Is it me or is it just amazing to look back on how things have changed? Like, remembering a certain moment in your life while you did something, but just a little while later, that something is gone now.

Mr. Popanz true, the internet should probably be seen as an escape as some sort, but at times it can be frustrating. But all around fun in of itself :')

Manly Man: I'd argue that even as much as we love to hate what "internet has done to us", the single fact that we can actually reflect via hard evidence on our past thoughts, can be so enlightening if one dares to take that oddysey, it single handedly outweights the odds by itself.

Mr. Popanz me too. My comments on youtube on older videos are so idiotic and embarrassing, but I take it as a mark in time of innocent smol me.

Naj Adamu beautifully said, I agree. We all kinda were kids when we saw him, ironically.

I remember a couple afternoons or so from spring to summer 2016, probably shortly after H3H3's rant video, where I just started watching most of Leafy's videos for an afternoon and just got engrossed in his style and colourful roasts... and then, yeah, it was probably early 2017 that his content just continued being stale, and I ended up finding it just dull and immature to watch him, and unsubscribed for good.

It's a shame he never thought to try something different and flex his creative muscles, like, say, Pyrocynical (who was originally criticised for being a Leafy clone, but if you look of his videos now, they bear little to no resemblance to the kind of 2016-style commentary that he and guys like NFKRZ became known for, and are of much better quality and analysis). He just doubled down to the point that he became a caricature of himself.

I remember being sick and watching leafy videos in bed. He was always funny to me.

I remember getting a notification for a filthy frank video☹

Sometimes I wish I could start over and fix every single mistake


funny hearing someone say Minecraft would never be as popular again... 2020 said differently.


the minecraft thing didn't age quite so well


13:27 That's Michael Reeves and you can't tell me otherwise.


Only 90's kids will remember the days of leafyishere.

I was actually born in 2000 it was just sarcasm

I was born in the 90s and I remember lol

Guys, I was born in 2013 and I remember the times of Leafyishere. LooK aT Me I'M eDgY and relEV4nT l0l.

bACk In tHE 90Ss i WaS iN a VERy famOUS tV SHoW

Or edgy 14 year olds who now are like 17.

Negiro So is everyone just going to keep insulting me instead of actually explaining the joke?

Pintexx I was born in 2001 and I remember it fine...


i’m sad to say but on this account leafy was my first sub……… god idk y i liked dudes content so much


3:16 The John Bois influence is palpable


I really fucking hope Calvin actually watches this. I wonder how he would feel after watching this video, it is literally the most interesting thing I have thought of for a very long time as sad as it sounds it is the truth haha

Leafy was also recently featured in a drama alert video. Basically he said he wasnt actually sorry for TommyNC2010 and Leafy also said he left only because of money and he wasnt getting enough of it


7:13 elrichmc literally doing the same thing for 9 years straight: lol


It honestly is. Adults on the internet playing a teenagers game is just ridiculous.


ALL CAPS are the perfect fit for leafy....


This documentary is so fucking epic somehow the element of music mixed with the commentary gets me so god damned hype and the transitions are fucking beautiful I was up til 3am watching this


I had this video playing while mowing my back yard


It could also be that Leafy’s fans started to mature. It’s quite obvious that Leafy’s audience was largely made out of edgy 13 year olds, including myself. I started watching Leafy somewhere in July (of 2016), and I was hooked immediately. I watched his videos everyday. I started to become a Leafy fanboy myself, and used the “BuT iT’s SaTiRe” argument when someone dared to speak out against the Great Leafy. I didn’t think Leafy was doing anything wrong at the time. I liked Leafy and his videos so much, that I even made a low quality commentary video myself, mostly because I dreamed to become a big YouTuber like him. Hell, it’s still on my channel, so you can watch it if you want. It was in the beginning of September, more than a week away from the Content Cop, that I grew bored of him, and that I decided to unsubscribe.

But I didn’t get bored of him, because I became a big boy or anything. It’s because Leafy’s content was incredibly repetitive. He made 1 video everyday, and they were all identical. He used the same kind of playground insults in every single one of his damn videos. That’s one of the reasons why Leafy lost popularity, and it was one of the biggest criticisms about him. But of course, I’m pretty sure that YouTube has a lot to do with the fall of Leafy’s empire. I haven’t gotten any of his videos in my suggested list since the end of 2016. And I have never really looked back.

Great video, btw, although not as good as your Teletubbies reboot video. That video had a lot of good points and valid criticisms.

This is highly unlikely. Started to rise in beginning of 2016 and started to fall at the end of 2016. It's not that people grew up. Besides leafy's fanbase most likely consist of Teens and young adults anyway.

Not gonna lie late 2015-16 were good times you never knew what was gonna happened. to this day i can remember that video of that big girl who was singing in a pool. Man those were good times.

I personally saw leafy(and pyro too for a while) as the McDonald’s of commentary videos, but not in the way Emplemon sees it. While someone like H3H3 or Idubbbz created quality content, or the fine dining experience, leafy was the much more abrasive, less insightful, but still watchable content that could pad out the time between the amazing episodes. In other words Leafy was the McDonald’s of commentary channels, it wasn’t exactly good, but it was good enough and was there and convenient. Other than that there wasn’t much.

EmpLemon explained in the video why this is unlikely.
While other channels with the same issue just faded away with time, Leafy got hit with an 80% drop in the span of 2 months. Why would all those people decide to not watch Leafy at the (almost) exact same time?
It's not impossible - but unlikely.

Mr Kacperov <br>I have been the opposite of Leafy myself content wise. I've been interested in creating a plethora of different Contents. I do however see beyond veils and I can tell that Calvin Veil is suffering from a couple of things that the public is oblivious to.

Mr Kacperov
I have been the opposite of Leafy myself content wise. I've been interested in creating a plethora of different Contents. I do however see beyond veils and I can tell that Calvin Veil is suffering from a couple of things that the public is oblivious to.


22:29 You know, to add to all the negative drama caused by Leafy about MrBlackDarkness, can't we also add that he was outright attacking a guy whose profile picture back then looked like Freddie Mercury from The Killer Queen music video? Seriously, compare Mr. Black's face in the picture to how Freddie Mercury looked in that video, people! It's just that he had his hair dyed black, and his eyes too. Besides that, just imagine Leafy attacking the real Freddie Mercury for some silly reason. I bet Queen fans would not have it.

Btw, I'm complementing Mr. Black, because I like Freddie Mercury very much.


Fuck dude. I've literally never seen a leafy video.  I'm convinced.


Emplemons voice kind of reminds me of Yandere dev.


Minor thing, but i always notice that the music choices in EmpLemons videos are always spectacular. Good documentary daddy. #Leafywasaninsidejob


there is no hero without villain, what if everyone was a villain


“In 2013 minecraft would reach its peak in popularity and never rise again”

Well... that didn’t age well


Emplemon: Minecraft has surpassed it's cultural peak, never again to return.

2019: Hold my Notre Dame

It isn't popular at all compared to its hay day right now, and also it being a meme it's not going to last as long ethier.

<b>I SAID HOLD THE NOTRE DAME, NOT DROP IT!</b>

*I SAID HOLD THE NOTRE DAME, NOT DROP IT!*

@Adrian is Doing NO FAP Day 1 <br>It definitely had a relatively desolate period from 2015 - 2018. It peaked in 2013-2014.

@Adrian is Doing NO FAP Day 1
It definitely had a relatively desolate period from 2015 - 2018. It peaked in 2013-2014.

A brief resurgence isn't going to last forever. Also, it will never be as popular as it was back then.

It never died, it's just weaker now. Emp and Adrian are both right

@Adrian is Doing NO FAP Day 1 <br>While its true that Minecraft, sales wise, just grew even more, its cultural impact had died down a shit ton after about 2015 or so, and from 2016-late 2018, most people saw it as an cringy game with an cringy fanbase, untill this year that is

@Adrian is Doing NO FAP Day 1
While its true that Minecraft, sales wise, just grew even more, its cultural impact had died down a shit ton after about 2015 or so, and from 2016-late 2018, most people saw it as an cringy game with an cringy fanbase, untill this year that is

BreadFarmer u see the /s right it’s stands for sarcasm

Wisemankugel Memicus WRONG!Creepers don’t cause fire,so the only answer is blazes!(ghasts aswell)I shudder at this misuse of Minecraft lore!

/s

+zardiathemuteatsbleach Creepers burned down Notre Dame.

@Darci 「Heads Will Roll」 Since all the kids that played Minecraft either grew up or migrated to Fortnite, Minecraft is now seen as more of a nostalgic and well-remembered thing.

@Adrian is Doing NO FAP Day 1 ikr, I guess if its not the most popular game in the world any it died, it still pulls in impressive numbers tbh

minecraft never died...<br>idk why everyone says that

minecraft never died...
idk why everyone says that


in all honesty considering all the stats the hissing brought to a channel my reaction would be hiss away dear friends and invite your friends. i will build an empire on your army xd


My man out here using all caps as background music. Excellent choice


wow. He was popular in 2016? Omg it seems like much longer than that


0:00 Opening
1:58 LeafyIsBorn
3:33 LeafyIsNew
6:09 LeafyIsCrafty
10:25 LeafyIsRising
16:34 LeafyIsHere
19:53 LeafyIsCracking
26:45 LeafyIsBlazing
28:47 LeafyIsWounded
31:21 LeafyIsFalling
34:03 LeafyIsBlackballed
45:05 LeafyIsGone

Idioticreborn didn’t expect to see your comment here I remember you commenting on fan hc videos

He should have called the last one LeafyIsntHere

You shall rise to the very top of this comment section


Holy crap YouTube did to LeafyisHere what they would later do to LouderwithCrowder!


This aged well, and then horribly, and then well again


Huh. This formula of gameplay plus commentary is some of what I see with Northernlion.


You know in his drug experience stories he actually comes off as pretty likeable. It's too bad he didn't keep up with chilled out stories like that.

Large LArry The storytime videos were always my favorite. To bad he didn't keep making them because I found them very entertaining and even now they're not as stale as his regular content.


Some of leafys videos were privatized which deletes views

Too add context they were his most popular


Dam I thought emplemon was born in like 94 or something. Turns out I’m only 1 year younger than him.


"minecraft got its reputation for being for little kids"

The entire internet: so you have chosen death

"minecraft got its reputation for being for little kids"

The entire internet: *so you have chosen death*


I think you're right but you shouldn't dismiss content cops power. It might not kill the fanbase entirely but it turns the community against you, especially if you have a similar fanbase like leafy and idubbbz did. Most youtubers try to keep their head down after it but for people like leafy that wasn't an option. His response video was so poor in quality that a lot of people jumped ship. Youtube shot leafy, idubbbz hit his bleeding out channel with a club.

Also, I think the point in this video neglects that the term "killing channels" is not destroying their viewer-base and leaving them without a job, it's destroying their reputation among any other respected creators and stopping those mistakes. Tana is the best example of that. She was made out to be a fool, and her only response was to apologize. That saved her respect from her audience, but no one else's.

In my own opinion, CC videos are just fire starters. They attract people with a bright glow, and the get bigger as more people come to see it, whenever if your a fan of Idubbbz, a random patron of YouTube, of a fan of the targeted person. Soon that fire grows into something bigger, and at that point, there is the chance that it dies down like every other big or dramatic moment in time (Ricegum), or depending on actions relating to it (like BW says, responses, leaked info, etc) , it can become a chaotic wave of energy that can turn things to ash and leave somewhat of a wreak behind when it's over. it's like a 2017 Californian wildfire, or how Prometheus gave fire to humankind, resulting in the development  of a chaotic world. (im not that good at hyperbole's)

True but you have to also remember that every other response is shit too. Maybe even worse, like tanas or ricegums.

leafy and ricegum had the same age fans, there's no doubt

leafy had way younger fans than idubbbz did....without a doubt, there's no way that most of his fans were over 12 judging by the way they acted.

Joe Joseph i dont think soo, both audience were not so different and leafy style of content requiered an answer i think.

He just didn't spected it yo be soo bad he maybe thought he could benefit from the drama, but he didn't realize that idubbz was able to get a lot more that leafys audience against him

The best action would've been if leafy did an actual genuine video taking in advice from the content cop and rebutting little. The community wouldn't have been able to turn on him as much if he showed himself to be the bigger man.

Bronzewarrior It explains why the ricegum content cop didn't kill him, the audience of both channels are pretty diferent so idubbz couldnt turn ricegum's audience against him because ricegum's audience didn't watch idubbz video.

However i think the true power of content cop is not destroying a specific youtuber but more about killing a type of contetn showing the rest of the comunity how toxic that content may be.

Honestly I think the best course of action for Leafy would have been to not respond to the content cop. He had a very active audience that was much different from Idubbbz's audience. By making the shitty response video, it prompted his fans, many whom probably were unaware, to view Idubbbz video, and it was game over from there.


Hey 2021 here.
Yep shits fucked. Its common knowledge the blacklists are everywhere.
Congrats emplemon. You called it.


So what I see<br>YouTube wanted to get rid of leafy for promoting cyber bullying, but after successfully doing so, caused most of YouTube to go into a mess. Creating the Adpocalypse, the Demonitization, the weird perverted kid videos. And so much more.

So what I see
YouTube wanted to get rid of leafy for promoting cyber bullying, but after successfully doing so, caused most of YouTube to go into a mess. Creating the Adpocalypse, the Demonitization, the weird perverted kid videos. And so much more.

THIS. Plus, I find it really ironic that he was singled out and labelled as a "cyberbully" when, shortly after his YouTube career ended, the commentary genre became one of the most popular on YouTube. I really don't get why everyone paints him as the devil when so many people are currently poking fun at the tiktok kids for views. Nobody calls those cyberbullies. And rightfully so. Man, I miss the old YouTube...

LOL no youtube got hungry with power after taking him down

Better to have one large channel to bash than the rest of youtube.

This was the beginning of the apocalypse that YouTube inflicted on itself. How sad.

xxx_barbz_xxx exactly,<br>It's quite ironic how YouTube seems to like to censor videos explaining depression, but then showing a suicide victim on 1 on trending.

xxx_barbz_xxx exactly,
It's quite ironic how YouTube seems to like to censor videos explaining depression, but then showing a suicide victim on 1 on trending.

Yep
Removing leafy channel was the biggest mistake
And YouTube is fucked up now because of it


Damn cant believe I havent found you til now, youtube algorythm sucks!


21:34 while he didn’t die physically his Chanel died


So I guess MrBlackDarkness666’s curse really <b>DID</b> work.

So I guess MrBlackDarkness666’s curse really *DID* work.

I wanted to keep it at 117, but this comment not exactly true anymore.

No. The witch cherylyn barnes put magik onto him... Its in his last 20 vids. She contacted a real occultist and youtuber named "share his vision" and asked if deep manipulation could be poured over leafys soul essence. All his social medias were manipulated and deleted. If you wish to visit the youtuber "share his vision" then search him. Perhaps he will grant you a dark blessing.

Tbh that guy really just needed some love.

Tbh that guy really just needed some love.

fainted youtube channel is the new leafy

fainted youtube channel is the new leafy

coincidence?? either he has demon powers or is really good a predicting how these situations go in reality... STRANGE SHIT MAN!!!

Colin the Rook Main well, the content cop did have 666k likes

That’s why he refused to undo the curse even when pressured by keemstar

I need to check if mrblackdarkness666 is still available. He seems cool.

Definitely, he got to see his channel grow so quickly, and the he got destroyed and humiliated, i kinda feel sorry for him, i wasn't too aware of all the drama back then so i didn't really hate him, and hating him now would be a really stupid thing.

Still sticking with my theory that  Leafy's loss of fame is due to his infernal contract for popularity expiring. He sold his chin to the devil  for his brief time in the sun.

whats the name of that flute meme thing?

whats the name of that flute meme thing?

have you seen the channel's recent videos? very fuckng wierd

No, it was because he brought to surface the Pedophilic nature of various youtubers. Then, He was forced to stop making Video's. I get it bro, you're being cool and dark or whatever... but thats what actually happened.

A motherfuckin hero lmfao, I salute thee MrBlackDarkness666

>leafy tries lifting it by using comedy and parodies as excuse
>dosen't work
>content cop kicks in
>tree gets cut down by ex-subscribers, pyro and content cop
> leafy the leaf dies

the thing about prohecys is that some of them are easily predicted

Colin the Rook Main what curse did he put on him?

yes another one of my rook main brothers

yes another one of my rook main brothers

thought about that in the whole time when I was watching the video oml-

derp rant Maybe it’s good leafy made the video then because leafy needed to fall

Colin the Rook Main Holy shit, i forgot he cursed Leafy

Psycho Zebra honestly, i'd believe that.

Psycho Zebra honestly, i'd believe that.

Turtato as you know, if you watched the video, or watched the drama alert,  that MrBlackDarkness666 placed a curse on leafy. So, he’s theorizing the the curse killed leafy

Colin the Rook Main someone explain this to me plz?

his curse had to be reversed

maybe he didnt fully reverse it and this shit happened

One of the last things I remember from MrBlackDarkness666 was him roasting Leafy.

i made a vid about him and said the same thing. really tho it could have been a partr of it. karma is a bitch to people who bully other people

Colin the Rook Main As much as i hate it, i remember that video, you made me chuckle.

Dear MrBlackDarkness666,

Place a curse on the FCC and Ajti Pai

Signed,

majority of the United States

The curse wasn’t the death of Leafy after all but it was the death of his channel, RIP

Well, the darkness guy was telling them that the curse was not undone yet. That he needed to perform another spell. But then they like, laughed at him... So yeah.

Kurt Barthalemu iirc he said he was Dutch

Kurt Barthalemu iirc he said he was Dutch

Colin the Rook Main It’s not Rook it’s Lardex: Destoyer of Buffets

Colin the Rook Main where’s my armor plates rook

FOOLS NO MERE CHANNEL COULD DEFEAT HIM!<br>ONLY THE CREATORS OF THIS VIRTUAL WORLD HAD THE POWER TO BANISH HIM!

FOOLS NO MERE CHANNEL COULD DEFEAT HIM!
ONLY THE CREATORS OF THIS VIRTUAL WORLD HAD THE POWER TO BANISH HIM!

Colin the Rook Main shit I remember that

Colin the Rook Main shit I remember that

Rainbow six siege is the best game yet Maybe MrBlackDarkness666 could use a ritual to bring your ACOG back.

Colin the Rook Main I'm a ash jager main FAM

Colin the Rook Main I'm a ash jager main FAM

Or, maybe he has connections with Youtube.

Or, maybe he has connections with Youtube.

Yeah, he summoned Idubbbz from the omniverse.

Yeah, he summoned Idubbbz from the omniverse.

Bruh 😂😂😂😂😂 that was the funniest thing ever

Bruh 😂😂😂😂😂 that was the funniest thing ever

Colin the Rook Main I'm gonna learn his craft

Colin the Rook Main I'm gonna learn his craft

Omg this dude really has connections with the underworld


Idubbz exposed keem as a target that started from the depths of nfkrz being angered at keem<br>Leafy and grade had the strength to harm him

Idubbz exposed keem as a target that started from the depths of nfkrz being angered at keem
Leafy and grade had the strength to harm him


EmpLemon I want to thank you for being creative and continuing doing your own thing. Watching your videos give me memory trips on historic events on YouTube and, honestly, inspires me to be better with my own work. I hope more YouTubers can follow your image of being the best at what they're good at rather than follow the trends, and I hope YouTube can have its "renaissance" again. Keep doin' whatcha doin' because true pieces of work will always get recognized!


You know... It really is sad to see that time has flown past us over the years... and leafy's downfall happened a couple of years ago. It really does make you wonder where has all the time gone through the years. This is why I love EmperorLemon's content, I love it because most of the videos that he makes like youtube geographic or meme theory really makes me think about things that I never would have thought about before. It makes you feel like you are learning something new and you start to wonder and question about things and think about so much to the point where you make your own hypothesis on the subject. Or atleast thats how I feel when I watch emplemons content, anyways... keep up the amazing work as always! I'm a huge fan of this channel and I am certainly looking forward to whatever your next video could be.

Don't Worry These Pizzas Are In Good Hands

And so am I. There's more to stories behind the door.


The question becomes: are you doomed to the same fate?

For real though, fantastic upload, quickly became one of my favorite in recent memory. Seemingly no stone was left unturned. I envy your work ethic because I know you're working on this on top of college and an at least part-time job.


I don’t quite understand how a lot of people commenting ”Hisss” and whatnot is so damaging  under the pretense that that is the only thing they’re doing. There are tons of bots commenting all over the place that are waaay worse


34:39 saving the time so i can keep watching next time


3:43 - Unless you're a "quirky" hot white girl.


33:40 wow thanks for ruining my night. looks like ill be getting no sleep tonight.


Well wait till this video gets demonitised by YouTube


so THAT's why people hated on minecraft in middle school....<br>you solved a mystery i didn't even know i needed solved

so THAT's why people hated on minecraft in middle school....
you solved a mystery i didn't even know i needed solved


The amount of research that must have gone into this video is staggering, well done my dude.


Little did you know Minecraft would make a brief comeback


50:35 never ever episode 0 (especially considering this came out like 3 months before the first episode)


I used to watch tf outta leafy ngl he had me fuckin dying. I didn't really like the making fun of kids thing tho.


I like how CaptainSparklezis was the McDonald's and Sky was Burger King


December 2020: Leafy is back again again


I can't believe content cop was 5 years ago ._.


Leafy is like if Kanye died after 808s&Heartbreaks


Late 2018 was a true war, with the entire thing escalating

If 2018-2019 was WW2, then Leafy v. Idubbbz is the Spanish civil war (of commentary)

Like wwe a crappy pg era followed afterwards

A world war where everyone was playing Russian roulette with knifes

And it was entertaining as fuck. I miss old iDubbbz

But it was good to just sit back and grab some popcorn

Man I miss those days YouTube was so exciting

@Negative7 it was a very obscure reference to the video „is youtube now europe in 1914“ by emperor tigerstar, watch it, it explains what i meant

the great meme war...donaldus vs hitlery
4chan vs shiah

Idubbbz vs cringe


“Minecraft had reached its peak”

Muahahahahahaha

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


14:43 just realized now that this was from MF DOOM


Alot of that Minecraft stuff aged like milk


As someone who was always used to being the “New” audience on youtube, looking back and seeing how much YouTube has changed, and just remembering the leafy drama, and then suddenly realizing that everything is gone is kind of sad in a way. It feels like the storm is over, but at the same time- we’re waiting for a new one. It’s scary how big a part of my life YouTube has been these past few years, and actually feeling like a veteran is a very puzzling but pleasing feeling.

It's SK   Same here! I started around the same time, but I was 8 at the time and now I'm 19

Dude thanks for putting this in words, i feel the exact same way

it’s an odd feeling for me, personally. i remember in ‘08 watching youtube live with katy perry lmao. i was 10 at the time, and i’ll be 20 this year. youtube has been a part of my life for 10 years, half of my life. it’s pretty crazy.

Ravioli Ravioli, give me a reason to live same


19:43 no way i just recognized this as desmond from smiling friends LMAOOOOO


Man, is it really that long ago? Time flies


I vaguely remember hearing about this a couple years ago I think? Whenever I heard about it though I thought “Leafy? Like from bfdi?”


@An Absurd Existence what’s the song name tho?

@iCEE Ops ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MANS NAME

@DarkPit99Swell what mfdoom song was that at 14:50


oh my god i actually drew that creeper in the thumbnail at 2:27 back in 2010 when i was 14 years old and i guess leafy found it somewhere and used it. so fucking surreal.

Hey, I've seen that comic before.<br>Nice to know the guy behind it.

Hey, I've seen that comic before.
Nice to know the guy behind it.

Mako Ray holy shit, I remember posting that exact comic on my instagram a few years back.

edit: grammar

Mako Ray looks like your creeper EXPLODED in popularity. Ba dum gunshot

Mako Ray looks like your creeper EXPLODED in popularity. *Ba dum **-gunshot-*

GAMP: Sicker than your average kigger nilller

Mako Ray <br>The one on the right? Or the one on the left?

Mako Ray
The one on the right? Or the one on the left?

Mako Ray haha, especially considering valve is making THESE DAMN UPDATES TAKE SO LONG!

nah i moved onto overwatch, tf2 has a special place in my heart but you can only play so many hours of the same game

i don't really mind, it was just some silly thing i made on deviantart and at some point i think people started spreading it around without a source. the most surreal thing by far was when i was playing tf2 (this was before i knew the drawing had gotten any popularity) and i suddenly saw it on a wall as someone's spray. i was like ".....wait isn't that........WAIT."


Idubbz is only....

THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


I'd say
Hurt but didn't kill-tana (kinda keem)
Hurt killed-jinx how to ricegum
Didn't do anything(fbe)(kinda keem)


Can't believe I remembered the grand turismo theme, holy shit nice call on that audio


Not only was I entertained every single second in your video, but you also have completly changed my opinion about Leafy or anyone who wants to get popular on youtube for that matter. You are right, this whole incident was tragic in the end if you look at the potential of the positive change on this entire website Leafy could have achieved if he stopped when it was time to stop and realised the path he was walking on. Thank you, seriously.


0:36, well nowadays the ship isn't even there


Two ways to pronounce<br>Leafy-is-here or leaf-yish-ere

Two ways to pronounce
Leafy-is-here or leaf-yish-ere


4:00 that wasent my mentality, I just wanted thought "eh ima just make some goofy edits and see what happens".


Leafy was playing chess...<br>MrBlackDarkness was playing Yu-gi-oh and summoned Exodia

Leafy was playing chess...
MrBlackDarkness was playing Yu-gi-oh and summoned Exodia

@Tim Hook Well it's wrong. If you have all 5 cards you win the game. Even the Eldrazi aren't that strong. Nothing in any card game is.

According to the anime exodia isnt as powerful as you think

@pokestar999 Well never mind you beat me too it. Good job.

@QuickenedDDR Duel Monsters not Battle Monsters

Having never seen a single yu gi oh episode, I somehow understood that. Memes = Education

And now MrBlackDarkness makes amazing shitpost animations.

everyone's playing checkers but i've been playing chess for years

It's called Battle Monsters in the Anime or Manga, but this isn't the Anime so you are right with that.


No, he kept it up to milk it for every last bit.


MrBlackDarkeness never lifted the curse and now leafy was banned after his short lived return 🤔.

21:30


The worst part is, there was a point where his content was decent. His rant videos were very entertaining. He had funny stories, a loose, hyperbolic, and overdramatic way of speaking, and he seemed like he enjoyed making those types of videos. His story about him meeting a pedophile is still one of my favorites on the internet. He turns this simple story into an adventure with twists and turns and punchlines, it was incredibly interesting.

The problem was he ran out of stories. Once he focused his content on reacting to random people's videos, it was just the same, overly harsh shit everytime. He used the same editing techniques, he didn't change up his style or the people he ranted against, and eventually, everyone grew out of it. So they went to people like Idubbbz and H3H3 who made similar content with creativity, memes, and actual variety.

Superultramegaa LastName He was fun but it just faded out of him. Kinda sad.

I loved his stories, and the E-girl series was cool too. shame he had stopped mixing up that content

My thoughts exactly. I was watching him 2015 before he really blew up and I loved his story videos and even some of his milder rant videos. I’d never seen commentary videos before so I thought they were amazing. I stopped watching him even before Idubbz did the content cop on him because he was just trying way too hard and his content just became unenjoyable.

Exactly. You summed it up perfectly.<br>👌👌👌

Exactly. You summed it up perfectly.
👌👌👌


Plot twist: This was all from the curse of Mr.darkness 666


I don’t know how you got away with playing MF Doom in your video, but I wish to learn.


Looking back at this makes me miss the 2015-2016 era when YouTubers had edgier senses of humor and were willing to speak their minds. Nowadays the strict terms of service and the demonetization system has neutered any free-thinking youtubers. All of the popular youtubers are now bland, walking-talking commercials. I want people like Filthy Frank, Leafy, and EmpLemon to fill the trending page not James Charles, Dream, or Charli D’Amelio.


wow, came to watch again and saw a whole slew of recent comments, algorithm bless the Emperor!


I used to be subbed to him. I think your YouTube murder theory might be valid cause I remember there was a point his video's just flat out stopped appearing on my feed. I remember having to actively search his channel to see if/when he uploaded. And that got tedious enough to where I lost interest in his video's, then gradually lost interest in his genre all together.

Same. I had to actually wonder how things were going to see his videos.

The Reaper Hunter same here, noticed he was toxic to his friends soon after

Yooo i didn't expect you to be here. Nice job on your warframe videos.


If you want to make it big on YouTube you have to milk  that vegan teacher

Cause everyone knows if you want to make it big on YouTube you have to! [Insert criticism]


41:26
5 minute crafts - G
Nothing better than having a child watch fake life hacks without adult supervision


Are you telling me skydoesmimecraft is still going? <b>I</b> watched him as a kid

Are you telling me skydoesmimecraft is still going? *I* watched him as a kid


It really is crazy... I never thought about Leafy's downfall like this. Some kid played Minecraft and drew a moderately big crowd, then 180ed into the commentaries and blew up to crazy heights and blinding speed... and then went power crazy, inadvertently sending millions to harass people, getting involved within a ridiculously convoluted situation that ultimately led to himself and Grade walking away without so much as a farewell and ultimately, just as fast as he'd become the king, his contemporaries and even YouTube itself burned the palace down.

I thought of it back when it happened as some punk harassing others for being different, and then backstabbing Keem and treating Nick Cash (HWYM) like a slave ("is $20 okay?"), and then having all the shit he did finally bite him as iDubbbz and all of the others turned on him and ended his rise. But looking at it now, I see a dumb, edgy kid on the Internet who rose too quickly and ended up losing the world. It truly is tragic.


Looked like that curse carried out after all...


It's worth noting that xcodeh was one of if not the first to make this sort of storytim/commentary + gaming style of video

bro u know xcodeh?? fuckin god tier person


2:10

"If you look at his channel today"

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(it's gone)


The reason why Keemstar managed to survive the content cop was because he took everything in stride, he didn't retaliate, and he was was chill enough to even laugh at himself. He even has a gnome keemstar on his desk. Leafy on the other hand can't take any form of criticism and and immediately retaliates; this eventually prooves iDubbbz right and leafy, eventually helping out digging his own grave even faster now.

Swing Thing He still could’ve survived either way honestly


1:40 bojack horseman is on drugs again ain’t he


“Minecraft would never again be as popular.”
GOD I WISH
I LOVE MINECRAFT BUT IT’S JUST GETTING MILKED LIKE AN OLD COW NOW


And leafy is STILL not a good person, btw


What we do here is go back back back back...

To when Leafy was actually relevant.

What we do here is go *back* back back back...

To when Leafy was actually relevant.


"it's my sleepover I get to chose the movie"


Little did he know mincraft rose from the ashes


this is so incredible! I really appreciate you making this. You earned a new dedicated subscriber


“It would never again be as popular”

Ha.


19:43 is that the same guy who played Desmond on Smiling Friends?


YouTube Geographic is easily my favorite series of yours. All the hard work you put into this video is apparent and it’s great! Keep up the good work, proud of you.


5:31 didnt catch this the first time lol


You know, Im not surprised that you knew about Lemon Jelly's Music, always have a special place in my playlist for them.


I miss that little snake of a boy <br>This video was so sad and yet so captivating?? EmpLemon you are truly a god in content creation.

I miss that little snake of a boy
This video was so sad and yet so captivating?? EmpLemon you are truly a god in content creation.

Woh
So?
Jademau6 said that EmpLemon, the creator of this video, makes really high quality content.
To reply to Jademau6’s comment and make conversation, I said that there were two YouTubers that make some of the highest quality YouTube videos out there at the cost of quantity.
It really isn’t as off-topic as you’re making it out to be. :/

He still can’t beat Ahoy or LEMMiNO in terms of sheer quality though. <br>Those two are insane when it comes to quality over quantity. :P

He still can’t beat Ahoy or LEMMiNO in terms of sheer quality though.
Those two are insane when it comes to quality over quantity. :P


His account is back now and he has 4 videos and like 150 something subs lol


leafy was here is now leafy was banned.

what the fuck youtube?


I took a double take when I heard the Bojack horseman intro near the start.

@schizo on meds Backs in the 10’s I was a very famous YouTuber

The joke is that Leafy is a washed up Youtuber on the interwebz :D


I demand a public apology for saying minecraft will never again be as popular as it was.


Idubbbz isn't meant to kill channels, people just build it up that way.

The Fat Dragon Fair enough, this was amazing

Cortana chan The Internet is like Ancient History, we exaggerate things to a Mythological standard. Its fascinating.


that shit about MrBlackDarkness666 is lowkey just leafy and his fans bein a bully wtf


The fact I noticed the grand turismo music at 20:01 shows I have no life


what were all the songs used in this video? Because there are only 3 cited in the desc


Am I the only one who just discovered that this channel exists?


all this analyse of why he left just for it to be because he had a run in with the irs lol.


This just made me wanna watch bo jack horseman


I think you might have been on to something when you imply that YouTube itself was conspiring against Leafy somehow, considering they banned him just as he was making a comeback.

@trav v and none of them ever take off lmao

@Ultimus Primus There are heaps of new platforms emerging because YT is destroying its brand. Odysee is one.

@El Jay Eh maybe when everyone gets tired of sanitized entertainment. Shock Humor seems to explode like every time the coming generation enters that edgy teen phase.

@Mercury yeah like that’s ever gonna happen

@Space Man Seems like Mum key was a huge victim of this too.

The new corporate, bland and inoffensive youtube won't ever allow again edgy youtubers like leafy to gain a platform at all.


Like all empires they will always fall even if they last 1000s years or more eventually they will fall and Leafy  is a obvious example that empires don’t last


Leafy was really was patient zero of demonetization.


50:17

"Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself"

you can tell EmpLemon really wants his channel to die. Telling people to unsubscribe didn't work so now he went and exposed Youtube's closed-door conspiracy to kill off Leafy's channel, ensuring a retaliatory measure against him.

And that was the tragic story of darth leafy.


i got a 15 second unskippable koolaid ad on this video<br>on an emplemon video

i got a 15 second unskippable koolaid ad on this video
on an emplemon video


The name of the starting is Bojack horseman theme, for anyone curious


Oh shut this vid was 50 minutes! Felt like 30, nice.


Actually good job. This video was amazingly done. It was perfect I learn a lot of shit about leafy that I never really looked into or even thought about, i use to watch leafy, laugh and just have fun but as it turns out it was a lot darker then I ever thought. This is literally YOUTUBE HISTORY! It’s pretty much a tail like Adam and Eve, the boy who cried wolf. It’s like it was made up as a story to say a message or scar kids. All I could do is commend you. Amazing.


Only thing that didn't age well was saying minecraft would never be so popular again


Leafy wasn’t perfect but he’s the tombstone of an era of YouTube as a free, truly entertaining space for all instead of the corporate PC bs YouTube only allows nowadays.

leafy is living proof that bullying gamers should be normalized


I hope Calvin watches this video, feels all nostalgic and decides to come back to YT. Even just to say goodbye

idk a symptom of depression is suffering from suicidal thoughts. his (Eric Felds) comment is still trash tho

Eric Felds Depression doesn't work like that but ok

Didnt watch his content but i guess it"d be pretty cool


Chapter 11 should have been called LeafyIsn'tHere


I think the real thing that killed his channel was the curse.

Sanitary Rap maybe his curse made youtube destroy his channel Lool

Sanitary Rap although the guy was weird AF... <br>Seems like the curse really took place tbh. And honestly I wouldn't fuck with curses

Sanitary Rap although the guy was weird AF...
Seems like the curse really took place tbh. And honestly I wouldn't fuck with curses


well leafy came back then was killed off


This actually makes me respect Leafy, then towards his fall pity him.

He never denied that he was a dick. And I'm pretty sure that it's just a character that he puts on when on camera. But yeah, I've always respected him, and I miss his content.

I honestly don't understand the appeal but I guess I can't deny that some folks got something out of it.  Imo he was just a dick though.

My comment was in reference to Leafy, btw.

He was stupid and cruel and provided little of value, or even interest.  I thought this video greatly overstated his "potential".

+Burgermaru  Probably because he's just some random guy with average production value, but who worked hard and was clever and eventually got to the top.


Poor Tetra. She never deserved to be his profile picture.


12:32 HOOOOOH YOU GOT BALLS POSTING THAT PIC LEMON KEKEKEK

oh fuck yea tho I remember the edge of 2015.. It was LIKE A FUCKING DRUG!! AAAAA WISH I COULD RE LIVE IT


The story of the Titanic had only been told dozens of times?


As a past edgy kid, it wasn't Content cop that made me unsubscribe from Leafy, although it did make me more critical of him, it was the fact that his videos were so repetitive and long. I couldn't stand watching a 10-20 minute video with cringy jokes and forced roasts day after day without variety. However your theory of Youtube does make sense, but we can't simply it with a single cause fallacy, in truth it was a conglomerate of reasons. Actually scratch that, we all know the real reason was because of Mr.BlackDarkness666's curse.

I really liked his content in around 7th grade, by 8th I naturally transitioned into better content and I still haven't even watched IDubbbz's video on him. Now I'm going into 10th and without this video in my recommended, I probably would have completely forgotten leafy. His content did change, but only in minor ways, like new gameplay or when he added the puppet thing, which I found really unfunny.


pretty crazzi to see history unfold liek that


Sure, that Darkness dude was kinda cringey, but I feel bad for him now

yea him and i myself made fun of dude so bad


It was pretty obvious that Leafy could not survive in a climate of political unrest. I didn't expect shooting him in the sun though.


I wouldn't expect to watch a 50 minute video about a youtuber like Leafy, but this was surprisingly entertaining to listen to while I drew. The vid was really well made and actually had evidence (which is great for a change lmao)


It actually sunk. Cuz YouTube terminated it.


Extremely intelligent analysis. Youtube needs more channels like you. Subbed


and then the Government of youtube bombed the USS leafy twice


This video is one of my favorites. It is so enjoyable and it mostly has to do with the editing. It's absolutely perfect. This is a great editing style. Great visuals with tons of music. This is a great documentary style for Youtube.


did I just hear a MF DOOM track on a emplemom video??? this is your best video bro


looking back at it the history of leafy and the history of dream on this site is pretty similar...<br>wonder if they will have the same end

looking back at it the history of leafy and the history of dream on this site is pretty similar...
wonder if they will have the same end

@Face McShooty true and dream did some what approve of his fans action but he's to big for yt to do the demonize thing it would be sucide he hit 20 million in a year

the diffrence is that dream is less edgy then leafy i dont think hes going any time soon


Inb4 YouTube sees you exposing their censorship of leafy and does the same thing to this video

Random Commenter TACTICAL CENSORSHIP INCOMING!

Its over.


Here I was being confused about Captainsparklez and Minecraft dying until I checked out the upload date. I guess you can't predict absolutely everything...


I hate myself for saying this but i honestly miss leafys videos before he started attacking good people, he was very informative on shitty youtubers and kind of funny to watch still he shouldn't have made fun of an autistic man :/

Ninjamantis And if he kept it up, people like you would argue he didn't care, smh

bullshit you delete things when you know you're wrong and don't want any more flack XD

Ninjamantis He was clearly sorry when he did it, or else he wouldn't have deleted it.

Ninjamantis I only found out about leafy because people were talking about that video

Ninjamantis Yeah he shouldve turned so edgy.


minecraft would never be that populair ever again... that didnt age well


i like that the shining refrence at the end


the way he says mineeeee craft is amazeing


who else remembers the MCPVP era of leafyishere?


I think leafys style and attitude resonated with people a lot more than most would like to admit

For a few days, I was one of those people. I admit it. My best reason was that I was 13 years old. Never again.

So, it was actually about 3 months. My parents never found out. We never talked about it. They would have rightly told me to rethink my entertainment and-
Basically, online anonymity is the biggest mistake humanity has ever made collectively.

Francis Board Coppola people where trendhopping for likes and virtue signaling, leafy is the our og of mayham


Leafy only has 81k subs. We won Mr Stark.


while i am not doubting your research I did want to point out that at his peak - 5 million subscribers - he attained 0.002% of approximate YouTube users - 2.6 billion - as a subscriber base.  When you are a statistical anomaly at the top of your rise - any fall is not really going to need much to become a thing.  If YouTube pushed him off his hill it wouldn't really take any effort.  Imagine in any other world where .0002% is considered a savage success and maybe it looks different?  I dunno... I hate math...


Holy shit man this was amazing . Besides from the controversy around his name , I kinda miss Leafy ...

I miss coming back to YouTube everyday for a new Leafy and Pyrocynical video everyday

MankeyGamez I don’t like him but it was fun to watch the world burn because of him.

I fucking miss the bloke too. It is like he really died.

yeah he was good kinda like old youtube. Leafy used a shit camera and just had good content

MankeyGamez He actually had a pretty funny style commentary, it’s just that he was a bit mean


What funny is how he said minecraft hit its peak but minecraft blew up again


YouTube went from being cool and fun to being scary and dangerous

super Nova when it change, cause I feel when leafy was here things finally got fun and spicy


at 14:41 i realized why you get recommended these videos when you watch MF DOOM


About Leafy being recommended, I can still remember seeing his videos recommended mid 2015, I never watched them, but they were there. Then, never saw him again. Only in 2020 when I was curious of his videos I watched it myself and it was recommended to me. Even in 2016-2018 when I'd constantlt watch videos about Leafy one after the other and repeatedly, I'd never get a single video of his recommended. Can't say that youtube 100% is involved, but I don't think its so wild to assume they had their hands in this.


3:09 you stopped on my exact sub count lol wtf


Bro, this was so entertaining, on top of this being my favorite type of content, glad this was in my recommended! You earned a sub!


Oh man how is the giant corporation the good guy in this story


He should of stay in the Minecraft dirt where he belonged born a villain and died a villain


>When you check the YT channel of Leafy to see less than 1k subs and nearly all videos wiped...LOL


VIDEO IDEA!  There will NEVER EVER be another superman like Christopher Reeve!!!

Half of the internet would rally against him. There are still lots of Snyderfans that belive that the Martha scene was a cinematic masterpiece with a deep meaning.


What an amazing video. Thank you for this.

Edgy Teen when did he do that? Genuine question

Of all the youtubers I'm subbed to you are the last one I would have expected to see in this comment section

ARTV Didn't expect to see you here, whats up jon?


Think TommyInnit will go through the same demise as Leafy?

Nope, he isn't remotely controversial enough.<br>The green blob tho? Maybe

Nope, he isn't remotely controversial enough.
The green blob tho? Maybe


This man truly built an empire from scratch.

He planted the seed but never got to sit in the tree's shade

RealLucidity he shaped the YouTube we know today


36:56 leafy trollsona. Let me off this ride, please.


Bro the song in the reptilian part is “all caps”


naw leafy was a reptilian all along and thats how he grew lol


This feels like an actual tv documentary


Wait you started YouTube when you were 10?!?!?


Something about this video...it’s just so amazing! The fact that I remember most of these events during leafy’s reign and the format of this video makes it a masterpiece. Honestly I went from being one a leafy’s loyal fans to hating his guts and joining H3’s side. This video really made me look at Leafy from a different perspective and makes me somewhat feel bad for him....


I remember finding Leafyishere and all the yt drama as hilarious as a teen. His content and all the yt drama just becomes stale and boring as you grow older and become more mature.


Damn dude this is some seriously high quality content. I randomly found this video in my recommend  and clicked on it. I was expecting someone just revisiting the grave of leafy and telling the old tale but what I found instead was a full autopsy. The video had me gripped every monent. Keep it up, you just earned a new subscriber.


I never actualy thought i would actualy watch an almost hour long youtube video but you managed to keep it intressting somehow and i stayed untill the end. This video was pure quality just like everything else you make, keep up the good work.


Really solid video, Emp. Leafy's story is definitely a unique one that you've illustrated extremely well with your research and terrific use of audio/visual metaphorical language with your editing. Of all the things you're currently doing, this series is my personal favourite and I very much look forward to what the next installment will be about.


God damn is it refreshing to see videos like these on YouTube. I just find it interesting to see videos that present YouTube’s history in such an intriguing way, so intriguing that I feel people could view these in the future and truly get a glimpse of what Youtube was like in the mid-2010s. I actually hope that you (Emp Lemon) keep making these videos and almost turn this series into the National Geographic of Youtube (which, given the name of the series, seems to be what you are going for). Either way, up the great work :)


Ahhh leafy... onje of the most epic momments in youtube history. It only shows how much the site has grown over the years where entire communities of youtubers would figth with each other to death. Anyways keep up with the good videos! You are a great youtuber man!


This style of video is amazing. You're ability to grab attention for 50+ minutes is truly incredible. Super entertaining and a lot of good information. I was there for the entire rise and fall of leafy, yet still found this entire video intriguing.


Even a curse though didn't stop Leafy from calling idubbbz a cuck


Didn't expect myself to spend an hour with this but I couldn't stop watching great video man


2016 : Leafy

2017 : Paul Brothers

2018 : T Series vs Pewdiepie

2019 : James Charles ,Tati

2020 : ???
2021 : ???

 YouTube is getting boring as corporations have started.


oh my fucking godd i forgot about the HISSS thing


im just pissed that leafy took the link pfp, it just sucks.


You're only fuckin 20??!? Makes me wish I got my life together sooner haha I was out the bush drinking every night at 20 boy I wish I could take that back

@Jannik Heidemann Im talking about these old videos

The video is two years old. You have to add that to his age.


Would just like to say that the gran tourismo music is fantastic


You thought I wouldn't notice that bojack intro


That mf doom part is toooooo sick fuck I love this channel so mucb

Technically Madvillain. But you're right homie


it would never again be as popular...   oh boy


why come so many of EmpLemon's get so many views but has so few subs??


Nooo why did the intro cut the sax solo it's the best part


Madvillain in the background is the icing on the cake


I’m sort of a new YouTube channel but I’ve only been on YouTube since 2016 and over those next 5 years I’ve gotten only 15 subs I’ve seen all of YouTube and tried some new things a lot but I’m still in the regular viewers of all those other videos. the most I’ve seen from my YouTube channel is 400 views<br>All anyone sees from me is just another YouTuber trying to go big without seeing the creators side a passionate kid trying to make people happy

I’m sort of a new YouTube channel but I’ve only been on YouTube since 2016 and over those next 5 years I’ve gotten only 15 subs I’ve seen all of YouTube and tried some new things a lot but I’m still in the regular viewers of all those other videos. the most I’ve seen from my YouTube channel is 400 views
All anyone sees from me is just another YouTuber trying to go big without seeing the creators side a passionate kid trying to make people happy


There will Never Ever be another channel like LeafIsHere


If you wanna get popular on youtube, you have to make fun of children


I don't even know who that ist
Just watched these 52 minutes because my cat's name is leafy
I need to get a life


missed oppurtunity to name chapter IV leafyisgrowing


What person doesnt want to be a famos youtuber. Well me. I dont like to be a youtube slave.


Careful. You using Captain Sparkles will get you copyright striked. We know how desperate he is.


In a nutshell: Leafy got stomped on by YouTube. However in turn, his “death” left a stain, one that would circulate discussion of the fallen YouTube king himself, as what he had done forever changed the Internet, no matter how much YouTube desperately tries to hide it. Personally, your video failed to answer one question that I’m honestly really curious about. <b>Where is he now?</b>

In a nutshell: Leafy got stomped on by YouTube. However in turn, his “death” left a stain, one that would circulate discussion of the fallen YouTube king himself, as what he had done forever changed the Internet, no matter how much YouTube desperately tries to hide it. Personally, your video failed to answer one question that I’m honestly really curious about. *Where is he now?*


Someone's been watching to much of the shining


great video but what's with the antisemitic imagery at 28:01


Check out a new user named Lucky, he is better than Leafy


"There will Never Ever be another YouTuber like LeafyIsHere"

There will Never Ever be another YouTuber like Filthy Frank or PewDiePie

I’d love another Youtube geographic video on another controversial yter from the past lol. Emp is a channel u can get stuck binging lol

@Please Complete All Fields I think he meant impact-wise there will never be another YouTuber who broke the mold the way he did.

*"There will never be another Youtuber like Filthy Frank" would be a better idea

@MrMcPezza It's called Griffin gaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUyMT73kp7A here's the video I came from.

@Tom Hill Which channel? Din't realise anything like this still existed

I came from another channel like Leafishere. Someone wanted to know who Leafy is. And I ended up watching this again. Glad I did.

Every other commentary YouTuber:am I a joke to you


what happened?<br>bullying that's what happened

what happened?
bullying that's what happened


Oh no. One dislike is going to make sakari lose 10 million dollars. Lol


27:58 well i didnt expect to see a anti semetic meme in this video


Dude, the ending of this video is really interesting

WillyMacShow it was giving homage to the ending scene in Shining, it was also done really well

"All roasts and no play makes Leafy a gone boy."

Yh ik I find it disgusting what Youtube did here, no matter how much leafy may have deserved it

looked the end of the shining and im pretty sure he was referencing it.

WillyMac did mention Emp in his BehindTheMeme video. So I'm not surprised seeing him here.

WillyMacShow The Shining analogy was kind of ass but it fit perfectly somehow

+WillyMacShow did not expect to find you here


But did he get his name from BFDI or......


I did not think I would actually watch a video that was about an hour about Leafy of all people. <br>Good job. You captivated me AND gave me a different outlook on Leafy. Being 20 now, I can actually have the smallest blip of empathy for him.

I did not think I would actually watch a video that was about an hour about Leafy of all people.
Good job. You captivated me AND gave me a different outlook on Leafy. Being 20 now, I can actually have the smallest blip of empathy for him.

this shit was clean af surprisingly entertaining

binch Tfw you didn't realise this video was an hour long but are in too deep to stop.


i hate how youtube removed leafy's channel


Lol I was so confused when the bojack horseman intro started to play at the start because it's also my ringtone


Lol you're about to hit a million subs. What will be your epitaph?


This. Was. Fascinating, not just any regular commentary. A unique, creative and informative take on normal content. Liked, Great Content Lemon.


YOOO HE USED ALL CAPS MF DOOM RIP THE VILLAIN


51:50 did you make it to the end of the timed comments?


Holy shit. A CAPITAL STEEZ SONG IN THIS VIDEO?????


Its so funny how it is like history and the fall of an empire. You should do more videos like this. I feel glad to have seen all this stuff while it was happening.


Keems numbers became better than ever in 2017 due to jake paul partially


I was expecting some jacknjeffley stuff but this is also good


Looking at the commentary about Minecraft reaching its peak is pretty funny.


So its YouTube conspiracy or a curse of underrated weirdo wizard.  Understandable have a great day.

I am not one of those who like to watch those YouTube celebrities to much but I like the picture of the dead chanal. Lets be nice to the not nice by remembering this chanal by his Tetra/best Zelda picture meme.


can you imagine spending months on a 50 minute long video, just to get copyright claimed by the outro


How did you get all caps by MF DOOM on there


Mrblackdarkness666’s curse worked hes banned


BRO LEAFY IS BACK SOMEHOW?<br>HES GONNA START A PODAST?

BRO LEAFY IS BACK SOMEHOW?
HES GONNA START A PODAST?


God, 2015-2016 was a wild time. My friends and I were all obsessed with cringe-culture and drama and I followed plenty of commentary channels, like Pyrocynical, Leafy, GradeA, etc. What's weird is that after all the Leafy drama happened, my interest in all of that just vanished. I don't know if it's because the drama train stopped rolling or if I just got bored of all the commentary channels I watched, but that weird period of time where commentary channels ruled Youtube seemed to stop as suddenly as it had started.

Great video BTW. I'm glad you actually tried to humanize Leafy rather than just jumping on the hate wagon.

Spook Nukem same the only one i watch is pyro and thats more of his gaming and weird gaming like videos like i think it was called edit: petscop


Millions of subscriptions to little over 3 thousand <br>3 thousand still is quite a bit but compared to millions, it’s measly

Millions of subscriptions to little over 3 thousand
3 thousand still is quite a bit but compared to millions, it’s measly


This came before the great minecraft resurgence on youtube


Well that's why I make video game music videos.


This would be an awesome series to continue for not only bigger YouTubers but also for smaller channels and Twitch streamers as well. Keep up the awesome work and hope you are having a good day.


You had me until you tried to justify Leafy's actions at the end. Yes, he was immature, obviously, but he knew what he was doing. He knew it wasn't ok.

The whole video is a devil's advocate of Leafy's career


Do a youtube geographic about Bitsandbolts


leafy was here, then IS here, then was here again


This is just amazing it is not bashing leafy and is well edited and is just an amazing video with good effort this was just gorgerous.


Wasn’t this video taken down for a little while?


today i realised that leafy's pfp is tetra


He came back and then got his YouTube account hacked


Not true at all bro, go check out griffin gaming. it’s the closest thing to leafy content you’ll get in today’s day and age


This is the kind of video I expect when I subscribe to somebody; a well thought out, well formulated piece of content with genuine thought and merit, expanding upon its subject. Thankyou EmpLemon, for providing those videos. Keep being amazing.

Michael sheehan that’s a pretty strict, narrow standard you have, but I can respect that. It’s refreshing to find content so well-developed and thought out amongst the popular garbage that won’t be remembered a week from now.


3 years late but i still respect using the all caps instrumental. RIP DOOM


I hope someday someone could create an animated epic of this time in YouTube's history. What a shame, he planted himself in some fertile soil and began to grow, overshadowing everything before him. He got greedy and tried to scavenge more than he could handle, not looking at what he ate, his leaves, bark, and roots began to rot. Only realizing his mistake one year too late. The season changed and soil could be no more different, some flourished while many perished trying to survive. One could say, his sacrifice was for the better of some, detriment to the climate.


10:26 what is the name of the song in the background also?


Someone know the name of the awesome music at 22:50


<b>YES</b> There was NO way a content cop would just destroy leafy. He was targeted and the algorithm they changed effectively excluded him and "bullying" through censorship

*YES* There was NO way a content cop would just destroy leafy. He was targeted and the algorithm they changed effectively excluded him and "bullying" through censorship


Leafy wasn't a problem. No one should be above criticism, and leafy made a big move to show that you're misguided to keep pretending that your internet content is a private diary. By uploading, you have now become a publisher and are liable to take the same sort of criticism as TV hosts.


moral of the story: don't get cursed by mr darkness 666

I thought he lifted the curse on the keemstar video but I guess he changed his mind.


Bro this videos playlist is epic he’s got the gorillaz The Beach Boys........


it's so weird hearing something that you watched and kinda lived through in a more history textbook way.

Sydney Hess Textbooks are boring. This was more like a super historically accurate movie.


2016 really was the beggining of the end for Youtube

@vee Where else is he gonna watch videos?  Daliymotion?

2016 might just be the single most significant year in internet culture. Unless somebody can think of a more important year, I'm quite confident it was 2016.

As opposed to early 2010's youtube where everything was a loud Minecraft LP or a creepypasta video? 2016 was a necessary evil.

YouTube died in 2016 but It will stay around forever


How tf did u get he bojack horseman theme??


Still confused about the last 15 seconds


How did you manage to keep me entertained with this video for an hour?!


Yo there’s this dude named Lucky on YouTube and he just referenced this video and said he was going to talk about you


Amazing video! I just want to point out is that Leafy never abandoned his Twitter because he couldn't be bothered with it anymore, he got locked out of it in may last year and hasn't been able to gain access to it ever since. Also I think the theory of youtube killing his channel is extremely likely, however his videos not appearing at the top when you search 'LeafyIshere', is less so YouTube not wanting to show his videos in search results and more so just a result of the youtube algorithm favouring those who upload frequently, rather than people such as Leafy who haven't uploaded since last year. Great video anyways, all the other points were fantastic.

Yeah, I found it kinda odd how he used Star_ as an example, considering Star hasn't uploaded anything to his main channel since May 2016 except for, if I recall correctly, an angry rant about people wanting more TF2 when that game had drained for Star that got removed. Or maybe that one was hosted on his second channel. Doesn't matter. Don't upload in 2 years, don't get a subscriber bump for two years.

I agree with your points, but I would like to also like to point out that this treatment Leafy's channel is receiving is not the same treatment other slow posting channels get. If you look up JonTron's channel, you can still see his channel and all of his videos right on top. This might be because he hasn't gotten any sort of backlash and thus no videos that got viral on him created by other users, but it's still something to consider.


@Jj_sprite the "face reveal" done by an 11 year old isnt conclusive. They dont even sound the same. Im positive its leafy


Tbh I stopped watching leafy after seeing the content cop, just me?


26:50 I only know the song because of Hans Van Harken


Oh EmpLemon, you never fail to keep my attention for more than 30 minutes at a time.

He has been known for commenting way longer than Justin Y.

hmm yes interesting. Whatever happened to you?

hmm yes interesting. Ok you're starting to comment everywhere


Omg, I didn't even realize that this was emperor lemon, I used to watch your ytps all the time, then lost interest, glad to see your still doing good

Damn you're right. I've definitely seen a few of his videos back when I watched Orpheusftw's KOTH YTP Collabs years ago. That's pretty crazy, thanks for the heads up man.

Burping bob yooo i didn’t realize that until i read your comment. i knew the username from somewhere but i couldn’t put my finger on it!


leafy has returned... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2JRH4GzX_8


Can someone please tell the name of the song at the end?


LeafyIsHere
LeafyWasHere
LeafyIsBack
LeafyIsGone


I am honestly speechless...this video was put together so well. You are by far the best documentarian I’ve ever seen. Not gonna lie, I was a fan of leafy because of his unique style and was kinda bummed he left YouTube. But this video made me look at them story from the other side and it was truly a ride. You earned a sub!


"But they never seem to realise however, that about 10,0-

OW MY EYES WHY THE WHITE DOTS ON BLACK BACKGROUND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


Super vilan?<br>Filthy Frank is a vilan too?

Super vilan?
Filthy Frank is a vilan too?


Still come back and re-listen to this youtube epic of a documentary every month or so.  Truely one of the best videos I have seen in a long time.

True, this video is made with such passion and dedication that feels like a professional documentary


I was gonna say that Leafy's fans grew up but that's a better theory


Leafy was here. And iconic name that hold truth to it


Hes used other doom songs in his vids before


It's crazy to think both him and GradeAunderA essentially carved out their niche at the same time, and eventually their own pathetic hypocrisy and inability to handle criticism tanked both their massive channels around the same time, leaving it a ghost town.


now this video is gonna be in noone's recomendation


Does anyone know what the music at 43:01 is?


I think Chick-Fil-A and Popeyes would’ve been a better example than the dish sponge burgers of McDonalds and BK. 0/10 won’t watch again


I miss Leafy.
What a sad ending to this video.
Missing 2016. Missing Leafy.


i didnt even know leafy existed till the content cop aand some comments


Hopefully Dream isn't just Leafy 2 Dream is way cooler

Dream may be "way cooler", but he's also way less interesting.


As Uncle Ben says, "With great power, comes great responsibility."
He had the power, but he wasn't responsible with it.
He could've done great things and create a great community, but instead, he looked down on weaker people and fueled a toxic community that caused harm.
He turned everyone against him and in the end, karma struck down hard.
It's sad to see potential wasted, but unfortunately, that's just how it is with a lot of people.

Hector⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻

Yes, I did. The video CLEARLY went over how he turned on some of the friends he made on Youtube. And that Youtube thing is still just a theory, no matter how well-backed it is.

H3çTΩR youtube had no right to censor him

H3çTΩR <br>The man wanted a comic book taste of god and figured out too much is too much .

H3çTΩR
The man wanted a comic book taste of god and figured out too much is too much .


I'm waiting for the xbox mil grau episode hahah


Minecraft never dies, like Dracula Vlad Tepes!


Dirty harry playing was suprising but fitting.


I like how you explain it like it's actual history.

technically, everything that happened in the past is actual history. the matter of relevancy to the world or the country it took place in is the only debate had when they record such history. sure, there was the guy who went to the ER with a whole-ass vibrator stuck in his ass, and that was certainly something people remember (it's hard to forget once you hear it just one time), and it is technically historical, i have a lot of doubts that that's going in the history textbooks for the next century considering i'm sure some very drunk Roman might have gone through the same ordeal with worse results. it's probably even documented somewhere like that guy (whose Twitter handle, since this is an important detail, is or was @grawly).


"Back in the day, H3H3 was producing a different type of content."

You mean GOOD content?

cabroni peppperonie Ethan’s sense of humor is below average but his comedic editing skills are masterful which is why his videos are way more successful than his long form podcast

@Legate Lanius we won't go quietly the legion can count on that.

Don't you mean  <b>A N Y  C O N T E N T</b>

@Ijneb1248 yeah, since then they became so arrogant and out of touch... it's a shame, for someone like Ethan who was SO on point with the community become SO out of touch.

What the fuck happened to emps audience man . . .

Gastly Glow The payday 2 character content tells of their new stuff

@cabroni peppperonie imagine using greentext arrows outside of 4chan

@Charlotte Dawkins Agree. I love (and still love) his "Gamer Gear" episode. The actual gamer gear video he's making fun of is weird enough on its own to where Ethan is really able to mock it and have fun without seeming like he was just reacting.

Eh, I find some of H3’s old reaction videos to actually be pretty great. I really hated the videos where they kinda just scraped the bottom of the barrel with all of those buzzfeed-level feminist videos (that even actual feminists hated) because they just stated the obvious and didn’t say anything actually tangible about them. I don’t listen to the podcast so idk

I miss the old Ethan, straight from Israel Ethan

Ijneb1248 I never saw it in 2016 but it looks better than current stuff he dose

@Godot not gonna lie, Hila is like in another league compared to Ethan

God forbid someone wants to change their content? You people just don’t give up lol.

@cabroni peppperonie I miss videos like Vape Nation

@cabroni peppperonie also funny vape nash joke stolen from filthy frank

@erik masterchef fine anti semitism then it doesnt really change anything

@erik masterchef how is saying "he is a jew after all" in a negative connotation not racist

Oh wow bro that's really edgy they're content has always been good

@cabroni peppperonie the fuck are you talking about I've used Reddit daily for a good year and have never seen anything involving H3H3 passing by

@cabroni peppperonie >le epic meme arrows
>on broadcast yourself
Shiggy diggy, anon.

@cabroni peppperonie at least an emoji i more interesting than a solid circle of green

@Ijneb1248 >*BLEGH* THAT FUPA THOUGH LMAO LOOK AT HIS BEANIE
>ethan about to say something insensitive or racist cuz he is that out of touch"
>this episode was brought to you by insert sponsor
>raises eyebrows while reading questions off a preproduced google doc
this mans never was good we were just immature
anyone besides reddit moved on ehtan isnt funny whatsoever

@Ijneb1248 >*BLEGH* THAT FUPA THOUGH LMAO LOOK AT HIS BEANIE
>ethan about to say something insensitive or racist cuz he is that out of touch"
>this episode was brought to you by *insert sponsor*
>raises eyebrows while reading questions off a preproduced google doc
this mans never was good we were just immature
anyone besides reddit moved on ehtan isnt funny whatsoever


Why did everyone hating leafy? I did not watch any leafy videos soooo yeah


Ethan was just as bad as Leafy, also Ian was worse than Leafy. But they get passes, right?


Searched up Leafy, and the 2nd suggestion besides his channel was your video

That's a good sign, nice to see Emp isn't getting censored quite yet...

When i checked, this was the FIRST result, other than his channel.

Just checked. On the first page, there were only about four Leafy videos and the first one was the tenth suggestion.


@4:44 is that an ifunny watermark I SEE!!!!?!?!? Also do you still have your account


dose anybody know the song that plays at 11:48

Doesn't exist on spotify but I think it's called dust demon or something like that. Just search for "adult swim bumper music" and you should find it.


It's a really nice touch putting in Bojack Horseman's intro in the beginning of the video. Also, thank god someone finally shed light that Content Cop is not the only thing that killed Leafy

Jaime Winchester he is a cop, he is not meant to kill.


YouTube is fucking broken. Nothing in my comment should have been a censored term, yet the algorithm will censor me. The culprit seems to be the 2015 timeline sentence.


Hey why does the youtube app consider this video music


Throughout this video, with the things you where mentioning, I saw Leafy as despicable, and thought he deserved his fate, after watching the whole thing (which was super well made by the way) I feel sympathetic for the guy, he was like all of us in that, he just wanted a little bit of fame, and was doing anything for it, though his quick rise killed him off just as quick, a shame, especially since (as said at the end of this video) Leafy literally had the power to change YouTube not only forever, but for the better, and he didn't, and he never realized just what he truly was capable of pulling off until the trigger had been pulled.


NGL you’re giving this little shit way too much credit. He knew what he was doing the whole time.


anyone peep the scene from Planet Earth 2 👀👀🤴 14:50


damn this was really engaging

this was the first video that i've watched consistently to the end in a while, and i didn't even realise how long it was until it ended

nice job, dude


4:31 what is the name of the song in the background?


It's a song called All Caps by late rapper MF DOOM


in 2011:
making a famous channel is easy, just do minecraft!
in 2018:
making a famous channel is easy, just do fortnite!

Eric Johnson In adding layers of complexity epic risks losing their casual fan base, where the majority of their profit lies. They know their only riding a trend, but they'll milk every last cent.

gum phord fortnite could hold more substance if there were more added to it and battle royal is just a mode not a full game so it can't last as long as the Minecraft craze did.

Fortnite holds minimal sustenance and low potential due to a lack of originality and depth. It cant stand on its own without extreme propulsion in its trending status.

Yan's Videos thanks man now i know I'm not alone. The reason why I think this is because I don't see it popping up on my notifications like you used to also the typical views for certain fortnite channels from what I seen are not as high like they were a couple of months ago. But I think that this is kind of fitting because this is how long that pubg lasted during its pic of Fame. So maybe soon a new trend might be on the horizon we will just have to wait and see.

Eric Johnson <br>I feel the same, because for minecraft to decay into childness,  it taked 3 years, while fortnite is already decaying into dumbness

Eric Johnson
I feel the same, because for minecraft to decay into childness,  it taked 3 years, while fortnite is already decaying into dumbness

Jack Ryan <br>Those are the words of an ancient

Jack Ryan
Those are the words of an ancient

Jack Ryan if that happens I'll be watching and paying attention to see how it all goes down. Maybe it can happen with fortnite or with a new trend that could be on the horizen.(it might just be me but I think that for fortnite is dying now or is beginning to die out do you feel the same.)

They do show similarities. Who knows, maybe from this recent trend a new leafy may rise from the Fortnite trend. Perhaps Youtube is too self aware or proactive to allow another leafy to rise. Or maybe we just don't know another ingenious way to bypass its content restrictions. Time will tell.


so leafy was like Hitler he made friend then betrayed them and everyone attacked him


In Leafy's latest twitch livestream someone asked him about this video and he replied "I haven't seen it but I hear it's like a documentary on me? And that sounds sick as fuck."  So, he hasn't seen it yet but it sounds like he's heard good things and digs the idea. Today his stream covered Keemstar and H3H3's drama over the past 3 years, using BlowBlax's video as a source. Now that he's starting to give his thoughts on content like that, maybe one day he'll react to this documentary, here's hoping.

MAJOR EDIT: He then said, "Maybe next stream I'll just watch that."

Comment posted 8/31/2020 for reference.

@ToadySP Nice. Now he is perma banned from Twitch

@Come On Fhqwhgads  Dude I just finished watching his reaction to the vid and like, I think it's fascinating. In some points it was very frustrating, but in other points I think his input was interesting. I think there were some parts where, predictably, he wasn't a fan of them? But overall he was happy with the video and said that he thought it was extremely well made. So, cool shit.

 I think the thing I loved the most was how Leafy's attitude towards the video took drastic shifts throughout. That was fun to see. Sometimes he was like "This video aged incredibly well" at other times he was clearly tilted by some of the things said. Overall I think that seeing Leafy's reaction to the restrospect on his channel, and the opinions he has on it, is bizarrely the best closing to my viewership of Leafy. Wish him luck with his Twitch channel but I think I'm going to move on to something else now.

He said the guy's guess on why he started a youtube channel was completely wrong, but actually sounded a lot better than his real reason. lol.

@dr he didn't do it in the next stream. instead he just immediately went back into his drama with H3H3 since BlowBlax did a vid covering people's responses to H3H3's bizarre "Disturbing" tweet.

@dr He started watching it last stream but he got interupted by a phone call from Keemstar and immediately just started that. Said that he'll do it next stream.

You never know he might have already watched it.


Hi Emp!

I'm one of what I imagine to be many people commenting about how I'm rewatching this video in wake of Leafy's termination.  I really feel the need to say, you predicted so much about what has happened it's kinda scary.  You painted a clear picture of YouTube really having it out for Leafy, and I think what happened now was their end goal.  They hated that he got popular, they hated that he came back after 3 years and still got views.  They probably said to themselves when Leafy stopped uploading "Oh hey, the problem solved itself!"  And when he came back, they said, like Yzma in Emperor's New Groove, "HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!!"  I can understand his lengthy series of videos on Pokimaine being perceived by YouTube as "creator on creator harassment" especially given the nature of his style, but the fact that all the strikes came at once really lends affirmation to everything you said about YouTube's role in ending Leafy.  And I say this as someone who was never a fan of Leafy, who always saw him as just some douche who made stupid roast videos.  It's kind of like how I remember feeling when YouTube updated their harassment policy at the end of last year.  I felt like it was made to justify everything you talked about that they were doing to Leafy, and setting up the termination end goal.  You predicted all of this.

This is one of a number of reasons why I admire the fuck out of you.  I can't imagine anyone else (other than maybe The Right Opinion) going into this much detail and painting such a compelling narrative about something like this and it holding up 2 years later.  And along with the follow-up to this video among other videos of yours, it's taught me more about YouTube than any other source.  I can't say enough how glad I am that a video like this exists.  It not only gives me major nostalgia for the last great era of YouTube, but it's expertly edited, well narrated, and teaches so much about how YouTube works and the mentality of youtubers like this.  It's one of the most excellent videos on this site, and along with a handful of other videos of yours, cements you as being one of my favorite youtubers.

Hopefully Leafy's termination doesn't set an unfair precedent for opinion-based content on this site where we see more and more channels getting shut down.  Hopefully the precedent it does set is people getting shut down that truly deserve it (like a certain onion).  Hopefully Leafy can come back either through appealing or starting fresh, and he can exercise some self-reflection and figure out what to do differently and where to go from here.  If not, I wish him the best, even as someone that never liked him.

Thank you, Emp

R.I.P. LeafyIsHere

The thing is, when Leafy came back, after a few shitposting he started uploading videos just talking, and stuff about how he made 100K before youtube, and about economics and whatnot, something I would never expect from someone like Leafy. Ultimately, those were uploaded side by side with his video on Pokimane, which is what ultimately got him banned, but I think it's clear that he was warming up to the idea of just talking what was on his mind, about his business outside of YouTube, and far more interesting than what he was known to upload.


I love how this video became slightly inaccurate for a few months, but has now become greater than it was before.


I believe his fan base is the reason he got terminated. He came back on the platform with a different attitude. His  commentary was drastically different than it was 3 years ago. Every commentary channel has problems with their viewers going from their videos on whomever and attacking that said person. Yes I think leafy has more of these fans than other channels but because they have followed him from his old content and aren’t off springs of his new content. I was happy to see the change in him and his channel. I think it’s unfortunate his fan base made him unable to “exist in the landscape today”


This aged almost too well. Seeing how he’s been banned.

Its crazy how Leafy again RETURNED and just like that in 3 months Leafy gained more than 690,000 subs. He was very close to 5million.

I honestly always thought Leafy would just fade away. Then he suddenly emerged again and then was directly murdered in the least subtle way. Perfect ending.


This is one of the most amazing analysis videos I've ever seen. Thanks so much!


This theory about leafy being the 1st youtuber that experienced demonetization and youtube taking out leafy covered by the content cop, it makes a lot of sense now that they sniped him in 2020 without a simple strike or warning, they didnt want that guy rise again with his nerfed version of leafyishere(2016), they dont want drama and comentary channels but its funny because the beauty community is much more worse than the comentary one, and it's been proven with the latest events that happened in these 2 last years, but i guess that the beauty community just moves much more money, and everyone knows that's good for youtube lol


Nah HES still around, he’s on Twitter constantly and I think he still streams

Only on Youtube. He's on several other platforms.


>They didn’t want anyone to know they were deliberately interfering with the growth of a YouTube channel <br>Aged like milk

>They didn’t want anyone to know they were deliberately interfering with the growth of a YouTube channel
Aged like milk

they got tired of trying so they just looked for an excuse to bomb it


Emp lemon really had the whole plot altogether


Yo Emp, an addendum on this would be super cool considering Leafy’s subsequent resurgence and straight up deletion this year. None of us could have predicted how wild 2020 would be, huh?


Watching this after his return and then get terminated is sad nice to see he went out in a blaze of glory


You either die a villain, or you see yourself live long enough to become the hero. This is the leafy i want to remember. RIP 😭


YouTube just destroyed Leafy's channel for good.  They have committed digital Iconoclasm and shouldn't be allowed to forget


I find this crazy, when this video first came out, I was curious if searching his name actually worked, it didn't, his name never showed up, once this video was a few weeks old I tried it again, and all of a sudden, it worked, almost to directly counter this videos evidence. <br>But now, once leafy came back, YouTube completely deleted his channel

I find this crazy, when this video first came out, I was curious if searching his name actually worked, it didn't, his name never showed up, once this video was a few weeks old I tried it again, and all of a sudden, it worked, almost to directly counter this videos evidence.
But now, once leafy came back, YouTube completely deleted his channel


5:45 Watching this video now reminds me of how bizarre Minecraft's reputation is; Minecraft started out as the biggest game ever, but at the time of this video's upload, it was really only played by little kids for years, as everyone else moved on and saw it as a joke, only for it to all go full circle when Minecraft was revived just a year later.

when people say things age like fine wine, this video aged like the stuff right out of zeus’s cup.


With the announcement of Leafy's ban, I decided to come back and watch my favorite documentary on him.


This has never been as true. It’s 2020. All hope is gone.


Now his entire channel and the content cop are both gone. YouTube is killing itself.


Y’all talking about how this aged badly. Heh. Look how the tables turned...

@Mercury Don’t you think it’s kind of weird? Big tech just wants to take over the world.


so after this video leafy not only managed to come back, but was terminated a short while ago. and all of that after he was deemed dead for years. damn


2017: Leafy left YouTube as a villain.
2020: Returned as a hero and got terminated.
At least he redeemed himself.

I don't see how he came back as a hero. All he did whenever he was critized say "yeah I'm a bad person so what" that's not what a hero says lmao

@I do not know you "and his 13 or so videos on Poki? 3 of them were about her" - Well, that's enough for a channel termination and to prove he was still a moron. Also, if someone used my face in 13 of their videos as clickbait, I'd definitely consider that harassment.

@Matt Thompson I have to ask, have actually watched his newer content? You sound like you are hating on him due to his reputation rather than his actual new content.

Leafy changed dude. He mellowed out a ton over the years and his 13 or so videos on Poki? 3 of them were about her. The rest was clickbait where he talks about life advice, debt, and his business out of youtube. Then youtube came in and fcking smited him out of the sky.

@Thrasher146 Bro this is exactly the problem, people are spreading misinformation like wildfire. Leafy made 13 videos on pokimane and only 3 or 4 were actually about the drama surrounding her. The other 10 were about stocks, debt and life advice. Leafy didn't do anything to get permabanned without warning. Dont present things as fact if you dont know what you're talking about

@Quixotes Not all heroes are simps.

Exhibit A: Goku

@行屍走肉 he started making videos again in like mid-early 2020, he sorta redeemed himself in that he started beating down on big youtubers and stuff rather than kids, then youtube finally thunked him out one last time. He’s still chilling on Twitter tho lol

What happened? Did leafy get popular again?

Coming back doesn't automatically mean redemption

@Thrasher146 correction. he made 13 with her as clickbait, in which he proceeded to talk about stocks and maybe mention the woman herself in passing but only made fun of her fans

Leafy got banned because he made 13 videos making fun of pokimane. I don't know what leafy you were watching, calling him a hero is far off. He died with a bunch of obsessed toxic sheep for a fanbase surrounding a mountain of shitty, unfunny content, with a bunch of mediocre at best attempts to make fun of people sprinkled in.

@Maxwell Thomas he was after my time, but yeah I think I'd have found him fucking irritating even when I hadn't ruined 4chan for myself with the realisation that people weren't being ironic

@Matt Thompson even as an edgy kid I couldn't stand him because he legit isn't funny. I was more of a filthy Frank kid

What are you talking about dude how did he redeem himself

The Leafy anime redemption arc is the greatest anime redemption arc

You either die a villain or live long enough to see yourself become a hero


We could use a part 2 because he came back and now he got terminated by the YouTube termination cops


You were right. Leafy‘s channel just got executed by YouTube.


Leafy: comes back after years of silence

 Everyone: LOOK! THE KING HAS RETURNED!

Youtube: sorry kids, but its nothing personal.

Terminates leafy's account

Everyone: AH FOR FUCKS SAKE

Leafy: comes back after years of silence

 Everyone: LOOK! THE KING HAS RETURNED!

Youtube: sorry kids, but its nothing personal.

*Terminates leafy's account*

Everyone: AH FOR FUCKS SAKE


Guess he couldn’t survive the current climate


We really need a followup video after all that happened


Can't wait for the sequel: Leafy Got Banned


Also Keemstar spiked up because he's never made any allusions to being a good person, Youtube couldn't kill Keem if they tried, if they perma banned him, he'd just setup shop elsewhere, what he does fills a vaccuum that everyone else kinda blows at filling, even still.

You can criticize him, but it doesn't impact his reputation at all, because it's just "Yeah? And?" ultimately, he really only dipped down because of subscriber loyalty being a thing unfortunately.


imagine if internet historian and emp lemon had a collab...

They did an In The Field episode about YTP but agreed. If they like, combined their resources to create a super documentary on something, that would be awesome.


YouTube proves that by terminating his channel 😭 #freeleafy


Now with the termination...
Leafy truly was here.

Now with the termination...
Leafy truly _was_ here.


He came back and then immediately got his account terminated lol


Leafy was here... he was terminated a few hours ago...


I swear all of these reaction Youtubers have no idea what “satire” and “parody” actually mean


I would love to see a sequel to the video made about the landscape today


Rewatching this with the Perspective of the “future” it’s a very interesting video to revisit and the leafy comeback and subsequent ban puts this vid in a new interesting light


Wow, no one cares if they are watching after he got terminated.


Ahh yes this is when we can open the bottle on the leafy aged wine 🍷 cheers!


Right now, that title is more true then ever.


Seems like MrBlackDarkness666’s curse finally came to fruition after over 4 years.


Well. Looks like leafy can't survive in today's climate.


That burger king saying was actually a really poignant metaphor

Holy shit


And now you’re right again, he got Alex Jones’s treatment.


Just wanted to say again that ending is so awesome


Who is here after leafy got banned in YouTube.


Leafyishere
Leafywashere
Leafyishere again
Leafywashere again


How does Emp feel now that Leafy is actually deleted? The Tier 3 simps got to him


Also Leafy wasn't responsible for the actions of his fans, he really wasn't and isn't. If you need to tell people not to do something in the first place, they were already going to do it to begin with.

This idea is one that asserts that someone loses all individuality the moment they start getting popular, that, because a ton of people idolize and adore them, something they chose to do to begin with, said person no longer can do certain things, this being a rule that applies only to the popular due to the absolute myth that the popular people have to be role models.

You could say "Oh well, where do we get them" but i'll argue that if you need other people as role models, you need to take a look inward and ask yourself why you can't think for yourself, it's exactly that simple, though that's a take people will personally take offense to, or find personal disagreement with.

At the end of the day, everyone is capable of self-determination, many just opt to hand that responsibility arbitrarily to other people, which is the root cause of outrage culture, this idea that you can't control yourself, and so others must change for your positive well being to be ensured.

I will say though, it ABSOLUTELY was still fucked up, his fans really should've thought more than two seconds before attacking people because of a video, even when i was 12, i was a better person, age is no excuse for bad behavior as 2016-now has taught us that age has absolutely nothing to do with maturity, what matters is opportunity for growth, and too many choose to ignore those opportunities.

I know this is a pretty old video and with Leafy's return, he's proven himself more so as a rather different person than he used to be, so the arguments in this vid have probably changed in your mind, or at least you wouldn't use some of them on him today.
I just wanted to mention this, it's a conclusion I've recently made thanks to Leafy's termination drama and who knows, maybe you'll get some value out of this, whoever reads this, all i want to say is, Thank you, and i hope you have a nice day.


21:30

...this is precisely why Leafy was terminated


Leafy’s rise and downfall is a remake of the Breaking Bad franchise where the protagonist became a innocent person but then turns into a villain and gets consumed by greediness and as a result of it, turns his friends into his enemies or a distant relative, and at the end is defeated and thus remembered as a legendary figure


MrBlackDarkness666 never lifted the curse we need to find him ASAP.


This aged like fine wine (leafy is banned)


Returned like fucking Napoleon from Elba for a hundred days


The title is now more accurate than ever


10 million dollars. 7 years after school. if that isn't a success story. that is definitely a legendary way to go. he doesn't have to work ever again. if he invests it right or could just lay around and retire early. 100,000 for 100 years that's not half bad.


Even after making a successful comeback Leafy was still stopped from getting 5M subs 😢 #FreeLeafy


6:45 Man, This just wants me to know more about the STAR_ Story...


This was just now recommended to me... COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!


well captain sparkelz was sorta brought back with the whole aw man creeper


Leafy reacted to this on his Twitch, new Leafy era :)


I love how YouTube put this on recommendations,  they know


this video is now the only remaining archive of leafy


<b>So Leafy was here....</b> sad times.. makes me wonder who's next for the suspention.

*So Leafy was here....* sad times.. makes me wonder who's next for the suspention.


They did it...They fucking erased him from YouTube. The cowards.


Here after Leafy's channel got terminated lol


Hey, this video is actually relevant again


Youtube did rigth. Get those furries and sonic fans at bay, in 4chan or guantanamo.


As soon as he returned he left almost immediately, (Yes, I know he has been terminated) is the MrBlackDarkness666’s curse?


As of 21/08/2020 we all can say it.

Leafy is was here

As of 21/08/2020 we all can say it.

*_Leafy _**_-is-_**_ was here_*


Well StoryFire gonna get way more popular now since leafy is on StoryFire now


We miss you Leafy. What is dead may never die.<br>Hissssssssss.

We miss you Leafy. What is dead may never die.
Hissssssssss.


Leafy Was Here pt.2: Electric Boogaloo when?


Well well, the rise and fall, and rise and fall again... banned huh... it was a good run


Leafy the Terrible has been slain by Lord Montizon


Really pisses me off leafy didn’t finish the vid


48:53 nah,that time was shit.I come to youtube for actual content,not sellouts fighting with each other online


Leafy reminds me of tony montana for some reason...


Turns out he played Minecraft to promote his server, not to become popular.<br>& boy were you wrong about Minecraft not becoming popular again.

Turns out he played Minecraft to promote his server, not to become popular.
& boy were you wrong about Minecraft not becoming popular again.


Who else returned here due to Leafy's termination?


andddd.... leafy is perma banned now lol 🤣


CHAPTER XII - LeafyIsBanned<br>CHAPTER XIII - WhoIsLeafy

CHAPTER XII - LeafyIsBanned
CHAPTER XIII - WhoIsLeafy