The Rendog Story! Pt 1 | Imp And Skizz Podcast (Ep83) 

I hope this is OK? Here's a link to Ren's stream VOD where he "pirated" 😂Skizz's Periscope live stream: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J415pjXTkqo.html Unfortunately the link to Skizz's original Periscope stream in Ren's video is no longer valid since Periscope is dead as of 2021. Loving the podcast guys. Enjoying your button placing streams Ren. lol

Thanks for having me chaps, I loved every second of my time on your couch! It was a true pleasure sharing some real space with you both!

Ren apologizing for talking on a podcast where he’s the actual guest is so relatable.

Ren: “We’re not making hollywood films.” Somewhere listening in: Bdubs: “Whoops!”

just got hit hard with the realization that i haven't actually seen ren's non-minecraft face because wow he is one handsome lad

Ren and Martyn having history in radio really opens the mind. No wonder they get along so well.

I would love to see Docm77 here too :D

The fact that skizzleman can admit he is his biggest fan is a huge testament to his character. And the fact that so many people are calling him their new favourite hermit. That kind of thing really comes through.

Ren: "we're all going back to grassroots production" Bdubs: (slowly lowers volume on his symphonic accompany)

Does Ren even realize what a charming guy he is? I'm completely star struck just from watching him talk 🤩

To me "much anticipated guest" feels like an understatement for how much we are excited to see Ren on here!!

I appreciate Impulse's thoughts on how the Hermit's began to chase algorithms at the expense of themselves. I don't know if this lines up, but from my perspective as a viewer, this began to change in Season 7, and really took off with the advent of the Live Series's. This new season, I've found myself looking almost everyday to see if there is a new interaction between the Hermits on YT. The realness, the comradery, the LAUGHTER, has been a wonderful boon to an otherwise challenging year.

I love ren using the shorthand of “impskizzpod”

On Ren's point that what you guys do is more than content: HermitCraft has turned into my favourite TV show and I watch most of the hermits every single week. I'm a SAHM/manager of family life lol so I can have TV on in the background while I do my chores and tasks. Tuning into individual Hermit's episodes is like watching a stand alone POV in this shared universe within the HC Multiverse (previous seasons lol). Every Hermit comes with their own personality and flair which is exactly like performing a character. You guys are actors, editors, and a whole board of creative directors doing your own things that comes together into one large televised experience for us the viewers. It's very neat

The Ren and Doc collaboration in Season 8 is one of my favorite series!!

Ren still looks as handsome as i saw him in the hermitcraft panel

Skizz - when was your aha moment Impulse - the Southlands was my aha moment

Ren has always struck me as a kind, thoughtful empathetic human. I could listen to him all day

"luck is when hard work meets opportunity" Love this quote!! 16:07

Excuse me, how did I not know Ren is like... Gorgeous!? But also, looks like an older brother to Mumbo? A lot of similar facial features.

You guys gotta convince Doc to be a guest on the pod

I love Ren's editing and his ability to create lore and storylines. His comedic timing and his naivety is endearing. The friendship between Ren and Iskall is so genuine and always has me in fits of laughter. This was a great podcast. I really enjoyed getting to know more about Rendiggity Dog.

Ren saying if you haven't watch bdubs go do it, yes. But honestly if you haven't watched Ren then you're also massively missing out on some brilliantly considered and crafted stuff both in terms of content and editing...plus his such a lovable guy! Do it people go discover the gigaverse! Looking forward to pt 2! ....a weeks wait 😭 you hate to see it people

Ren is such a handsome man with an amazing voice, could listen to him for hours

Ren is the chillest human being, and his ability to make insane Minecraft stories and cinematics is unparalleled! Love to see these professional minecrafters coming together on the pod!

It's our favorite Theater Kid! Ren what a pleasure seeing this podcast was. I loved it! What I love about Ren he does bring a lot of heart and passion to HC. I hope more people watch him because he is deserving of all the success. Thanks for having him on the show.

It’s no surprise Ren says that Ethos videos makes him think of sandwiches and orange juice. The tagline to his LP is “get yo snacks!”.

Love ren, he such a great person and great humour. I'd love to see Joel on, hear about his journey onto hermit craft.

It's not that I don't enjoy the crazy cinematic content, but the best vibes are a bunch of friends having fun together!

"the audience coming with us" This is a little thing that I think is very important. I still remember the first time I was watching a youtuber who had edited down a stream into a video, and she suddenly used words like "we're" and "us" as if everything on screen belonged to all of us, and I just thought... wow... it's really like everyone's together. I've noticed that ever since. We know we're not really moving the character, but it's similar to how you feel involved yourself when reading a good book.

Here's a comparison to something Skizz said. 34:10 Barbara Streisand said she stopped listening to other singers when she was creating her first album. She didn't want to accidently copy another artist. She wanted to create her own sound. This makes me think of what Skizz said about BDubs videos. Yes, Skizz is Barbara Streisand in this comparison.

From all the nuggets he's shared, being wooed by Ren seems like an absolute trip. Lucky underwear, poetry, the risk of being ditched on a first date because of a zit. xD

I honestly think season 10 is the best season I’ve watched I love the voice mod so much and how the hermits interact it’s so good to see such an amazing group of friends

I love how everyone loves Etho

Man rendog is literally on of my favorite creatives in the youtube sphere. He has such a way with his storytelling its just genuinely so amazing to see this man and to know what goes on inside his head.

I am a 50 year old man that loves Minecraft and came to Hermitcraft through Mumbo's Redstone videos. I stayed with Hermitcraft because of the social interactions and not the mega builds. I loved watching TFC's videos as well as he had a gift making me feel like I was standing right next to him mining ores and cracking jokes. RIP TFC.

It is such a rare treat to see Ren's face while he talks. I clicked immediately when i saw this episode, so excited! Love Ren so much, no need to be nervous ❤

The kiiiiiiing! I love him so much, it's so cute and wholesome how you can feel in his voice on every video how much he actually is trying to do so something amazing and he loves making videos so much. Never change ren!

You guys nailed the S10 conversation. I hope viewership shows we love it too :)

Out of all the hermits Ren is the one id wanna have a conversation with the most. He’s so well read and has so many things to say I could see myself just getting absolutely lost in conversation. He’s such a specific type of person that seems so lovely to talk to

I'd love to see Joe Hills on one day, I think his approach to humor and general perchant for philosophy are a good mesh for skizz in particular.

I think I've commented on other videos recently but I will say it again, I am LOVING this season of Hermitcraft. Purely because the "trend" is YOU guys all just being YOU and having a blast in the game together. There's so much less big build talk, and a lot more interaction and even some flying by the seat of your pants. There are still AMAZING builds, but even watching people who are still expanding building or redstone skills and learning as they go, it's all just so "normal everyday player" stuff, and it's still just you all and your awesome personalities having a blast together, making us laugh, while NOT being scripted, but just being genuinely yourselves and enjoying the game with your buddies! I've been watching since 2017, and I think every season gets better, but this one so far is my all time favorite season, not by miles but by inches, yet it is still over the top amazing in it's own way. My most favorite parts so far are literally just when you are cracking each other up, your laughter and wisecracks make us all laugh, and laughter truly is the best medicine. You take us all away from the mundane everyday life for a little while, you show us amazing creative builds and you make us smile, laugh and connect with us all in a personal way that draws us all in, and makes us feel a part of the ride.

this is just the perfect timing because ren is one of my absolute favorite hermits yet i haven't had the chance to delve deep into his background and such

"I thought poetry was the way to a girl's heart... it's not." I learned that lesson rather thoroughly myself. xD

Yes! It's Rendog on The Imp and Skizz Podcast! I'm loving this kind of interviews.

This is again an excellent episode, thank you! One thing on the point of "hyperproduced content" vs "we like to see YOU play": It may sound bad, but due to life happening i don´t have a lot of friends anymore, let alone play with them for hours and hours on this beautiful gameworld. Watching you lots play on hermitcraft is... heaven. It is a substitute, but a really good one. I can be with you guys, and if you are having a blast, i surely will have one too. It's almost as if i were there. It follows me around days, and i sometimes even dream about it. So, being an not-so-good player myself with many time constraints, this is as close i can get to a social, family-feeling thing of online play. Keep it on, please!

This podcast is the one way I discover what my favorite youtubers look like. For one, there's something reassuring to the fact that people older than me enjoy Minecraft (cause listen to you all, I never feel like you're older than me). Another observation is that absolutely no one looks like I imagined them. Ren's voice made me think he'd look like a loveable teddy bear. And instead he looks like an attractive dad who used to be in a motorcycle gang in his younger years.

I'll be honest, this Ren episode is the video I didn't know I wanted to watch. What a surprise pleasure to hear this interaction. Maybe my fav so far? I've been aware of Ren, but now I think I need to go watch more of Ren. Looking forward to the next episode!

"etho gets to much credit" was so funny to rens point of them just being normal people ive always wonder how etho feels about all the fan service he gets being such a private and humble person

ren's season 8 is honestly one of my favorites of all time. i never really cared much for lore in minecraft lets plays before, but the way ren does it definitely changed my mind. i think its the fact that his videos still seem largely unscripted and mostly just improvised in the moment. it never really feels like he's playing a fictional character, just expressing different aspects of himself through a role or storyline. he's not just reading off lines, he's directly experiencing whats happening in the game and expressing his true feelings through the lens of his current role. it reminds me of when me my friends used to go on roblox rp servers and make up silly characters to role play as to try to make each other laugh, we used to get so into it that half of the server would usually end up following us around lol. acting out a role can honestly be just as much a form of self expression as being your normal self can be. a story can sometimes showcase who we are and what we're capable of more than our normal behavior can. it can bring something out in us thats not always obvious at first glance. ren's videos are a prime example of how story can be transformative. narrative is the core of the human experience, every person's life its own story. we all seek meaning through narrative, to understand the sequential events of whatever real life story is currently in front of us. there's just something very human about telling stories; we use them to cope, to express ourselves, to connect with others, to share knowledge, to have fun. ren is a master of reframing events and creating situations that add up to become parts of a much larger story, his 3rd life episodes being a notable example of this. his brilliant escalation of events by purposefully going red created some of the most high tension nail biting unscripted content ive ever seen. it genuinely felt like game of thrones but for minecraft, except the emotions and events were all genuinely real and unplanned. 3rd life would not have been the series it was without ren's commitment to the story of it. grian and martyn had some of the best storylines in 3rd life because ren and scar were the driving forces of their plots. he and scar created the setting that allowed the others to find their own stories, there wasnt a single person in that series that wasnt swept up into the drama they had built. it was amazing to watch

Well now we definitely need Doc hahahaha 😂

I hope Rendog starts the first radio show on hermitcraft

I love Ren so much for his good vibe streams and his art to hijack the other hermits with roleplaying and storys

I love Ren so much! Glad he could be on the show and so excited for Part 2!!

So, i just learned today that Ren's brother Jono is not only the music behind so many great songs from the last 3 seasons (just that i know of), but has some great takes about the music industry as well. He'd be a great guest!

I really agree with what you said. A cool build might get you a good thumbnail and a viewer, but your personality and banter with friends is what gets you a loyal subscriber.

This just got me thinking how wild it is that communication has improved so much. In the 2000s if we wanted to skype with family across the country or the world there were increments of 30 second delays and today you can do a podcast with good sound in video and sound with very little delay or degradation.

Ren is such an authentic person. I loved every part of this

REN IS SO COOL!!!!! So glad he’s on the Podcast!!

Ren is one of my favourite creators of all time. He has a perfect balance of storytelling flair and relaxed, down-to-erath personality that hold my attention and makes every second of watching a joy to be there for. One of my favourite online memories is hanging out in Rens stream when vault hunters first came out, and theory crafting builds for his base and how to integrate all these wacky things like vendors and whatnot into a sci-fi style base, eventually settling on all the donators being colonists on this new planet that were in cryopods. Something about that whole session really stuck with me about how creatively ren can take simple ideas and the basic building blocks of things in the environment and turn them into grand branching narritives, without coming off as pretentious or forced. Keep up the amazing work Ren and Rebz will see you around in chat!

See ren, Scream "RENDOG"

First, because I know Impulse likes to read the comments 😊 Hi Impulse! Hope you're doing well, and having the happiest day! Now, this was a freaking great video! I've always enjoyed Ren, and his super fun characters he creates and stories he tells (Renbob being my favorite) and I'm so excited for part 2 and getting to know who this silly "Ren" guy is, and how life has been for him 😊 Thanks for being you Ren, and thank you Imp & Skizz for having him on the pod 💕

21:35 what im hearing is that docm77 isnt the villain hermitcraft deserves, but the hero they needed

It’s crazy how I never realized how well spoken Ren is

I really appreciate Ren talking about his experience in life with realizing he's just "okay" at something, and having to contend with that fact in regards to his passions. I had the same problem when I was in art college, and my favorite things I was doing (and focusing on) were fiber arts and ceramics, and while I was so passionate about weaving on the loom and throwing clay, I realized very fast that I was "just okay" at these things, and that my creativity was very much below that of my classmates, and that obviously made it hard considering those were what I was.... y'know, focusing on and getting grades on. So thank you Ren. Me of over a decade ago absolutely needed to hear that it's okay to just BE okay at what you like doing, but me of now absolutely appreciates that it's not just a me thing and that I didn't waste that time. love the episode guys, very much looking forward to part 2!

Where is the "love" button? "Like" just won't do for this. Awesome take on content/art creation, so hyped for next week. Absolutely incredible, love to see it! Also, it makes me so happy when hermits fanboy over other hermits. Life is good

Thought it was just me who thought this episode was definitely not an hour long, but apparently Ren was also surprised this went by that fast lol

Ren sometimes holds himself like an apology. This man is incredible. He's brilliant, thoughtful, kind, and hard working. Always make sure you pay attention to the metrics that prove you're amazing **gestures widely at everything**. The best superpower in this world is kindness. You three optimize kindness.

What a handsome guest you guys have on this time!

i'm so impressed with how comfortably ren tells his stories, so interesting to hear about being a radio host for a small town

Ren comes across as so humble and likeable. Listening to his stories about growing up in South Africa while building on Hermitcraft was what made me a fan years ago.

Loved having Ren on the podcast All hail the King!

Ren is one of my major inspirations as a storyteller, and hearing him talk about how he came to it is incredibly encouraging.

I am a simple man. I see Ren in the thumbnail, I click on it.

Awesome! Hopefully a Joel and Lizzie podcast is in the future

I think one of the beginning tipping points for the hermits to stop chasing the algorithm was Mumbo's second break, where, at least from my end, the strain became so visible.

First: Love ya Ren. O7 Second: I've been telling Jev for a few years now that the interactions between you guys is the most entertaining part. I loved the cinematic quality, but the scriptedness of it took something away that we couldn't get anywhere else. I'm loving how season 10 is flowing so far.

Ren is just awesome. I love these chats with the Hermits, always gives new insights. The part where Ren described having no listeners was SO RenDog, had me in pieces

As soon as ren mentioned the album make yourself by incubus he gained 1000000% more respect from me since that’s my favorite album of all time lol

I love how Ren describes the process of joining Hermitcraft. It has university acceptance/job offer vibes

Ren was the first Minecraft RU-vidr I found... back when he was just a couple episodes into his first Minecraft Let's Play building the Mole Hole!

i do think bdubds really has the balance of capturing a lot of 'behind the scenes' clips of him just goofing around but also breaking it up with the really cinematic shots and artistic builds, hes such a great creator

I agree I like the interactive hermits because it doesn't feel so lonely. Dont get me wrong a nice balance of hermits alone and hermits have fun with friends is very comfy

We are in the Golden Age of minecraft with these season 10 hermits.

RENDOG!! I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS 🎉

Absolutely incredible, I've been waiting for this! Excited for part 2 next Friday!

I love listening and chilling with these podcasts way more than I ever thought I would

i can never get enough of ren's voice and stories

Music & Art. Beautiful!

Possibly my favorite interview so far - this felt so natural and authentic as a conversation

I can't believe we have to wait another week for part 2! You're the best Ren ❤

This was wonderful. Ren is such a great and entertaining speaker! Looking forward to more next week :D

Just listening to you guys talking and laughing together is so wholesome and wonderful, and it’s so incredible to get to see all of the different sides to all of these hermits that have appeared as guests. You guys are all super amazing!

This season has been super fun so far. I've found myself watching so many more hermits to see more sides of the interactions.

I was not aware that the lightning generator was a genuine reaction to the entire server. That is insanely cool that Doc didn't tell anyone on what was going to happen. What a moment.

Such a great interview! Love to see it ;) I can't wait until part 2! This is such a gift to be able to hear these stories from the Hermits. Thanks so much all of you!

I love Ren. 2 minutes in and he's already so wholesome and humble.

Fastest hour of my life! cant wait for part 2! :)

A great conversation! Love hearing the deep dives into these topcis and getting new perspectives. Looking forward to next week!

I got chills that episode with lightning striking your tower 😮😮😮