WARNING: THIS POST HAS SOME EXPLICIT CONTENT. I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU READ IT IF YOU'RE YOUNGER.
Hey everyone!
This is going to be my first post of this new era of posting. Let me tell you, this is really annoying typing this because the keys on my keyboard barely work. I have to copy and paste every comma, period and question mark.
Moving on. The topic of this post will be famous jammers.
Over the years, famous jammers have had a major impact on the game of Animal Jam. They've shaped the entire community of Animal Jam with their content, whether it be Youtube or Blogger. In this post, we'll be delving into these famous jammers, specifically Aparri. What caused them to gain such fame? What did they do for the community or what was their impact on the game itself? What were their gimmicks and style of content? Where are they now? What roles did they play in the game?
And finally, what is the future of the famous jammers now that AJ is seemingly going downhill?
Let's start at the beginning. Believe it or not, Animal Jam was once a very simple game. During Beta Testing, there weren't necessarily famous jammers; more like well known people in the community. However, this pretty much changed when beta testing ended. That's when AJ blogs began to rise up. Early bloggers began to shift into a "famous" status. After all, Youtube wasn't extremely popular back in the 2010's or 2011's. Fuzzy ShyIvy was the first blogger and became somewhat famous for that. The Animal Jam Community blog followed up and was originally run by TheSlidoo. Most of these famous jammers would become the originals. More and more blogs began to pop up, from The Animal Jam Flash to The Animal Jam Spirit. Blogging seemed like the pinnacle of AJ, right next to trading. Snowyclaw likely gained the most popularity out of blogging.
As quickly as it rose, it fell.
Youtube began to take over by the 2012-2013 time. I guess this was the time that Julian2 took over Animal Jam through his Youtube videos. He was really young at the time and his voice was hilarious. It's likely that people really enjoyed his mailtime videos the most and that's the main reason why he became famous.
I've known of a Youtube channel that re-uploads Julian2's old videos, so why not show you guys an example of what Julian2 used to be like?
When you refer to famous Jammers, especially if you have been playing for a while now, Julian2 will probably be the first person to come to mind. His impact on AJ was unbeatable by anyone else. He inspired a lot of online culture in the game itself, from making rare spikes sought after, to sparking the appearances of arctic wolves with spikes. In my opinion, Julian2 was one of the people that really made AJ popular in the long run. His impact was incredible as he eventually grew out o his younger, selfish self, and became a mature, detailed Youtuber. A big reason that he had a positive impact on the game was because of his positive videos. By the time he returned as an older person, he wasn't usually involved in drama and always made detailed or interesting videos. I personally think he's had the greatest impact on AJ out of the Youtubers, despite some controversy in the past.
Wondering where Julian is now? A recent video came out revealing what he's been up to lately.
So yeah, Julian seems to be having a great time and can look forward to a good future.
However, Julian2 was only the beginning of the famous Youtubers. There are many other bloggers that started around this time, too, such as Nafaria9, who I'll consider famous among the bloggers (at the very least). Anyways, Youtubers began to pop up everywhere, including Wootmoo, LilacPetal, Bepper, Twinkle0122, GummyUnicorn, Wisteriamoon, Animaljammer330, and many others.
For a good amount of time, all of these Youtubers were dominate over Animal Jam. Bloggers still existed but they just weren't as popular. The game also looked to be rising in popularity and players. It had a bright future with its upcoming Youtube stars.
What was the impact of these various Youtubers? I think that they also added to the overall culture of the game. With so much advertising from the Youtubers and passion for making quality content, they really brought out the best in AJ. There was always a lot of controversy surrounding these Youtubers, like scam rumors, betrayals, beef, and dating, but in the end, I think they truly benefited the game by providing quality content and, for the most part, acting as role models for the younger players. You see, when you pursue a passion like many famous Jammers did, you'll become successful. Even if you had setbacks or couldn't afford to pursue a Youtube passion, if you truly wanted it, at the very least you would've tried to earn it through hard work.
Despite all of this, some famous Jammers were not good role models, and I'll get to this later.
Eventually, Animal Jam hit its peak around 2016. Millions of players played constantly. The game was at an all time high in Google searches. Even the Blogger community was thriving, with new blogs popping up everywhere and more friends being made. New Youtubers were on the rise again as Youtube kept growing (and still is today). Around this time, Aparri, formerly known as 7, began his rise to the top of AJ popularity. He became the most subscribed Animal Jam youtuber and it was probably because of his personality and ideas. He had smart ideas for videos and had an attracting personality to many Jammers; his personality at the time can be seen clearly from the video below.
Aparri reigned over Animal Jam for quite some time as the most famous player. However, in 2017-2018, many famous jammers began to quit. People like Julian2 left the game. Gellyjones, one of the newer Youtubers, also quit. Sethyy, another newer Youtuber, mysteriously stopped posting videos. Even all of the older Youtubers like Twinkle0122 began to leave the game. This was the beginning of the "great quittings" (my own personal title for the time!!). The Youtube community was falling apart with creators moving on to better things in life. The blogging community, although not nearly as famous, began to lose key members.
For the first time, it seemed as if Animal Jam itself was coming to an end.
I remember last year that a lot of people were panicking that AJ was going to shut down because all of the famous jammers were quitting. That just goes to show how much famous jammers have an impact on AJ.
Even though the famous jammers quit some, remained. Many passionate Animal Jam players remained too, That's when it started to become more obvious that the wave of famous jammers was likely just quitting because they had more important things in life. Everyone gets old and moves on. The passionate players that stuck around still help this community today to thrive and hopefully regain some popularity in the future while also getting AJHQ to make better updates.
Based on this, I can say that famous jammers are important and fun to have, but they don't mean everything. They aren't the "owners" of Animal Jam and even if they quit, the game will still have a bright future as long as passionate players come or stay. Hopefully, our passion for the game will help AJHQ get more content out and make AJ popular again.
Now, we're going to get into some mature content here. The most surprising quit of the famous jammers was likely Aparri back in 2018. He had it all going for him, but understandably lost his passion and moved on. However, I've been doing some research lately and found out what he is doing now. Apparently, on a recent livestream by Bepper (one of the sole remaining famous jammers with a high amount of subscribers) Aparri came on the stream and advertised his new Youtube and Soundcloud account to AJ players. His new name was "Freivo". After advertising his new channel and music to an AJ audience on livestream, he went on Instagram live and it was recorded by Patch The Alpha. In no way do I really know the guy that made this video or anything, but I stumbled across his video when researching Aparri. Patch The Alpha made these two videos:
***P.S. don't watch these videos if you're younger. Seriously.***
If you don't want to watch the whole two videos or skip through them, it is basically revealed that Aparri smokes, does certain drugs, and is pursuing a rapping career through Soundcloud.
I don't support the drama being spread, but the footage of Aparri above is really disturbing lol. Seeing Aparri go from a happy, young Youtuber to a drug addict is surprising. I always kind of expected he was someone that wished to be "cool" and would eventually start smoking or something, but he's doing serious drugs as admitted in the video above. I don't personally support any drug use or smoking, but I can't change Aparri's life. The only thing that I think stirs up controversy here is the fact that he advertised his instagram on Bepper's AJ livestream and then proceeded to stream live while talking about this mature content. I don't think that was the right choice and hopefully Aparri (Freivo) will be able to turn things around and become a role model in his career. I wish him luck in the long run.
All of these "famous" jammers have had their impact on the game, some more than others. So, now we'll be getting into the current phase of famous people in the game.
These days, I'd say the game isn't really run by famous jammers anymore. It's run by a thriving community of passionate players. Smaller youtubers have stepped up to help support the game. Us bloggers have shown our determination to keep the community alive. Even the common people in the game that just like to play have helped keep the game going strong.
Even though we have a small community now, players like Wisteriamoon and Bepper are the last remaining major Youtubers for AJ. Both of them have had their times on AJ, from trading, to drama, to good times. I think Wisteriamoon's Brave video was one of the first AJ videos to hit a million views.
I think this video was creative and passionate. That's what a lot of theme big Youtubers have in common. Anyways, both Bepper and Wisteria still post videos, just not as much. Their impact, just like most of the other famous jammers, was pretty much great for the game's culture and growth.
After doing all of this writing, I think the main point of this post was to address that famous jammers are important and good for the game, but don't mean everything to it. This is the idea people need to understand because many people grow out of Animal Jam. Hopefully, AJHQ will release great updates in the future and maybe even target older kids s an audience.
That wraps up my post on famous jammers. It's been a long ride with them all and nearly all of them are gone now. However, their impact was necessary. Without them, the game might not have any culture, passion, personalities, or even fans. Of course, bloggers played a large impact, too, and so did the community... but those stories are for another post. Today, even the most average Animal Jammers have to continue the culture of Animal Jam.
Make sure to stick around! I already have topics on my mind and it'll probably take me a few days to write a single post like this one did. I'm leaning towards AJ nostalgia for the next through topic. I hope you enjoyed this post, and I'll see you next time!
