- "I only upload high quality video game rips."
- ―SiIvaGunner
SiIvaGunner[note 1] (typically /ˈsiːvəɡʌnər/), originally known as GiIvaSunner[note 1] (typically /ˈgiːvəsʌnər/), is a collaborative YouTube channel[1] made as a parody account to GilvaSunner, a video game music ripping channel.
Under a character of the same name, SiIvaGunner's videos consist of bait and switch videos, with jokes, memes or parodies of video game music.
Format
The SiIvaGunner channel uploads videos in the style of many other soundtrack-based YouTube channels, most notably its non-parody counterpart, GilvaSunner. Most of the channel's videos are high quality rips, presented as though they were GilvaSunner uploads: a rip video typically comprises a static image of the relevant video game's logo set to music. Such videos are intentionally misleading as to trick the viewer into believing they are actual songs from a game's soundtrack. The uploaded songs, however, are instead remixes and mashups, often incorporating internet memes or other channel-specific running gags.
While the majority of SiIvaGunner content on YouTube consists of high quality video game rips, the channel also has published other media, such as original arrangements, visual media, and in-universe lore. Notably, in 2018 and 2019 respectively, the channel hosted the King for a Day Tournament and the King for Another Day Tournament; and the channel periodically publishes new installments of The SilvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis, an original visual novel-style series.
SiIvaGunner music is also officially published to Bandcamp, in the form of albums, which primarily comprise previously released musical content. Furthermore, some content, such as the King for Another Day Tournament MOJO!!, has been hosted exclusively on subdomains of highquality.rip, the official website. SiIvaGunner Fusion Records, a musical collective of contributors specializing in arrangements and remixes was founded in 2021.
History
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"Season 4" (March 2019 – January 2020)
During the MAGFest 2019 panel, Chaze the Chat announced that SiIvaGunner's fourth season will focus on evoking the spirit of the first season, with its spontaneous gags and events. In the video "The 2019 Channel Update Vlog", he further announced that it would begin after one more video from Season 3. However, one more rip was uploaded on March 19, "Google Stadia Startup - Console BIOS/Startup Fanfare", which SiIvaGunner noted in the comments was not the real Season 3 finale, which began with "Emote: Dance Moves (Epic Mix) - Fortnite" and continued until March 25 with the final episode of Season 3, "The Life and Times of Wade L.D. - A SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis Side Story"[2].
Despite Chaze's claims, Season 4 was primarily focused around the King for Another Day Tournament, with character reveals and information being shared through rips and SiIva Direct livestreams throughout most of the season. Season 4 began to enter its final phase when the tournament began on November 23, 2019. The video "Credits - SiIvaGunner: King for Another Day" was uploaded on January 8, 2020. The end of the video indicated it was the "End of Season 4" and that the next season would be coming soon.
Midway through this season Chaze disappeared from the internet, though the channel's other managers have continued running the channel in his absence.
"Season 4 Episode 2" (February 2020 – January 2021)
In the conclusion of the King for Another Day Tournament, it was announced that Season 4 would be followed by Season 4 Episode 2, its name a reference to Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II. It was also implicitly announced that the Christmas Comeback Crisis would be continuing during this season. Following these announcements, the channel went on a break for January 2020 (like the January-March 2019 hiatus, but much briefer). The season began on February 1, 2020.
This season yet again attempted to capture the spirit of Season 1, but much more subtly than before; Season 4 Episode 2 saw a push toward starting new channel memes at a rate not seen since 2017. This season also saw the SiIvaSummer All-Star Festival and its sequel the SiIvaGunner All-Star Winter Festival, during which almost every channel event was announced to the fans ahead of time. During the latter event, the promise to continue the CCC was fulfilled with the upload of "I Wanna Thank Me - A SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis Side Story".
On January 3, 2021, "Credits - The SiIvaGunner All-Star Winter Festival" was uploaded, ending the Winter Festival and the season as a whole.
"Season 5" (January 2021 – January 2022)
On January 4, 2021, the season began with "Be My Baby (Live Version) - Space Galaga", and was officially named a few days later in "Mute City (Explicit)". Much like the previous season, regular uploads began in February, though there were several rips released on notable dates in January, including a major event.
On July 15, the SiIvaSummer All-Star Festival received another sequel in the form of the SiIvaGunner All-Star Summer Festival 2021: Legends of the Western Sunset, which lasted half the length but was more story-based than its predecessor. The Spooktacular Halloween Horror Special series was continued with Part V, which featured an original audio drama. Rather than a sequel to WinterFes, December featured SiIvaGunner's Inevitable Holiday Celebration, a similar super-event.
On January 22, 2022, "Ending - SiIvaGunner's Inevitable Holiday Celebration" was uploaded, ending the Inevitable Holiday Celebration and the season as a whole.
"Season 6" (January 2022 – February 2023)
After a nine-day hiatus following SiIvaGunner's Inevitable Holiday Celebration, the season began on January 31, 2022, with "Character Select (Extended Version) - Super Smash Bros." and was officially named the following day in "Bramble Blast". On February 4, the original GilvaSunner channel was deleted after several copyright blocks by Nintendo. This was acknowledged by SiIvaGunner with a tribute channel event that same day.
On April 5, 2022, the channel was verified on YouTube.
Several large-scale channel events occurred during this season, such as the Harlem Shakeover and Fortnite Battle Royale 5th Anniversary, the former being one of the largest events in the history of the channel. Many pieces of side content were also released as part of events, such as HHHHHH, Kolo Terorita, and the SiIvaCraft Resource Pack. December featured the SiIvaGunner All-Star Nuclear Winter Festival, a sequel to WinterFes that was much more story-focused and continued the channel's lore.
On February 1, 2023, after a month-long hiatus, "The Disappearance of Wood Man - A SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis Side Story" officially marked the end of Season 6.
"Season 7: The Year of Grand Dad" (February 2023 – January 2024)
The Season 7 logo, based on that of the Year of Luigi.
On February 1, 2023, "Super Sonic Racing - Sonic R" was premiered, announcing the start of Season 7. It was given the subtitle "The Year of Grand Dad" in reference to the Year of Luigi and to commemorate both the season's number and the channel's seventh anniversary the prior month.
The season's events saw a heavy focus on celebrating the channel and its history, with a particularly large-scale April Fools' Day event based on references to past uploads, a sequel to Whip and Nae Nae Day from Season 2, an event dedicated to original remixes of SiIvaGunner rips with RIP², a continuation of the Spooktacular Halloween Horror Special series with Part VI: The Cult of Proto, and, in December, the formal continuation of the Christmas Comeback Crisis following its 6-year hiatus with the release of the episode "One Last Chance", which was accompanied by a major channel event.
On January 17, 2024, "...of Season 7" officially marked the end of Season 7.
"Season 8" (January 2024 – January 2025)
The season began on January 18, 2024, with "Main Theme (PAL-M Version) - Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center", and was officially named in a comment by @Joke-Explainer on "Magolor's Shoppe - Team Kirby Clash Deluxe". Joke-Explainer herself took over hosting duties for this season.
Throughout the year, an overarching narrative brewed throughout various rips on the channel known as e∩Ω, which centered around Numberphile, an OG channel meme reintroduced during the International Day of Mathematics 2024, and Gegegagedigedagedago, a newer meme introduced in April Fools' 2024 and rose to prominence in The Gegegagedigedagedago-ver. During the 6/4 SiIva Direct, the SiIvaGunner Takeover Do-Over Poll was held, where fans could vote which past event got a sequel. The winner was Cartoon Network Day & Adult Swim Night from Season 4 Episode 2, which got its sequel in October. Other events included the SiIva Spirit Week, a super-event themed around the back-to-school season and a new Spooktacular Halloween Horror Special; Part VII: The Night Stalker.
The final episode of Christmas Comeback Crisis was delayed to 2025, but in it's place came The Susie ARG, a month-long two-part alternate reality game centering around all of SiIvaGunner's history and lore, hosted by Susie, who hijacked the channel during the Christmas 2024 event. On January 22, 2025, the video The Meeting - A SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis Side Story released and officially marked the end of Season 8.
"Season Nine!" (January 2025 – present)
Like the previous season, this one began with a slower period before getting fully back into uploading, beginning with "Tubes of Medusa - Ecco: The Tides of Time". The season formally began on February 7, with Stingy taking over the channel while Joke-Explainer was away, starting the month-long, mega-event of Season Mine. This continued until the events of "An announcement from your old leader", in which Joke-Explainer regained access to the channel from Stingy after making a deal with him. Following the end of Season Mine, the season was styled "Season Nine!" in "Return of Magolor, the Wayfarer". The channel banner was also updated to feature Dr. Andonuts on the cliffside left of the lighthouse, reflecting his new status as co-host of the channel alongside the Joke-Explainer as of "Hi everyone!".
Channel events
Within the lore of the SiIvaGunner universe, the channel has had many channel events in which characters and memes from the internet have taken over the channel, or been celebrated with thematic rips.
The Reboot (June 2016 – July 2016)
In May and June 2016, through two rips of "Megalovania", Chad Warden told the fans to stop disliking "Snow halation" rips. This created "community discourse", which was loaded by The Voice Inside Your Head into SiIvaGunner's new ripping software and led to a reboot of the channel, happening from June 17 to July 9. The biggest memes, as well as a few rips, were replaced with alternate versions: "GO MY WAY!!" replaced "Snow halation", and The Simpsons and Family Guy replaced "Meet the Flintstones". The Voice Inside Your Head then offered Chad Warden a deal to merge the original universe with the rebooted one, but without "Snow halation". Reluctantly, Chad agreed, in an attempt to restore the original memes. In the end, Chad Warden realized the power that "Snow halation" represented, and sacrificed himself to defeat the Voice and bring back "Snow halation". However, this was not the end...
The Christmas Comeback Crisis (December 2016 – present)
Chad Warden's sacrifice seemed to have ended the Voice, however he was resurrected by Wood Man as a Figment. The Voice took over Grandiose City and began purging all anime, the true nature of his quest for world domination. Despite his best efforts, Smol Nozomi was able to escape, thus beginning The SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis.
External links
- SiIvaGunner on Wikipedia.
- SiIvaGunner on Wikitubia.
- r/GiIvaSunner - Reddit.
- Official SiIvaGunner Fanserver - Discord.
References
- ↑ SiIvaGunner's YouTube about page
- ↑ Tweet by @ItsHinchy. Twitter. March 9, 2019.