Community

Since the inception of the GiIvaSunner channel in January 2016, there has been an active community surrounding SiIvaGunner, comprising both contributors and fans.
== YouTube ==
Most official channel announcements have been made on YouTube, which has always been SiIvaGunner's main publication platform. The SiIvaGunner channel is regularly used for making community posts and (less frequently) interacting with comments. However, community posts and comments made by the SiIvaGunner channel prior to February 2019 have been lost due to the SiIvaGunner Termination.
SiIvaGunner2 and Flustered Fernando also exist as secondary channels maintained by the SiIvaGunner team, though both are inactive. Many contributors to the channel maintain their own personal YouTube channels, many of which are linked from the SiIvaGunner channel's featured channels.
== Bandcamp ==
The SiIvaGunner Bandcamp page (originally named GilvaSunner and still titled as such in the URL) was SiIvaGunner's main platform for publishing albums, alongside free MP3 and FLAC mirrors on Google Drive and MEGA. All releases had their purchase method set as "choose your price" with free downloads available, with the sole exception of the "Bigai Circulation" single. The channel heavily recommended not spending money on the albums, and any proceeds went towards charity donations and more credits to keep the albums free. Most releases were sorted in reverse chronological release order except for . and "Bigai Circulation", which were placed at the bottom. The page also had a merchandise section containing the King for a Day Poster and the SiIvaGunner Channel Poster available for purchase at $20 USD or more.
There was also the GiIvaSunner Bandcamp page (named "giivasunner" in the URL and titled "Slamcamp" in the channel description's link), used exclusively for three releases related to "Space Jam". It was originally used in 2016 as an isolated joke for the album KORIBALL, which is priced at $300 USD, then later reused in 2021 and 2022 for two albums related to the Space Jam Charity SLAM!, released as free downloads.
On April 15, 2024, both Bandcamp pages were unexpectedly disabled with no prior notice. The SiIvaGunner team addressed this a few hours later on social media, stating that Bandcamp had been contacted and directing viewers to a temporary album index page hosted on highquality.rip, containing links to the official album mirrors.Community post by SiIvaGunner; April 15, 2024.Tweet by @GiIvaSunner; April 15, 2024. The two pages were also re-registered to prevent the URLs from being taken by third parties.
On November 18, 2024, a new Bandcamp page, J.E.'s Archive, was announced in An Album Announcement. It is meant to serve as a temporary solution until the main account were brought back.
== Twitter ==
The @GiIvaSunner Twitter account was created on February 22, 2016. It initially posted links to new channel uploads, as well as interacting with other users and posting announcements. On September 9, 2019, the account stopped tweeting links to new uploads, but it continues to post announcements and other tweets, many of which are humorous in nature. From April 6, 2020, to May 6, 2020, the account was suspended by Twitter owing to "automated behaviour", but was reinstated after a determination that the suspension had been in error.
After @GiIvaSunner stopped tweeting links to new uploads, the account @InstRipInfoSys (originally @ShirubaGanna) began posting them on November 12, 2019.Tweet by @InstRipInfoSys on November 12, 2019.Tweet by @InstRipInfoSys on November 12, 2019. While the account is not officially affiliated, it is likely maintained by members of the SiIvaGunner team.
Flustered Fernando has its own Twitter account, @flurnando, though it has been inactive since 2018.
== Reddit ==
r/GiIvaSunner was created by MtH on March 5, 2016, and continues to be moderated by several long-time SiIvaGunner team members. The subreddit was mainly active during the first season of the channel. It remains somewhat active, with a few posts per day, and team members will occasionally post or comment.
== Newgrounds ==
The SiIvaGunner Newgrounds account was created on May 29, 2018, but has been used sparingly. It is currently only credited in the official Newground uploads of Kolo Terorita and both versions of "This announcement is not on YouTube.", as well as the audio upload "Spartic" by epicsonicfan10. The account uses the channel banner for Newgrounds Day as its own banner.
== TikTok ==
The @giivasunner TikTok account, named "RipTok" in the channel description's link, was created in 2021 and posted three videos that year. It then remained inactive until April 25, 2023, when it began semi-regularly posting rips from the channel, mostly ones that referenced other TikTok memes or were classified as "" on YouTube. The account was also added to the list of links in the channel description and has been promoted in a few tweets by @GiIvaSunner.
== Discord ==
On September 1, 2016, the SiIvaGunner team opened an official server, the Official SiIvaGunner Fan Server. (The server is often referred to as "SiIvaCord", or alternatively as the "fanserver", distinguishing it from the "teamserver" of the SiIvaGunner team.) As of February 17, 2021, it has 13,120 members. The server remains active; around 20,000 messages are sent per day, and SiIvaGunner team members frequently participate in discussions with fans and other contributors. It has only two channels dedicated to SiIvaGunner: #siiva_chat (formerly #lore_discussion) for general discussion and new uploads, and #ripping_help_and_feedback for ripping. Additionally, channels for the SiIvaGunner CCC ARG, the King for a Day Tournament and the King for Another Day Tournament were created for those events respectively, but are no longer in use.
Before the official Discord server existed, a server named Towelcord (after its creator, Towel) was the primary Discord server for SiIvaGunner fans. The Reboot ARGs were mainly solved here. It still exists, but is much less active than it was in 2016.
===Mascots===
Various mascots are commonly used on the server.
*Spike - An enemy originating from . His front-facing appearance from with the caption "DUDE" is how he is most often represented. He was also featured as a minor character in the King for Another Day Tournament.
*Gina - A character created by Dead Line and Sean-Patrick.Tweet by @DeddoRain The character was announced on March 23, 2017.Tweet by @DeddoRain
DUDE.webp|DUDE
Dead Line.jpg|A picture of Gina, previously used as Dead Line's YouTube avatar.
== References ==
Category:SiIvaGunner Wiki
Category:Content