When he said “I know there’s a creature that explodes” I knew we were in for a treat lol. You know someone’s going in blind when they don’t even know the name of the most iconic mob
post watching all that damn that was fun but also it's got to have been painful for him so many times he was just completely in the dark about features that are entirely hidden
Seeing someone play Minecraft completely blind is such a trip to me. There's so much I always took for granted, like where you get flint. Or how you water crops.
reminds me of when i first started playing minecraft alpha true blind there wasn't even wiki's back then i remember asking on the minecraft forum how to build a ladder
him trying to reason why the minecraft music feels nostalgic eventho he's playing for the first time, while every single mc player is like "no, we totally undersatnd"
It’s not the nostalgia, it’s actually how the game feels. At least the older tracks. They give a sense of emptiness, loneliness, and uncertainty, but at the same time saying ‘this is your world, change it and do what you see fit’. The simplicities of older Minecraft can’t be forgotten. Sitting by a river next to my hut fishing while C418 plays in and out is a memory that won’t go away.
@@judgemental9253 This is one of the reasons I don't vibe with the new music tracks. Like yeah yeah "old thing good new thing bad" but seriously, C418's music constantly give off a vibe of a desolate/alien/isolated environment and this almost melancholic emotion.
It's very emblematic of the philosophy of Minecraft's game design that pulled so many people in. The game does not acknowledge you when you make a cool build, or when a creeper blows up your farm, or when you barely escape with your life. It does not encourage you to. It is random with no true "end goal" and, outside of advancements, the game responds with very little whenever something big or tragic happens because the game simply cannot accurately decide what a meaningful event to the player is. The world of Minecraft always gave off a lonely feeling because you, the player, are the only one that can imbue things with meaning. There is nobody to talk to and nobody to admire what you have built. On the flip side, it's also empowering; the world is whatever you mean it to be, because YOU are the only one that can give it meaning. It's lonely but also cozy, something C418's tracks embody so incredibly well beyond simple nostalgic value that even now I can still vividly remember that desolate yet cozy feeling that came over me when I saw from my floating house the square sun setting over the endless forest.
The music real reminds me of going for a walk through the local arboretum during the dead hours where you're comfortably enjoying a nice day and you know that if you were in trouble you're close enough to civilization that you could yell for help, but there's no one else around in the immediate vicinity, it's just you, the world and your thoughts.
@@juckie Nah, it's a hassle to open the menu and change the FOV slider every time you want to see further. Spyglass is still better, faster and more immersive.
@@MinecraftPenguin8 Truth is, nerdpoles are cheating. But it's so much a part of the game to "make creative use of gameplay mechanics" that you can't change it now.
@@klaxoncow it may not have originally been intended, but are you sure it’s cheating? There are so many things that you can’t do without being able to built straight up. Building anything is 100x harder.
Honestly I only just now realized how completely inured I had become to the concept of endermen. Seeing them from Oliver’s fresh eyes, it becomes obvious how gosh darn SCARY those things are.
I still remember when they were first added to the game when I was young, and my older sister describing the new mob they added like the protagonist of a horror movie reading the description of the monster from an ancient book.
I have never seen "inured" before, thanks for teaching me a new word. Also I 100% agree. I remember being a kid and freaking out at the noises endearment made and their glowing eyes
It's not even just endermen for me. As a kid, I remember the first night of my first survival world felt actually terrifying. I was just hiding inside a village house looking at the zombies through a window as I waited for the day, and my heart was pounding like my actual life was in danger... From the same zombies that are at most a minor inconvenience to me now. Kinda interesting to think back to that.
@@sabuguinhoCyou spoiled me :( Can you put the actual spoiler further down next time instead of directly next to "spoiler alert" so that it's actually avoidable?
I love how blind playthroughs start out with the assumption with Minecraft is a peaceful kids' game where you mine and craft, and then once night hits they immediately get brutally killed by anything and everything
i love how Oliver intuitively figures out things that to many players are just common knowledge, like the nether portal shape, redstone, lighting to prevent mob spawning, and using lava as a trash can
Now imagine our ancestors from 100,000 years ago. They were doing the same thing in the real world. Have they ever even seen fire? How do you intuitively figure out how to make such a complicated chemical reaction sustain itself? How do you move something heavy? The wheel hasn't been invented yet, so you've got to figure that out on your own. Preventing your settlements from being raided by scavenger animals, learning to tame wolves, they all have one-to-one comparisons with what Oliver's doing here, and it really gives a glimpse into how our prehistoric ancestors might have worked their way through similar problems.
@@nathanblack9938 I thought it was fun. I enjoy watching him problem solve with the game, and it doesn't really frustrate me much when he doesn't get things. It just builds suspense and gets me biting my nails trying to will him to notice or figure it out through the screen.
@@OuterCraftmy boomer moment (I’m 25) is telling my friend’s little siblings about how in my day going into Minecraft was truly blind (started in 2012). I didn’t think about ever googling crafting recipes and only asked friends for advice or beat my head against my desk lol I wasn’t internet savvy at all I literally thought the internet was only for school or work. When a MC friend said “I googled it” my mind was blown that you could look up video games online lmao
Its like he had all the experiences we all had but in a newer version. I think my favourite part is when he finds the pyramid at 40:40 because its so real and feels like how the pyramid was intended to be experiensed
i forgot how many features in minecraft are so obscure, like we always relied on a wiki, or learnt from friends, or youtube. like nether portals and how to find the stronghold. haha i remember learning EVERY single crafting recipe before the book guide thingy got added, i never imagined how hard crafting would be to someone playing blind with no help!
watching him step on the desert temple pressure plate is some of the greatest cinema ive ever seen. The second i saw him step on it i was like "OH NOOOOOOO"
god i absolutely love how oliver engages with games. the level of thinking he applies to even basic problems to work out the mechanics behind them is just so fricken cool. it felt like magic to see him intuitively figure out spawning mechanics, redstone, crafting recipes, and more just by observing and testing. what a beautiful way to explore a sandbox game like minecraft.
42:10 had me CRYING LAUGHING so hard that i had to take my asthma inhaler. that was HILARIOUS. i'm sure when i was a little kid playing minecraft, that was my exact reaction too
For some reason, seeing someone new discover redstone and actually mess around with it for the first time makes me happy. Theres no reason behind it, it just does
This is amazing to watch, it's rare that someone knows so little about the game. Seeing how it feels to discover modern mechanics (as opposed to hearing about them, using them in creative mode, and then deciding they're ok) is awesome.
Most of the time when people post videos where they're playing Minecraft for the first time, they go into the game like 'Oh this is easy this is a kids game I'm such a pro gamer' and then over an hour later they're still trying to punch stone and complaining when it doesn't work. Watching Oliver test and figure things out and use the achievement system and context clues to puzzle his way through the game was awe inspiring.
Oh my god i'm so jealous of him, I wish i could play minecraft for the first time again, there's so much to discover, we old players normally say that there's not a lot of things to do in the game but looking at this I realized there's a lot of things in the game, we just know them all, I wish there was an update with so many things I find new things all the time.
This is probably one of the best minecraft videos I have seen in many years. I think most people are more interested in watching super crazy builds and very extreme grinds , but experiencing the game for the first time is probably the most exciting thing for me.
This video heals me. I’ve been playing for nearly a decade and a half now, and seeing someone have genuine fun with the basic rules of the game is so nice to see after so long.
it’s kinda crazy to realise that if you don’t *know* about mechanics or features in minecraft, the trial and error is CRAZY. Very interesting perspective, props off!
Not what you normally super cut but its a very nice change. Edit: seeing what a person that doesnt know much about minecraft realizes easily makes me appreciate the game design of minecraft Edit 2: it brings such childish joy to me seeing somebody discover the joys of the game of my childhood.
It's honestly shocking that he manages to beat the entire game without looking anything up, I would have thought Minecraft was much too opaque for that, but it turns out, if you have Oliver's kind of brain, it can be done!
seeing him play this with such joy at each discovery, finding diamonds, and all that is just so amazing. I feel like this has just become the perfect encapsulation of what makes Minecraft so great, and how we fell so much in love with this game as kids
@sgas tbh i think its the opposite, there have been so many game design choices that make it easier to get into the gameplay loop and discover things just by exploring the world. just because there are newer features that people don't know how to interact with doesn't undo the work thats been put in to make the game easier for newer players that dont follow the update cycle.
@@AshEshyr agreed!!! ruined portals for example act as a small and completely optional nether portal tutorial (and if you don’t need the tutorial, free loot!), which from the pov of someone playing with no outside help it would be nearly impossible for them to discover the nether
as someone who's been playing minecraft for over 10 years now, it is so interesting to see your blind reaction to things and your discoveries. The things I see as normal, you see as wonderful. it's really refreshing and makes me appreciate what I know more.
I absolutely love the pure wonder in his voice as he slowly learns more about the game, he’s exactly how we all were so long ago when playing for the first time.
I watched this entire playthrough and it's one of the most engaging MC runs ever. Going into Minecraft blind from start to finish, with no help from the wiki or tutorials, and virtually no help from chat, you see just how unintuitive the game can be.
Mining grass with a pickaxe, walking up to a witch and saying “hey are you friendly” then getting knocked over the head with poison 😭😭😭 it’s almost cute to watch, especially the little “Im minecrafting!” I love it
Damn dude, you did SUCH a good job of capturing the highlights, subtly edited to tell the story of Oliver's progress, just as I remember it... including his joy, his silly quips, his (sometimes prophetic) theorising and speculation; especially, amazing work on the redstone segment, I honestly wasn't sure if you would even try to capture that. More than a great stream highlight, this is a document of the overall vibe/feeling of discovery in a new Minecraft world, as the devs intended it to be experienced. Well done.
Man I cannot tell you how nostalgic someone not knowing how to survive the first night and trying to hide in his unbuilt base is. I feel like every player in the world can pretty much do that so we forget what’s it’s like lol.
this brings me such joy. honestly chat was pissing me off a bit, of course he’s not going to do the “obvious” thing, seeing him explore and figure out everything is magical. thank you for the supercut legend.
I feel like, this type of gameplay is way better than any other survivals. Because, this person did not do any reasearch and played Minecraft compliantly blind without much knowledge at first.
This is the most entertaining video I’ve watched in a long time. It’s effectively taken me away from my plans for the evening and that says a lot considering I’ve never come across your channel. Being a player of over twelve years, this is the perfect balance of aggravating and nostalgia. Watching you get so close to some discoveries yet stay unaware. And then the joy of making other accomplishments is literally peak entertainment. I’m watching all three of these tonight. Great content. And I’m glad to see more people enjoying this classic game. ✌️
Oliver's Minecraft playthrough is one of the best content on RUclips ever. At some point I wanted to make this supercut by myself, but it would take too much time to rewatch and then edit 150 hours of content, and I am really glad you are going to do it
Me too, but also, like, I do value my sanity. Eelis is truly insane for actually putting all this together; I can only imagine how much time an edit of this scale would take.
If anyone wants to see someone else do something similar, CarlSagan42 (VOD channel CarlPlayin) primarily plays Nintendo games (used to be a well regarded speedrunner for a few mario games) and has been playing through tons of super culturally impactful/popular games completely 100% blind, he did everthing he could in minecraft just over a year ago! I do really recommend him, especially if you like AboutOliver's playthrough bc similarly, he's a PhD scientist (biology or microbiology, I believe) and has a super inquisitive mind that likes to approach anything he doesn't know with optimistic curiosity, so it was alot of fun seeing how he approached Minecraft blind!
This is like the most perfect first Minecraft playthrough I’ve ever seen. It’s a miracle he discovered as much stuff as he did without looking stuff up online
Nah, it's not just nostalgia. New music is great, but I like the almost empty lonely soundtrack from c418. The new track sounds like you are exploring with all sorts of things to discover, which fits perfectly for newer minecraft. Old music however felt more desolate, like a vast plain with nothing but you on it, which fits the older versions better. Both are great for what they are, and when they are.
dude, this might just be like the best Minecraft playthrough I've ever seen There's something so beautiful about reexperiencing the joy and curiousity I once had with this game. The novelty it represented, the excitedness for what was to be discovered. And you get things so well, like you intuitively and steadily understand the logic of the game, and actually explore everything the game has to offer. For example, I don't remember any youtuber experimenting with redstone in their first playthrough and crafting everything they see new. This is seriously a really nice playthrough 💯
I don't watch much letsplay anymore, but Oliver sucked me in when he started his first Minecraft stream. Genuinely a much watch for any long time Minecraft fans, incredibly entertaining and such a unique perspective on the game we've been playing. ... Wait, what's that? Diorite..
So glad this was supercut! The whole playthrough is such a fascinating look into playing modern Minecraft with no info or help. Props to Oliver for figuring out as much as he did!
As a Hermitcraft enjoyer, getting to see someone experience Minecraft with next to no prior knowledge is really entertaining. Cub’s rants on the fletching table were on my mind when Oliver made one only for it to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, he and Oliver would probably get along great as fellow scientist-gamers. this man would have so much fun with all the hermits’ mini games. Especially decked out 2, though I am definitely biased in that regard as a Tango viewer. He’d probably be fascinated by all the redstone behind them.
@@cerealenjoyer3000putting a lightning rod directly on a wooden roof just causes fires both in and out of game. You put them on nonflammable structures to protect nearby flammable ones (IRL you also need to ground them properly or they won't work)
@@theapexsurvivor9538 the problem is... minecraft isnt real life and you dont need to ground it. Also the minecraft lightning rod prevents fires, it doesnt catch on fire when lightning strikes it
@cerealenjoyer3000 it literally doesn't prevent fires. You can check the non-fandom wiki (fandom is griefed and poorly maintained) if you don't believe me, or create a creative test world with a few lightning rods spread out on a large wooden platform in the desert (rain can extinguish fires so it takes longer for a catastrophic one to occur) and set weather to thunder. And there's a reason why I specified that you have to Also ground it irl (in parentheses no less) indicating that it isn't necessary in game.
I'm watching this in my room while a thunderstorm rages outside. It's past midnight and I need to be up at 7 tomorrow for uni but I can't stop watching. I actually can't believe the deep joy I'm getting from this video, it's like playing minecraft for the first time again. thank you for this supercut :)
y'know what, there's a lot that's really delightful about this game that you get used to - like treasure maps or wandering traders' invis potions - and it's nice to have it revealed by fresh eyes
its genuinely so rare to find content creators, or honestly just young people in general, who DON'T know about Minecraft.. like, basically nothing. So this was a fascinating watch! Thanks xD
Just a moment to appreciate this absolute goat of an editor going through hours and hours of footage to not only give us the highlights but make a 2 hour video cut that clips and flows so perfectly that I couldn't stop watching. Props man, you're just as talented as the og streamer.
I was getting recommended this video a lot, but I thought I wouldn’t watch is as it just seemed like it wouldn’t be very interesting. It was, in fact, a pretty interesting and charming video. It actually makes me so exited for when he finds stuff like enchanting, the nether, and eventually the end
If you guys enjoyed this, I highly reccomend RTGame's playthough of Minecraft. Not much of a novice as Oliver, but still extremely refreshing to see players learning Minecraft as opposed to pros MinMaxing the game. This was an excellent watch. Bravo to Oliver and Eelis.
Yes thank you so much!!!!! Have watched all these a month ago but like forgot what he has learned when I started watching his season 2 and didn't want to rewatch all of season 1 again😂
This is so neat. It's so cool watching someone figure out the mechanics of Minecraft just based on in-game gameplay. Some of my favorite memories of playing minecraft for the first time with my dad is how we didn't know anything, and the silly conclusions we came to as a result.
Holy shit! I had always hoped! This is such a unique Minecraft playthrough, seeing this game we all know so well through his fresh eyes is just surreal I'll be recommending this one to people for sure, I've always thought his playthrough would have mass appeal if only it was edited down to be easily watchable, so thank you so much! Edit: This is *really* enjoyable, looking forward to the next!
this is incredible, I am hooked. personally having played since the game came out I have this specific vision of how things go. plus having watched tons of other people who also are new to this there is just something waay different about the way you are taking everything in. its such beautiful natural progression. id be happy to watch the whole journey good sir
Have fun, season one is 50 videos 2-5 hours each. Season two started late last year and is up to 29 episodes so far, last stream was two days ago. He still has a lot to figure out, but he's slowly getting there :)
You are actually insane for making this, wow. Thank you so much for your service because I've been wishing for this playthrough to get an edit since I'd watched the VODs. A part of me had wanted to make the edit myself, but of course it's a daunting amount of work. I have faith that you'll get through it all, but if you start to tire, feel free to call on me for some help and I could do a section of the vods for you (in my own style of editing, though I think I could decently match yours).
I absolutely love your Lord of the Rings bits in the video, and watching you go blind through the game has been so refreshing and a genuinely lovely experience. Cool stuff!
I've been making my way through this series for the last couple months and am just about through, really glad people are going to get to experience this who don't have a billion hours to sink into watching the whole thing. It's genuinely impressive the conclusions Oliver manages to make on his own, for better or worse, lmao
I haven't played Minecraft in years, so I'm learning everything again while watching you, and it's difficult to express how wonderful this video is. Thank you so much for letting me come on this journey with you, it was a joy to watch.
I love my dish of outer wilds with a side of Oliver ::3 but really this is slowly becoming a channel based on Oliver then just outer wilds! I hope to see more super cuts of him 😊
Thank you for making this, Eelis! ❤
They really are incredible. And also thank you for bringing us so much wonderful "blind" content!
I was watching your minecraft series just now. You have great content!
You're always so wonderfully thoughtful, love your videos.
Hi Oliver! Adore your stuff!
THE MAN
When I realized he didn't know how to reach credits, therefore didn't know about the Nether, End, or Enderdragon; my excitement shot way up.
When he said “I know there’s a creature that explodes” I knew we were in for a treat lol. You know someone’s going in blind when they don’t even know the name of the most iconic mob
Oh boy, it's gonna be memorable for him 100%.
yeah that's actually a gem, it's so nice and rare to find someone who doesn't know everything about minecraft
Sometimes it’s better to not focus on a goal which is why this video is fantastic
post watching all that damn that was fun but also it's got to have been painful for him so many times he was just completely in the dark about features that are entirely hidden
Alternative Title: Man discovers Diorite six times for the first time!
Unfortunate Discovery
He has mentioned having ADHD at least once before (which, relatable lmaoooo)
the incident
16:48
first steps
38:39
the grand confusion
1:04:00
the dementia begins
1:19:46
Denial
1:27:01
ITS A WALLL
1:35:36
Anger
1:38:04
The Rock moment
more like sixty but yeah
Seeing someone play Minecraft completely blind is such a trip to me. There's so much I always took for granted, like where you get flint. Or how you water crops.
An excellent example of this is PiroPito's playthough
@@Cosmic_Fyre the goat
Imo he did not play blind he took a showel to mine the first gravel a new player wouldn’t know this
@@TheBGC1000 figuring out the fastest tool to mine gravel isn't that hard for a new player.
reminds me of when i first started playing minecraft alpha true blind there wasn't even wiki's back then i remember asking on the minecraft forum how to build a ladder
Seeing him get so excited about the fletching table was heartbreaking
him trying to reason why the minecraft music feels nostalgic eventho he's playing for the first time, while every single mc player is like "no, we totally undersatnd"
It’s not the nostalgia, it’s actually how the game feels. At least the older tracks. They give a sense of emptiness, loneliness, and uncertainty, but at the same time saying ‘this is your world, change it and do what you see fit’. The simplicities of older Minecraft can’t be forgotten. Sitting by a river next to my hut fishing while C418 plays in and out is a memory that won’t go away.
@@judgemental9253 This is one of the reasons I don't vibe with the new music tracks. Like yeah yeah "old thing good new thing bad" but seriously, C418's music constantly give off a vibe of a desolate/alien/isolated environment and this almost melancholic emotion.
(whereas the new tracks feel more... upbeat?generic?energetic? I dunno. Just doesn't sit right.)
It's very emblematic of the philosophy of Minecraft's game design that pulled so many people in. The game does not acknowledge you when you make a cool build, or when a creeper blows up your farm, or when you barely escape with your life. It does not encourage you to. It is random with no true "end goal" and, outside of advancements, the game responds with very little whenever something big or tragic happens because the game simply cannot accurately decide what a meaningful event to the player is. The world of Minecraft always gave off a lonely feeling because you, the player, are the only one that can imbue things with meaning. There is nobody to talk to and nobody to admire what you have built. On the flip side, it's also empowering; the world is whatever you mean it to be, because YOU are the only one that can give it meaning. It's lonely but also cozy, something C418's tracks embody so incredibly well beyond simple nostalgic value that even now I can still vividly remember that desolate yet cozy feeling that came over me when I saw from my floating house the square sun setting over the endless forest.
The music real reminds me of going for a walk through the local arboretum during the dead hours where you're comfortably enjoying a nice day and you know that if you were in trouble you're close enough to civilization that you could yell for help, but there's no one else around in the immediate vicinity, it's just you, the world and your thoughts.
32:35 There's NO WAY he found a CHARGED CREEPER on his first playthrough
bro i was genuinely shocked. lmao
If that thing exploded💀
When I first played through Minecraft I never saw that shi
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13:18 the sound of the creeper about to go off and then the cutaway to his house being partly blown off is hilarious
😂Earned him a sub
Best part of the video easily 😭 funny as hell
has me crying 😭
love his joy for the spyglass, people rag on it sooo much but if you don’t have optifine it totally rules
Not to mention even with optifine the zoom stacks on each other, so you can see even further
And he even goes “I finally have a use for my copper!” Like even he knows it’s useless
I don't find it that useful even without optifine, you can just change your fov to 30 for the same effect.
@ i don’t think fov zooms quite as much tho and it’s not exactly quick! u do u tho!
@@juckie Nah, it's a hassle to open the menu and change the FOV slider every time you want to see further.
Spyglass is still better, faster and more immersive.
The genuine fear from fighting the enderman for the first time.. oh what a classic
I still fear them even if I'm all geared up 😭
i’m still scared of them after a decade💀
@abbythings it's alr me 2 lmao
53:30 Oliver discovering that he can pillar by jumping and placing blocks below him only to say "is this intended?" is adorable
“feels like cheating“
@@MinecraftPenguin8 Truth is, nerdpoles are cheating.
But it's so much a part of the game to "make creative use of gameplay mechanics" that you can't change it now.
@@klaxoncow it may not have originally been intended, but are you sure it’s cheating? There are so many things that you can’t do without being able to built straight up. Building anything is 100x harder.
@@klaxoncowWhat does "cheating" mean, to you?
@@klaxoncow I am very interested in how nerdpoles could be considered cheating
Honestly I only just now realized how completely inured I had become to the concept of endermen. Seeing them from Oliver’s fresh eyes, it becomes obvious how gosh darn SCARY those things are.
I still remember when they were first added to the game when I was young, and my older sister describing the new mob they added like the protagonist of a horror movie reading the description of the monster from an ancient book.
I have never seen "inured" before, thanks for teaching me a new word.
Also I 100% agree. I remember being a kid and freaking out at the noises endearment made and their glowing eyes
It's not even just endermen for me. As a kid, I remember the first night of my first survival world felt actually terrifying. I was just hiding inside a village house looking at the zombies through a window as I waited for the day, and my heart was pounding like my actual life was in danger... From the same zombies that are at most a minor inconvenience to me now. Kinda interesting to think back to that.
Imagine them being real😂 10-12 feet tall, 5 foot long arms and legs, and jet black
I'm honestly so scared of them still lol my heart always jumps when I hear them
42:13
Those screams contained 200% terror in them
I cannot wait to see what his reaction to the Warden is, because this was too good.
You must have missed 89 streams then, he already did
Not trying to be mean btw
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@@sabuguinhoC Just watched the supercut here, not the streams, unsurprised they're already finished.
@@quixQuery the streams are so much fun.
Spoiler alert:
he literally killed the warden lmao
@@sabuguinhoCyou spoiled me :( Can you put the actual spoiler further down next time instead of directly next to "spoiler alert" so that it's actually avoidable?
I love how blind playthroughs start out with the assumption with Minecraft is a peaceful kids' game where you mine and craft, and then once night hits they immediately get brutally killed by anything and everything
i love how Oliver intuitively figures out things that to many players are just common knowledge, like the nether portal shape, redstone, lighting to prevent mob spawning, and using lava as a trash can
Even the 1 block travelled in Nether equals more blocks travelled in the Overworld
I liked watching him independently invent noob towering
Now imagine our ancestors from 100,000 years ago. They were doing the same thing in the real world. Have they ever even seen fire? How do you intuitively figure out how to make such a complicated chemical reaction sustain itself? How do you move something heavy? The wheel hasn't been invented yet, so you've got to figure that out on your own. Preventing your settlements from being raided by scavenger animals, learning to tame wolves, they all have one-to-one comparisons with what Oliver's doing here, and it really gives a glimpse into how our prehistoric ancestors might have worked their way through similar problems.
He managed to figure out how a compass tracks to 0,0 without knowing about the F3 coord system
@@brianbethea3069 I was going to say you're thinking about it too seriously but... Actually, yeah. That's REALLY fascinating to think about
Oliver messing with redstone and learning how it all works is probably the best part of all of this.
When he discovered the NOT gate using redstone torches... That moment was legendary and will be remembered throughout the history
he already knows more redstone than me
@@black_crest that stream was 4 hours of incredible frustration (looking at you red block) followed by absolute euphoria
@@nathanblack9938 I thought it was fun. I enjoy watching him problem solve with the game, and it doesn't really frustrate me much when he doesn't get things. It just builds suspense and gets me biting my nails trying to will him to notice or figure it out through the screen.
This is a really good example how minecraft teaches new players mechanics thourgh observation like for example the shape of the nether portals
it really doesn't, oliver is just really smart
@@sammxn-w2v it literally does...
Them fleshing out the achievement system did wonders, gives new players a push in the right direction without giving them all the answers
@@OuterCraftmy boomer moment (I’m 25) is telling my friend’s little siblings about how in my day going into Minecraft was truly blind (started in 2012). I didn’t think about ever googling crafting recipes and only asked friends for advice or beat my head against my desk lol I wasn’t internet savvy at all I literally thought the internet was only for school or work. When a MC friend said “I googled it” my mind was blown that you could look up video games online lmao
Its like he had all the experiences we all had but in a newer version. I think my favourite part is when he finds the pyramid at 40:40 because its so real and feels like how the pyramid was intended to be experiensed
When he dropped down I was basically screaming “BREAK THE PRESSURE PLATE!!!”
The frantic wiggling of the mouse 😂👌
13:17 amazing cut
This is so funny
Creeper hissing In the background 😂
came here to say the exact thing, this part was so funny lmfao
i burst out laughing that was so unexpected
15 years after its release people still use torches to mark their first home to find the way back, so great... and nostalgic
i forgot how many features in minecraft are so obscure, like we always relied on a wiki, or learnt from friends, or youtube. like nether portals and how to find the stronghold. haha i remember learning EVERY single crafting recipe before the book guide thingy got added, i never imagined how hard crafting would be to someone playing blind with no help!
I miss the old Minecraft wiki
1:42:12 love how he goes from figuring out some complicated red stone mechanics, to then discovering a more basic function of crouching on edges 😂
i love how he called the baby zombies "attack child"
RUMBLING! RUMBLING!
watching him step on the desert temple pressure plate is some of the greatest cinema ive ever seen. The second i saw him step on it i was like "OH NOOOOOOO"
god i absolutely love how oliver engages with games. the level of thinking he applies to even basic problems to work out the mechanics behind them is just so fricken cool. it felt like magic to see him intuitively figure out spawning mechanics, redstone, crafting recipes, and more just by observing and testing. what a beautiful way to explore a sandbox game like minecraft.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
42:10 had me CRYING LAUGHING so hard that i had to take my asthma inhaler. that was HILARIOUS. i'm sure when i was a little kid playing minecraft, that was my exact reaction too
For some reason, seeing someone new discover redstone and actually mess around with it for the first time makes me happy. Theres no reason behind it, it just does
17:59 This is the funniest thing I’ve heard anyone say in FOREVER 😭 “My arms are sweaty, my palms are heavy, F-ING SPAGHETTI 🍝 🗣️🔊‼️‼️”
This is amazing to watch, it's rare that someone knows so little about the game. Seeing how it feels to discover modern mechanics (as opposed to hearing about them, using them in creative mode, and then deciding they're ok) is awesome.
can't forget the diorite dementia though
the incident
16:48
first steps
38:39
the grand confusion
1:04:00
the dementia begins
1:19:46
Denial
1:27:01
ITS A WALLL
1:35:36
Anger
1:38:04
oh its diorite!
HIlarious
Most of the time when people post videos where they're playing Minecraft for the first time, they go into the game like 'Oh this is easy this is a kids game I'm such a pro gamer' and then over an hour later they're still trying to punch stone and complaining when it doesn't work. Watching Oliver test and figure things out and use the achievement system and context clues to puzzle his way through the game was awe inspiring.
This truly is a Diorite moment.
Oh my god i'm so jealous of him, I wish i could play minecraft for the first time again, there's so much to discover, we old players normally say that there's not a lot of things to do in the game but looking at this I realized there's a lot of things in the game, we just know them all, I wish there was an update with so many things I find new things all the time.
This is probably one of the best minecraft videos I have seen in many years. I think most people are more interested in watching super crazy builds and very extreme grinds , but experiencing the game for the first time is probably the most exciting thing for me.
Loving that this is slowly becoming an Oliver supercut channel
It’s because Oliver is amazing
This video heals me. I’ve been playing for nearly a decade and a half now, and seeing someone have genuine fun with the basic rules of the game is so nice to see after so long.
13:19 That jump-cut was hilarious, but was kinda hoping for a perfectly cut scream as well cause his screams are top-tier
Cut screams are obnoxious. Please don't do that.
Haha being complimented for having good screams😂
it’s kinda crazy to realise that if you don’t *know* about mechanics or features in minecraft, the trial and error is CRAZY. Very interesting perspective, props off!
i love how he at around 1:13:00 clearly lost his OG goal and was just living in the world enjoying it^^
I love the childlike joy he has when discovering each new mechanic
Not what you normally super cut but its a very nice change.
Edit: seeing what a person that doesnt know much about minecraft realizes easily makes me appreciate the game design of minecraft
Edit 2: it brings such childish joy to me seeing somebody discover the joys of the game of my childhood.
It's honestly shocking that he manages to beat the entire game without looking anything up, I would have thought Minecraft was much too opaque for that, but it turns out, if you have Oliver's kind of brain, it can be done!
it also brings out and makes painfully obvious some of the flaws of the newer updates
seeing him play this with such joy at each discovery, finding diamonds, and all that is just so amazing. I feel like this has just become the perfect encapsulation of what makes Minecraft so great, and how we fell so much in love with this game as kids
@sgas tbh i think its the opposite, there have been so many game design choices that make it easier to get into the gameplay loop and discover things just by exploring the world. just because there are newer features that people don't know how to interact with doesn't undo the work thats been put in to make the game easier for newer players that dont follow the update cycle.
@@AshEshyr agreed!!! ruined portals for example act as a small and completely optional nether portal tutorial (and if you don’t need the tutorial, free loot!), which from the pov of someone playing with no outside help it would be nearly impossible for them to discover the nether
Him making a redstone testing "lab" of sorts and conducting tests was awesome to watch!
as someone who's been playing minecraft for over 10 years now, it is so interesting to see your blind reaction to things and your discoveries. The things I see as normal, you see as wonderful. it's really refreshing and makes me appreciate what I know more.
I absolutely love the pure wonder in his voice as he slowly learns more about the game, he’s exactly how we all were so long ago when playing for the first time.
I love watching someone with no concept of redstone learn it so thoroughly through purely self guided study. It's super cool to watch happen
I watched this entire playthrough and it's one of the most engaging MC runs ever. Going into Minecraft blind from start to finish, with no help from the wiki or tutorials, and virtually no help from chat, you see just how unintuitive the game can be.
This series might actually be peak, he's actually so blind its unbelievable
Mining grass with a pickaxe, walking up to a witch and saying “hey are you friendly” then getting knocked over the head with poison 😭😭😭 it’s almost cute to watch, especially the little “Im minecrafting!” I love it
I love how "I'm going to raise this roof" was referring to 1 half slab amount of height.
HE GOT A CHARGED CREEPER, THAT EARLY IN A RUN! THE GOLDEN SNITCH! I imagine that it's easier to force their creation now, but still!
Damn dude, you did SUCH a good job of capturing the highlights, subtly edited to tell the story of Oliver's progress, just as I remember it... including his joy, his silly quips, his (sometimes prophetic) theorising and speculation; especially, amazing work on the redstone segment, I honestly wasn't sure if you would even try to capture that.
More than a great stream highlight, this is a document of the overall vibe/feeling of discovery in a new Minecraft world, as the devs intended it to be experienced. Well done.
this is so much fun to watch. its rare to find a real NEW player to the game
Man I cannot tell you how nostalgic someone not knowing how to survive the first night and trying to hide in his unbuilt base is. I feel like every player in the world can pretty much do that so we forget what’s it’s like lol.
this brings me such joy. honestly chat was pissing me off a bit, of course he’s not going to do the “obvious” thing, seeing him explore and figure out everything is magical. thank you for the supercut legend.
I feel like, this type of gameplay is way better than any other survivals. Because, this person did not do any reasearch and played Minecraft compliantly blind without much knowledge at first.
This is the most entertaining video I’ve watched in a long time. It’s effectively taken me away from my plans for the evening and that says a lot considering I’ve never come across your channel. Being a player of over twelve years, this is the perfect balance of aggravating and nostalgia. Watching you get so close to some discoveries yet stay unaware. And then the joy of making other accomplishments is literally peak entertainment. I’m watching all three of these tonight. Great content. And I’m glad to see more people enjoying this classic game. ✌️
Oliver's Minecraft playthrough is one of the best content on RUclips ever. At some point I wanted to make this supercut by myself, but it would take too much time to rewatch and then edit 150 hours of content, and I am really glad you are going to do it
Me too, but also, like, I do value my sanity. Eelis is truly insane for actually putting all this together; I can only imagine how much time an edit of this scale would take.
13:17 is the funniest cut i've seen in a long time, it actually made me laugh out loud
If anyone wants to see someone else do something similar, CarlSagan42 (VOD channel CarlPlayin) primarily plays Nintendo games (used to be a well regarded speedrunner for a few mario games) and has been playing through tons of super culturally impactful/popular games completely 100% blind, he did everthing he could in minecraft just over a year ago! I do really recommend him, especially if you like AboutOliver's playthrough bc similarly, he's a PhD scientist (biology or microbiology, I believe) and has a super inquisitive mind that likes to approach anything he doesn't know with optimistic curiosity, so it was alot of fun seeing how he approached Minecraft blind!
I thought CarlSagan42 read chat? I know he did in his Noita play through at least
Carl avoided spoilers until he got frustrated and asked specific things. Over time Chat helped him quite a bit. Unlike Oliver.
Watching larl play through Isaac has been a trip for me, as someone who's played that game since a teen
This is like the most perfect first Minecraft playthrough I’ve ever seen. It’s a miracle he discovered as much stuff as he did without looking stuff up online
This video has also proven to me that the entire reason why people dont like the newer ost is entirely due to nostalgia
they could never make me hate you, new minecraft ost 🫶🏻infinite amethyst my beloved
Nah, it's not just nostalgia. New music is great, but I like the almost empty lonely soundtrack from c418. The new track sounds like you are exploring with all sorts of things to discover, which fits perfectly for newer minecraft. Old music however felt more desolate, like a vast plain with nothing but you on it, which fits the older versions better. Both are great for what they are, and when they are.
dude, this might just be like the best Minecraft playthrough I've ever seen
There's something so beautiful about reexperiencing the joy and curiousity I once had with this game. The novelty it represented, the excitedness for what was to be discovered.
And you get things so well, like you intuitively and steadily understand the logic of the game, and actually explore everything the game has to offer. For example, I don't remember any youtuber experimenting with redstone in their first playthrough and crafting everything they see new.
This is seriously a really nice playthrough 💯
Thanks for all your hard work making these supercuts!
I really love how you can feel how About Oliver grew on you, please keep doing those supercuts
I don't watch much letsplay anymore, but Oliver sucked me in when he started his first Minecraft stream. Genuinely a much watch for any long time Minecraft fans, incredibly entertaining and such a unique perspective on the game we've been playing.
... Wait, what's that? Diorite..
1:45:06 Oliver channeling his inner Jesse from Breaking Bad. He just really loves science Mr White
YEAH SCIENCE!
Found this right after I said the same lol
So glad this was supercut! The whole playthrough is such a fascinating look into playing modern Minecraft with no info or help. Props to Oliver for figuring out as much as he did!
As a Hermitcraft enjoyer, getting to see someone experience Minecraft with next to no prior knowledge is really entertaining.
Cub’s rants on the fletching table were on my mind when Oliver made one only for it to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, he and Oliver would probably get along great as fellow scientist-gamers.
this man would have so much fun with all the hermits’ mini games. Especially decked out 2, though I am definitely biased in that regard as a Tango viewer. He’d probably be fascinated by all the redstone behind them.
He's slowly figuring out redstone on his own, last stream he made some huge breakthroughs :)
28:45 putting lightning rod onto a wooden roof, certainly a good idea 😂
That's literally the purpose of it though... what do you think the lightning rod does
@@cerealenjoyer3000putting a lightning rod directly on a wooden roof just causes fires both in and out of game. You put them on nonflammable structures to protect nearby flammable ones (IRL you also need to ground them properly or they won't work)
@@theapexsurvivor9538 the problem is... minecraft isnt real life and you dont need to ground it. Also the minecraft lightning rod prevents fires, it doesnt catch on fire when lightning strikes it
@cerealenjoyer3000 it literally doesn't prevent fires. You can check the non-fandom wiki (fandom is griefed and poorly maintained) if you don't believe me, or create a creative test world with a few lightning rods spread out on a large wooden platform in the desert (rain can extinguish fires so it takes longer for a catastrophic one to occur) and set weather to thunder.
And there's a reason why I specified that you have to Also ground it irl (in parentheses no less) indicating that it isn't necessary in game.
@@theapexsurvivor9538 oh sorry lol, that was my bad i was reading the griefed wiki
I'm watching this in my room while a thunderstorm rages outside. It's past midnight and I need to be up at 7 tomorrow for uni but I can't stop watching. I actually can't believe the deep joy I'm getting from this video, it's like playing minecraft for the first time again. thank you for this supercut :)
"ATTACK CHILD!" cracks me up
"Lemme' just try it with the coal now."
*SSSSSS-*
(Cuts to Oliver climbing out of a hole.)
Whether or not that was intentional, brilliant.
28:25 how Mojang expected us to react
To be fair, most of us probably would have if we played blind too!
*Oh nvm I thought you were referencing something else. Oliver is so wholesome.
Ownnn I love that he doesn't immediately thinks that killing the sheep's will give him wool and just makes shears
59:10 I love how he's intelligently figuring out that the game is teaching him about the Nether ☺️
1:11:30 10/10 comedy 👏
y'know what, there's a lot that's really delightful about this game that you get used to - like treasure maps or wandering traders' invis potions - and it's nice to have it revealed by fresh eyes
woah, I never thought someone would get this far without looking at a wiki, discovering things by the short texts of the achievements 😅
36:38 I’ve been playing for well over a decade, and the fucking cave noises STILL unnerve me
its genuinely so rare to find content creators, or honestly just young people in general, who DON'T know about Minecraft.. like, basically nothing. So this was a fascinating watch! Thanks xD
The supercut community is like almost worshipping About Oliver at this point lmao.
deserved tho
Just a moment to appreciate this absolute goat of an editor going through hours and hours of footage to not only give us the highlights but make a 2 hour video cut that clips and flows so perfectly that I couldn't stop watching. Props man, you're just as talented as the og streamer.
this jump at 38:40 where he goes from just getting iron to somehow getting a diamond pick gave me whiplash
AND THEN HE GOES BACK TO A STONE PICKAXE HAHAHA GENIUS
Holy shit yes
I was getting recommended this video a lot, but I thought I wouldn’t watch is as it just seemed like it wouldn’t be very interesting. It was, in fact, a pretty interesting and charming video. It actually makes me so exited for when he finds stuff like enchanting, the nether, and eventually the end
If you guys enjoyed this, I highly reccomend RTGame's playthough of Minecraft.
Not much of a novice as Oliver, but still extremely refreshing to see players learning Minecraft as opposed to pros MinMaxing the game.
This was an excellent watch. Bravo to Oliver and Eelis.
Yes thank you so much!!!!! Have watched all these a month ago but like forgot what he has learned when I started watching his season 2 and didn't want to rewatch all of season 1 again😂
Don't worry he also forgot what he learned
This is the smartest first time play through I’ve ever seen. As someone who’s being playing for a decade, I’m so impressed 😂
This is so neat. It's so cool watching someone figure out the mechanics of Minecraft just based on in-game gameplay. Some of my favorite memories of playing minecraft for the first time with my dad is how we didn't know anything, and the silly conclusions we came to as a result.
I love how you only take from the village when no villagers are looking
Holy shit! I had always hoped! This is such a unique Minecraft playthrough, seeing this game we all know so well through his fresh eyes is just surreal
I'll be recommending this one to people for sure, I've always thought his playthrough would have mass appeal if only it was edited down to be easily watchable, so thank you so much!
Edit: This is *really* enjoyable, looking forward to the next!
this is incredible, I am hooked. personally having played since the game came out I have this specific vision of how things go. plus having watched tons of other people who also are new to this there is just something waay different about the way you are taking everything in. its such beautiful natural progression. id be happy to watch the whole journey good sir
Have fun, season one is 50 videos 2-5 hours each. Season two started late last year and is up to 29 episodes so far, last stream was two days ago. He still has a lot to figure out, but he's slowly getting there :)
You are actually insane for making this, wow. Thank you so much for your service because I've been wishing for this playthrough to get an edit since I'd watched the VODs. A part of me had wanted to make the edit myself, but of course it's a daunting amount of work. I have faith that you'll get through it all, but if you start to tire, feel free to call on me for some help and I could do a section of the vods for you (in my own style of editing, though I think I could decently match yours).
I absolutely love your Lord of the Rings bits in the video, and watching you go blind through the game has been so refreshing and a genuinely lovely experience. Cool stuff!
I've been making my way through this series for the last couple months and am just about through, really glad people are going to get to experience this who don't have a billion hours to sink into watching the whole thing. It's genuinely impressive the conclusions Oliver manages to make on his own, for better or worse, lmao
I haven't played Minecraft in years, so I'm learning everything again while watching you, and it's difficult to express how wonderful this video is. Thank you so much for letting me come on this journey with you, it was a joy to watch.
I love my dish of outer wilds with a side of Oliver ::3 but really this is slowly becoming a channel based on Oliver then just outer wilds! I hope to see more super cuts of him 😊
Oliver is one of a kind and he deserves it
him figuring out redstone before crouching is incredibly funny
Minecraft? Eelis Supercut? I guess I'm going in!
Never really played a lot of MC but AboutOliver is great, too. This'll be fun!
The sheer joy in your voice when you realized you were punching the tree with a other part of the tree just filled me so much happiness.
“I have a feeling that diamonds spawn close to lava” mans going through the Beta 1.3 mindset now
editor you are the best of us, never heard of his person nor you but this is absolutely lovely, ty for sharing and making this