GiIvaSunner / SiIvaGunner

About

GiIvaSunner is a YouTube account imitating the original video game music ripper, GilvaSunner, by using a name similar in appearance with a capitalized I in place of the L. Unlike the original, which uploads video game soundracks, this parody account uploads bait and switch videos. The songs often follow soundclown jokes or are remixed.

Background

The original GilvaSunner account,^[2] upon which this parody account is based, first became popular for uploading video game soundtracks under the name SilvaGunner,^[1] which was terminated for copyright infringement. After the initial termination, GilvaSunner^[5] was created on October 10th, 2010 for uploading game OSTs, but again received copyright infringement notices on YouTube. Through a related Twitter account, GilvaSunner notified his viewers that he would not upload anymore songs because he didn’t want the channel to be taken down for copyright infringement again.^[3]

On January 9th 2016, the fake account GiIvaSunner was created to parody the OST uploader.^[6] Visually, the page mirrors the original GilvaSunner page, like the similar profile picture and background image with some alterations. Another difference is on the about page, which states that “Every video is submitted by a small group of content creators with their approval. Also, requests are fine but please don’t make the same one more than once.” The first upload was a bait and switch video that claimed to be the OST for Wild Pokémon Battle – Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire (below). Since being uploaded in January of 2016, the video has received over 27,000 views

Online Presence

The parody account uploads videos extremely frequently, with close to or more than one video per hour. Every video uses the original cover art, to parody regular YouTube music rippers. However, a large quantity of the videos are soundclown remixes. In a similar fashion to the honobono shrine remixes, a frequent joke on the channel is a song is mixed with The Flintstones theme, a reference to one of the Vinesauce Joel stream where Joel plays Mariobootlegs. The opening title of the game “7 Grand Dad” is an 8-bit remix of the opening theme Meet The Flintstones^[4].

The most popular video on the account is a mix of Super Mario 64– “Slider” and The Flintstones theme.

Account Termination

On April 6, GiIvaSunner’s account has been terminated by youtube due to the violations of terms and service. GiIva promised that he will get the account back as soon as possible on his twitter^[7]. Meanwhile, users on twitter reproved the decision of youtube with the hashtag #HighQualityVideoGameRIP.^[8]

The original parody account is not retrieved yet. But on Apr 12, GiIvaSunner anounced that the new account (with the name “SiIvaGunner”) has been created^[9] to continue hosting parody tracks. Also including an anouncement video, which is a direct reference to the Baneposting. As for the launch, the channel released a Metal Gear themed album which has been created by multiple users.

Reboot and ARG

On June 9, SiIvaGunner uploaded a video titled “Futari Happiness (NOZOMI Mix) – Love Live! School idol festival” where the song would regularly start before being replaced by the crashing of SiIvaGunner’s ripping software (shown below, left). The song would eventually continue into a mashup of Quad City DJs’ Space Jam after getting new ripping software from the “Nigra Store”. On June 17, SiIvaGunner uploaded a video originally titled “Snow halation – Love Live! School idol festival” (shown below, right) showing what would be a rip of the song Snow Halation be replaced by a Blue Screen of Death and a reboot sequence.

This would bring about two new changes to the channel, one being the start of an alternate reality game (ARG)^[11], starting with the upload of a brand new album on Bandcamp^[10] and ending with a picture (shown below) containing the email address enlightenedrhombus@gmail.com, and new rips that replaced memes and jokes previously seen in rips before the reboot with new ones, such as the theme song for The Flintstones or 7 Grand Dad being replaced by the theme songs for Family Guy and The Simpsons, and Snow Halation being replaced by the song “GO MY WAY!!” from multimedia project The Idolmaster.^[13] These new rips would be considered somewhat lower quality compared to the pre-reboot rips, whereas for those who participated in the ARG and emailed the address receiving an audio file from the aforementioned email address.

On June 26, a new video, originally titled “S͏͔̜͍n̶͔̲͓̹ò͓w̨̯̻̲̼̩ ҉̲͎̲̣͙h̶a̫͖l҉̱̞͍̯̰█,” was uploaded (shown below, left), containing the contents of the audio file along with a more detailed explanation regarding the reboot. In the video, dialogue is exchanged between Youtube troll Chad Warden and an entity known as “The Voice Inside Chad’s Head,” also referred to by Chad as “The Gay Mexican-Ass In My Ass” The Voice reveals that he caused the crash and subsequent reboot. The Voice also decides to strike a deal with Chad in getting the old memes back, but will take a few days to formulate. On June 30, another video, originally titled “▀7̩̜̀ ͈͎̭͕͈̣͚̰́G̸͚̞͖̭͖̀R͏̛͇̟̼̺█Ḑ̤̜̙̪̳▓D͙̲̝̘̤̦̣̗̥█,” was uploaded to the channel (shown below, right) where The Voice reveals to Chad his deal to get the old rips and the old universe back. It proposes to merge the two universes, the old universe containing the Flintstones and Snow Halation rips,and the new universe universe containing the Family Guy, Simpsons, and “GO MY WAY!!” rips, together to create a new universe, but without Snow Halation. The Voice gives Chad until 7/7 (July 7) to give his verdict.

On July 7, a video titled “A Grand New Era _Ending– SilvaGunner: Rebooted” (shown below, left) was uploaded, showing Chad agreeing to the deal The Voice made with him and merging the universes together while purging Snow Halation in the process. Many users lamented the loss. Meanwhile, a second ARG was kickstarted eventually culminating to contacting the aforementioned Enlightened Rhombus email address once more.^[12] On July 9th, A new video titled “Melody of the Heart _{True Ending}– SilvaGunner: Rebooted” (shown below, right) was uploaded to the channel, showing the aftermath of the new universe and through the power of the “MF like button,” Chad destroys The Voice, while sacrificing himself, to bring back Snow Halation to the channel.

The End of SiIvaGunner

On September 30th 2016 a video was posted on the SiIvaGunner channel titled “the nutshack theme but the first nutshack is replaced with me ending the channel” in which the owner of the channel, going by the name of Chaze The Chat, explains his plan to end the channel, and thanks the team members and those who made “rips” for the channel.

Related Memes and Sub-memes

7 Grand Dad

7 Grand Dad refers to a Super Mario-like bootleg of the Nintendo Entertainment System game The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy. The game gained notoriety after being featured in a Vinesauce Joel stream. The game, its opening title music (a rendition of The Flintstones Opening Theme), and Joel’s reactions have since been featured in multiple rips. Grand Dad is the first established meme, appearing on the very first rip of the original GiIvaSunner channel (Wild Pokémon Battle – Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire; see Background section above).

Snow Halation

Snow Halation is a popular song from the Love Live! series. As one of former channel contributor Triple-Q’s favorite Love Live! songs, the song quickly became a reoccurring trend. This has resulted in controversy, sparking “dislike-bombs” on most rips featuring the song. The song is typically identified for its melody and the chorus lyrics “Todokete setsunasa ni wa”.

Loud Nigra

Loud Nigra refers to an audio clip of OG Mudbone screaming while having an orgasm. The clip is typically inserted in sections of rips, such as near the ending (shown below, left), but is sometimes sampled and used as part of the melody of a rip (shown below, right).

The Nutshack

The Nutshack is an American animated sitcom known for its toilet humor, poor animation, and repetitive theme song. The show’s opening theme gained notoriety following the Reboot, in which it became featured among numerous rips.