GilvaSunner Deletion
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| Type of event | Tribute |
|---|---|
 | Host SiIva A.I. |
| During | Season 6 |
| Date | February 4, 2022 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous | 2 Day 2 |
| Next | Kanan Matsuura's Birthday |
- "Here's to you, my better half."
- ―SiIvaGunner
The deletion of the GilvaSunner channel was acknowledged on the SiIvaGunner channel with a channel event on February 4, 2022.
Background
The GilvaSunner channel had been targeted by multiple copyright blocks from Nintendo that, at most recent, began on January 29, 2022.[1] On February 1, GilvaSunner announced on Twitter that he would be deleting the channel on February 4, as he didn't feel it was "worth it to keep the channel up any longer".[2] The channel was deleted at 12:00 p.m. EST.
Theme
The avatar was changed to a recreation of a profile picture previously used by GilvaSunner (itself a reference to TimmyTurnersDad, GilvaSunner's previous channel),[3] and the channel banner was changed to GilvaSunner's banner, which remained unchanged since 2013, unedited (i.e. no memes inside the lighthouse and the graphic not being properly fit to YouTube's 2022 layout).
After the GilvaSunner channel was deleted, SiIvaGunner's featured video was changed to "Ending Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2", a rip that was in GilvaSunner's Liked videos playlist. After "Loneliness - Tengami" was published, it was set as the featured video and the YouTube and Twitter avatars were changed to a blank grey image (the exact shade of grey in the background of GilvaSunner's Antinous avatar). The next day, the avatars were changed to an edited version of the "Big Boss Salute" image, with Big Boss changed to resemble SiIvaGunner.
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The blank avatar used after the event's final rip. -
The avatar used on February 5.
Rips uploaded
Most rips on this day were of games or tracks that were ripped on the GilvaSunner channel, but were previously not ripped on SiIvaGunner, especially those that had notable metadata deviations from the usual format. In keeping with this theme, almost every rip lacked a catchphrase in the description, since the catchphrase part of the rip format was added by SiIvaGunner, and wasn't part of GilvaSunner's channel. There was no particular theme to the jokes featured in the rips themselves, although there was a small lean towards ending themes, goodbyes, and other somber rips, especially near the end of the day. The event closed out with a reupload of "Final Destination - Super Smash Bros. Brawl", GilvaSunner's collab with SiIvaGunner for April Fools' Day 2016, followed by the first ever rips of Tengami, the game that GilvaSunner's banner image originates from.
The schedule for the event was different from usual: as a nod to how GilvaSunner always uploaded entire playlists of soundtracks at once, every game that had multiple rips for the event had each of those rips uploaded simultaneously. The sole exception to this was the final rip for the event, "Loneliness - Tengami", which was uploaded 30 minutes after the other Tengami rips to emphasize its status as the finale.
After the upload of "Loneliness - Tengami", a playlist titled "A selection of mostly Nintendo video game music" was created, which contains all of the event's rips. This was accompanied with tweets by @GiIvaSunner announcing the playlist and paying tribute to GilvaSunner. The channel remained largely inactive the next day, save for the avatar being changed and a post being published on SiIvaGunner's community tab.[4] After one last tweet saluting GilvaSunner, regular uploads resumed on February 6.
Timeline
Uploads
- Title Theme - Donkey Kong Country
- Face Raiders Music - Stage 1
- Dreambeats - Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Music
- Nintendo 3DS Music - 3D Classics (Credits)
- Nintendo 3DS Music - 3D Classics (Main Theme)
- Stack-Up Music - Hurry Up!
- Challenge Race - Vs. Excitebike
- Vs. Excite Start - Vs. Excitebike
- Stage Clear - Dr. Luigi
- Hogan's Alley Music - Demo
- Clear BGM B - Donkey Kong 3
- Miss - Donkey Kong 3
- Title Theme - Donkey Kong 3
- Super Spray - Donkey Kong 3
- Clear BGM A - Donkey Kong 3
- BGM B - Donkey Kong 3
- Potted Plant Pinch - Donkey Kong 3
- BGM A - Donkey Kong 3
- Danger! - Donkey Kong 3
- Mario Party 9 Voices
- Super Mario All Stars SMB3 Fireworks
- Super Mario All Stars SMB3 World 4 Map (NTSC Version)
- Super Mario All-Stars Music - SMB2 Underground (Beta Mix)
- Super Mario All Stars SMB3 Course Clear (NTSC Version)
- Super Mario All Stars SMB3 Oracle
- Super Mario All Stars Music SMB3 Ending
- Game Over (Super Mario Bros.) - Mario Series for Guitar
- Delfino Plaza - Mario Series for Guitar
- Mega Mushroom - Mario Kart Wii
- New Super Sittin On Tha Toilet Wee
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters - Lose Life
- Hustlebustle Town - Game & Wario
- Bird Title Screen - Game & Wario
- Free Exploration - Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre
- Zelda: Skyward Sword Music - Leaked Main Theme
- Title Theme (Majora's Mask) - Zelda Series for Guitar
- Skimobile Accident
- Sorrowful Golden Statue - Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Flight Club (OST Version) - Pilotwings
- Donkey Kong Land 2 Music - Bramble Blast
- In a Snow-Bound Land (JP Version) - Donkey Kong Country 2
- Grasslands, All the Way (Beta Mix) - Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
- Sad Theme (Unused) - MOTHER 3
- MOTHER 3 Love Theme (Arr.) - MOTHER 3
- "Farewell... my friends..." - Fire Emblem Awakening
- Final Destination - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Crimson Leaves - Tengami
- Five Stories to Heaven - Tengami
- Dreams Unfolding - Tengami
- Into the Light - Tengami
- Loneliness - Tengami
Tweets
| Tweet | Link | Note |
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I think it goes without saying that without GilvaSunner, we'd have no leg to stand on. |
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Posted after the release of "Loneliness - Tengami". The YouTube link leads to the "A selection of mostly Nintendo video game music" playlist. The use of the phrase "melodies from the heart" references the name of the Love Live! episode where "Snow halation" is performed. |
Here's to you, my better half. Your legacy shall live on through everyone's celebration of video game music: high quality, or not.
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A reply to the previous tweet. Tweet implicitly refers to the old SiIvaGunner fan joke of referring to unedited uploads of video game music as "low quality rips" (to contrast them with high quality rips). |
Thanks again for everything, @GilvaSunner.  |
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Posted on February 5. The YouTube link once again leads to the "A selection of mostly Nintendo video game music" playlist. Tweet plays off a line from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. |
See also
- RIP² - Another event dedicated to GilvaSunner.
References
- ↑ "Over 1300 copyright blocks on the YT channel today. Here are all the soundtracks Nintendo has blocked this time." - Archive of a tweet by @GilvaSunner via the Wayback Machine; January 29, 2022.
- ↑ "After thinking about this a lot over the past few days, I’ve decided that at this point it’s really not worth it to keep the channel up any longer, and will therefore delete the GilvaSunner YouTube channel (or what’s left of it) this coming Friday." - Archive of a tweet by @GilvaSunner via the Wayback Machine; February 1, 2022.
- ↑ Archive of the GilvaSunner channel via the Wayback Machine; March 2, 2013.
- ↑ Post on the YouTube community tab; February 5, 2022.