Minecraft's First Urban Legend: Herobrine 

I used to be genuinely scared of Herobrine back then , now I just feel nostalgic for it all

That sense that your not alone always made me enjoy exploring at night and patrolling

The story of Herobrine will always be a fascinating one to me; not just in regards the actual Creepypasta, but the story surrounding it's spread as well. The original story was the perfect length for retelling and passing around, and since it was fairly vague in it's details there was plenty of room for speculation regarding Herobrine and his motivations. Then there's the livestream that kicked off his rise to stardom, it's crazy to think that if this one piece of media didn't exist the legend of Herobrine likely would have been lost to history. It's one of those things that I can barely wrap my mind around, given just how much Herobrine has affected the Minecraft community and beyond.

It feels very weird to me that despite only being about 10 years ago, internet things from back then seem like ancient folklore.

Everyone talks about Herobrine, but I’m a bit sad hardly anyone remembers Casey’s Cave…

As a kid, even though I was scared of him, for some reason I always had this obsession of summoning or finding him. Idk why, but it’s funny how for me instead of only being scared, I’ve always had this idea of stopping him (or any other urban legend character) from spreading through my other device/console. I do miss the era of being scared of gaming/internet urban legends, it was both scary and fun to just be afraid, nowadays I’m more scared of realistic scenarios.

What I love about the Herobrine story (minus the notch part) is the subtlety of it compared to entity 303 and other Minecraft Creepypastas at the time

Herobrine was one of those legends that seemed possible, and you could never shake up the thought it may have existed. Herobrine was perfect, with the game Minecraft being super open, no ending, and having infinite hours of time it wouldn’t surprise me If he was real. Of course, kid RU-vid channels have to ruin a part of the legend for you.

5:29 the most iconic chicken in the history of minecraft

i think another reason why herobrine became popular was that a game like minecraft was the perfect setting for him to exist ya know that feeling you get when you play empty multiplayer maps in games or just play on empty maps in general? that eerie feeling of being watched and being alone for awhile? well idk about you but when i was younger Minecraft was one of the games that gave me that feeling (the extremely creepy cave sounds didnt help) herobrine was one of the first gaming urban legends to really capitalize on that feeling and concept and it just adds to the creepiness factor when the feeling becomes a reality

I would always remember when I was younger looking at Minecraft videos of people claiming to find herobrine on Minecraft pocket edition. I was kinda spooked because I knew back then in pocket edition there were no options for skins unless you modded the game or somewhat, which I didn't know at the time. Though the game itself always had a general feeling of loneliness.

I'm loving these Creepypasta/creepy videos/hacks break down Hope you do more I remember back in the late 2000s and early 2010s Creepypastas were becoming popular so I used to print out stories and share them with my friends back in middle school and highschool Magical times

Actually Minecraft's second Urban Legend, the first was White Eyes almost a full month prior.

I can't get the image out of my head but can't anyone else picture Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers being the narrator😆

Herobrine is one of the few creepypastas that hold some nostalgic value to me, as he was part of my exposure to Minecraft back in 2012. I was never really Scared of Herobrine, but I was more fascinated by him and the legends surrounding the character. I remember being told by a school friend about Herobrine while in class, that feeling about a supposed haunted entity within the game made it way more fun to play, adding to the mystery surrounding Minecraft as a whole. The Character nowadays is usually the butt of most jokes now, but I would really like for somebody to make Herobrine genuinely frightening again.

The thing I always liked about Herobrine, with only the context of the original Creepypasta, is just how different he was from most characters found in gaming Creepypastas of the time (or even later Minecraft urban legends). He's not in-your-face or a malicious entity out for the player's head. He's subtle, always there in the corner of your eye only to disappear as soon as he appears. He doesn't make himself known to you upfront, rather putting out small signs that you're not the only one roaming this infinite, blocky world. A ghost in every sense of the word even if he had never been written as "Notch's dead brother". If there's any mods for Minecraft that give me this kind of Herobrine experience I'd love to know because I can't seem to find any.

7:59 I know this paragraph by heart because one game I hold near and dear to my heart centers itself entirely around it. The game is called 7Days, and I highly recommend anyone to play it if you haven't. Even Markiplier played it. Even though the game never blew up, it is still a good horror game.

which is scarier? Another "player" haunting your solo world messing with your builds, creating strange monuments, and burning down forests with unknown intentions or Microtransactions in a sandbox game of all things (the best addition to minecraft evar!!@!!!111 give us youre monee!11!!)

Herobrine was my childhood for minecraft. I always felt like he would appear from nowhere in My world near my base. Thx for covering him

Entity 303 is the one that drew me into Minecraft mysteries, I'd love to see you go over how he got thought up 👌

I remember being a kid and my friend told me about HeroBrine he was myth in Minecraft and as playing Minecraft was disappointed never meeting him.

I love the story about there being another player in Subnautica after installing a mod, a game without multiplayer

I used to be really fascinated by herobrine and he’ll always be my favorite creepypasta due to how mysterious he is and the fact that he makes you feel like your not alone in Minecraft

I believe there was a meme of Herobrine in a riven with a circle and arrow with the caption “Heroine Found At 3am”

I like your videos man, they are done well, and I like this video game mystery myth creepy pasta stuff.

Honestly, I feel the same way you do about the ending. The story was just fine until ghosts were suggested.

I used to think Herobrine was real. I didn't know he was a creepypasta i just heard friends talking about him so i just thought it was like a really rare mob. Was honestly disappointed to find out it was just a creepypasta

when i got the notification that you posted i clicked faster than i ever have before. i wasn’t disappointed lol.

Disc 11 could be a piece of Herobrine Lore? His Death recorded?

Common sacrow w video

I wish he was a good person not a creepy man who disappears in when you are ALONE

I saw him! I really saw him! I will never forget that day. He's real. The spirit of minecraft is real!

another good video

I would love to play a mod where Herobrine in it! XD

Does anyone else hear the RE2 Save music play at one point?

I always liked to think that Herobrine isn't evil, just a weird guy that watches from the fog.

You should do a video about Null. Herobrine was sighted in his creepypasta

Is this a reupload? I swear I saw this video from you like a month ago, all the same details and everything in the same order.

I love this video - Herobrine

Hero brian

"Little Herobrine, I'm coming in your mom!" (a) SlenderMan

Can you do a video on the tails doll curse? When I was in elementary school I saw people online trying to do the curse only leaving them scaring themselves with the tails doll plush they had. I remember thinking the curse was real and now as a adult I find the doll and it's curse and story stupid as hell like it's a Plushie how can it hurt you?

He is very scary 😨

should we worried about Herobrine in the next coming update 1.20? I hope there's no herobrine anymore and I wish to play minecraft survival as by peace and joy!

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It’s funny when you realize Notch never had a Brother..

I love Herobrine 💚

Okay so I believe this STARTED as a creepypasta but I think the devs added him in at some point because I've encountered him twice. Here's my stories if you'd like to read: So the first time I ever played Minecraft was in 7th grade, I went and spent the night at a friend's house and we pulled an all nighter playing it because he was a big fan of the game, at some point throughout the night we were attacked by a third player and killed and the whole time he just kept yelling "Holy shit its herobrine." I had no idea what he was talking about, he had to explain it to me lmao. We were playing offline because he didn't have Xbox live. And the second encounter I had was on the mobile version of the game, it was on one of the earlier builds, I can't remember what year. Me and my cousin were playing together and were building a dirt hut and he just kinda showed up out of nowhere and killed us. After we respawned he was gone. We were also playing offline. Anyways those are my stories. It's wild honestly but I love how the devs added him in just to fuck with us.

You know everything that comes from 4chan is fake, right? Nobody would use leather for armor.

it goes against all logic and reason but i am 100% sure i found the real herobrine after fucking around and finding out it's an extremely vivid memory from the minecraft xbox 360 days and it spans like a week, one day a bunch of those herobrine totems on my friends world (he believed in herobrine; i didnt) and a day later i booted up a singleplayer build i was working on, untouched, still had the date from the last time i built, only to load it up and watch as somehow, there was a bunch of lit tnt below it that started exploding as soon as i loaded it; as a kid, my young mind rationalized it as trolling from another friend i had so i ended my friendship with them, throughout the week i would find out i was completely wrong there is no logical explanation for anything that happened except "herobrine", at one point when i was playing with a few friends with only 3 connected players that were next to me, there was an invisible player (not potion effect invisible, that would have particles, they were entirely invisible) flying around the overworld spamming ghast eggs (xbox 360 had NO commands in ANY capacity) it's an extremely long story and i don't feel like going into the details, it ended with me ruining herobrine's plans but being unable to kill him because he's herobrine so i just stopped playing 360 version forever i'm also pretty sure the house was cursed and not the game because a lot of weird shit goes down there, i had a toy as a kid that turned on at night and repeated a voiceline about taking me to california until one day it straight up said my name and my parents (who witnessed all of this) put it away, we've moved now and nothing weird has happened

Its herobrine not not herabrine

yes its 2023 and iam still hoping one time i will encounter herobrine thats why i play old versions sometime

early gang gang

Hero brine is fake. It’s literally just a creepy pasta but cool story I guess