the diy nature of the qubo hijack hoax makes it effective to me,it genuinely does makebit feel like a malignant troll rather than the actual qubo channel doing this obviously insane stunt. Like in the mythology of the lore maybe the phone number was real but it feels it was intended to scare children as a protest. The low money demand itself feels especially apart of like a stunt as a way to make cash off of gullible scared children. A kid watching TV has no concept of what it costs to run a national television network. To a young viewer, $2,500 sounds like a massive, serious amount of money,yet small enough that they might actually believe begging their parents to call the number could save their favorite characters. Adults immediately know a network can't be saved for a couple thousand dollars. However, a frantic, crying child screaming that Franklin or Bob the Tomato is being hurt creates enough chaos in a living room to make a parent dial the number just to figure out what is going on. It really does feel like a modern reimagining of the Max Headroom hijack in how crusty and lofi it is. Probably due to its creator being an actual superautismo who genuinely tried to play the hoax off as real but it hits a nerve between uncanny and intriguing for me.
>>156263773Splatkid802 seems like a genuinity autistic person and they have notbkade any other short form horror since,what I especially like about the video is how they actually filmed it on a crt with wild unpredictable zoom ins and audio changes,it feels real,like a normal autistic person was filming qubo's signoff only to find this perverse stunt.It reminds me of the OG Michael Myers mask of how the simple crudness and simplicity of it all (taking something cheap and disposable and with the right edits and presentation it changes everything and becomes iconic. It also works that the qubo hijack hoax is inherently super niche and designed only to spook a small portion of the population (physical media community/GoKids/Users) only to become viral die to 2000s nostalgia.Another interesting quirk is that while it may be more shocking to have the murdered characters stay on screen,having them slowly fade away feels more melancholic.Also the twisted quasi official looking ending text after the hoax's video essentially mocking the viewers. While an Adult may see through it,a child or very autistic person may genuinely believe they are being directly chastised and targeted.
>>156263787Instead of ending with a jumpscare,ending with a cold meanspirited silence really sells home the extortionists in the story are real jerks. It's a mix of the very niche autistic parts of the hoax and the oddly sober deadpan of it's presentation that really set it apart from other amateur horror creepypasta tropes. Like despite it obviously being a user oriented autistic bit it's moments of clarity make it oddly haunting,like I could imagine some actual malignant autist taking their grievences against Qubo by activly traumatizing children and taking their money. Like DevCatscratch/Bryce Cherry extorting his highschool and local businesses with a nickelodeon hack. Even when you know the Qubo video was just an amateur YouTube hoax, the sheer earnestness of its construction mimics the exact cadence of real-life obsessive manifestos and crank threats. That overlap between "weird internet art project" and "genuinely unhinged grievance" is where the real uncanny dread lives.
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>>156263801If the author intended the hoax to be a genuine demand from qubo,it obviously isn't believable,but the lens of it being an in universe hijack makes it far more interesting,and the video being on a phone filming a crt helps to clean up the rough edges. If the video was just the plain footage,it would just be a rub of the mill shock video,but the vet gives it such a sense of atmosphere and realism,like you're a little kid watching something you're not supposed to. By filming it off a CRT television in a dark room, the video taps directly into that universal childhood memory of sneaking out of bed late at night, turning the TV volume down low, and stumbling onto something weird or forbidden on the airwaves. All the remakes trying to make it extra scary or even not commiting to the found footage asthetic fail imo. It doesn't it as hard with loud screams and being an obvious video file. https://youtu.be/AuTeief0c_U
>>156263810It's autism sovl. it really does feel like a mix of Bryce Cherry's DevCatscratch nintnedo hacks mixed with the Max Headroom hijack. It's a lightning in a bottle of autistic hyperfixation.very classic internet.
>>156263773I head canon the hoax in lore being a max headroom style hijack rather than Qubo itself doing it. It explains away the amateur crudeness of the hoax as hijackers creating an extortion scheme
>>156263823>we challenge all prayers>viewers gave you up, now that rickroll seems just>we should've struck and made those final hours seconds>speak correct or you'll see your selflessHow the fuck did they make a rap battle based on five minutes of lore THIS peak?
