User blog:Tordzworld/TestBuild 112105

= TestBuild_112105 = This was an old test build for a multiplayer version of Roblox. It was one of the earlier builds, but this one was special since it was linked to a death.

Prelude
Back in 2005 when Roblox had no multiplayer, plans for a multiplayer mode were in place, development of multiplayer began in October of 2005 and ended in February, this multiplayer build however though needed new code since it was pretty flawed. The code was sloppily done, it was made in the matter of two days and probably needed a more thorough rewrite, it was dubbed TestBuild_112105 since it was completed in the 21st of November, 2005. Testing soon began, the two testers were anonymous and Michael, during an interview with anonymous, he chose to stay anonymous.

First test
The first test began at 7:13 PM, November 22nd, it was anon and Michael, they both installed the client, and ran it. The multiplayer was quite glitchy and took some time to join each other, they went into a test place which was reminiscent of the old crossroads place, the multiplayer was way more flawed than they expected, sometimes the other player wouldn't even move, but on their screen they would. The client was a dumpster fire, but they had to continue until a third test. Nobody, even Michael himself recorded anything weird.

Second test
This is where things get weird. The second test began at 3:41 PM, November 23rd, the duo launched the client, this time it was much less clunky and laggy, the multiplayer was fine but still needed polishing, they enjoyed their time testing, anon remembers seeing Michael say something bone chilling in the chat, he said "Yo, something feels off." to which anon responded "What do you mean? The client is fine!" and then something that made anon almost shut his computer off happened, Michael wrote in the chat "It's not the client... Its in the game." anon said nothing about it, they kept testing, but Michael was mostly standing and looking at a house, anon saw nothing inside of the house so he brushed over it. After the test was over anon called Michael, he responded and anon asked Michael "What happened to you? Why were you just standing there and looking at a house?" to which Michael responded "I saw it. It told me not say anything." a 15 second silence followed suit, after that Michael hung up.

Third test
This test began at 12:53 PM, November 24th, during this test nothing had changed to the client, this test was where things went south. The test began with walking sync, but Michael wouldn't walk, he would stand there. Anon wrote in the chat "Why aren't you cooperating? You should be doing a walk sync test!" Michael didn't respond, but slowly turned to the house where he was staring at "It" yesterday, at this point anon was beyond worried, he called Michael, but he didn't respond. Soon after Michael wrote something in the chat that made anon permanently scarred "I can feel its presence, its behind me." after that message, Michael stopped moving and didn't respond to anything anon did. Anon called Michael, but he didn't pick up. Anon quickly called 911 to check up on him.

Aftermath
The police arrived to his house, they knocked on his door and windows, but he didn't answer. The police busted his door open only to see an empty house since Michael lived alone, they checked on his room only to find him dead. In front of Michael's body was his laptop which had bluescreened, there was no sign of violence or force. Anon arrived at the crime scene and met a detective who had also just arrived. Anon asked the detective "What happened to him? Is he okay?" to which the detective responded "I am sorry about this but, Michael has passed away.". Anon quickly ran into his room ignoring the police and saw his body, there was no blood, only his corpse. Anon knew it was something to do with the test build. Anon contacted the Roblox development team to completely rewrite the multiplayer code and erase all existing files of the test build. Anon was later fired from Roblox for unknown reasons, and mentioning anything about the November 21st, 2005 test build will have your account terminated.

Legacy
This event was largely unknown by people due to it being covered up by Roblox, but in late 2019 Anon revealed what happened during those three days, a huge part of the Roblox community didn't believe him. There were many interviews were alot of info was revealed by anon, but he wouldn't reveal further info. Then began a hunt for the 21st November, 2005 test build even though all digital copies are lost, but the largest discovery was in October of 2020, a screenshot of what looks like the hospital from the original crossroads with a character in orange and blue had surfaced, the very special thing is the black blob Michael is staring at, most people think this is the entity Michael called "It". The entity was dubbed "The 2005 Phantom", but there is still a large chunk of skeptics thinking it's just a coincidence of Michael staring at some corrupted image data. Most people report a feeling of dread when looking at this photo.