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[Psychic Denim]

[TheJoker]

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[AssassinB]

Y'know I'll be honest, I never post in the Marble Hornets subforum because of people like the ones in this thread who are just looking for an out so they can quit the mythos as a whole and be like "I was there when it was cool, now it's just for newcomers and idiots " because it didn't interest them that much in the first place. Yes, the vlog format is far past played out, yes we're pretty much just waiting on the big three to end, no that does not mean Slenderman is finished. Maybe Trosephims Operator is, but not Slendy itself. EMH is still going and so is TT so until they finish I'm not going to make any judgments about the fandom as a whole as well as the rest of the creators who are very much working their asses off making new innovative vlogs for people who have been flowing Slendy since MH entry numero uno. Check out the side-series sub-forum sometimes guys, a couple people in this thread will tell you about what's up with those as well. If you wanna move on that's cool but if you don't let me assure you it's far from over. Even if it's just to entertain others in this tiny community that will most likely get smaller, it's not gonna stop.

EDIT: Also, if you're looking for a series that "breaks the mold" from the normal vlog, I HIGHLY recommend TheAntediluvianOne (Trailhead: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36456) with its editing of videos and making you question whether what you watched a month ago was the truth or not. The series is left mostly up to speculation even while you're watching it, so I say give it a go before you quit altogether because MH ended.

[Gale]

If you think that's the beginning of the end, you need to get out more.

[rand__althor]

What exactly are/were the Big Three series? Are/were they Marble Hornets, EverymanHybrid and TribeTwelve?

Marble Hornets, TribeTwelve, EverymanHYBRID, Dark Harvest, and Andersen Journals are the series I've always followed, since discovering MH all those years ago. There have been some others I've watched, like TJA Projects, HundredYardStare, and some other series I can't remember the name of right now. I've heard good things about Caught Not Sleeping, but haven't seen it.

Is this the beginning of the end for Slender vlogs? The format, the idea, might be played out at this point. A quick scan through the Slender Man Mythos section is proof of that. Maybe the MH movie will bring some new fans into the community, and some new ideas. I don't know, I don't really look for new series these days.

[lonsumtravlr]

[Lithp]

Ah, the age-old comparison of the major Vlogs. I'll try not to be a broken record, but I make no promises.

Marble Hornets: I don't know what you guys think is so amazing about The Operator. It IS flashed all over the place, & what's worse is that it doesn't DO anything. It got to the point where I'd see The Operator & I'd be instantly bored. "But it's cool because he wasn't important." How does that even make sense? Why make it such a major thing if you're just going to abandon it? "It's symbolism!" To be blunt, that sounds like the pretentious student film fare that Marble Hornets is always mocking.

EverymanHYBRID: Honestly, it's getting harder to defend this series. That's NOT because of HABIT. Yeah, Evan hams it up a bit too much, but that's not really a major issue. The problem is, it's up every other series's ass with crossovers. Yes, this IS that big of a deal. BUT, there's a silver lining: Unlike Marble Hornets, EverymanHYBRID isn't over. It still has plenty of time to recover if it moves on from this crossover shit. Then most of the non-crossover fans can be happy because it's finally back on track, & most of the crossover fans can be happy because they got their big damn crossover. But I really don't know if they're going to do this. More & more, it looks like EverymanHYBRID might end up just merging with the other Slenderverse stories. This is 1 thing that I agree that Marble Hornets got right. It was focused on being its own thing instead of "part of the Slenderverse."

Tribe Twelve: I don't really have much to say. I don't follow it, because I have some issues with the acting, effects, plot, & dialogue (Sir "Fucksalot" Noah). But I can't really fault the creator for that, because he knows his audience. He knows what attracted people to Tribe Twelve, & that he can't get everyone. And I CAN see why people do like it. I've picked up some hints of what I think of some pretty interesting plotlines, & a lot of focus on Slenderman's history.

So I guess what I'm saying is that we've seen these series going on for years. YES, we don't want to see them again. BUT I do think that new & interesting things CAN take their places, if people are willing to take the risk & others to give them a chance.

Will it ever be the same as it was when it first began? I don't know, I wasn't there. But I can say that popularity naturally drops off with time, & it's not necessarily a death knell. I can also say that, even after all of these years, there's still been a ton of interest in Marble Hornets, & I don't think that all of those people are just going to leave.

Are a lot of people just done with Slenderman because they've had too much of it? Again, sure, but that's the way it goes; some people lose interest, new people gain interest.

I can't really tell you what's going to happen in 5 years, or even if I'll still be watching, but I am highly skeptical of this almost apocalyptic attitude.

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