The dude just wakes up some morning and starts thinking "the project is to build a base, make my own music and put some sick verses onto it and make it a video" and proceeds to make this vision a reality in a phenomenal manner. Man, fantastic work as always, years go by but there's one constant and that's you pushing the limits further beyond each time.

Even after 10+ years, this man still surprises me.

Zisteau's starter bases are what a lot of people end their game with.

I figured the song part would end at some point and it just. _Kept._ *_Going._*

Crank that (starter) BASS!

Finish it this time, Z! Do it for The Lens!

So, for the uber-huge literature nerds out there like me, this would technically be trochaic tetrameter, not iambic. In iambs, the stressed beat follows the unstressed, but in a trochee, the stressed beat comes first. Just a touch of trivia for the day!

ZISTEAU! Guys, it's a Zisteau video!

One person's starter base is another's endgame build. I'm thoroughly impressed by the edit, the music, the rapping, the build, the precision, just everything about you Zisteau. Thank you so much!

Starter Base. Starter Base. Starter Base. Starter Base....

Return of the King.

I Keep thinking that, eventually, he's going to have to do something he's done before. ... nope ... he keeps finding something new to do... WITH STYLE!

I can't even begin to imagen the amount of time and effort to build, capture video and edit all this. S tier.

That was very Zisteau. Hope to see more

Finally. The hot jam of the summer has dropped.

Hey, Z! Thiis is a cool video. I watched it and remembered A LOT of moments form Mindcrack gamaplay of yours. So much nastalgia... THANK YOU for those moments. I am a 42yo man from Ukraine, with wife and 3 kids, and all mindcrack creators were with me for last 10+ years giving me so much entertainment and joy. My kindest regards!

i did not have an avantgarde rap from zisteau on my bingo card but that's on me i can see that now

it is impossible to overstate the effort Zisteau puts into his videos time and time again. I miss the days of frequent uploads, but man does this guy know how to use his time to create something magnificent and worth the wait.

Zisteau, I've been following you for some ten years now, and your content never ceases to amaze.

There's some real ZPM energy to this. It's that same no-assumptions creativity.

"don't stray far or Icarus fable" that's a good one

Best YT video this year

This is why I stay subbed . Every video is a carefully crafted 3 course meal for the brian .

Holy shit. I literally just finished rewatching your previous Satisfactory series as well!

A pleasure, as always, to see your work dude. Amazing edit, love the tunes, and if this is you announcing more videos I'm extremely excited! Best of luck with your efforts!!

I had to come back to this video to tell you it has been popping back into my head occasionally since I watched it four days ago. Well done, in every regard.

That was a work of art. Thanks.

Absolutely your best work to date. Incredibly done. Love the base / verse / music / editing / etc.

This is fantastic. Couldn't even guess how long this must have taken you to get it to rhyme properly

"Holy shit !" - Zisteau, Kaizo Caverns, episode 11, april 2011

You know he's committed when the description is also to the beat! I was sad at the lack of uploads but if this is what happens when you wait 7 months then I'm all for it honestly, so cool!

Very neatly put together! Thank you for that awesome work!

There are two things you can be sure of when Z brings us a video. He put a ridiculous amount of work into it. And without viewing a second of it you know it will be awesome. Other than that, all bets are off. You know, like a box of chocolates.

Excellent work! Love the music!

Amazing job on the base and superb video about it, Z! 👏🏼

Great to see you back with a video. Well done!

This is not just a video. THIS IS A WORK OF ART. Thank you Z 🤘🏻

This seems like it was such s fun video to make! Definitely had a blast watching it.

This has made my week

As always I love your videos😊

I have no words for how impressed i am, Zisteau, you are a gem. never change

Oh WOW! Verry nice. Many work in this video!

Ahh, Zisteau, never change. 💛

Oh hell yeah! Glad to see another update. (and hope for more soon!)

I'm old enough to recognize fresh beats. Bravo!

Thank you for posting again

Perhaps your greatest creation since the roller coaster in Cavern of Sky.

This is a work of art Zisteau!

Well that was different. Nicely done.

always worth the wait for a Z video

Bruh seeing this makes me feel like the last 6-7 years have been a bad dream and I’m waking up and realizing it was a dream.

this is a real piece of art, worth the wait for sure. mezmerizing

That was awesome!

Awesome video!

Long time viewer, and will always continue to watch this amazing content.

Stunning.

There is something oddly poetic about the starter-starter base consuming itself like a machine ouroboros, in much the same way as the rest of the video was intentionally poetic. Writer, musician, builder, gamer. Zisteau is the modern Renaissance Man.

Sick beat!!

Awesome! Well worth the wait Z =D

incredible as always

very cool base!

We need to send Zisteau to terraform Mars personally

This is just mindblowing (as always). I have nothing to add. So here is a comment for the algorithm!

I had a premonition and just watched the last video yesterday! PRAISE BE

Amazing. Who knew Zisteau was also such a skilled musician?

Catchy (starter) bass :) and pretty cool rhymes! This was a treat :D

Perfection!

Who needs drugs when they can have a Zisteau video?

You absolute madlad!

looking down from above gave me so many flashbacks to the lens!

wow! thank you!

This is why you are still one of my favourite creators.

new Z vid! Securing yet again why you're my favorite creator.

This is Art.

Cake better watch out

this might just be your masterpiece

Incredible

I tribute to hype focus. Well done, Sir!

Still not sure what I just watched, but it was cool and beautiful :)

Art

immensely entertaining

God I've missed you.

ngl I forgot you existed. I can't imagine doing one or two videos per year is good for the channel.

Welcome backa!

Never knew there could exist something like an opera tutorial, but here we are. Bravo maestro!

The best!

Expected Long Dark post happy to receive the unexpected 😊

Genius

I think space factorio broke him

I hope this go viral :D

Ficsit when they find a new planet: If I fic, I sit.

HE LIVES!!!

If my Grandpa were still alive he'd say that a boy zistikins

Oh I get it, Zisteau spent 5 years playing a particular game and another previous 15 years or so developing a particular reputation to lay the framework for a single music video: Ballad of the Starter Base Does this mean Zisteau is alive and well and will make some new youtube series soon?

And when they needed him most…

Well I didn't know what an *iambic tetrameter* was so I just went down the wikipedia rabbit hole. "iambic tetrameter consists of four metra, each metron being of the form | x - u - |, consisting of a spondee and an iamb, or two iambs". Don't you love it when you ask a question and the answer just brings more questions with it?

I am rendered dumb with awe.

Another one for the algorithm, get this man some views!

God what an epic.

This is an absolute MASTERPIECE.... But, have you considered adding a simple path? Maybe from the Starter Base to the future MegaBase location. 🤔