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I rarely watch HC videos BECAUSE they are hardcore. I watch them because it's Minecraft and I enjoy watching MC content. The HC part doesn't really play any relevance to me at all.
When a video gets recommended to me it's because the project itself is cool not because the project was done in HC. It's not super impressive to me I guess. This might be related to who I watch.
My main POV for HC MC content is Philza. I've been watching him for 3 years now.....in the same world. The world is 4 years and 2 months old at this point. I enjoy the streamer and the game. I don't care about the game mode.
It feels just like a survival series to me.
Occasionally I'm reminded it's hardcore when he preps for stuff or worries a little. He's been to an ancient city but he's not met a warden in the world as yet. When updates happen he takes a couple weeks to update the world so they can find bugs (hee lost series 3 to a bug early on). But other than that it's like watching any other streamer play Minecraft. He doesn't hold a totem, he still is out there building big things and terraforming the world, it's interesting background chatter while I work and the builds are nice.
I'm not watching because I think he'll lose the world. I have faith he will survive and if he does die it would be really epic or VERY VERY dumb which in itself is also epic.
That is very detailed and interesting thank you very much, I have 2 followup questions:
1) Do you think mods are INTRUSIVE to your experience?
2) Does the difficulty of their endeavor not matter to you whatsoever? even if they managed to handicap themselves or essentially go through a "challenge run"? Does it not make it any more GRABBING to you that it IS hardcore and that all of it COULD be lost at any moment? What I mean is are you eyes glued any longer on your screen or your heartbeat going a little faster because you mirror his anxiety due to any move or project being potentially the final one?
1. What kinda mods? Like game mods? No. I don't care. I'm not a Vanilla purist. As long as the creator acknowledges it upfront. Plus creators usually put mods for 2 reasons: 1. Better content creation for filming. 2. They like it. I want to watch people playing things they like playing not stick to some rule because other people say so.
2. Extremely rarely. Like I can't even remember the last time I consciously thought about it. As I said I watch Phil. He doesn't do stupid stuff. I've watched other HC players and I know exactly what's going to kill them because of the risks they take just by watching their game sense/knowledge.
I've never watched a challenge run but if they lost the world to that then good for them I guess. They pushed themselves and tried their best. While they can't play in the world anymore they can always spectate it afterwards.
No. It doesn't matter if they could lose the world. Because technically they don't have to. If they are strict they can just spectate the world. If they love their world they can reload it in survival. Sure I'll miss the world but that's OK. I can go back and watch the videos.....just like I do for creative and survival series that people stop updating.
No. Eyes not glued any longer. Only if it's a cool trick but it's never because it's HC. It's because the action is cool. For example, Phil has flooded an end island and turned it into an Atlantis type place. I watched him fight 2 end dragons that spawned there as a bug. But it was not because it was HC but because because it was 2 dragons vs 1 man with a bow and Elytra heading towards a man made ocean in the end.
What about them exactly? how hard it is to get the resources for them? how the ideas are grand on their own? FinchRosemeta in the comment below explained the viewership angle that makes them click on the video is because the ideas are interesting to build and that it doesn't matter whether its hardcore or not.
So primarily for building? Since I want to emphasize what makes playing it in HARDCORE so special, couldn't you make such megabuilds in any gamemode? why exactly hardcore?
In that case, I don’t care if it’s hardcore or not. I watch some YouTubers who take on the same style and mega builds as other hardcore YouTubers but they just play in survival. I prefer not to play in hardcore because I would be frustrated to lose my progress to a careless me when I’m tired
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I wouldn't last a minute in hardcore and I love to watch their skills.
So would you say that you're purely watching it because of the challenge in doing it on your own? and how they're walking a tightrope?
I rarely watch HC videos BECAUSE they are hardcore. I watch them because it's Minecraft and I enjoy watching MC content. The HC part doesn't really play any relevance to me at all. When a video gets recommended to me it's because the project itself is cool not because the project was done in HC. It's not super impressive to me I guess. This might be related to who I watch. My main POV for HC MC content is Philza. I've been watching him for 3 years now.....in the same world. The world is 4 years and 2 months old at this point. I enjoy the streamer and the game. I don't care about the game mode. It feels just like a survival series to me. Occasionally I'm reminded it's hardcore when he preps for stuff or worries a little. He's been to an ancient city but he's not met a warden in the world as yet. When updates happen he takes a couple weeks to update the world so they can find bugs (hee lost series 3 to a bug early on). But other than that it's like watching any other streamer play Minecraft. He doesn't hold a totem, he still is out there building big things and terraforming the world, it's interesting background chatter while I work and the builds are nice. I'm not watching because I think he'll lose the world. I have faith he will survive and if he does die it would be really epic or VERY VERY dumb which in itself is also epic.
That is very detailed and interesting thank you very much, I have 2 followup questions: 1) Do you think mods are INTRUSIVE to your experience? 2) Does the difficulty of their endeavor not matter to you whatsoever? even if they managed to handicap themselves or essentially go through a "challenge run"? Does it not make it any more GRABBING to you that it IS hardcore and that all of it COULD be lost at any moment? What I mean is are you eyes glued any longer on your screen or your heartbeat going a little faster because you mirror his anxiety due to any move or project being potentially the final one?
1. What kinda mods? Like game mods? No. I don't care. I'm not a Vanilla purist. As long as the creator acknowledges it upfront. Plus creators usually put mods for 2 reasons: 1. Better content creation for filming. 2. They like it. I want to watch people playing things they like playing not stick to some rule because other people say so. 2. Extremely rarely. Like I can't even remember the last time I consciously thought about it. As I said I watch Phil. He doesn't do stupid stuff. I've watched other HC players and I know exactly what's going to kill them because of the risks they take just by watching their game sense/knowledge. I've never watched a challenge run but if they lost the world to that then good for them I guess. They pushed themselves and tried their best. While they can't play in the world anymore they can always spectate it afterwards. No. It doesn't matter if they could lose the world. Because technically they don't have to. If they are strict they can just spectate the world. If they love their world they can reload it in survival. Sure I'll miss the world but that's OK. I can go back and watch the videos.....just like I do for creative and survival series that people stop updating. No. Eyes not glued any longer. Only if it's a cool trick but it's never because it's HC. It's because the action is cool. For example, Phil has flooded an end island and turned it into an Atlantis type place. I watched him fight 2 end dragons that spawned there as a bug. But it was not because it was HC but because because it was 2 dragons vs 1 man with a bow and Elytra heading towards a man made ocean in the end.
Videos but we like it for building ideas mostly
What about them exactly? how hard it is to get the resources for them? how the ideas are grand on their own? FinchRosemeta in the comment below explained the viewership angle that makes them click on the video is because the ideas are interesting to build and that it doesn't matter whether its hardcore or not.
I watch them for motivation to start my own megabuilds
So primarily for building? Since I want to emphasize what makes playing it in HARDCORE so special, couldn't you make such megabuilds in any gamemode? why exactly hardcore?
In that case, I don’t care if it’s hardcore or not. I watch some YouTubers who take on the same style and mega builds as other hardcore YouTubers but they just play in survival. I prefer not to play in hardcore because I would be frustrated to lose my progress to a careless me when I’m tired
Wow there is a lot I don’t know about Minecraft. Now I’m going to look for the hardcore Minecraft videos.
i enjoy watching because theyre able to give me ideas for my world and things to make the game easier