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This was actually a really helpful post that personally got me on the right track! Not that I managed to solve it myself (I was six hours late to the video's launch)

But I just want to show off some of the talented people we have in our community!

To the fellow genlosers out there I’ve compiled the three code key screenshots from the video. I’m pretty sure whatever code Ranboo used was made specifically for Genloss

As for unconfirmed symbols

As other people have pointed out this is probably a space given how frequently it shows up and how it ‘sandwiches’ words in a way.

As for this I think it’s a vowel, probably an a or an i? You can find it on its own sandwiched between two spaces so it’s likely an a or i (unless this is written in ye olde English or something) it also shows up frequently enough in other words to be a vowel.

I also think this single dot could be a vowel, either o or e as you can see it double up a few times and well i don’t know any words with ‘aa’ ‘uu’ or ‘ii’ in them. It also shows up often enough to be a vowel. Of course it could be a consonant like l or t or s but who knows.

A final word is that the code could be double-encrypted; maybe once translated to English it turns out to be a Caesar cipher or you have to unscramble the words. Either way, good luck genlosers I hope solving this code is easy 🫡

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Gen Lossers!

I come with GREAT news!

Local Gen Losser ItsMaybeMadi on Twitter who (together with the genloss decoding server) solved the cypher and decoded the text!

Cipher:

(Just a couple notes for clarity: 'O' is actually just '--'. a line, and not and not like ō. Also the '|' is a space, so between words.)

Text:

Its not a one to one translation, but fortunately the letters remain within the word they belong to.

For example, "So I Did" in the original is "os I Idd"

But Congrats Madi and the Genloss Decoders!

And good job everyone who worked on it themselves, wether you managed to get the decoded message, just the cypher, or just plain did your best to try!

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-> Boo! You've got an update!

[ id - a tweet from @/Generationloss1 "87 104 97 116 32 105 115 32 116 104 101 32 113 117 101 115 116 105 111 110 63" - end id ]

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Update!

Hey y'all! Zero here, as always-

Just letting you know I'm still alive and do intend to be more active in the coming future! This blog will not be cobwebbed-

I'm just as on the edge of my seat for the founders cut as you all, but I'll probably only start posting again post-founder's cut and probably still only a few posts in the meantime, because to be honest its a little hard to be a theory making blog when the media you've been studying has been on hold for a while. There's only so many times I can talk about Mask Control and Dream Theory without sounding stagnant and repetitive.

I know Ranboo has big plans for the coming future of Gen Loss, and I'm excited to see it! But until then, I can only work with what I have-

But yeah! As always, I'm always open to hearing new thoughts about GL, so if you've heard, seen or thought of something you'd like me to cover, then my Ask box is always open!

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New Theory Just Dropped:

Chronicle is just a little guy!

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IM HERE IM HERE HELLO

...

What are we loading in now!?!?!

-> Boo! You've got an update!

[ id - a tweet from @/Generationloss1: "Welcome Back" attached is a gif of a black screen that says 'loading...' - end id ]

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So... both? I guess?

Whatever I have a load of free time now I'll figure it out hehe

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Also I've been thinking of changing my intro post into something more stylish and not the thing i improvised on this blogs creation. I have two ideas in mind which would probably affect how I continue this blog:

A more Character based approach where I lean fully into being a Gen Loss/ GL adjacent Character (still Zero tho not changing the name bc funny). Posts would be probably the same as they are now but I will lean fully into being a character- I also like the idea of playing it as "I am Zero and they are Zero and I am commentating/looking into on the horrors my alternate self is experiencing"

Or

A more series of documents type approach. Like a case file or a proper Corkboard. Posts would be a bit more organised and "filed". I'll reduce the amount of commentary posts and focus solely on being a theory blog.

Don't get me wrong, either way the amount of theory stuff will be the same its mainly just the ☆vibes☆ of how I go about doing it. And I intend to mess around with the Asthetics depending on what I go with.

So I'm putting out the question of what you would like!

Oki thank youuuu

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1. OH MY GOD 3D ENVIROMENT DESIGN AND ANIMATION THATS SO COOL

2. damn it why do I have to be only partially experienced-

-> Boo! You've got an update!

[ id - a tweet from @/Generationloss1: "[NOT CANON TO THE STORY] Hello. We are looking for 3d artists to help us create the next project! If you have experience with environmental 3d design and animation then please fill out the form below!" attached is a link to an application form - end id ]

heres the link for anyone interested ^

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Wow how did I miss this one

This was last month- (technically, but still)

ANYWAYS, current thought process is that we were deciding the location for the next dream sequence. Whether that means a new dream in that location or a repeat of the prior dreams in said locations I don't know for sure.

Although last time one of the polls interacted with Chronicle was the Happy Birthday song and that wasn't in a dream. So. Perhaps we're deciding what dream should come true, or where Chronicle Experience Something. (If you remember my interlude theory during the break, im refering to something like that)

-> Boo! You've got an update!

[ id - a tweet from @/TheChronicle0: "?". Beneath it is a poll with 2 options: 'The Field' or 'The Lot' - end id ]

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:)

Jeez this stuff does not feel that long ago

Edit made on CapCut

Also found on my Pinterest

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I am cosplaying myself today

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I just found this blog and I'm incredibly obsessed this is great. I don't know if you take additions or other theories, but would it be reasonable to assume that the "XXXX <- Nevermind" person in the writer's list of good things is Mary? (Four Xs, four letters in her name.) If so, what happened to make the writer cross her name out? If not, who else could it be?

I know it's not a lot, nor anything revolutionary, but it's been gnawing at the back of my mind and I haven't seen anyone mention it yet. Ah well. Can't wait to see what the next journal entry will bring...

first of all, thank you! I'm glad to hear you like what I'm doing!

and yes absolutely I take additions/other theories, I prefer a community based approach to this and the majority of my posts are reblogs anyways ahah-

and yeah! That's entirely possible! It hadn't crossed my mind, but it's definitely worth noting, thanks! Certainly brings up a lot of questions if our guy is going around crossing out their therapist's name-

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Okay so the irl time gap is non existent, good to know :P

Rip that "SOMETHINGS HAPPENING" Theory, you did what you could.

What interests me most this time though is the lack of XX stuff.

Oh and that guy had a dream and woke up screaming but Forgor-

They FORGOR-

Chronicle 0 post!!!!!!!!

[“8/13

Got in trouble for sleeping in class today, not my fault really barely got any sleep after yesterdays shift. Had to stay late to help figure out what was wrng with the radios. Jay is trying to be funny outside the window without getting caught. Dumbass.

Had a weird dream during class. All I remember is waking up screaming apparently which is what landed me here. just killing time by writing in this old thing”]

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New confirmed theory: Gen Loss is in fact, an Egg.

Genloss is so back baby Ive cracked it

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AHDDHGWEBWHHEWWWE yeah no this is a fantastic read, wow

Whoops

hello generation loss enjoyers. it has been several months since the release of ranboos project, how have yall been? im going to be insane.

Many folks have known me as the lminal space connosieur, dead malls and fucked up houses in particular being my strongsuit for both their sex appeal and the amount of symbolism they can all hold.

Watching Gen Loss with my friends through a hostage situation was a wonderful experience! upon the reveal of the Showfall Media offices being inside a rented out mall, there was a split second where I was a bit unamused at the lack of effort put into integrating the mall's architecture into the studio's office. There were only a few empty stores being used with at the bare minimum some chairs and desks, half the mall was still closed, the mini maps stands were still up, and the food court's usage as the streamers hub was very just. like. thats a whole ass food court. without the people walking around the only way to actually know what the hel this was being used for was the giant white banner that just said showfall media like a fraternity's house claiming its territory.

But then, as the episode 2 closed out, almost instantly it hit me why. why the mall was still a mall, why there was little to no integration for the set- it was on purpose. it was supposed to just be a studio crammed inside a mall. a dead mall, to be precise.

first lets get into the anatomy of what makes a dead mall dead. Around the 1980's a rise in popularity of the commercial supermalls began to spread, the american consumerist dream was rampant with a greater demand of fast fashion, merchandise, and all kinds of strange trinkets for the average american to waste their money on. It was capitalism's wettest dream, but as the years went on there came a steady decline in popularity. Sometimes the competing businesses ended up putting each other out of stock, maybe the trends began dying off, and in certain areas consistent crime rates drove away costumers.

Then in the mid 2000's the stock market crash ended up pushing several people into poverty, the lower class unable to afford the luxury goods offered at shopping centers. Then online shopping took society in a deathgrip, further pushing away the desire for in-public purchasing. Brands took notice and began selling online-exclusive products. In the late 2010's the sightings of several "dead malls" were on an alltime high, some being left to rot while others were demolished all together in favor of empty concrete spaces.

Corporate response to this was one of two things; continously invest in the "Anchor Stores" (big chain stores like Macys or Forever 21 that brought in more customers, usually stationed at the ends of the mall). Meanwhile the smaller businesses inside would be shut down one by one to save costs, until eventually the anchor stores themselves would be forced to leave. Sometimes the Anchor Stores would leave beforehand, not wanting to waste money investing in a deadend location. the decline is faster, the mall rots quicker. The company sells the lot to the biggest buyer and destroys what little remains.

Then there are times where the mall itself is sold off to another bigger company, in hopes of more funds to rejuvenate the center. Majority of the time the mall will enter a large reconstruction designed to look more appealing, mor modern. In actually, the personality of the malls architecture is stripped like the skin of prey. The colors and vibrant shapes of the late 1900’s, the waterfalls with rocky beds and marbled beige tiles, all replaced in favor of sharp black on white edge and stainless steel fencing. The occasional shrub here or there, maintained by automation. Lights too bright, all glimmer, all space. Sometimes it works, sometimes the mall is reborn as the pinnacle of luxury again! Sometimes it rots in shiny chrome, a corpse dragged along in the hopes of attracting attention. All it does is stink and bloat, a miserable display.

I hope you begin to catch what im saying.

In Generation Loss, the Showfield Social Experiments are commentary on streamer culture and the damaging relationship between a content creator & their platform. Visualized by Ranboo being pushed into dangerous scenarios for the sake of entertainment, their disposable friends forced into the flat archetypes the fandoms have labeled them as.

They were all vibrant young folks once, bright with personality and that raw humanity filled with flaws and voice cracks. Shitty microphones and inconsistent uploads, some were barely finishing high school. Then they became big, almost too big. They were characters now, and just like Ranboo’s teammates the perception of them as humans were dumbed down to memorable trademarks. Streamers and Content Creators alike had to be marketable now, and when the time comes where they lost their popularity sometimes they sign off to groups and organizations to help boost them up again. They are stripped of their rawness again. Theres a reason their artforms are called “content”.

So it makes sense that Showfall Media, the personification of the content creators downfall, would do the same to a Mall. The corpse of the center is repurposed loosely to fit the studios purpose. It is empty, it is hollow, it is dead. Low costs, big risks- just like Gen Loss Ranboo.

basically

Content Creators are Dead Malls.

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Woop woop!

I'm very excited to see what the changes and adjustments are, and how it relates back to some of the things I've discussed and shared here.

At the very least it will be hella entertaining to watch (again)

-> Boo! You've got an update!

The Founders Cut will be out in the next 2 to 3 months! If nothing else it'll be out by the end of this year :D