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[HISTORY OF AND UPLOADS REGARDING 2023 HIATUS]

>>> While not intrinsically tied to any lore on the channel, most of 2023 saw Kirb take a break from making rips due to ongoing events in his personal life. Though this should not be taken lightly and should be regarded as important for Kirb to have given himself time to recover, it did however lead to the creation of several projects & events that year, some persisting into later years. Their own pages will be listed on the 2023 page while this one serves as a timeline of events.

>>> The kickoff was February 7th when Kirb parted ways with some of his friends. He needed time alone to relect on his actions and requested to use the "out of sight, out of mind" method. Some videos came out before and at this time to progress the normal format of uploads, but this would slow down and cease with the production of phiDOT.

>>> Uploads for phiDOT came out at a mostly-consistent rate and did not feature any hyperbole or clear connection to Kirb's thoughts until Episode G. Of that, the first 3 sections would end with an episode showing Zeta and Kirb interacting until section 4 fully devled into it. The final episode shows Phi metaphorically digging into Kirb's head, verbally thrashing him until he responds. This showed a side of Kirb who complied with getting clear answers trying to force an answer out of the emotionally-repressed side of Kirb.

>>> After this, a few more regular videos were pushed out until CONFINED ATONEMENT began to release. It lasted 3 videos until the schedule shifted again, but aimed to tell a more concrete, metaphoric story about Kirb battling his emotional struggles, even involving The NegaDrive Staff as the protagonists. The other videos at this time consisted of more rips, a couple animations, an out-of-character vent video which has since been privated, and the publication of The Best of SonicKade2048: Volume 4.

>>> Once that had passed, Kirb published a teaser for CASCADE: Alpha Mix, soon releasing it 2 days later on July 20th, the anniversary of Funland. This project introduced a lesser-seen but still noteworthy version of SonicKade2048 that exists in his own world, separate to the main one. He was planned to show up in the sequel project, Chromatic Shift: Alpha Mix, but this has been shelved until further notice.

>>> Lastly, a project that would not be expanded on until 2024 would be SONICKADE: Genocide Run. This continues the theme from phiDOT and C.A. of Kirb struggling with himself, but paints it in a much more grim light. Kirb was apprehensive sharing information and opted to share other projects in the meantime. KirBirthday 2023 soon released with more spare videos before it, ending the year with The Reupload Spree, many more rips & compositions, and the release of The Best of SonicKade2048: Volume -1.