I scrolled down looking for somebody to mention this because it seems immediately obvious to me, too. We're supposed to believe that so many hidden details were randomly discovered, accurately deciphered, and successfully applied by one random person? One random person who just suddenly felt like an intensive playthrough of a game which two years earlier he had tried and immediatley abandoned? And that was when it was new and people were buzzing about it so much. Then, he only gave it five minutes and followed that by two years of complete disinterest. Literally every individual piece of the anon's narrative strains credulity somehow. All the pieces together bring it to the level of outright absurdity. It would have been much more impressive and interesting if the project's creator had used multiple identities across multiple discussion platforms to make it appear as if each detail was either discovered independently or worked out collaboratively, all drip fed to us over an extended period of time. That would have kept the mystery alive for longer. But he was impatient and sloppy, we can see the man behind the curtain. Now we know the great and powerful Wizard isn't real.
@@SoSoKayla while yes it is unlikly that all of this was discovered initially by accident we still can't rule it out. It is possable ( how ever unlikly) that when that dialog box asking for him to put in a word the first word that came to his head was ascend. Again it is unlikly but still possable
9/10, would recommend, great experience, did give out free krispy kreme doughnuts, did have to prick my thumb and let satan feed off my dripping blood as an oath but that's all good wit kanye, overall had a fun time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I love the fuck outta Nexpo for saying that everytime!😻 Half the time I don't get what his viddies are even about! (I'm like, old & stuff.) Still....Here I am, cuz he just so dayum nice!!
@@blu1light u do know the person u Replying to is a woman??? What's with the bruh??? I'm guessing u youngish?? We've all looked at a fit pair of legs down road then realise as come closer whoa shit it's a guy.... So don't feel too bad... Lol. Haha
Am I the only one to notice how dumb it is for them to disclose their information to a YTer that can be easily checked in a search bar? Like dude, if you were really part of the group, and not simply an ARG then PLEASE check whether or not the guy you contacted is a YTer specifically interested in showcasing these activities. Considering how well-equipped and skilled in technology, considering making a game, and having multiple accounts and websites, blogs and forums, I don't think that guy behind it is illiterate when it comes to checking to whom they tell information in order to conceal their group identity.
honestly I just feel like their trying to be found, and your right why do they use such easy and simple passwords and coding (and by easy I mean for the talented coders and investigators) who ever made these secret codes or messages should be kicked out of their group
You gotta admit, this is a pretty polite cult. Like they ask for your permission, they don’t force you into anything, I mean it seems like they have some pretty decent manners.
It's also a legal thing to be honest. If you give them the permission? Then legally you can't do anything to them if they pursue recruiting you and such.
I mean the game at the time was 6 years ago, if he actually had done this when it popular in 2013 and the site was up, maybe they would’ve found him or something
Woah I remember covering this years ago! It's amazing to see this story still going. Edit: Oh damn! I'm actually in the video too! Rad! Been looking to get into some more creepy internet mysteries as well. Feel free to contact me if you want to do a video together, especially on anything video game related! Also, I gotta say, Nick Lyons creepy music kind of grows on you. Oh, and I still have the game if anyone wants it uploaded. Not sure if it's still easy to find.
This is an old video, but I'd like to mention something. Around 13 years ago my dad got a book in his PO box from an unknown source. Said book was thousands of pages long; I mean it was literally the size of a phonebook if not larger. It was about Ascenionism. It really was mostly about how to attain success along with a lot of nonesense. I think I still have it around somewhere (as my dad passed ten years ago) if you want me to dig it out and look into it again. Was interesting, to say the least.
@helo0hdhsbs this used to be @ascended or whatever it was, they changed their @ and name. It was a troll face and this whole thing was just a giant joke of an ARG and it fell off after mama max made the video for it, i have messages because i messaged them to see if i can make music for them since this was mentioned as a rabbit hole of a music label. all of it was fake and it looks like he is trying to make traction for it again, dont waste your time guys.
@@flexican5399 Well... it depends on what your intention is with the video. If it's to be entertained, then no, it's not a waste of time if you're entertained by it. If, on the other hand, you came for truthful information... then yeah it's a waste of time.
"A mysterious anon released information about the cult ties to the game" I have a feeling the anon was one of the developers who was sick of no one finding the easter egg he created.
After a long day of work, Kanye West goes to his Kanye Nest to take his Kanye Rest. He wakes up feeling his Kanye Best. Then he'll get Kanye Dressed on his Kanye Vest to go on a Kanye Quest. He goes to church and becomes Kanye Blessed, then to a hotel room to be a Kanye Guest
It feels very wholesome--which is kind of the point. It makes you trust them. And you shouldn't trust them, because while they are asking for consent, it's not informed consent--they never actually tell you what you're agreeing to. But I agree.
This was exactly what I thought. It's like posting on r/arg saying "owo I found this mysterious website I totally didn't just make! Please look at my arg I don't know how to market it :("
Australian comedians have found the creator of Kanye Quest. They have an entire series dedicated to it on the Grouse House channel. It's partially a shame to see a mystery put down to just some person making a high school project, but satisfying that we have a conclusion to all of this, too!
@@technodragon990 They found out it was a girl named Clara Hope, who in turn told them Kanye Quest was a project she made in high school. She then said she planned to have a game centered around this Ascensionism, but later scrapped it and just added it on to Kanye Quest.
Can we all just stop and take a second to realize these people created a fully functional and well made game just so they could set up a tie in to there cult. A link that was only discovered because some guy thought it would be funny to type “ascend” into a very specific prompt. Credit where it’s due, the subtlety and effort put in are very commendable.
lh0000 maybe because he wanted to type “high” but the space was too little so instead type “ascend” because it fits. Im just overthinking Edit: I said this because alot of rappers like weed to get high
actually, it wasnt random. In the end part of the trailer where the beeps are, someone found out that the beeps are morse code, and when translated they read ASCEND
I was wondering why "Ascend" wasn't a more common thing to put in. I didn't really follow Kanye but I thought one of his things is that he wanted to Ascend. Am I mixing it up with another weird god-like action that he spouted out commonly?
LOL, IKR! You know it was the devs leaking this shit. Which is just full of Easter eggs hidden behind a "cult" that strangely, nobody has ever heard of.
BROOOOOOO..... In the menu music, the piano cover is playing "Dark Fantasy" by Kanye. In the original song, the lyrics at that point in the song are, "CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER!!" Can we get much higher.... can we ASCEND can we GET ANY HIGHER..... Coincidence...... idk just a thought
@@mtanquizon Nope, look up the series "Finding Yeezus". It was made by a teen for a high school project. They found out about acsensionism cult online and tied it to the game for no reason other than trolling. They found it funny and wanted to add it in to confuse people. They found it funny reading comments like yours that honestly thought it was connected to a cult but they don't blame you. Their name is Clara Hope.
@@quandarioustoddricioushorn9292 but if west's guest wore his vest in his nest he'd be hard-pressed to get dressed like the rest, thats the real kanye test
@@mikehunt3688 So kanye west's test was to see if he was the best and not like the rest and if he messed up the test, he would prove to be nothing but a pest
@@Adrian-hd1ezppl may also be afraid to reply for fear of the greviously common flame war/toxic fighting in Internet comments, even for something that seemingly wouldn't trigger such animosity
Here is my mindset about cults: if it was all positive and didn't have any negative side to it, you would share your cause directly. You would be a public organization/group. If you have to hide it with weird shit and be this secretive, something is up.
It was a high school project by a teen called Clara Hope. They added they added the acsensionism part after researching it and thinking it would be funny if they just added it in.
I seen the notification and was like: "This video is about Kanye Quest init?" Then I started watching and was astonished of my newfound phychic abilities. (auto correct got me the first time.)
@From a DOOM fan Well, I must politely decline. I must not be found within another cult. It would ruin my records, but you must not worry about those matters. Although I am unable to become a loyal follower, I do wish you the best.
This is my 2nd time watching this video since November and man does it give eery vibes, the concept of this. the sounds the game makes when you type in the passwords, it sounds creepy, and the music, the color scheme. imagine if this got tension back when it first came out.
You can also just load the rpg maker game file into RPG Maker and find out the ascend password there, My guess is the game just really wasn't popular enough to get noticed by anyone. Strange though cause I've heard of it before...
"For shits and giggles, i put in "ASCEND"" *game puts the player somewhere strange, thus opening a new chapter in internet mysteries* me: *that's some damn luck he had.*
OP - OriginalPigeon Right? I wonder if that was the intention of the developer, what with what the game says about smart thinking... Or maybe people were guided to it? A stepping stone In a long chain of communication? Maybe it was just a catch-all. It introduced the cult to people with natural borne curiosity, but blocked them from continuing further unless they had been sent there in the first place by another member... Probably something like that.
Nope, not luck. Nick Lyons was Anon. He was hoping it would get discovered on its own so he wouldn't have to kick things into gear but it never did until he made the 4chan post.
It was one of the messed up words in the other terminal inside the abandoned house, 'AS/N.' (ascend) the story still seems kind of dodgy, though, there's a high chance it could just be the creator attempting to make an ARG on a mYsterious anon account.
Hi Nexpo. Long time listener first time caller. I just wanted to let you know that I've been (slowly yet surely) going through your entire YT channel basically - your delivery and content is really professional, profound and well thought out. You can really see all the effort you go to with your deep dives and researches and it pays off as almost near borderline mini documentary series (I say this as a huge compliment!) with the way you choose to lay out the content in the videos too. Anyways just wanted to say keep it up, I'm absolutely hooked on your voice and your style of videos. It's real and genuine. Thank you for being you! Hyperactive :)
It's hard to tell if Kanye Quest is actually a recruitment tool for a cult or a failed ARG, especially since Ascensionism is a relatively obscure cult, to the point where it doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Compare that to Scientology, a far more well-known cult, which has used popular media as a recruitment tool for it's cult for decades, though it's kind of lost power in more recent years, and most people only know it for Xenu and friends, no thanks to South Park. Interestingly, Scientology ALSO has a record label if I remember right. As for Nick Lyons, I have reason to believe that PHENIX is his user handle on certain sites, or a pseudonym to hide his cult more easily. Hard to say if Nick is leader of the Ascencionist cult and serves as it's equivalent to L. Ron Hubbard or not.
I'm just laughing at how long it took Ryan "Nexpo" to enter his last name in the prompt. I'm guessing he's got a fucked up Polish last-name, i know a few dudes like that.
Just so you know that since this video they found who Phenix was and Nexpo was way off, it was a woman called Clara Hope who created it as a high school project. She was originally gonna make the ascensionism part of the game a separate game but ultimately added it as an additional level. It was neither an ARG or a cult recruitment tool, just a game made by a teen.
Earlylawish I’m a republican too...notice i said religious republican...they’re the nutjobs that cant accept science because of some piece of fiction that says more about how to own slaves kill your children and beat your wife than it does science
@@Anthro777 rpgmaker games can't connect to the internet. That's why I called bullshit on this. They would have to ask you to send that information manually through another source
@@xbabyjeezusx4430 I mean, they can but I think only through APIs like Gamejolt's, and only for achievements and shit. I don't know/remember if those written inputs ever had a plugin to allow anything typed in to be sent to the dev.
@@darkuscarlet it looks like it was made with rpgmaker vx ace and as far as I know there wasn't anything that allowed a game with it to send info like that
I personally am really afraid of something like this to be true. I dont know why it just gives me the chills (maybe its because i am watching this while its 4 am) Also hi rata, love your videos
I know, right? Rozwell on X with Erratas as well. I think that one ARG that had the dude in the plague doctor outfit ended up as music as well. Oh, and hi Rata.
All the topics you cover are always very interesting, but videos like this with a game theme / overall horror or obscurity elements, its alway's done exceptionally well. As always Nexpo keep up the amazing work and it really is a treat when you upload !
y'know, i look back at it now, it most likely was made in RPG Maker VX Ace, so if we were provided with a project file (which we can copy from other games, as they all store the same content), it could've been explored fully
Idk why so many people liked this comment. I guess i see the humor in it. But one of the most intriguing and engaging aspects of this ARG was the fact that someone had to randomly stumble upon it.. See, if it were me, i would do it the same way, and if no one ever found it, i'd make another with the same difficulty and link it to the first, and so on and so forth until someone DID find one. And then the treasure trove and immensity of what someone has found would be absolutely thrilling. It would feel as though someone has stumbled upon something great, and very purposefully hidden... just feels better to me.
“For shits and giggles I put ascend”
Since my arg wasn’t getting enough traction I leaked it online to try and get the ball rolling.
Yep. At least it’s still interesting
Exactly what happened. For sure.
I scrolled down looking for somebody to mention this because it seems immediately obvious to me, too. We're supposed to believe that so many hidden details were randomly discovered, accurately deciphered, and successfully applied by one random person? One random person who just suddenly felt like an intensive playthrough of a game which two years earlier he had tried and immediatley abandoned? And that was when it was new and people were buzzing about it so much. Then, he only gave it five minutes and followed that by two years of complete disinterest. Literally every individual piece of the anon's narrative strains credulity somehow. All the pieces together bring it to the level of outright absurdity.
It would have been much more impressive and interesting if the project's creator had used multiple identities across multiple discussion platforms to make it appear as if each detail was either discovered independently or worked out collaboratively, all drip fed to us over an extended period of time. That would have kept the mystery alive for longer. But he was impatient and sloppy, we can see the man behind the curtain. Now we know the great and powerful Wizard isn't real.
@@SoSoKayla while yes it is unlikly that all of this was discovered initially by accident we still can't rule it out. It is possable ( how ever unlikly) that when that dialog box asking for him to put in a word the first word that came to his head was ascend. Again it is unlikly but still possable
Yeah, I found that part suspicious as well. That’s not a word associated with shits and giggles.
For a weird cult, they do ask a lot of times to be sure you want to participate, and are quite polite. Cult rating 9/10.
9/10, would recommend, great experience, did give out free krispy kreme doughnuts, did have to prick my thumb and let satan feed off my dripping blood as an oath but that's all good wit kanye, overall had a fun time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Creed bratton probably was there
@@omnomsnom cheers ;)
1/10 stole my dog
9/10 service tho
It was probably trying to warn you there is no going back after you joining the cult
I love how you end every video with “I love you all. Goodnight.” It’s like, damn homie, lemme give you a kiss real quick 🥺👊🏻
bruh he dont know when a cult finna kill him he gotta treat every day like it's his last
Real ones give their homies goodnight kisses.
-Jesus Christ
I love the fuck outta Nexpo for saying that everytime!😻
Half the time I don't get what his viddies are even about!
(I'm like, old & stuff.)
Still....Here I am, cuz he just so dayum nice!!
@@blu1light u do know the person u
Replying to is a woman??? What's with the bruh??? I'm guessing u youngish?? We've all looked at a fit pair of legs down road then realise as come closer whoa shit it's a guy.... So don't feel too bad... Lol. Haha
@@brainc0la-_- it's a woman.....
Man made a whole ARG just to promote his SoundCloud what a madlad
cool.
fucking soundcloud rappers creating entire arg's just to promote themselves now goddamn
@@lasagnaocelot1749 times have changed
@@zuthula3847 something about worldcorp seems real dreamer heaven and fatherhood pt 2 have real screams it's unmistakable
@@rosswhitehill3207 I'm gonna blow your fucking mind. People can scream into a microphone.
Game: please don't show this to the public
Anon: I'm gonna do what is called a pro gamer move
Am I the only one to notice how dumb it is for them to disclose their information to a YTer that can be easily checked in a search bar?
Like dude, if you were really part of the group, and not simply an ARG then PLEASE check whether or not the guy you contacted is a YTer specifically interested in showcasing these activities. Considering how well-equipped and skilled in technology, considering making a game, and having multiple accounts and websites, blogs and forums, I don't think that guy behind it is illiterate when it comes to checking to whom they tell information in order to conceal their group identity.
honestly I just feel like their trying to be found, and your right why do they use such easy and simple passwords and coding (and by easy I mean for the talented coders and investigators) who ever made these secret codes or messages should be kicked out of their group
boutta be deleted
@Doodle bop A4roth epstein was killed b
@Doodle bop A4roth agreed
I prefer the family friendly Quiz Khalifa, helped me get an A in history.
I quite like Lil Wayne's Skateboarding Crash Course myself
i hat this
Shut up morons! The best game is obviously Super Malone Bros. !
Honestly this feels like something Kanye made himself.
He strikes me as someone who _badly_ wants to be a cult leader but hasn't quite figured out the formula, yet. God help us all if he ever does.
@@lfrn1532 that's deffo a stunt
@@lfrn1532 That didn't stop Tony Alamo, James Warren, and David Koresh.
Kanye did contract a game studio to make a game about his mother....
Probably honestly
You gotta admit, this is a pretty polite cult. Like they ask for your permission, they don’t force you into anything, I mean it seems like they have some pretty decent manners.
what is your twitter
@@lunactiathemoth ???
@@johanguti3894 i want to see cool art skwkked
@@lunactiathemoth oh haha
It's also a legal thing to be honest. If you give them the permission? Then legally you can't do anything to them if they pursue recruiting you and such.
“Sending out his full name, address and email. And you won’t believe what happened....
He’s still alive”
I had zero hopes, and I was still let down.
When he said that at the end I was relieved but confused
I mean the game at the time was 6 years ago, if he actually had done this when it popular in 2013 and the site was up, maybe they would’ve found him or something
Because it isnt connected to internet
I had watched mama max's video before this one and when he said that I was like "woahhh that's so clickbaitey"
So, when is Jesus RPG coming out?
“Just kidding, Calypso is completely safe.”
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Lol
ReviewBrah
@@Soul_Alpha !!
Reed !!!!
Woah I remember covering this years ago! It's amazing to see this story still going.
Edit: Oh damn! I'm actually in the video too! Rad! Been looking to get into some more creepy internet mysteries as well. Feel free to contact me if you want to do a video together, especially on anything video game related! Also, I gotta say, Nick Lyons creepy music kind of grows on you. Oh, and I still have the game if anyone wants it uploaded. Not sure if it's still easy to find.
Obey obey obey him thy neighbor
@@thenightstalkerreborn501 ....No u.
Hownis it an hour ago?
@@thenightstalkerreborn501 you have weird uploads dude
Sick dude, I didn't know you watched this video. I'm going to subscribe to you and watch your videos.
This is an old video, but I'd like to mention something. Around 13 years ago my dad got a book in his PO box from an unknown source. Said book was thousands of pages long; I mean it was literally the size of a phonebook if not larger. It was about Ascenionism. It really was mostly about how to attain success along with a lot of nonesense. I think I still have it around somewhere (as my dad passed ten years ago) if you want me to dig it out and look into it again. Was interesting, to say the least.
oooh do show
I want to see
Do post it somewhere that’d be cool
Commenting for later hehe
@Ahmed Alkhodary Ithought it was 42
Game: do NOT show the media this
Nex: splish splash your plead is trash
@CobaltMusketeer
*_This_* made you laugh ? HAH ! Disgusting ...
*We got the same taste in comedy .*
I love how this is narrated so seriously when it's a conspiracy theory about a game about Kanye West
Thanks. You just saved my time.
@helo0hdhsbs
this used to be @ascended or whatever it was, they changed their @ and name. It was a troll face and this whole thing was just a giant joke of an ARG and it fell off after mama max made the video for it, i have messages because i messaged them to see if i can make music for them since this was mentioned as a rabbit hole of a music label. all of it was fake and it looks like he is trying to make traction for it again, dont waste your time guys.
XD
Sorry, i bit my tongue.
@@flexican5399 Well... it depends on what your intention is with the video. If it's to be entertained, then no, it's not a waste of time if you're entertained by it. If, on the other hand, you came for truthful information... then yeah it's a waste of time.
Kanye's Quest??
I prefer "Post Malone Home Alone"
I like the sequel/origin story, Pre Malone
Why not "Post homalone"?
I've been popping pillies and fighting burglars man I feel Kev McAllister 🎵🎵
I prefer “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”
Limp Bizkit's Stale Biscuits
cult：YOU ARE ABOUT TO ASCEND， DO YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE
Me：no
CULT：UNDERSTANDABLE HAVE A NICE DAY
At least their nice about
@@railimarotto2561 thaire* bro get good
@@mjolninja9358 *thaerr get it right mate
@@melitopiia4730 Oh god my OCD is triggering :}
@@melitopiia4730 tahrei* dude? 🤨
So what you're saying is that just like Erratas, this whole thing was just a plug for some guy's mixtape.
The shit people do for clout these days makes me excited for the next decade.
@@schmeat7609 gotta make money somehow. You'll understand when you need to get attention from a certain group of people
@@brianbradley1345 There are at better ways than wasting your life. All those SoundCloud wannabe rappers are pathetic
People are getting creative with advertising.
also eroda
"A mysterious anon released information about the cult ties to the game"
I have a feeling the anon was one of the developers who was sick of no one finding the easter egg he created.
Justin Y. *guess who's back*
*back again*
Justin Y. Why are you everywhere
This is like a Where’s Waldo game
Hi Justin
Justin Y. Exactly
Haven't seen you in a while.
After a long day of work, Kanye West goes to his Kanye Nest to take his Kanye Rest. He wakes up feeling his Kanye Best. Then he'll get Kanye Dressed on his Kanye Vest to go on a Kanye Quest. He goes to church and becomes Kanye Blessed, then to a hotel room to be a Kanye Guest
I have a love-hate relationship with this comment 😂
Why is this 1 week old if the vid was released today?
@@thornyrose7 patron
Devon Clark nice copypaste ya there.
I was scrolling specifically to find this comment.
Honestly?
Loving the consent culture these cultists have.
normalize asking people if they're *sure* they wanna join your cult
When people ask you for consent to join a cult but don't when it comes to sex
And then they tell you that your r@pist only did it because you wanted them to.
It feels very wholesome--which is kind of the point. It makes you trust them. And you shouldn't trust them, because while they are asking for consent, it's not informed consent--they never actually tell you what you're agreeing to.
But I agree.
This was the most convoluted way to get me to listen to someones new music
Ikr
When you have to write an essay, but what you really want to do is drop your new mixtape
This next verse though? These bars?
When you’re mad no one found your ARG so you you paste bin spoilers
_derpy laugh_ i would do that kind of stuff
This was exactly what I thought. It's like posting on r/arg saying "owo I found this mysterious website I totally didn't just make! Please look at my arg I don't know how to market it :("
@@jasper3706 a lot of people on r/RBI try that shit.
You you?
ITS
*M E , M E , B I G B O I*
@@PretendTheresAFunnyNameHere You watch JohnsMovies too?
It’s all shits and giggle until someone giggles and shits
reel talk
Deep
feelt
im dying right now
That’s my line!
He posted another "song" to his Bandcamp using your voice!
@nexpo Nick Lyons is clearly paying attention to you
Me: this is about to be scary as hell
Nexpo: *KANYE*
Yeah, that is scary.
**scream**
I was about to like this but its on 420 likes so I ain’t liking it
Wait, I did get it. Is Kanye not the most terrifying mythical god of death?
@@jati_cam its on 840 now, it ascended to double. kanye
"Completely safe"
Sounds like something a member of a cult would say.
That rymes
@@adamtaurus7840 No it doesn't, high iq
Daughter_Of_Lillith Nexpo leads every cult, of course he’d say that.
I wonder what actually happened to MamaMax
TRY TO KEEP ME OUTTA MY ZONE TRY TO KEEP ME OUTTA MY ZONE TRY TO KEEP ME OUTTA MY ZONE TRY TO KEEP ME OUTTA MY ZONE TRY TO KEEP ME OUTTA MY ZONE
How is it 1 week ago??
@@leo-2b2t51 pateron rewards
@@vox__ama6458 pateron gang
IM DEFINITELY IN MY ZONE
OH NO THEY ARE IN MY ZONE...
Australian comedians have found the creator of Kanye Quest. They have an entire series dedicated to it on the Grouse House channel.
It's partially a shame to see a mystery put down to just some person making a high school project, but satisfying that we have a conclusion to all of this, too!
could you elaborate?
@@technodragon990 They found out it was a girl named Clara Hope, who in turn told them Kanye Quest was a project she made in high school. She then said she planned to have a game centered around this Ascensionism, but later scrapped it and just added it on to Kanye Quest.
@@grexjr1420always the highschool projects that are somehow cazy as hell. Good for her tho!!
Can we all just stop and take a second to realize these people created a fully functional and well made game just so they could set up a tie in to there cult. A link that was only discovered because some guy thought it would be funny to type “ascend” into a very specific prompt.
Credit where it’s due, the subtlety and effort put in are very commendable.
lh0000 maybe because he wanted to type “high” but the space was too little so instead type “ascend” because it fits. Im just overthinking Edit: I said this because alot of rappers like weed to get high
Well someone who made the game or new the developers are the ones who typed ascend, there's no way that was just some sort of happy accident
*their
idk "ascend" wasn't really that hard of a guess considering it had just asked the player if they were ready to ascend
actually, it wasnt random. In the end part of the trailer where the beeps are, someone found out that the beeps are morse code, and when translated they read ASCEND
Y'all acting like kanye isn't the master mind behind this
obvi
Maybe I am
I bet Nexpo made this because Kanye told everyone that hes a Christian not that long ago
Avito y’all acting like y’all acting like y’all acting like y’all acting like y’all acting like y’all acting like y’all acting like y’all acting like
Gotta have a mind to be a mastermind. Kanye's just a Grade A Psychopath.
"For shits and giggles I wrote Ascend"
Yeah, right
Avre Clione wasn’t that a meme back then?
I dont think that was until 2016-2017
@@dillpill6999 hi, oldfag here. Ascended was very much a meme in 2007, it wasnt until 2016-2017 when the meme went to the more normie culture.
I was wondering why "Ascend" wasn't a more common thing to put in. I didn't really follow Kanye but I thought one of his things is that he wanted to Ascend. Am I mixing it up with another weird god-like action that he spouted out commonly?
LOL, IKR! You know it was the devs leaking this shit. Which is just full of Easter eggs hidden behind a "cult" that strangely, nobody has ever heard of.
BROOOOOOO..... In the menu music, the piano cover is playing "Dark Fantasy" by Kanye. In the original song, the lyrics at that point in the song are, "CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER!!" Can we get much higher.... can we ASCEND can we GET ANY HIGHER..... Coincidence...... idk just a thought
kanye west is just doing his kanye best to put us all to the kanye test
At his Kanye request
i hate this thread
@@demdem7946 I could never have Kanye guessed
@@mn8r9 when will kanye rest
@@sixunity1171 Kanye west will Kanye rest, nestled in his Kanye nest
Kanye’s Quest?
I prefer the much better *Snoop Dogg’s Search*
I hope the entire comment section will just be puns like these
I much prefer the prequel Nightmare on South St Biggie's revenge.
ok then you mean Sizzearch
pssshhh, that game Is just a pot smoking simulator
I'm more of a fan of Tupac's Tremendous Tale, myself.
Oh, so it's a spooky ARG hidden in a silly game? That's cool-
Game: Enter your full name and address
Um...
Yeah I totally didn't expect that
My first thought was. If youre ascended you should be able to find it without me giving you it though im pretty sure the NSA already has it lol.
i was so interested until then
Not an ARG, It’s Linked to a Cult
@@mtanquizon Nope, look up the series "Finding Yeezus". It was made by a teen for a high school project. They found out about acsensionism cult online and tied it to the game for no reason other than trolling. They found it funny and wanted to add it in to confuse people. They found it funny reading comments like yours that honestly thought it was connected to a cult but they don't blame you. Their name is Clara Hope.
It took me until the 32 minute mark the realize that The “quest” in the game title rhymes with west. 🤦♂️
West is just doing his best to finish his quest
It took me until I was reading your comment lol
Kanye west just wants to kanye rest in his kanye nest with his kanye guest that has a kanye vest.
@@quandarioustoddricioushorn9292 but if west's guest wore his vest in his nest he'd be hard-pressed to get dressed like the rest, thats the real kanye test
@@mikehunt3688 So kanye west's test was to see if he was the best and not like the rest and if he messed up the test, he would prove to be nothing but a pest
Cultist: so you PROMISE not to share this out to the public?
The person who shared information : *well yes, but actually no*
Many likes and 1 comment
Terraria Cultist ??
The way the Read More is so well fit into this comment is a masterpeice
@@Eternal23Studios bots maybe?
@@Adrian-hd1ezppl may also be afraid to reply for fear of the greviously common flame war/toxic fighting in Internet comments, even for something that seemingly wouldn't trigger such animosity
Kanye's Quest is overrated,
I prefer _Biggie Smalls Big Fat Journey._
Yare yare
Chill
Big Smoke's Big Campaign is better
@Captain Bradius Yaru, Dio!
Give me some Busta or Luda
I did not expect to hear the phrase “Kanye Quest” when clicking on this video
Hearing him say "Kanye Quest" really caught me off guard at first. 😆
That's on you honestly
Same
wanna like ur comment but its perfect so have a reply instead
seeing the road kanye has gone down recently, i wouldnt be surprised if he actually joined a cult.
Creepy Random Voice: You must not reveal any of this
Nexpo: Reveals everything
*Suprised Pikachu face*
*I'm about to ruin this whole man's career*
C M lmaooo
Voice: “You weren’t supposed to do that”
I woke up and through my blurry morning vision, I saw it
KanyeQuest and Nexpo
Ive never been so terrified
You didn’t get enough Kanye rest and weren’t feeling your Kanye best which meant you weren’t up to the Kanye test
@@loog8621 If you keep at it, I'll make you disappear and Ryan is gonna have to make a video on you
@@loog8621 this was ripped straight off of one of the patreons comments posted a week ago. >:/
Kanye's Quest?
I prefer Tupac's Pursuit
Nas's notorious adventure
We Don't Do That Here...NATE DOGS NIGHT OUT!...I prefer that game! 🤣
@@-belue-6697 smh N.N.O was boring
Nah bro, Eminem's Enterprise is where it's at!!
Tupac Trek
"We must ask that you not reveal this to the public."
UA-camrs: "lol"
Lol lol lol.... lol lol lol... lol.. lol
narrator: a man that's been right under our nose
me: **gasps** KANYE?!?
no nick lions actually
nope; just chuck testa
No, this is PATRICK!
@@dccrashergames6553 Is this the krusty krab?
@@jerrymcbride5589 NO THIS IS NEXPO!
Imagine kanye thinking "oh cool someone made a game about me" and then finds out that its a cult recruitment game
"Honestly, Kanye probably started it." is what others would say, but not me.
The only way he started it would be if it was actually a cult about Kanye
Noah R. T. The goal is to ascend so that you can be your Kanye best and become Kanye blessed
🤦♂️
@@loog8621 LMAO
with anyone other than Kanye it wouldn't work
me: *starts video, already kinda spooked and waiting to become more scared*
Nexpo, immediately, without even pausing for a second: "K A N Y E"
And so He spoke, with thundering force,
*_"KANYE."_*
LIKE A GOD
q u e s t
Cults be like: “we are all about a positive mental attitude :)” but also here’s some cryptic ass spooky shit.
Here is my mindset about cults: if it was all positive and didn't have any negative side to it, you would share your cause directly. You would be a public organization/group. If you have to hide it with weird shit and be this secretive, something is up.
Mama max should advertise McDonald's breakfast burritos
Y'all they really made an entire subgame within a game. Constructed a whole conspiracy and Yandere Dev can't put Osana into the game.
karen trejo because he is a terrible dev who knows barely anything about coding
@@joeabosssands2481 yes, its well known knowledge lmao.
bro chill you killed him 💀💀
Are ya coding son?
sure am dad
On one hand I can’t take this seriously because it’s like one of those bad video game creepypastas but at the same time it’s really, really ominous.
It was a high school project by a teen called Clara Hope. They added they added the acsensionism part after researching it and thinking it would be funny if they just added it in.
I’m forming a cult that worships Nexpo dramatically saying “Kanye”.
I’d join ngl
Im_a_otaku_44 :D join now and get the first 3 months tithe-free!
That cult sounds the Kanye best
Fab H sign me up
And you now have my undying loyalty
All of this just sounds and looks like some elaborate teenage creepy pasta.
I seen the notification and was like: "This video is about Kanye Quest init?"
Then I started watching and was astonished of my newfound phychic abilities.
(auto correct got me the first time.)
You mean... psychic?
@@williamwilliam4944 Superpower: Psychic abilities
Weakness: Spelling
It checks out
physic lol
@@williamwilliam4944 yes thankyou
Congratulations. You have *ascended.*
y'all ever just
*A S C E N D*
with Kanye West
bean boi one must go on a Kanye quest to A S C E N D with Kanye West
@From a DOOM fan You are strange. I can respect that. I wish you luck on your mission for the purple man.
@From a DOOM fan Well, I must politely decline. I must not be found within another cult. It would ruin my records, but you must not worry about those matters. Although I am unable to become a loyal follower, I do wish you the best.
@From a DOOM fan Hush now, do not worry. It does not concern you. (the mention of another cult was a joke, for any worried ppl)
@From a DOOM fan Yea you're all right, good luck on whatever you end up doing within the cult.
Homie was just trying to promote his music
This is my 2nd time watching this video since November and man does it give eery vibes, the concept of this. the sounds the game makes when you type in the passwords, it sounds creepy, and the music, the color scheme. imagine if this got tension back when it first came out.
@@regalitothechad5404 Kanye
@@regalitothechad5404 Kanye
@@regalitothechad5404 Kanye
@@regalitothechad5404 Kanye
With everything that has happened with kanye as of recent now I dont doubt he was behind this
lmao, same
XD
Context?
Why is it when something weird happens, Kanye West is almost always behind it or somehow tied to it?
yea
'
I wonder if Raid Shadow Legends also has a cult 🤔
Wouldn't be surprised if it did
No surprise there.
MVRC the difference is this game actually decent when raid show legends isn’t
If you input a special code and tap the screen on specific pixels, it unlocks the game that you were advertised
Raid shadow legend is a cult and a half
Imagine this is just a high schoolers project to cop that A+
Itz Aprem HAHAHA it deserves that A
I question how it took two years for someone to type “ascend” when that just sounds like a word Kanye would use.
Scoopity woop scoop I scoop the poop shoowpity woop
Abstract Dreamscape that is so relatable!
You can also just load the rpg maker game file into RPG Maker and find out the ascend password there, My guess is the game just really wasn't popular enough to get noticed by anyone. Strange though cause I've heard of it before...
Scavenger I mean he said in the video the game went viral and was pretty popular
i would legit die if who discovered was a homestuck and was like "ASCEND IHNSHISIJN" then just go "hey what the fuck"
Check out Nick Lyons’ Bandcamp. His most recent song included clips from this video. 🧐
Just listened. Gave me a killer headache.
Kanye west Doing his Kanye Best to complete his Kanye quest
Man your good at rhyming!
Then he faces the Kayne Test, Where he attends his Kayne Fest.
he wants to be better than all the kanye rest
Kanye yes
@@jake4725 Lets put this thing to Rest
"For shits and giggles, i put in "ASCEND""
*game puts the player somewhere strange, thus opening a new chapter in internet mysteries*
me: *that's some damn luck he had.*
OP - OriginalPigeon Right? I wonder if that was the intention of the developer, what with what the game says about smart thinking... Or maybe people were guided to it? A stepping stone In a long chain of communication? Maybe it was just a catch-all. It introduced the cult to people with natural borne curiosity, but blocked them from continuing further unless they had been sent there in the first place by another member... Probably something like that.
Nope, not luck. Nick Lyons was Anon. He was hoping it would get discovered on its own so he wouldn't have to kick things into gear but it never did until he made the 4chan post.
It was one of the messed up words in the other terminal inside the abandoned house, 'AS/N.' (ascend)
the story still seems kind of dodgy, though, there's a high chance it could just be the creator attempting to make an ARG on a mYsterious anon account.
aendrii That’s exactly what happened.
press x to doubt
"Please don't tell the public"
immediately tells public.
Was gonna wooooosh
sounds like high school
Hi Nexpo. Long time listener first time caller. I just wanted to let you know that I've been (slowly yet surely) going through your entire YT channel basically - your delivery and content is really professional, profound and well thought out. You can really see all the effort you go to with your deep dives and researches and it pays off as almost near borderline mini documentary series (I say this as a huge compliment!) with the way you choose to lay out the content in the videos too. Anyways just wanted to say keep it up, I'm absolutely hooked on your voice and your style of videos. It's real and genuine. Thank you for being you!
Hyperactive :)
Y’all ever watch something like this and wonder how we as a species ended up at this point?
Destination
It's hard to tell if Kanye Quest is actually a recruitment tool for a cult or a failed ARG, especially since Ascensionism is a relatively obscure cult, to the point where it doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Compare that to Scientology, a far more well-known cult, which has used popular media as a recruitment tool for it's cult for decades, though it's kind of lost power in more recent years, and most people only know it for Xenu and friends, no thanks to South Park. Interestingly, Scientology ALSO has a record label if I remember right.
As for Nick Lyons, I have reason to believe that PHENIX is his user handle on certain sites, or a pseudonym to hide his cult more easily. Hard to say if Nick is leader of the Ascencionist cult and serves as it's equivalent to L. Ron Hubbard or not.
ah yes, L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction novelist. what they believe is truly hilarious
I'm just laughing at how long it took Ryan "Nexpo" to enter his last name in the prompt. I'm guessing he's got a fucked up Polish last-name, i know a few dudes like that.
just you WAIT until you find out who phenix ACTUALLY is
Just so you know that since this video they found who Phenix was and Nexpo was way off, it was a woman called Clara Hope who created it as a high school project. She was originally gonna make the ascensionism part of the game a separate game but ultimately added it as an additional level. It was neither an ARG or a cult recruitment tool, just a game made by a teen.
@@Goldfish1060 WTF
From Hentai reviews to now this. My Man MamaMax is moving up in the world!
Hey Justin it's been a while since I last saw you
Justin have 500,000 subscribers!
max did other things then hentai reviews dawg
This, just in.
Your pfp is unacceptable
"Do you consent to us breaking into your house?" "Yes." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Thank you, have a nice day."
i thought the beeping in the kanye quest ad was morse code or somethin
i think somebody said it was morse code for ascend
@@july4376 ok, it was really bugging me how he never touched on that
plot twist: Kanye is actually behind it all and is recruiting a cult.
game theory: kanye made “jesus is king” to hind the fact hes in a cult
Wouldn't be surprising actually lol. Guy's strange.
He’s already in a cult, didn’t you hear? He’s a religious republican now...those two things combined is the worst cult you could imagine
@@KellermF91 Republican? Not bad, who would wanna be a democrat after all?
Earlylawish I’m a republican too...notice i said religious republican...they’re the nutjobs that cant accept science because of some piece of fiction that says more about how to own slaves kill your children and beat your wife than it does science
me at first: it's just some elaborate ARG probably
me seeing "enter your address": oh so this IS a cult
Most ARGs ask for your address. That's how they become immersive. They send you stuff. It's definitely just an ARG.
@Jesse James Most likely the servers have been shut down, especially with everything having first been planted around 6 years ago now.
@@Anthro777 rpgmaker games can't connect to the internet. That's why I called bullshit on this. They would have to ask you to send that information manually through another source
@@xbabyjeezusx4430 I mean, they can but I think only through APIs like Gamejolt's, and only for achievements and shit. I don't know/remember if those written inputs ever had a plugin to allow anything typed in to be sent to the dev.
@@darkuscarlet it looks like it was made with rpgmaker vx ace and as far as I know there wasn't anything that allowed a game with it to send info like that
"The video game tied to a cult"
...So it's an ARG?
One day some ARG will lose the "G" and we will all be in troubles
Skjaldmær man thatll be a scary day
Arkansas! I knew it the whole time.
oh, one already has! you just dont know which one yet :)
@@bw000m ominous, i like it
Why?
Ah yes pirates. It's always pirates.
They left out the "Jones BBQ and Foot Massage" guy... smh
A true legend ✊😔
Thats J-O-N-E-Sbigasstruckandrental
only a business gets you this rich in the universe
"He's still alive"
Is that... disappointment? Is that disappointment that I hear?
mama max collab here has aged like milk
lol, we all came here
Bruh he’s so cringe I can’t stand him
but why?
*How the hell did nobody find that ending to the trailer or find the ending to the trailer suspicious until 2 years later?????*
Pretty sure Kanye West already has a cult dedicated to him.
It’s called Yeezianity
Fingers in his ass sunday is a day of worship
Its called Chick-fil-A
didn't he just buy a ranch in wyoming or something?
It's called Kanye Kanyeposting on Facebook
"Ascend
Account
Adjust
Adieu"
He, I like that.
The options all start with A just like in Homestuck
@@heheheiamasupahstarchimera631 bad
aaaa
I'm from the future and having CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER was prophetic
Everyone’s doing their Kanye Best to solve Kanye’s Quest
I'm not feeling up to the Kanye Test.
ok stop pls
@@statanks505 pls dont Kanye oppress
n o
@@statanks505 I guess we got a Kanye pest
It's always dudes shilling their music I swear to god just once I'd like something like this to be an actual cult work
I personally am really afraid of something like this to be true. I dont know why it just gives me the chills (maybe its because i am watching this while its 4 am)
Also hi rata, love your videos
What are your interests?
"wanna hear my mix tape"
Lmfao
Oh It's really you rata, I just saw Amanda and thought immediately of you, but thought it was another person f(^^'
I know, right? Rozwell on X with Erratas as well. I think that one ARG that had the dude in the plague doctor outfit ended up as music as well.
Oh, and hi Rata.
All the topics you cover are always very interesting, but videos like this with a game theme / overall horror or obscurity elements, its alway's done exceptionally well.
As always Nexpo keep up the amazing work and it really is a treat when you upload !
This one aged badly, only cuz max started a cult 😂
"nonsensical social media"
So... just normal social media?
Ok boomer
@@user-kk6ls8rm4c That's hate speech young man!
Ok
Sure thing, fossil!
@@Joutube_is_trash o
"We ask you not to show this to the public."
The guy who discovered this: "Well, that sign won't stop me because I can't READ!"
Good
Nice jok
“You won’t believe what happened to him..........he’s still alive”
Me:😳
Alex Katz 😒
Eli taylor 🥴
David Benito 🥵
@@kelIin 😫
ooOoooO😛
y'know, i look back at it now, it most likely was made in RPG Maker VX Ace, so if we were provided with a project file (which we can copy from other games, as they all store the same content), it could've been explored fully
i'm an rpg maker professional maybe i should make a cult game
What could possibly go wrong
I'm thinking of doing the same
yes
You guys need to make competing cult games that will battle it out during the end days while the gods decide who to back
How's the game coming along assuming you are making the game
“This Video is tied to a cult” gets a longhorn steak house add
I just ate there last night for the first time in years... It's a synchronicity!!!
william calleja I like ur pfp it is very cute
Same but when he says "anons got passwords to find"
Steak cult steak cult steak cult
@@Jay-kv6hg gay
Moral of the story: If you wanna do an ARG, don't be stupid enough to not leave any clues on how to START the ARG in the first place.
Transmissions from the Underdark for real
Idk why so many people liked this comment. I guess i see the humor in it. But one of the most intriguing and engaging aspects of this ARG was the fact that someone had to randomly stumble upon it.. See, if it were me, i would do it the same way, and if no one ever found it, i'd make another with the same difficulty and link it to the first, and so on and so forth until someone DID find one. And then the treasure trove and immensity of what someone has found would be absolutely thrilling. It would feel as though someone has stumbled upon something great, and very purposefully hidden... just feels better to me.
Please, what is an ARG?
An ARG, or Alternate Reality Game, is sort of like an internet mystery game that people get together to try and solve.
@@Halmiroo7 thanks for the info. Much appreciated
1:43 one peice, the one peice is real
I was confused
Beat me to it
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And whenever you press New Game it says "ITS REWIND TIME"
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88 likes on your comment, it is destined 🙃
can't wait for Jahseh's Journey
Yo we need to give you that 100k mark
Oh shit, it's KSI!!!
"kanye west goes on a kayne quest" is the best fucking name for a game.
Kanye West rises from his Kanye nest to go on a Kanye quest, stopping at a hotel to be a Kanye guest
@@falseillusin9197 ...where he will have a Kanye Rest before taking a Kanye Test to become the Kanye Best.
I laughed so hard when MamaMax started going off about ascentionists hacking into your computer then abducting you lmao
A machine for pigs
I skipped a bit and all I heard was “Kanye” I can’t even describe my confusion
Lol
When max started explaining calypso I started feeling genuine fear until he said he was kidding
y’all are really out here wilding over kanye quest when you should be more concerned about *eminem explore*
How to spot someone who isnt a rap fan👇🏾
*They mention Eminem as if he is still relevant in modern rap*
@@djangounchained9387 you really don't get the joke in this comment section do you.
@@djangounchained9387 I dont think Eminem will ever be irrelevant, like TRULY irrelevant
Eminem The Explorer, actually.
@@djangounchained9387 modern rap is mumble rap. it's shit.