1st Year Anniversary Edition

The 1st Year Anniversary Edition, less widely known as the 38th Edition, of The Quarantine Weekend Games is the thirty-eighth broadcast in the main series, the second special edition of the main series (after the 32nd Edition, which was a Halloween Special), and the final broadcast of Season 2. The broadcast commemorated a year's worth of The Quarantine Weekend Games, as its first official broadcast had aired on March 28, 2020, and the prototypical Twitch stream occurred on March 27, 2020. This stream aired on March 27, 2021, and would be edited for "the best viewing experience" of the broadcast the channel could offer, cleaning up minor errors as well as redacting content deemed too sensitive. The VOD would be uploaded on March 30, 2021.

Background
In January 2021, John had become weary of the impending first year anniversary of The Quarantine Weekend Games, and he decided to play with the idea of commemorating it with a stream. This came in addition to simply just trying to organize a stream in general, which had become more and more difficult towards the end of Season 2. On January 29th, 2021, John would pitch the idea to Logan via Discord call, who encouraged it, and the first draft of the stream's schedule would be realized by the 30th.

The basic premise of the stream's schedule would be to introduce a new game per the end of one segment, and with a new game to play for the next segment, a cast member would appear for it, as well as the rest of the stream.

John would inform the remaining cast members (except Ryu) over the course of the ensuing days—until February 4th—of the idea via Discord direct message alongside the schedule; John would call Ryu over Discord to discuss it. Everyone receipted well to the idea, although Jackson wanted to be a part of the first segment, which John allowed, due to his fear of the segment being boring with out someone else present.

During the ensuing months, John would animate custom intermission screens, using photo-editing software Paint.NET and base-level video-editing software Windows Movie Maker, specifically for the stream. Each one represented the segments' games and which member was to appear next. The intermission screen for Jackson's segment is the only one that was not made in Paint.NET and Windows Movie Maker; that was created with higher-end video-editing software Sony Vegas, using its keyframe feature over a clip of Jackson getting ejected in-game during the 2nd Polish Edition; this was directly referenced with text at the top of the screen to allude to John's personal dislike of it ("When the keyframing is sus").

The stream's schedule would go through some changes, the first of which being a relatively minor segment swap between Jackson and Austin (leading to John reanimating Austin's intermission screen). The second, however, would require almost an entire shift in the schedule. At roughly 3 AM ET on March 27, less than seventeen hours before the stream's scheduled air time, Logan and John were informed of Felicia having to tend to a conflicting engagement, which resulted in the stream's schedule being overhauled; Marshall's segment would be bumped to the originally scheduled times for Felicia's segment, and Ryu's would be moved before Austin's, with Felicia's segment being pushed all the way to the end.

This also resulted in John reanimating four of the intermission screens, namely Marshall's, Austin's (for a second time), Ryu's, and Felicia's, as well as finishing the end screen animation, in the three-and-a-half-hour timeframe before the stream was scheduled to begin. Marshall's reflected Felicia not appearing on the segment and the player count being lowered from six to five; Austin's reflected Felicia not appearing, as well as Ryu's planned appearance; Ryu's reflected that only VR Chat would be played during his segment (the original animation featured a partially-visible Quiplash 2 background); Felicia's reflected not only Quiplash 2 being played (Quiplash 2 had been the plan as part of the final segment throughout all schedule changes, regardless of whose segment it was supposed to be), but the higher player-count than originally planned for her segment.

The stream's setup process would start at 6:30 PM EST, but all actual setup took place exactly fifteen minutes before the stream started at 7:30 PM EST, due to technical difficulties experienced by Connor up until that point.

Original Description
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!

Archival Description
This is a reupload of last Saturday's special stream VOD due to YouTube's completely dysfunctional editor; the purpose of this is to merely enhance the viewing experience by getting rid of fluff from the very start of the stream where some set up is clearly occurring and censor something that should not have made the air. As a result, the original stream was cut from 8 hours, 7 minutes, and 39 seconds long, to 8 hours, 2 minutes, and 55 seconds long (without the intro). Originally aired on 3/27/2021 at 7:30 PM ET.

John's Segment
The game played for John's segment was Super Mario Bros. 35. John chose it to commemorate the original Super Mario Bros.'s anniversary, as well as playing it on stream before its online service would be discontinued on April 1, 2021; additionally, it represents the 14th Edition, as that is the only stream John appeared alone on, and he played the original Super Mario Bros. during that broadcast (the segment was originally planned to be just John alone, but Jackson was allowed to appear on it after his own request to). The segment was streamed to Discord via John's capture card, which registers as a webcam on the application, thus the lack of in-game audio. This segment was extended to allow Connor's Portal 2 download to finish, as Portal 2 would be the game played in his segment, which would abridge the planned runtime for some of the segments to come.

The game of choice was originally kept secret and on every version of the schedule, the original Super Mario Bros. is listed as the chosen game, a decision made as to surprise Jackson, who had "weaseled" his way into the segment.

Connor's Segment
The game played for Connor's segment was Portal 2, specifically in its co-op mode, a direct reference to the 22nd Edition, as both this segment and that stream featured only John and Connor playing the aforementioned game.

Logan's Segment
The game played for Logan's segment was Apex Legends, chosen for what was planned to be a segment to feature three-players; due to Connor's re-installation of Apex Legends never finishing in time for the segment, however, John and Logan were left to play it in the Duos mode of the game instead, which Logan would stream to Discord. This is the last game of the night that would be streamed by anyone aside from Connor, The Jackbox Party Pack 3 notwithstanding. The game was also chosen as it's a game that has only appeared twice before on The Quarantine Weekend Games, as well as one that Logan and Connor play on a frequent basis.

Sean's Segment
The game played for Sean's segment was Left4Dead 2, a direct reference to the 9th Edition, which was Sean's first time playing it; in the 9th Edition, due to Sean not owning the game, the stream had notoriously been extended so Connor could install an add-on for Sean to play, resulting in an almost impromptu 2v2 race through the Dead Center campaign between John/Logan and Connor/Sean. Thus, this was an opportunity to play it the intended way, as Sean had since purchased the game. The intermission screen is notably an edited version of the one made for Logan's segment, with all avatars (sans Sean) looking to the left of the screen in horror at a Zombie Sean, and the text edited from "We'll be right back" to "We might be back."

Marshall's Segment
The game played for Marshall's segment was Sven Co-Op, specifically using its Half-Life campaign feature; chosen to represent Marshall's love of Half-Life, this segment intentionally continued where The Quarantine Weekend Games left off in the campaign from back in the 8th Edition, in the final stretch of the Blast Pit mission, even though the group of people playing it is only slightly different (Felicia played Sven Co-Op in the 8th Edition but did not appear in this segment; Sean, who was absent during the Sven Co-Op portion of the 8th Edition, would play here).

This segment's intermission screen notably received a modification, due to the last-minute conflict in schedule, replacing Felicia's avatar with Marshall's at full-size (in both the original animation and the one seen on the stream, the Half-Life icon for loading menus was replaced with a tiny icon of Marshall's avatar).

Ryu's Segment
The game played for Ryu's segment was VR Chat, simply because Ryu, apparently, appeared to have had the most fun with it when it was played on the 26th Edition. If not for the schedule changes that occurred on the day of the stream, this would have been the last segment, and combined with The Jackbox Party Pack 3 for the custom-made Quarantine Weekend Games-themed game of Quiplash 2, it would have successfully mimicked the 26th Edition's game lineup.

Just like the intermission for Marshall's segment, this one would also receive a proper modification due to the last-minute conflict in schedule, this time restoring the original VR Chat background; the original version of the intermission screen featured a background split into two halves, one half keeping the VR Chat background, and the other a screen from Quiplash 2.

Notably, Ryu would actually leave the stream in the middle of this segment due to curfew; thus, had the stream stuck with the original schedule, all nine members likely would not have appeared on the stream.

Austin's Segment
The game played for Austin's segment was skribbl.io, simply representative of his love of drawing. This segment is the only one to receive an intermission screen that had to be reanimated twice, the first time to represent Austin and Jackson's segments swapping, and the second time to represent the major last-minute schedule change, despite Ryu's absence from the segment (for which Jackson filled in). The segment used a list that combined both the custom word lists seen in the 9th Edition and the 15th Edition.

This segment is the reason the VOD was edited and reuploaded, as the editing feature on YouTube prohibited any alterations to an eight hour video; due to the appearance of something sensitive on screen, it was censored in post production and reuploaded to YouTube.

Jackson's Segment
The game played for Jackson's segment was Among Us; apparently, this was a culmination of Jackson's thorough enjoyment of Among Us memes leading up to the stream.

Although she was not scheduled to appear during the segment, Felicia joins during this portion of the stream as opposed to her segment, as there was no way of telling whether or not she'd actually join; that and the original segment was supposed to have eight players, so to make up for the segment having seven for most rounds of the game, this was allowed.

Felicia's Segment
The game played for Felicia's segment was The Jackbox Party Pack 2, specifically a game of custom Quarantine Weekend Games themed Quiplash 2 (first seen on the 26th Edition). However, this segment would have also featured Team Fortress 2, which was the game chosen to represent Felicia, as it was the game that effectively established the friendships between her, Connor, and Logan. Due to time constraints, however, it was opted against, even though Team Fortress 2 appears on the end-screen in the capacity of its logo (while nothing Jackbox-related appeared on it).

The custom Quiplash game was chosen as the final game of the stream across all versions of the schedule as not only to conclude the stream in a similar fashion to that of the 26th Edition, but to also give Felicia (and Jackson) a proper chance to play it on stream, as she could not attend the broadcast the first time it was played. Had the stream gone to plan, Ryu would have also played and John would have simply watched, as he created the prompts for the game; this was actually the original plan for the 26th Edition as well, but in both instances, there was an empty slot to be filled.

The original intermission screen for this segment featured a much more basic scheme, featuring the main colors of Team Fortress 2 for the "Intermission" text (a touch that would stay in the final version). Additionally, it used a different animation for the avatars from the one that would be used on stream. When reanimated, the background was changed from Team Fortress 2's gray color to the yellow Quiplash 2 screen originally used for the intermission screen for Ryu's segment, but the "Intermission" text kept the Team Fortress 2 color scheme.

Games Played

 * Super Mario Bros. 35 (John's Segment)
 * Portal 2 (Connor's Segment)
 * Apex Legends (Logan's Segment)
 * Left4Dead 2 (Sean's Segment)
 * Sven Co-Op ~ Half-Life Campaign (Marshall's Segment)
 * VR Chat (Ryu's Segment)
 * Skribbl.io (Austin's Segment)
 * Among Us (Jackson's Segment)
 * The Jackbox Party Pack 3 ~ Quiplash 2 (Felicia's Segment)
 * Team Fortress 2 (Felicia's Segment; Aborted)

Appearances
Bolded denotes main cast members. Italics denotes debut appearances.


 * Connor - Commentary, Streaming
 * John - Commentary, Streaming (via Discord), Jackbox Hosting
 * Logan - Commentary, Streaming (via Discord)
 * Austin - Commentary
 * Felicia - Commentary
 * Jackson - Commentary
 * Marshall - Commentary
 * Ryu - Commentary
 * Sean - Commentary

Trivia

 * This is the first stream in the channel's history to surpass the six hour mark, as well as the seven and eight hour mark.
 * As a result, the 1st Year Anniversary Edition is the longest stream in the history of The Quarantine Weekend Games, with the original stream having been broadcast for eight hours, eight minutes, and twenty-five seconds.
 * Though the VOD was edited and subsequently uploaded, as opposed to being YouTube's preset stream DVR, it remains the longest VOD in channel's history anyway, at eight hours, three minutes, and three seconds.
 * Though this is a broadcast in the main series, this is the first and so far only time that the title scheme broke from the numbering tradition.
 * This is also the first time and only time a stream's thumbnail did not note include the proper title or the channel name in the thumbnail to any extent.
 * This is the first time all nine main cast members have appeared on a stream since the 6th Edition, and the second time ever in the channel's history.
 * Additionally, this is the first time all nine of them appeared and had speaking roles, as Logan was silent during his short appearance on the 6th Edition.
 * However, due to Ryu's having to leave early in the stream, the nine cast members did not appear simultaneously; this has yet to happen on The Quarantine Weekend Games.
 * This was the show's most successful stream ever at the time of airing, with a new record for total watch time (thirty-six hours worth), peak concurrent viewers (twelve live viewers at one time), and, after the broadcast had been stopped, a total of 123 views, beating out the 5th Edition for their most-viewed video (at 94 views at the time).


 * This is the first appearance of both Ryu (since the 26th Edition) and Felicia (since the 12th Edition) in Season 2.
 * The gap between Felicia's appearance in the 12th Edition and in this stream is the longest for any main cast member, as 25 streams had occurred on the channel before she would reappear.
 * This number changes to 26 if the 2nd Polish Edition is included.
 * Super Mario Bros. 35 is the only game played on this broadcast that was never played on-stream before.
 * Additionally, it is the only game thus far in the history of The Quarantine Weekend Games that cannot be played ever again on the channel, due to Nintendo discontinuing the game's services.