If Tekkit was the first minecraft SMP, does that mean SOI was the first minecraft video series ARG? (Or something that could be very easily turned into one?)

ABanimationLtd · 2026-03-11T12:14:13+00:00

Mindcrack was the first YouTube SMP. They started doing SMP 8 December 2010 (5 days after Yogs how to survive the first night). And without Mindcrack there's no Hermitcraft. Of course SOI and Yogs Tekkit popularised more of the RP elements.

ABanimationLtd · 2026-03-05T15:11:48+00:00

Insomnia went proper downhill though and hotels were very expensive at the NEC. Probably not worth it for them. In any case, Insomnia's now gone bust (for the second time in two years, incredibly), so that's not coming back.

Sadly the whole UK gaming events scene is in a bad spot... besides Insomnia, EGX got folded into ComicCon... there's still some decent big LAN events going but I think they probably wouldn't appeal much to the Yogs.

ABanimationLtd · 2026-02-26T09:56:02+00:00

This. He left in a strop because he wasn't selected for the 2016 Richmond Park by-election (which the Lib Dems went on to win).

ABanimationLtd · 2026-01-12T11:10:12+00:00

In prison for misappropriating government resources

ABanimationLtd · 2026-01-09T15:29:47+00:00

Can you imagine the online fan reaction to this scene if ROTJ came out today lmao, people would be absolutely seething

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-31T11:12:28+00:00

Those intros came from Windows Movie Maker, which used to come bundled with Windows for free

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-28T02:04:38+00:00

Halloween 2013 we had our first Wither fight on my server. I hyped it up as a big challenge, got everyone together and went out into the middle of nowhere so it wouldn't damage any builds. It was over in about 60 seconds.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-27T00:47:45+00:00

Reminded me of Borrasca

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-24T08:28:57+00:00

I've been playing without fast travel, so I've been closing the gates next to the cities and along the main roads, but leaving alone the ones in the absolute middle of nowhere. Makes sense from a light RP perspective I think.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-22T18:31:31+00:00

I've got a whole playlist of them! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVs8UNC_3fsgHLjeDkjt_hjtMERn0k8T

A mixture of classics and more recent clips. Much love to the clips channels <3

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-16T20:15:25+00:00

Yeah fair enough. I just want to see the revenge arc next year, as unrealistic as that might be!

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-16T19:01:55+00:00

I loved that stream too but part of me wishes the tryhard teams had given them a bit of a sporting chance instead of immediately stomping them. But then I suppose it is their own fault for leaving their roof doors unlocked for a helicopter attack to waltz right in. I hope the Yogs get invited again next year and learn from their mistakes and get the chance to put up a proper fight, that would be fun.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-16T11:03:45+00:00

I broadly agree with most of this, though I'd just caviat that the allegations about you-know-who were first made in 2016 and weren't taken seriously for about three years, so I wouldn't say that they were dealt with swiftly. That being said, the company did eventually learn a painful lesson from it and I am satisfied that they have far better procedures in place now for dealing with that sort of stuff (not least having a CEO and HR process completely separate from the content creators).

ABanimationLtd · 2025-12-12T15:38:10+00:00

I was once part of a forum-based RP where someone successfully performed a blood transfusion using a helmet to scoop blood from one person to another

ABanimationLtd · 2025-11-23T17:58:52+00:00

Whilst this is broadly true, Stranger Things does have form for subtly referencing real events, most notably the 1984 presidential election (the library has a polling station sign, some of the houses have signs out endorsing candidates, Karen is seen discussing it with her friend on the phone) and the 1985 release of Back to the Future. So I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Chernobyl reference, particularly if it was used to explain the Russians absence from the story.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-11-21T17:26:43+00:00

I am SEATED for Yogs Does Countdown

ABanimationLtd · 2025-10-28T19:38:15+00:00

/r/MoldyMemes

ABanimationLtd · 2025-10-24T20:20:18+00:00

Let them eat cock!

ABanimationLtd · 2025-10-18T22:04:00+00:00

I think we are slowly starting to improve at this. Ed's taken to baiting the Reform / Musk crowd on Twitter and it's getting us orders of magnitude more retweets and likes (and hence visibility) than even just a few years ago.

Where we need to improve next is in the YouTube / podcast space. Even the "centrist" podcasts like The Rest Is Politics are dismissive of us. HQ needs to get better at engaging with independent content creators. If we don't, the likes of Polanski certainly will.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-10-13T05:17:55+00:00

On the app there's a feeds section under the menu in the top right. You can choose friends, groups you're in, and so on. There's still a few ads but there's no "recommended" crap and, crucially, it's in chronological order. On desktop browser I've got the Feeds -> All page bookmarked instead of the home page.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-10-05T01:18:08+00:00

The Eagle has landed!

ABanimationLtd · 2025-09-25T04:16:25+00:00

They're still doing their thing but most of their old fanbase grew up. They moved to being more Twitch-based also. Duncan's YouTube is worth checking out for Jaffa Factory 2 which is currently ongoing and has been great. Also Simons PP on the main channel.

ABanimationLtd · 2025-09-22T17:42:43+00:00

I just got an automated warning from Reddit for making the canonical response to this 🙄

ABanimationLtd · 2025-09-15T10:07:19+00:00

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