The Quarantine Weekend Games

The Quarantine Weekend Games is a series of gaming live streams created by Electron John, as well as the flagship series for the eponymous YouTube channel. The streams generally occur on Friday and Saturday nights, with the occasional Sunday night stream. They consist of a group of friends playing games online together, broadcast to YouTube for entertainment purposes.

Although the first stream to use this name was on John's Twitch page, broadcast on Friday, March 27, 2020, the first official broadcast occurred the following day, Saturday, March 28, on John's YouTube channel.

Since then, every stream has been broadcast to The Quarantine Weekend Games' own YouTube channel, with over twenty streams, and has even spawned spin-off series, the midday Polish Edition.

The Quarantine Weekend Games consists of a regular cast that usually appear for most broadcasts, referred to as the main cast, as well as several people who are allowed to come on as guests, some more frequent or notable than others (recurring guests). Streams are normally conducted by main cast member Connor, although John and Marshall have streamed frequently. Only one non-main cast member has streamed before, Teddy, the co-creator of the Trimmed Fat series.

The show has broadcast over forty-six streams over the course of three seasons.

Beginnings (2019 - 2020)
John and Austin had met on a cruise vacation by chance in August of 2019, befriending and exchanging contact information with each other. After the cruise's completion, Austin would invite John to a Discord server where he would befriend Connor and Logan. In November of 2019, John asked for permission to record a Cards Against Humanity session he'd set up with them, to which he received a unanimous greenlight. Though the video is not public, John has cited it as the event that enabled The Quarantine Weekend Games to exist.

The show was eventually conceived by John after public schools in New York City were shut down on March 15th, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial concept was more akin to a competition, but, recognizing that the feasibility and longevity of such an idea would be difficult to realize, John decided to center it around a more community-based game night idea that would be organized for fun on the weekends.

Season 1 (2020)
The first broadcast under the banner of "The Quarantine Weekend Games" occurred on John's Twitch page, broadcast on the night of Friday, March 27, 2020. Although Jackson, Marshall, Sean, and Ryu are part of the main cast, they did not appear on this stream. Both skribbl.io and Team Fortress 2 were played, but due to a set of technical difficulties, the VOD was deleted, without a further archive.

The following night, Saturday, March 28, 2020, the series made its proper debut, albeit on John's YouTube channel. Town of Salem and Team Fortress 2 were the planned games for the stream, but Team Fortress 2 would be scrapped only a few minutes in, as John's computer could not handle streaming that game. As a result, Team Fortress 2 was saved for the following stream, for which John appointed Connor with the responsibility of streaming the series when possible, as Connor's computer could handle it.

To ensure the transition would work, John created a new YouTube channel on April 5, 2020. The YouTube channel was solely for the series, and he disassociated it from his solo project branding; additionally, John delayed the stream by an extra week, allowing him to set up the channel, as well as properly archive the first broadcast and reupload it. This would also give Connor time to learn some of the ropes of streaming beforehand.

On August 14, 2020, the show aired what appeared to be its finale, rounding up seven of the nine main cast members for a special broadcast. This was due to several cast members making their return to school after the broadcast, particularly Connor, who broadcasted eighteen of the previous twenty-five (twenty-six if the Polish Edition is counted) streams and would handle streaming for this occasion as well. However, the stream would turn out to be something of a "season finale," as the first twenty-six streams of the series would become known as Season 1.

Season 2 (2020 - 2021)
Season 2 of The Quarantine Weekend Games would air on October 3, 2020, featuring the surprise hit game Among Us, and was broadcast by Marshall in Connor's absence. Marshall would broadcast the majority of the season's streams afterward, as well as the 2nd Polish Edition, and is notable for the recurring presence of several non-main cast members, including Falcon, Teddy, Mike, Ron, Temmie, and Riku, the latter of which being the only one to have appeared on the show's first season. Season 2 was distinct for being the only season of the show that had streams that were broadcasted by participants who were not main cast members, with the 35th and 36th Edition being streamed by Teddy and the 37th Edition being streamed by Jay in what has, thus far, been their only appearance on the channel. It was also notable for two hiatuses that occurred, one after the 36th Edition in December of 2020 that would only be broken by February 2021, followed by the second that lasted until March 27, 2021, when the show aired likely its most popular stream to date, the 1st Year Anniversary Edition.

Episodes
Main Article: List of Editions of The Quarantine Weekend Games

Each episode of The Quarantine Weekend Games is referred to as an "Edition." They are aired normally every Friday and Saturday, and, on rare occasion, some broadcasts are aired on Sunday. Although these days have remained the days the show is broadcast, it has aired on a somewhat inconsistent basis. At its most consistent, a stream will occur weekly on both Friday and Saturday.

Main Cast

 * John - The creator of the show and channel, responsible for management, thumbnails, stream organization, editing (post-stream VODs, regular uploads), and, occasionally, broadcasting. Like all other main cast members, he provides commentary for the broadcasts. Notably, he's the most frequently appearing main cast member, having appeared on every stream on the channel.
 * Connor - The most frequent broadcaster to the channel in the show's history, handling almost the entirety of the first season's streams; also notable for being a foil for Logan's brash style of humor.
 * Jackson - The most frequently appearing main cast member of the show that's never broadcasted to the channel, as well as the show's second most revered in terms of comedy.
 * Logan - Often cited as the funniest member of the show, notable for handling Jackbox streams early in the show's run and making/submitting thumbnails when John isn't able.
 * Marshall - The second most frequent broadcaster to the channel in the show's history, handling the majority of streams after Season 1 had ended, also notable for being the only publicly LGBTQ+ cast member.
 * Felicia - The only female main cast member and notable for her skill level in first person shooter video games, most infamously Krunker.io.
 * Sean - Notable for whispering on certain streams, which is a result of his actual nighttime curfew, although when he is able to speak at normal volume, he's the most assertive cast member.
 * Austin - The most famous cast member of the show via a news story that focused on his hardships with epilepsy, acts as the lead artist.
 * Ryu - The least-frequently appearing main cast member in the show's history, generally regarded as the member closest to having maintained their childhood innocence.