#but s8 having all its big stuff like mods and animations...

[single-malt-scotch]

The mcrp talk always gets me going back to how I think people have entirely messed up the definitions of rp, improv, and lore bc like no hermitcraft and 90% of life series isn't mcrp, what you keep describing what you like is the spontaneous improv not rp. They are not playing characters, building lore, etc they are literally being normal. And the fans alone are taking those interactions and making something bigger out of it. It's so different. Like.

Grian did not plan his relationship with scar and all that happened in 3rd life. The double life soul mates. Hell, fans even ran with his fight with scar in limlife even though it didn't mean anything to them I bet, they just happened to fight. None of it was ever planned and their skill for improvising as youtubers is what brings life to them.

Someone like bdubs is very blatant on putting on an act but he is not "rping" a character. He's got the direct mindset that he is on stage for an improv show, though. He's working around all kinds of unplanned actions with friends and the game. His relationships alone drive fans' interpretations of him and his actions but by no means is he role-playing.

I loved mindcrack years back because of this. It was the same deal. They'd mess around and sometimes end up doing things that we as fans would take and shape into more on our own but I never saw it as rp bc it wasn't done like that. And hermitcraft never was a rp server, it even started from people who were on mindcrack...! Same intents. Same idea. Hermicraft is unique and feels different bc of this. It is not doing what the present day YouTube is doing as mcrp, and it never should.