Classic Etho, he just wanted to play minecraft :P

I mean etho single handily gets more views than most of the mindcrackers combined

You can hear his uneasiness. The chair movement, change of posture. Etho is always so upbeat. It's gut wrenching to listen to.

Who else watching this in 2020 quarantine because you’ve seen everything else on KZfaq

The thing I love about etho is that he has forever maintained original gaming youtube by not branding himself, not getting into controversy, and never taking a sponsor. He's never corrupted his image and I have immense respect for that.

Bdubs just came back from a well needed break Generikb is a streamer now Kurt still is trying to reach the farlands. Zesteau is a factorio addict Doc is having fun on Hermitcraft The B-Team still occasionally collaborates Etho and Zesteau play terraria occasionally And Etho just keeps playing Minecraft :P Good to see everyone still having fun despite splitting up.

Remember when Mindcrack was more popular than Hermitcraft?

That gentleman has class. in life groups, companies, teams etc. do evolve and end up heading in different directions. No one was to "blame" in this, and I hope all parties continue to thrive.

Etho holds all power. look at mindcrack now--> X )x

I remember about 3 years ago, Mindcrack was my favorite thing. I used to come home from school everyday and would watch all the new Mindcrack episodes. I was subscribed to every Mindcrack member, when they had uhc, I would go to everyone's perspective and saw how they died. Mindcrack was awesome then. It has changed a lot... and in a negative way. They are getting rid of friends for buisness. Mindcrack was originally just a group of friends who would record Minecraft together and would have lots of fun. It has become a buisness with lots of events, conventions, and other things. Mindcrack has lost its originality and even some fans. It's sad how things change, even though we don't want them to. But, I guess that's just how life goes.

It kinda sounded like Etho was holding back tears the whole time during the video... Poor guy

You can tell he's choked up. Sad to see these people leave but I get it. Hopefully they all can hangout sometimes. I've been rewatching old mindcrack videos and nostalgia is so real

i think Etho made the right choice.

When Mindcrack loses core people like Etho, Bdubs, GennyB you know it's not mindcrack anymore. :( forethor etho

Mindcrack. Has cracked.

It's interesting watching this as a Hermitcraft fan in 2020 who never watched Mindcrack. I watch Joe Hills' streams a lot, and when asked about how Hermitcraft makes decisions or operates, he often describes it as "an artist's collective"; in that they're making art together, and there's a lot of diversity in the work that's being made, and that's *celebrated*. Hermitcraft might be, technically, a brand, but it's not a business the way some folks steered Mindcrack into becoming. The contrast is interesting to me, I guess.

To be honest, I don't blame Etho. He just wants to spend time with friends and have fun, not become a marketing tool.

90% of the people watching minecraft were watching these 5 people who left. what the hell guude

now we only have beef to carry on the true mindcrack spirit

You guys know how Etho's favorite show was The Office? It felt like Etho was Michael, and Mindcrack was the rest of the office. Sucks to see him go, but I have faith that Etho will reunite with Mindcrack in some way... :)

I miss the days when UHC was popular, intense and extremely entertaining. I miss the pranks. I miss the older mindcrack series during the 1.2 days. Well ; they do say all good things come to an end. :(

The old days of minecraft man..... The minecraft KZfaq community has changed so much since the good old times, the pranks, the UHCs, the builds, the bonds, the feels.... Not just mindcrack tho, the whole community has changed a lot I feel.... Sad face

the moment he mentioned the trademark agreement I understood why he left, I'd probably have done it too, when Guude mentioned that agreement I thought that mindcrack was becoming a business, which I did not like.

2016, still watch old mindcrack videos. still very sad

Without Etho mindcrack isn't the same

Clearly Etho made the right decision to leave Mindcrack. Now he is apart of Hermitcraft, one of the most popular minecraft communities and servers, and unfortunately Mindcrack is a shell of what it used to be. I loved Mindcrack and it’s sad to see what happened to it, but I am excited for Hermitcraft and Ethos adventures that are to come on that server. He might the right choice to leave. As well as BdoubleO

Not to hate on Guude, but he really isn't the brightest guy there is, and him being in a position of power was a recipe for disaster. He's a good entertainer, but a terrible businessman (proven by how he basically drove away all the largest channels and sources of new viewers). Almost all channels have been stable or growing, except for his. So now MindCrack is pretty much dead, and the person who suffered most from it is Guude himself. Some people just aren't cut out to be leaders, I guess.

Now that Genny and Bdubs left mindcrack is crap.

Etho leaving sealed mindcrack's fate, the server is dead, all they do is stuff besides mindcrack. Rip guude Willies, and something with etho and guude

I'm crying inside

my childhood was consumed by countless hours of mindcrack content, I haven't thought of them for sometime until I googled what happened to them. I rewatched this with foggy eyes, to the best of my recollection this was the beginning of the end of the server. Sure it's still going, but it's not the same and once I watched this video years ago I knew it wouldn't be the same. RIP mindcrack you gave a lonely kid some really good times.

4 years on and Etho made the right choice

I remember him saying that he left because the servers were like single player because he didnt collab with anyone

This is why I genuinely love Etho... he's as honest with his viewers as he can be without revealing to much...he stays absolutely true to himself... it's why I was such a huge fan of Technoblade...I feel like Etho and Techno were very similar.... I'm incredibly disappointed we will never see the two legends on the same screen...but I feel lucky to witness them both as they were and are....

I didn't know that this was from a livestream, etho did a good job addressing it live

I don't know exactly why, but I still tear up when I listen to this. It's like I've walked past a nostalgic place from my childhood that I can no longer visit. I can relive my favourite moments, but I can't continue the adventure. Idk about you but this remains quite heartbreaking for me 💔 😢 😔 😞 😪 Long live Etho, Ma man

Title should be "When Mindcrack died."

Etho is love, Etho is life.

It sounds like he's really broken up about it in this video at first. I hear muffled wincing but idk if thats just him touching his mic

Keep in mind that the contract was neccecary because some of the members were doing very shady stuff with server sponsorships and the contract killed the members that were doing some messed up things

thanks for making the video, else i would never have known

you could tell etho was trying not to cry ='(

I remember listening to this when he first posted it in that video, why am I back here this makes me sad on the day after Christmas!

This for some reason keeps showing up in recommended. It always makes me sad to see this

Miss you my dude. I have been so far up my own ass with life that I hadn't noticed all the stuff that went on. After I left I couldn't be bothered with the arguments... Love that you stayed true to yourself hun. Keep in touch if you see this.

Thanks for uploading this i missed it.

Crazy to think all these years later that this major split kind of ended the mindcrack reign on Minecraft on KZfaq

I really hope something like this doesn't happen to Hermitcraft. I honestly doubt it would because Xisuma is a much more fit group leader than Guude was, and he hasn't done a face reveal which would kind of be needed to take Hermitcraft in that direction.

I took a hiatus on watching mindcrack and video games in general and etho leaves. Etho was the one who introduced me into Mindcrack and I gotta be honest, I'm really sad :( but if he doesn't feel like he wants to do it anymore than well, m3h

Damn, dude. I'd forgotten about most of those guys. I also forgot I didn't know the actual story about what happened. Thanks for the upload, my dude!

to be honest even if mindcrack did not go down the business path the server would still be lowly populated/dead. I know a lot of the fans of Etho and the other 4 were huge fans of mindcrack, so was I. I watched Bdubs and Etho mindcrack server content more than any other mindcracker. but I am completely fine with how things turned out. Though I don't watch much of etho or bdubs any more, for various reasons, such as Etho uploads content I don't really care for I watch his hermitcraft stuff but when he does single player stuff I find it boring. I stopped watching bdubs because he "grew up" I liked Bdubs when he was the derpy guy in OOG content and his Mindcrack content was great, but now he is more mature and not so "Derpy" anymore and I don't have much interest in his current series except for GTA but i have been to busy to keep up with it. Through this "Purge" I actually have grown closer to the Mindcrack group, and I now watch some Mindcrackers that I probably never would have. And now I have more time to watch all of Guude's awesome series. Sorry for long post, just sharing so thoughts.

haven't watched any mind crack since like 2013 but that sucks to hear they've gone that direction. use to just be everyone having a good time messing around

Thank you for this upload. I've heard many players left Mindcrack lately, which is kind of a bummer. But if think there is a good reason not to continue.

was kinda happy etho didn't end up like the rest of the minecraft youtubers and just played it for how fun it is, instead of making it more about making as much money as possible

I can understand the urge to turn mindcrack into something more, but it just sucks when stuff like this happens..

Thanks for posting this!

Honestly, I think the only reason Etho is not a part of Mindcrack anymore is because he doesn't want anyone to know his real name. And that is his right. Signing a contract would have meant people in Mindcrack would know his real name and other people as well I'm sure.

Sadly, this kinda felt like the period in which Mindcrack started to die out. I watched them avidly 2012-2015 then fell off hard

So many memories made on that server it brings me back but good on etho for staying authentic for over a decade its definitley helped cultivate this amazing fanbase

the thing that sucks about this is that mindcrack never grew into anything after etho left so it was all for nothing.

So basically, Etho didn't wanna sell out... good on him!

he's still an honorary mindcracker though

been a long time etho, I think you made a good choice. still watch your videos, although feed the beast was awesome. I miss seeing everyone together.

That's what I love about etho, he's happy where he's at. He doesn't need more money or anything, he just loves what he does and thats it

Ethi left cuz pause mlg straightlines him every season. Jk pls dont hurt me

this is probably why hermitcraft is extremely successful today

randomly got recommended this 8 years after the video was posted

Im glad he joined hermitcraft

2023 good throwback

ie: Ethan isn't a sellout

Best descision ever! More Original Etho for us

I remember watching all the mindcrack episodes. Especially feed the beast, that was my favourite. It was honestly my dream to one day be apart of a small group of friends who just played minecraft for fun because of mindcrack. It's sad that they chose money over friendships.

He didn't want to show his face at the conventions!

I miss 2012

What a sweetheart, I love etho so much

Also Etho would have to show his face! (screams)

vintagebeef lied to us

i was looking for the video where etho explains this but couldn't find it. i guess i didn't watch that episode of the modded series. i saw Beef started on a new MindCrack server and was hoping etho would join it. but now i know why he didn't. sad to not see him in that series but good for him for sticking to his beliefs. i wonder if thats the reason why BDubs isn't doing anything with mindcrack anymore

Very well spoken.

its a lie! its because PauseUnpause Owns him in UHC

Hopefully this makes Graser think about the route he's taking.

i feel like his alot more comfortable being in hermitcraft since etho really just wanted to have fun and goof around and not sell stuff and do contracts

I used to watch Beef Bdubs GennyB Etho Doc and almost all of them everyday to keep up with what was going on. But when they wanted to make the public server and it was barely working and then Guude and Rob had the falling out is when I could see that things were gonna change. Like not with everyone but you could definitely see that a few were trying to “fit the mold” of other Minecraft content creators at the time instead of being there unique selves which is what made it so magical originally. I remember guude saying they were thinking about doing what Yogscast does how they put the group name before the channel even. Just in the end greed and miss management did them in, not accounting for in fighting or burn out

Thanks for reposting this. :)

But it seems when OMGchad joined the group everyone started leaving

Recommended video, so sad, his voice

Doc, bdubs, beef and etho in hermitcraft season 7. Im excited

I miss old-school minecrack. Keep ethos channel alive forever

At least we still have Team Canada in 2020

The uncomfortableness is real. I hope he'll come back, but, of course, it's his decision as well as Guudes.

Hope all goes well man

Will always love Etho! Mindcracker or not!

Jeez, what happened? Mindcrack was only a singleplayer world and then a server, right? Then the Mindcrack community grew and now Etho needs a lawyer? Wow... Things HAVE changed...

Hermitcraft pretty much replaced Mind Crack now. Which is fine by considering I never knew much about Mind Crack in the first place.

Good for them; getting business and getting by, but I totally agree with Etho. He wants to keep things simple and enjoyable since it is still just a game.

I think I saw this video in Etho video or there I know exactly that series... why is there no link on video..?

After the shit I heard about Mind Crack from BruceWillakers. *THE TRUTH* I knew Mind Crack was fucked up. I know. Let them turn it into a business if they want to. But it's the same with every other big mine craft KZfaqr. They fuck with kids wallets. They target kids because it's Minecraft, *IT SELLS*. I personally in my own regards, even if it's business, consider it shady and unacceptable.

Hi Etho :) I respect your choice ..... i would have done the same if i was you..... 'cause when too much business is a part of being in at team instead of having fun playing games.... the joy and motivation will disappear. :)

Man, honestly, I would've done the same in his boots. Etho has something that most people lack today, integrity and principles.

I've never heard anything this heartbreaking