- published: 02 Aug 2016
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The Yogscast are a network of YouTube broadcasters who produce gaming-related video content focused around their main YouTube channel, "YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon" (previously known as "BlueXephos"). The channel initially gained popularity with its videos about the MMO World of Warcraft, but have more recently come to be associated with sandbox game Minecraft, which the group helped bring to widespread attention. They are well known for their role playing series 'Shadow of Israphel' which was extremely popular in the early days of Minecraft.
The group was founded in July 2008 by Lewis Brindley. The name "The Yogscast" was derived from the title letters of his previous World of Warcraft guild, "Ye Olde Goone Squade". Videos posted on behalf of the guild were thus referred to as "Yogscasts", though the term eventually came to refer specifically to those posted by Brindley and co-host Simon Lane on the "BlueXephos" channel.
With these videos gaining popularity, other "Yogs" guild mates and associates requested that Brindley and Lane help them create YouTube channels of their own. Hannah Rutherford (colloquially Lomadia), Duncan Jones (Lalna) or (LividCoffee) Paul Sykes (Sjin) and Chris Lovasz (Sips) thus made channels alongside "BlueXephos" to form something of a Yogscast network. Since this point, many more content creators have joined the group, forming "The Yogscast Family".
Deep underground
a young dwarf dreaming
of a world, he never knew
he looked above
the trees and mountain heights
and saw a moon so blue - oh
They told him dwarfs
could never fly so high
they left and said
he'd fail if he'd try
he left his home and life behind
his dream burning like a rocket inside
So strap yourself into the rocket now, rocket now
watch as the countdown seconds tick by
hoping, praying that you'll make it now, make it now
You'll never know if you dont try
So strap yourself into the rocket now, rocket now
you got your friends right by your side - oh oh
final checks then you close your eyes
your dream burning like a rocket inside
Like a rocket inside
Your dream burning
inside
*EPIC MUSIC*
*Your dream burning like a rocket*
Deep underground
a young dwarf dreaming
of a world, he never knew
he looked above
the trees and mountain heights
and saw a moon so blue
They told him dwarfs
could never fly so high
they left and said
he'd fail if he'd try
he left his home and life behind
his dream burning like a rocket inside
So strap yourself into the rocket now, rocket now
watch as the countdown seconds tick by
hoping, praying that you'll make it now, make it now
You'll never know if you dont try
So strap yourself into the rocket now, rocket now
you got your friends right by your side - oh oh
final checks then you close your eyes
your dream burning like a rocket inside
Your dream burning
Like a rocket
Your dream burning
Like a rocket --- inside