The Basement

I can't get over that 5000 people watched me debug shitty code for 3 full hours on stream today. I'm increasingly realizing that my viewers are insane, or trapped in my basement and forced to watch, or both.

-Douglas Wreden, Twitter

Description
The Basement is a large underground complex beneath Douglas Wreden's house, next to the Grocery Store, connected to the Backyard, and underneath the Attic. It is the unwilling home of all of his Twitch and Youtube viewers. The Basement claims its victims through the The Joke Hole. The Joke Hole serves as a portal to and from the Basement, though it is very rare for a victim to climb back out of the Joke Hole as it is guarded by spiders.

The structure of the Basement is extremely abstract from normal reality, having space for entire worlds that shouldn't possibly fit in a typical North American home, defying many laws of physics. The true dimensions of the Basement are, and will be for a long time, unknown.

Allegedly, Doug has been feeding victims of the basement via a 'Food Tube', but most of this food is destroyed while being fought over. The Food Tube is thought to be connected to most sectors, but the exact sector it is dropped in is random.

Purpose
How Doug was able to create the Basement is unknown, as it breaks all laws of reality. What we do know is that he created it for the purpose of trapping people in there. He would then force them to watch his YouTube videos and Twitch streams, giving him free views, as well as forcing them to work as slaves creating DougDoug merchandise. He appointed Twitch user Pouchypow to oversee their progress.

Twitch user quietir has claimed they have been in the basement for over 12 years, meaning that in must've been established at least in 2010. Overtime, the people in charge of running the Basement began using it as a secret Meth Lab, in a hidden section of the complex, as a place to gain more money on the side.

Eventually, the people within the Basement began to reproduce, spawning a generation of people born there. Doug, on August 13, 2022, gave these people freedom of their slavery, but still kept them in the Basement for free views. He had allowed them to govern themselves, and do what they wanted in the Basement, other than leave. The old remains of the sweatshop / Meth Lab lie in Sector 2. For more information, see Sector 2 in the below sections.

The Sectors
The Basement is made up of sectors, each with their own unique community. The sector a new victim is sent to is decided by the first letter of their Twitch username or real life name. Most sectors are either inside Zone A or Zone Z, with the exception of the Neutral Areas.

Zone A
This Zone is known to be controlled by A Crew. Zone A is reputed as the more chaotic of the two, being filled with very unstable environments. The Mario Party character of choice here is Waluigi and the food here is all Guy Fieri recipes.

Sector B
This sector heavily resembles a playground area in a restaurant, but the entire sector is filled with a 5 feet tall pile of ball pit balls. Cardboard cutouts of orcas lurk throughout this sector, swimming through the ball pit ball sea and terrifying unsuspecting victims. It is unconfirmed if the orcas are sentient or not.

The ball pit is known to be stained with urine and breastmilk in many areas, with no discernable source. There is also an alarming amount of bees in this sector.

Sector C
This sector is home to most of the chefs of the Basement. Most residents of this sector are depressed, due to the Explained with Food series being over. This area is known for storing many delicacies such as Dog Cheese and Breastmilk.

Sector E
This sector contains the only exit out of the Basement: the Joke Hole. It also harbors a large nest of spiders which guard the exit. The spiders are known to lurk within the walls, scattering through hidden cracks and lurking on unsuspecting victims. The majority of Sector E residents are part of the Spider Cult, worshippers of the spiders.

While it is known throughout the Basement for being one of the few exits, it is extremely dangerous to try to escape, as few people have made it out alive, thanks to the spiders, and the maniacal spider cults. Sector G is one of the first sectors of the basement, having been mentioned in the first video appearance of the Basement.

Sector F
The residents of this sector worship Fat Albert like a deity. The entirety of the floor, walls and ceiling of this sector are covered in Fat Albert posters. They also have their own game studio, Sector F Studios, which developed the game Douggle: Agent of Chatlantis.

Any rooms that are not occupied by the Fat Albert worshippers is filled with large amounts of Farts in the air. Those who are not used to the smell can quickly become uncomfortable traversing this section.

Sector G
This is area is known for being the sector where most of the guns in the Basement are manufactured. It is comprised of vast fields of grass and factories. There is a significant population of Gunicorns, AKA horses with guns on their heads, in this sector. The residents here are known for saying "GOTTEM" after every single deez nuts joke. Sector G is one of the first sectors of the basement, having been mentioned in the first video appearance of the Basement.

Sector J
This sector contains a fake escape hatch built by Doug to trick his prisoners. This escape hatch, according to DougDoug Discord member RevJimJones#8744, leads to Jerma's meat grinder. It is also where the basement rats' nest resides.

Sector L
This sector consists of a vast underground cave system, illuminated only by random lamps throughout the caverns. This sector is where the cult of Moth Nation resides. Moth Nation worships everything involving moths and worships Doug (despite his murder of a moth) and moths.

Everything in Moth Nation is adorned moth engravings and their shrine is a singular table lamp with Doug's face taped on it. Moth Nation attempted to settle Sector M but were fought off by Crew Z.

Sector M
This sector acts as a battlefield during the periodic wars between Teams A and Z. It contains crumbled structures that remain as evidence of frequent but failed attempts to settle the land. When war is declared, the sector will fill with banana fire and the stench of hot sauce fills the air. Sector M is not considered a residential area by both sides, though some live there as scavengers in hopes of finding something that will give them enough oxygen to live the rest of their lives comfortably.

Zone Z
This Zone is known to be controlled by Z Crew. Zone Z is known to be more stable, although at the same time, much more dangerous. The Mario Party character of choice here is Wario and the food here is all Gordon Ramsay recipes.

Sector N
This sector is incredibly dark with almost no lights. Sector N is very large, and since nobody has reached the end, most residents believe that Sector N is infinite. It is a maze like structure made up of a cold concrete.

This sector is where Janitor (usually called John), Biff Bezos, and all of the janitors live. Many children are thrown down into this sector to feed the janitors and free up space in other sectors. Most residents here are either janitors or nomads who live off of the olive oil leaks and are ready to kill at a moment's notice.

It is frequent for battles occurring in Sector M to spill over into this sector. This is very dangerous, as anyone who does end up falling into here will have a difficult time surviving all of the Janitors and escaping the sector.

Sector O
This sector is known as a large ocean like expanse of Olive Oil that stretches throughout the area. It encompasses much of the sector, in the forms of seas and waterfalls. The Olive Oil also has an addictive side effect if consumed too much. Sector O is one of the first sectors of the basement, having been mentioned in the first video appearance of the Basement.

On the few islands that exist here is the home of the Oxygen Banking Institution (OBI), which houses the Basement's supply of Oxygen, although the bank has failed numerous times, due to people withdrawing to much of the resource.

Sector P
This sector is known for being submerged in gay peanut butter. While it is common in many sectors, it is most common here, and is thought to be where the peanut butter originates. The peanut butter is at constant knee length throughout the sector, and in some cases, even reaching the celling, making it difficult to move. The substance has an effect where individuals in contact with it for too long, will eventually turn gay.

In areas with significantly less peanut butter, there are numerous shrines to Parkzer scattered around, with people offering up their Dollarydoos or Oxygen, in exchange for Financial and Legal advice. Sector P is a very recently discovered sector, having been first recorded on December 3, 2022, by Twitch user snagphd.

Sector S
The underground area of this sector is where the plumbing system of the Basement goes. It is a vast sewage system filled with large amounts of shit, whether from humans or not. Many pests reside here due to the infectious habitat.

If one were to make their way through the pipes, above ground, they will be met with a landscape similar to beaches surrounding the city of Sacremento, but the sky is permanently locked at sunset. The oceans expand for a large distance away from the beach. Within the seas is where Marina the Squid Lady resides.

It is rumored that the Snack Family resides somewhere within this sector, although this is not confirmed.

Sector W
This sector is filled with pictures, carboard cutouts and body pillows of shirtless Wario and Waluigi. Most residents of the sector do not know how to speak and instead say "wah!" all the time. Approximately every two weeks, for two days, hidden alarms and sirens activate throughout the sector, plunging it into a deep red.

Whenever this happens, residents who have been in this sector for the majority of their life begin to scream "WEE WOO WEE WOO". The sound of the sirens can reach a very dangerously high volume if one were to be exposed to it for too long. Some had stated they have seen horrific beasts hunt them down during the sirens, but many believe these are hallucinations caused by the delirium caused by the noise.

The Neutral Areas
Some sectors of The Basement are neutral, either too spiritually important to be claimed by either side or dangerous enough that nobody wants them. Some say the near-dead remnants of a crazed cult known as the Number Crew live in these parts, although this is untrue, as all Twitch chatters whos' usernames start with 0-9 are under Z Crew.

Sector 1
Sector 1 is one of the few sectors that is directly controlled by DougDoug. It resembles a dark underground prison complex that is only accessible by Doug's Twitch Moderators. The walls are made of a dirtied concrete, with pipes circling around the area.

This is where moderators are tasked with shooting (AKA Timeout) unwanted Twitch chatters. The mods bring them to this sector to be shot in the kneecaps and lower body to incapacitate them. They then lock them in a prison cell for a set amount of time. The exact time varies from 10 minutes, 1 hour, or 11.57 days (1 Million seconds). After the chosen time period is over, the Twitch chatter will be allowed to be let back into the basement with a warning.

Reasons for a Twitch chatter to be taken into Sector 1 varies greatly. It can be from typical chat violations (e.g inappropriate messages, spam, etc.), but it can also be from gaming challenges. Such examples include, but are not limited to:


 * In the age of the Wredenian Fartocracy, Fart Barons who opened the Fart Gates would be banned for 1 Million seconds (11.57 days)c by the All-Farter.
 * In the video "Beating 25 Mario levels in 1 life, but banning all words", saying a Deez Nuts joke will get you timed out for 1 Million seconds . Additionally, saying any of the prohibited words during the stream will get you timed out for an unknown amount of time.
 * In the video "Skyrim, but if I look at ANY character I have to kill them", Doug added a rule where if Doug looked at a TTS Donation, the person who sent the TTS message would be banned for 10 Minutes.
 * An example of this is in the picture shown above, where a moderator shoots Twitch user hazel_r because Doug looked at their TTS message.
 * In the video "Can Twitch Chat actually beat RANDOM INPUTS in Mario Party?", if Random Inputs Toad had won a minigame with more than one player in it, Doug would gift 5 subs to 5 random viewers on Twitch and have them be timed out for 1 Million seconds.

On rare occasions where the Twitch chatter needs to be gone permanently, the moderators will instead kill (AKA Ban) them by shooting them in the chest. Death is only reserved for exceptionally misbehaving Twitch viewers though, and there have been few times where this has been done.

Sector 2
Sector 2 houses the long dead remnants of the old sweatshop that Doug had created within the Basement. It is by far the oldest sector in the entire complex, as well as the sector that most resembles an actual North American home basement.

Within Sector 2 are the old factory machines, boxes, storage areas, and others, that Doug employed trapped slaves to create DougDoug merch in. It now lies abandoned and desecrated, with few people ever coming back. It is a symbol of the dark early days of the Basement.

It is rumored that the supposed Meth Lab that was created in the Basement by the early moderators of it can still be found somewhere in Sector 2, and there is still a Meth stash somewhere there as well. Given the fact that Meth doesn't spoil that much, finding that hidden stash and lab would be valuable for those who want to cook and sell it.

Sector 9
Sector 9 houses The Colosseum, where members of Twitch Chat have been forced to fight each other to the death. This also happens to be where most of the few A-Z alliances have been formed, making it a grand monument of peace as well as war.

The Minecraft Server
The Minecraft Server is located somewhere within the Basement.

Ecosystem
The ecosystem of Doug's basement is quite complex, with unique species residing within each sector.

Naturally Occurring Species

 * Spiders (Multiple Sectors)
 * Rats (Sector J)
 * Ketchup (Sector K)
 * Bees (Sector B)
 * Twitch Chat (Multiple Sectors)
 * Gay Peanut Butter (Multiple Sectors)
 * Gunicorns (Sector G)
 * Janitors (Sector N)
 * Olive Oil (Multiple Sectors)
 * Farts (Multiple Sectors)
 * Moths (Sector M)
 * Chefs (Sector C)
 * Orcas (sector B)
 * Cockroaches (Multiple Sectors)

Imported species
During the stream "Letting an A.I. decide my next GTA 5 video," Doug imported several different species of animals in order to help contain the rats.


 * Cats (To take care of the rats)
 * [Work in Progress, Will Finish Later]
 * [Looking for Volunteers to finish this section]

Oxygen and Hydrogen
Due to the fact that the Basement is an enclosed space, there are times where Oxygen becomes in extremely low supply, and people start to suffocate. Doug has capitalized on this, by having people pay to breath affordable oxygen. The current pricing for Oxygen is 500 DYD (Official United States Dollarydoos, AKA Channel Points).

Because that the Oxygen supply is being capitalized on, some Basement dwellers have started using Hydrogen as a substitute. The success of Hydrogen as a substitute is not entirely known, as there does exist some health benefits, but long term usage is very discouraged due to the fact that your body does not gain energy from it, and you will have a very high chance of getting asphyxiation from lack of Oxygen.

Politics

 * The basement residents are in a trading alliance with fellow streamer Failboat's basement.
 * A political entity known as the Party People of the Basement have made attempts at governing the basement, although they have been mostly futile, and most of the power is held by A Crew and Z Crew.
 * The governing system of the basement goes as follows; Zone A and all territories under A Crew are of a Chatican Fartocracy, while Zone Z and all territories under Z Crew are of a Shatocratic Fartpublic.
 * The Basement dwellers and The Grocery Store dwellers are currently at war, but due to the fact that they have no way of making direct combat, they just yell at each other on Doug's stream.

Economy
The economy in the Basement is mostly pretty stable. The standard of currency is the Official United States Dollarydoo (DYD), although Oxygen is a common trading item, as it is very valuable.

Trivia

 * According to Doug in the stream Letting an A.I. decide my next GTA 5 video, the ketchup pays the most rent of anything else in the basement.
 * In the stream Twitch Chat is the CEO of my new Zoo, Doug says you get a softer bed in the basement if you are subbed.
 * Doug has claimed that initially he had only put a few people in the basement, and that its possible that they've reproduced, and that the currently very large population is partially descended from that initial batch.
 * There have been rumors of a Meth Lab existing somewhere in the basement, although it has never been found.
 * One of the only times that Doug has ever let Twitch Chatters out of the basement, was in the Americans vs Europeans TABS stream (vod), where as a reward for winning the war, the Europeans were able to move from the basement to the Attic, a major upgrade as in the attic you can see the sun again.
 * Doug has almost never let a Twitch Chatter out into an area that is not under his control though.

Entrances

 * Entering the Joke Hole will drop you into a seemingly random sector.
 * An unknown entrance in The Backyard will send you here.
 * It is possible that by entering any door within your home, you will instead be transported to the basement. It is theorized that Doug has altered Skyrim Modder ddmlink's famous Skyrim Door Randomizer mod, to be able to affect specific targets instead of random locations, to claim more victims to the basement. There is only one recorded individual who got trapped via this method, so the threat of this method is low.
 * There is an unknown entrance within the Zelda: Breath of the Wild map, as Doug claims that he sent a truffle to the basement by throwing it down a river.

Known Exits

 * There are few known confirmed exits in The Basement other than back through The Joke Hole.
 * The only known exit other than through the Joke Hole was said in the "Getting Bingo with random DougDoug VODS" stream. In the stream, Doug talks about how he uses music to get himself hyped for gaming challenges, and that he also uses it as a cheat code to keep viewers in the stream. He then talks about how the facade is over, and briefly mentions how you could leave the Basement once you've broken the spell.
 * What this means is that once a Twitch viewer had successfully broken through, free of the spell of excitement, hype, and control caused by the music, they would be worthy to escape the Basement.

Possible Exits

 * It is speculated that there is a possible crawlspace that is hidden in Sector C, which leads out of the basement. Although no attempts at escape have been successful, as everyone who claim to have seen the crawlspace say that Doug has sprayed it heavily with Raid.
 * It is possible that since the Food Tube is connected to the Basement from Doug's House, one could climb out through the tube, but it is extremely small for the average human.
 * Since the Backyard entrance and the Zelda entrance are linked to the basement somewhere, it could be possible that these entrances are two-way, and thus, you can escape from there, but this is unconfirmed.