EDIT: The comments on this one got pretty wild lol. Before you get mad here's a thought: faking and cheating are different things, one of those is clearly(!) bad and the other one can be a great way to subvert expectations and trick your (loyal) viewers for entertainment. I'll let you figure things out from there xD Original pin: I've been so excited to upload this one! If I tricked you, leave a like on the video! Want to play Minecraft on a server with your friends? Get a 25% discount on a RocketNode server with code LOONY: billing.rocketnode.com/aff.php?aff=990483

naked and afraid? WHAT DOES IT MEAN

The original SkyBlock was set in a cold biome with snow and freezing water. So not that suspicious.

Fair play on making it believable, it def was confusing to think you started a new series and just leaving the old hardcore behind, but it seems there was an answer, not far away lmao

I actually think it's very normal for (almost) nobody to have caught on because there wasn't a reason to actually mistrust you. Fake also seems like a strong word cause you actually did the whole thing and it was a very cool side project :3

Lmao, and here I was thinking something along the lines of "dude why are you freaking out, if you die now you'll lose like an hour of playtime, which sucks but it's not that big of a deal" how wrong I was... 🤣

The stakes were higher than the build height limit.

This is coincidentally the only videos from you I haven’t watched. I noticed that you started a skyblock series, but I watched so many back in the day that it simply doesn’t attract me anymore. But if I would have known that there was a mystery to solve I probably would have watched it.

When the King became a jester. Man, i was FOOLED.

When you uploaded the first episode I literally thought if only you were doing it in your hardcore world. LOL

How to fake vids then still profit and not make your rep bad

this guy just made whole new series in his aalready ongoing hardcore world only to announce a new smp

that is the coolest thing ever I love it, side note i cant believe you risked your world like that, thats extremely brave

Modern video editing is incredibly deceptive

I don’t play enough skyblock to have even recognized that the mushrooms were wrong lol very clever

That is so devious! The sandstone certainly would've been a tell for anyone who paid that much attention to your inventory. But some of the other stuff really isn't. It's been over a decade since I last played Skyblock, there are many interpretations and updated versions these days, so things like mushrooms in flower pots (not sure how mushrooms normally behave on glowstone, but as a map creator you'd want to make sure they don't pop off on a block update) or part of the world being in a snowy biome could very well be intentional to make sure you can get certain items. I guess the most obvious tell should've been you removing the water you were using to float - there's no way someone with a combined 10000+ days in Minecraft Hardcore would make such a blunder. That said, what would've happened if you had fallen off before getting the means to survive the impact with your Hardcore world? Losing the world in a supposedly completely separate series sounds like a certain way to make a lot of people tilt.

I do not understand whats fake about it, you literally played it normally, you even build start islands by yourself 😄

It's not fake if you didn't cheat

wow he tricked me into watching this video, there was no point proven or anything.

The biggest fact here is that loony slept intentionally 🤯 never thought we would see the day and looking back the signs stared us in the face and paid no mind to them very well played loony😂

So what was the point he was trying to prove?

I mean you still followed the rules of the challenge, just in your own world. So for me it's not a fake. Skyblock is a concept, no need for a particular map.

A major spoiler is you didn't unlock recipes as you would in a normal new world. Like if you fall in water you unlock boat recipe, you get wood and unlock sticks and crafting table recipe, but it didn't happen, because you already unlocked all recipes in the game

I didn't get fooled because this is the first video I'm watching on your channel

The stakes were higher than we even knew

Truth is, its actually still season 1 world, not using f3 is a smart way to hide it 👀

You should have done this for April fools, it would have been perfact

Honestly, the only *fake* thing about it is it wasn't a legit skyblock world. Everything else was fully legit. You didn't cheat the items or effort that went into the sky island itself, and I'd even argue the extra effort of setting it up and hiding what evidence you could was still an impressive ordeal, especially when one fall could not only *lose* you your hardcore world as a whole, but reveal the entire gameplan in an embarrassing fail. Honestly, pretty impressive altogether.

But it wasn’t faked because you played skyblock it was just in your hardcore world. It would be faked if you went down and got stuff off camera.

Ngl was fooled, but did think about the mushrooms, but thought it was just a custom skyblock world lmao.

Was totally fooled to believe you started a skyblock challenge in a new world! At some point during video 3 I was thinking how funny it would be if this was in your Hardcore world but I'm still so new with Minecraft and it's mechanics that didn't even consider it could actually be possible option. Well played and planned prank! Really enjoyed this!😹

Doing skyblock in my hardcore world is always been my dream, but i can't fullfil that since i die in day 600 and i need to focus on my collage. Thank you loony, with this video at least i know how it feel

Of course I get recommended this and not the actual series

That's unironically really cool

Me who didn't get fooled because it's the first time i have ever heard of this series: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

Wow - another amazing video, Loony! You definitely got me. I fully believed you were just doing a skyblock challenge, but doing it in your hardcore world is so much riskier and something I don't think I've ever seen done before. Can't wait to see you on stream soon!

I just trusted that Loony wouldn't fake a video. All the other vids I've seen from him seemed fine so I assumed this one was just a hc series. Man, you had me fooled.

I thought you were up to something especially when you just so happened to end the series on a cliffhanger but i definitely wasn't expecting this!

I screamed in the sand stone scene and laughed at the zombie scene .... we believed because we trusted you well proud of you for tricking all of us (mean it) ... we really watch things for entertainment not to be detectives (man I could have figured it out ahhhhh) oh well now I will never trust anything or anyone (I always had that quote and always never went by it)

In these "hardcore videos" trends, couldn't people easily fake everything with mods? To me, it's just for views for gullible young viewers.

3:48 wouldn’t it have been easier if you just cleared out your ender chest enough then put it all in it, then punched the enderchest?

Scariest series ever with all the close calls 😂.

I don't really see your point here tbh. Sure, you faked the shyworld world by having your actual hradcore world underneath, but unless I'm missing something, you didn't cheat in any way. So wouldn't that mean that it's practically not a fake hardcore skyblock playthrough since the challenge was the same, if not greater as you were risking your world?

“you’ll see what you believe you are watching, even if there’s mountains of evidence pointing to something else” 🔥 🔥

You could've started an actual skyblock series and I would've watched so I don't understand why the deception but that was a fun reveal anyways! Could you not have popped a totem to drain your XP all the way or does it not work that way? I had never played Skyblock so i didn't realize that the snow was out of place and the advancements I just assumed were edited out. All in all, it's not out of place to think that you'd start a different kind of challenge just to mix up the content variety so I'm actually a little sad that there won't be more skyblock. I am excited to try that string duper in my own world though! Thanks for the ride Looney!

I wouldn't say the series was faked, just simulated. After all, the challenge you faced was real, just with different stakes

Hi Loony, i watched all your skyblock episodes and you definitely got me. Its crazy to look back on all the close calls knowing what the stakes were. This was an awesome project and it will be so cool seeing your island randomly when you fly around your world! Also im very exited for the smp!

I mean, at the end of the day, you still did the skyblock challenge, just not in a skyblock world.

The way my job dropped, I can always count on you to take Minecraft to the next level. From the dragon glitch to now this, your world is going to have so much history. Love seeing it all come together!

I have been bamboozled... DUDE WHAT IF YOU HAD DIED?!!

I did see you didnt get the Recipe Unlocked thing on the top right, but I just ignored the thought... Because on a SkyBlock map I had made for my friends I had already used the /give command to already unlock all recipes on them and I thought this map used a similar datapack. Nice prank and would be the best if sent out on April 1st...

OOOOOHH so thats why your skyblock island didnt had a bedrock and the mushrooms were on flower pots

You fooled me Loony! Although, gonna be honest it doesn't take much to fool me lol. Naked & Afraid sounds like a survivor type thing, I'm interested to see what it is! Awesome video!

I have been here since 10k subs as Ro De and it’s awesome to see how far you have come! Although I miss the livestream I only see improvement in your videos ever time you make a video! Keep up the good work and don’t lost this hardcore world like you lost the last!

I have my phone set, so at nine pm it goes to black and white (it helps with sleep), I noticed the smooth sandstone in the inventory. I even though "what's that block?" but ultimately was too lazy to turn off the black and white, just to see what block it was. I enjoyed the series, and it was realistic. The signs were there, but to be honest, a lot of skyblock maps break, so people just cheat and fix the issues. Also the snow can just mean it's in a cold biome. I don't expect content creators to announce every time the map breaks or something. I ultimately don't care, I watch because it's entertaining, and if someone creates the map in creative or hardcore (Loony you madman, damn), it basically doesn't change anything. When I play some map or challenge, there are times I need to cheat, just so I can play. I'm not gonna be mad at someone, because they needed to do the same. Great work as always! ❤You pulled really elaborate prank on us. ^^

It being in a snow biome makes it less suspicious in my opinion as the original skyblock map in either release 1.0 or 1.2 (I forgot which one) got set to a snow biome from biomes changing with those updates.

I'm guessing you dont use f3 in your hardcore world as it takes away a lot of challenge. Very interesting i think thats the first time ive heard of someone fully comitting to it This was damn impressing

I appreciate that you tricked your viewers into thinking you played a legit skyblock in a separate save, in the hardcore world. That's pretty sneaky lol. I love that kinda prank. GG!

Well played, i didn't think anything of it. Because I've only played skyblock once. 😂 I still enjoyed these weekly videos, though. ❤

The hardcore death was on a specially made for this backup

I never played Skyblock, I only play regular Minecraft. At first I was just wondering why you weren't mining the Center-Block (the one which gives you blocks and mobs one after another), then I thought maybe it's another version of Skyblock... also the "murder" of the chickens got me thinking, when no death message occured cause of the void... but I thought maybe it got cut in the editing... you still got me fooled. I never thought that this wasn't Skyblock! Non the less I had lots of fun being fooled, so thanks for that Looney 😁

im absolutely flabbergasted, i really did think it just was some side thing you where doing, very good on hiding all the things, ggs

Damn Loony you got all of us fooled. But…….. you wouldn’t be your amazing self if you didn’t prove that point and pull it off so flawlessly. This is why we all tune in to your content. Keep it up.

And here I am... fooled... great job. I sincerely thought about why you deem it neccessary to create a cliffhanger episode. All my guesses are proven wrong now 😂. But at least I was wondering why there were no other skyblock series from other KZfaqrs with snow instead of rain... but I've never thought of that 😅.

Almost heart breaking how fooled I was. I also cannot believe you slept because you never would’ve before. Excited to see the new series love the content!

Actually, it seemed true and believable, Loony! You did super well for a Skyblock challenge for a while, I was shocked to see it was faked, genius!

You realy got me there. I was wondering when we wemt back to the hardcore grind, turns out we never left haha. Great stuff loony keep it up 😂✌️

Omg I can just imagine you giggling as you replied to my comment at episode 1 about naked and afraid and the deceit smp comment. You got us real good loony, real good.

Amazing video Loony, can’t tell if I like the editing in your videos more, or the streams!

Loony you are absolutely...well, loony! lol I can't believe you risked your hardcore world like that! I'm only up to day 1418 in my hardcore world and I couldn't imagine taking off all the armor and being that vulnerable. You're a brave man for that.

I was never expecting this, I knew you were a professional builder but I didn't know you were also a professional jester 😭

watching this knowing it is your hardcore world I'm suddenly very scared every time you bridge over "the void"

this is some advanced clickbait. thought this was going to be a video complaining about a lot of 100 day hardcore worlds being fake, but then i get a 5000 day hardcore video instead

i've never watched any of your other videos, and i originally thought this was going to be something entirely different, but i stuck through it anyway. great video, i was hooked the moment i realized the difference.

not enough use of wooden slabs, biggest giveaway also for a quick tip. IF a witch is in a boat, you can get in the boat, they'll throw potions, but as long as you're not right infront of a wall, you won't be affected

OMG the concept is so cool!!! I was also thinking that the snow and the achievements you weren't getting were weird...😂

You can't fool me twice, his new "SMP server" is just going to be the same hardcore world with sockpuppet accounts as the other players

Eyyy! You had me absolutely fooled. That said, I don't play sky block at all so I definitely didn't know the signs. Also... CONGRATS ON 700K LOONY!

If anything this only makes it more impressive

So you didn’t fake anything about skyblock lol Even you thinking that skyblock is not supposed to be in a snowy biome, it actually is. Skyblock 2.1 used to be in a snow taiga and water keeps freezing and you have snow layers everywhere lol But still it was a solid series, good job!

the fact that if you had died during the skyblock series your other series would be gone too is insane...

I was actually so sad that you gave up on the hard core world…. Hype that it’s back tho

I must say i had a slight feeling that something was a little off :D but i never payed enough attention to realise any of the eastereggs or that it was infact not another world :) well done sir

the snow was a give away for me lol. i thought did he install seasons or something, how does he get snow now? amazing unique concept man

Loony you’re insane, this is why you’re the best mc youtuber. I would’ve had no clue without this video, tricked me hard af

Was actually enjoying this sky block series aswell but was a cool concept keep up the great work

You didn't faked a skyblock, you did a custom skyblock map.

my mouth dropped to the void when i saw this video. Im sure you fooled 99.9% of your audience

kind of a bummer this is the first video from your channel i get recommended

This was in the hardcore world??? Holy cow You tricked is so badly!!! This is so original and i like it so much! I didn't see one of those spoilers 😂 like deserved

the reason he was very worried while bridging, cus this is his hardcore world

What???? I was looking forward to the next episode lmao, you got me. Great video like usual! :D

love the LukeTheNotable reference with the emerald tower part at 10:20. another great vid as always, congrats on tricking most of the Minecraft community.

What a surprise! I love how you fooled everyone but in a fun way :)

I figured there was some kinda trick that it existed in your hardcore world but I couldn't figure out how you hid the floor so I never said anything, really well done this was a master level trick

i had no idea, but you inspired me to make my own skyblock world and its going well

Honestly this is the first video I've seen from you. Faking a skyblock is probably cooler than skyblock and I'm absolutely gonna just do a skyblock in the middle of my smp now lol

Hey loony idk if you will see this but i have been watching for 3 years you inspired me to play minecraft and you lifted my mood all the time. Keep up the great work

i got recommended the og series and didnt watch it bc ive never really been all that interested in hardcore series. but this? this i'll watch

I actually noticed the 3 sans(stone) blocks in your inventory and thought to myself, why in the world would you have separated these 3 blocks from the others? But I didn't think much of it. Well done, that was quite an interesting experiment.