THE STORY OF RICK VALASSI || Lore || The division 

I miss Rick Valassi in Division 2, it just ain't the same without Wouldn't You Know It on the radio

The lore of The Division is so deep and so good. If done right, it would me a hell of a movie. Rick Valassi was such a great vehicle in the game to convey what the citizens were thinking.

You can probably hear my son "helping" a few times while I was recording the audio. I might start recording off site....

He better make a return in the division 2.

He was so iconic for Div 1. The memories that flood my mind when I heard his voice again

I love Valassi, I like to stand in the terminal next to the radio so I can hear him clearly. Everytime he comes on I stop what I'm doing so I can listen to him. His character is so good I'm glad Ubi gave this universe a paranoid insomniac that hates the government. He better be in the division 2 I can't imagine him not being in the game.

Keep this up bruh. It's almost like watching a TV series. The division team should bring you on as a content creator in the future.

This video even got me thinking in an Ace-Ventura-Einhorn-is-Finkle twist, maybe Keener IS Valassi! He's already shown the ability to manipulate Shade Tech to disguise his face in an echo file, ALWAYS thinks he's the smartest person in the room, crazy lady was ADAMANT that Valassi was not who he claimed to be, & if Keener has even a shred of Seth McFarlane's talent then he could easily disguise his voice (or do it through the use of a voice box). Certainly wouldn't be the most outlandish revelation if it turned out to be true in D2...

I was talking to my friend about valassi and I think he is working with keener. Like Ruth said he appeared when the pandemic started. He knew what to say to rally people behind him and giving keeners position was probably a way to distract the factions that were looking for Keener and so they can both escape Manhattan and head for DC Or maybe Keener is Valassi... That just my theory

I always loved listening to him when I was busy either checking out a safe house or chilling at the Base of Operations, the man has a lot of good points and always kept me entertained. Nothing like listening to a regular person in a game/event like this

I learn so much lore from this game thanks to you

Honestly the videos are such a masterpiece. Its amazing. SO happy you make these videos.

Fell in love with Valassi when I heard him talking about the JTF- 'Nothing but respect for them. Ey, it's like the puppets say, these are the people in your neighborhood, they're us!'

I'm starting to realize that there was some pretty juicy stuff on those audio files that you can find down in the Underground. I honestly didn't really listen to them, and now I'm starting to wish I had paid more attention to them. Well done sir.

I love straight forward lore videos like this. When you're playing the game you can't always just sit there and listen to everything you pick up. Even if you do it may not be in a linear order towards the over all story. Thank you for this!

The dislike is Rick himself. He doesn't like how you know so much on him.

And they said the division wasn’t a story driven game lol . Great vids man!!

I believe that Rick V was working for someone in the JTF who is also working for Keener. It’s always somehow connected but it’s also always a plot twist behind it too

This is dope, you lose sight of how deep the story goes when your rushing through missing and clicking echo's and cell phones. Thanks for the videos

for some reason hearing all of this makes the division's story darker than the division 2

I love rick! I sometimes just hang out in safehouses to listen to his show

I think it's more likely that Keener and Valassi are either actively working together (rather than manipulation) or they are the same person with Aaron Keener's last message in wsp as a way to show the truth of either possibility to the division agent who finds it.

I just started D2 ! I have to say these videos are super helpful in understanding WTF is going on . There very well done and I am really digging the lore

I think Rick Velassie is Paul Rhodes...they have a similar outlook on the world

Lmaoo, i wanted to ask you to do a story about him the other day...And here it is.. Thank You sooooo much👌👌💯

Even though this video is almost a year old, and even though I've heard them multiple times. Every now and then I like to just stay in The Terminal, usually when I'm bored, and just listen to Rick on the radio. Great video NGN.

Rick V is a awesome also I believe he got escorted by another division agents and went to Seattle Washington and do a radio broadcast there to let the people of DC know what happend in new york

I miss spawning into the terminal or safe house and being welcomed in by Rick valise before the game Fades in, it made his voice was perfect for the game, and without him in div 2 feels like something’s missing

Honestly you’re videos are awesome and you deserve so more recognition. Thank you for making these amazing videos.

Thanks so much for putting all this lore together into an entertaining video. I only recently got Division 1, and intending to get Division 2 soon, after SkillUp's part 2 review of the endgame. The Division franchise is so good, and although I understand the community want more out of the story, there are so many concepts, and so much lore for them to play with, they could take it in so many exciting directions. I'm going to look into whether Aaron Keener actually makes an appearence in Division 2, as I've not heard much about him yet, but your videos are highlighting a lot of concepts I may have overlooked during the juicy grind. Looking forward to your future content.

I definitely finish the game story but I didn't even understand the story until I watched your videos keep it up bro, keeping eye for more

I’ve been grinding the shit out of the division 2. 10 hours in the first day. I’m loving the lore behind it all

Once I stood still in the terminal for a while to listen to all of what he had to say

I can tell u put a lot of work into these videos. Thanks man.

I like Keener. I don't see him as a "bad guy" Plus his MDR is awesome

Your videos are made so nicely, you can clearly see all the effort that went in. Love your videos, hope you do this for Division 2, EZ channel growth!

Talks about rikers escaping *shows rioters* Rikees: am I a joke to you

Thank you man. all the best.

Thank you for making this video, it is one of your best, keep up the great work! It's just amazing the amount of work and research in these videos!

The comms of the lady hunting him Then she sounds afraid , like he has something more going on

Not understanding why they didn't just call in an airstrike on Riker's Island as soon as the corrections dept lost control there.

I love the videos you make only downside is this so far apart got to wait a week for the next one

Always loved hearing him talk

Rick Valassi, to my mind, is a super market tabloid reporter. BUT what is this creep into? Valassi is a crank but what is it that he has that scared Ruth so much? I have a feeling that NYC has more mysteries and we left it a bit to prematurely. But I guess that's another mystery to add to the pile, like the hunters and Aaron Keeners location. I mean there are something's in newyork that don't sit right with me. Like how could the JTF loose control of the Dark zone so quickly? They were amply supplied, unless someone sabataged it. And the first wave being activated early? Something is NOT right in paradise. And I don't like not knowing.

Love the lore videos. Have you thought about doing one on the Rogue Dispatcher?

Your voice is perfect for this

Seriously... this game, this story, would make a hell of a series! Ok, hear me out. First, a feature length movie that covers everything from the virus release through to the overwhelming of hospitals, the breakdown of order... and then the first wave of agents. IN THIS... it would be REALLY COOL if an appearance of Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell was there too, but not as a central role- in the periphery. Like the FBI arriving in some movie about a single cop taking down a group of terrorists (Die Hard). Hell, even Ghost Recon could be in there in some capacity. Either way... After the movie, the tv series (Hello Netflix/Amazon/Hulu) can begin and follow some Division Agents as they try to hold the US together. It doesn’t even have to use NYC as the setting, pick somewhere else. Seattle, LA, Chicago... or NYC. I’m ok with that, but you’d just be watching the live action of exactly the game you just played- mission for mission. Boring. Pick somewhere not covered in the games so that the content of the show is new and interesting. Make references to the games in the show- Update how Manhattan is doing, talk about troubles in DC. Make the world feel connected, but have the story entirely new.

you know i was so excited wean warlords was announced to hear more of uncle ricky aaaaaand so dispointed how his character gat butchered sad realy i always loved listening to him ramble in the save houses i miss it

I need to play Underground more, didn't know they had info on Valassi down there.

Easily the best character in the game. Shame he wasn't in dvision 2

that ending is straight up some lone gunman shit

Great job on this man really good work I learned so much

Valassi is a great addition to the game. While he's absolutely right about the Division Agents and Bliss, he's so off the mark when it comes to the cleaners that it makes the world seem that much more realistic. The Cleaners are just blue-collar workers fed up with everything, and their spirits broke. Valassi has at least enough hope in humanity left to assume that isn't possible, and fabricates this idea that the Cleaners are also part of some government cover-up plot.

Great videos! Thank you very much, keep up the good work mate!

I really need to play the division again.

Thank you for this video!

I love the dark realist approach of this game

Rick valassi, there is a lot of evidence that he is working with keener. And then we have that person that got after valassi , The last line of the message from that person was: stay away from, and then it went dark. What was she gonna tell us? I have 2 theory's: she was going to say keener or Washington dc. That is all. Btw good video

He sounds much like Curtis Sliwa, an anti-crime activist with his own radio show, and CEO of the Guardian Angels who are devoted to expose crimes in New York that the NYPD turn a blind eye to.

Am sad that my dude in Division 1 is probably deactivated and has rejoined the civilian population of NYC. I would want to continue what I started or follow through the things I found in NY.

I wonder if he is the same guy in the radio when u play the DLC SURVIVAL, because there, he's freezing all hypothermic like about to die.

Another great video. Keep them coming 😎

Love these videos

Awesome video as always👍

rick valassi roles almost similar like marius from diablo 2, albert genette from ace combat 5, but in different prespective

Great break down on the number one source of news for paranoid insomniacs.

Still amazing keep It up mate :)

always thought rick was a puppet for keener, he was just dead set on makin the agents look bad, in line with keener goals, and he had lil bit too much knowledge on agents, could just be plot holes but..

well done , thanks a lot

the division is like someone just played plague inc. and they made a game out of it

There is some much stories in the division

Well we do have a close version of this in a movie maybe not the post apocalyptic US but shows how a simple and very deadly disease could spread and nearly destroy a whole town. The movie I'm talking about is "Outbreak" with Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman very good movie spooking af and well worth watching

14:05 "it didn't evolve in batshit some monkey ate before some idiot ate the monkey. It came from a lab."

OMG you are the best at your job

Funny how keener recording literally described himself

Not sure, but this voice looks like the same guy playing Petrus Brenner from the Division 2.

I feel like division is nothing but a huge war instead of a infection at this point

The best thing is to take this scenario and think how it would happen in real life. I just found out in an event of total collapse the bill of rights declaration of independence and the constitution will be taken to a secured military base for preservation. Or at least thats the "Official" story ;)

Rick sounds like “ItsAgundam

Love your vids

Poor rick is a bit off with the divison agents we are sleeper agents but we know that we work for the division!

good stuff!

So this Valassi guy is mixed up with some very dangerous stuff, eh? Interesting.

God I love The Division's Wholesome Alex Jones

Hahaha he is the Alex Jones of Division. Oo no RU-vid ban hammer in 3.2......

I was hoping you would make a vid on this guy

We want Vellasi back !!! VLC

Another good video man..

Have you even done an update with the Warlords of NY DLC with Rick Vallasi?

9:33

2020, is what the Division has been preparing us for

i really like him , i want him back i the division 2

Hey mate, I was literally wondering what his story was! Weird. Anyway, I have a video idea, I’ve been interested if there’s anything behind ISAC. Just an idea if you’d be interested.

Funnily enough, the picture of the police officers at 4:53 isn’t of American police, but of British Counter Terrorist Special Firearms Officers, or CTSFOs, the counter terrorism wing of the British armed police.

I was going to ask you do a video on this dude thanks

Nice more lore

2020 was here.

2020: Hi how are you

Valssi has a lot of new diolauge during the global events

I really would like to have seen an end of game mission or raid in order to find and or rescue Valassi from Kenner and the First Wave or remnants of the Last Man Battalion