Yeah, I think it says a lot that it wasn’t in response to people talking about it but rather we know about it and have people covering it because they acted on it and put their foot down. From the sounds of it, they broke the story themselves, which I seriously respect. They’re the ones actively informing people about what happened.
I’m so glad to hear this because if they had done what a lot of people do (just ignore it and try act like nothing happened) I genuinely would not be able to continue to watch
I get the fear, but really speaking this is the first time this really ever happened in the HC community. We shouldn’t have to worry too much, and if anything happens, the other Hermits will deal with it professionally, as we’ve seen with this situation. But if you need to distance yourself from the situation and clear your thoughts, no one will blame you. Stay safe ❤️
I haven’t watched Iskall for years at this point, but for some reason it doesn’t surprise me very much. If it was almost anyone else it would but I don’t know why it’s different with him.
It's always worrying with thing aimed at younger audiences because unfortunately there are alot of predators out there. I truly the HC server stays clean and happy, but this is really upsetting to see considering how much I loved watching iskall and was very into his VH modpack, hate seeing someone I look up to ending up being an awful person
Louis McClung reporting on the Hermitcraft 12 Bamboo Swedish man because he committed indefensible crimes was not something I expected nor wanted from this year but here we are
Some people are saying that this is unfair to Iskall and that “people are too soft these days” etc, but you have to remember that Hermitcraft has banned people BEFORE cancel culture was even a thing. That is because it’s normal to remove a person with inappropriate behavior from a workspace, and although a Minecraft server is not a traditional work place setting, the people in it are still professionals. From the very beginning of the server it was structured and ran very professionally, so if someone breaks the rules they are removed no question, and that has always been normal. I also just have to add that the server is not for willy nilly making Minecraft videos with your friends online, only extremely skilled Minecraft players and builders are invited to Hermitcraft and quite frankly they are artists with careers in entertainment and art. It would be a pretty serious thing to keep someone with those allegations on the server because this is people’s livelihoods, and a positive source of entertainment for kids which adds a whole other layer to to why it would be inappropriate.
@@despacitoking237 He sent multiple people unwanted n*des and made unwanted advances even after they told him to stop. That type of person should not be someone kids look up to or watch. I would be uncomfortable working with someone who did that, and it is obvious the other Hermit craft members were uncomfortable with it. Even if he stayed no one would ever see him the same.
I’ve watched hermitcraft for years. They respond to bad members well, with this only being the second one in their, what, 10 years of running? I never watched him, but it is sad to see one of those people I viewed for so long also turn out to be a creep…
i never got deep into his content. but i always liked his banter with joel (smallishbeans) when he joined hermitcraft. scar and grian, you guys better not let me down, 2024’s been hard enough 🙂↕️
WHAT? ISKALL DRAMA? I leave the hermitcraft fandom alone for a month and this happens. Edit: i am just glad there were no minors involved in this. Also i am kinda grossed out by the way iskall talked to Kass and the others, its just strange. Definitely agree with Louis withit giving me “the ick”
Yeah, this situation sucks, but also we shouldn’t have to worry about the others unless anything comes out. They have done good and this is basically the first time anything like this has happened. I get the fear, I too feel the fear, but unless anything comes out, we shouldn’t have to worry much. ( But if you need to distance yourself from the situation to clear your thoughts, then that’s a-okay ) ❤️
@@Mystfordayswe’ve,as a social collective,probably,or at least,should probably,have come to terms with the fact that some small part of the individuals that we idolise or look up to,do incredibly scummy things.i genuinely can’t fathom as to why,though i speculate it may be because they think their ‘social status’ justifies their actions,to some extent.it really doesn’t,and these are..absolutely disgusting,depraved people.saddening to see another exposed.
@@IabeIs Yeah. I already have. I don’t actively worry about who and who isn’t going to turn out bad ( because it absolutely desecrates my mental health ), but when it does happen, I do feel genuinely upset.
I am very disappointed with Iskall, but I also have to say, that the hermits have dealt with this situation very well. I’ve only recently found Hermitcraft and the life series, and it’s comforted me. But I’m also very glad you’re covering it because not a lot of people really use Twitter. Also gotta say 1 more thing THANK YOU for explaining that HC is generally a good Minecraft server because you’re right, it is! I just know some people may say that Hermitcraft is generally bad because of this when this type of thing hasn’t ever happened til now ❤️ ( Edit: Yeah I already see “ Oh, it’s another Minecraft RUclipsr “ comments already ☹️ )
Yeah, I feel like everyone did a good job. Instead of taking to twitter to take him out, the victims quietly alerted members of the server and provided evidence. The server verified the evidence, confirmed the claims were true, and then contacted iskall to get his side of the story. (He apparently didnt elaborate). The server then released a very professional message, and that was that. Mumbo clarifying that there were no minors involved was also great. This drama is a lot less dramatic than some other drama that has taken place in the Minecraft community.
As someone who started watching Hermitcraft after Dream's latest (at the time) mess up and was recommended HC because it wasn't problematic, I am dreading the influx of "not another bad Minecraft player" 😑
this year ,in general,is an absolutely horrible time to idolise anybody of literally *any* social relevance,because they will either,a.get exposed for scummy things (albeit rightfully so),or b.cancelled by twitter for some niche,obscure reason.
@@razieldazzle dw,i doubt she’ll get caught up in anything.i really don’t think she’s the type of person to do scummy things,especially with such a large social media presence.
Another peice of info- Mumbo has removed the Sahara merch from his most recent line most likely due to this situation I just feel like it would be useful to leave here
@@pillblug i mean,given the fact that a lot of people over youtube have been outed as groomer,and some of their merch was still seen on online shops,I think it is yeah. It's the basics but the bar is low.
Absolutely flabbergasted by this one. I fear this is the first subject of a detective McClung vid I've actually been adjacent to. So so disappointed - I truly hope that everyone else involved (Mumbo, Grian, etc.) truly knew nothing, and all victims can heal (also that people don't try to defend him bc he was a childhood idol - we can all stop supporting a terrible person)
I absolutely believe they had no idea, because there were only public allegations AFTER iskall left to my knowledge (and it doesnt sound like the victims/accusors threatened to go public with the allegations, they brought them up in private), meaning he was not removed due to the public pressuring them to do so, so I dont think any members "hid" this for long.
Also seeing as Stress was dealing with mental health problems before this came out, i think this was her straw and i do hope shes okay and spending time with her kids 🫶
27:40 I wanna correct Louis, grooming doesn’t always lead to a romantic or sexual outcome. It is manipulation using power dynamics to reach an end result. Is that result most of the time romantic or sexual? Yes. All the time? No
1000% this. Saying that grooming has to be sexual makes it extremely hard for victims of non-sexual abuse to speak up. Your parents grooming you but you don't want to accuse them of sexual crimes? Too bad, the term has been watered down by the internet so you have no way of speaking out. Etc.
I'm very upset about this because I was very confident in everyone on Hermitcraft being a good person. That said, I'm glad this is being handled professionally by the other hermits and that the victims are getting support, not only from their personal friends and family, but also from the other hermits. It's good to see everything handled relatively quickly within the community and not a huge mess of people trying to cover things up and defend Iskall. I hope the vicims continue to be supported and get what they need because this is disgusting
I’m a grooming victim myself. I grew up with Minecraft RUclips as an escape from the horrible reality of my life at the time. I KNOW these creators understand what they’re doing, I just wish they cared. It’s not hard to act like a human being. The AUDACITY of someone who plays MINECRAFT for a living… Just be like Dan. Please. Just hang out with your pugs and go on silly little adventures. 😭
I was not expecting louis to talk about anything related to Hermitcraft, to bad its in a situation like this though. Im really glad with how the Hermitcraft members handled it, its very refreshing to see even if it should be how situations like this should be handled. I also hope Stress only resigned because she felt betrayed with how he acted, as I know that they were really good friends on Hermitcraft and not because of anything like what Iskall did :(
don't call hermitcraft the 'next dreamsmp' all I ask from the general public is to never consider hermitcraft even a candidate for an outcome just vaguely similar to the dreamsmp
Yet another lesson learned about parasocial relationships and the dangers of nasty people masquerading as someone they’re not. I’m glad that there are plenty of people clearing up the situation and making professional statements. The other creators have done a good job kind of clearing him out. I also checked and noticed that Grian removed the 12 bamboo references from his merch designs, as well as what mumbo mentioned. He removed the Sahara designs from his store too.
I'll be honest man, all of these drama channels aren't gonna get their "hot drama" buzz with this one. We've kind of moved on. Everything was handled well, Iskall was just a run of the mill loser, everyone is supportive of the victims with the backing of the hermits, it was handled mostly in private professionally. This ain't no Dream SMP drama.
its not 'hot drama buzz' hes just informing people who may he subscribed to iskall and dont know what happened, and just spreading info. He did say he was a hermitcraft fan after all so he has a reason to make a video.
I like that he made a video about it becouse its important that i know this as a hermitcraft fan but as i basically only watch grian i like fully missed this info and without social media without youtube its cuz of Lewis that I know this now😅
@@Charl3y3 it's literally trying to win over hermitcraft audience lol. he can make whatever video he wants but don't pretend like he made this purely out of the goodness of his own heart, and that he's not using all the tricks at his disposal to retain viewership. youtube is a business, this is true for hermitcraft, and it is true for louis. he also missed SO MUCH context that is lying barely below the surface that he could have got if he just put in a modicum of effort. overall i agree this is not the video we needed, and is certainly not one we wanted.
this really sheds a different light on the whole iskall being obsessed with "dating" other hermits like Joel. From the viewer's perspective, it was funny at first, but the joke dragged on. It feels just creepy now
The bit with Joel was funny at first, but Joel seemed really uncomfortable. To me it's just another thing that shows Iskall has trouble recognising and respecting boundaries.
Another long time HC fan here, this whole situation has been so absolutely crushing and heartbreaking. I was a die-hard Grian fan before discovering Hermicraft, watching his buildswap videos even before the Evo series came out - I'm by no means a hc veteran but I've been here awhile. This series has been such a crucial piece of media to me throughout my life, I grew up on this stuff, my life has grown and changed around my time watching Hermitcraft, it's been one of the only stable and consistent joys I have over the years while growing into the person I am now and it destroys me to know this happened to people, that someone could tarnish a community that not only contributed so much to thier own success but to abuse it and to hurt the very people that got them there. I know this is a one person thing and doesn't reflect hermitcraft as a whole but it's still so disappointing to see from the creator and it makes me so upset internally that I myself have watched and supported him. My first cosplay (although not good, nor public) was of Iskall and part of me is mourning that. I wish all the love and recovery to everyone involved and affected, I hope our actual beloved Hermits can bounce back from this and continue to inspire and cultivate the growing community around them and that anyone hurt from this finds peace and can continue to enjoy life and flourish. My heart goes out to you all 💖
It also just tears me up on the inside because when I was younger I would have been SO susceptible to this kind of thing. For all of my pre-teen - teen years I was very unstable, I had just moved out of my very unsound home and was given unfiltered access to the internet that I guarded with my life because it became the only way I knew how to cope. (I've come a long way now, while I'm not perfect I've made ALOT of progress and I'm doing much better) My fandom spaces meant everything to me even when I was at a point where I didn't know how to navigate them safely and healthily, there was alot of terrible things I endured I can't IMAGINE what would have happened if I fell into the eager hands of someone like this, especially with any form of power and fame, my story now would be drastically different. The creators I watched and fandoms I interacted with were people and creators that i looked up to, trusted and had fierce loyalty towards, back then if I had fallen into contact with any of them that had bad intentions I wouldn't have blinked an eye at whatever was to come, it's terrifying. I can understand the validation of getting recognition from your favourite creators all too well, how exciting and important it can be. I do not think I will EVER forget the few times creators I love and respect responded to me, it forever holds such an important and special place in my heart. GtwScar once liked a tweet I made, Lordminion777 once relied to a stupid comment I made on a video, Vincey once replied to an awful poem i sent him on Instagram - all of these things are so important and crucial to me now even as someone who now knows the dangers and intricacies of the internet I can only imagine the destruction possible with the wrong creators in the wrong time frame. I was also a dsmp kid for awhile 😥 I had a huuge attachment to dream as a creator at the time because I had recently been diagnosed with ADHD and was being speculated for Autism and it was so important to me to see someone in a field I admired and yearned for with conditions just like me being so successful. I begged my legal guardians to let me send fanmail and I'd interact I any way I could. Now looking back, I'm glad this is a bullet that didn't find me, a tactical nuke that didn't fire 😬
8:43 “kek” is WoW slang that was adopted by 4chan and then spread to other chuddy internet circles through them (there’s more to it tbh but all you really NEED to know to understand it is that it’s a synonym of “lol”). “kekw” is a twitch emote that pulls its name from that
@@malpheus4299 unfortunately it wasn’t really “co-opted”. in the early 2000s, the dudes playing MMOs and the dudes on anonymous message boards were mostly the same dudes
I know this isn't related to the actual content in the video (thanks for covering it btw, I wouldn't have heard about this whole situation otherwise) but the little speech at the end really means a lot to me, and I'm guessing it means a lot to other people too. I haven't heard a single other creator do anything like it, and coming from somebody who doesn't get much support like that in my daily life, it's genuinely so nice to hear. Gonna go take that sensory break now and go for a walk, which I probably wouldn't have done without the reminder. Tysm for making the videos you do
I just hope this doesn't reflect back negatively on the rest of Hermitcraft and its creators. They have gone about this situation in the most professional and civil way they could. As we have seen time and time again, its very easy for creators to make controversy like this very messy and confusing. If anything, I hope this goes to show how much they care about their community and the thought they put into handling this. Props to everyone involved for responding how they did.
I mean this in the most complimentary way possible - you articulate things in the most vaguely-twink-coded-disney-show child villain way and im living for it
iirc it originated in WoW. To make it appear as if the Horde and Alliance (the two player factions) spoke different languages the game would replace letters in the chat so "lol" became ""kek".
i think the most telling part is that when the hermitcraft asked him about these allegations he chose to resign, like he knew he couldn’t defend himself
1.) There were a lot of creators in the Dream SMP, not just Dream. 2.) He made a response video that explained everything and explained it well. A lot of his haters didn't even bother to watch it, but regardless, it was made. That girl Amanda has a history of false allegations. Dream was just her most recent target.
NO. we don't need videos about it. This is the shit I was anxious about, you're a creator I like and respect, but above all else I'm an artist and member of the hermitcraft community and in this situation I'm genuinely so terrified of outside people getting involved even with the intention of just informing accidently creating a hostile energy inside the fandom. Hermitcraft have removed him and other members who were uncomfortable have been given the space to leave aswell we know it wasn't involving minors and I feel like that is the most that should be said, unless victims want the information to be public and told to everyone.
Agreed. This video felt very distasteful. He is also SO dramatic here, it feels weird how he frames it like he’s a pdf even tho we know that’s not the situation
my first thought even just seeing the card for this video. people making reactive content to this stuff when it's clearly been dealt with just makes it worse sometimes. If people need info they look for it themselves, not regurgitated in a dramatic fashion by someone else. I love louis' videos, but this is just unnecessary and if there's more videos from others abt iskall ii can just imagine people will start deducing hermitcraft to just 'another dsmp' which is sooo disrespectful IMO because it'd be comparing these people who haven't done anything wrong that we know about to literal predators and weirdos for no good reason.
@wilsonstreet2714 he addressed how well it was dealt with by hermitctaft. I love hermitcraft, but I wouldn't have known about this if it wasn't for this video. The intent is not to make everyone hate the entirety of a project, but to make people aware of one person in it and how it was handled.
I stop watching for half a season and then THIS happens. I swear to [whatever] if Gem or Impulse or Grian or LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE ON THIS OR ADJACENT SERVERS turn out to be secretly creepy I'm running away from this fandom and never looking back.
This is one of the only problems hermitcraft has had with previous members. They’re all very responsible adults and good people. I wouldn’t worry too much. Things will be okay
3:01 it was very proven that he does not. it's okay if you don't like the character or the guy, but the allegations against them were proven false like pretty thoroughly. I don't really watch Minecraft content but I did the video and the points that were made for solid and pretty much debunked everything that was being said what's solid evidence. What was really disheartening is that people kept running with the story even though like quite he did a very good job of presenting the receipts, and even if he was kind of cringe on Twitter that's no way to present him as a rapist. Falsely accusing someone is not only damaging to An Innocent person, but it's also extremely harmful to victims of assault.
Right? I didn’t even watch the dream smp nor do I care that much about Minecraft RUclipsrs. Still, I watched the video dream made debunking everything and it baffles me that creators still claim he “likes kids” when talking about him. It’s extremely careless as a commentary RUclipsr to just repeat internet lies because it sounds good in your video.
as much as i dislike the situation and feel sorry for those affected, most of this video feels like it has unnecessary exaggeration, especially the thumbnail. i know this is a very serious situation but this was kind of ehh.. no hate though
i really hope stress is ok.. and the same with kazz ofc, but im slightly worried abt stress ngl... she must be going though a lot, and i can only hope shes staying safe with her family and her friends
They’ve dealt with the situation well, and professionally. It’s the basically the only controversy ever that has happened on there. But I know the fear and upset. Stay safe ❤️
I can't believe I spent the past four months waiting for this guy to come back to the hermitcraft server. He was one of my favourites in the beginning of this season.
3:02 I don’t know if it’s been disproven since, and I am NOT a dream fan in any way-but the allegations of him liking kids were disproved in a video. Once again, I don’t know if it’s been disproven since, and it doesn’t mean he’s a good person. I know he’s done some stuff, I js thought I’d throw this out there
ngl if someone keeps spreading the dream allegations around, despite them being disproven for almost a year now, I don't trust them to handle related topics with any sort of integrity.
i was an iskall fan and i'm so disappointed but also at this point i just don't have the energy to be shocked. im just tired. and i was thinking that he'd be a great addition to the life series when the news dropped. edit omg i was in the end card lol thank u
This made me so sad when I saw this. Him and Skizzleman were always the most wholesome of the duos in hermitcraft next to Grian and Mumbo. I feel so bad for everyone involved but not iskall obviously
damn. this was my childhood. me and my brother grew up on the hermitcraft server, and iskal definitely wasn’t either of our favorites, but we used to watch that guy. louis videos hit extra hard when it’s someone you used to look up to.
@ sorry, but when i watched this server i was 6-10. it’s not my fault that people who present to children for entertainment happen to be predators and do shitty things. i was a child, a child doesn’t know about those things. a child cannot decipher who they should look up to, especially if the person they are looking up to is marketing themselves to be appealing to a child demographic.
@@daisydroid No. Although its obvious to say such a thing, this is HERMITCRAFT were talking about. if it were any other SMP or community, sure, it'd probably be pretty standard to make such a claim, but Hermitcraft has been around for a long time and as such we should see this from a less watered-down angle. don't get me wrong, of course we cant blindly trust people on the internet, that's one of the key rules of the web. but these are largely people who make kids content, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that somebody (for example, the commenter) who grew up with this content would look up to someone within that space. I would describe the feeling as similar to how people see DanTDM, He's a great guy who's respected within his community. and although I cant say the same for iskall, I know that Hermitcraft has definitely earned a name for itself. It's not out of the ordinary to consider somebody important to you due to watching them when you were younger. and frankly, I think it's quite careless to chalk it up to "looking up to strangers." As the commenter put it, it's not their fault people who present to children for entertainment happen to be bad people.
i absolutely *love* how louis edits his videos and acts in them. he never fails to make me laugh or smile even on my worst days when im in a depressive episode. never fails to make me giggle and/or cackle even when the subject of the video isnt nice. he always covers these topics so well and somehow makes us smile and laugh. i have bpd so i frequently go into depressive episode and manic episodes so, when that happens i always watch louis to bring me out of it. thank you, louis. we love you. keep up the good work you do.
Dude dream was proven innocent in EVERY one of the accusations of him being nsfw with minors why do people still think he wasn't? At least last I checked unless there are completely new allegations
@cinnarollinq Oh, I personally don't like dreams, but I dont think spreading false accusations is something that's OK. I'm sure there are plenty of reasons to actually dislike him for
The manhunts were the only thing worth watching...everything else I've seen from him just sucked...I hated their server and I'm just disappointed technoblade was apart of it...
I was never a fan of Iskall specifically, but I remember loving Iskall back in season six (I've really only ever watched Grian, so Sahara) and I feel so guilty and betrayed by this, the statements made me feel sick. I hate him so much, and I've been following it from the beginning. There's a reason Louis is my favorite commentary(?) youtuber, and it's because he talks about things like this others don't talk about.
I feel the exact same, I adored him during season six (grian) and I saw that he had resigned with no other information. He was a big chunk of my childhood (I was like 8-9?) when I saw that he had resigned, I broke down and cried. I didn’t know anything except that he had quit and there were no minors. I was sad for him. (Now I’m disgusted) and I was sad for stress. Hermitcraft will never be the same. I’ll still watch it though. I’m using diorite in all of my builds from here on out
Grooming isn’t just an action(s) with the end goal of getting sexual with someone, it can also be to get something out of someone like work, money, artwork, ect. Just wanted to mention that since that part of grooming isn’t talked about enough. Still a great job you did explaining the situation though and getting this information out there for people to understand!
Louis commenting on the iskall situation is like an insane crossover- I'm proud of the hermits for immediately making an statement and being responsible- hope the victims heal
thank you for making a video about this. i was not able to find a comprehensive video on this by a source i trust and i don't have the attention span to research on my own. i've been a huge fan of hermitcraft since i was 11 or 12 and im now 18. seeing this hurts my heart so much. this is someone i've known and watched for 7 years. i was never a huge fan, i watched him less than other creators on the server, but i loved seeing him in videos. he just had to ruin hermitcraft's drama free track record apparently :( i hope he can't hurt anyone else now that this is exposed.
This is genuinely heartbreaking to me and Iv never even been of fan of his it’s just upsetting me to as a HC fan in general, I really hope this isn’t one of those situations where one person gets exposed and then more and more members do
I guess the only good thing that came from this is that the hermits were so quick and professional about this that they basically booted him without anyone else getting hurt. Nice to see grown adults deal with things like adults should.
1:34 there actually has been very few controversies, mostly from before xisuma was admin and very eaely knto it iirc, i think one of the controgersial members was a pedo
I thought I heard that Stress’ only thing keeping her a part of Hermitcraft was Iskall and she left because he did. Whether or not she’s still friends with him is a separate thing.
Holy shit. First of all, this is my first time seeing your channel and I was SO skeptical of the thumbnail at first (bc i havent been keeping up with HC news for. Well. About 4 months now.) But, im so glad i clicked. Not only is this harrowing information good to finally know, but i really love your unabashed sense of justice. I love that you dont give a shit and talk your feelings. Second of all, this makes the bit with Joel towards the middle-ish of HC season 12 feel SO MUCH MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. I liked Iskall's quirky nature and only really knew of his builds from what I saw in others' videos, but even that bit of him flirting so atrociously heavy with Joel made me cringe. Id go so far as to say I felt like Joel was also uncomfortable. Iskall definitely, certainly, 100% has a problem and he needs to seek counseling to fix it. To me, it sounds like his needs arent being met with whatever partner he has, and instead of fixing the problem in a healthy way, he chose grimey ugly goblin behavior. Way to fuckin sully the Hermitcraft name, Iskall.
As a fan of Hermitcraft for nearly 7 years, you don’t really need my opinion but they handled the situation fine on their own. Awareness is great, but they didn’t need more traction to this. I’m sure plenty of the hermits were devastated already.
I haven't even watched the video yet, but hermitcraft was a big part of me while growing up, and it's something that i consider very dear to me. So you can see why I'd want to say how i feel about this. This is devastating. to me, and to possibly many others. I've been watching hermitcraft since season 6 and knew of the other members, including Iskall, through interactions with Grian (Him being my main POV for anything hermitcraft). I considered hermitcraft to be a series I could fall back on for comfort if anything bad happened in my life. yet after this, truth be told I feel a small part of my childhood self, and that long-standing sentiment to be, in lack of a better word, shattered. the timelessness or trust i associated with this server and it's people has partially dwindled, leaving a growing fear that the other members will end up like this as well. Despite me knowing how largely experienced and professional they are. edit: Louis never struck me as the type to be somewhat of a hermitcraft fan, that makes me substantially less embarrassed about my enjoyment with the SMP.
Was watching 3 screens (laptop, drawing tablet connected to laptop, and phone where your vid was) and when you called me out to take a sensory break, I stared at the corner of my room for the remaining minute or so of the video. Thank you, the way my room changed when my eyes relaxed was kinda scary, so I'm gonna take those sensory breaks more often :D
27:34 its unforetunate that we have to talk about it, but im glad speaking about grooming is more normalized so hopefully more people (especially kids) are aware and can avoid these situations. i myself experienced grooming and back in early 2010s and i didnt realize how it was bad and so i didnt save any evidence. the unlucky combination of unlimited internet access, being a kid, and lack of education on my parents and my part.
Dude, I have watched a total of one of your videos so far and I am going to subscribe immediately. I love how you look at things, the way you talk i love it. Keep up the good work man you earned yourself a sub. :D
thank you for making this video. i appreciate the respect you gave this situation while not drastically changing the tone from your other videos. i watch your videos a lot despite most of the topics having nothing to do with me but i actually happen to be a pretty big hermitcraft fan (btw "kekw" means "lolz". it comes from world of warcraft, where if you say "lolz" to someone of the opposite faction it translates it to "kekw")
Someone in Hermitcraft getting canceled was not on my 2024 bingo card, which is really disappointing hopefully they can move forward and hopefully this dosnt affect the next season after this one
Im juat happy that the rest of Hermitcraft made a professional statement about Iskall getting removed instead of juat ignoring that anything happened
Yeah, I think it says a lot that it wasn’t in response to people talking about it but rather we know about it and have people covering it because they acted on it and put their foot down. From the sounds of it, they broke the story themselves, which I seriously respect. They’re the ones actively informing people about what happened.
Same here.
Yes, they dealt with the situation very well and professionally. I really do appreciate that ❤️
@@ville-c4u u cared enough to reply, u do u tho ig
I’m so glad to hear this because if they had done what a lot of people do (just ignore it and try act like nothing happened) I genuinely would not be able to continue to watch
I look away for five minutes
REAL
EXACTLY???
I look away for five minutes
Fr, I didn't check on Hermitcraft for a few months, finally come back- and _this?!?_
I've been busy for two weeks. I was not expecting this when I came back
I used to love Iskall. I genuinely hope none of my favorite hermits end up doing something like this, I'd be HEARTBROKEN :(
I get the fear, but really speaking this is the first time this really ever happened in the HC community. We shouldn’t have to worry too much, and if anything happens, the other Hermits will deal with it professionally, as we’ve seen with this situation. But if you need to distance yourself from the situation and clear your thoughts, no one will blame you. Stay safe ❤️
I haven’t watched Iskall for years at this point, but for some reason it doesn’t surprise me very much. If it was almost anyone else it would but I don’t know why it’s different with him.
I kind of get it. I never saw him as creepy per say but just a bit off. Maybe just his general vibes?@@Calle.Hutch..
Same
It's always worrying with thing aimed at younger audiences because unfortunately there are alot of predators out there. I truly the HC server stays clean and happy, but this is really upsetting to see considering how much I loved watching iskall and was very into his VH modpack, hate seeing someone I look up to ending up being an awful person
"Danger zone" makes me feel so gross considering the context
Hello fellow sonic fan lol
@@WweepWwoop YOOO!!1!1 lmao
@WweepWwoop i was about to say the same thing and then I was like oh our usernames are similar too 💀💀
@@MeepMoop-l1jTWINNN
Louis McClung reporting on the Hermitcraft 12 Bamboo Swedish man because he committed indefensible crimes was not something I expected nor wanted from this year but here we are
HES SWEDISH??? don’t claim him, nonono, he isn’t one of us
honestly I'm thankful someone is properly explaining the situation but rip the 12 bamboo gag
@@cursedimagegoblininc9276 such a precious trade coin wasted😔
I scrolled past the video and had to go up because i realized
UR KIDDING HES SWEDISH?? Explodes.
Edit: I’m realizing iskall as in ice cold
Some people are saying that this is unfair to Iskall and that “people are too soft these days” etc, but you have to remember that Hermitcraft has banned people BEFORE cancel culture was even a thing. That is because it’s normal to remove a person with inappropriate behavior from a workspace, and although a Minecraft server is not a traditional work place setting, the people in it are still professionals. From the very beginning of the server it was structured and ran very professionally, so if someone breaks the rules they are removed no question, and that has always been normal. I also just have to add that the server is not for willy nilly making Minecraft videos with your friends online, only extremely skilled Minecraft players and builders are invited to Hermitcraft and quite frankly they are artists with careers in entertainment and art. It would be a pretty serious thing to keep someone with those allegations on the server because this is people’s livelihoods, and a positive source of entertainment for kids which adds a whole other layer to to why it would be inappropriate.
TRUE!
Yr ban because you have the wrong opinion 💀
@@despacitoking237 He sent multiple people unwanted n*des and made unwanted advances even after they told him to stop. That type of person should not be someone kids look up to or watch. I would be uncomfortable working with someone who did that, and it is obvious the other Hermit craft members were uncomfortable with it. Even if he stayed no one would ever see him the same.
@Calle.Hutch.. evidence? Not hearsay
@@despacitoking237 dawg there were screenshots 😭😭😭😭😭
I’ve watched hermitcraft for years. They respond to bad members well, with this only being the second one in their, what, 10 years of running? I never watched him, but it is sad to see one of those people I viewed for so long also turn out to be a creep…
the only other time was with the founder who left after season 1 im pretty sure
i never got deep into his content. but i always liked his banter with joel (smallishbeans) when he joined hermitcraft. scar and grian, you guys better not let me down, 2024’s been hard enough 🙂↕️
it’s been about 12/13 years now I think? and the first incident was (I believe) with IAmSp00n or something, not with GenerikB. Just to clarify :)
Agreed
@@theolrazzledazzle real :(
WHAT? ISKALL DRAMA? I leave the hermitcraft fandom alone for a month and this happens.
Edit: i am just glad there were no minors involved in this.
Also i am kinda grossed out by the way iskall talked to Kass and the others, its just strange. Definitely agree with Louis withit giving me “the ick”
Literally same!! I focus on the life series just for this to happen😭😭
ISKALL? NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOO. ISKALL I BELIEVED YOU WERE GOOD. I swear I'm going to die if Grain gets exposed for something. I'm going to cry.
Grain 😔
Same, if it happens with mumbo I don’t think I can take life anymore
Yeah, this situation sucks, but also we shouldn’t have to worry about the others unless anything comes out. They have done good and this is basically the first time anything like this has happened. I get the fear, I too feel the fear, but unless anything comes out, we shouldn’t have to worry much. ( But if you need to distance yourself from the situation to clear your thoughts, then that’s a-okay ) ❤️
@@Mystfordays Thank you for the understanding definitely helpful.
@@Evolicati agree with them, take care of yourself.
Bro, why does every RUclipsr I grow up with end up liking kids or committing some stupid crime
Luckily, there were no kids involved, but definitely it was scummy :(
@@Mystfordayswe’ve,as a social collective,probably,or at least,should probably,have come to terms with the fact that some small part of the individuals that we idolise or look up to,do incredibly scummy things.i genuinely can’t fathom as to why,though i speculate it may be because they think their ‘social status’ justifies their actions,to some extent.it really doesn’t,and these are..absolutely disgusting,depraved people.saddening to see another exposed.
@@IabeIs Yeah. I already have. I don’t actively worry about who and who isn’t going to turn out bad ( because it absolutely desecrates my mental health ), but when it does happen, I do feel genuinely upset.
Thats why dantdm is the goat
Coming from a grown man btw, i know that might sound sad but genuinely he is such a great dude
For real like STOP DIDDLING PEOPLE
I am very disappointed with Iskall, but I also have to say, that the hermits have dealt with this situation very well. I’ve only recently found Hermitcraft and the life series, and it’s comforted me. But I’m also very glad you’re covering it because not a lot of people really use Twitter.
Also gotta say 1 more thing THANK YOU for explaining that HC is generally a good Minecraft server because you’re right, it is! I just know some people may say that Hermitcraft is generally bad because of this when this type of thing hasn’t ever happened til now ❤️
( Edit: Yeah I already see “ Oh, it’s another Minecraft RUclipsr “ comments already ☹️ )
@ Okay, I’ll edit it out ( I just don’t want comments about it cuz that has happened before )
@@ville-c4uomg stop stealing comments bot!!
Agreed! Generally speaking, the Hermitcraft creators are all good people, It's been around for what, 10 years? This was just an outlier moment
Yeah, I feel like everyone did a good job. Instead of taking to twitter to take him out, the victims quietly alerted members of the server and provided evidence. The server verified the evidence, confirmed the claims were true, and then contacted iskall to get his side of the story. (He apparently didnt elaborate).
The server then released a very professional message, and that was that. Mumbo clarifying that there were no minors involved was also great. This drama is a lot less dramatic than some other drama that has taken place in the Minecraft community.
As someone who started watching Hermitcraft after Dream's latest (at the time) mess up and was recommended HC because it wasn't problematic, I am dreading the influx of "not another bad Minecraft player" 😑
The fact that we all celebrate that no minors were involved in this says A LOT about the mcyt community 😭😭
I KNOW or the gaming community in general tbf 💀
This says a lot about society in general
I just assumed there would be when I saw the title and the guy’s face
I'm as bewildered as a single sock in a spin cycle of utter bafflement.
Same here. I didn’t even know what had happened
no one cares
@@ville-c4ur/iamverybadass moment
Same here. I didn’t even know what had happened
@@ville-c4uI’m having a stroke
im a hermit craft fan oh god what has he done
todays a bad day to be a hermitcraft fan
this year ,in general,is an absolutely horrible time to idolise anybody of literally *any* social relevance,because they will either,a.get exposed for scummy things (albeit rightfully so),or b.cancelled by twitter for some niche,obscure reason.
todays a bad day to be a hermitcraft fan
@@IabeIs Not LDShadowlady though, I've never seen her in any controversy before (please don't let me jinx myself)
@@razieldazzle dw,i doubt she’ll get caught up in anything.i really don’t think she’s the type of person to do scummy things,especially with such a large social media presence.
Another peice of info- Mumbo has removed the Sahara merch from his most recent line most likely due to this situation
I just feel like it would be useful to leave here
I forgot he was in Sahara, a great memory now ruined :,(
Mumbo doing the same and sensitive move,typical from this man
@@ryomahoshi4529??? not wanting merch that is associated with a groomer is sensitive???
@@pillblug i mean,given the fact that a lot of people over youtube have been outed as groomer,and some of their merch was still seen on online shops,I think it is yeah. It's the basics but the bar is low.
Why would mumbo want a groomer or want to get money from something a groomer was involved in?
Absolutely flabbergasted by this one. I fear this is the first subject of a detective McClung vid I've actually been adjacent to. So so disappointed - I truly hope that everyone else involved (Mumbo, Grian, etc.) truly knew nothing, and all victims can heal (also that people don't try to defend him bc he was a childhood idol - we can all stop supporting a terrible person)
I absolutely believe they had no idea, because there were only public allegations AFTER iskall left to my knowledge (and it doesnt sound like the victims/accusors threatened to go public with the allegations, they brought them up in private), meaning he was not removed due to the public pressuring them to do so, so I dont think any members "hid" this for long.
Also seeing as Stress was dealing with mental health problems before this came out, i think this was her straw and i do hope shes okay and spending time with her kids 🫶
I love how Louis lets victims know that they aren’t in the wrong, it’s a nice thing to do considering what they have been through
REAL
This is the first mcyt drama to actually make me sad, i watch every pov of hermitcraft T^T
no one cares
@@ville-c4u I do. I feel the same as the commenter, and you have no reason to be rude to them ^_^
how do you keep up? watching every pov i mean, lol
it did not make you sad dont lie
@@ville-c4u ragebaiting in 2024 is craaaazy.
27:40 I wanna correct Louis, grooming doesn’t always lead to a romantic or sexual outcome. It is manipulation using power dynamics to reach an end result. Is that result most of the time romantic or sexual? Yes. All the time? No
1000% this. Saying that grooming has to be sexual makes it extremely hard for victims of non-sexual abuse to speak up. Your parents grooming you but you don't want to accuse them of sexual crimes? Too bad, the term has been watered down by the internet so you have no way of speaking out. Etc.
If it's not of a sexual nature it's just manipulation
Did I just learn something about myself? I hate when that happens
I'm very upset about this because I was very confident in everyone on Hermitcraft being a good person. That said, I'm glad this is being handled professionally by the other hermits and that the victims are getting support, not only from their personal friends and family, but also from the other hermits. It's good to see everything handled relatively quickly within the community and not a huge mess of people trying to cover things up and defend Iskall.
I hope the vicims continue to be supported and get what they need because this is disgusting
I saw that something happened on the hermit craft website because he was wasn’t on the banner anymore but I didn’t expect this😢
I’m a grooming victim myself. I grew up with Minecraft RUclips as an escape from the horrible reality of my life at the time. I KNOW these creators understand what they’re doing, I just wish they cared. It’s not hard to act like a human being. The AUDACITY of someone who plays MINECRAFT for a living… Just be like Dan. Please. Just hang out with your pugs and go on silly little adventures. 😭
Damn I’m sorry about that :(
I was not expecting louis to talk about anything related to Hermitcraft, to bad its in a situation like this though. Im really glad with how the Hermitcraft members handled it, its very refreshing to see even if it should be how situations like this should be handled.
I also hope Stress only resigned because she felt betrayed with how he acted, as I know that they were really good friends on Hermitcraft and not because of anything like what Iskall did :(
I'm pretty sure false confirmed she left bc of stress (as in anxiety. Not her) and burnout
thats good, I hope she can have a good break w/ her kids
False confirmed that Stress had nothing to do with Iskall's behavior and left of her own accord.
don't call hermitcraft the 'next dreamsmp' all I ask from the general public is to never consider hermitcraft even a candidate for an outcome just vaguely similar to the dreamsmp
Iskall... Sighs loudly... One of my favorites I CANT KEEP DOING THIS IT MUST BE A CURSE.
Yet another lesson learned about parasocial relationships and the dangers of nasty people masquerading as someone they’re not. I’m glad that there are plenty of people clearing up the situation and making professional statements. The other creators have done a good job kind of clearing him out. I also checked and noticed that Grian removed the 12 bamboo references from his merch designs, as well as what mumbo mentioned. He removed the Sahara designs from his store too.
I'll be honest man, all of these drama channels aren't gonna get their "hot drama" buzz with this one. We've kind of moved on. Everything was handled well, Iskall was just a run of the mill loser, everyone is supportive of the victims with the backing of the hermits, it was handled mostly in private professionally. This ain't no Dream SMP drama.
Seriously.
agreed
its not 'hot drama buzz' hes just informing people who may he subscribed to iskall and dont know what happened, and just spreading info. He did say he was a hermitcraft fan after all so he has a reason to make a video.
I like that he made a video about it becouse its important that i know this as a hermitcraft fan but as i basically only watch grian i like fully missed this info and without social media without youtube its cuz of Lewis that I know this now😅
@@Charl3y3 it's literally trying to win over hermitcraft audience lol. he can make whatever video he wants but don't pretend like he made this purely out of the goodness of his own heart, and that he's not using all the tricks at his disposal to retain viewership. youtube is a business, this is true for hermitcraft, and it is true for louis. he also missed SO MUCH context that is lying barely below the surface that he could have got if he just put in a modicum of effort. overall i agree this is not the video we needed, and is certainly not one we wanted.
I literally never thought I’d see a Louis video OVER HERMITCRAFT DAWG-
Bro summoned the entire HC community lol
The only time hermitcraft Has Had a Problem. Lets Hope this is the only one cus we dont need a dsmp Situation
Wasn’t there a small issue cheated in one of the activities were they hid object for other players to find
No, there were several more times where Hermits were a problem and they were swiftly removed.
@@stan8479 what are the others I only remember 1
I would like to note that there has actually been hermitcraft drama before, just more stupid drama and not actual disgusting behavior like this
this really sheds a different light on the whole iskall being obsessed with "dating" other hermits like Joel. From the viewer's perspective, it was funny at first, but the joke dragged on. It feels just creepy now
Especially the statue commission he tried to request from Joel 😕
The bit with Joel was funny at first, but Joel seemed really uncomfortable. To me it's just another thing that shows Iskall has trouble recognising and respecting boundaries.
Another long time HC fan here, this whole situation has been so absolutely crushing and heartbreaking. I was a die-hard Grian fan before discovering Hermicraft, watching his buildswap videos even before the Evo series came out - I'm by no means a hc veteran but I've been here awhile. This series has been such a crucial piece of media to me throughout my life, I grew up on this stuff, my life has grown and changed around my time watching Hermitcraft, it's been one of the only stable and consistent joys I have over the years while growing into the person I am now and it destroys me to know this happened to people, that someone could tarnish a community that not only contributed so much to thier own success but to abuse it and to hurt the very people that got them there. I know this is a one person thing and doesn't reflect hermitcraft as a whole but it's still so disappointing to see from the creator and it makes me so upset internally that I myself have watched and supported him. My first cosplay (although not good, nor public) was of Iskall and part of me is mourning that.
I wish all the love and recovery to everyone involved and affected, I hope our actual beloved Hermits can bounce back from this and continue to inspire and cultivate the growing community around them and that anyone hurt from this finds peace and can continue to enjoy life and flourish. My heart goes out to you all 💖
It also just tears me up on the inside because when I was younger I would have been SO susceptible to this kind of thing.
For all of my pre-teen - teen years I was very unstable, I had just moved out of my very unsound home and was given unfiltered access to the internet that I guarded with my life because it became the only way I knew how to cope. (I've come a long way now, while I'm not perfect I've made ALOT of progress and I'm doing much better) My fandom spaces meant everything to me even when I was at a point where I didn't know how to navigate them safely and healthily, there was alot of terrible things I endured I can't IMAGINE what would have happened if I fell into the eager hands of someone like this, especially with any form of power and fame, my story now would be drastically different. The creators I watched and fandoms I interacted with were people and creators that i looked up to, trusted and had fierce loyalty towards, back then if I had fallen into contact with any of them that had bad intentions I wouldn't have blinked an eye at whatever was to come, it's terrifying.
I can understand the validation of getting recognition from your favourite creators all too well, how exciting and important it can be. I do not think I will EVER forget the few times creators I love and respect responded to me, it forever holds such an important and special place in my heart. GtwScar once liked a tweet I made, Lordminion777 once relied to a stupid comment I made on a video, Vincey once replied to an awful poem i sent him on Instagram - all of these things are so important and crucial to me now even as someone who now knows the dangers and intricacies of the internet I can only imagine the destruction possible with the wrong creators in the wrong time frame.
I was also a dsmp kid for awhile 😥 I had a huuge attachment to dream as a creator at the time because I had recently been diagnosed with ADHD and was being speculated for Autism and it was so important to me to see someone in a field I admired and yearned for with conditions just like me being so successful. I begged my legal guardians to let me send fanmail and I'd interact I any way I could. Now looking back, I'm glad this is a bullet that didn't find me, a tactical nuke that didn't fire 😬
@@Scarlandsi can really heavily relate to you, i hope youre doing well
@@XemeraldXD you too💖
8:43 “kek” is WoW slang that was adopted by 4chan and then spread to other chuddy internet circles through them (there’s more to it tbh but all you really NEED to know to understand it is that it’s a synonym of “lol”). “kekw” is a twitch emote that pulls its name from that
omg thank you for clarifying!! i’ve never known what this means and my favorite streamers always say it so i was confused 😓😓
@@xielianfan npnp, ive been on the internet for entirely too long to not be a walking repository of useless information lol
I hate that stuff like kek has been co-opted by the same kind of circles of people you would see in 4-chan or who use similarly codified language.
@@malpheus4299 unfortunately it wasn’t really “co-opted”. in the early 2000s, the dudes playing MMOs and the dudes on anonymous message boards were mostly the same dudes
I use kek as a lol substitute
I’m not in any of those gaming spheres or forums
And not a man (ish)
i loved iskall so much as a kid i feel so upset and bad for the victims 😭
no one cares
@@ville-c4u theres no need to be rude about it
Don’t feel bad about it, they’re replying to everyone the same thing
@@yamsaregoodforu i saw they really must have nothing better to do 😭
i loved iskall so much as a kid i feel so upset and bad for the victims 😭
I know this isn't related to the actual content in the video (thanks for covering it btw, I wouldn't have heard about this whole situation otherwise) but the little speech at the end really means a lot to me, and I'm guessing it means a lot to other people too. I haven't heard a single other creator do anything like it, and coming from somebody who doesn't get much support like that in my daily life, it's genuinely so nice to hear.
Gonna go take that sensory break now and go for a walk, which I probably wouldn't have done without the reminder. Tysm for making the videos you do
“Don’t ask people not to speculate” weird take bud
Yeahhhh...
Kekw is basically an equivalent to LOL or LMAO as far as I know
I just hope this doesn't reflect back negatively on the rest of Hermitcraft and its creators. They have gone about this situation in the most professional and civil way they could. As we have seen time and time again, its very easy for creators to make controversy like this very messy and confusing. If anything, I hope this goes to show how much they care about their community and the thought they put into handling this. Props to everyone involved for responding how they did.
I mean this in the most complimentary way possible - you articulate things in the most vaguely-twink-coded-disney-show child villain way and im living for it
I couldn’t word it better
According to google, KEKW means laughter. I don't know if that applies to this situation, but thats what it says.
iirc it originated in WoW. To make it appear as if the Horde and Alliance (the two player factions) spoke different languages the game would replace letters in the chat so "lol" became ""kek".
i think the most telling part is that when the hermitcraft asked him about these allegations he chose to resign, like he knew he couldn’t defend himself
1.) There were a lot of creators in the Dream SMP, not just Dream.
2.) He made a response video that explained everything and explained it well. A lot of his haters didn't even bother to watch it, but regardless, it was made. That girl Amanda has a history of false allegations. Dream was just her most recent target.
NO.
we don't need videos about it. This is the shit I was anxious about, you're a creator I like and respect, but above all else I'm an artist and member of the hermitcraft community and in this situation I'm genuinely so terrified of outside people getting involved even with the intention of just informing accidently creating a hostile energy inside the fandom.
Hermitcraft have removed him and other members who were uncomfortable have been given the space to leave aswell we know it wasn't involving minors and I feel like that is the most that should be said, unless victims want the information to be public and told to everyone.
Agree completely. Hermitcraft are dealing with this really well. I don't think we need outside stuff right now because they're handling it just fine.
Agreed. This video felt very distasteful. He is also SO dramatic here, it feels weird how he frames it like he’s a pdf even tho we know that’s not the situation
@@Nyxnius where did he frame it like that? He explicitly says there is no evidence of minors being involved.
my first thought even just seeing the card for this video. people making reactive content to this stuff when it's clearly been dealt with just makes it worse sometimes. If people need info they look for it themselves, not regurgitated in a dramatic fashion by someone else. I love louis' videos, but this is just unnecessary and if there's more videos from others abt iskall ii can just imagine people will start deducing hermitcraft to just 'another dsmp' which is sooo disrespectful IMO because it'd be comparing these people who haven't done anything wrong that we know about to literal predators and weirdos for no good reason.
@wilsonstreet2714 he addressed how well it was dealt with by hermitctaft. I love hermitcraft, but I wouldn't have known about this if it wasn't for this video. The intent is not to make everyone hate the entirety of a project, but to make people aware of one person in it and how it was handled.
As soon as I heard Hermitcraft my heart sank..
I stop watching for half a season and then THIS happens. I swear to [whatever] if Gem or Impulse or Grian or LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE ON THIS OR ADJACENT SERVERS turn out to be secretly creepy I'm running away from this fandom and never looking back.
This is one of the only problems hermitcraft has had with previous members. They’re all very responsible adults and good people. I wouldn’t worry too much. Things will be okay
How dare RUclips hid this from me for 4 minutes (4 minutes ago I was ordering ice cream and I am now eating said ice cream)
3:01 it was very proven that he does not. it's okay if you don't like the character or the guy, but the allegations against them were proven false like pretty thoroughly. I don't really watch Minecraft content but I did the video and the points that were made for solid and pretty much debunked everything that was being said what's solid evidence. What was really disheartening is that people kept running with the story even though like quite he did a very good job of presenting the receipts, and even if he was kind of cringe on Twitter that's no way to present him as a rapist. Falsely accusing someone is not only damaging to An Innocent person, but it's also extremely harmful to victims of assault.
Right? I didn’t even watch the dream smp nor do I care that much about Minecraft RUclipsrs. Still, I watched the video dream made debunking everything and it baffles me that creators still claim he “likes kids” when talking about him. It’s extremely careless as a commentary RUclipsr to just repeat internet lies because it sounds good in your video.
I’m actually disappointed that Louis didn’t follow through on researching that, he’s usually good at that 😕
havent even watched the video fully, but “DANGER ZONE”????😨 THATS INSANE
We know he messed up when Louis gets on the story
as much as i dislike the situation and feel sorry for those affected, most of this video feels like it has unnecessary exaggeration, especially the thumbnail. i know this is a very serious situation but this was kind of ehh.. no hate though
i really hope stress is ok.. and the same with kazz ofc, but im slightly worried abt stress ngl... she must be going though a lot, and i can only hope shes staying safe with her family and her friends
I'm sorry what.... I swear, Hermitcraft was like the only thing I could always return to with no drama, to just be calm, I swear....
They’ve dealt with the situation well, and professionally. It’s the basically the only controversy ever that has happened on there. But I know the fear and upset. Stay safe ❤️
I can't believe I spent the past four months waiting for this guy to come back to the hermitcraft server. He was one of my favourites in the beginning of this season.
3:02 I don’t know if it’s been disproven since, and I am NOT a dream fan in any way-but the allegations of him liking kids were disproved in a video. Once again, I don’t know if it’s been disproven since, and it doesn’t mean he’s a good person. I know he’s done some stuff, I js thought I’d throw this out there
ngl if someone keeps spreading the dream allegations around, despite them being disproven for almost a year now, I don't trust them to handle related topics with any sort of integrity.
i was an iskall fan and i'm so disappointed but also at this point i just don't have the energy to be shocked. im just tired.
and i was thinking that he'd be a great addition to the life series when the news dropped.
edit omg i was in the end card lol thank u
This made me so sad when I saw this. Him and Skizzleman were always the most wholesome of the duos in hermitcraft next to Grian and Mumbo. I feel so bad for everyone involved but not iskall obviously
17:42 WHY DO I KINDA HEAR A LIL BIT OF BILL CIPHER
YEAH 😭
CRAZY LMAO
TRUE
A-X-O-L-O-T-L
you give theatre kid SO strongly but its endearing honestly
damn. this was my childhood. me and my brother grew up on the hermitcraft server, and iskal definitely wasn’t either of our favorites, but we used to watch that guy. louis videos hit extra hard when it’s someone you used to look up to.
@@s1llyfinch this is why you don't look up to complete strangers.
You have nobody to blame but yourself
@ sorry, but when i watched this server i was 6-10. it’s not my fault that people who present to children for entertainment happen to be predators and do shitty things. i was a child, a child doesn’t know about those things. a child cannot decipher who they should look up to, especially if the person they are looking up to is marketing themselves to be appealing to a child demographic.
@@daisydroid No. Although its obvious to say such a thing, this is HERMITCRAFT were talking about. if it were any other SMP or community, sure, it'd probably be pretty standard to make such a claim, but Hermitcraft has been around for a long time and as such we should see this from a less watered-down angle. don't get me wrong, of course we cant blindly trust people on the internet, that's one of the key rules of the web. but these are largely people who make kids content, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that somebody (for example, the commenter) who grew up with this content would look up to someone within that space.
I would describe the feeling as similar to how people see DanTDM, He's a great guy who's respected within his community. and although I cant say the same for iskall, I know that Hermitcraft has definitely earned a name for itself.
It's not out of the ordinary to consider somebody important to you due to watching them when you were younger. and frankly, I think it's quite careless to chalk it up to "looking up to strangers." As the commenter put it, it's not their fault people who present to children for entertainment happen to be bad people.
19:58 killer cartman impression
i absolutely *love* how louis edits his videos and acts in them. he never fails to make me laugh or smile even on my worst days when im in a depressive episode. never fails to make me giggle and/or cackle even when the subject of the video isnt nice. he always covers these topics so well and somehow makes us smile and laugh. i have bpd so i frequently go into depressive episode and manic episodes so, when that happens i always watch louis to bring me out of it. thank you, louis. we love you. keep up the good work you do.
Dude dream was proven innocent in EVERY one of the accusations of him being nsfw with minors why do people still think he wasn't? At least last I checked unless there are completely new allegations
people js really hate dream ig 🤷♀️
@cinnarollinq Oh, I personally don't like dreams, but I dont think spreading false accusations is something that's OK. I'm sure there are plenty of reasons to actually dislike him for
@ agreed
Yeah i heavily dislike dream as a creator, but the accusations were proven false, and continueing to spread that is invalidating actual victims
The manhunts were the only thing worth watching...everything else I've seen from him just sucked...I hated their server and I'm just disappointed technoblade was apart of it...
louis being a mumbo jumbo fan is my new favorite things
At least no minors were involved, that’s a bar that not many content creators can passed 🤦♂️
I was never a fan of Iskall specifically, but I remember loving Iskall back in season six (I've really only ever watched Grian, so Sahara) and I feel so guilty and betrayed by this, the statements made me feel sick. I hate him so much, and I've been following it from the beginning. There's a reason Louis is my favorite commentary(?) youtuber, and it's because he talks about things like this others don't talk about.
He is a commentary youtuber! I love every single one of his videos I’ve learned so much that I missed from him😭
I feel the exact same, I adored him during season six (grian) and I saw that he had resigned with no other information. He was a big chunk of my childhood (I was like 8-9?) when I saw that he had resigned, I broke down and cried. I didn’t know anything except that he had quit and there were no minors. I was sad for him. (Now I’m disgusted) and I was sad for stress. Hermitcraft will never be the same. I’ll still watch it though.
I’m using diorite in all of my builds from here on out
Grooming isn’t just an action(s) with the end goal of getting sexual with someone, it can also be to get something out of someone like work, money, artwork, ect. Just wanted to mention that since that part of grooming isn’t talked about enough. Still a great job you did explaining the situation though and getting this information out there for people to understand!
YES!
I'm sorry. WHAT?! Literally who isn't a predator, wtf, WE JUST WANT PEACE AND MORE HERMITCRAFT, NOT THIS
I was in my room dramatically acting out your intro and on the "welcome" I whipped my head around so fast my ear bud flew out 😭
This is so random what 😭
@nataliaentalia loll I was in so much shock I just had to comment lol 💀😭
11:39 that's normal don't worry :)
Louis commenting on the iskall situation is like an insane crossover- I'm proud of the hermits for immediately making an statement and being responsible- hope the victims heal
thank you for making a video about this. i was not able to find a comprehensive video on this by a source i trust and i don't have the attention span to research on my own. i've been a huge fan of hermitcraft since i was 11 or 12 and im now 18. seeing this hurts my heart so much. this is someone i've known and watched for 7 years. i was never a huge fan, i watched him less than other creators on the server, but i loved seeing him in videos. he just had to ruin hermitcraft's drama free track record apparently :( i hope he can't hurt anyone else now that this is exposed.
i was a fan of pacific in season 7 and yeah :((
@ dude sahara was so special to me. this breaks my heart
oh thank goodness its ikall85 and not iskall85 that would've been crazy.... /j
thank you so much for speaking about this as someone who watches grians hermitcraft vids. I really appreciate it
This is genuinely heartbreaking to me and Iv never even been of fan of his it’s just upsetting me to as a HC fan in general, I really hope this isn’t one of those situations where one person gets exposed and then more and more members do
Omggg he used to be one of my favorite RUclipsrs to watch 😢
31:38 the fact that im drawing rn
Im a dsmp fan, not a dream fan, and while he doesn't like kids, his 'friends' say he was an obnoxious person
For those who don’t know what Kekw is is a twitch emote. It’s a laughing meme. Hope this cleared it up sorry if it didn’t.
I guess the only good thing that came from this is that the hermits were so quick and professional about this that they basically booted him without anyone else getting hurt. Nice to see grown adults deal with things like adults should.
The fact that he named himself ice cold is just ridiculous 💀
Your intro gave me such intense whiplash my brain literally shut off
ISKALL? ISKALL WHAT.
Swedish.
@ ISKALL NOOOOOOOO
1:34 there actually has been very few controversies, mostly from before xisuma was admin and very eaely knto it iirc, i think one of the controgersial members was a pedo
I thought I heard that Stress’ only thing keeping her a part of Hermitcraft was Iskall and she left because he did.
Whether or not she’s still friends with him is a separate thing.
for anyone who doesnt know, iskall means ice cold in swedish
Holy shit. First of all, this is my first time seeing your channel and I was SO skeptical of the thumbnail at first (bc i havent been keeping up with HC news for. Well. About 4 months now.) But, im so glad i clicked. Not only is this harrowing information good to finally know, but i really love your unabashed sense of justice. I love that you dont give a shit and talk your feelings.
Second of all, this makes the bit with Joel towards the middle-ish of HC season 12 feel SO MUCH MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. I liked Iskall's quirky nature and only really knew of his builds from what I saw in others' videos, but even that bit of him flirting so atrociously heavy with Joel made me cringe. Id go so far as to say I felt like Joel was also uncomfortable. Iskall definitely, certainly, 100% has a problem and he needs to seek counseling to fix it. To me, it sounds like his needs arent being met with whatever partner he has, and instead of fixing the problem in a healthy way, he chose grimey ugly goblin behavior. Way to fuckin sully the Hermitcraft name, Iskall.
As a fan of Hermitcraft for nearly 7 years, you don’t really need my opinion but they handled the situation fine on their own. Awareness is great, but they didn’t need more traction to this. I’m sure plenty of the hermits were devastated already.
I haven't even watched the video yet, but hermitcraft was a big part of me while growing up, and it's something that i consider very dear to me. So you can see why I'd want to say how i feel about this.
This is devastating. to me, and to possibly many others. I've been watching hermitcraft since season 6 and knew of the other members, including Iskall, through interactions with Grian (Him being my main POV for anything hermitcraft).
I considered hermitcraft to be a series I could fall back on for comfort if anything bad happened in my life. yet after this, truth be told I feel a small part of my childhood self, and that long-standing sentiment to be, in lack of a better word, shattered.
the timelessness or trust i associated with this server and it's people has partially dwindled, leaving a growing fear that the other members will end up like this as well. Despite me knowing how largely experienced and professional they are.
edit: Louis never struck me as the type to be somewhat of a hermitcraft fan, that makes me substantially less embarrassed about my enjoyment with the SMP.
Was watching 3 screens (laptop, drawing tablet connected to laptop, and phone where your vid was) and when you called me out to take a sensory break, I stared at the corner of my room for the remaining minute or so of the video.
Thank you, the way my room changed when my eyes relaxed was kinda scary, so I'm gonna take those sensory breaks more often :D
never thought id see my childhood comfort on one of these
27:34 its unforetunate that we have to talk about it, but im glad speaking about grooming is more normalized so hopefully more people (especially kids) are aware and can avoid these situations. i myself experienced grooming and back in early 2010s and i didnt realize how it was bad and so i didnt save any evidence. the unlucky combination of unlimited internet access, being a kid, and lack of education on my parents and my part.
Dude, I have watched a total of one of your videos so far and I am going to subscribe immediately. I love how you look at things, the way you talk i love it. Keep up the good work man you earned yourself a sub. :D
I'm not really that into hermitcraft and I was shocked. It's always so peaceful and unproblematic 😭
Ik😭 hermitcraft is usually very unproblematic and I doubt any other hermits were involved directly
@IvyGreen-v3w thank god. I've been wanting to get into hermitcraft
It’s still peaceful, they addressed the situation maturely and professionally. Without extra drama, unless more drama videos keep getting posted..
@@Bulbrey_Bez0s i highly suggest it! everyone on the server is really entertaining to watch and also very responsible in situations like this.
thank you for making this video. i appreciate the respect you gave this situation while not drastically changing the tone from your other videos. i watch your videos a lot despite most of the topics having nothing to do with me but i actually happen to be a pretty big hermitcraft fan
(btw "kekw" means "lolz". it comes from world of warcraft, where if you say "lolz" to someone of the opposite faction it translates it to "kekw")
Someone in Hermitcraft getting canceled was not on my 2024 bingo card, which is really disappointing hopefully they can move forward and hopefully this dosnt affect the next season after this one
The VS bit in the beginning gets me everytime! Please keep this bit forever!
I have headphones in and I still feel the need to turn this down so people don’t overhear 😭😭
Oh lord…calling him a predator. This is insane.