Black Plasma Studios

Black Plasma Studios is a YouTube channel that currently specialises in *Minecraft* animations and was formerly known for creating *Halo* machinimas. Their former leader, David R.B. (previously known as Arbiter617) conceptualised Songs of War in 2011 and worked alongside other members of Black Plasma Studios to produce its first season. As of May 2021, the channel has over 7 million subscribers and over 1.5 billion views. Songs of War Season 1's full movie is the 12th most-viewed video on the channel.

## History

### 2008

Black Plasma Studios was formed in 2008 by David R.B. (then known as Arbiter 617) as a channel for the production of *Halo* machinimas, though no videos from before 2011 remain; presumably they were removed in line with YouTube's implementation of COPPA policies in late 2019.

### 2011

The oldest remaining videos on the channel were both uploaded in 2011: "Tempus Maximus" (14th March) and "PROJECT Middleground" (30th May).

### 2012

One video from 2012 remains on the channel - "War: Attack on Arcadia", uploaded on July 12th.

### 2013

One video from 2013 remains on the channel - "Halo 4 Forge | Parody ViDoc", uploaded on January 12th.

### 2014

Two videos from 2014 remain on the channel - "Hypixel Minecraft Server (Promotional)", uploaded on March 5th, and "Sony Vegas Pro: Tips, Tricks & Tools", uploaded on May 16th.

### 2015

2015 is one of the most important years for Songs of War, as it marks when the first *Minecraft* animation on the channel was uploaded - "Spider Attack!" on July 10th, made by David R.B. It also marks the year David created the base of the *Songs of War* world in WorldPainter on a livestream on his personal channel, and the year Samuel Kyber joined, who would later go on to help with the writing, directing and production of *Songs of War*.

### 2016

Throughout 2016, the build team grew and construction of Ardonia made significant progress, in addition to writing and prop design as Black Plasma Studios grew rapidly.

### 2019

On November 23rd, Season 1 Episode 1 was uploaded to the channel, to a much greater reception than the other episodes. The Black Plasma Gaming channel later had all of its videos archived to comply with COPPA.

### 2020

On June 14th, David announced that the next two seasons of *Songs of War* were cancelled, and left Black Plasma Studios to focus on game development alongside AfterInfinity. This prompted many members of the community to form their own teams, in an attempt to create Seasons 2 and 3 with the assets and script that David left behind, starting "The Succession".

## Members

### Current

Samuel Kyber (since 2015)

LitLThomas (since 2015)

Mont27P (since 2020)

Omeleto (since 2019)

### Former

David R.B. (2008-2020)

RoA Nitrox (2015-2019)

Eagle Empire (2015-2016)

PixelFrosty (2017)

Knight0fdoom (2018-2020)

Skyfall (2018-2021)

CJKIES

CordlessJet

SpaceBuddy17

## Links

Casting Call Club:

(old) https://www.castingcall.club/m/Black%20Plasma%20Studios

(new) https://www.castingcall.club/m/BlackPlasmaStudios

Discord: https://discord.gg/blackplasma

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BlackPlasmaStudios

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlackPlasmaYT

Website: https://www.blackplasmastudios.net/

Webstore: https://blackplasmastudios.creator-spring.com/

Youtube:

Black Plasma Studios: https://www.youtube.com/user/Arbiter617

Black Plasma Community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl8Q3U49kuICeq0teSo6jbA