what you're doing!
Consider this video a success because after watching this I sure as hell wanna check everything about KFAD now! Genuinely great stuff and keep up the good work
i remember stumbling across kfad 5 years ago back when it was just starting and not really caring for it, it took like 2 years for me to realize what i was missing out on and i will forever hate myself for it. some of the best original songs and arrangements to come out of siIvagunner
To this day, I can’t listen to Fall Breaks (the last Mariya/DJPK dual track released before the final winner was announced) without tearing up. It’s not just a really good rip, it sounds like a bittersweet goodbye to King For Another Day as a whole. It sounds like something that would play over an emotional montage of moments from throughout the whole tournament interspersed with shots from the ongoing final showdown to see who’ll take it all. It’s not the only KFAD track that makes me emotional (Here Comes A Thought hits me very close), but it’s usually one of the first songs that comes to mind when thinking back on this event.
AMAZING VIDEO!!! as someone who is a huge mashup tourney and siivagunner fan, its so cool to see such a comprehensive and passion filled video essay made by someone who was actually around for kfad! i unfortunately got into siivagunner a bit too late to experience kfad, but i still enjoy the tourney nonetheless, especially looking at it from the perspective of it spawning the mashup tourney community!! plus its just awesome to see that other people are so passionate about the awesome things this channel has made! once again fantastic video, keep up the good work! :3
Wonderful KFAD analysis, retrospective mate! So happy there are many of us still thinking of these amazing projects to this very day! 💜🎶💿🎧🔥 I am so glad I found Silvagunner at the inception, one of my favorite channels, period!
Great job on the video, Jon. I know how much KFAD means to you and I'm glad that both myself and the rest of the gang had always been there enjoying this event with you when it happened. Loved the vid. Keep up the good work.👍
oh god 59:10 Megas XLR is a KICKASS show that was fucking MURDERED by the CN execs because they didn't want it DESPITE the fans being so vocal and it being too popular for the "boys" segment of the shows because they already had 2 shows in that segment that it was competing with (teen titans and ben 10 ) and had a lot of toys (Megas XLR team tried to have toys made to sell but the execs denied them outright, they even made prototypes out of pocket but they were banned from selling any, THAT'S how malicious Megas' fall was). they gave it like... midnight timeslot or something to kill it off too DESPITE the fact that it was popular, not because it wasn't good enough and then they wrote it off, making sure it could never be used in the US. the biggest bummer is that this show was a year or two early for adult swim where it would have THRIVED because of just how good of a show it was. there were multiple major fan movements to get it revived or sold to the people who made it so they could revive it on adult swim or something but the whole tax write off thing fucked that. people still love it so much that someone even made a 4K remaster of both seasons where they upscaled and even reanimated some parts that needed it for the said project, i personally downloaded the original and downscaled it to 1080P for personal reason. the music also kicks ass even if the originals at high quality are hard to find (which i do have... can you tell i'm a big fan?) edit: the show absolutely holds up when it comes to writing and jokes even if some of places you could watch it at only have it at 480P. i genuinely 100% recommend it if you enjoy mecha anime/games, car culture and non mecha anime/games
I wanted to make my own retrospective talking about this event but I think you did a better job at it than I ever could. I'm happy there's still people who remember and talk about this amazing event
Awesome video, always thought KFAD video was cool but the loor and the first tourney tbh at I wasn’t there for scared me away. This helped me appreciate everything so much more. Hope your day is well and that you’re jamming!!!
Honestly an amazing video from start to finish. I still remember refreshing the mojo in high school during my free period lol. You really recaptured a lot of my nostalgia so thank you and i hope you have an amazing rest of the year!!
This was an amazing throw back I remember being apart of the missingno group what a time to be alive also sad you didnt mention the funniest part of missingno sources which is that since he gets music from ben drowned he gets King Kong by jibbs by proxy missingno vs DK was honestly so hype because of that.
this needs more views and i genuinely hope many see it theres also kfad-inspired tournaments which i hope some people finding this video look at but im not gettin into that rabbit hole rn point is this is an awesome video for an awesome tournament! thank you :)
(also glad they got a lil mention at the end ended up editing the message a bit because after fully watching it i genuinely had such a grin on my face, this is such a good retrospective lmao)
One of my fond memories i have with this tournament was when the duo song with jhonny and missingNo dropped and it was a rip of drifting away from the Steven universe movie, i am a big fan of Steven universe and the movie was the hot thing at that time so hearing something so new getting remixed like that, WITH THE FACT THAT ALL THE LYRICS HAD CHANGED TO TELL MORE ABOUT MISSINGNO'S LORE was honestly the moment that made me realize that i was being part of a very special event and the team behind everything KFAD were having lots of fun giving lore and interactions to each character. Beautiful video, i hope it makes not only more people know about this project but also reach people like me, who also has some good memories with a specific song that released at this event.
Absolute amazing and incredible video! I recently got hooked into KFAD just a few months ago but also other fanmade tournaments like that you list on this video. Even then, King for Another Day is still by far the gold standard. 25/11/2024 edit: There's some error on letters that i commented here before, but it fixed now.
It'd never actually seen Megas XLR air, but I knew about it and watched a single episode online. Even if it wasn't received well, it's such a pleasant surprise whenever it's brought up or remembered. Things like that show really stand out in your memory.
I am a fan of the tourney community! (The spin offs made inspired by Kfad: Like mashup week megamix) It's unfortunate to hear you're not much of a fan but hey everyone has their tastes. Thats what makes tourneys like kfad so special. The clash and love for music. Keep rockin on dude
Man, i was around for both of these and was somehow lucky enough to be on some good teams. Unregistered Hypercam 2 for KFAD1 and Law and Disorder for KFAD2. These are unforgettable and i will forever love them. Still think Law and Disorder got robbed,still waiting for that fusion collab like Missigno (finally) got, but was generally happy with everything. That Unrestrained Hypercam 2 bit was AMAZING. seriously, that Burn My Dread remix from Jack Bros is one of my favorite arrangements of that song ever. And the lore was WILD. i adored it so much.
I've always wanted to make a video talking about KfAD and ranking all the competitors but I never had enough of a script to consider starting it, so seeing this massive video show up is excellent (and a potential stepping stone to get some friends invested). Excited to sink my teeth into this for the next couple hours.
Hi, Law & Disorder main here. I’m honestly so glad Law & Disorder lost. Even though they still haven’t gotten a prize or anything, I don’t think the takeover would have been half as good for any other character besides Professor K.
Very high quality retrospective!
I'm very happy y'all liked it. Keep being high quality and nice >:]
💜💜💜
>:]
Oh my god, it's the man, the myth, the legend
I’m sivva
im sad i learned about this whole event until it was over
seems like it was really fun to be part of it when the whole thing was going on
I'd been backing DJ Professor K the entire tournament, so when he finally took over in June 2020, I was so happy that I timecoded the entire Encore stream. It took 10 hours, but I loved every minute because the hard work everyone put into this project had paid off, and they made a once in a lifetime level event. This tournament was truly magical.
KFAD2 is right up there with the original TwitchPlaysPokemon for me as once-in-a-lifetime online events that came out of nowhere, took over my life for a month, and will simply never be matched. A genuinely unbelievable amount of effort went into this silly meme music tournament for a relatively audience.
chat is this socially acceptable fanfiction?
This is the modern Dante's Inferno
Yes.
I don't get it
The fact that the funky uncle himself actually acknowledged DJ Professor K's win in KFAD 2 is still one on the coolest things ever to me. Hell, this tournament in general is still one of the coolest things ever to me. I remember checking the channel and the Mojo every single day for new tracks and lore posts, and there's so much cool stuff that isn't even mentioned in this video, like the subplot with Neil Cicierga and Hat Kid becoming Phantom Thieves. I don't think we'll ever see anything on this scale ever again, and I'm so glad to say that I was there 💜
Man, has it really been 5 years...? I had a lot of fun doing accordion parts for both tournaments (and doing the voice of the worst/best character in the entire project, Naxx Guyfieri), and it really was a time of amazing collaborations and a palpable creative fire burning in the community. Thanks for this retrospective.
The accordion parts were so good too, legitimately wouldn't be as awesome without them
@Proticity Thank you! Polka for another day is still one of the coolest projects I've done.
Oh, YOU were Naxx. That's awesome, glad you found and enjoyed this video. The Naxx and Doge Dating Ad during K Day made me tear up (mainly cuz it played twice in a row for some reason, LOL).
@@jonsetradio Man... Doing those videos with Wolfman was incredible. I'm so glad I got to meet him twice when I was studying in Japan last year - he does VGM jazz jam sessions in Tokyo these days. Incredibly talented guy and project lead for many things KFAD.
Sad u didn’t mention that dj’s takeover had Professor K voice acted and actually hosting like a real radio dj! It was my favorite thing about the event!
worth mentioning for people that like arragements instead of regular rips siiva now has a section of the channel dedicated to orginal arragements albums with a new one dropping every 6ish months and they are genunaly amazing
god i miss this event, it was SUCH a fun event. i was genuinely hyped to see every single new update
this is it the definitive KFAD retrospective in my eyes. You talked about all aspects! What takeovers are, the first KFAD, the mojo, the recreation project and even mentioned KFAD inspired tournaments! you sir made a great job.
as someone who found KFAD 6 months ago and has been obsessively exposing my friends and loved ones to it and its spinoffs, thank you for your fucking work :salut_emoji:
God the weird Al impression is on POINT. Can tell this was really fun for yall
Omg the dubbing on the KFAD1 quotes was so good you all did great there AAAAA
KFAD2 was the event that encouraged me to give submitting to the channel a shot, and shortly after it ended I ended up on the team (somehow XD)
I’ll be back to watch the rest of the video soon, thanks so much for making a deep dive on this!!! :D
Fan of your rips, Dingo ^^
i am so happy to see this pop up in my feed. i absolutely ADORED kfad and it was my biggest fixation for so long. this essay was amazing and i just wanna give a shoutout to the other mashup tournaments that were inspired by this one! they're just as good if not better sometimes in terms of quality but nothing will come close to the kfad experience back when it first happened.
I love this retrospective, it shows of what made this event special for the people who were there at the time
This event was so amazing. So much charm and passion oozed from this tournament and I remembered checking the mojo and UA-cam channel for updates. KFAD was special and hope we get someone like this again someday
someone get this guy on mashup week megamix
Since the release of this video, some other post-kfad stuff has happened. In late-2024, as part of general siivagunner lore, kfad 1 and 2 trailers were reposted (it's more important in context of the lore) and a previously unaired snippet of the DJ Professor K stream was uploaded. It takes place after the stream ends and is a log file of sorts.
Oh, this is a treat of a retrospective. This was definitely one of, of not, the best Siivagunner projects to ever be around for.
MissingNo. being my main was awesome (and kinda painful) and it really opened my eyes to a lot. I believe my comment in "Screaming in Unison", the dual rip of MissingNo. and Weird Al is somewhere at the top in the comments. Even inspiring a joke video based on the my comment saying i was slightly disappointed it wasnt about 4 minutes of screaming lmao
This event and other fan tournaments are still a very fun and key part of my online experience. Even leading to me to follow things like S.A.L.T and Mashup Week Megamix nowadays. It even inspired me to make my own source lists in its style (though i stopped a while ago). I miss it, but I'm always happy to see others come out the woodworks to talk about this event.
I remember when King for another day was going on i was the biggest Mr krabs fan and i wanted him to win so badly i remember commenting on every video that had him in it and liking the video and the Mr krabs Rave song went so crazy 55:20 ahh good times
King For A Day/King For Another Day was the new step foward in mashup culture.
No matter how much time passes, KFAD will still give me those first time watch chills. Truly, ya just had to be there.
I remember being hyped for the King For Another Day tournament, voting in the tournaments for my main DJ Professor K with Daft Punk as my backup, and genuinely looking forward to the next matchups to listen to during workouts. This meme mashup was a labor of love, and it shows to this day!
I agree, it's awesome workout music
I literally made up characters for a hypothetical 3rd Tournament like "Federal Criminal Yoshi" who had a mix of the Payday 2 Soundtrack and Yoshi's Island tracks.
As a layman when it comes to KFAD, I appreciate your passionate, substantial recap of the whole event! I give you and the guest voices my compliments on this video project. I definitely need to check out these songs, especially the ones inspired by "Weird Al!"
I'm going to be showing parts of this in my college, maybe I'll teach the first King for Another Day seminar
I never thought I'd see so many people still talking about this tournament! I've been obsessed with these songs for a few months, so it's nice to see so many others who know about KFAD
I don't think any other tournament can top this one. What a fantastic video and a pleasure to have met you and everyone in the redub project :]
ochus takeover
mashup week megamix comes close for me
Third world tournament .
Wow, it's embarrasing I finished watching this so late, when we're reaching 5 years of the credits of KFAD2! This is a fantastic resume and it really shows how devoted you are to the event. KFAD 2 has never stopped being a passion of mine as late as 5 years later (neither has Siivagunner as a whole, too) and it makes me happy to see long form videos explaining how cool it was! You did amazing, and I'm sure I learned one or two new things when I thought I knew everything! I will treasure this into my favorite essays, and here's to many more years of celebrating KFAD
KFAD and King for Another Day were both such amazing events that I still think about them to this day. Beyond grateful to everyone who helped with both projects, and a big thank you for making this retrospective.
OH NO IM 11 DAYS LATE I FORGOT TO COMMENT HOW TERRIBLY LAZY OF ME!!!
In all seriousness KFAD2 is genuinely the most important work of art I’ve ever experienced. Not only is the project on a level of quality few other things have reached, but it lead to me meeting almost all of my closest friends. There truly will never be something like it.
Oh and, thanks for letting me cameo as my favorite skeleton boy. NYEH HEH HEH!
CAN PAPYRUS BEAT THE ALLEGATIONS IN 11 DAYS CHALLENGE
HE WILL TRY HIS BEST! NYEH HEH HEH!
i still think about how rhythm masters lost to this very day.
I missed both KFAD events, but I'm glad I found them because thanks to them a lot of other projects spawned from them and I found probably my favorite one, Third World Tournament
The legacy KFAD had is amazing, I began to appreciate mashups even more thanks to them
Great essay! This will help a lot of people who never heard of KFAD.
And yeah, I totally can’t unsee Adam (not the guy who ruins everything, Adam Levine.)’s own face in his render.
5 years later, and I still have some fond memories of this event in my head! It was something really epic ^^
I’ll never forget working my awful cafe job in 2019 where the highlight of every single day for me was anticipating checking my phone to see what kinds of rips would be released and reading the mojo whenever the site and channel were updated , i remember walking home every afternoon always listening to my new favorite rips
forever a Pitbull and the Aliens and DK main 😌
Fun fact! There are two mashup week and kfad crossover tribute tracks
There were 6, with the last one being submitted for the DJ Professor K takeover itself!
I still need my KFAD fix and that's why I'm following a tournament like it called Mashup Week Megamix.
Still I remember pushing the Quote agenda... my boy did not deserve that 0-2 😭
miku nyans groove is maybe one of my most-listened to songs of all time. not just on itunes or on bandcamp or whatever, no i’ve listened to it an insane amount of times and i adore it so. high quality shit.
This video made me rewatch the KFAD2 reveal trailer and god DAMN i am being genuine that shit is more rewatchable than the Everyone Is Here trailer.
You are so right
Cave Story was on my wishlist for a long time, but I only bought it because of KFAD. Is was a pretty good game!
I first heard of KFAD because of the Boss Battle Fusion Collab, the video with the fake sans reveal trailer. And I was like "what is this thing?" I ended up checking out KFAD1 and got excited for KFAD2, to the point of event planning to make an arrangement of my own for the tournament. I'm not event that good of a musician, I barely played bass in a band long ago, and had audacity installed.
So yeah, I somehow made Sound Like Jagger with the help of a guitarrist from Fiver. And it somehow got accepted. Nice >: ] to be part of this historic event
That was an awesome track by the way
Omg you WERE the KFAD guy, I remember! That was you!
Friggin' sweet!
My congratulations to the chef, this was a great video
I still remember a bit my experience with kfad as a whole, watching the rounds go by, voting for my mains, hating characters who took down my mains, and having a good time checking the mojo and the takeovers. Thanks for the video Jon, this is iconic
Hey Jon, I said I'd be back after I watched the video, here I am lol
I honestly did not have my expectations set high for "niche internet topic in the form of a 2 hour video essay"-type beat, but you know what, goddamn it, you just made sense of pretty much everything that made KFAD special and then conveyed it to a general audience too
I am so glad you made a video for you, somethign that you felt needed to be made, and not something that would get a bunch of clicks, yet it still serves as an understandable and coherent story about the project itself while also serving as a good sampling of what made the project so enjoyable to begin with. You knocked it out of the park on what might as well be your first try on something like this man, good job
I wasn't there for kfad when it started and I was very late to the party as by the time I got into it dj professor k's takeover was near completion and they were currently getting back to their normal uploads, but kfad to me during the whole lock down was just a great way to relax and just be able to meet new people.
kfad and siivagunner in general has changed my life in multiple ways, I honestly wouldn't be the person I was without kfad and I'm glad someone is giving it the type of analysis it deserves.
shoutout to the kfad inspired tournament community as well as they also changed my life in multiple ways and just from a small event happening on what's basically a extended click bait shit post channel.
kfad is awesome and means a lot to me and another people. I hope this video gets the views it deserves as it was great watching this.
Y’all remember when jack and Elmo beat rhythm masters by 20 FUCKING VOTES
Banger essay btw
I remember KFAD coming out and thinking it was cool, but not really knowing the context behind it or listening to every track (because to someone who doesn’t know what is going on it looked like a LOT of tracks) but I’m glad a video like this finally exists cuz now I can understand the context behind it :) I’ve been getting KFAD rips recommend to me by UA-cam for years after the tournaments so maybe I’ll finally go through them all now :D
Update since my last comment: this video has gotten me obsessed with kfad and I have now listened through all three of the albums DAMN YOU
Someone put Unregistered Hypercam 2 in Rivals of Aether as a mod character and Vinny Vinesauce himself came upon it in a stream he did. He didn't know about KFAD at all and if anyone in chat did, he didn't see them, but he said it was one of the best modded characters he'd ever seen because, to paraphrase him, "How do you take a concept and turn it into a character that has its own identity, and this 100% works." Yes the watermark is in the top-left of the screen when you play as him. If I saw that back in high school when I first discovered KFAD, I would've screamed, but it was made in 2021, where I have since been a burnt-out(?) graduate.
Also there's a Missingno character on the workshop as well which uses its KFAD incarnation as a basis. I have no damn clue what all it can do, it lives up to its role as glitch in the best way. Also also, the KFAD Battlefield is a stage put in by official members of the SiIva team, so that's beato.
if it serves as a metric, the funny clickable part in missingno's portrait lets it glitch the game harder (and glitches the menus too)
and its up strong makes big $$$
This is one of those internet events where one can definitively say:
You had to be there...
I'm telling you, the power of silly little guys can get you far. Unregistered Hypercam 2 and MissingNo are proof of this.
It's beautiful seeing more love for the KFAD tournaments all these years later. They were fantastic experiences I'll never forget and also mean so much to me! Fantastic job with this video, too, it felt very complete and there was lots of cool stuff like the dubs!
This is an AMAZING essay to get people into KFAD! I myself never got to vote during the first one, but I was around for every part of the second one and it was the biggest thing for me at the time. Ever since the tournament ended to this day I listen to tracks from this and just enjoy everything it had to offer. As someone who enjoys SilvaGunner as a whole this tournament meant a lot as well for just how broad of an audience it draws. I also want to say that I appreciate the shout out to the other tournaments that spawned from KFAD such as Mashup Week and Third World Tournament, they are honestly the closest things we will have to another KFAD and they are AMAZING (current hyper fixation among the other tournaments) so to see that shout out made me very happy. Overall I really enjoyed this essay and I think you did an amazing job on getting everything that makes this tournament special. I’ll definitely be recommending this video to everyone!
Law and Disorder Main BTW :)
It always makes me so happy to see someone so passionate about these tournaments that mean so much to me as well. You did them justice with this retrospective, and that isn’t easy! Here’s hoping the algorithm favors you.
I had known about both KFAD tourneys prior to this video, and decided to watch for the nostalgia factor. However, I hadn't heard many of the rips in KFAD2 prior to this video, and I was blown away by quite a lot of them. You've got mad props from me!
"Im making this video for me" you're what UA-cam needs more of. Just people with a genuine passion (and slight obsession) for the things they talk about. I've genuinely never heard of KFAD before this but with how much passion and love you poured into this video I'm definitely going to check it out now. Incredible watch keep up what you're doing!
That's what I told Jon, it's inspirational ^^
Consider this video a success because after watching this I sure as hell wanna check everything about KFAD now! Genuinely great stuff and keep up the good work
I love this video
i remember stumbling across kfad 5 years ago back when it was just starting and not really caring for it, it took like 2 years for me to realize what i was missing out on and i will forever hate myself for it. some of the best original songs and arrangements to come out of siIvagunner
Jack and Elmo fans when they see the number 20
who up jacking they elmo
To this day, I can’t listen to Fall Breaks (the last Mariya/DJPK dual track released before the final winner was announced) without tearing up. It’s not just a really good rip, it sounds like a bittersweet goodbye to King For Another Day as a whole. It sounds like something that would play over an emotional montage of moments from throughout the whole tournament interspersed with shots from the ongoing final showdown to see who’ll take it all. It’s not the only KFAD track that makes me emotional (Here Comes A Thought hits me very close), but it’s usually one of the first songs that comes to mind when thinking back on this event.
AMAZING VIDEO!!! as someone who is a huge mashup tourney and siivagunner fan, its so cool to see such a comprehensive and passion filled video essay made by someone who was actually around for kfad! i unfortunately got into siivagunner a bit too late to experience kfad, but i still enjoy the tourney nonetheless, especially looking at it from the perspective of it spawning the mashup tourney community!! plus its just awesome to see that other people are so passionate about the awesome things this channel has made! once again fantastic video, keep up the good work! :3
God DAMN this is the best tournament ever, I'll be back to let you know how good this captures the legacy
It captured the legacy (I sent a new comment lmao)
Wonderful KFAD analysis, retrospective mate! So happy there are many of us still thinking of these amazing projects to this very day! 💜🎶💿🎧🔥 I am so glad I found Silvagunner at the inception, one of my favorite channels, period!
Great job on the video, Jon. I know how much KFAD means to you and I'm glad that both myself and the rest of the gang had always been there enjoying this event with you when it happened. Loved the vid. Keep up the good work.👍
really, kfad2 was the culmination of literally everything that made siiva good back then
except circus rips i guess
Especially the obliteration of HObart by missingno and then becoming the translator of hobart during MOJO interviews
Uh
That freaking "Who Let The Dogs Out Rip" is masterful because it's also a Mash-Up with a song from AI: The Somnium Files, another Mystery game.
And let's be clear. Fall Breaks is a masterpiece. Should've been the last track tbh.
Septemba
Wow, what a great video! I also love Kai from Disventure Camp :)
oh god 59:10 Megas XLR is a KICKASS show that was fucking MURDERED by the CN execs because they didn't want it DESPITE the fans being so vocal and it being too popular for the "boys" segment of the shows because they already had 2 shows in that segment that it was competing with (teen titans and ben 10 ) and had a lot of toys (Megas XLR team tried to have toys made to sell but the execs denied them outright, they even made prototypes out of pocket but they were banned from selling any, THAT'S how malicious Megas' fall was). they gave it like... midnight timeslot or something to kill it off too DESPITE the fact that it was popular, not because it wasn't good enough and then they wrote it off, making sure it could never be used in the US. the biggest bummer is that this show was a year or two early for adult swim where it would have THRIVED because of just how good of a show it was. there were multiple major fan movements to get it revived or sold to the people who made it so they could revive it on adult swim or something but the whole tax write off thing fucked that.
people still love it so much that someone even made a 4K remaster of both seasons where they upscaled and even reanimated some parts that needed it for the said project, i personally downloaded the original and downscaled it to 1080P for personal reason. the music also kicks ass even if the originals at high quality are hard to find (which i do have... can you tell i'm a big fan?)
edit: the show absolutely holds up when it comes to writing and jokes even if some of places you could watch it at only have it at 480P. i genuinely 100% recommend it if you enjoy mecha anime/games, car culture and non mecha anime/games
SiIvaGunner just gives so much joy to everyone.
I wanted to make my own retrospective talking about this event but I think you did a better job at it than I ever could. I'm happy there's still people who remember and talk about this amazing event
Awesome video, always thought KFAD video was cool but the loor and the first tourney tbh at I wasn’t there for scared me away. This helped me appreciate everything so much more. Hope your day is well and that you’re jamming!!!
I did find one tweet I made about it on Dec 1 2019 that’s state “ EMINEM GOT ROBBED IN THE KFAD TOURNEY “ LOL
Honestly an amazing video from start to finish. I still remember refreshing the mojo in high school during my free period lol. You really recaptured a lot of my nostalgia so thank you and i hope you have an amazing rest of the year!!
Oh yea and also my girls were robbed I mean oth ft harmony didnt get a single dual rip lmao
This was an amazing throw back I remember being apart of the missingno group what a time to be alive also sad you didnt mention the funniest part of missingno sources which is that since he gets music from ben drowned he gets King Kong by jibbs by proxy missingno vs DK was honestly so hype because of that.
this needs more views and i genuinely hope many see it
theres also kfad-inspired tournaments which i hope some people finding this video look at but im not gettin into that rabbit hole rn
point is this is an awesome video for an awesome tournament! thank you :)
(also glad they got a lil mention at the end
ended up editing the message a bit because after fully watching it i genuinely had such a grin on my face, this is such a good retrospective lmao)
I still have the 24 hour radio broadcast in my favorite videos of all time
One of my fond memories i have with this tournament was when the duo song with jhonny and missingNo dropped and it was a rip of drifting away from the Steven universe movie, i am a big fan of Steven universe and the movie was the hot thing at that time so hearing something so new getting remixed like that, WITH THE FACT THAT ALL THE LYRICS HAD CHANGED TO TELL MORE ABOUT MISSINGNO'S LORE was honestly the moment that made me realize that i was being part of a very special event and the team behind everything KFAD were having lots of fun giving lore and interactions to each character.
Beautiful video, i hope it makes not only more people know about this project but also reach people like me, who also has some good memories with a specific song that released at this event.
Absolute amazing and incredible video! I recently got hooked into KFAD just a few months ago but also other fanmade tournaments like that you list on this video. Even then, King for Another Day is still by far the gold standard.
25/11/2024 edit: There's some error on letters that i commented here before, but it fixed now.
Unregistered Hypercam 2 gave me such Underdog vibes, I’m so glad he won!
oh i cannot WAIT to watch this. kfad2 changed my life and im so glad its getting such an extensive breakdown!!
It's peak
still to this day so salty that men in black never did any Homestuck rips, it would have won them the whole tournament
Alpharad is another youtuber that often uses KFAD soundtrack. I believe he used Battlefield once or twice on his videos
It'd never actually seen Megas XLR air, but I knew about it and watched a single episode online. Even if it wasn't received well, it's such a pleasant surprise whenever it's brought up or remembered. Things like that show really stand out in your memory.
Shoutouts to KFAD, one of the best things in the internet ever
Haven't watched this yet, just commenting to boost through the algorithm since I had the same idea of covering KFAD in a video essay, hope this helps!
A video essay on king for a day
Never thought I’d see this coming
Keep up the great work pal ❤
There's two of them which is itself crazy.
Adam Levine
I am a fan of the tourney community! (The spin offs made inspired by Kfad: Like mashup week megamix) It's unfortunate to hear you're not much of a fan but hey everyone has their tastes. Thats what makes tourneys like kfad so special. The clash and love for music. Keep rockin on dude
1:19:20 this is a hell of a way for me to find out they’re married holy shit that’s an insane power couple
God it was so sad seeing ANY of them eliminated. They all could have had a day.
Eminem was robbed I wanted more Salsa music.
Man, i was around for both of these and was somehow lucky enough to be on some good teams. Unregistered Hypercam 2 for KFAD1 and Law and Disorder for KFAD2. These are unforgettable and i will forever love them. Still think Law and Disorder got robbed,still waiting for that fusion collab like Missigno (finally) got, but was generally happy with everything. That Unrestrained Hypercam 2 bit was AMAZING. seriously, that Burn My Dread remix from Jack Bros is one of my favorite arrangements of that song ever.
And the lore was WILD. i adored it so much.
ALSO IS THE GUY THAT VOICES MONOKUMA THE SAME ONE THAT VOICES HIM IN CARTOONS IN DANGANRONPA?????
It's a different person I'm pretty sure
@@Proticity if it is that's fair they just sounds really similar
Such a crazy ass event. And a well done video covering it 👍
I've always wanted to make a video talking about KfAD and ranking all the competitors but I never had enough of a script to consider starting it, so seeing this massive video show up is excellent (and a potential stepping stone to get some friends invested). Excited to sink my teeth into this for the next couple hours.
Hi, Law & Disorder main here. I’m honestly so glad Law & Disorder lost. Even though they still haven’t gotten a prize or anything, I don’t think the takeover would have been half as good for any other character besides Professor K.
They should've gotten their prize though lol
I have a Arrangement ranking very deep in the backburner! I love love LOVE any and all attention KFAD gets!
now THIS is the video king for another day deserved. THANK YOU man
SILVAGUNNER!! MAKE ANOTHER KFD TOURNAMENT AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!
I got a big ass wide smile on my face. Reminiscing on this event. Truly a great experience to go through.
OTH going from runner-up to going 0-2 is something I get so fucking hard
we were so robbed
1:54:09 that person is me btw