BlueXephos

BlueXephos,
An account created on 9 Jul 2008 by two individuals - Simon Lane & Lewis Brindley.
The account as of 17/09/11 is a Youtube Partner.
BlueXephos is more widely known as the "Yogscast"
The Yogscast "Bluexephos" as of 17/09/2011 has 905,465 Subscribers.
The Yogscast is hosted by 2 friends "Simon and Lewis" who play different games varying from RPG's to MMO's and share their opinion on them.
Although from time to time they share their YoGPoDs' which usually include a fan-made animation.
The Yogscast are best known for their Minecraft series, where Simon and Lewis venture forth in Minecraft and explore new maps, Mods and far much more. Many people believe that the cause of the Yogscast's success was sense of humour that Simon and Lewis hold. Although some times cold, Yogscast have the ability to make everyone laugh.
Their sucess is not only due to their Minecraft series though. Simon and Lewis have participated in many other games including; World of Warcraft, Fallout, Magicka, R, Portal, Dead Island and much more.
Although Simon and Lewis are the two main Creators of this channel. They are sometimes joined by Hannah Rutherford.
Hannah usually participates in play-throughs of game on their second channel Yogscast2
Lewis and Hannah are currently dating and he has admitted that she was a former Yognaught and that she posted a pictures of herself to Lewis and that developed to them being partners.
Early Videos
Bluexephos's first videos were not that popular to begin with.
Although as time progressed their recognition increased, their videos started reaching over 10 thousand views, moving on to over 50 thousand.
They started out with World of Warcraft How-to videos, during the videos they did explained what they were supposed to be showing, although the soul of the videos which made them so popular was the chatting and strange conversations which went on between them.
Which the viewers and subscribers found very funny.
As time progressed, so did they. They became more and more popular.
When realising that they had a chance to expand this, they started making Minecraft videos and Yogpods. It was then Bluexephos were starting to become a Youtube sensation.
Series
The Yogscast have so far have made 7 main series - http://yogscast.wikia.com/wiki/Series
There most current one is "Dead Island".
The most popular series's as of 17/09/2011 is the Minecraft Series and Shadow of Israphel.
There is currently 3 Seasons worth of minecraft videos that they have created.
The Minecraft series consist of the following - Mod Spotlights, Custom Map play-throughs or just general playing. Shadow of Israphel is a custom map play-through which is currently up to part 32 - The Final Episode. Many fans are anticipating the next part as it has been delayed for 1.8+.
There lastest video in the minecraft series being The Return Custom Map Part 5
Latest video on Bluexephos:
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?vaAzSQo4NYUU&featurechannel_video_title YoGPoD Animation 27 - Cheesy Story]
A YoGPoD animation, were Simon and Lewis have a conversation about cheese. Leading to Simon reminiscing about his trip to Sainsbury's.
YoGPoD's
The Yogpod's are audio clips which the Yogscast made, which are then backed up with a fan animation made by FredMalm.
With the exception of the "Charlizard" YogPod.
Yogpod's have become more and more popular since they first originated.
They are usually released every 1-2 weeks depending on their schedule.
Latest YoGpoD:
Cheesy Story
Second Channel
Bluexephos's second channel "Yogscast2" - Created on 7 May 2011. As of 17/09/2011, It has 278 thousand subscribers and is a Youtube Partner.
Yogscast2 consists of Yog Trailers and play-throughs by Hannah.
Yog-Trailers are trailers which are dubbed over by Simon and Lewis's commentary.
They usually point out the mistakes of the trailer or exaggerate things in them making them very funny to watch
Yog-Trailers is currently it's own show on Youtube. A Yog-Trailer is usually uploaded ever 1-3 days depending on their schedule.
Their latest Yog-trailer is Special Enquiry Detail - The Hand that Feeds
The play-through's by Hannah are currently only LA: Noire play-through's. Although she has currently released 61 parts all together and still there is more to come. The play-through's by Hannah are not as popular as the Bluexephos channel nor the Yog-Trailers, although they do generate 50 thousand views + on each part.
We do not yet know what the next game she will be playing is.
Her lastest LA: Noire Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?vqMkO-URUKXo&featurechannel_video_title LA Noire 59: A Slip of the Tongue]
Simon Lane
Simon Lane is one of the two main people in Yogscast along side Lewis, he usually plays the character Honeydew.
He is said to make up 2/3 of the Yogscast by some people although some disagree.
He is usually preferred to Lewis as he is thought to be more funny. Although some disagree as Lewis Is thought to be more intellectual than Simon.
One of his most popular phrases among many is his high pitched "awwwwwwwh" which he uses in many of his videos. Many fans like this and find it very funny.
Another popular phrase is "Fack Off".
Lewis Brindley
Lewis Is also one of the two main people in Yogscast along side Simon, He usually plays the character Xephos.
Lewis Is well-known to be the more intellectual side of the Yogscast and the one that takes more precautions before doing things.
Some people find him funnier than Simon, although it is said that more people prefer Simon instead.
Lewis is currently dating Hannah, a former yognaught who posted a picture of herself which then lead to them going out together.
Hannah is currently making play-through's on LA: Noire, although she sometimes participates in videos with Simon.

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