EDIT: ‼I made a quick part 2 for this video, its in the description so you should go watch it‼ Hi guys! First off, sorry the long gaps of time between uploads (I'm working on it!). Second, please don't go and reach out to anyone featured in the video to harass them or anything, it's just not cool and doesn't help with anything. Lastly, if you want to see a little bit more of my content, I stream on twitch sometimes so if you want heres the link for that: www.twitch.tv/im_a_squid_kid Oh, and thanks for using code "squid" on the hypixel store, thanks guys! ❤ There's a sick fire sale right now!
You know what's funny tho? In several slavic languages calling somebody a goat is an offense, it means you think that person is being stubborn either because they are too dumb to read the room or for no reason at all.
@@Willwaterprism The social experiment was him pretending to be a noob with exotics. The interactions were the output of the experiment. It’s probably not faked dawg
The backstory from the intro reminds me of that one episode of SpongeBob, where Mr. Krabs sold a hat to SpongeBob for a cheap price, only to realize that the hat was actually *considered* priceless 😂
Not all for the exotics, the scammers are probably just in it for the money. The economy had inflated a lot and not all the new players know that and that’s partially what scammers use to trick the old players
I've been in and out of the exotic community for a few years, and this was an entertaining video. It is good to see that the exotic market is still under control.
As someone who was in the exotic/crystal community for a while(I'm an ex-admin of Crystal Cafe), its surprising to see some people I know being mentioned in this video. Even I get messages like how much for my superior often because I have a low level which leads people into thinking that I wouldn't know the value of the set. Really just shows how far someone would go for a few more in-game digits.
bro hearing squids voice gives memories of the great war it was said that techno farmed so many potatoes that all of the orphans and prisoners had no mashed potatoes to eat
Haven't played skyblock in years but that's crazy how much depth the game has now, you'd need to play for months to understand how anything works in the economy
Fun rule of thumb. If people are approaching you for something that. To you. Seems mundane as hell. Always stop and question WHY they're trying to ask something of you...
the "if you even want to obviously" is also a form of indirect manipulation, as it makes the person think that they have control, but youve been asking them to do it, so they are already inclined to do it
Skyblock almost feels like the younger generation’s runescape for learning about scams and that if something is too good to be true, it probably is Like how we most have a childhood memory getting scammed in an MMO Making the scammers bid against each other was hilarious
Dude when I first started skyblock I got given really good gear that kickstarted me really well, and then there was the disgusting price hiking of riding pigs when Technoblade passed. Skyblock has extremely varied players.
great video. i "almost" got caught up in this myself; i apparently have dyed angler armor and so for a while i'd have people messaging me and party inviting me every time i logged on to hypixel (which tbf isn't often nowadays). i never even had to enter skyblock. i'd be trying to play an smp with some irls and id have people messaging me and party inviting me wanting to buy my armor. i knew i was never gonna sell it but i got rly lucky cuz the only time i decided to actually respond to one of them just to see wtf was up it was a nice guy like hsraa who explained everything to me and was super chill about the fact that i didnt want to sell it. haven't even gotten any msgs about it since then. glad to know i dodged a bullet haha
I´m gonna have to be that guy and complain that the title is wrong. From what i remember, buying ember rods by trading and switching them with blaze rods last second is the oldest scam i can remember. Not really hating, just stating. Nice video btw.
Squid. It’s been six months, it’s time for a main channel upload. This was definitely one of your best videos ever. You’re creative. I believe in you. It’s time for something fresh
When did sky block turn into crypto scam simulator people trying to finesse the way onto the top by scamming young players for their exotic armor. Tricking them making them think that 50 million coins is worth their 2 billion coins worth armor.🤣
I had about 10 sets of exotic dragon sets from a three person coops. One day the island glitched, all the portals broke, chests empty, minions broken, everything wasn't working or was gone. Skyblock support didn't do anything about it so we lost out on billions of coins. Me and one dude quit but the other one still plays. RIP exotic
Very good video, would you do one about swavy as he is sharking dye (new dye items) from people who drop it, he bought tons of dyes for like a third of the value sometimes less
I play a smaller game (by comparison to hypixel) called roblox treasure quest I bought something back in 2019 and comepltey forgot about it and let it sit in my bank ( simailr to skyblock a bank) A few weeks ago I joined the game for the first time in a while and people kept offering for it like crazy, I later came to discover out of the few thousands of people that play it, I own an item that’s one of the rarest items in the game or smthn It’s crazy how old worthless items just blow up in value over time
The important thing to remember in skyblock is to do your research. Let them off all they want but reply “nah I’ll need to do some research first to see if it’s a fair price”
This reminded me that on my main account I bought exotic wise armor just after they became unobtainable at the time they went for 1.5 to 2x of undyed armor. I still have it on my acount, purple chest plate black pants white boots. That was actually my first ever set of dragon armor.
Funny story, I got scammed like this. I had fully black lapis armor and I sold it for something like 20m coins 😅 That was 3 years ago and after coming back to skyblock recently I got rly salty. If I had a chance to undo that I would, not because I lost potential money but simply because I wouldn't have sold it at all today. Welp, too bad too sad, however I'm glad to see ppl trying to prevent this from happening to other players
bro I thought dumb kids used to trade and shit but damnn some 200 iq people are doing it and especially the last moderator who pulled out screenshots from months ago and caught you bad
EDIT:
‼I made a quick part 2 for this video, its in the description so you should go watch it‼
Hi guys! First off, sorry the long gaps of time between uploads (I'm working on it!).
Second, please don't go and reach out to anyone featured in the video to harass them or anything, it's just not cool and doesn't help with anything.
Lastly, if you want to see a little bit more of my content, I stream on twitch sometimes so if you want heres the link for that: www.twitch.tv/im_a_squid_kid
Oh, and thanks for using code "squid" on the hypixel store, thanks guys! ❤ There's a sick fire sale right now!
Lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
hair is still on point squid
funny thing I know 1 of the exotics collectors, as they r on my friends list, I was surprised I saw him in this vid.
Heuy
stop taking the technoblade route of uploads. Also its fine its just getting us a bit worried.
hsraa was the real MVP of this entire video, he's a genuine hero
nah, he was the MVP++
pov bridget:
Well that admin definitely seemed informed and responsible. Also kudos for that one guy being honest. It's a shame mmos are so full of scammers
Well for every villain there is a hero
The honest guy should get a big reward
Well well well…
all the damn indians
seems like he was still a kind of scammer since its made his account omega sus
hrsaa is the goat. Didn’t try to scam, wasn’t in it to buy the exotics himself, just trying to help someone who in his eyes needed it.
You know what's funny tho? In several slavic languages calling somebody a goat is an offense, it means you think that person is being stubborn either because they are too dumb to read the room or for no reason at all.
@@wakaitsuзачем ты ему это сказал
Goat means
Greatest - of - all - time
G o a t = Goat
the first call wasnt helping the stereotype 💀
it really wasn't lmao
Hello I'm unde tho water pls help me :(
😭 I promice not everyone is Like that
@@sachinMishra-xb6ts your computa has a virus
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the fake staff trying to scam you out of your items was insane
Ngl I would fall for that 😅
i woudla just put it up for like 2b or something so he couldnt scam lol
Insane auction taxes would be devastating.
This is one of the best skyblock videos of all time.
istg like a week ago i see you in a gd comment section and now i see you here 😭
@@gyrocynicalthey have a lvl 300 Ironman profile I think, I’ve seen them a few times in the crystal hallows
The Great Potatoe war?
Bro I love the videos
i hate this video, just made me realize i got scammed an exotic miner set back in 2021, sold it for 5m rip
the guy helping you was so nice I hope there are more people like him
edit: I think my brain hurts from the twist at the end xD
nvm joe
was that really cool guy trying to scam him? I dont think I saw anything like that. What was the twist?
@@seanseen_ it was all faked as a social experiment, unless I'm stupid but rewatch the end.
@@Willwaterprism The social experiment was him pretending to be a noob with exotics. The interactions were the output of the experiment. It’s probably not faked dawg
@@Willwaterprismit was made public knowledge that it was a social experiment from the start wdym it was faked?
The backstory from the intro reminds me of that one episode of SpongeBob, where Mr. Krabs sold a hat to SpongeBob for a cheap price, only to realize that the hat was actually *considered* priceless 😂
a surprisingly enjoyable watch. it's crazy how there are people trying to take advantage no matter what community you look at.
it made me so mad seeing people trying to scam a “noob”
When there's money on the way trust no one, also if you get a really good offer right away they are offering just a fraction of what you have is worth
This is really common. I've had friends that I have had to warn because people have had their IRL family contacted over these exotics.
whats even more surprising is that you expect there not to be scammers in a game for children
Damn, those admins really know their stuff. It's crazy how many people are into exotics and what they'll do for them
Not all for the exotics, the scammers are probably just in it for the money. The economy had inflated a lot and not all the new players know that and that’s partially what scammers use to trick the old players
Holy crap, the production value of this video is exceptional.
Wait bro got the rare discord call sound 💀and he didn't realize
WAIT YOU ARE RIGHT! also you are somehow the first person to comment this
The actual staff showing you a tracking of the items in the original player's account is a funny af "this u?" moment
I haven't watched a skyblock video in a while, but this was really good. Definitely gonna have to try this out myself. Good work Mr.Squid 👍
Give me your channel
I've been in and out of the exotic community for a few years, and this was an entertaining video. It is good to see that the exotic market is still under control.
As someone who was in the exotic/crystal community for a while(I'm an ex-admin of Crystal Cafe), its surprising to see some people I know being mentioned in this video. Even I get messages like how much for my superior often because I have a low level which leads people into thinking that I wouldn't know the value of the set. Really just shows how far someone would go for a few more in-game digits.
yes, its tragic, personally i would never scam someone in that way
@@applecat1784 real I cant fathom how evil those ppl must be
They can sell the coins, that's why they do it. Indian economy runs partially on scams
shut up nerd and give me my gulag leader role
Bro finally won the gulag
💀
the potato war*
Da fuq bro ahahahy
Your editing has gotten a lot more smooth plus videos informative on something a lot of people werent aware of. Great video
At 10:04 the guy who tried to scam you is actually a booster in the exotic cafe 😂
I've never ever commented something positive on a video before, but this was just a great video from start to finish. Good job on it mate
I appreciate it!!!
what so the rest of the time you just comment negative things?
@@Hippogan well probably it was like he just says facts about the bideo
@@Hippogan lmao
@@Hippogan he comments something good once a year then goes back to evil
bro hearing squids voice gives memories of the great war it was said that techno farmed so many potatoes that all of the orphans and prisoners had no mashed potatoes to eat
Probably one of the best vids i have seen topic wise on hypixel!! Well done!
Bro learnt to spot manipulation after the potato war ptsd
this was really good, the editing was really nice and the video had great pacing as well. great video to come back with squid.
Haven't played skyblock in years but that's crazy how much depth the game has now, you'd need to play for months to understand how anything works in the economy
Fun rule of thumb. If people are approaching you for something that. To you. Seems mundane as hell. Always stop and question WHY they're trying to ask something of you...
the "if you even want to obviously" is also a form of indirect manipulation, as it makes the person think that they have control, but youve been asking them to do it, so they are already inclined to do it
Skyblock almost feels like the younger generation’s runescape for learning about scams and that if something is too good to be true, it probably is
Like how we most have a childhood memory getting scammed in an MMO
Making the scammers bid against each other was hilarious
Techno has taught you well in manipulation tactics lol
This is so wonderfully edited, love to see the care and thought you put into each of these vid's squid :)
Bro died for 3 months then dropped a banger
these dudes are so sweaty lmao they just have bots scanning for rare armor
let me tell you, this is a super well produced video for a single person. Props to you from a pro cinematographer
Exotics are just exotic garbage, its like wrapping a cardboard box and throwing glitter on it and saying it costs 100m
Dude when I first started skyblock I got given really good gear that kickstarted me really well, and then there was the disgusting price hiking of riding pigs when Technoblade passed. Skyblock has extremely varied players.
great video. i "almost" got caught up in this myself; i apparently have dyed angler armor and so for a while i'd have people messaging me and party inviting me every time i logged on to hypixel (which tbf isn't often nowadays). i never even had to enter skyblock. i'd be trying to play an smp with some irls and id have people messaging me and party inviting me wanting to buy my armor. i knew i was never gonna sell it but i got rly lucky cuz the only time i decided to actually respond to one of them just to see wtf was up it was a nice guy like hsraa who explained everything to me and was super chill about the fact that i didnt want to sell it. haven't even gotten any msgs about it since then. glad to know i dodged a bullet haha
about 30% of comments are still talking about technos death, 20% are talking about how they got scammed and like 10% are racist towards indians lmao
Props on this vid man. Longest skyblock related video I’ve watched in awhileeee
This was the most enjoyment I have experienced in a hypixel skyblock vid in a WHILE, thank you.
The editing is insane
Happy to see you uploading again! I’ve seen other videos about this community so I’m suprised people didn’t offer you irl cash
Man, it's been a while since I watched a vid from you. Great work on this one! Hope everything is going good for you
Bro the "YOUR ARMOR WAS EXOTIC" (beat-drop part) was amazing
Glad you’re here squid, thanks for the content
this was actually such an entertaining video, for the whole 20 minutes i was hooked
I've never watched you squid but now I find your videos incredible. The animations are amazing and the structure of the video is great!
The editing's amazing
He does the editing himself
I´m gonna have to be that guy and complain that the title is wrong. From what i remember, buying ember rods by trading and switching them with blaze rods last second is the oldest scam i can remember. Not really hating, just stating. Nice video btw.
You did not just use Lemminos Cipher in the fucking intro you maniac lmao
this guy just taught me more business than a whole year business course
Squid. It’s been six months, it’s time for a main channel upload. This was definitely one of your best videos ever.
You’re creative. I believe in you. It’s time for something fresh
this is SO well made and I really enjoyed watching
Very cool and entertaining video!
Thank you for creating this!
good to know the staff there is accually doing their job and staying serious
It's finally back and even more so with this incredible video :D
Bro i love this intro so much "YOU FOOL YOUR ARMOR WAS WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, YOUR ARE WAS EXOTIC"
Things we learnt: discord admins are so meticulous they will catch your goofy games
first skyblock video i watched in like a year, you're the best skyblock youtuber ezly
0:05 (potato war flashbacks)
the oldest scam in skyblock history is the game itself
When did sky block turn into crypto scam simulator people trying to finesse the way onto the top by scamming young players for their exotic armor. Tricking them making them think that 50 million coins is worth their 2 billion coins worth armor.🤣
This is one of the times I can actually say I respect the hustle.
Shocked you found an honest guy
very rare to find n actually good skyblock video nowadays this was great
bro this insane editing for a skyblock video is so funny, good job
That's crazy. Nice job on the video!
cool vid man, glad to see an upload and the editing is really good! great job!
8:26 thanks for the warning
I had about 10 sets of exotic dragon sets from a three person coops. One day the island glitched, all the portals broke, chests empty, minions broken, everything wasn't working or was gone. Skyblock support didn't do anything about it so we lost out on billions of coins. Me and one dude quit but the other one still plays. RIP exotic
I love how you finally uploaded! Excited to see more!
Jokes on the scammers cuz their armor is now worth nothing
14:43
That sounds like you're saying "Ass" in Grrman xD
Super cool skyblock video. You could tell the amount of time, effort, and work that was put into making it!
Very good video, would you do one about swavy as he is sharking dye (new dye items) from people who drop it, he bought tons of dyes for like a third of the value sometimes less
Swavy went from respectable guy to a scammer and admins dont do anything because of his red name...
dude this editing is baller!
that was actually amazing. was not expecting that but good job.
Well, this was a pleasure to watch!! You need to UL more often squid! :D
NAH BRUH THIS IS ACTUALLY THE STORY OF MY LIFE 💀💀💀💀 Amazing video
I play a smaller game (by comparison to hypixel) called roblox treasure quest
I bought something back in 2019 and comepltey forgot about it and let it sit in my bank ( simailr to skyblock a bank)
A few weeks ago I joined the game for the first time in a while and people kept offering for it like crazy, I later came to discover out of the few thousands of people that play it, I own an item that’s one of the rarest items in the game or smthn
It’s crazy how old worthless items just blow up in value over time
This video is above everything I've seen on this server in a loooong time Squid, GG's!
thank you voxy
yo squid keep up the good videos, your quality is really improving. and I think you should keep the cicada 3301 intro, it went hard. much love
The important thing to remember in skyblock is to do your research. Let them off all they want but reply “nah I’ll need to do some research first to see if it’s a fair price”
probably one of the best skyblock videos ive watched, thanks for making this banger
There is no way. I haven’t rewatched potato war in a bit, i do it and i search your channel and you upload lol i am lucky
i actually love you so much for warning before the discord call sound
POV they try to scam u
this was a great video. naturally hsraa mvp but also it was funny how that admin saw right through you lol
yoo squid's back! SquidBlade! Techno's successor!!!!!
hsraa/arsh seems like the nicest most chill person
YOOOOO HE RETURNS IT HAS BEEN LIKE 2 YEARS
This reminded me that on my main account I bought exotic wise armor just after they became unobtainable at the time they went for 1.5 to 2x of undyed armor. I still have it on my acount, purple chest plate black pants white boots. That was actually my first ever set of dragon armor.
Sick vid squid, just wanted to say i love your sb island
This video is quite an experience to watch! What a experiment.
Funny story, I got scammed like this. I had fully black lapis armor and I sold it for something like 20m coins 😅
That was 3 years ago and after coming back to skyblock recently I got rly salty. If I had a chance to undo that I would, not because I lost potential money but simply because I wouldn't have sold it at all today. Welp, too bad too sad, however I'm glad to see ppl trying to prevent this from happening to other players
This is suchhhh a good video squid. MORE more like this please
This video really reveals the true nature of skyblock players
Bro I'm not proud to say this but when I started I tried to get someone to give me their full wise set for 400k. I got scammed a week later for 4m
Best SkyBlock video I've seen in a while!
I love how you edited the exotic scanner :)
Bro woke up at 4pm? Wow, that's one bad sleep schedule
bro I thought dumb kids used to trade and shit but damnn some 200 iq people are doing it and especially the last moderator who pulled out screenshots from months ago and caught you bad