Thank you everyone so much for watching and your overwhelming support. I wasn't expecting such an outpouring of shared experiences and sentiments from you all regarding friendships and Mario. It's a fantastic reminder that we are not alone and we share so much more than we realize. Please bear with me as I will read all your comments and reply to as many as I can. It warms my heart to see all of them and I hope you are all doing well! Don't forget to take care of yourselves too!
I was expecting like a meme video or something, but getting a very thought provoking and emotional video is also very nice. It kinda makes me wanna handwrite a letter to my friends and tell them how I feel. Hopefully you're doing alright though mate, and everything is treating you well though.
Thank you so much for watching! I am glad it resonated with you even though you didn't expect it. Hope you do write those letters and hope your friends appreciate them. As for me, I'm doing fine now thank you!
I actually do have letters to my friends lol. I was planning to give it to them for grad but I guess I was scared it would make things awkward. I still have them tho incase something happens :P
@CamiKitty3 I think that'd be a lovely grad gift! I think sharing how you feel can be daunting, but vert worth it, especially since they may not realize how much their friendships mean to others. If you do send it out, let us know how it goes!
I was expecting this to be yet another video where people complain about the Mario franchise during the Mario Mandate era, but instead I got a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.
this really spoke to me!! It's nice to hear about grieving friends- as i only really hear about it when grieving family or romantic relationships. Your story really reminded me of my childhood and my relationships with my longest known friend and my older brother Amazing video ⭐
This is such a personal story, but really meaningful. I have been in similar situations. I especially remember feeling isolated with my best friend who did not view me the same way. I'm in college now, and thankfully I found people. I still fear this kind of confrontation, but I also know that I'll be able to tackle whatever comes my way. Very impactful video, this is the kind of lesson many kids need. It's more than just halfheartedly saying "you're not alone!" It's a message of grieving relationships and moving on. Really, truly beautiful.
This video is extremely personal, I love that you put yourself out there and told this story! It really is special, and a very unique perspective on Mario and friendship as a whole, great video!
I feel like i relate to this video a lot. I'm only 18 now, but my family had moved a lot, from Kansas to Iowa, back to Kansas, and then to Washington State, and then moved within Washington State. I didn't go through high school as I was homeschooled. I started college over 2 years ago at a community college, where my family then moved again and I transferred, and now I'm 350 miles away at university. I have made new friends, my girlfriend changed, and didn't have feelings for me anymore. I still feel just as close to my extroverted best friend from my 2nd community college, despite the fact that I haven't seen him in months. I too hope to have him as my friend forever, but even if we don't I hope I can forever appreciate the adventures we went on.
One of the best UA-cam videos I’ve seen in a long time. Made me cry. Echoed my feelings of complete isolation and loneliness, but also gave me hope for my future. Thank you for uploading such a masterpiece
Had a semi-snarky comment from the title baiting me in, but after watching in full... yeah, I don't have it in me to leave it here. Not after how close it all hit. I'm sorry to hear about how many similar pains you've experienced. Hearing just how common it can actually be as time's gone on is... demoralizing. It shouldn't be this way. Time can heal, yes, but... time also allows wounds to fester. So many people somehow look at it positively, but... I just don't see it... but I don't need to understand it for others to recover.
@@gaming_bigfoot hey, as a person who’s gone through a lot and continues to go through it, just know that there’s always hope. Tomorrow is always around the corner, and any day of your life could be your best or worst. The road ahead may be hard, but the roads go on without end. There is always hope in this darkness
this genuinely made me tear up. this was somehow very heartfelt, very powerful LOL. i can relate in some ways, feeling "isolated" despite having many friends thru school. i've grown as well. as a writer myself, i absolutely applaud this !!! keep going strong.
This video hit me right in the feel, really resonated with it. Remind me of a friend I held dear for many years, but who slowly drifted away form me, probably one of the worst feeling ever. Seeing him reply less and less to my message, taking up to two weeks sometimes, for a simple text, when we used to have hours long discussion on random topics for hours before, feeling more and more like being a burden. I remember asking him about it, asking him if it felt like a chore talking to me, and he admitted that sometime yeah. How much it hurts to see someone you value so much putting you lower and lower in his importance list. For years I felt like everything was my fault, that he was changing and maturing while I wasn't, not ready to accept that we were simply growing apart, his interests were changing while I still enjoyed video games, I wanted to play Splatoon 3 with him, but he only bought Mario party, event though he promised me he'd buy it and play with me, as we had played ton of Splatoon 2 together before, it isn't a big deal, but things like that made me realize he just was looking for something different than before. It wasn't until i met new friends who valued me as muc has i valued them that i really understood how much it was hurting me. This video was great to remind me on how good those memories were, even if it was hurting when it ended, those are years I'll neverg et back, so I'm glad I had fun and helped him for those years. Anyway, I really hope you're doing okay and wish you the best, thank you for this video.
I am right there with you, that has also happened to a friend I have known for so long. It is sad to see them go after so many good memories. After a while it just felt like they didnt value me as much, as they hardly ever reached out and frequently ignored me.
This sounds similar to what me and my best friend who both were best friends and felt that way for a while and then watching him change and myself change and go our separate ways just recently we saw each other at his moms funeral and we had a nice talk and I can tell he had feelings too about us being friends he didn’t say to much being nervous and ofc it was his moms funeral too it was honestly just nice to see him again. It taught me to put differences behind and just always ask yourself why you do or don’t value someone and change something or at least break a friendship on a good note
I went through something really similar with a person I considered my brother, not by birth but by choice. We had been inseparable as kids, and as teenagers we were there for each other as we matured. I received an over 2000 word text at around 9:20pm on the 11th (I think) of July about how much of a horrible person I am, how selfish and disgusting I am. This was out of nowhere and crushed my soul, the person I confided in more than anyone, my best friend. Betrayed my trust. Thought of me as scum. Bringing up stuff from when we were mere children, things I had already apologised for. I sent a response offering to hear him out and repair things. I never heard back. Since then we have not spoken, he has been kicked out of his home and now lives alone at 18. He came after me, and my family in that message, calling us horrid things. He made no effort to reconcile. I don't know whether to hate him or to miss him. I'm mourning someone who is still alive, yet doesn't exist.
This is beautiful. You really made me realise that the people and things that were with me when I was thirteen, that I thought would stay with me my whole life, just haven't had any real presence in my life for some years now. Thank you for sharing.
oh my god dude. this might be one of my favorite video essays i’ve ever watched. I was expecting some kind of typical nintendo rant but instead i got blessed with one of the most wise and introspective videos i’ve ever watched. i lost my best friend a year and a half ago and i still think about him every day. we had a weird falling out with mutual friends out of our control and it isolated us, despite never having issues. i still pray for him every day and i wish him the best but sometimes i wonder if there was more i could have done. things i should have said differently. i could’ve been a better friend and not left despite our circumstances. and i still haunt myself with those questions every night. i want to reach out but i don’t know and it scares me even thinking about it. this video brought me some closure even if it’s temporary. thank you for making this.
It’s incredibly validating to hear someone else talk about things like this. Especially the worries about best friends and especially the connection you have to Mario.
This is a wonderful video, it made me really emotional. Thank you for sharing your story and I’m so sorry you were treated like that. It’s really painful to be told things like that by people you care so deeply about. It’s also just a very good message for anyone who is an introvert or generally struggles with making friends and feels that deep loneliness that comes with it. Mourning someone who is still alive is really tough and, as you say yourself in the video, such a paradoxical feeling. I was reminded of my own old best friend while watching. We’d been friends for over a decade, we met in kindergarten and he remained one of my only friends up until I was around 13 or 14 (we were both introverted nerds, there weren’t a lot of other people at our school that liked video games so we just had to stick together). At around the age of 16 we went to different schools, and although I tried to keep contact with him, it never really felt like he put in the same amount of effort. I had tried to talk to him about it and he had said he still wanted to be friends, but after that it just returned to the way it had been before. So eventually I just gave up and let it slowly fizzle out… It really hurts, because it felt like our friendship didn’t mean enough to even put in the little amount of effort it takes to respond to a dm. Now the only time I “see” him is when his name pops up in a steam notification at the bottom of my screen because he’s playing something. I miss him, and I often wonder if things could have been different if I had held on tighter to that friendship… And if he even misses me. But ultimately we’ve both changed a lot, and while it hurts that this is where it ended, I still treasure the memories of the years of friendship we had together and how being friends with him changed me for the better.
@spritesensation thank you for the incredibly high praise! Glad you enjoyed it and there are so many great Mario videos out there! Feel free to let me know others so I can watch them as well
"And even if your best friend leaves your orbit, they have changed the entire trajectory of your life" This sentence broke me. The whole video was something I wasn't fully able to connect with. I had a childhood best friend, one that was stripped away from me due to overprotective parents and moving to middle school a whole 3 grades apart. But then this line was spoken. It made me realize that, despite not being in my life for as long as I wished, he changed who I am today, who I ended up becoming. I don't watch ZackScottGames anymore despite the numerous Splatoon and Super Mario videos I watched from him, but that little house key painted to look like a dog that we played with alongside the official Yoshi plush, both of which I still have now... I may not have all of him, but I have fragments, little memories of the person I once knew. And sure, he may not be dead, he may be a whole different person. And I'm glad he didn't see me as I matured, as I went from elementary to middle to high to college. I sometimes wish he didn't even see me today, that he'd be... disgusted by how much I've changed. He could have developed political views that clash with mine, vice versa, or something completely different. I guess my point is that "you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain". You either end a friendship early due to forces outside of either of your controls, or you end it harshly on the basis of something going wrong eventually. And this video helped me realize that. Maybe it's better this way, who knows? But what I do know now, is that... who they were when I got to know them is something I won't ever forget.
Beautiful video. I honestly went into this expecting something so much different, but this is the way better scenario. Thank you so much for telling your story, honestly, it's made me realize some things about my own life that I would have never noticed previously.
This video is possibly one of the best videos I've seen. The way you describe your experience is so moving, and it makes me sad to know that you've experienced these lessons so early in your life. It also makes me happy to know I'm not alone in my thoughts about friends. It makes me so worried when I tell someone they're my best friend, even though I know I'm not theirs. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
this. this was a video made just for me. i related to everything you said, and have said before that mario isn't a character to me. he is a friend. just as link, zelda, and samus are. these games are inherently apart of me, and they always will be. they'll always be there for me, and can absorb me in their worlds to let me rest from mine, even for a little bit. addendum. i too, never was able to make friends. and i don't know you, but your friend reminds me of my "friends". he was not a friend, man. if no amount of discussion or working on your relationship would persuade him, he wanted you gone, and didn't respect you for you. he liked an idea of you, but not who you were. who you are. never change yourself for other people. i like you for you, this video made me feel like talking to an old friend. someone i relate to on an almost visceral level. not to get parasocial or anything, haha. just know you are not alone, and you never will be. you should play mario wonder, it may seem childish and easy, but it gets difficult and amazingly fun. and if you play with any people online, i believe you can friend them on switch by going to the players you've played with online. so maybe you'll find a luigi, or a peach, or daisy. there's many people out there waiting to play with you, and me, and everyone else. i wish you good times and fun with the next game you pick up, man.
Beautiful story. This was not what I expected from this video but it’s so much more impactful than I could’ve imagined. I lost my best friend as well. We still exchange messages every now and then. But it’s never been the same. And I have no one now. Except my wife who I love deeply, and my family. But I don’t have a best friend anymore. Nor do I think I could even have the time to invest in a friendship. I don’t think I know how to be a friend anymore. I too in this moment feel very alone.
@abstractcities I'm so glad you resonated with this video, and I hope you are doing well. I totally hear you. Having enough time to foster friendships is tough, but I know that given time and resources, we can all be amazing friends to others. I'm glad you have your wife and family there with you. Never feel like a burden to reach out. Wishing you all the best, and thank you for sharing!
this video just made me sob like a big baby. ive been mourning the death of a friend group for almost 2 years and this hit the spot just right. thank you for making this. it made me feel like i wasnt alone, and that there is hope for me :)
As someone who just started UA-cam, this video is what I aspire to make in my own videos, finding a deeper meaning in things that may seem shallow at first. Good job man!
@wysteria3263 Thank you for the high praise. It's touching to have videos of mine be inspirations for creators out there. I've checked your videos out and I think you've definitely got some great insights! Wishing all the best and luck for you!
Fantastic video, I'm really glad someone else talked about this and I really appreciate you sharing your experience. I had to go through this recently over the past year as well and its been rough. I remember sobbing while repeating "the person I knew dosen't exist" over and over. video had me crying, hope things are going well for you
@gamma_dc8289 same. I have a long history with Sonic, too. Maybe I'll write about it one day Happy Sonic x Shadow generations launch, too. Hear that game is great and on my list to play!
Holy canoli, are you inside my head or something? This is the most resonant video I've ever seen in my entire life. Seems from the comments that I'm not the only one who feels this way. Amazing video.
Like many others, I was just expecting a video about the state of the Mario franchise, or something similar. Instead I got one of the most beautiful, most emotional, most amazing videos I've ever seen on the platform. It's not often that a video legitimately drives me to the point of tearing up, and this one did. All I can really say is I hope you're doing well and I hope you continue to do well in the future. Thank you so much for making this video.
Rest in peace Mario you brought so many wahoos and yeeouuus to us all but most importantly you had so many mama mias to share with us all I will never forget your perfectly groomed mustache and how much you made my life glow like a star you loved to collect go forth to the painting in the sky and fly with your wing cap you will always be in my heart where you will always be remembered fondly maybe one day we will platform together again one day it's farewell but not goodbye my Italian plumbing freind thank a you so much for letting me enjoy your games yahoo
As someone who have lost long time friendships one way or another, I can say that what you're feeling is temporary and soon will be just a memory. It's cliché, but there are many people in this world, and you will make new friends along the way
I wish you all the best and hope you encounter others with the same spirit and honesty. I have a similar story. It has been 5 years since my former best friend started ghosting me after a trip which appeared to be fun in general, and over 1 year since he made an effort to write me a letter filled with unexpected rage, insult, contempt, and unnecessary comparison with “new and better friends”, which even after my attempt to defuse this by answering with understanding and a chance for a clean slate, ended in blind prejudice and telling me he never wanted to see me again. Once again, it’s been over 5 years, but up to this day every few months, or when coming upon content like this, the heartache returns, and I doubt it will ever fully go away no matter how happy I am with the life I built and the people I surround myself with, because, at least to me, our roots mutually ran deep. It’s like you said, some people change for the worst regarding the (6+ years) relationship you value, in my case also one strongly imbued with love for video games, and I believe whatever demons they take out on us unfortunately also stay with them somehow. You are not alone.
Thanks for sharing your feelings. On some level, it sounds like you understand that the guy didn’t feel like he was getting anything positive out of your connection. Friendships should be a two way street, and if he wasn’t feeling it, it can’t be helped. I’m curious who you consider more to blame for the deterioration of the relationship, but that’s for you to ponder on.
When i was young, i had a best friend, the closest person in the whole world, and they and i would play video games together all the time, but especially mario. There were a few years that every day after school I'd go to their house and play mario galaxy with them. We even beat The Perfect Run from Galaxy 2 together, one of my proudest gaming moments. And we were inseperable since first grade. But then one day, almost 10 years since we had first became best friends, they decided to end things. Weve talked since then and have somewhat rekindled things, but your story really spoke to me. Thank you for making this video.
this video was such a rollercoaster of emotions.... and by the end i did not expect to relate at all but the feeling of losing a friend like you did is bringing it too close to home.... the feeling of being abandoned is terrible. youre making me want to think about the people that are still in my life and to make sure i never make them feel abandoned.
I have no words to describe how great this video is. Hope you're doing okay man, everything about this story sounds like it hurts to have gone through.
incredible video, even though our experiences differed the emotions we felt were the same. this video came perfectly at a time where i‘m going through something similar bc i lost my best friend too a while back and every now and then i still feel this hole, i try to fill it by spending more time with other friends but it’s like you said, that now everything i do and talk about reminds me of him, bc he was such a big part of my life and we basically had insiders for everything under the sun. what i wanna say is this video helped me to just let out those emotions and cry about it, i truly feel better just bc i connected with what you said and it made me feel better just knowing i‘m not alone in this. hope ur doing better too, life can be hard but it’s moments like these that make me wanna be stronger, if not for myself, at least for somebody else who goes through struggles and i can be there for them. thx
Jesus this was an emotional ride. Letting go of an attachment to someone you cared about that much is always hard. In some ways, the scar never fully heals, but like you said, there’s always room for others in your heart.
I had to deal with losing a best friend who ment the world to me, but didn't feel the same way back. This video is genuinely beautiful, and im so proud of you for going out their and sharing this story. I hoie life brings you the best it has. Until then, bye bye 👋
Beautiful video. It was so relatable, grieving someone who is still alive - like your Mario - is hard. Someone you trusted, loved, valued, suddenly out of your life, even if they aren’t really “gone”. Someone who is a pillar in your life, toppled over, as you put it. It’s tough. I’ve been going through something similar, getting better, with time. Brought tears to my eyes, thanks for the amazing video. :)
Wow this story came straight out of left field. While I may not have similar experiences, the feeling of loneliness is a factor of my life I still cope with till this day in my twenties. I currently have an extroverted friend who got very close to me back during covid, and it was a friendship I could never forget. I am deathly afraid that our friendship will end in a similar way as it had happened to you. He has been my “Mario” for so long and whenever we’d get the chance to meet up and talk every now and then, and I know more than enough that he has and probably will never hold me to the same regard. Thank you for sharing
What a wonderful and thoughtful video to find. Thank you for sharing your experiences. The way you talk about missing someone that no longer exists made me consider how places, too, can undergo such developments. A home you once cherished not being the same place anymore, trees cut down, buildings in place of parks. In the most extreme cases, leaving an occupied homeland, the entire population falling into diaspora. These are powerful emotions - people always long for what they remember fondly, but when that no longer exists, it becomes a sort of futile clawing at a closed door. I feel that way towards the friends that died young. They should be here, but they aren't. Nothing will open that door to the good old times. But we move on. They'd want us to.
Beautiful video. ❤ It was brave of you to speak of something so important and impactful in your life, and you did it well. Having been in a similar place before, this connected with me. I really hope everything has gone better for you. ❤️
Ugh, I feel you man. I lost friends for a variety of shitty reasons. Doing what their family wants instead of what they want, simple job + married = less time, etc. But none really pisses me off more than changing. I’m really not against people changing, but when they change things about themselves they don’t need to is when I get aggravated. Like someone changing from a fun loving extrovert to a calm reserved person. Most of the times due them thinking being responsible means no more fun, which just completely wrong and stupid. Responsible just means paying what needs to be paid and doing what needs to be done. Fun is not excluded in this. Maybe my example is too specific tho lmao. Glad you understand you’re not alone, but just to add to that: others aren’t unique in what they want in a best friend. People seek different things in different types of relationships. That is to say who you are as a person, I know for a fact there are those out there who value it, because again, different people, different things they want in a relationship. And I hope you find friends and/or a best friend you can trust to stay in your life.
Dammit I didn't expect a UA-cam video to send me into uncontrolled sobbing - I recently lost all of my friends due to a messy breakup and I'm really feeling the pain described here. It feels impossible to move on. I am so proud of who these people became, i helped a lot of them figure it out, and suddenly they're gone, and I'll never know what's next for them, or how they feel about that switch playtest, or what they picked for splatoween. I know that this wasn't meant to happen, so... Why??? I really enjoyed watching this. Even if it was with tears in my eyes, lol
I know a lot of people have said it in this comment section, but this video really is just amazing. It changed the way I think of my friendships now; I met someone I’d still consider one of my best friends today a very long time ago, and up until now I never actually considered the thought of losing them. Im gonna try to talk to them more. I don’t think we’re drifting as friends, just not talking as much as before. But this video was the first time I really thought of what would happen if we just stopped talking. Forever. And I don’t want to lose that. Sorry for the literal paragraph, but thanks for this video. (Also 19:34 was actually beautiful, man)
While not as relatable for me as it was for others. This video hurt to watch, I'm very sorry for what you've dealt with over these years and I hope you'll be able to do better.
This is powerful man, I think you’d be surprised by how many people felt alone before. Although I do feel like how your friend treated you wrong, it is not my place to say. I can say I know how that feels as well, like the group outcast you. However I think it’s done for a reason, like fate or something. Maybe your best friend is gone to make more space for another friend. Sometimes a journey has to end for another to begin, just like Mario ❤
@MadelineMyujikaru it's an amazing thing to have characters and media like games mean so much to people. We're all looking for connections, and stories always have a way of bringing that to light. Glad to know I could put words to your feelings and hope you enjoyed the video!
This whole story felt very dear to my heart, and really got me thinking about the concept of being a best friend. Thank you so much for putting together this wonderful video!
It is absolutely uncanny that this video was recommended to me as I am currently in Japan with someone who I am seriously questioning my friendship with. Time will tell if our friendship survives this trip, but at least I don’t feel so alone right now.
Thanks for making this video, made me feel better about some stuff I'm going through right now, my friend hurt me a lot recently, and despite everything that happened between us, I still miss her. I hope this video gets more attention, I bet there are lot of people who also need to hear this. Great job man, keep doing what you're doing!
This was touching. It reminds me of someone who was dear to me. We drifted apart due to my foolishness and I never heard from her again. She was so special to me and I really grieve her. I don't know where she is or what she is doing now. I'd do anything to know just that. In my heart, I imagine her alive, happy and well, but the pain of not knowing still gets to me sometimes. I need to make peace with it.
At almost 30, the only "best friends" I have now are Charles Bukowski, Søren Kierkegaard, and Terence McKenna. Although, this video did give me some feels, your Mario is my Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank lol.
Thank you everyone so much for watching and your overwhelming support. I wasn't expecting such an outpouring of shared experiences and sentiments from you all regarding friendships and Mario. It's a fantastic reminder that we are not alone and we share so much more than we realize.
Please bear with me as I will read all your comments and reply to as many as I can. It warms my heart to see all of them and I hope you are all doing well! Don't forget to take care of yourselves too!
this is an essay
this got sad fast
You made peak
This is the "mario the idea VS mario the man" essay, in its true entirety.
@@wyattmurphy7153 Perchance
@@damasterofskitsees you can’t just say perchance
@@Sacky_The_Artist yes he can, persay
The lifekind...
I love and hate this so much... perchance
the "before we married" made me so happy to hear
Made me incredibly happy to say it!
@@sablestew Hell yeah!!
@@kxdsh almost felt like a spoiler, but hearing the whole thing I'm just glad it was mentioned AT ALL.
Came for the title, stayed for the story
Same
Hope you enjoyed the story. Thanks for watching!
i thought he was going to kill mario
I was expecting like a meme video or something, but getting a very thought provoking and emotional video is also very nice. It kinda makes me wanna handwrite a letter to my friends and tell them how I feel.
Hopefully you're doing alright though mate, and everything is treating you well though.
Thank you so much for watching! I am glad it resonated with you even though you didn't expect it. Hope you do write those letters and hope your friends appreciate them.
As for me, I'm doing fine now thank you!
I actually do have letters to my friends lol. I was planning to give it to them for grad but I guess I was scared it would make things awkward. I still have them tho incase something happens :P
@CamiKitty3 I think that'd be a lovely grad gift! I think sharing how you feel can be daunting, but vert worth it, especially since they may not realize how much their friendships mean to others. If you do send it out, let us know how it goes!
I was expecting this to be yet another video where people complain about the Mario franchise during the Mario Mandate era, but instead I got a beautiful story.
Thank you for sharing.
Me too 😭
The Mario Mandate era did suck though
i expected from the title that this would be like "mario games used to be good and now they're not" but honestly this was way way better
i thought this was gonna be about the state of modern gaming or something, but it turns out to be very original, personal, and relatable. great work!
this really spoke to me!!
It's nice to hear about grieving friends- as i only really hear about it when grieving family or romantic relationships. Your story really reminded me of my childhood and my relationships with my longest known friend and my older brother
Amazing video ⭐
Thank you so much for watching! I'm really glad it resonated with you
insanely underrated, thought this would have thousands of views. I related to this to an insane degree
Yep.
So incredibly grateful for the high praise and I'm glad my video resonated with you. I hope you are doing well!
@@sablestew HI SABLE!
@@DogeKingOfficial 👋 hi!
@@sablestew OMG HE ACTUALLY REPLIED NO WAY!! 😭😭😭😭👍👍👍
This is such a personal story, but really meaningful. I have been in similar situations. I especially remember feeling isolated with my best friend who did not view me the same way. I'm in college now, and thankfully I found people. I still fear this kind of confrontation, but I also know that I'll be able to tackle whatever comes my way.
Very impactful video, this is the kind of lesson many kids need. It's more than just halfheartedly saying "you're not alone!" It's a message of grieving relationships and moving on. Really, truly beautiful.
this made me cry. extremely relatable. I didn't even know what to expect. this was just raw beauty.
This video is extremely personal, I love that you put yourself out there and told this story! It really is special, and a very unique perspective on Mario and friendship as a whole, great video!
I feel like i relate to this video a lot. I'm only 18 now, but my family had moved a lot, from Kansas to Iowa, back to Kansas, and then to Washington State, and then moved within Washington State. I didn't go through high school as I was homeschooled. I started college over 2 years ago at a community college, where my family then moved again and I transferred, and now I'm 350 miles away at university. I have made new friends, my girlfriend changed, and didn't have feelings for me anymore.
I still feel just as close to my extroverted best friend from my 2nd community college, despite the fact that I haven't seen him in months. I too hope to have him as my friend forever, but even if we don't I hope I can forever appreciate the adventures we went on.
One of the best UA-cam videos I’ve seen in a long time. Made me cry. Echoed my feelings of complete isolation and loneliness, but also gave me hope for my future. Thank you for uploading such a masterpiece
Had a semi-snarky comment from the title baiting me in, but after watching in full... yeah, I don't have it in me to leave it here. Not after how close it all hit.
I'm sorry to hear about how many similar pains you've experienced. Hearing just how common it can actually be as time's gone on is... demoralizing. It shouldn't be this way.
Time can heal, yes, but... time also allows wounds to fester. So many people somehow look at it positively, but... I just don't see it... but I don't need to understand it for others to recover.
@@gaming_bigfoot hey, as a person who’s gone through a lot and continues to go through it, just know that there’s always hope. Tomorrow is always around the corner, and any day of your life could be your best or worst. The road ahead may be hard, but the roads go on without end. There is always hope in this darkness
this genuinely made me tear up. this was somehow very heartfelt, very powerful LOL. i can relate in some ways, feeling "isolated" despite having many friends thru school. i've grown as well. as a writer myself, i absolutely applaud this !!! keep going strong.
This video hit me right in the feel, really resonated with it. Remind me of a friend I held dear for many years, but who slowly drifted away form me, probably one of the worst feeling ever. Seeing him reply less and less to my message, taking up to two weeks sometimes, for a simple text, when we used to have hours long discussion on random topics for hours before, feeling more and more like being a burden. I remember asking him about it, asking him if it felt like a chore talking to me, and he admitted that sometime yeah. How much it hurts to see someone you value so much putting you lower and lower in his importance list. For years I felt like everything was my fault, that he was changing and maturing while I wasn't, not ready to accept that we were simply growing apart, his interests were changing while I still enjoyed video games, I wanted to play Splatoon 3 with him, but he only bought Mario party, event though he promised me he'd buy it and play with me, as we had played ton of Splatoon 2 together before, it isn't a big deal, but things like that made me realize he just was looking for something different than before. It wasn't until i met new friends who valued me as muc has i valued them that i really understood how much it was hurting me. This video was great to remind me on how good those memories were, even if it was hurting when it ended, those are years I'll neverg et back, so I'm glad I had fun and helped him for those years.
Anyway, I really hope you're doing okay and wish you the best, thank you for this video.
I am right there with you, that has also happened to a friend I have known for so long. It is sad to see them go after so many good memories. After a while it just felt like they didnt value me as much, as they hardly ever reached out and frequently ignored me.
Came for a silly Mario video, ended in tears
This sounds similar to what me and my best friend who both were best friends and felt that way for a while and then watching him change and myself change and go our separate ways just recently we saw each other at his moms funeral and we had a nice talk and I can tell he had feelings too about us being friends he didn’t say to much being nervous and ofc it was his moms funeral too it was honestly just nice to see him again. It taught me to put differences behind and just always ask yourself why you do or don’t value someone and change something or at least break a friendship on a good note
I went through something really similar with a person I considered my brother, not by birth but by choice. We had been inseparable as kids, and as teenagers we were there for each other as we matured. I received an over 2000 word text at around 9:20pm on the 11th (I think) of July about how much of a horrible person I am, how selfish and disgusting I am. This was out of nowhere and crushed my soul, the person I confided in more than anyone, my best friend. Betrayed my trust. Thought of me as scum. Bringing up stuff from when we were mere children, things I had already apologised for. I sent a response offering to hear him out and repair things. I never heard back. Since then we have not spoken, he has been kicked out of his home and now lives alone at 18. He came after me, and my family in that message, calling us horrid things. He made no effort to reconcile. I don't know whether to hate him or to miss him. I'm mourning someone who is still alive, yet doesn't exist.
This video had me crying so hard I couldn't even breathe, incredibly written, I think it's helping me to heal from past relationships
This is beautiful. You really made me realise that the people and things that were with me when I was thirteen, that I thought would stay with me my whole life, just haven't had any real presence in my life for some years now. Thank you for sharing.
oh my god dude. this might be one of my favorite video essays i’ve ever watched. I was expecting some kind of typical nintendo rant but instead i got blessed with one of the most wise and introspective videos i’ve ever watched. i lost my best friend a year and a half ago and i still think about him every day. we had a weird falling out with mutual friends out of our control and it isolated us, despite never having issues.
i still pray for him every day and i wish him the best but sometimes i wonder if there was more i could have done. things i should have said differently. i could’ve been a better friend and not left despite our circumstances. and i still haunt myself with those questions every night. i want to reach out but i don’t know and it scares me even thinking about it. this video brought me some closure even if it’s temporary. thank you for making this.
It’s incredibly validating to hear someone else talk about things like this. Especially the worries about best friends and especially the connection you have to Mario.
This is a wonderful video, it made me really emotional. Thank you for sharing your story and I’m so sorry you were treated like that. It’s really painful to be told things like that by people you care so deeply about. It’s also just a very good message for anyone who is an introvert or generally struggles with making friends and feels that deep loneliness that comes with it.
Mourning someone who is still alive is really tough and, as you say yourself in the video, such a paradoxical feeling. I was reminded of my own old best friend while watching. We’d been friends for over a decade, we met in kindergarten and he remained one of my only friends up until I was around 13 or 14 (we were both introverted nerds, there weren’t a lot of other people at our school that liked video games so we just had to stick together). At around the age of 16 we went to different schools, and although I tried to keep contact with him, it never really felt like he put in the same amount of effort. I had tried to talk to him about it and he had said he still wanted to be friends, but after that it just returned to the way it had been before. So eventually I just gave up and let it slowly fizzle out… It really hurts, because it felt like our friendship didn’t mean enough to even put in the little amount of effort it takes to respond to a dm. Now the only time I “see” him is when his name pops up in a steam notification at the bottom of my screen because he’s playing something.
I miss him, and I often wonder if things could have been different if I had held on tighter to that friendship… And if he even misses me. But ultimately we’ve both changed a lot, and while it hurts that this is where it ended, I still treasure the memories of the years of friendship we had together and how being friends with him changed me for the better.
To me, this is the best mario video on youtube by a surprisingly small margin
@spritesensation thank you for the incredibly high praise! Glad you enjoyed it and there are so many great Mario videos out there! Feel free to let me know others so I can watch them as well
I did not expect to cry to this video when i first clicked on it
"And even if your best friend leaves your orbit, they have changed the entire trajectory of your life"
This sentence broke me. The whole video was something I wasn't fully able to connect with. I had a childhood best friend, one that was stripped away from me due to overprotective parents and moving to middle school a whole 3 grades apart.
But then this line was spoken. It made me realize that, despite not being in my life for as long as I wished, he changed who I am today, who I ended up becoming. I don't watch ZackScottGames anymore despite the numerous Splatoon and Super Mario videos I watched from him, but that little house key painted to look like a dog that we played with alongside the official Yoshi plush, both of which I still have now... I may not have all of him, but I have fragments, little memories of the person I once knew.
And sure, he may not be dead, he may be a whole different person. And I'm glad he didn't see me as I matured, as I went from elementary to middle to high to college. I sometimes wish he didn't even see me today, that he'd be... disgusted by how much I've changed. He could have developed political views that clash with mine, vice versa, or something completely different.
I guess my point is that "you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain". You either end a friendship early due to forces outside of either of your controls, or you end it harshly on the basis of something going wrong eventually. And this video helped me realize that. Maybe it's better this way, who knows? But what I do know now, is that... who they were when I got to know them is something I won't ever forget.
W Luigi reference
Beautiful video. I honestly went into this expecting something so much different, but this is the way better scenario. Thank you so much for telling your story, honestly, it's made me realize some things about my own life that I would have never noticed previously.
what did you expect? complaining about modern mario games? cause thats what i expected
@@marioluigibros.8176 yep that's exactly what I expected LMAOOO
This video is possibly one of the best videos I've seen. The way you describe your experience is so moving, and it makes me sad to know that you've experienced these lessons so early in your life. It also makes me happy to know I'm not alone in my thoughts about friends. It makes me so worried when I tell someone they're my best friend, even though I know I'm not theirs. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
this. this was a video made just for me. i related to everything you said, and have said before that mario isn't a character to me. he is a friend. just as link, zelda, and samus are. these games are inherently apart of me, and they always will be. they'll always be there for me, and can absorb me in their worlds to let me rest from mine, even for a little bit.
addendum. i too, never was able to make friends. and i don't know you, but your friend reminds me of my "friends". he was not a friend, man. if no amount of discussion or working on your relationship would persuade him, he wanted you gone, and didn't respect you for you. he liked an idea of you, but not who you were. who you are. never change yourself for other people. i like you for you, this video made me feel like talking to an old friend. someone i relate to on an almost visceral level. not to get parasocial or anything, haha. just know you are not alone, and you never will be. you should play mario wonder, it may seem childish and easy, but it gets difficult and amazingly fun. and if you play with any people online, i believe you can friend them on switch by going to the players you've played with online. so maybe you'll find a luigi, or a peach, or daisy. there's many people out there waiting to play with you, and me, and everyone else. i wish you good times and fun with the next game you pick up, man.
Hey man, I don't usually comment on videos, but this was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope you're doing great.
A rare gem of a video.
Beautiful story. This was not what I expected from this video but it’s so much more impactful than I could’ve imagined. I lost my best friend as well. We still exchange messages every now and then. But it’s never been the same. And I have no one now. Except my wife who I love deeply, and my family. But I don’t have a best friend anymore. Nor do I think I could even have the time to invest in a friendship. I don’t think I know how to be a friend anymore. I too in this moment feel very alone.
@abstractcities I'm so glad you resonated with this video, and I hope you are doing well. I totally hear you. Having enough time to foster friendships is tough, but I know that given time and resources, we can all be amazing friends to others.
I'm glad you have your wife and family there with you. Never feel like a burden to reach out. Wishing you all the best, and thank you for sharing!
Beautiful. Truly summarizes the warmth a character can bring to a persons life, and the impact a video game can have.
this video just made me sob like a big baby. ive been mourning the death of a friend group for almost 2 years and this hit the spot just right.
thank you for making this. it made me feel like i wasnt alone, and that there is hope for me :)
As someone who just started UA-cam, this video is what I aspire to make in my own videos, finding a deeper meaning in things that may seem shallow at first. Good job man!
Yeah, super intriguing title too. Kudos to the creator 👏👏
@wysteria3263 Thank you for the high praise. It's touching to have videos of mine be inspirations for creators out there. I've checked your videos out and I think you've definitely got some great insights! Wishing all the best and luck for you!
@@sablestew thanks I appreciate that best of luck to both of us lol.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing
A masterpiece! 👏👏👏👏
I relate to a lot of things you mentioned in the video; Watching this helps me :)
I’m sorry things turned out the way they did. Still, your tale was refreshingly genuine. New sub!
Fantastic video, I'm really glad someone else talked about this and I really appreciate you sharing your experience. I had to go through this recently over the past year as well and its been rough. I remember sobbing while repeating "the person I knew dosen't exist" over and over. video had me crying, hope things are going well for you
20:34 it's time you meet up with The Talking Flower!!!
thank you sablestew for this masterpiece of storytelling, this was truly magical to watch
i genuienly shed tears
this is so beautifully written and spoken. like others i really relate to this and i cried like a big baby watching this LMAO, please keep it up :D
I feel like this but with sonic
Me too, me too
@gamma_dc8289 same. I have a long history with Sonic, too. Maybe I'll write about it one day
Happy Sonic x Shadow generations launch, too. Hear that game is great and on my list to play!
Holy canoli, are you inside my head or something? This is the most resonant video I've ever seen in my entire life. Seems from the comments that I'm not the only one who feels this way. Amazing video.
I didn't expect this video to be so deep, I almost cried with your story
Like many others, I was just expecting a video about the state of the Mario franchise, or something similar.
Instead I got one of the most beautiful, most emotional, most amazing videos I've ever seen on the platform.
It's not often that a video legitimately drives me to the point of tearing up, and this one did.
All I can really say is I hope you're doing well and I hope you continue to do well in the future.
Thank you so much for making this video.
Rest in peace Mario you brought so many wahoos and yeeouuus to us all but most importantly you had so many mama mias to share with us all I will never forget your perfectly groomed mustache and how much you made my life glow like a star you loved to collect go forth to the painting in the sky and fly with your wing cap you will always be in my heart where you will always be remembered fondly maybe one day we will platform together again one day it's farewell but not goodbye my Italian plumbing freind thank a you so much for letting me enjoy your games yahoo
As someone who have lost long time friendships one way or another, I can say that what you're feeling is temporary and soon will be just a memory. It's cliché, but there are many people in this world, and you will make new friends along the way
Damn this hits hard great video i was not expecting this from mario
Never knew mario could do this. The title drop hit so hard
I wish you all the best and hope you encounter others with the same spirit and honesty. I have a similar story. It has been 5 years since my former best friend started ghosting me after a trip which appeared to be fun in general, and over 1 year since he made an effort to write me a letter filled with unexpected rage, insult, contempt, and unnecessary comparison with “new and better friends”, which even after my attempt to defuse this by answering with understanding and a chance for a clean slate, ended in blind prejudice and telling me he never wanted to see me again. Once again, it’s been over 5 years, but up to this day every few months, or when coming upon content like this, the heartache returns, and I doubt it will ever fully go away no matter how happy I am with the life I built and the people I surround myself with, because, at least to me, our roots mutually ran deep. It’s like you said, some people change for the worst regarding the (6+ years) relationship you value, in my case also one strongly imbued with love for video games, and I believe whatever demons they take out on us unfortunately also stay with them somehow. You are not alone.
Thanks for sharing your feelings.
On some level, it sounds like you understand that the guy didn’t feel like he was getting anything positive out of your connection. Friendships should be a two way street, and if he wasn’t feeling it, it can’t be helped.
I’m curious who you consider more to blame for the deterioration of the relationship, but that’s for you to ponder on.
When i was young, i had a best friend, the closest person in the whole world, and they and i would play video games together all the time, but especially mario. There were a few years that every day after school I'd go to their house and play mario galaxy with them. We even beat The Perfect Run from Galaxy 2 together, one of my proudest gaming moments. And we were inseperable since first grade. But then one day, almost 10 years since we had first became best friends, they decided to end things. Weve talked since then and have somewhat rekindled things, but your story really spoke to me. Thank you for making this video.
I love how honest you are about a topic that is not widely discussed. Thank you for sharing! 🎉 🫶
Thank you for your constant support. It means the world to me and I'm so glad you enjoyed it
Being honest, I think my first memory with Mario was NSMB. I have so many memories from that.
same here but with nsmb wii
I absolutely LOVED NSMB for the DS. Even the multi-player modes were some of the best competitive Mario moments I've had
I can relate to reading WikiHow articles on how to have human interactions lol
this video was such a rollercoaster of emotions.... and by the end i did not expect to relate at all but the feeling of losing a friend like you did is bringing it too close to home....
the feeling of being abandoned is terrible. youre making me want to think about the people that are still in my life and to make sure i never make them feel abandoned.
This was beautiful. Thank you for telling this story.
I have no words to describe how great this video is.
Hope you're doing okay man, everything about this story sounds like it hurts to have gone through.
incredible video, even though our experiences differed the emotions we felt were the same. this video came perfectly at a time where i‘m going through something similar bc i lost my best friend too a while back and every now and then i still feel this hole, i try to fill it by spending more time with other friends but it’s like you said, that now everything i do and talk about reminds me of him, bc he was such a big part of my life and we basically had insiders for everything under the sun. what i wanna say is this video helped me to just let out those emotions and cry about it, i truly feel better just bc i connected with what you said and it made me feel better just knowing i‘m not alone in this. hope ur doing better too, life can be hard but it’s moments like these that make me wanna be stronger, if not for myself, at least for somebody else who goes through struggles and i can be there for them. thx
I'm so sorry. I hope YOU find yourself surrounded by friends who value you. Thank you for sharing
Jesus this was an emotional ride. Letting go of an attachment to someone you cared about that much is always hard. In some ways, the scar never fully heals, but like you said, there’s always room for others in your heart.
Incredible video, as always
I had to deal with losing a best friend who ment the world to me, but didn't feel the same way back. This video is genuinely beautiful, and im so proud of you for going out their and sharing this story. I hoie life brings you the best it has. Until then, bye bye 👋
Beautiful video. It was so relatable, grieving someone who is still alive - like your Mario - is hard. Someone you trusted, loved, valued, suddenly out of your life, even if they aren’t really “gone”. Someone who is a pillar in your life, toppled over, as you put it. It’s tough. I’ve been going through something similar, getting better, with time. Brought tears to my eyes, thanks for the amazing video. :)
holy shit man enough internet for today xD
I wish you all the best and love and friendship man.
Wow this story came straight out of left field. While I may not have similar experiences, the feeling of loneliness is a factor of my life I still cope with till this day in my twenties. I currently have an extroverted friend who got very close to me back during covid, and it was a friendship I could never forget. I am deathly afraid that our friendship will end in a similar way as it had happened to you. He has been my “Mario” for so long and whenever we’d get the chance to meet up and talk every now and then, and I know more than enough that he has and probably will never hold me to the same regard. Thank you for sharing
This is a beautiful video, I will come back in 10 years time and reflect on this, thank you so much ☺️
This was more emotional than I thought it would be. And I can't help but just... Relate to everything told.
What a wonderful and thoughtful video to find. Thank you for sharing your experiences. The way you talk about missing someone that no longer exists made me consider how places, too, can undergo such developments. A home you once cherished not being the same place anymore, trees cut down, buildings in place of parks. In the most extreme cases, leaving an occupied homeland, the entire population falling into diaspora. These are powerful emotions - people always long for what they remember fondly, but when that no longer exists, it becomes a sort of futile clawing at a closed door. I feel that way towards the friends that died young. They should be here, but they aren't. Nothing will open that door to the good old times. But we move on. They'd want us to.
talk more about ur wife she is ur true best friend
Beautiful video. ❤
It was brave of you to speak of something so important and impactful in your life, and you did it well. Having been in a similar place before, this connected with me.
I really hope everything has gone better for you. ❤️
Thank you for speaking your mind, this video really resonated with me
Ugh, I feel you man. I lost friends for a variety of shitty reasons. Doing what their family wants instead of what they want, simple job + married = less time, etc. But none really pisses me off more than changing. I’m really not against people changing, but when they change things about themselves they don’t need to is when I get aggravated. Like someone changing from a fun loving extrovert to a calm reserved person. Most of the times due them thinking being responsible means no more fun, which just completely wrong and stupid. Responsible just means paying what needs to be paid and doing what needs to be done. Fun is not excluded in this. Maybe my example is too specific tho lmao.
Glad you understand you’re not alone, but just to add to that: others aren’t unique in what they want in a best friend. People seek different things in different types of relationships. That is to say who you are as a person, I know for a fact there are those out there who value it, because again, different people, different things they want in a relationship. And I hope you find friends and/or a best friend you can trust to stay in your life.
Dammit I didn't expect a UA-cam video to send me into uncontrolled sobbing - I recently lost all of my friends due to a messy breakup and I'm really feeling the pain described here. It feels impossible to move on. I am so proud of who these people became, i helped a lot of them figure it out, and suddenly they're gone, and I'll never know what's next for them, or how they feel about that switch playtest, or what they picked for splatoween. I know that this wasn't meant to happen, so... Why???
I really enjoyed watching this. Even if it was with tears in my eyes, lol
Yeah this goes in my favorites
So incredibly honored to be among your other favorites. Thank you for making a spot for me in there
@@sablestew It really isn't easy to get in there lol. Thanks for the video though!
@@Blankult first of my videos to get in there. Feels special nonetheless!
This has filled my heart with a warmth I havent felt in a while, thanks.
What do you mean mario is alive?
He died on March 31st 2021
Never mind I just watched the video and now I'm sad
I know a lot of people have said it in this comment section, but this video really is just amazing. It changed the way I think of my friendships now; I met someone I’d still consider one of my best friends today a very long time ago, and up until now I never actually considered the thought of losing them. Im gonna try to talk to them more. I don’t think we’re drifting as friends, just not talking as much as before. But this video was the first time I really thought of what would happen if we just stopped talking. Forever. And I don’t want to lose that.
Sorry for the literal paragraph, but thanks for this video. (Also 19:34 was actually beautiful, man)
While not as relatable for me as it was for others. This video hurt to watch, I'm very sorry for what you've dealt with over these years and I hope you'll be able to do better.
This is powerful man, I think you’d be surprised by how many people felt alone before. Although I do feel like how your friend treated you wrong, it is not my place to say. I can say I know how that feels as well, like the group outcast you. However I think it’s done for a reason, like fate or something. Maybe your best friend is gone to make more space for another friend.
Sometimes a journey has to end for another to begin, just like Mario ❤
Thank you for making and sharing this video with the world.
This video is phenomenal oh my lord.
It's like somebody finally put words as to why some characters make me feel so strongly
@MadelineMyujikaru it's an amazing thing to have characters and media like games mean so much to people. We're all looking for connections, and stories always have a way of bringing that to light. Glad to know I could put words to your feelings and hope you enjoyed the video!
This whole story felt very dear to my heart, and really got me thinking about the concept of being a best friend. Thank you so much for putting together this wonderful video!
It is absolutely uncanny that this video was recommended to me as I am currently in Japan with someone who I am seriously questioning my friendship with. Time will tell if our friendship survives this trip, but at least I don’t feel so alone right now.
this video is beautiful
i hope you're doing better
Thanks for making this video, made me feel better about some stuff I'm going through right now, my friend hurt me a lot recently, and despite everything that happened between us, I still miss her. I hope this video gets more attention, I bet there are lot of people who also need to hear this. Great job man, keep doing what you're doing!
And people are unpredictable and can turn on you at random you can only trust yourself cuz that's who you know the most
one of my new favorite videos on this site. extremely touching and well written :)
This is a very vulnerable video to put out there and I really appreciate you for it.
This was touching. It reminds me of someone who was dear to me. We drifted apart due to my foolishness and I never heard from her again. She was so special to me and I really grieve her. I don't know where she is or what she is doing now. I'd do anything to know just that. In my heart, I imagine her alive, happy and well, but the pain of not knowing still gets to me sometimes. I need to make peace with it.
At almost 30, the only "best friends" I have now are Charles Bukowski, Søren Kierkegaard, and Terence McKenna.
Although, this video did give me some feels, your Mario is my Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank lol.
Goodluck on your journey, and thank you for this video you made, it is great.
This Video felt like an emotional Rollercoaster. Haven't seen such Videos in a while. But i do ot regret clicking on this Video.