I'm a 52 yr old gma. I started with Atari 2600 and never stopped. we're out here!❤🧑‍🦳🎮🕹⌨️

Y'all, as far as I'm concerned, are the reason we have what we have as far as gaming now. You were never not welcome ! 😅

👋 I'm 49 in a few weeks, embrace your gaming while you're young and physically able to (and other real life stuff you want to do too), because last year taught me that any and all of it can be snatched away so abruptly.

I'm 40 and I'll never stop gaming ❤❤❤❤

@@DrpanProductions I got into the game late, sort of. I had Astroid and Jungle Jim. Thena few console game the other half liked when I was adult. A few years ago found the hermits through my new other half... and have really gotten more into Skyrim, Fallout, and PHASMO thanks to Imulse! But I am a coward and havent gotten the gumption yet to loop. LOL All on computer. Those little handheld things.... No way. LOL

My mom in particular is a very toxic person. Add that she's very religious and you have a mixture I didn't want in my life so I cut her out of it. Plus she always talked shit about my girlfriend behind her back so that made it even easier. Hell I don't even talk to any of my family anymore cause they're always full of drama. Best decision I've ever made

And i think it's incredible and potentially related that he seems to be such a fantastic father to lil doccy!

​@@olivermuthu4243 Very true. People always say that everyone ends up like their parents eventually, but I definitely think there are also those who strive to be nothing like their parents and not make the same mistakes in their own parenting.

It is funny, when I was a kid I got frustrated with my teachers and said something like wanting to be a better teacher than them in the future. My mother told this to my father and he pretty much said the exact same thing Doc's father did. Can kinda relate with having such a controlling and unbending father. A big reason why I am such a big Hermitcraft fan was because my father never allowed me to play games myself, so at the time I latched onto watching Hermitcraft which still remains now that I can play myself

that's why the saying "blood is thicker than water" refers not to the 'family' you're born into(watered down blood relations), but the bonds you make along your life(and the blood you shead for each other "in battle", because old times) at least that's how I see this phrase and I refuse any other saying. especially after I had to play a part in getting my best buddy(who is like the enby bro sibling I never had) out of the clutches of their narcissistic pos of a birther(you can't call that woman a mother) who neither respected their identity nor actually showed care when their chrons disease almost killed them. my parents are okay for the most part. my mom's "dad" was an abusive, violent alcoholic that pulled the "I'm going out to buy some milk" move and my dad's parents are old school "no affection, just perfect performance" teachers. so I can't fully blame them for the generational trauma, because they actually tried to do better than their own parents, but being in their early 20s and not knowing a thing about loving family dynamics I just can't expect that much. I'm just glad they are actually trying to be self-reflecting about the mistakes they made and apologized to me and my siblings for a hand full of messed up crap so far. besides my mom's definitely autistic if not also an ADHDer, because I got diagnosed with both and then it clicked why we're so similar. so I feed her with some skills and tips I've learned since her trust issues and anxiety are too heavy to seek out therapy for herself. believe me, I've tried to talk her into it. even my dad did. tho he may also need therapy to get that emotional blockage out. overall my siblings and I may all be suffering some level of CPTSD from emotionally ill regulated parenting(one too erratic, the other too cold), but somehow as all of us being adults now, it reminds me a little bit of a self-help group. a quite clumsy one. btw my dad's parents also went through a phase of self-reflection. unlike my mom's. I'm glad that old man of her's died all alone w/o anyone visiting him on his deathbed. tbf I had moments where I was about to cut off my parents and I would've done it if they wouldn't have been able to sit down and self-reflect. to be able to do that is a valuable skill to have. I'm grateful to have learned that skill as well, because I almost went down the path of toxicity far enough to not be able to return anymore. maybe that's why I'm a bit more lenient or maybe it gave me insight into when something's genuine and when it's fake idk overall family are the people you *decide* to be your family and that includes the people you are not related to and your pets.

THE GOAT!!

He says he doesn't like to do anything, but he is a really hard-working guy!

And wanted to be a teacher, too! I had no idea Doc had been involved in so many careers, this was fascinating to learn. What a champion.

@@julianberbelalt962 all while under the stress of his father

He’s quite the Da Vinci type of guy, very admirable!

The aggressive pink room got me, I wanna know how this man can see.

funny knowing the fact that doc is even taller than skizz

Didn’t even realize he was wearing bdubs merch until this comment 😂

he’s freakishly tall, which makes this even funnier

@@kynston that's hilarious

That's made me have an outer body experience, having to remember that

and he's wearing bdubs merch

I am so glad I'm not the only one who instantly thought that upon seeing the pink light! 😂

Wow I actually remember that episode :)

I believe the quote you are referring to is by Maya Angelou. "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." She was a very smart lady.

On a similar note i was made aware of it in a video and have since have massive appreciation that whenever Hermits build farms they're very upfront about whether it's their design or a design from the wider community and when it's from the community they're good at shouting out whatever creator made the original.

And then the Hermits circling the wagons around the stupid "religious" iconography objections that were brought up when they wanted to make the Season 9 download available on Bedrock goes to show that they ALL care.

The perimeter walls and thumbnails coming from fanart makes it easier to run at the grind doc operates at. He doesn't have to find other art for the walls, or spend some time each video to put as a thumbnail

@@lomiification Doc spends a lot of time with his community on several platforms. That is the community giving something back to him. I'm pretty sure a normal thumbnail is less time intensive to make than what he invests into getting to know all the people in the comment section, on twitter, on redit...

Totally!! I am positive that Doc will give his child the freedom to explore and find the path though life that works best

the way doc talks about his family and not ashamed to speak of that love and playing in the sand... makes me a bigger fangirl than i already am. i'm not used to having people like that around me and it amazes and delights me, gives me hope for humanity. just want to say that i've lived in the woods near bears and, while they're pretty easy to scare off, i'd trust him in the woods )

It's skizz. It has to be skizz

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@@RobotProctor Skizz is a likely candidate, but it could be anyone. Maybe it's Grian, he has to find diamonds somewhere now that he can't steal anymore from Scar (tapped him out).

I need to catch up with that. Life got in the way.

Impulse had (has?) 6 diamond ore in his ender chest that "don't belong to" him...

Agreed. Hermitcraft has been a constant in my life, taking time out of my day to escape the troubles. This Interview made me once again realize how important it is to me, and even though im glad to say i cant tell a story of moments that dark myself, i love this smp and the content and community surrounding it. I realize its what took the place ofreading my favorite books in my childhood

Felt this too. I’m rather new to the community but I’ve been in the hospital 3 times for a week each time the last few months with lung issues and have been able to enjoy hermit craft and the imp/skiz pod. Has helped a lot

hear hear ❤

A second this motion! It really is a safe and good community. I feel like family more than fan/creator. I'm glad you have a safe and good place to escape. hugs

I can say I’m luckier than you describe, but when I found HC, it was about 6 months into the 7th season, and catching up (Mumbo was my pipeline), discovering Grian, watching both their season 6 episodes all in order was a massive comfort in a globally scary time. I might binge someone else’s season 6 soon, actually. Don’t think I’ve ever watched Doc’s, so probably his

not to mention he's also played semi-pro basketball

HC is what Reality TV promises to be but doesnt deliver: a window into another group or friendship that you can be part of too.

Another great example (Imo) is trailer park boys. Hilarious show produced and acted by friends.

Pix could be the stenographer.

​@@Chigger seems more like a lyarrah job. I think pix would actually make a great lawyer being the unofficial hermitcraft orator.

@@itmeurdad I see your points, and I have to agree.

To bad he changed it to Live, laugh, love

​@@hambone5shorts962 that storyline was crazy 😂 Spoiler: the GOAT words got mentioned

Yessssss

LIZZIEEE

SAMEEE YESSS we needa Grian and Lizzie sooo badly

i would die if lizzie came on i love her

Can't imagine grian taking formal interview with dads

I agree. I'm adding that to my group of inspiring sticky notes at my work desk!

i thought the same thing lol

@@pineaxolotl Ditto!

So happy that Doc grandparents helped you :)

Same, I’m the same age and had the same HC start in S6, except two daughters, now 12 and 14 👍

I wanted to like your comment but I can't change the 77 likes

@@didi81_ sorry to tell you, but someone else did

@vulcanfeline Sad. Might as well like it too then

as an old person, i'd like to thank you for that

I am 30 so I dont know where I am with thet youth Thing but I comptely agree with you. I am looking for Special Led lightbulbs that can be dimmed and every second one is with Cloud so annoying

I am similarly a Youth(tm) and my dad has changed everything in our house to the cloud recently. I couldn't hate it more

@@ashstargloww Oh gods I feel for you. Imagina theres a glitch and the entire house turns into a disco X_X

I work on software that runs in the cloud (some customer facing) and a big part of what we try to do is ensure that systems are resilient because when you can't use them everything goes to shit. For peoples homes though it needs to be able to run, at least temporarily, with no connection. I can't see a day where most people won't be connected effectively 24/7 to the cloud but systems that people rely on in their lives need to be somewhat self sufficient.

The good old times with Gronkh.

I have the opposite issue. Too much change too often. Lol

Im studying design rn and even in school were beig told stories and experience projects tht take off get traction and then end up in a drawer just cause corporate likes milking things till their dead and gone instead of innovating for the sake of progress and improvement...can be disheartening.

@@antiisocial oh carp, here i go again. i 100% agree with both sentiments, lol

100% here for it as well! Love them both!

he seemed... surprised, worried, something when doc said the ore snatcher was really pissing him off. if there is no more ore snatched after this, then we have our proof

I feel like Impulse would have confessed immediately seeing face to face how much it's bugging him ... 🤔

I think it missing doc off just adds to how funny this is. Hope the ore snatcher can keep this up for many weeks to come

@@emeraldrain9403 I love how the worst prank of last season was the live love laugh and not the chicken or the covering of the perimiter. At least according to the reaction of doc.

You've seen his redstone, you don't think he could project a human illusion? >:D

@@IdranTHAT IS TRUE!

LOL

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Same

I'm one of these people also, though I don't think I'd say I'm looking for something I haven't found, I just like to explore and learn/go/do things I haven't done before. Many of those things I know I will not continue long term, but they all add something to my experience of life. And occasionally you find something that you integrate into your life, whether it's a job, hobby, whatever.

Ich schaute Gronkh nur die ersten paar hundert Let's Play Episoden. Und seine Let's Show Welt war ziemlich beeindruckend für mich. Dank ihm fand ich einen anderen Deutschen KZfaqr den ich nahezu 10 Jahre lang geschaut habe. Sein Name ist MrMueslie. Ich hatte nie einen Grossen Bruder, aber MrMueslie übernahm diese Rolle ein wenig während meiner späten Jugend und jungen Erwachsenenjahre. Ja, das Inselhaus war etwas cooles sowie der Wolkenpalazzo. Kennst du RahmschnitzelZeug? Der machte ein paar coole Musikvideos, unter anderem vom Gronkhs Let's Plays.

For me it is not even a question. I watch him since he has less than 1000 subscribers. I love his unique networking skills. His desire to be involved in communities is something that is rare, especially in communities as large as his.

I think it's neither, I'm pretty sure Doc's lighting happened _after_ that :D

I love Skizz but for me it's 100% Pearl, she's way too underrated

The most hilarious is that Gem becoming the Mother-figure while being half the age of many fellow Hermits :D

This season has really become something special.

You should go back and watch some of the later S9 videos abt the murals and the lore of the perimeter. (Actually watch his whole season for full immersion lol) it's this whole amazing thing born from and formed between Doc's mind, hivemind genius and artist community collaboration and (maybe with the exception of deep frost citadel) my favourite 'build' ever on HC

Welcome to Doc's community.

Doc once picked my comment as comment of the week. And then he said I'm an long time viewer. I thought he just inferred it because I mentioned the mobcorn 2.0. But he actually remembered my first comment I wrote probably 6 years ago. He even mentioned that I wrote that I was already watching him for years back then, but didn't have an account until that time. This is a dedication and a memory which only few people have. Nobody would suspect that if they just give a superficial watch of his videos.

All his twitch streams have that pink lighting. It’s amazing.

If you scroll back far enough on Tango's channel you'll find vods of the minecon and mindcrack party Impulse talked about and them fangirling over Doc, bdubs and Beef (and the other mindcrackers ofc) is actually hilarious to watch now knowing what we know. I've been going through some super old Doc vids as well and Tango is always in his comments, so many other past and current hermits as well

It’s hard to remember timezones are a thing. 😉 Especially when they play off each other so well when their schedules do mesh.

Oh it's always like that in his Live stream 😭

Mee I was soo confused

I'm so used to it by now from his streams it doesn't even register anymore 😅

Ha, join the club!

No, there was some low-key drama around Mindcrack that had some of its biggest names split, and after that it just sort of slowly faded away. Wasn't anything to do with views or the audience or anything. It's technically not even dead, just barely relevant in comparison to its height. Also while it's certainly useful and a big part of things today, Hermitcraft Recap only started in, like, season 4 I think? And I don't think it really got super-popular until season 6. (I agree that they'd be great guests though :D)

I love the recap but the views are not as high as you'd probably expect so idk if they had THAT big of a part in the popularity of HC. Also the fall of mindcrack had nothing to do with there not being a recap, or there not being enough viewers, they were THE mc superstars back then, stuff just happened and things spiraled. Like Idran said, technically mindcrack still exists, it's just not the mc server anymore, Doc and Beef are still mindcrack members today even

There was the Mindcrack podcast for a decent bit and they sometimes talked about server events, but it wasn't anywhere close to the Hermitcraft Recap. In those days, folks knew what was going on on the server because the content sucked you in and pulled you around to check the other videos because you were desperate to see their perspectives. They benefited from inventing the concept of UHC and grew their fame through that, and the fact that they were the originators of so many things that are more broadly common nowadays in communities like Hermitcraft. I'm sad that the group split in the way that it did and that that community has moved apart, but everything changes and what matters most is that the people who contributed to that legacy had a positive impact on us viewers and they're out there still enjoying what they do.