{"id":947,"date":"2021-07-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=947"},"modified":"2022-03-07T18:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:04:49","slug":"20210611-947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210611-947\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who reported daily news about Elden Ring for almost a year moved to tears by release date announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210611-164857\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-06-11 19:24 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ari Clark<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The release date for <em><strong>Elden Ring<\/strong><\/em>, a new game from FromSoftware, was announced at Summer Game Fest 2021. Total silence had been maintained regarding this game ever since it was announced at E3 2019. For one long-awaiting fan, this announcement was such happy news that it moved him to tears. It\u2019s hard to imagine how emotional it must have been for this man, who had faithfully reported the news about <em>Elden Ring <\/em>every day for 361 days straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElden Ring News\u201d is a YouTube channel that reports on news related to <em>Elden Ring,<\/em> run by a fan called Mordecai. It posted the latest information every day for 361 days, from the day of its first post, almost a year ago on June 15, 2020, until the day that the release date for <em>Elden Ring <\/em>was announced. However, the content of its posts was basically a series of repetitions of the phrase, \u201cThere is no news about Elden Ring today.\u201d The channel was effectively posting a joke video every day, riffing on the idea that \u201cno news is, in itself, news\u201d.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daily Elden Ring Update: Day 1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EywiZB9PWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Whether it called out to the hearts of fellow fans who were looking forward to <em>Elden Ring <\/em>and craving new information, or to their eagerness for any kind of news about the game, even just that \u201cthere is no news\u201d, the channel soon began to grow in popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mordecai\u2019s videos, in which he delivered the line \u201cThere is no news about Elden Ring\u201d in a flat monotone, began to slowly but steadily rack up views. The video that went up around the same time as last year\u2019s The Game Awards, at which people had been hoping for new information about <em>Elden Ring, <\/em>broke 40,000 views. The videos that followed have apparently logged 10,000 or so views apiece on average, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mordecai has not been merely repeating the same monotonous words over and over every day, either. He recently featured Jacqueline Boatswain, the English-language voice actress for <em>Bloodborne <\/em>character Eileen the Crow, as a special guest. \u201cThere is no news from <em>Elden Ring<\/em> today. Fear not, Mordecai will keep you updated in the future. And remember, a hunter must hunt,\u201d she said, riffing on a quote from Eileen the Crow and delighting their listeners. Several other guests, including other YouTubers and streamers, have also delivered the news that \u201cthere is no news\u201d.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daily Elden Ring Update: Day 291 (ft. Eileen the Crow)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R0ll-Z_SxgU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mordecai also demonstrated his willingness to actually report on news whenever there might really be some, such as by covering rumors about <em>Elden Ring <\/em>when they cropped up. Instead of stopping at a simple joke, he became the go-to source for fans desperate for news, regularly reporting new information. Far from simply goofing around, Mordecai seems to have been genuinely unable to stop thinking about <em>Elden Ring, <\/em>and reporting the daily news about it in good faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then, the news arrived that Mordecai had awaited for so long. At Summer Game Fest 2021, the release date for <em>Elden Ring <\/em>was announced. Rumors had flown beforehand that some new information about <em>Elden Ring <\/em>might come out at this event. It had become almost traditional, every time there was a major event, for rumors to circulate that \u201csurely this time we\u2019ll get some new information\u201d, but this time the rumors were actually true. The Elden Ring News for Day 361 included the official release date and new footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mordecai held a special livestreamed viewing of the event on YouTube. The comment section on the YouTube broadcast was flowing fast and furious, as loads of fans gathered with Mordecai to eagerly await the event together.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daily Elden Ring Update: Day 361 (Summer Game Fest Co-Stream)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ax1MEaQAoX4?start=7924&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>About 2 hours and 12 minutes after the broadcast relay began, event host Geoff Keighley announced the grand finale. The tension and anticipation peaked, as the comment section became a waterfall of frantic activity and Mordecai repeatedly exclaimed, \u201cOh my god!\u201d Then, as the new trailer for <em>Elden Ring <\/em>played, at the moment that the names of creators Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin were displayed, Mordecai screamed \u201cYes!\u201d and finally burst into tears. It was the moment of ultimate reward for the hopes that Mordecai and other fans like him had cherished for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they watched the trailer, Mordecai murmured \u201cI can\u2019t believe it\u201d in a trembling voice, and the comments section likewise filled with an outpouring of joy, including commenters who said, \u201cI\u2019m crying, too!\u201d Watching the scenes presented in the trailer, Mordecai started to cry again, saying, \u201cSomeone pinch me, there\u2019s no way this is real. After two years! It\u2019s actually real!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, when the release date appeared on the screen, he cried out joyfully, \u201cJanuary!? No way, that\u2019s only six months away!\u201d Later, after the end of the event, Mordecai informed his listeners in a tearful voice, \u201cThere is finally news about Elden Ring today.\u201d On the 361<sup>st<\/sup> consecutive day of Elden Ring News, in the second year since the game was announced, big news had finally arrived.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210611-164857-001-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Although <em>Elden Ring <\/em>had built up a tremendous amount of anticipation, it had also maintained total silence regarding the title. The community has had nothing but conjecture and rumors to cling to for two entire years, and getting this latest announcement has set off a wild fever of excitement. In online forums like Reddit, a genuine festival air has swept over the <em>Elden Ring <\/em>and FromSoftware fan communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Elden Ring <\/em>has finally broken its long silence and announced a new trailer and release date. We look forward to the future of Mordecai\u2019s Elden Ring News, and whatever new information Bandai Namco and FromSoftware will gradually reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Elden Ring <\/em>is planned to release on January 21, 2022, for PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man who reported daily news about Elden Ring for almost a year moved to tears by release date announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,18],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elden-ring","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man who reported daily news about Elden Ring for almost a year moved to tears by release date announcement - 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