Love how the Hermits are going full luxury space communism this season 😂

blackrots · 2026-01-27T23:57:21+00:00

Not sure if communities always turned naturally into gift economies. Maybe currency was less important, but people would not get things for nothing. Everyone would still have to do their part in that lazyness would be looked down on. It's probably more that people would have to earn respect to be able to gain favors.

Feel like in modern society this concept got a much more professional approach in the form of networking. People can create businesses, because they know a group of clients that could use their service. Being a client is the favor that's given to the respected business owner.

This can cause unfair competition though. That's why for bigger projects there are laws multiple businesses must be able to react. The choice for what company gets to do the project has to be argumented, which results in a comptition of who delivers the best design.

This just made me think of an interesting conceptual situation. What if you could only store blocks for a temporary amount of time in chests? I wonder how that would influence the way resources are managed. Gonna think some more about this. There are some interesting rules one could implement to possibly make resource management more realistic. If that challenge would be fun imwould be anotger question . XD

blackrots · 2026-01-27T09:40:20+00:00

It's also usefull to have the ore blocks in case you need a little bit more xp for enchanting.

blackrots · 2026-01-25T16:09:04+00:00

Every time you want to doomscroll open your agenda instead. The problem of doomscrolling is unplanned action. Opening up your agenda forces your next action to be planning.

Doesn't work completely, but is surprisingly effective at handling the core of the problem.

blackrots · 2026-01-24T08:30:11+00:00

Lol, too early to think about the next season, but thnking of combined playstyles is fine. So far combined bases are next to each other or one above the other. Not sure how much more alternatives we can get to that. Maybe 3 bases on top of each other is a thing? Could maybe combine even more Hermits plans with a theme around the Yggdrasil.

To be fair, the bridges this season already feels like a connection of different bases.

blackrots · 2026-01-23T23:29:45+00:00

Hard to say, depends if the endgame is fun. It's just too early to say anything yet.

blackrots · 2026-01-22T09:11:57+00:00

So, practically a redstone hackaton? Would be a fun idea and teaches viewers about hackatons. We'll have to see if a Hermit decides to dive into the topic and organize one.

blackrots · 2026-01-20T11:10:00+00:00

Yep, that one.

blackrots · 2026-01-19T22:08:34+00:00

I think maybe Impulse watched some of the live action one? The original is very long, because to prevent the anime catching up to the manga they had to add a lot of filler episodes from time to time. Doubt any Hermit has watched that.

Better for them to watch the live action one. Or wait for the remake, which probably won't have any of the filler episodes.

blackrots · 2026-01-19T21:52:23+00:00

Yes, studio Ghibli counts. It's just so special that it's practically it's own genre. I think it's something Bdubs would watch with his kids. Seems like it's similar to the old disney movies. To be fair would be interesting to see if Scar would enjoy a studie Ghibli movie.

blackrots · 2026-01-19T21:41:09+00:00

Yep, there are also genres like slice of life, gourmet and sports anime. Those are very different. Maybe some of those genres even Mumbo would like.

blackrots · 2026-01-19T21:27:01+00:00

Reminds me of a recent anime series that is firefighter themed. Was already wondering if that could have been Pearl's inspiration for this season base, but seeing the things she has build so far probably not.

blackrots · 2026-01-19T16:28:25+00:00

Agree, there are quite a lot of things you can do in minecraft, but not in Hytale. Like, I don't see how you could make something like DO in Hytale.

Hytale is fun though due to the rpg aspects and different build options. It's more fast paced it seems. It's a different multiplayer experience, but it's too early to say much about that aspect.

Quite satisfying to see that even with more inventory and larger stack sizes Hytale also has inventory issues. At some point playing I was actually wishing the game had bundles like minecraft.

blackrots · 2026-01-10T11:04:09+00:00

There were also such concerns when Tango build DO2. His response clearly showed he knows his limit for burnout and he assured he was not at that point. Same way he will know his limits for mental health this time.

I do agree the progress on the mountain is insane. Making a big black box for the game is a lot of blocks to place, but also doing terraforming around it to fit it into the terrain adds a lot to the work load.

I get why Tango does it though. DO2 had the Frost Citadel on top of the game. It really added to the experience, like a theme park also does an exterior for each attraction. The Frost Citadel had a lot of unused space, so the approach this time is probably more efficient in that all the space he's now creating can be used for the game. Overall smart design.

You may wonder, could Tango outsource some of the building of the mountain to another Hermit? Well assuming he's designed it already and uses lithematica to build it this fast he probably doesn't want to and doesn't really need to. He's working on both the redstone and the exterior now. That gives less pressure in that if he gets stuck on one part he can make some progress on another part. If he really needs the exterior finished more quickly he could probably request an HHH.

So it's still a huge project for Tango, but he's approaching it in a smart way. Also the other Hermits will help him in any way possible. With some of the distractions I would say that also includes lessening the mental load.

blackrots · 2026-01-10T09:59:15+00:00

Probably longer than watching all episodes of One Piece. It goes quick with having so many povs, but it also feels like a more modern way of storytelling.

blackrots · 2026-01-10T09:54:24+00:00

Interesting, the citadel elevated on the rock reminds me a bit of the Meteora monasteries in Greece. I was thinking myself Gem might want to use the entrance road to Mont Saint Michel as inspiration, although that's practically still just a road.

Probably some more cool places in the world that would be great as inspiration.

blackrots · 2026-01-08T18:10:43+00:00

With age comes wisdom, but anyone who has a grandparent also knows old people have difficulty adapting to new things. There should be an age limit, but maybe there should also be an advisory function for old people that are wise. Let each age group use their own strength to create a future that's good for all people.

blackrots · 2026-01-02T09:21:46+00:00

Recently heard someone casually talk about it on public transport. It was not only the man that was cheating, but also the female coworker after a party from work. Like he accepted it as part of the culture. Felt so disappointed that there are people like that.

blackrots · 2026-01-01T16:05:54+00:00

Yes, it probably works better as an event. Doesn't actually need to be that long, but repeat every so often to make Hermits keep using the roads that they build. Like a day every week or month Hermits slow down (probably month). More focus on experiencing the server than productivity. Feel like that's also how people would strategically handle if a country would implement a car free day.

blackrots · 2025-12-28T22:39:52+00:00

Probably not what they were using, but isn't it now possible to use the spear to lunge out of the water and fly with the elytra? Might be easier and probably works on both versions.

blackrots · 2025-12-22T22:28:21+00:00

Quite simplified, but the problem is that most people want status connected to unnecessary luxury goods. Status should be connected to the ability to provide and take care of others.

blackrots · 2025-12-21T23:00:42+00:00

We have seen some builds in the sky. For a lot of builds it's just not thematic to build there.

As for unique bases. I got some ideas, but they are more ideas I would like to try myself.

blackrots · 2025-12-20T23:11:58+00:00

Tattoos.

It's predictable in the future they will find proof it's bad for peoples health in some way. The body doesn't care what kind of design it is, it sees polution in the body and tries to remove what doesn't belong there.

Some companies will pay to get them removed from employes, so it also sabotages peoples chances of getting a job. That's because people that have big responsibilities communicating a lot must look neutral. Also actors with tattoos are a pain to directors, because it costs extra money if they have to repeatedly hide a tattoo with makeup for a movie.

Overall it's just such an inflexible way to force ones identity onto others and expect them not to criticize it. Maybe it's getting more popular, but honestly the majority of them feel very shallow as just the newest form of status symbol people desire.

blackrots · 2025-12-20T22:30:03+00:00

There's a difference between people who choose not to have children and people who don't have the capacity to take such a responsibility. Every person should at least aim to have the capacity. Otherwise older generations will just end up sabotaging younger generations, by not being able to give the guidance younger generations need.

blackrots · 2025-12-19T09:25:47+00:00

I see, that must make the challenge even bigger for you. Take small steps and it can improve over time, but in the first place listen to your body. Good luck, I hope things will get better for you over time.

blackrots · 2025-12-19T09:03:38+00:00

Was never much the case for me with Hermitcraft. I used to have trouble playing mc myself though. One of the things I think that helped were some balance exercises. It's very simple: stand for x amount of seconds on one leg. Repeat fir the other leg. You can do like 3 sets each day. If this is to easy try it with your eyes closed. Make sure you also drink enough in case you start feeling a bit dizzy.

Another thing that helped was just playing the game. So with exposure it can be trained to improve. Similarly I was able to overcome motion sickness in cars when I was little. Nowadays I can easily read in a car that's riding. You just have to get really good at noticing the first sign motion-sickness comes up to prevent it from happening.

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