#generikb

[vibafleischer]

Why is no one talking about this! It deserves more love!

[fanatic-author]

If anyone is looking for a fully written Xisuma centric fanfiction that uploads twice a week, chapter 3 of Rise of the Hybrids just went live!

[northview]

A weird combination of Flyboys, Survival of the Fittest, and Secret Life

[lifesmpliar]

I wonder how Bdubs would about this… lowkey feels like bait tbh.

[gaylordthethird]

hey does bdubs still have that bulgarian friend? for the life of me i cant remember his name

Generikb? Is that who you mean? If so no sadly ),:

Generikb left hermitcraft because of legal issues and stuff :( he also dosent really post anymore

Generikb pfp 🔼🔼🔼

[greetingsfrommindcrack]

Oh hello?! Hey everyone, Econs here. If you don’t remember me, that is understandable. I haven’t posted on this blog in six years change. Perhaps that’s because I stopped caring about Mindcrack a very long time ago. And honestly maybe it’s even kind of silly to bring this up, but I just found this illuminating.

I watched this video that I am going to link here. It is a segment from a Guude livestream. It’s not the best video because there’s some weird editing choices from whoever uploaded it to YouTube, but in this video, Guude talks about some unfortunate business dealings that happened with Rob, and his unedited thoughts about GenerikB. Now there isn’t a lot of information in this clip, but watching the video really puts into perspective at least some of what happened with the downfall of Mindcrack.

It really is unfortunate with what happened to the group. And honestly, after watching this 31 minute video I kinda wish I knew so much more.

[strychninesss]

OKAY I LOVE THIS HEADCANON SO I'M WRITING A BIT FOR EVERY HERMIT

long post ahead buckle in, i've even included some of the former hermits that i watched through the years (after the ~~~) The original bdubs in season 1 was a mafia man, living in a RV. he passed as most mafia men do - in a shootout. a few years later, his younger son took his place - an equally fightey and short little guy, with a bruised eye and a taste for fisticuffs.

The original Cubfan was old, wisened, and on death's door. he was a scientist at heart, with a taste for mischief. however his bones soon became too fragile, his skin too wrinkled, and he passed in his sleep. a few days later, his grandsom mysteriously turned up - an equally scientific man with the same face as his grandfather but just much younger.

Doc has always been doc. it's just in his nature. but the doc back then wasn't *quite* the same. maybe dinnerbone took more than just his arm? maybe some of his humanity left then too.

Etho appears to be his own army. every time you see him it's a new incarnation, a slightly different but still the same face behind the mask, and still all the same knowledge of the past. nobody quite knows if it's the same man or a different one each time.

The name False has been passed down throughout the years, mentor to apprentice, for hundreds of years. the current False learnt from her successor when she was just a girl, training to fight with wooden swords until she was just as good as the one before - if not better.

Geminitay seems to switch who she is each season. in 8, a deer spirit. in 9, a human soup vendor. in 10, a siren. who she is is determined not by genetics or a specific bloodline, but by which redhead born in may or june likes etho the most.

Scar has had a few incarnations now - the mayor, the zookeeper, the builder of scarland, the vex... they all seem related somehow, but the scar you're asking about this either has forgotten his past or is too distracted by an allay to tell you.

Grian has been the same pesky bird since season 6. nobody knows how he got here, nobody knows why he's still around, nobody knows why he doesn't age. he's just a normal parrot hybrid, he shouldn't still be around... right?

Nobody really knows what's up with Hypno either. he's just a guy. he appears the same each season - unchanging, immortal. he says it's just because he can't be bothered with aging, and somehow you believe him. his scars are still there from when his house burnt from Pungence and Skyzm, so it must be the same Hypno, right?

Jevin isn't human. well, at least bodily. the story goes he was human in season 1, but was killed and eaten by a mutated slime whole. over time, you could see his human body slowly decay within the slime, but it's still him. it's still the same personality as the good old days.

Impulse in season 10 is a descendant of previous impulses - a tech nerd whose dwarven grandfather worked in the mines and made a small fortune. the new impulse is using that fortune to build his city, and is forever grateful for his grandfather's hard work.

iskall has always been the same - but he's grown older now, a few wrinkles in his face. he tries to fight the aging, body modifications spreading across his body that he swore a time ago that he would never turn to. he knows one day his friends will see a new, younger him in his place... but it's not time for that just yet.

Joe died a long time ago, back in season 1. since then, his body has been possessed by his own ghost, and after too many modifications to the old body he built a new one from felt for the 10th season.

Keralis was always the same up until the end of season 3. but when he came back in season 6 and 7, something was off. something that no hermits could ever quite place, just because the new Keralis was so similar. maybe it's the lack of swear words?

Mumbo Jumbo is still the same lanky man he always has been - but he's gone from a young teenager in a suit trying to fit in with the grown-ups, to a young man running for mayor with all the vigour of a man in his 20's, to an anxious, middle aged man trying to figure out the secrets of a lab in a small town.

Pearl is still the same young woman, too - but she's still figuring out her place in this world, delivering mail and buying pickles and just being herself. when asked about aging, she doesn't seem to care - saying that one day she will replace herself just like the others, but for now she has post to deliver and cleaning duties to do.

The current Ren is a real dog, probably a labrador or a boxer. he used to belong to an old king who was overthrown, but with the help of doc he was able to walk on two legs and be more human and speak. he's taken his king's place, not as a ruler but as a friend.

Nobody really knows with Skizzle and Joel. they just got here, really. they seem human, but the angel wings on skizzle's back and the little antenna on joel's head seem to point to a more supernatural answer to this question. who knows if they're immortal or not? we'll find out by season 12.

Stress is a new version of herself every season - but she sometimes curls up in her bed to sleep. as she sleeps she de-ages, returning to her younger self each time. nobody knows how she does it, but sometimes she sleeps for months on end. She's sleeping right now actually, getting her strength back.

Tango is just a spirit inhabiting a ball of flames. he used to be a real person, but after his passing he took on the form of a flame. it's more convenient this way, he says, it's easier to light up decked out.

Beef is still the same as always - the complete opposite of his friend etho who's always changing. Beef is the constant - he doesn't age, he simply exists.

Wels is an anomaly. He's a knight, of course, with a sword... but knights die protecting those they love, leaving their sword behind. and that sword is so incredibly heavy... and nobody can quite pick it up, until months later a plucky young blonde can lift the thing and continue fighting for hermitcraft.

XB is another constant. he's been there from almost the start - with barely anything changing, except a few things here and there: little fish gills, different scars each season, even a guardian tail at one point. but it's still always him... right?

Xisuma isn't the same Xisuma as before. Season 1 X was a bright, vibrant young man, laughing with his friends, the derp he always is. He got a bit more serious in season 2, taking his role as admin from GenerikB, but by the time season 4 hit he was back to normal. Nobody noticed that the suit was empty, running itself for nearly 9 season, running on an old AI. but it's still him, and the hermits have come to love the suit of armour as if it was the man from the first season.

Zedaph is comstantly blowing himself up and getting replaced by some other blonde sheep hybrid with the courage to continue the experiments. "Zedaph" isn't so much a person anymore, but the title given to the head of the wackiest science projects in the realm.

Cleo is a zombie. duh. She used to be human, but she died and decayed while still sentient. it doesn't bother her much, she stitches herself up if need be.

TFC was just a man. no tricks, no immortality, no replacements. very typical of him, very expected.

~~~

GenerikB was once the admin of hermitcraft. an old man, but still playful at heart. he left, leaving the realm to X at the start of season 2. though in season 8, a younger version of him tried to reinstate his place in the world - with all the tact and charm of a cocky young man - insulting too many people and doing way too much wrong to be trusted back in the group.

Pungence and Skyzm originally did have newer versions - but after a while, people started to see them less and less. Bdubs still talks about his brother and his brother's best friend though! they're around, just not in this realm.

Python was once immortal - but grew tired of this world, choosing to rest after season 6.

Biffa got tired of replacing himself each season too, and chose to stop picking a next in line after the 6th.

Dinnerbone was only briefly a hermit - but he took what he needed and left. a gift from the cockiest, the greatest of all time... he didn't need to regenerate his body, or rejoin the group after a rest. he stayed until he got what he wanted, then left.

Jessassin was like etho - a new person every time you saw them. a different face peeking out from under the mask. though Jess kept to himself a whole lot more - and eventually, it seems the new faces ran out.

Hermitcraft has been going for a very long time (5-10 years per season) and because of that, hermits that are mortal sometimes die between seasons. However they always have a replacement by the time the next season comes around. (Example: boatem scar isn’t the same as mall cop scar)

The method of creation for the replacements varies, sometimes its a cousin or child of the hermit and sometimes its reincarnation.

There are a couple immortals in the mix so they stay the same throughout, but for the most part, Hermitcraft and its hermits are a ship of Theseus.

Wels's particular method takes a long time to create a replacement, leaving long gaps in playtime whenever he happens to die.

-Mod Mleem

[ethoslove]

mindcrack era ethubs genuinely makes me sick. what if i messed with your stuff and took it to a court of justice just for ur attention :3c

[megabuild]

WHAT did you reskin to make that creature or is it a custom mob?? squishing him between two pieces of glass

it's from generikb's twitter, i didn't make it, just saved the video he posted and made it a gif

^ screenshot my friend liau sent me (hi liau)

based off the og vid though since he looks like he's shivering i'm assuming it's a strider texture that for some reason has four legs?

[lichor]

the generikB anvil kill............i remember watching this over and over when it happened. etho pls start killing ppl with anvils again

[fanatic-author]

In which its time to earn that Major Character Death tag

Newest chapter found here

[isa-ah]

Yo I'm watching bdubs season 10 ep 1 and is this how all his videos are??? I've never watched his videos directly before but I loveeee this editing style

we havent gotten to watch his s10 intro yet. is it manic and silly and flirtatious with the audience? bc if so yes LOL hes been editing like that for the last few seasons

[enkays-den]

The Joe Hills Hermitcraft Coup, as told by the Juppet Themself, summarized by Enkay

Source: Joe's evening Hermitcraft Stream on January 12, 2025. As Joe only archives his reading VODs, the only way to catch moments like this is to tune in!

During early Season 1, GenerikB called the shots on who was added, and to the rest of the Hermits, new people would just pop onto the server with no consultation with the others

There was no structure of organization other than the fact that GB was in charge because it was his server, and everyone was fine with this

Eventually, GB left to focus on Mindcrack, and the server kinda ran on its own for a while, with people doing whatever they wanted on the server and making videos without any larger plans for the future

Eventually, there had been so many updates to Minecraft that some people wanted to start over with a new world with new people, since there had already been some hermits that had gone inactive

It was very difficult for the group to make decisions because there was no final word on any topics, even though there was a general consensus on a seed and potential new people to join.

Enter Joe "Group organizational structures is my passion" Hills

PS: Joe highly recommends this essay on the importance of group organization if you want to do ANY word as a group

THE DAY BEFORE they had agreed to record the first day of the server, they were STILL humming and hawing over the seed and new hermits

so Joe says "howdy y'all, here's what I'm going to do: I'm staging a coup, I'm going to decide that we will go with this seed that people generally agreed with, and we're going to add these two people that people generally agreed with. If ANYONE wants to disagree and do something different, feel free to step up! I will gladly give them the decision making power!"

crickets

Joe says "someone get in contact with Mumbo, I'll take care of Cleo, we get them sorted out, get the seed set up, we're recording tomorrow"

still crickets, but now with nodding

They recorded Season 2 the next day, with two VERY confused and new Hermits named Mumbo and Cleo, who found out potentially earlier that day they were joining the server

And the rest, as they say, is Hermit History.

[whifferdills]

people keep finding this post two years later which is very funny to me (this website's mechanics are inscrutable!). i am pleased to announce that direwolf20 is still direwolf20 and is making the same exact videos he did in like 1993 or whatever

could Dream do this? no

my solution to the constant MCYT drama is that the youth need to abandon the vast but fleeting parasocial web woven by only-slightly-older idiots who have figured out how to game the algorithm via frantic, light-roleplay Content Churn™, and join me in watching boring middle-aged men play tediously modded minceraft to an audience of about 200

[great-axepectations]

A few weeks into season 1 of Hermitcraft, GenerikB thought "we have a nice balance of redstoners and builders, I need to throw one weird little guy in there to keep it interesting" and added Joe Hills.

The precedent of this tradition combined with contemporary evidence leads me to believe that Skizzleman will be added to Hermitcraft in season 10. In this essay I will

[lectern-fullcauldron]

Hi I just came across your post on Joe Hills and can you expand upon the staging a coup to make hermitcraft season 2 a thing? I know the original creator left after season 1 and is now bitter about it but I didnt know there was discord about hermitcraft continuing at the time.

I don't think 'discord' is the right way of describing the situation (as Joe and Cleo tell it). The way hermitcraft worked for season one was that it was GenerikB's server (named hermitcraft after his hermit nickname), and he made every final decision about members and seed etc.

When he left, the hermits didn't have a social structure by which to make decisions. They had potential seeds and potential members and potential start dates and no way of deciding between them which was the right one to carry into the next season.

The indecision stretched and stretched and almost swallowed up hermitcraft, because they wanted to start but couldn't agree when.

So Joe said, 'this is a coup. I am taking charge. If nobody says no to this proposed seed, this start date, and these new members, we will consider them all agreed on.'

And so nobody said no, season two started, and mumbo and cleo joined hermitcraft. Joe stepped down as interim leader and the 'if nobody says no' voting system remains.

Joe tells the story quite a bit on stream