History Tearjerker / Vinesauce

* Crossing with NightmareFuel, Vinny's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfzVN_LHbw playthrough]] of ''VideoGame/Terminal7'', a [=SourceMod=] game made by Vinesauce viewer Nooke. After it's name and first couple minutes suggests it's just going to be a Vinesauce Meme fangame, it quickly reveals itself to be an extremely elaborate psychological horror game depicting Luigi's descent into madness as his "terminal 7 brain cancer" takes hold, eventually leading to him discovering that Mario locked himself in his room and committed suicide.

* Just one day before his 2017 Charity Stream, Vinny discussed the unfortunate suicide of [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] and how depression is very real, even in people who are successful. Vinny, who very rarely opens up about himself or his personal life, discussed that at times he has suffered from depression too, but has managed to overcome it using various methods like {{Music}} and VideoGames, or with the help of some good friends. His voice noticeably breaks during this speech, and he encourages people who suffer from depression to [[YouAreNotAlone seek help]], [[UsefulNotes/Suicide because there is always a better option than taking one's own life]].

* Just one day before his 2017 Charity Stream, Vinny discussed the unfortunate suicide of [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] and how depression is very real, even in people who are successful. Vinny, who very rarely opens up about himself or his personal life, discussed that at times he has suffered from depression too, but has managed to overcome it using various methods like {{Music}} and VideoGames, or with the help of some good friends. His voice noticeably breaks during this speech, and he encourages people who suffer from depression to [[YouAreNotAlone seek help]], [[UsefulNotes/SuicidePrevention because there is always a better option than taking one's own life]].

* [=VappyVap88=], Vinny's former editor, passing away on April 22, 2020. Vinny's Extra Sauce channel and Vappy's channel both have a video each on the topic, the latter being uploaded by his sister. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1goDSUAQw The former]] focuses on Vappy's past involvement with Vinny and his impact on the Vinesauce community, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tww_fV0mp8g the latter]] focuses on his personal life and declining health. Both videos are incredibly heart-wrenching to watch.

* [=VappyVap88=], Vinny's former editor, passing away on April 22, 2020. Vinny's Extra Sauce channel and Vappy's channel both have a video each on the topic, the latter being uploaded by his sister. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1goDSUAQw The former]] focuses on Vappy's past involvement with Vinny and his impact on the Vinesauce community, while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tww_fV0mp8g the latter] focuses on his personal life and declining health. Both videos are incredibly heart-wrenching to watch.

* VappyVap88, Vinny's former editor, passing away on April 22, 2020. Vinny's Extra Sauce channel and Vappy's channel both have a video each on the topic, the latter being uploaded by his sister. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1goDSUAQw The former]] focuses on Vappy's past involvement with Vinny and his impact on the Vinesauce community, while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tww_fV0mp8g the latter] focuses on his personal life and declining health. Both videos are incredibly heart-wrenching to watch.

* The first episode of his ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' playthrough has him comparing Midgard to New York City (mostly the Manhattan area), spending most of his time in awe. Then he [[https://youtu.be/AuJdsbDTsXc?t=5231 talks about]] being homesick for NYC and getting a little emotional over said fact, not having traveled there for the better part of two months, due to unspecified "real life reasons" that are quite obvious given the video's date.[[labelnote:Context]]Aired on April 10, 2020, when New York City was just hitting the peak of the then-current COVID-19 outbreak[[/labelnote]] For those that survived said "real life reasons" and had their sense of normalcy taken away from them, this hits home a little too hard. Later on in the same episode, he presents another sadly relatable situation in the form of anxiety welling up even at the sight of fictional people crowded together, as he found out when seeing the rest of AVALANCHE on a train together.

* The first episode of his ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' playthrough has him comparing Midgard to New York City (mostly the Manhattan area), spending most of his time in awe. Then he [[https://youtu.be/AuJdsbDTsXc?t=5231 talks about]] being homesick for NYC and getting a little emotional over said fact, not having traveled there for the better part of two months, due to unspecified "real life reasons" that are quite obvious given the video's date.[[labelnote:Context]]Aired on April 10, 2020, when New York City was just hitting the peak of the then-current COVID-19 outbreak[[/labelnote]] For those that survived said "real life reasons" and had their sense of normalcy taken away from them, this hits home a little too hard.

* Crossing with NightmareFuel, Vinny's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfzVN_LHbw playthrough]] of ''VideoGame/Terminal7'', a [=SourceMod=] game made by Vinesauce viewer Nooke. The mod is an extremely elaborate psychological horror game depicting Luigi's descent into madness as his "terminal 7 brain cancer" takes hold, eventually leading to him discovering that Mario locked himself in his room and committed suicide.

Sad moments from Vinny's ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' streams go '''[[TearJerker/VinesauceTomodachiLife here]]'''.

* Crossing with NightmareFuel, Vinny's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfzVN_LHbw recent playthrough]] of ''VideoGame/Terminal7'', a [=SourceMod=] game made by Vinesauce viewer Nooke. The mod is an extremely elaborate psychological horror game depicting Luigi's descent into madness as his "terminal 7 brain cancer" takes hold, eventually leading to him discovering that Mario locked himself in his room and committed suicide.

---> '''Vinny''': Oh no... [[spoiler:He wants to die. He's just a fucking kid!]]

---> '''Vinny:''' Why do video games have to make me sad?

---> '''Vinny:''' I didn't know him personally, but as a fellow New Yorker and streamer, I'm pretty fucking devastated about all this. It can feel like an uphill battle to get better, but [[YouAreNotAlone please get help if you need it]]. "Internet Personality" isn't a normal career by any means and there isn't a guide book on how to do it without fucking up or losing yourself. Take breaks, find ways to disconnect whenever possible. I'm acutely aware of my mental health state these days and work at it when I can.

* Several people have commented on videos that they love falling asleep to a streamer's voice. They are sometimes accused of finding them boring and that they have no right to watch the video, but it's probably not that. It's that they probably have a hard time falling asleep and when they hear the streamer talking for a while, they finally feel safe enough to sleep.

* [[https://youtu.be/QSaLxmiJ3yc Joel's McDonald's Story]], where he had to spend the night at a UsefulNotes/McDonalds in southern Sweden because he missed his bus, and didn't pack his smartphone to call anyone. Earlier, he had to take a train ride as he was going to his mother's place. His plan to sleep during the ride went to hell because a kid was playing iPad games while screaming, and the father barely did anything about it. ''After'' the train ride, Joel noticed the bus terminal was lacking a schedule, and eventually realized he had to sleep somewhere else. Joel couldn't do it outside (otherwise he would die from the -25° Fahrenheit), so he went to a hotel, but didn't have enough money to book a room. The only other place that was open was [=McDonald's=], and he had no other choice but to spend the night there. Keep in mind this happened on a weekend and plenty of people went there to get burgers and alcohol. Then a policeman showed up and said he would get thrown in jail if he fell asleep. So throughout the whole night, he had to stay awake while listening to drunk people talking about dicks. The next morning, he finally made it to his mother's, immediately went to the bed and fell into it "like a tree". Talk about a night....

* Any time Vinny recalls the incident where, in 2017, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers he was personally threatened with legal action from Nintendo]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for streaming their games on Twitch]]. The fact that a company he loved and cherished for a good majority of his life was perfectly willing to target him as a criminal without a second thought served as [[BrokenPedestal a gigantic wake-up call for him,]] and ended up demolishing nearly all of the good faith he previously had in the company. You can tell in his voice that it was a ''major'' blow to his psyche, and the fact that it's had a significantly negative impact on his perception of both Nintendo and his childhood as a whole shows that it's a scar that's not likely to go away. In a sense, it's a dishearteningly realistic example of just how damaging a BrokenPedestal can be on the people who first built it, and a distressing cautionary tale about the psychological dangers of brand worship.

* Joel's misadventures with the channel hijacker. Watching so many of Joel's subscribers ditching him and washing their hands of the channel, just because it got hijacked (which took less than a week to resolve) is stark and somber, to say the least.

* Music/DavidBowie passed away on the night of January 10, 2016, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his ''Music/{{Blackstar}}'' album. Vinny was streaming at the time and when he found via the chat that he had passed away. He first dismissed it as a hoax, until later finding out that it was actually real during his BRB, while a David Bowie song was being played as background music. You could hear the disbelief and sorrow in his voice. Later that night, he played a music video of Bowie's entire "My Death" song. When the song ended, Vinny said "fuck cancer", and you can tell he wasn't able to hold his tears.

* Any time Vinny recalls the incident where, in 2017, he was [[ScrewedByTheLawyers sent C&D notices from lawyers representing Nintendo]]. The fact that a company he loved and cherished for a good majority of his life was perfectly willing to target him as a criminal without a second thought served as [[BrokenPedestal a gigantic wake-up call for him,]] and ended up demolishing nearly all of the good faith he previously had in the company. You can tell in his voice that it was a ''major'' blow to his psyche, and the fact that it's had a significantly negative impact on his perception of both Nintendo and his childhood as a whole shows that it's a scar that's not likely to go away. In a sense, it's a dishearteningly realistic example of just how damaging a BrokenPedestal can be on the people who first built it, and a distressing cautionary tale about the psychological dangers of brand worship.

* In the middle of playing a VideoGame/SuperMario64 Rom Hack based around WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow,[[MoodWhiplash Vinny went eerily quiet for a little bit]], before asking the question to the chat, [[https://youtu.be/JfkLdOXIHQk?t=1170 if they remember the most heartbreaking moment as a child, when you realized your favorite TV Show has a finite number of episodes]]. He talks about how he slowly experienced it with the aforementioned Super Show, and how he couldn't comprehend why the show he loved just...stopped. What makes it a little bit worse, is that you can tell through his tone, he's actually quite saddened by the memory. Vinny loved the show to this day, even through all the MemeticMutation and thoughts of it being SoBadItsGood. It's rather applicable to how disheartening for one of your favorite watching experiences in Childhood, just ceased to be.

* [[SignatureScene Chapter 6]] of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}. Vinny starts out making a joke but cuts himself off when [[spoiler: the ghost/vision of Hinawa appears]] and is mostly silent and somber for the rest of the scene.