I Faked Minecraft's Most Popular Challenge.. To Prove a Point 

EDIT: The comments on this one got pretty wild lol. Before you get mad here's a thought: faking and cheating are different things, one of those is clearly(!) bad and the other one can be a great way to subvert expectations and trick your (loyal) viewers for entertainment. I'll let you figure things out from there xD Original pin: I've been so excited to upload this one! If I tricked you, leave a like on the video! Want to play Minecraft on a server with your friends? Get a 25% discount on a RocketNode server with code LOONY: billing.rocketnode.com/aff.php?aff=990483

I didn't get fooled because this is the first video I'm watching on your channel

Honestly, the only *fake* thing about it is it wasn't a legit skyblock world. Everything else was fully legit. You didn't cheat the items or effort that went into the sky island itself, and I'd even argue the extra effort of setting it up and hiding what evidence you could was still an impressive ordeal, especially when one fall could not only *lose* you your hardcore world as a whole, but reveal the entire gameplan in an embarrassing fail. Honestly, pretty impressive altogether.

The original SkyBlock was set in a cold biome with snow and freezing water. So not that suspicious.

Fair play on making it believable, it def was confusing to think you started a new series and just leaving the old hardcore behind, but it seems there was an answer, not far away lmao

I actually think it's very normal for (almost) nobody to have caught on because there wasn't a reason to actually mistrust you. Fake also seems like a strong word cause you actually did the whole thing and it was a very cool side project :3

Lmao, and here I was thinking something along the lines of "dude why are you freaking out, if you die now you'll lose like an hour of playtime, which sucks but it's not that big of a deal" how wrong I was... 🤣

naked and afraid? WHAT DOES IT MEAN

The stakes were higher than the build height limit.

This is coincidentally the only videos from you I haven’t watched. I noticed that you started a skyblock series, but I watched so many back in the day that it simply doesn’t attract me anymore. But if I would have known that there was a mystery to solve I probably would have watched it.

this guy just made whole new series in his aalready ongoing hardcore world only to announce a new smp

When you uploaded the first episode I literally thought if only you were doing it in your hardcore world. LOL

this is some advanced clickbait. thought this was going to be a video complaining about a lot of 100 day hardcore worlds being fake, but then i get a 5000 day hardcore video instead

A major spoiler is you didn't unlock recipes as you would in a normal new world. Like if you fall in water you unlock boat recipe, you get wood and unlock sticks and crafting table recipe, but it didn't happen, because you already unlocked all recipes in the game

When the King became a jester. Man, i was FOOLED.

How to fake vids then still profit and not make your rep bad

Ngl was fooled, but did think about the mushrooms, but thought it was just a custom skyblock world lmao.

that is the coolest thing ever I love it, side note i cant believe you risked your world like that, thats extremely brave

I don’t play enough skyblock to have even recognized that the mushrooms were wrong lol very clever

wow he tricked me into watching this video, there was no point proven or anything.

I mean you still followed the rules of the challenge, just in your own world. So for me it's not a fake. Skyblock is a concept, no need for a particular map.

The stakes were higher than we even knew

That is so devious! The sandstone certainly would've been a tell for anyone who paid that much attention to your inventory. But some of the other stuff really isn't. It's been over a decade since I last played Skyblock, there are many interpretations and updated versions these days, so things like mushrooms in flower pots (not sure how mushrooms normally behave on glowstone, but as a map creator you'd want to make sure they don't pop off on a block update) or part of the world being in a snowy biome could very well be intentional to make sure you can get certain items. I guess the most obvious tell should've been you removing the water you were using to float - there's no way someone with a combined 10000+ days in Minecraft Hardcore would make such a blunder. That said, what would've happened if you had fallen off before getting the means to survive the impact with your Hardcore world? Losing the world in a supposedly completely separate series sounds like a certain way to make a lot of people tilt.

Of course I get recommended this and not the actual series

But it wasn’t faked because you played skyblock it was just in your hardcore world. It would be faked if you went down and got stuff off camera.

The biggest fact here is that loony slept intentionally 🤯 never thought we would see the day and looking back the signs stared us in the face and paid no mind to them very well played loony😂

damn and I was really looking forward to finding out how you dealt with not having lava for the rest of the skyblock 😂 but I admit I wasn't expecting the twist to be "this is actually way HIGHER stakes than you thought."

Bro's insanely brave to not do this over an Ocean.

I don't really see your point here tbh. Sure, you faked the shyworld world by having your actual hradcore world underneath, but unless I'm missing something, you didn't cheat in any way. So wouldn't that mean that it's practically not a fake hardcore skyblock playthrough since the challenge was the same, if not greater as you were risking your world?

Truth is, its actually still season 1 world, not using f3 is a smart way to hide it 👀

Modern video editing is incredibly deceptive

Scariest series ever with all the close calls 😂.

Me who didn't get fooled because it's the first time i have ever heard of this series: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

It being in a snow biome makes it less suspicious in my opinion as the original skyblock map in either release 1.0 or 1.2 (I forgot which one) got set to a snow biome from biomes changing with those updates.

Was totally fooled to believe you started a skyblock challenge in a new world! At some point during video 3 I was thinking how funny it would be if this was in your Hardcore world but I'm still so new with Minecraft and it's mechanics that didn't even consider it could actually be possible option. Well played and planned prank! Really enjoyed this!😹

Blud just casually ignoring hundreds of comments to tell us that we didn't notice nothing

"to prove a point" proceeds to do a self advertizement instead of ever saying what that point was, or that commenter

I do not understand whats fake about it, you literally played it normally, you even build start islands by yourself 😄

I would argue that you did the opposite of faking it, you took painstaking steps to make sure the experience was as authentic as possible! If thats faking it, then so are all the museums that show reconstructions of dinosaur skeletons!

You should have done this for April fools, it would have been perfact

Doing skyblock in my hardcore world is always been my dream, but i can't fullfil that since i die in day 600 and i need to focus on my collage. Thank you loony, with this video at least i know how it feel

So what was the point he was trying to prove?

I think you might need to change the title to "I have a confession to make..." probably get the same amount of clicks and less outrage from the viewers. "...to prove a point" you didn't really do that and it also made the people watching assume things that outrages them. But if your goal is to gain interactions from viewers, such as commenting rage or questioning about the title of the video, well you got it. it got recommended to me, a random viewer who don't really watch these types of minecraft videos. so good on ya for gaining interactions, boosting your channel and losing some of the viewers respect towards ya. it doesnt matter in the end anyway so why do i even care.

Okay but like what was the point you were trying to prove? that modern Minecraft videos have become excessively performative? because that would have been a really interesting topic to talk about instead of doing this for the s8 GoT esc random subversion of expectations

I am curious what the point you tried to prove was, because I didn't quite get that part.

I screamed in the sand stone scene and laughed at the zombie scene .... we believed because we trusted you well proud of you for tricking all of us (mean it) ... we really watch things for entertainment not to be detectives (man I could have figured it out ahhhhh) oh well now I will never trust anything or anyone (I always had that quote and always never went by it)

In these "hardcore videos" trends, couldn't people easily fake everything with mods? To me, it's just for views for gullible young viewers.

I just trusted that Loony wouldn't fake a video. All the other vids I've seen from him seemed fine so I assumed this one was just a hc series. Man, you had me fooled.

"To prove a point" what point did you prove? Lol

watching this knowing it is your hardcore world I'm suddenly very scared every time you bridge over "the void"

I have my phone set, so at nine pm it goes to black and white (it helps with sleep), I noticed the smooth sandstone in the inventory. I even though "what's that block?" but ultimately was too lazy to turn off the black and white, just to see what block it was. I enjoyed the series, and it was realistic. The signs were there, but to be honest, a lot of skyblock maps break, so people just cheat and fix the issues. Also the snow can just mean it's in a cold biome. I don't expect content creators to announce every time the map breaks or something. I ultimately don't care, I watch because it's entertaining, and if someone creates the map in creative or hardcore (Loony you madman, damn), it basically doesn't change anything. When I play some map or challenge, there are times I need to cheat, just so I can play. I'm not gonna be mad at someone, because they needed to do the same. Great work as always! ❤You pulled really elaborate prank on us. ^^

So basically you played skyblock in your hardcore world, the only thing that was faked is that it was a new world

It's not fake if you didn't cheat

What point were you trying to prove???

That's unironically really cool

I did see you didnt get the Recipe Unlocked thing on the top right, but I just ignored the thought... Because on a SkyBlock map I had made for my friends I had already used the /give command to already unlock all recipes on them and I thought this map used a similar datapack. Nice prank and would be the best if sent out on April 1st...

Wow - another amazing video, Loony! You definitely got me. I fully believed you were just doing a skyblock challenge, but doing it in your hardcore world is so much riskier and something I don't think I've ever seen done before. Can't wait to see you on stream soon!

I wouldn't say the series was faked, just simulated. After all, the challenge you faced was real, just with different stakes

(8:14) The real give away is that this a 2-year terror shriek and not a 50 day terror scream.

I mean, at the end of the day, you still did the skyblock challenge, just not in a skyblock world.

You could've started an actual skyblock series and I would've watched so I don't understand why the deception but that was a fun reveal anyways! Could you not have popped a totem to drain your XP all the way or does it not work that way? I had never played Skyblock so i didn't realize that the snow was out of place and the advancements I just assumed were edited out. All in all, it's not out of place to think that you'd start a different kind of challenge just to mix up the content variety so I'm actually a little sad that there won't be more skyblock. I am excited to try that string duper in my own world though! Thanks for the ride Looney!

im absolutely flabbergasted, i really did think it just was some side thing you where doing, very good on hiding all the things, ggs

i wouldnt say this was “fake” more of just a makeshift, “at home” version of skyblock

I have been bamboozled... DUDE WHAT IF YOU HAD DIED?!!

what point was bro tryna prove 💀

kind of a bummer this is the first video from your channel i get recommended

3:48 wouldn’t it have been easier if you just cleared out your ender chest enough then put it all in it, then punched the enderchest?

So like…….what was the point he proved?

I never played Skyblock, I only play regular Minecraft. At first I was just wondering why you weren't mining the Center-Block (the one which gives you blocks and mobs one after another), then I thought maybe it's another version of Skyblock... also the "murder" of the chickens got me thinking, when no death message occured cause of the void... but I thought maybe it got cut in the editing... you still got me fooled. I never thought that this wasn't Skyblock! Non the less I had lots of fun being fooled, so thanks for that Looney 😁

You can't fool me twice, his new "SMP server" is just going to be the same hardcore world with sockpuppet accounts as the other players

Hi Loony, i watched all your skyblock episodes and you definitely got me. Its crazy to look back on all the close calls knowing what the stakes were. This was an awesome project and it will be so cool seeing your island randomly when you fly around your world! Also im very exited for the smp!

I have been here since 10k subs as Ro De and it’s awesome to see how far you have come! Although I miss the livestream I only see improvement in your videos ever time you make a video! Keep up the good work and don’t lost this hardcore world like you lost the last!

If anything this only makes it more impressive

The way my job dropped, I can always count on you to take Minecraft to the next level. From the dragon glitch to now this, your world is going to have so much history. Love seeing it all come together!

You realy got me there. I was wondering when we wemt back to the hardcore grind, turns out we never left haha. Great stuff loony keep it up 😂✌️

Well played, i didn't think anything of it. Because I've only played skyblock once. 😂 I still enjoyed these weekly videos, though. ❤

Faked the series by just playing actual normal skyblock in a different world. No wonder everyone was fooled, the fact you're in another save has no bearing on the playthrough basically at all.

Being trolled by Loony is the best! I freaking love it.

And here I am... fooled... great job. I sincerely thought about why you deem it neccessary to create a cliffhanger episode. All my guesses are proven wrong now 😂. But at least I was wondering why there were no other skyblock series from other RU-vidrs with snow instead of rain... but I've never thought of that 😅.

Omg I can just imagine you giggling as you replied to my comment at episode 1 about naked and afraid and the deceit smp comment. You got us real good loony, real good.

Amazing video Loony, can’t tell if I like the editing in your videos more, or the streams!

I haven't seen any of your videos before as far as I'm aware, but I'm definitely gonna start watching your channel as your videos just have an overall funny chill vibe

I thought you were up to something especially when you just so happened to end the series on a cliffhanger but i definitely wasn't expecting this!

I think it was fake because if ADVENSMENTS but i believed you and you goach me. Lol

Plot twist, the smp is just his world opened to lan and they all r sitting in diff rooms

I just said on episode 4 that the only thing I noticed was you not buliding lower down. I also did see snow later on but I figured that it was a map in a different biome; nothing says you have to start in plains. If weʼre counting things on that level, it does also explain why you did villager trades instead of a passive mob farm.

This is amazing! I was confused by the mushrooms in pots but my skyblock world does have snow too (different creator) so yeah you totally had me fooled :D but it is a great Idea!!

Hey Loony! Can’t wait to see the hardcore world livestream to return

"I faked a skyblock challenge" *actually just plays skyblock normally, but in an existing world.*

"Snow isn't common for Skyblock" Actually it's... the original map is in a Taiga If I'm not mistaken, but it does snow in it.

Why did u not get the sweet dreams anchantment when u slep, that would mean that u söep earlier😮😮😮😮

"to prove a point" what point? what point did you prove?

OMG the concept is so cool!!! I was also thinking that the snow and the achievements you weren't getting were weird...😂

Almost heart breaking how fooled I was. I also cannot believe you slept because you never would’ve before. Excited to see the new series love the content!

“you’ll see what you believe you are watching, even if there’s mountains of evidence pointing to something else” 🔥 🔥

I don't even get the point you're trying to make. No cap, write a script and read off of it next time for clarity.

Dude, you did so much more than just a skyblock world. You did it in hardcore, and set the whole thing up yourself too 💀 Props man

I figured there was some kinda trick that it existed in your hardcore world but I couldn't figure out how you hid the floor so I never said anything, really well done this was a master level trick

This has to be the best video of 2024

you absolute _madman._ i managed to figure out the series ending was probably staged, it was just too perfect a note to leave off on, but i had no idea the whole thing wasn't actually in a skyblock world! i noticed the different biome blending in the overworld because of the tree farm, but i genuinely just thought it was a quirk of the map to allow for more varied animal spawns and access to snow -- i've played enough modded skyblocks and not enough vanilla skyblock to get some things seriously mixed around ( ￣▽￣)" i _was_ expecting some sort of twist, i think, but was very distracted by remembering someone else using their skyblock world as a means to have a crossover to another server. so the entire time i was kind of primed for _that,_ not the world itself being Not In The Void. though i guess with that new series reveal on the horizon, i get that wish anyway! more loony in multiplayer, let's go!! (also i hope long comments have some kind of benefit. i didn’t realize i had so much to say lmao)