Thekid22gamereview

thekid22gamereview was the original channel the gang created all their content on. Starting off as thekid's personal channel that began on July 12th, 2009 and ran all the way until October 19th, 2019; when thekid finally announced his retirement from the channel to create 'The Ultra Collective.'

First Video
The channels first video is titled: 'jackson 5 - i want you back', the video is that of 10 year old thekid dancing to the hit Jackson 5 song 'I Want You Back'. Towards the end of the video he also includes a puppet wearing red pants and a blue sweater named 'Bill' that was bought for him during a trip to Las Vegas. The video itself has only recently become unlisted.

Wink28
Damon 'Wink28' was the first co-star on the channel. Making his debut video on August 19th, 2009 with the video titled: 'thekid22gamereview and new wink28.' Wink was a local neighborhood friend of thekid's that he met when he moved into his new house.

thekid22gamereview vs. kink27
Almost every video thekid and wink posted together were all filmed on the same day as his debut (August 19th, 2009) however, the videos themselves were spread out over 12 videos. Seven of those being a series called 'thekid22gamereview vs. kink27' a "series" where wink would take off his glasses and be either an alter ego, clone, or villain character named 'kink27.' While the concept, and execution was very crude in creation; it did mark the first series ever created on the channel.

After this, appearances with Wink in them became sparse. He wasn't seen again on the channel until October 18th, 2009. This was due to a supposed argument that was sparked over a rumor claiming Wink had said: "'you are gay and you copy by winks other friend'"This was later realized to be spread by another person, according to the description of the video thekid says someone named Josh spread this rumor, and thekid believed it. After this video there would only be two more with Wink in it, those videos being titled: 'random time with wink and thekid' & 'thekid22gamereview's dident know???' These videos being released Novemeber 25th, 2009 and March 19th, 2011 respectively. After this, time had passed and the two slowly drifted apart. Wink then moved away from the area, growing the two further apart. It wasn't until 2019 when the two reconnected briefly on Steam when thekid found him. There has not been much contact since.

Most, if not all the videos posted after this are 100% pointless, with none of them really having any point whatsoever. Early 2010 however did mark the first time we had actual game footage on the channel. with a series being created titled: 'thekid22gamereview's crazy day part 1-7.' All of these videos were of a laptop webcam being pointed at a TV while thekid plays Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Guitar Hero. Prior to this, three videos were posted in December, 2009 of thekid playing various games on Roblox. These videos were all under a minute long (with the shortest one being 0:04 seconds.) While the crazy day series marked some of the first actual gameplay on the channel, these videos marked the first screen recorded content. This would later become the normal format the channel used for most, if not all the videos uploaded.

Annoying Orange Hotline
Going through all the miscellaneous content thekid posted between 2009-2010, the only diamond in the rough is the prank calling videos. 'thekid22gamereview's prank calls to people on the annoying orange line' is the earliest video of thekid's to reach a high amount of views. Currently sitting at 4,265 views (the video has since been set to private.) Back in 2010 The Annoying Orange creator Dane Boedigheimer created a hotline for fans of the show to talk with other fans. He took to this and began pranking on it. This sparks a 10+ series of thekid going on the hotline and pranking people. With the second most popular video of this type being 'thekid22gamereview's prank and wow did this girl buy it.' In this video, thekid pretends to be celebrity Justin Bieber. He plays Bieber's hit song 'Baby' in its entirety. Getting the people on the other end of the phone to scream with excitement.

Early Gaming Shift
August 10th, 2011 the video titled: 'Bibbymcbobby and TheKid2238's epic adventure Castle builders' and subsequently five more videos of similar format followed the same day. All of those being Roblox videos filmed using the Roblox Screen Recorder, a built in recorder Roblox implemented into their game. These videos mark a shift in the channels overall focus to more gaming oriented videos. Only a few more videos were released before the first minecraft video that was ever put on the channel was uploaded.

TheEpicAdventureShow
TheEpicAdventureShow (TEAS) was one of the earliest collaborative projects outside of thekid22gamereview created by thekid and a former friend Bibbymcbobby. The show itself only had a few videos posted on the main channel. But a good amount of the content was posted on TheEpicAdventureShow's own channel. The overall plot/ meaning of the show itself is unknown. Most of the videos are random videos either building things or just the two talking together. The last video was posted on December 11th, 2011 titled: To the moderators of the UltraCraft server. Which gives more info on what was going on with the UltraCraft server at that time. (Head over to UltraCraft Timeline for more info on that.)

TheEnd of MineCraft.
This video was posted on November 9th, 2011 and marked the very first Minecraft video ever posted to the channel. It shows thekid finding the stronghold or as he put it: "Ender Portal Place." He then proceeds to kill the dragon (for his first time) in creative. Ending the video with immense joy stating "If you don't feel like you have the time to do it, do it anyway."

After this the channel went on one of the many small hiatuses. The channel didn't have another upload until March 4th, 2012 and the return came with a video titled 'Im back :D.' This was at a strange point in thekid's life. You can tell by the video (which is currently private) that he is in that awkward teenage phase. But this is also around the time where some personal life issues were taking place. Causing a major amount of stress, and depression. There were a bunch of videos of some middle school antics, and finally on July 12th, 2012 the channel would change entirely.

minecraft hidden chest
This video shows Timeslinky and stevrock1 and was the first video ever posted on the channel where thekid was completely absent. It showed the two friends touring a base they created on a server, as well as showing a hidden chest concept. This video also is the debut of stevrock1 on the channel.

After this, the first true set of gameplay videos began to be posted. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxOnFaeFzQ Slender w/ Kyle Ep. 1: OH BOY?] shows thekid and now retired Kyle playing through the game 'Slender.' For a first attempt, the video itself is extremely poor quality. All the key elements of a poor gameplay video are displayed in this video, from the gameplay itself not being fullscreened, etc. But it was a start and lasted three episodes before the Slender videos stopped.

Minecraft Video part 1: UltraCraft Server.
This video is the first time the name 'UltraCraft' comes into play on the channel. This video comes after the original UltraCraft (see the Ultracraft Timeline for more information.) This was UltraCraft V.2, a Hamachi server created by Timeslinky for the crew to build and play on. Trying to capture the magic that was V.1 UltraCraft was no easy task, and while this server filled a void; it certainly wasn't it. The 12 minute video takes us on a tour of what was built in the flat world of UltraCraft V.2.

Minecraft (2012-2014)
Minecraft (alongside Roblox/ Apocalypse Rising) is was one of the longest running "shows" on the channel. The channel's gameplay beginnings are rooted in Minecraft. As stated above, The UltraCraft Server video is one of the first actual Minecraft gameplays on the channel where the quality is more refined compared to TheEnd of MineCraft. The videos moving forward only continued to grow in quality. Minecraft part 2: Battle For This Castle! shows thekid, chaoticsmilezz, and XxTheKylexX playing on a massive multiplayer server 'Battle for Conwy' in which you defend a castle against an opposing team. Both chaoticsmilezz and XxTheKylexX are extremely hard to hear, and this is because thekid still had yet to refine the concept of screen recording and wasn't picking up system audio.

Minecraft Part 3: 1.3.1 ITS HERE BABY!
This was the third video in the first run of Minecraft seriesed videos created. Show off the 1.3.1 update with pure excitement. One notable takeaway from this video is showing off 'KidTopia.' Which is one of the earliest Minecraft survival worlds that thekid made.

Apocalypse Rising (2013-2014)
The Roblox Era begins. Apocalypse Rising was the first true official series on the channel. Despite other attempts on the channel to create a lasting series that would span over multiple episodes. Apocalypse Rising filled that void, and would continue to be the catalyst for the channels success. The first series of AR lasted 59 episodes, or as it were put "4 Seasons." During this time the core cast of characters was: With recurring characters being:
 * thekid
 * Spacepimpkevin
 * Jacktri
 * chaoticsmilezz
 * Timeslinky
 * XxTheKid2238xX
 * MinecraftBlooper
 * DrubbyDog

See You Spacepimpkevin..
On July 9th, 2014 (only three days before the Five Year Anniversary of the channel) Spacepimpkevin departed from the channel due to offscreen conflict of interests with thekid. The details of his departure are fuzzy and have been obscure for the remainder of the channels lifespan. However this was a slight nail in the coffin that was the Apocalypse Rising series. In the video, thekid (with a HORRIBLE mic) talks about not letting the leftover footage they recorded with Kevin go to waste. But due to Kevin's wishes, he asked for that footage not to be uploaded and for no further footage with him in it to be released. This put the series on hold from Episode 57, that being Kevin's last episode posted on July 4th, 2014 all the way until November 29th, 2014 with the release of Episode 59. This time being joined by chaoticsmilezz and DrubbyDog. You can tell during the video that a substantial lack of Kevin's presence is felt. It doesn't have the same flair that the older video with him in it had.

The series went from August 18th, 2013 until November 29th, 2014. With a plan to reconcile the lasting conflict with Spacepimpkevin to create a 60th episode and a series finale including a teamup of every person that had been part of the series for the past year. This however, never happened. As the conflict between Spacepimpkevin and thekid is still ongoing to this day, for reasons that won't be brought to light. Roblox and Apocalypse Rising wouldn't be brought back into the light of the channel until Almost two years to the day it started.

Apocalypse Rising Season 5 Teaser Trailer
With the release of Apocalypse Rising: Reborn. There was a teaser trailer put up on the channel rumoring a fifth season of the ongoing series of Apocalypse Rising. However, the next video in regards to Apoc would be the start of the new series all together, not a return to format.

Apocalypse Rising (2015-2019)
After the year long hiatus to Apocalypse Rising, thekid comes back to the channel doing a base raid with a popular YouTuber in the Apocalypse Rising genre Centrals. This video currently sits at 33,983 views and was the start of the Apocalypse Rising takeover of the channel.

Update: Rebranding
this is a HUGE moment in the channels history. On August 16th, 2015 the channel changed its name from 'thekid22gamereview' to 'thekid_.' This change was met with backlash specifically from stevrock1. The change was to establish the channel going in a new direction and became the main online persona of thekid from that point on.

The series lasted a total of 82 videos. Which was the longest running series on the channel all the way until it's retirement in 2019. It was only meant to last until Episode 76, featuring Deathcorepickles, ex-girlfriend Jenna, and stevrock1 (his one and only time in an Apocalypse Rising video.) But it continued. The channel amassed a total of close to 5,000+ subscribers during the Apocalypse Rising Era of the channel.

The series itself was the most popular on the channel. With every video bringing in a large amount of views. The most noticeable of them being:

Episode 1 - 33,983 views

Episode 41 - 10,449 views

Episode 5 - 4,961 views

Episode 7 - 3,756 views

Episode 33 - 1,909 views

Episode 19 - 1,902 views

Episode 11 - 1,539 views

Episode 2 - 1,463 views

Episode 49 - 1,403 views

Episode 8 - 1,179 views

Episode 32 - 1,114 views

Episode 6 - 1,062 views

Episode 18 - 1,036 views

The description of the series playlist says: "This channels true claim to fame was the wonderful Apocalypse Rising series hosted by myself and Nathan (DeathCorePickles.) Giving us a platform to create videos for the fans to enjoy was an amazing experience that I thank each and every single person who ever clicked on our video for allowing us to have. Sadly, due to the overwhelming amount of hackers that still infest AR to this day, this series has come to an untimely end. We really wished to continue this series for as long as we could but the landscape of the game itself made that challenge extremely hard. Apocalypse Rising 2 didn't live up to the legacy that AR1 created. I hope that one day Gus and the rest of the team over at DPI get their heads out of their asses and just fix AR1, remaster it or do something.  But until then this series will lay dormant, sad to see such wonderful times drift away. Until next time Apoc!!"