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3	Polaris was a gaming network on Website/YouTube and affiliated with Creator/{{Disney}} Digital Network, as an offshoot of Maker Studios. Created in 2007 as [=TheGameStation=], its official website is [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Polaris its YouTube page]]. The company revolves around sponsoring gamers and giving them partnerships on Website/YouTube, although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9pCFzZfLg changes to how this functions]] are leading to increased tension between the gamers and [=YouTube=]. The [=YouTube=] channel itself mostly covers real life {{affectionate parod\|y}}ies and skits related to gaming, which are produced and cast by its members whom work for Polaris offices in Los Angeles.
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5	Some of Polaris' more successful videos include their spin-off WebAnimation/LoreInAMinute series, after a premier ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' lore short, and a popular WebOriginal series, "The Street Fighter". They had also embarked on a new adventure called "WebAnimation/BrokenQuest," an animated spoof of {{MMORPG}}s, TabletopGames and fantasy gaming in general.
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7	Following WebVideo/JonTron's leaving from WebVideo/GameGrumps on June 25, 2013, sequential episodes of Remag Daily had a number of the hosts "leaving" the show. It was finally announced on July 4-5, 2013 that [=TheGameStation=] was rebranded to Polaris in order to include more non-gaming related channels and original programming.
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10	Polaris would cease operations following the closure of its parent company Maker Studios in 2019. However, the majority of channels listed continue to produce content, either independently or under new networks.
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13	[[index]]
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15	[[folder:Gaming Channels]]
16	* Aphmau (Formerly ChallengeAcceptedInc, changed after two of the channel personalities retired from Youtube)
17	* ArtosisTV, the channel of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' player Artosis. He is one of the most popular English commentators of ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' and is currently living in South Korea as a GomTV official caster.
18	* CallMeNerve
19	* LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}
20	* CommFt
21	* WebVideo/{{Continue}}
22	* LetsPlay/Criken2
23	* [[LetsPlay/ChaoticMonki Cryaotic]]
24	* [[Website/DayNine Day Nine Tv]], an ex-professional ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft\|I}} Brood War'' player and current ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' caster.
25	* {{deranker}}
26	* WebVideo/GameGrumps (since left)
27	* LetsPlay/{{Haydunn}}
28	* LetsPlay/HCBailly
29	* HDStarcraft, the second most subscribed English ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' channel on Website/YouTube.
30	* Creator/HuskyStarcraft, the most subscribed English ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' channel on Website/YouTube.
31	* LetsPlay/JoshJepson
32	* KoshiSushi
33	* WebVideo/LifesAGlitchTV
34	* LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun
35	* NinBuzz
36	* WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}
37	* MeatWagon22
38	* MuzzaFuzzaGaming
39	* {{Myndflame}}
40	* NextGenTactics
41	* {{Oplim77}}
42	* WebVideo/PewDiePie
43	* {{Pokemoshpit}}
44	* LetsPlay/ProtonJon
45	* PsyStarcraft, aka ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' player [=VilePsy=].
46	* TheSandyRavage
47	* LetsPlay/SlimKirby
48	* WebVideo/SomeOrdinaryGamers
49	* LetsPlay/StephenPlays
50	* LetsPlay/SuperJeenius
51	* LetsPlay/SuperSkarmory
52	* TeamLiquidNet, the ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' channel of the Team Liquid Website, which is one of the largest English ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' fansites.
53	* LetsPlay/{{Tear of Grace}}
54	* ThatGuyWhoCamps
55	* UnitLost
56	* VeridiyaGooru22
57	* WebVideo/{{WowCrendor}}
58	* ZamOfficial
59	[[/folder]]
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61	[[folder:Gaming networks within Polaris]]
62	* The LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}
63	** Music/{{Area 11}}, specifically Parv and Sparkles*
64	** LetsPlay/LewisBrindley
65	** LetsPlay/{{DaveChaos}}
66	** LetsPlay/HatFilms
67	** LetsPlay/HybridPanda
68	** LetsPlay/InTheLittleWood
69	** LetsPlay/DuncanJones
70	** LetsPlay/SimonLane
71	** LetsPlay/{{Nilesy}}
72	** LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck
73	** LetsPlay/KimRichards
74	** LetsPlay/HannahRutherford
75	** LetsPlay/{{Sips}}
76	** LetsPlay/{{Sjin}}
77	** LetsPlay/WilliamStrife
78	** LetsPlay/{{Strippin}}
79	** LetsPlay/{{Turpster}}
80	[[/folder]]
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82	[[folder:Review Channels]]
83	* WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow
84	* KnightWing01
85	* WebAnimation/LoreInAMinute
86	* ZeitgeistReview
87	* ZeldaUniverse
88	[[/folder]]
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90	[[folder:[=VLog=] Channels]]
91	* WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue
92	* NintendoFanGirl
93	[[/folder]]
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95	[[folder:Variety Show]]
96	* ChrisCrossMedia
97	* WebVideo/TheCynicalBrit, [=TotalBiscuit=]'s main channel
98	** Podcast/TheCoOptionalPodcast
99	* WebVideo/{{Flimsii}}
100	* WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}
101	* WebVideo/JonTron
102	* WebVideo/NerdyNummies
103	* WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer
104	* WebVideo/ProJared
105	* RinryGameGame
106	[[/folder]]
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108	[[folder:Comedy]]
109	* WebAnimation/BrokenQuest
110	* TheWarpZone
111	[[/folder]]
112	[[/index]]
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114	!! Polaris/[=TheGameStation=] itself provides examples of:
115	* AerithAndBob: Some of the members go by their real names, and some go by nicknames or stage names, so when they collaborate it can have this effect.
116	* DidntThinkThisThrough: A truly epic example after practising ExecutiveMeddling and ScrewedByTheNetwork - after running the Polaris Civil War cross-channel event into the ground, Polaris decided to lie to both JesseCox and [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] that the other had approved a wrap-up video for the series, only to release the video without their permission, and the video was in fact not wrapping up the series but announcing a new host and blaming the decline of the series on Jesse. Jesse promptly called Polaris out in the video comments and Twitter, causing a massive backlash against Polaris. Polaris pulled the video, but not before losing around 3000 subscribers in less than 24 hours.
117	* GamerChick: WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue, RinryGameGame, and NintendoFanGirl, among many others.
118	* {{Podcast}}: A weekly one featuring [[WebVideo/TheCynicalBrit Total Biscuit]], WebVideo/JesseCox, and [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]], plus one random guest.
119	* RunningGag: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Wailmers]] in trees in the background of "Lore in a Minute" videos. Ever since a few complaints about the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' lore involving the Kanto region that somehow contained a Wailmer (hiding in the forest, nonetheless), a Wailmer has sneaked itself in the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' lores.

Context Creator / Polaris