How I Accidentally Became the #1 Mario Maker Player in the World 

this is my first attempt at a scripted, video essay style project in awhile! i think i'm getting better and quicker at these types of videos, so let me know if you'd like to see more of these mixed in with my other stuff from time to time :) hope you guys enjoy!

Props to raysfires internet for going out for this to be possible

Lmao, Penga summoning the Mario Levels with his Creation Power.

Congrats, looking forward to when you finally get pink s+ for the first time ever though.

This video clearly shows how it's always winnable

That's not an accident rays. That's premeditated. Please never try to defend yourself in court

I remember in January of this year all my levels randomly became popular and like 4 of them got 10k+ plays and a keep run level got 25k+ plays, which caused me to get #1 weekly and to be on the world leaderboard

The most important part of it is to have Panga as your good friend, just so to kick it start. PANGA!!!!!!!!!! and kudos Ray!

I love this style of video! I would happily watch more about the various challenges you do on stream since I'm not often able to watch live

I honestly thought this video was going to be pure clickbait. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it turned out to not only be legit, but awesome.

Stuff like this makes me wish I followed more people live, but I like RU-vid's system more than twitch's and these sorts of things just happen and then they're unexpected and they're not gonna happen again

OOOO

That ending conclusion made me physically coil with laughter 10:38

And that was when the unthinkable happened... his internet went out. *summoning salt music plays*

i loved this video style, please do more of these!

Honestly we're all so used to having everything we want instantly with the internet, when you don't have it you're forced to use your own creativity. It's great sometimes.

i like this style of video, you should do it more tbh

I love how at 12:34am I'm fast asleep but that's the time you and Panga decide is best to start creating levels 😂

How in the world do you define the word "Accidentally"? You accidentally became the #49th Mario Maker Player in the world you then purposefully worked to become the #1.

Thank you for making real levels instead of drowning the servers with fake levels which take less effort. And congratulations for the achievement

What a saga! Happy for you. Smiley face emoji

Penga is the best tutor ever he doesn’t even waste 1 month for something or nothing only few minutes and raysfire is the best mm bulider

When in doubt, Let your internet go out

loved this style of video man!! excited for more (hopefully) in the future

Weekly is so exploitable, pretty much the only reliable way to get the first place outfits lol

You make me feel like a child. The one who just got his favorite ice cream, whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Thank you for making me this happy, darling.

Just an all around great, uplifting video. Congratulation, Kingsfire.

God damn ray ur such a wholesome guy my dude. Congrats

That was a very fun video! I think the funniest moments were when Panga (and then later on, both Panga and Rays) were staring at the camera XD

Hello, I am Mr. Fusion Man. There are no fusions in this video. Also I thought I would mention ciarenni posted a"secret" chat message that tubers wouldn't be able to see. Nothing can be secret.

It gave me the motivation to create some new levels, Thanks You !

Trying for the hell of it isn't the same as doing it accidentally...

Me who didn't realise there even was a leaderboards tab, and ignored it forever

THE ALARM CLOCK. FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS?????? WHERE CAN I GET IT. I NEED IT.

Underrated youtuber man

Awsome video :) Hope to see more youtube videos like this along the twitch streams :)

This also happened to me and like you, it was completely by chance. I feel that the system that puts levels into popular is pretty much unpredictable.

Way to go Rays! Well deserved :)

This video gave off the same vibe as azula going to the earth kingdom for her family only to mess around and takeover the earth kingdom itself

3:50 jumpscare

This was good DLC Raysfire content

this entire video is literally the definition of "mission failed succsesfully"

I comment variations of the same comment on all of your levels and you still havent seen them (also please help my ears are ringing) (also also i saw you were #1 and that you were grinding levels one night when i was about to go to bed which is when i decided to comment on all of them, good job man)

No joke. 10secs into watching this video, my wifi went out on my phone. It didn't take 12 hours to come back but only a few mins. But I could not help but enjoy the irony.

I like the moral of this being have your internet go out. Because although I depend on the internet for a lot, deep down I have a very low tech center

0:46 live panga reaction:

We'll need a raysP and OOOO chain here

"Hope the internet goes out" *and Panga is there

the thumbnail is every Asian parent after they find out they wont be a doctor at 2

Congrats dude, you should make more scripted stuff like this if you have the time!

You should try to get every outfit in the fame

raysfire's most recent stream (from Sunday night) actually ended early - he was doing the Iron Bros. challenge and suddenly the stream crashed. I don't know if he went live again (I went to bed about 15 minutes after it went offline) but I think his internet went offline again. He'll probably stream again tonight (about 45 minutes after this comment)

Now I must call you slaysfire.

Duuuude this was such a great story

that laugh at 0:53 💀

YOOO FROSTBURN CASTLE 🗣️🗣️❄️❄️

Pov: this video gets recommended to you for the third time but it’s such a banger you can’t not watch it

Here's a summary of how maker points work Likes from your levels get you maker points. All level likes combined, each maker point requires exponentially more and more likes. Also, on each level you need increasingly more and more likes for maker points. Therefore it's better to get like 10+ levels to get 100 likes than it is to get 2-3 levels with 1000 likes when if it was linear, you'd need 1 1k like level vs 10 100 likes, though it's not too bad to get few really popular levels as total likes of all levels also count. All-time points top leaderboards have like 30k pts at the top with, because it gets exponentially harder to get more points even though they might have 100x more likes than you at 5k maker points. For weekly points, from what I have seen, each gained point counts for that leaderboard for a week. If you were gaining 100 pts a day, you'd have 700 at max. But all points are equal in weekly. Whether you gained 5k more points from 20k or from 0. If you have gained points slowly over time, or have failed to get #1 and instead got top 100 a couple times at max, it is nearly impossible to pull it off again on the same account. Here's a bit of my experience: There was this trend couple years ago of simple platforming levels with just semi-random falling platforms and sawblades. They got super popular with very little effort. I tried it once, and after a couple weeks the level blew up to 3k+ likes overnight. It was the first level that blew up and I was 2nd in weekly maker points, just crazy. Only beaten by someone who then happened to get their level to top 10 ALL-TIME. I tried making a 2nd level similar to my first but it only kept me in top 100 for a week more. I can't really get to top weekly points anymore because it is exponentially harder.

The Mario Maker equivalent of the Super Ghostbusters album

NotLikeThis dc screen be like: NotLikeThis

great video, loved the pacing and the final statement was pretty funny

How I accidentally found this vid and rolled my eyes. Try maintaining a ribbon for over 3 years like I have.

Hahaha my Internet always goes out at least once a day.

truly the Mario maker of all time

when i saw this i was like "raysfire??? like 'tf2 hud tutorials' raysfire????" and sure enough, i look at the playlist tabs and there it is. good on ya mate.

Wait could this mean me crashing my car (not too badly) today is the start of something much greater?

i like how he says its like the stockmarket ha ha

i put my phone down for a second and instantly saw you playing TF2

Shudhead checking in

“There are no accidents” -Master Oogway

I keep hearing that song at 0:00 EVERYWHERE and I don’t know what it is.

"Oops, I got rank 1 worldwide"

2:22 is that a seek eye? hE predicted doors!

dangit this makes me want to make mario maker levels but my joycons have insane drift and i dont have online

*For the week. In making levels. For real though, that's pretty cool.

TL;DW: - His Internet connection dropped out and they couldn't play other people's levels. - He had a (US-only, from what I can tell) sponsor for his live stream, and he had to fall back to mobile data in order to continue streaming and meet the sponsorship requirements. The connection was out for 12 hours. - His mobile plan has mobile hotspot functionality locked out (seems to be a typical thing with USA telcos to charge separately for that). - Because he couldn't connect to Nintendo Switch Online, he had to either play story mode or use Make mode. He did the latter, but as he had an expert with him, he handed the controller to him. - Once he was able to reconnect, he uploaded the level. - He made another level himself and upload, and the game began recommending both levels to other players who were playing online, much like how RU-vid somehow decided to recommend this video to me. I wish RU-vid would tell me what video I watched that made it recommend it to me. - He got a top medal for the week - He decided to try making levels in 15 minutes each, making 4 levels, and they all got recommended to other online players. - Near the end of the stream, he decided to make one last level for the night, and got a ribbon award. - All of those levels were likely recommended, nabbing him the top spot and unlocking the 'Royal attire' creator outfit option.

Great story, man. Congrats & thx for sharing! 👍😎👍

If I try to stream on my data, I'll be offline for sure. lmao

Bro was good without even wanting to 💀

7:12 The idea is simple:

I wish q chain of events like that would happen to me everything my internet went out, because then I would be swimming in money

shoutout to this mans internet for not working

scanning for shudheads 📡

This is gaming in 2022

Well you kinda just fell into it!

Love your good vibes

NinteniumZ played my level and has WR. He didn’t like it though :(

I’d watch your streams every day if you didn’t stream at 4AM for me :( I love this video format though, thanks for the the good content :)

my friend um-eric did this a while ago, he was streaming and everyone on the stream liked his levels

Is Penga the user named Space_Pig?

It's Panga. Panga is magic.

Congrats!

I guess you can say Hello to those Fresh looks.

on android you can plug your phone into your pc and use your phones mobile data for internet on your pc

Nut..!!

one of the reasons I stopped playing mario maker was how *stupid* the achievements were to get XD

Big dubs today for our epic king shud

TUBERS!

I Have That Costume! Congrats on The Suit!

3:41 NUT