The RISE and FALL of Mindcrack SMP - The Predecessor of Hermitcraft...

Now theres a lot more to the mindcrack group including their UHC's and charity events, but for this video I just wanted to focus on the rise and fall of their survival server. Anyways, leave a comment if you enjoyed! Discord - discord.gg/WGc9UNM

I think Etho low-key is minecraft's one true goat. He's got his LP series which may be the greatest minecraft LP ever. He was a huge part of Mindcrack and now he's really finally making a mark on Hermitcraft. He's extremely well respected by his peers. Huge youtubers like mr beast have claimed Etho as their inspiration. Minecraft developers have been known to watch Etho and he got his own block in the April fools update. Yet, he flys under the radar of the greater YouTube scene.

Crazy how so many people in these comments have never heard of Mindcrack. My whole childhood honestly. Etho, Guude, Seth, Beef; all those, guys I was obsessed with. Crazy stuff

The curses of the mindcrack server: 1. Always raining 2. You know season ending is close when bdubs and etho start a big project together

These guys are legends.

The best part of this server HAS TO BE when Etho finaly got a kill with an anvil.

The fact that Etho is uncomfortable in signing that contract is so etho

I wonder how many UHC players realize Mindcrack made that mode up themselves.

Thinking about Mindcrack is nostalgic... I miss waiting for Etho’s next upload back in 2012-2013, or the next episode of UHC. At least Etho still makes insanely high quality content that I can still enjoy all these years later.

My all time favorite MindCrack moment is a tie between “The King of the Ladder” and the time they did a ton of mock UHC’s.

Mindcrack walked so Hermitcraft could run

Mindcrack was a part of my childhood, same with Etho

14 minutes and 0 mentions of one of the best mindcrackers of all time Zisteau Etho and Bdubs fans may know him as "the E pranker"

Hearing that modern MC players don't know MindCrack makes me feel so old and I'm 18.

i remember watching Vintage Beef's prank wars for hours on end and rewatching them so much. I still hav 'Pink sheep' and 'Floating blocks of ice' Stuck in my head lmao

Minecrack’s days were numbered when the server reseted without much reason, there wasn’t really any fitting ending for “seasons”. This caused a huge blow to moral and interest while the new seasons lacked much purpose. They also lacked hardcore players and people were treating the game as if it were singleplayer too often. Its difficult being first, but it paved the way big time for future servers.

I’m so happy to see someone mention Paulsoresjr. He was the first YouTuber I subbed to and I’m so glad to see him get recognition.

Missed so many things that were awesome of Mindcrack: King of the Ladder, Prank Wars, Zisteau (king of pranks and giant concepts), inventing UHC, Race for the Wool (featuring Super Hostile/CTM inventor Vechs), Guudeland. In the end I believe Mindcrack declined and Hermitcraft rose for a simple reason: Guude just liked talking while playing games, and minecraft was just a medium, not his passion. Like he said he was bored playing alone when he started Youtubing it. That's why it diversified into other games and marathon event shows. Meanwhile, Hermitcraft (after GB left) was a democracy formed around minecraft. Everything they did was minecraft. So decisions were made to grow Minecraft content, not to grow a group that sometimes did minecraft.

Also worth mentioning the PlayMindcrack minigame server and Guude's falling out with Rawb (OldManWillakers) being part of the buisness side of MindCrack that didn't end well.

Whenever I think of mindcrack its instantly followed by potato on a stick