This was genuinely one of the best Minecraft videos I've ever seen.

Dude we need more of these videos. Don’t feel the need to change it much ish, we want the same thing pretty much. The players will make a different story enough for us. This is what we crave

Fun Fact: ItzzEnder was the guy who freed inmates during the Prison Experiment

This was an incredibly compelling video and a really fascinating social experiment. PLEASE do more of these. Don't change much. Just toy with the world layout, resource distribution, etc. Don't add crazy rules. The players will create their own unique stories. I could legit watch a million of these.

I actually disagree about the real Turkey death being anti-climactic. Like, maybe it is in its raw form, but I'd argue that the way Ender edited it in his video is actually much more impactful than the staged version. It really gave a stressful buildup to ultimate betrayal kind of vibe.

2:25:39 I don't think it was anticlimactic but rather fitting on how you remade the scenes Turkey died of Elanuelo's orders to drop him, Elanuelo died falling from someone within Turkey's supporters. Crazy parallels

Please do a sequel to this one with the same world 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 this was probably your best video yet!

The story building is always what interests me.

You know what would be cool? If a fan of the content, or somebody that took place in the event, made an iceberg video about all the original scenes, deaths, locations, well known group/player names, and rare information about the event that wasn't shared in the video. This would be so helpful to me as a viewer that watched the video without any prior knowledge of it. I really want to learn more about the stories of this event but the conflicting information is very confusing

Don’t feel like you need to fake anything to make the story better! The players will make a great story themselves, and at the very least it will be much more funny, human, and less forced feeling if it was 100% real. Great video though!

It might be neat to do this with different biomes like swamps and badlands/mesas. You could even branch out a bit and make, for example, a volcanic island or a cluster of tiny islands connected by vast cave networks.

Darbo is really funny given he's the one that actually springs the trap and kills the people at the meeting, yet no-one goes after him. And hes the one shown to be performing standup, despite the fact that he does not speak.

You should make a version that is 100% accurate. It would be funny to watch Saps "go on vacation".

After watching the video, i have huge respect for the heroes on the entire video! We need part two!!

I said this as a comment on another player’s perspective, but I love these videos and would love to be a part of them in some manner. Though it feels a bit intimidating trying to apply with how often the same players tend to appear, it makes complete sense since with projects this big you want people you can trust. Regardless, these videos are always a pleasure to witness and enjoy, and it’s clear you put nothing but the utmost care into creating them

just re watched the entire thing cause i couldnt be there (cuz timezones) and holy crap the dedication and how you guys handled situations is insane. huge respect

I always love to see how videos get put together after they’ve been edited, it’s really interesting to see how much thought goes behind the scenes. I look forward to seeing more of your content ish! :D

You should put out the map with what the players built it would be fun to explore

I crave more separate civilization experiments

Very interesting behind the scenes. Great to lean that it indeed all really happened naturally and some bits were just re-recorded.

I think one thing you could do to make these videos better and more accurate in the future might be to get more neutral observers taking on your role, so you have more observer footage to work with. You had to recreate a lot of scenes and change some stuff partially because you just didn’t have the right footage and didn’t fully understand all the complex interactions going on. I wonder if it would make sense to team up with several other creators to get more in the moment interviews, observers specifically to become experts in each nation. Not to influence events, but just to get a lot more understanding of what’s going on, and have more footage to pull from when you need to cover various events.

You did an amazing job on this one. I was VERY invested into the story when it came out. I honestly hope another story like this is created.

Aculon should’ve had multiple defensive points that way all their people wouldn’t be in one place.

58:28 Some ppl on my SMP made a monke cult It competed with my pre-established Shrek religion so we did a crusade. It was just me vs 3-4 of them but I had better gear, and eventually I won. I did fall off a cliff celebrating my victory in one of the battles tho, and they did win the first battle, so it wasn't exactly one-sided.

Davarit's and Sap's death timeline being moved up due to his vacation was one of the funniest things Ive seen

Id perfer the history to not be forced honestly. I mean it was a fun vid to watch but a lot of what happened was heavily edited or pushed for. Sand peoples plot being axed coming to mind. And i perfer emauelo flipping out and ordering his knights to attack the the over theaterized lava chair scene. And honestly ish, this could have been a hell of a multi parter with plenty of views if the desert people would have been allowed to do thier plans as well.. just my two cents.

I've been watching several videos published by players and leaders in the experiment and it is very insightful. Hearing from smaller communities pulled into or trying to survive when larger factions made demands deepens my appreciation for the server, the admins, and the players. Some story beats everyone concedes were retuned for cinematics, but hearing other sides of the stories about Desert and Jungle is a fascinating test of the history the players told themselves and others. I highly recommend.

Shoutout to you for those cheeky shots at the end! Such a great callback!

Fun fact the twins died during the battle of the tourch not from the assignation attempt

love these videos u make!! a part 2of this would be really great

So as far as I understand, the whole story would be several hours, but to appease KZfaq's view time algorithm, it had to be shortened in editing and he had to influence the actions in the server itself so things ran at the pace he wanted.

I love these can't wait for another one in a few years!

Omg the way you guys made the servers work is amazing Your developer is awesomee

I love the way the story was built and the tension throughout the whole video is amazing. The skills from all the players, to building to surviving. 10/10. Also anyone know if there’s a video or something on the parliament building?I would love to build that myself

Bastion is not just a place. If you look it up on google the second definition is "an institution, place, or person strongly defending or upholding particular principles, attitudes, or activities." It definitely made sense as a name.

I am just liking and commenting everywhere to drive engagement because i still can't believe how good of a video it was

After watching so much of the behind the scenes and povs from civs I feel like the main video is like a Netflix documentary. Meant to entertain not retell the story.

"At this point there wasn't violence between desert nations" what a lie :(

1:35:10 LOL I literally saw him in someones video who participated in the event and I was like in the comments "what why is davarit there didnt he die". And then he responded and clarified he didnt die and it was a plot change.

Something that's very rare and I really appreciate is cutting audio and video in sync in the cinematic shots

Thanks for the great work you never miss

Would be interested to see one of these that involves a robust modpack as well. Civilization building with tech mods, for instance.

didnt know los pollos hermanos is something from breaking bad

So, today is the first day I've come across these kind of videos. "Minecraft civilization" type things I mean and I'm hooked. But I'm also wondering if it would be possible to do something similar on Valheim or not.

Ish should do a Cold War Experiment, that would be interesting to see what the result would be in the end!

I'm not a Minecraft fan at all really but damn man, your civilization videos are extremely entertaining. Keep up the great content!

Great event and great video. Would have been even better with MagicGum and Sword4000's approach of organic and emergent developments rather than to make up stories. If it's just inspired by the events rather than the actual events, it should be labeled as such rather than to steal the show from those who want to tell it more frankly. What is most exciting or notable about stuff like this is not the ending but the social experiment. It is a unique opportunity and it is instead used for something more mundane.

This is like being told santa isn't real 😂

I have been watching Minecraft videos since 2011... This video is the best I have ever watched so far.

I just found this video and I'm honestly awed at how much work it took to make this, as well as the creative decisions made for Turkey's death and whatnot. I've always wanted to do a server like this, but the amount of prep and admin-ing needed certainly puts me off. Heh. The fact you edited it alone is another thing... talk about suffering for your art ;) Can't wait to see the next one once you hold another one eventually. You will hold another one eventually right? **RIGHT??** Heh. You said something about the server crashing before the Battle of Aculon -- how many people can be held in one place at a time? Is there a hardcoded limit due to java restraints for like people per chunk or something?

I need more. Ish we need you to supply. 10/10 vid

best mc video i have ever watched. wish you had more

Wow. Big differences in some places and I loved the storyline so it definitely was worth it.

Very important thing in this kind of content is to bring the people from previous episodes so people who watched THEM have reason to watch the new ones. Rooting for different people as well as strategical and ideals changes and their effects is why people watch it.

Its actually much more badass that davarit survived.

It was probably the best mc video ive ever watched

Massive Poggers Ultra Thanks for this youtube nerd making off type of stream 😋, this was a pleasure watching it 😊!

I suggest u should assign 1 person to monitor each biome so we could see the other small factions what they're doin❤

9:20 I was curious about that, thanks for the answer.

I was always wondering why a death message about turkey being slain showed when he died to a piston trap.

Maybe let different people be leaders in the next one. It's very fun but the leaders are always the same.

praying and hoping you release the map 🙏

Ish the video itself was amazing, but please take the constructive criticism to be less controlling next time. Seeing how a lot of the story was faked or forced felt really disheartening.

For the final battle. It was epic and well done. But I couldn't help but think to myself, did the alliance have spies in Aculon? If so, didn't they know where Aluelon lived so they could set a trap for him incase the battle was lost? That way you know he would due even if they lost?

We surely need more content like this

thank you for the behind the scenes and I appreciate the stats for us yt nerds 🤓👍

W experiment and i rewatch it over and over

Rip turkey. Got me all sad and emotional for my man gobble gobble

I swear my guy was about to say "this is your Daily dose of internet" at the start

In the end, the lesson to take from this is never let the facts get in the way of a good story!

It was amazing seeing the players POV

In recent months everyone started switching to Da Vinci Resolve actually. Premiere Pro is slowly beginning to suffer the same fate Vegas did. It's not a bad program by any means, I work on it... but I already started a switch to Da Vinci. It's just so much better.

Funfact the Sultanate were the good guys, but history is written by the winners of wars so they were portrayed as evil

stealing five stacks of cookies should be rightfully punishable by death

I mean, at this scale you can make 5 parts (episodes). 1 episode for each island and last as a conclusion, maybe a big war where all(or almost all) island participate

48:10 ISH: If I stop acknowledging it then it will stop 48:41 $100

If we wanted we could compile a canin; we could say those who got revived were merely unconcious or something, we can pretend it's a bit modded (and it kinda is)

40 minutes in and I"m way more into the story of who will donate the most over how the video was made

we need part 2 like what happens next!

bro the wood daddy and thanos hits the hardest in litterally all of cinema

Ish, basically, we need Season 3!

i love it!!

was watching the QuinoaFalafel scene in this stream and i thought i'd point out that its pronounced "Keen-waa" instead of Quee-noah

You know, making a series with more details instead of a massive episode would be cool, especially at this 1000 person scale. It'd probably be best to record all of it and edit them, and then release 20-30 minute episodes once a week for 10 weeks. (1 for each day). That would be pretty cool- and a way to showcase some of the B or C stories. Not to say that your current style is not also good, but going more in depth would also be pretty fun. I think this was the only video where it seemed like interesting things could still happen after the video. The other ones ended with "and they all escaped or died, the end". This one still had a majority of the civilizations in tact.

Ish's video transcends Minecraft and is on the same level as Internet Historians clip art movies such as The Cost of Concordia or The Gentleman's Pirate.

Ish i swear i will ram my way into the next Minecraft experiment it is my dream and it will be a reality

i love this more. more! MORE!!

Did you debate on whether to use the borders as a point of interest in the story?

How did you decide who started on which island?

Does anyone have any details or a video to link towards the International State Highway build? I want to build that in my world.

You should do this again but do it with trixyblox’s USW map!

Thanks for admitting that Elanuelo did a Meta gaming that broke the roleplay in a bit. Next time please remove his moderation abilities while he is in a roleplay.

I was just randomly watching , i noticed you seem like a person with good ears and 2:10:56 proves that.

Whould be great to make this experiment with different nations people. Like really different who will need to really push hard to communicate with the others!

I wonder how far away we are from having 1000 player servers being a common place thing.

This is an amazing achievement of technology, organization, and editing, to be able to cram 1000 people into a server and tell a story like this. I do wish it was presented more as what it actually was though: a fictional, semi-improvised role play, rather than as a “social experiment”. I was slightly disappointed to learn that several major “plot points” were either massively changed or completely fabricated for the video. It definitely made for a better story! But a bit misleading to suggest everything happened organically

Awesome ❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Maybe I’m asking for to much but it would be nice for there to be a 1200 player match and a 2 hour long videos But there being 6 islands(jungle, desert, plains, snow, mountains, swamp) 200 players on each island

54:22 anyone know what music this is, Ive check the description of the video but couldn’t find it

ish should do 1000 player school civilisation, with ish himself being the principal, since he sounds like my middle school english teacher also in all seriousness, this video was like smp earth but with SAUCE