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{{quote|Today two very handsome Young Men came to my house to Hand Deliver some Fan Art! I humbly accepted their Gifts, [[Chris and sexuality#Bisexuality|gave them Great Big Kisses (on the CHEEK)]] and sent them on their way!|Chris<ref name=kiss>https://tweetsave.com/cwcsonichu/status/997957259182227458</ref>}}
{{Infobox Person
|image = CopitzPFP.png
|name = Copitz
|gender = Male
|day      = 17
|month    = 1
|year    = 2001
|race = White
|nationality = [[American]]
}}


[[File:CWC with Copitz 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris meets Copitz and his friend.]]
'''Christian Opitz''',<ref>https://twitter.com/Copitz3/status/1218255646602211331 ([https://archive.fo/qVWAk archive])</ref> known by the username '''Copitz''' (born 17 January 2001),<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220402160511/https://twitter.com/copitz3</ref> is a YouTuber and a speedrunner on [[Twitch]] who lives in [[Charlottesville]]. Starting in [[May 2018]], he began visiting Chris and recording videos of him and his friends chatting with Chris while visiting local areas. Copitz would also play a role in developing ''[[The Chris Chan Conspiracy]]'' docuseries, organizing a meet-up between TheGamerFromMars and Chris at [[14 Branchland Court|his home]].


'''Copitz''' is a YouTuber and a speedrunner on [[Twitch]] who lives in [[Charlottesville]]. In [[May 2018]], he gifted Chris fanart and later recorded a video of him and his friend chatting with Chris.
==Initial Visit==
Copitz described himself as a big fan of Chris, and obsessively watched [[Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History]]. Upon realizing that he lived just 20 minutes away from him, he drew a batch of fanart and went with his friend Eric to Chris's house in [[May 2018]]. They rang the doorbell, gave the fanart, and took a picture with him. Chris gave both of them a kiss on the cheek, and then made a tweet about the interaction. Copitz also mentioned the possibility of them making a video together.


==Visit==
{{quotebox|Today two very handsome Young Men came to my house to Hand Deliver some Fan Art!
On 19 May 2018, Copitz and his friend went to Chris's house to give him fanart Copitz had drawn. Chris was overjoyed to meet them, kissing them on the cheek<ref name=kiss></ref>, which he thought they found flattering<ref>https://tweetsave.com/cwcsonichu/status/997967420575760384</ref>, and agreeing to do a video with them.


==Interview==
I humbly accepted their Gifts, gave them Great Big Kisses (on the CHEEK) and sent them on their way!


This took place on 26 May 2018, with the videos released a few days later.
I might even do a Video with them Sometime Soon! 🌈🌈<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191108230701/https://twitter.com/cwcsonichu/status/997957259182227458</ref>}}


{{Infobox/video
After this interaction, Copitz signed up to [[Kiwi Farms]] and made a thread on the forum, not knowing that the forum largely has a negative opinion of Chris.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/</ref>
| name          = A Chat with Christine Weston Chandler/Chris Chan
| video          = {{#ev:youtube|SopgLOXCcoE}}
| stardate      = 30 [[May 2018]]
| maker          = Copitz
| previous      = [[I Am Sick of the HATE!!! (I could use a break)]]
| next          = [[Count Dankula|A Chat With Chris-Chan]]
| subject        = }}


{{Infobox/video
{{quoteboxbrown|Chris Chan lives only 20 minutes away from me and I am a big fan, so I couldn't miss the opportunity to meet THE CWC. I drew some fan-art and drove to Chris's house with my friend, rang the doorbell, and was greeted by a friendly and familiar face. Chris took the art and let me take a picture of us, gave us a big kiss on the cheek and we we left. It was a very interesting experience to meet somebody so iconic.
| name          = Deleted Scenes - A Chat with Christine Weston Chandler/Chris Chan
| video          = {{#ev:youtube|QgRZgLGRb5g}}
| stardate      = 31 [[May 2018]]
| maker          = Copitz
| previous      =
| next          = 
| subject        = }}


==Transcript==
[[File:CWC with Copitz 1.jpg|200px]]}}
{{Transcription}}
{{Incomplete}}


'''Intro (0:00-0:10)'''
Kiwi Farms started insulting him for many reasons, including his appearance. Copitz decided to clarify his intentions.


[''Techno music plays as text is shown on the screen'']
{{quoteboxbrown|Barb showed up to the door while we were talking to Chris, but we did not speak to her.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/post-3373082</ref>}}
{{quoteboxbrown|Just to clear things up, I didn't have any intentions other than saying hi and asking if Chris wanted to make a video with me just for fun. Nothing else. I apologize that I did not make my intentions clear in the first place.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/page-3#post-3373110</ref>}}


<blockquote>A Chat With Christine Chandler</blockquote>
===The Fanart===
<center>
<gallery>
File:CopitzFanArt1.jpg|
File:CopitzFanArt2.jpg
File:CopitzFanArt3.jpg
</gallery>
</center>


<blockquote>Filmed Saturday, 5/26/2018</blockquote>
==Interview==
 
[[File:CWC with Copitz 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris with Copitz on the day of the interview]]
 
{{main|A Chat with Christine Weston Chandler/Chris Chan}}
<blockquote>We accidentally lost the first bit of this footage, so that is why there is no intro here.</blockquote>
 
 
<blockquote>The only important thing that was lost was Christine indulging in some "[[Julie|JULAY]]" memes, believe it or not.</blockquote>
 
 
<blockquote>That being said, enjoy the video!</blockquote>
 
 
'''Chris Discusses the Weather (0:11-0:22)'''
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Ahh...[[Obesity|I-I tend to perspire easily]].
 
[''Chris fans his face and takes off his glasses'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah...It is pretty hot today.  Maybe eighty degrees?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah. It's-[''wipes face''] mid-eighties right now.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Mid-eighties?
 
<font color="red">'''Friend'''</font color>: This is really good.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: It's nice out.
 
<font color="red">'''Friend'''</font color>: It is nice out, yeah.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
 
'''Chris Discusses Kiwi Farms and BraveryJerk (0:23-1:17)'''
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Y- you probably know about the, the [[Kiwi Farms]], right?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Oh, yes.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, yeah.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: People probably, uh-[''jump cut''] replied to you on [[Twitter]] when you posted the picture of us, then I posted it on Kiwi Farms.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: I didn't even know what the Kiwi Farms was, I w- I just thought like [''jump cut''] It was a place to maybe brag about my experience, you know, [Chris laughs] 'cause it was the first thing I thought of when I got home, but then I realized... that wasn't such a good idea and [<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Mmm.] th- most of the people on the forums were telling me it wasn't a good idea either.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Eeh.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Um, but, you know-
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color> (''interrupting''): I forgive you this time.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Haha, thank you. [''jump cut''] A lot of them were-were afraid that I was like a [[ween]] and I was gonna be like, you remember [[BraveryJerk]]?
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Ah, not sure.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: He was the, uh, the African-American fellow who interviewed you at the, uh, the, uh-
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color> (''interrupting''): Oh... oh, yeah, yeah.  I did n- I did not know his offline name.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Okay- no, that is his online name, is BraveryJerk.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Online, offline, [''raspberry-like sound''], what did I say.  I-[''Chris uses an extremely high-pitched and loud sing-song voice'']I kept sayin' words!!
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: How did you feel about the videos that he made?
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Uh, it is what it is, I just m'let it go, I'm cool.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, yeah.
 
 
'''Chris Discusses Toys "R" Us, Restaurants, and Spicy Food (1:19-2:28)'''
 
[''jump cut, Chris is now leaning forwards, reaching for a cup of tea'']
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Which tea is this again?
 
<font color="red">'''Friend'''</font color>: It's called Iron [''unintelligible'']. It kinda tastes like, sweet, even without sugar.
 
[''Chris laughs'']
 
[''jump cut, the tea is now being poured into Chris' cup'']
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: That's good.
 
<font color="red">'''Friend'''</font color>: Oop, didn't get your hand, did I?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Nah, you're cool. [''jump cut''] Ha, could've been hotter.
 
[''Copitz laughs'']
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah, I like spicy things.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, I like spicy th-
 
<font color="red">'''Friend'''</font color>: Hey, what's your favorite food, by the way?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Mmm.  I like, uh, Mac and Cheese for longer time.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: When you go- go out to eat at uh, at, at near [[Ruckersville]], where do you normally go, do you come down to [[Charlottesville]], or...
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Uh, yeah, kinda here 'n 'ere, I mean, [''jump cut''] I just feel like it's cheap to just name [[McDonald's]] all the time, or KFC, or Taco Bell, [<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, yeah] but I tell you what-[<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Those are cheap, though] if I like it good, I might get something good from the [''unintelligible''] Buffet.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Oh, yeah, uh- that's down near where [[Toys "R" Us]] is, right?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah. [sigh] Stop the closing of the Toys "R" Us!
 
[''Copitz and friends mock-scream in dismay'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: No! Not the Toys "R" Us!
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: You probably get a lot of your, your [[MLP]] stuff from [jump cut] Toys "R" Us, don't you?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah, but's it's like, a lot of it's available online now, everyone's buying online [<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: [''sucks teeth''] Yeah.] Maybe KB will make a return, just like I heard on, uh, kind of a, news thing I s- read about, few weeks ago.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, it might- you know, that would actually be a good idea because it could pick up the business that Toys "R" Us, um, [<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Lost.] would have lost, yeah.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
 
'''Chris discusses Monster Energy and Copitz's friend Eric (2:28-3:22)'''
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>(''to one of the friends''): It was pretty good, by the way.
 
<font color="purple">'''Friend 2'''</font color>: I know, I like it a lot.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: I remember, I was here one time, and, and I, and I had a, I had a big, um, can of Monster Energy, and I tried combining it with the tea, but it just tasted like gross, warm Monster.
 
[''They all laugh'']
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: They make a tea for Monster, Monster Tea.
 
<font color="purple">'''Friend 2'''</font color>: Oh, [''unintelligible''], I think it's called.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: So you remember Eric [''Shows a picture of Eric on the screen''], my friend that, uh, that came to [<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Uh, yes.] your house, right? [<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yes.] He-
 
[''jump cut'']
 
[''The camera lurches awkwardly towards one of Copitz's friends'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: When he was taking the behind the wheel driving lessons, he went up to- to the [[Wal-Mart]] [''phone buzzes''] on 29 North. [''Camera tilts around''] Not the one in Ruckersville, but the one- [<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Alright.] the one near Charlottesville.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
[''Copitz drinks some tea'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>:  Ooh, that is good.  I like that.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="purple">'''Friend 2'''</font color>: Eric was actually the one who showed me the [''unintelligible'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Oh, really.  Shoutouts to Eric. [''closeup of Eric's face'']
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: So when he was driving- [''jump cut''] through the parking lot with his driver's instruction teacher and a couple of other students- [''jump cut''] he actually saw you.  Uh, a while ago, he saw you, and he recognized you.  So that- so that was, uh, exciting for me, and we were all jealous.  [''Chris and Copitz laugh''] They got to see you.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
 
'''Chris Discusses People Coming to His House (3:23-3:43)'''
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: What were you thinking when we came to your house? How often does that happen?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Uhh... [''jump cut''] Feel like I wanna say on average... maybe.. uh... once every few months?
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Is it normally [[fans]], or normally [[trolls]]?


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Um... I'm not quite certain.
Copitz started talking about his planned video in his KF thread.


<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Not- not sure? Maybe just people trying to- people that live in the area and just wanna meet an- an icon?
{{quoteboxbrown|The video I am hoping to make will just be us hanging out, going to McDonalds, and/or playing some video games - just something for fun, not making fun of Chris in any way.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/post-3373216</ref>}}
{{quoteboxbrown|I definitely see why you say that. I appreciate you trying to be reasonable, but I am not planning on going any farther than us making a video together, and there's a small chance we would make more in the future if Chris would want to. But I have no intentions to do any livestreaming together or anything of the sort. Yes, I may see a marginal increase of views on my YouTube channel, but that is only somewhat of a side-benefit. Mostly I just thought it would be an iconic experience to meet and make a video with such a popular personality online, and I felt like it would be fun. Bragging here on kiwifarms was just the first thing I thought of when I got home, as I have seen this website before in relation with Chris, but I realize now that this was not the place to be posting, even though I probably would have ended up being posted on here by a third party anyway.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/page-7#post-3373699</ref>}}


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah, kinda. [''laughs'']
On 26 [[May 2018]], Copitz went with Lee and a group of other friends to interview Chris. Copitz posted it on [[Kiwi Farms]], where it was largely criticized for the lack of interesting questions asked, however this did not bother him. The video is most notable for firmly establishing the friendship between Copitz and Chris.


[''jump cut'']
==Ghost Hunting==
{{Main|Ghost Hunting with Chris Chan}}


During [[February 2019]], almost an year after their last interaction, Copitz, Lee, and a third friend all visited Chris to ghost hunt at the DeJarnette Center for Human Development in Staunton, Virginia. Not much actual ghost hunting happens in the video, and the four mostly just walk around and talk about ghosts and other topics. Copitz later complimented Chris on his empathy for the victims of Joseph DeJarnette, both on and off camera.


'''Chris Discusses Animal Crossing, Let's Play, and the GenoSamuel2 Documentary (3:44-5:54)'''
==The Chris Chan Conspiracy==
{{Main|The Chris Chan Conspiracy}}


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Hey, try the Hi-C!  It's got mint in it, and it's really good.
During [[December 2019]], Copitz was contacted by the YouTuber TheGamerFromMars, who wanted to interview Chris for his documentary series '[[The Chris Chan Conspiracy]]'. Copitz accepted, and contacted Chris to plan the interview with him. Eventually, GFM drove to [[14 Branchland Court]], and met up with Chris and Copitz. They walk with Chris in his backyard, play games with him in his room, walk around the neighborhood, go to a restaurant, before ending the video by chatting to Chris on his gazebo. Copitz later released a deleted scene on his YouTube channel.


<font color="gray">'''Friend 3'''</font color>: [''unintelligible'']
==Other Interactions==
[[File:CWC Copitz May 2019.jpg|thumb|200px|Copitz giving Chris a ride in [[May 2019]]]]
{{see also|Xleepy|Pappy Van Poodle Interview}}


<font color="cyan">'''Friend 4'''</font color>: There are many, huh?
Copitz is known to have invited Chris to his [[Discord]] server, however he never chatted.


<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, there are a lot of 'em.
On 3 [[May 2019]], Copitz accidentally ran into Chris at the downtown mall, who asked him for a ride. Copitz agreed to give Chris a ride, and also took a picture with him.<ref>[[:File:Copitz's Server - Copitz chats.png]]</ref>


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: I like mint.
On 25 [[May 2019]], Copitz was contacted by the YouTuber Nick Robinson, who wanted to arrange an interview with Chris about the character Pappy Van Poodle from Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. Copitz agreed with this, and set up a video call with Chris and Nick, which was [[Pappy Van Poodle Interview|posted online]].


[''jump cut'']
In [[February 2020]], Copitz's friend [[Xleepy]] reached out to him in order to arrange a meeting with Chris, which would be recorded and added to Xleepy's channel trailer. Copitz contacted Chris, and he made the video with Xleepy on 29 February. Copitz is seen sitting next to Chris while he showcases his psychic powers.


<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Um-
On 25 [[December 2022]], Copitz left a comment on [[Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History]] Episode 70,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw9OtvE0r6Q&t=781s&ab_channel=GenoSamuel2.1</ref> which featured his ghost hunting footage.


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Minty Squirrel from [[Animal Crossing]].
{{quoteboxbrown|holy shit hahaha this is awesome. ngl it's so weird but cool to see myself in the Geno documentary after obsessively watching that very same documentary for hours upon hours prior to ever meeting Chris.


<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Minty Squ- Yeah, you know, you did a lot of Animal Crossing stuff back in the day, didn't you?
Thank you Geno for sharing my video with people! And I'm glad you found some use of it


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah.
Just a correction, February was when we filmed the Dejarnette video, about a month prior to uploading it, as I was running into issues with the PC I was using to edit


<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: You made [[Animal Crossing Documentary|that Animal Crossing video]] for [[Borb|your parents]]?  I thought that was really nice.
I want to note how interesting I find what I interpret as - despite all of the things Chris has done which have hurt people - as a huge amount of empathy exhibited by Chris when it comes to the victims of Dejarnette. And the empathy they had for me during our video, with how kind they were. I will also say that from what I remember of our conversations 1-on-1 off camera, Chris was clearly far more interested in talking about me than about themself and trying to help me figure out issues in my life through what they believed to be their powers. Chris obviously has a very different view of the world from us all and it may help people wishing to understand them better to realize that despite the hurt a person may have caused in others, the reason behind their hurtful actions often comes from a desire to help both that person and themselves, yet the decision to do so can be warped by the only way they know how to understand things and a maladaptive level of empathy for themselves.


<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah.
This is why I truly hope Chris is finding happiness in the obviously inherently unhappy reality of prison through living within their own reality. And maybe some people can find empathy for Chris if they can see the empathy Chris has themselves, no matter how maladaptive.


<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah.
Thanks again Geno! Hope you had a merry Christmas!}}
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: And then I just did touring of what I had on my GameCube.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Ah, right.  Yeah.  I- you kn- I remember people saying- I thought this was really cool- They said that you pioneered the Let's Play experience.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: I did?
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, 'cause you did it- you, you like, you recorded yourself, um, you're y'know, commentating over gameplay before basically anybody else did on the Internet.
 
[''Copitz plays 5:02-5:10 from Chris' Animal Crossing Documentary'']
 
<blockquote><font color="blue">'''2003 Chris'''</font color>: -moving on with the tour of my house. As you can see I've got- I'm collecting the NES games. I've got most of them down here, and I've got a couple upstairs.</blockquote>
 
[''Video clip ends'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: So some people consider you the pioneer Let's Play.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Huh.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: That's pretty cool, isn't it?
 
<font color="red">'''Friend 2'''</font color>: That is pretty cool.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Okay, well that's news to me.
 
[''Copitz and friends laugh'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, I saw that ag- on the, um, do you know, the uh [[Chris_in_the_media#Chris_Chan:_A_Comprehensive_History|GenoSamuel2 documentary]]?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Mmm.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Um, he's making this ''crazy'' long, comprehensive documentary, and I'd say it's very objective, he's not making fun of you in any way.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Mm.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
[''Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History - Part 10 is shown on the screen'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: He's on Part 10, and they're each 40 minutes, and he's only on like 2008, [''Picture disappears from the screen''] so it's like, it's like he's getting everything in there.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Ah, as much as he can, right?
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, yeah.  H- how do you feel about it when people make, like, documentaries and stuff about you but they're not making fun of you?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Um, I feel abou- I kinda feel like, uh...
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: You wish your past wasn't documented as much?
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Uh, no, I don't wanna say that.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Mm-hm.
 
<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Um, I just kinda wish I wasn't as- more famous than infamous [<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, yeah, that's true.]  for more of my good qua- [Ego|more of my good traits, but I think they're all well noted among which.] I have faith in the goodness of people.  And that's , uh, that's discounting and discrediting the obvious bad ones.
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, yeah.
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Y- you've met some good people out there.  I mean, we're here, right? You know. [<font color="blue">'''Chris'''</font color>: Yeah.] Yeah, we're- we're trying [''camera suddenly zooms in on Chris's torso''] to be friendly.  [''all laugh'']
 
[''jump cut'']
 
<font color="red">'''Friend'''</font color>: [unintelligible] cameraman?
 
<font color="green">'''Copitz'''</font color>: Yeah, you think you could help us- help me out here? Thanks, Lee.
 
'''Interlude (5:55-6:01)'''
 
[''The same techno music plays, text is shown on the screen'']
 
<blockquote>Starting here, there is a lot of background noise that I did not realize was being picked up.</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>I apologize for this error.  That being said, please carry on and enjoy the rest.</blockquote>
 
 
'''Chris Discusses Favorite Games (6:02-?)'''
 
==External links==
*[https://tweetsave.com/cwcsonichu/status/998016112745943041 The fanart Copitz gave Chris].


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Chris and journalism]]
*[[Copitz DMs]]
 
==References==
<references/>
 
{{FanChats}}
 


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Copitz
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Name Copitz
Date of birth (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 23)
Gender Male
Race White
Nationality American

Christian Opitz,[1] known by the username Copitz (born 17 January 2001),[2] is a YouTuber and a speedrunner on Twitch who lives in Charlottesville. Starting in May 2018, he began visiting Chris and recording videos of him and his friends chatting with Chris while visiting local areas. Copitz would also play a role in developing The Chris Chan Conspiracy docuseries, organizing a meet-up between TheGamerFromMars and Chris at his home.

Initial Visit

Copitz described himself as a big fan of Chris, and obsessively watched Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History. Upon realizing that he lived just 20 minutes away from him, he drew a batch of fanart and went with his friend Eric to Chris's house in May 2018. They rang the doorbell, gave the fanart, and took a picture with him. Chris gave both of them a kiss on the cheek, and then made a tweet about the interaction. Copitz also mentioned the possibility of them making a video together.

Today two very handsome Young Men came to my house to Hand Deliver some Fan Art!

I humbly accepted their Gifts, gave them Great Big Kisses (on the CHEEK) and sent them on their way!

I might even do a Video with them Sometime Soon! 🌈🌈[3]

After this interaction, Copitz signed up to Kiwi Farms and made a thread on the forum, not knowing that the forum largely has a negative opinion of Chris.[4]

Chris Chan lives only 20 minutes away from me and I am a big fan, so I couldn't miss the opportunity to meet THE CWC. I drew some fan-art and drove to Chris's house with my friend, rang the doorbell, and was greeted by a friendly and familiar face. Chris took the art and let me take a picture of us, gave us a big kiss on the cheek and we we left. It was a very interesting experience to meet somebody so iconic.

CWC with Copitz 1.jpg

Kiwi Farms started insulting him for many reasons, including his appearance. Copitz decided to clarify his intentions.

Barb showed up to the door while we were talking to Chris, but we did not speak to her.[5]
Just to clear things up, I didn't have any intentions other than saying hi and asking if Chris wanted to make a video with me just for fun. Nothing else. I apologize that I did not make my intentions clear in the first place.[6]

The Fanart

  • CopitzFanArt1.jpg
  • CopitzFanArt2.jpg
  • CopitzFanArt3.jpg

Interview

Chris with Copitz on the day of the interview
Main article: A Chat with Christine Weston Chandler/Chris Chan

Copitz started talking about his planned video in his KF thread.

The video I am hoping to make will just be us hanging out, going to McDonalds, and/or playing some video games - just something for fun, not making fun of Chris in any way.[7]
I definitely see why you say that. I appreciate you trying to be reasonable, but I am not planning on going any farther than us making a video together, and there's a small chance we would make more in the future if Chris would want to. But I have no intentions to do any livestreaming together or anything of the sort. Yes, I may see a marginal increase of views on my YouTube channel, but that is only somewhat of a side-benefit. Mostly I just thought it would be an iconic experience to meet and make a video with such a popular personality online, and I felt like it would be fun. Bragging here on kiwifarms was just the first thing I thought of when I got home, as I have seen this website before in relation with Chris, but I realize now that this was not the place to be posting, even though I probably would have ended up being posted on here by a third party anyway.[8]

On 26 May 2018, Copitz went with Lee and a group of other friends to interview Chris. Copitz posted it on Kiwi Farms, where it was largely criticized for the lack of interesting questions asked, however this did not bother him. The video is most notable for firmly establishing the friendship between Copitz and Chris.

Ghost Hunting

Main article: Ghost Hunting with Chris Chan

During February 2019, almost an year after their last interaction, Copitz, Lee, and a third friend all visited Chris to ghost hunt at the DeJarnette Center for Human Development in Staunton, Virginia. Not much actual ghost hunting happens in the video, and the four mostly just walk around and talk about ghosts and other topics. Copitz later complimented Chris on his empathy for the victims of Joseph DeJarnette, both on and off camera.

The Chris Chan Conspiracy

Main article: The Chris Chan Conspiracy

During December 2019, Copitz was contacted by the YouTuber TheGamerFromMars, who wanted to interview Chris for his documentary series 'The Chris Chan Conspiracy'. Copitz accepted, and contacted Chris to plan the interview with him. Eventually, GFM drove to 14 Branchland Court, and met up with Chris and Copitz. They walk with Chris in his backyard, play games with him in his room, walk around the neighborhood, go to a restaurant, before ending the video by chatting to Chris on his gazebo. Copitz later released a deleted scene on his YouTube channel.

Other Interactions

Copitz giving Chris a ride in May 2019
See also: Xleepy and Pappy Van Poodle Interview

Copitz is known to have invited Chris to his Discord server, however he never chatted.

On 3 May 2019, Copitz accidentally ran into Chris at the downtown mall, who asked him for a ride. Copitz agreed to give Chris a ride, and also took a picture with him.[9]

On 25 May 2019, Copitz was contacted by the YouTuber Nick Robinson, who wanted to arrange an interview with Chris about the character Pappy Van Poodle from Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. Copitz agreed with this, and set up a video call with Chris and Nick, which was posted online.

In February 2020, Copitz's friend Xleepy reached out to him in order to arrange a meeting with Chris, which would be recorded and added to Xleepy's channel trailer. Copitz contacted Chris, and he made the video with Xleepy on 29 February. Copitz is seen sitting next to Chris while he showcases his psychic powers.

On 25 December 2022, Copitz left a comment on Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History Episode 70,[10] which featured his ghost hunting footage.

holy shit hahaha this is awesome. ngl it's so weird but cool to see myself in the Geno documentary after obsessively watching that very same documentary for hours upon hours prior to ever meeting Chris.

Thank you Geno for sharing my video with people! And I'm glad you found some use of it

Just a correction, February was when we filmed the Dejarnette video, about a month prior to uploading it, as I was running into issues with the PC I was using to edit

I want to note how interesting I find what I interpret as - despite all of the things Chris has done which have hurt people - as a huge amount of empathy exhibited by Chris when it comes to the victims of Dejarnette. And the empathy they had for me during our video, with how kind they were. I will also say that from what I remember of our conversations 1-on-1 off camera, Chris was clearly far more interested in talking about me than about themself and trying to help me figure out issues in my life through what they believed to be their powers. Chris obviously has a very different view of the world from us all and it may help people wishing to understand them better to realize that despite the hurt a person may have caused in others, the reason behind their hurtful actions often comes from a desire to help both that person and themselves, yet the decision to do so can be warped by the only way they know how to understand things and a maladaptive level of empathy for themselves.

This is why I truly hope Chris is finding happiness in the obviously inherently unhappy reality of prison through living within their own reality. And maybe some people can find empathy for Chris if they can see the empathy Chris has themselves, no matter how maladaptive.

Thanks again Geno! Hope you had a merry Christmas!

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Copitz3/status/1218255646602211331 (archive)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220402160511/https://twitter.com/copitz3
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191108230701/https://twitter.com/cwcsonichu/status/997957259182227458
  4. ↑ https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/
  5. ↑ https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/post-3373082
  6. ↑ https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/page-3#post-3373110
  7. ↑ https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/post-3373216
  8. ↑ https://kiwifarms.st/threads/i-met-chris-chan-today.43299/page-7#post-3373699
  9. ↑ File:Copitz's Server - Copitz chats.png
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw9OtvE0r6Q&t=781s&ab_channel=GenoSamuel2.1
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