New Evidence in the Search for Herobrine's Origins

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • Many believe that Herobrine originated from a single image in August of 2010. The true history, however, is much more complicated - there are many contributing ideas that have been forgotten.
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  • @RetroGamingNow
    @RetroGamingNow  Před měsícem +352

    What’s your favorite Herobrine memory?

    • @jimmyneedshiskfc
      @jimmyneedshiskfc Před měsícem +16

      Making the shrine with my friends back in the day on the xbox 360 version

    • @javengabriellarboleda2864
      @javengabriellarboleda2864 Před měsícem +19

      Playing Minecraft with my Cousin on the PS4 then looking at the map and seeing 3 player markers (we played splitscreen with just the two of us on an offline world.) Never touched that world since. (honestly it was probably a bug or something but it terrified us, i didn't sleep at all that night)

    • @ZXR4GRZ
      @ZXR4GRZ Před měsícem +10

      Hey bro, I really love your videos about Minecraft mysteries, especially Herobrine. The mystery of Herobrine is being solved now, but never mind if the reason behind Herobrine is not just in the Minecraft version. If you look at the older Minecraft launcher versions, that could be a big clue about the mysterious character known as Herobrine.
      I think the old Minecraft launchers from the days of Windows XP and Windows 7 hold a big mystery. We haven't found any files of Herobrine in old versions like 1.0.16_2 or 1.0.17_4. Mojang keeps saying "Removed Herobrine" with every update, which makes me think there's a dark secret behind the old versions of the Minecraft launchers. Perhaps if we find an old official version of the Minecraft launcher from an old computer or hard drive, we might uncover something.
      We've all looked at Minecraft files but haven't found any clues about Herobrine. However, the Minecraft launcher has a big mystery-"A DARK MYSTERY." Some players keep saying they saw Herobrine in the old days, like 2009 to 2011, during the days of Windows XP and 7. Maybe some old computers running old versions of Minecraft were "HACKED BY THE REMOVED VERSION OF THE OLD MINECRAFT LAUNCHER." Mojang kept updating the launcher every month without changing the old Minecraft files.
      At the end, I think Notch managed to create a modified version of the Minecraft launcher and versions 1.0.16_2 and 1.0.17_4. These are the only two versions we focused on and realized something was wrong, like Herobrine or glowing eyes. Notch might have trolled the old Minecraft players like Copeland. We need to take a look at the old Minecraft files from any old computer if we can find them.
      Goodbye and good luck with your investigations! I really like your CZcams channel too, Mr. RGN.

    • @aykarain
      @aykarain Před měsícem +6

      making a command block that spammed lightning on a herobrine shrine thing lol

    • @licorice_the_cat
      @licorice_the_cat Před měsícem

      @@javengabriellarboleda2864i might have an answer for this one. iirc if you placed a map in an item frame that map would show up as a white player marker when you looked at a map in your hand

  • @soapgaming4903
    @soapgaming4903 Před měsícem +3680

    I miss the days when he was the scariest thing imaginable. And every time there was a glitch we blamed it on him and abandoned the world.

    • @novvut
      @novvut Před měsícem +217

      you have no idea how many dead worlds i have from “herobrine encounters”

    • @Popcorn_Pillow
      @Popcorn_Pillow Před měsícem +14

      Same

    • @ResyPatron
      @ResyPatron Před měsícem +6

      mbf

    • @legendreactstostuff
      @legendreactstostuff Před měsícem +18

      Its never too late to have a resurgence y'know

    • @TheScreenplayer
      @TheScreenplayer Před měsícem +62

      Fr. My sister deleted a world after a tree set fire 2 blocks away from a lava pool

  • @Dicerollball
    @Dicerollball Před měsícem +1437

    When I was a kid, I believed Herobrine was real and while I was scared of him I also liked the idea of having a withdrawn friend in the Minecraft world. So, anytime I saw something weird or found a glitch, I would always chalk it up to Herobrine. I started leaving things around for him, made a chest specifically to give gifts to him or show him items I was proud of getting (like a god apple), and even though the ambience and music became scary I always thought to myself: "That just means Herobrine is nearby watching out for me."
    Literally he was the reason I played Minecraft the most back then as a kid. I was so scared of him but also so eager to show off to the mysterious entity that I just killed a skeleton with my bare fists, or tamed my first wolf in the new world I created.

    • @CouscousEnjoyer
      @CouscousEnjoyer Před měsícem +203

      Wholesome

    • @Kaika433
      @Kaika433 Před měsícem +153

      that's so cute

    • @Herobrine-g7w
      @Herobrine-g7w Před měsícem +259

      Gotta say, you always made my day
      Thanks for doing that, never failed to make me smile
      :]

    • @gustavinhokavalo
      @gustavinhokavalo Před měsícem +41

      This made me 2g more happy, thanks for sharing it.

    • @ticktock3507
      @ticktock3507 Před měsícem +126

      I'd love a story about this concept, a normal kid befriending some eldritch entity would be some wholesome horror

  • @ctrlaltrepeat245
    @ctrlaltrepeat245 Před měsícem +1370

    People have this tendency to underplay the sheer terror of Herobrine that existed back in the day. It was never about how powerful he was, but simply the idea that something just as intelligent, if not more intelligent than you existed in your game, and was actively aware of you.
    You didn't know its intentions, what it stood for, what it wanted from you.
    He can build and mine just like you, but his intentions remain unknown.
    He wasn't like a simple mob that pathfinded toward you and smacked you a few times, he was an intelligent entity that actively wanted to cause mental anguish.

    • @deepfakes4567
      @deepfakes4567 Před měsícem +12

      102 likes and no replies lemme fix that

    • @ValtheFemboy
      @ValtheFemboy Před měsícem

      @@deepfakes4567no

    • @0Blueaura
      @0Blueaura Před měsícem +37

      completely, i remember in beta days as 14 years old being scared of playing with the fog, and was scared of the tiniest sounds i heard. one time i was building a staircase out of half slabs, then i heard something behind me like footsteps of sorts. i saw nothing. and i remember it to this day now that im 27 years old. these were fun times now i think about it...

    • @Insert_creative_unused_name
      @Insert_creative_unused_name Před měsícem +22

      THe fear doesn't come from sheer strength, but intellegance. No amount of brute force is of any use with out the Intellegence to use it.

    • @SanityDrop
      @SanityDrop Před měsícem +1

      nah bro it was scary cause we were fucking kids xd.

  • @Warentan
    @Warentan Před měsícem +1603

    I was about to buy something, but then my debit card fell out of my hand and i involuntarily walked to my desk and was forced to click this video by the heroic brine himself.

    • @winkystinky
      @winkystinky Před měsícem +7

      I don't think... no

    • @Loy_Otterton
      @Loy_Otterton Před měsícem +16

      😮, spooky

    • @Theguywhowanders
      @Theguywhowanders Před měsícem +45

      And people will say it’s jesus guiding you or something among these lines 😭

    • @Indianawoodchuckjunior
      @Indianawoodchuckjunior Před měsícem +2

      Okay

    • @cihloun
      @cihloun Před měsícem +43

      If heroinbrine is not real, then why did my uncle died due to heroin overdose? Huh? COINCIDENCE?

  • @5spec
    @5spec Před měsícem +187

    "Zoom in.
    Herobrine.."
    "That's impossible, he was last seen 14 years ago."
    "Someone's just using a skin?"
    "No, there's no nametag. It's him."

    • @Srikar91
      @Srikar91 Před 7 dny +4

      Soldier Boy reference lmao

  • @SuperKlondike64
    @SuperKlondike64 Před měsícem +568

    I wish we could have gaming urban legends back. Herobrine seemed to be the last one before it basically became impossible to make something up because you could just dig through the files. It's a real shame, these little rumors made the game feel much larger and more lively than they really were.

    • @MeryoQuestion
      @MeryoQuestion Před měsícem +44

      This is more easy on game consoles since its harder for dig through code in game consoles

    • @waddledeegaming3242
      @waddledeegaming3242 Před měsícem +32

      SM64 every copy is personalized was the only good one in the last few years.

    • @SuperKlondike64
      @SuperKlondike64 Před měsícem +25

      @@waddledeegaming3242 I agree, that one was great because of how it played off of your false memories of the game.

    • @firstnamlastnam2141
      @firstnamlastnam2141 Před měsícem

      Datamining really was a mistake when it came to secrets.

    • @schmecklin377
      @schmecklin377 Před měsícem +9

      Gta 5 was the last big game to have urban legends and cryptids, but even then people started file digging and disproving stuff

  • @ItsJoeyG
    @ItsJoeyG Před měsícem +893

    6:45 "Sorry, image is currently unavailable." Also Photobucket, "Protect more of your memories for less". Ironic. Remember to make local backups kids.

    • @RetroGamingNow
      @RetroGamingNow  Před měsícem +132

      Haha I didn't even catch the irony!

    • @Shadow6678-j5s
      @Shadow6678-j5s Před měsícem +17

      @@RetroGamingNow2 WHITE PIXELS

    • @joechristo2
      @joechristo2 Před měsícem +18

      @@Shadow6678-j5s I can't take it. I see an image of a random object posted and then I see it, I fucking see it. "Oh that looks kinda like two little white eyes" it started as. That's funny, that's a cool reference. But I kept going, I'd see a fridge that looked like white eyes, I'd see an animated bag of chips that looked like white eyes, I'd see a hat that looked like white eyes. And every time I'd burst into an insane, breath deprived laugh staring at the image as the words “WHITE EYES” ran through my head.

    • @Shadow6678-j5s
      @Shadow6678-j5s Před měsícem +8

      @@joechristo2 I built a tower. A tower so I can see if it approaches me. IM SO FUCKING AFRAID OF EVEN GOING IN MY HOUSE. Let alone the mines. ALL BECAUSE OF 2 WHITE PIXELS. 2 FUCKING WHITE PIXELS. I don’t swear irl

  • @nitro0100
    @nitro0100 Před měsícem +589

    This video should prove to everyone that Minecraft horror shouldn't be about big cave monsters or jumpscares. Minecraft is pure existential dread in singleplayer mode and honestly one of the best sources of psychological horror in a non-horror game. Modders should focus on that.

    • @barrytaylor889
      @barrytaylor889 Před měsícem +26

      Like how the mod From The Fog did it, made it into a horror game with no jumpscares and big horror creatures

    • @deepfakes4567
      @deepfakes4567 Před měsícem +36

      @@barrytaylor889 yeah but thats literally herobrine

    • @ToyFreddyGaming1987
      @ToyFreddyGaming1987 Před měsícem +28

      I find it funny how the Cave Dweller was mentioned in this video. Gives me a bit more appreciation for that mod, knowing it (may have) actually been based off of an actual myth from old Minecraft.

    • @Guardian-of-Light137
      @Guardian-of-Light137 Před měsícem +33

      I've said it before and I'll say it again. Modding minecraft to be scary makes it less scary. ... Kinda anyway. With horror there are 3 stages, the buildup where tension builds, the scare, and the calm down, where the scare has happened, and either you're character is dead or you've paused the game or something and you just take a moment to let out a sigh a scream or even cry. But after you do so, you calm down even if only a little bit.
      Default minecraft ... doesn't allow the scare (Unless you count sudden mob attacks you don't see coming.) It just endlessly builds tension as your mind plays tricks on you. Your own mind does worse than any mod could EVER do. Because you know more than anyone else what you DON'T want to see down in those mines.
      Oh sure cave dwellers creepy texture packs, mods etc etc are all spooky ... but familiarity becomes comfortable. If you KNOW what to expect. Eventually it becomes mundane. The scare happens and the tension is lost. And it quickly becomes a cycle where the worst it can do is annoy you. ... But if you're alone in a minecraft world with nothing that can actually scare you. There is no herobrine in those mines ... but you think there is. And because you JUST can't shake the thought he MIGHT be (or whatever else) but the scare never happens. The tension builds ENDLESSLY! And even if you do calm down by going to do something relaxing ... you gotta head back down Eventually.

    • @R3ELL1ON
      @R3ELL1ON Před měsícem +2

      I can't play Minecraft without a buddy anymore

  • @ND62511
    @ND62511 Před měsícem +360

    It should be noted that the “Please Wake Up” story that you had to decode on the site is almost a word for word copy-paste of a preexisting Creepypasta. Some interesting trivia on the history of it all

    • @rustkitty
      @rustkitty Před měsícem +28

      iirc the biggest difference is that the original was about rpe specifically rather than torture in general.

    • @tastydeaths
      @tastydeaths Před 11 dny

      @@rustkitty ffs way to ruin it at least this version is the one most remembered

    • @rustkitty
      @rustkitty Před 11 dny +4

      @@tastydeaths Huh? How exactly is that "ruined"?

  • @PedanticUnionist
    @PedanticUnionist Před měsícem +737

    It's honestly sort of sad that we don't know who created the Herobrine myth. You make the most popular gaming legend of all time, and nobody even knows you who you are.

    • @layt187
      @layt187 Před měsícem +163

      kinda adds to creepy factor of it, if you think about it

    • @RavenGamingOverLord
      @RavenGamingOverLord Před měsícem +59

      Well it does make it more creepy if you ask me

    • @ProjectionProjects2.7182
      @ProjectionProjects2.7182 Před měsícem +47

      Yeah its sad. I wonder if the person who made the myth even knows how popular their creation became.

    • @NatsumiHinata
      @NatsumiHinata Před měsícem +95

      I think there could be three scenarios.
      The creator might be aware of it considering how popular Herobrine has become, but they are refraining from revealing themselves since there is no proof. It would only potentially mark them as a troll without any substantial evidence. They might have told it to select a few friends who would believe their words but not to the general public.
      Or the creator really might no longer be interested in Minecraft and living a normal life. In this scenario, they are alive and well but genuinely oblivious to what is happening to the Minecraft fandom. Even though Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time, it rarely gets mentioned in the public media or news. It’s just a children’s video game to many people. Herobrine isn’t very well known outside of the Minecraft fan base.
      Then there’s another possibility that the creator might have died. It’s been 14 years after all, and even in the Minecraft fandom, some of the greatest players have met their demise. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the same happened to the Herobrine creator.

    • @roroo
      @roroo Před měsícem +43

      They definitely know that it’s popular but saying you created hero brine is like talking to a brick wall you’re never gonna be able to truly take credit for it

  • @KyanoAng3l0
    @KyanoAng3l0 Před měsícem +214

    I frankly prefer _blank_ eyes over glowing eyes. The former is more creepy for me. And the idea that something that seems blind to the light of the world is observing you for some reason is unnerving.

    • @Skaaks
      @Skaaks Před měsícem +26

      He cannot see, but he is watching.

    • @aggrim1
      @aggrim1 Před měsícem +34

      To me, the idea of a normal pair of eyes somehow appearing visible in the dark as if it were in broad daylight is creepier than actual glowing eyes.

  • @FrantisekSpejchal
    @FrantisekSpejchal Před měsícem +198

    I think that the concept of a White Eyes and Herobrine, inspired Notch to make a mob with creepy sounds and glowing eyes, The Endermen.

    • @HungryWarden
      @HungryWarden Před měsícem +34

      They really leaned into their horror aspect in Minecraft Dungeons, having them give you a slight tunnel vision effect and warp the screen a bit.

    • @ktokolwiek8545
      @ktokolwiek8545 Před měsícem +7

      and not slenderman?

    • @CowsEatPineaples30
      @CowsEatPineaples30 Před měsícem

      @@ktokolwiek8545both

    • @keekorsomthin
      @keekorsomthin Před měsícem +7

      ​@@ktokolwiek8545that could have played more into their height

    • @ktokolwiek8545
      @ktokolwiek8545 Před měsícem +8

      @@keekorsomthin i think all of their appearence just look at comparison beetwen them. slenderman was popular back then in 2011

  • @ScarsOfTheStars
    @ScarsOfTheStars Před měsícem +135

    If something has white eyes, they've must be related to Herobrine, as a young me thought. There's a reason I stopped playing Minecraft for a while as a kid after encountering a Stray for the first time.

    • @tom-ment-Capybara
      @tom-ment-Capybara Před měsícem +17

      I remember as a child a blind cat with white eyes ran across the porch outside my kitchen lmao
      Didn’t help that I thought that it looked like my cat (which had died semi-recently at the time)
      (It didn’t actually look like my dead cat but I thought it did)

    • @fidget0227
      @fidget0227 Před 13 dny +5

      @@tom-ment-CapybaraNothing is scarier to humans than our own ability to make up patterns and exaggerate the hell out of them.

    • @imsomeonesomewheresomehow
      @imsomeonesomewheresomehow Před 11 dny +2

      I didn’t know strays were added and i was just messing around in the festive mash up pack and I saw one spawn in and wow it scared me

  • @TehBeef_
    @TehBeef_ Před měsícem +71

    I've always thought that Notch snuck herobrine into the game at one point just to mess with people, even if only for a week or two.. especially during the 'Secret Friday' updates period where we never got any solid patch notes... I wonder how many of these 'sightings' are actually legit.

    • @normalhuman9878
      @normalhuman9878 Před měsícem +11

      That would’ve been hilarious, but I think people could go back and check the files now

    • @keekorsomthin
      @keekorsomthin Před měsícem

      ​@@normalhuman9878damn files

    • @Dumba55
      @Dumba55 Před 10 dny +9

      @@normalhuman9878i mean, some versions are completely lost, for example the alpha version that added redstone

    • @billybobsgamingchannel6711
      @billybobsgamingchannel6711 Před 7 hodinami

      yeah ive had like 4 instances in one version were me and my cousin found him i sometimes think hes still real but than realize it probably was my cousin or our other friend

  • @FrogmaskMusic
    @FrogmaskMusic Před měsícem +122

    31:50 Jeez, the “WAKE UP” variant got me bad back in 2011 and still gets me now. Unnerving

    • @yhd_skeetsy
      @yhd_skeetsy Před měsícem +8

      ME TOOOO OH MY GOD. definitely stemmed the way uncanniness can get a visceral reaction out of me now.... like there was this uquiz i took recently called "what your favorite color?" and for some reason it totally blindsided me and had me dropping my phone every other question 😭 thank you herobrine wake up creepypasta you will forever be famous

    • @FrogmaskMusic
      @FrogmaskMusic Před měsícem +14

      @@yhd_skeetsy Apparently the “wake up” copypasta has been around since at least 2008. Really goes to show what a freakish amalgam Herobrine is

    • @Graffels
      @Graffels Před 12 dny

      Wake up.

  • @ventrox3991
    @ventrox3991 Před měsícem +51

    the fact that every major changelog includes removing herobrine implies they never succeeded at removing him for good

  • @UnderscoreAngel
    @UnderscoreAngel Před měsícem +91

    Seeing copeland's stream after a very loong time makes me feel weird, i always remembered it soo realistically as if that re-textured painting was an actual player, it's interesting how mind can twist memories, haha fun video

    • @derekstryder2281
      @derekstryder2281 Před 11 dny

      Not to mention that it was basically lost media meaning it would have been impossible to double check the facts.

    • @UnderscoreAngel
      @UnderscoreAngel Před 11 dny

      Derek Stryder no I actually remember the """original""" footage (somehow) now don't ask me where I saw it, I think it was a really old creepy Minecraft video that is also lost now, but seeing it after so long, I remember the ending being completely different

    • @derekstryder2281
      @derekstryder2281 Před 11 dny

      @@UnderscoreAngel The one where he jumps into a nearby lava pool and burns while Herobrine looks down on him?

    • @UnderscoreAngel
      @UnderscoreAngel Před 11 dny

      +derekstryder2281 that one is a recreation, but i remember one where copeland just jumps off a bridge outside of his house in the server, bridge that does not exists in the original map.

    • @UnderscoreAngel
      @UnderscoreAngel Před 11 dny

      or said bridge might be on a different place

  • @novvut
    @novvut Před měsícem +115

    a wise man once said: “if you were born in the 2000’s, your 2 biggest fears were failing your grade 3 spelling test, and Herobrine.”

    • @ReaperSymbiote
      @ReaperSymbiote Před 26 dny +4

      Happened to a buddy of mine

    • @InfectiousViper
      @InfectiousViper Před 10 dny +2

      And white cars driving down a winding road

    • @Nightswarmer
      @Nightswarmer Před 2 dny

      @@InfectiousViper If any family member sends me any video that isn't obviously of them, I'm turning the volume all the way down, it's just that integrated now.. Trust no one..

    • @InfectiousViper
      @InfectiousViper Před 2 dny

      @@Nightswarmer Same! It’s engraved in my brain now

  • @KyanoAng3l0
    @KyanoAng3l0 Před měsícem +116

    Cave sound mockup: natural, immersive
    C418/Aberg's cave sounds: send shivers up your spine and your soul

  • @ImmaLittlePip
    @ImmaLittlePip Před měsícem +86

    Anyone miss when gaming urban legends like this could spread around and everyone could get lost in the sauce and have fun with this

    • @scarlettarana
      @scarlettarana Před měsícem +2

      Absolutely, Herobrine was a big part of my childhood
      My brother pretended to be him once, on Minecraft PE where you could join worlds with whatever skin and name you wanted. That day solidified my love for Minecraft and creepypastas and all sorts of creepy stories, I don’t think I’d be who I am now without that moment

    • @slim5816
      @slim5816 Před měsícem +2

      @@scarlettarana LOL! I did the same to my little sister on PE. Idk if there was some setting or if I used mods but I was able to change gamemode and use /kill on her.
      I was flying to her while she was digging some hole. She ended up burying herself out of fear. I acted like I was on my way coming for help 💀💀💀
      Then finally i used the kill command. 10 years ago and she still vividly remembers 😂

    • @ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg
      @ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg Před měsícem

      Not really. I never heard of it when I was a kid thankfully and I never cared about it much

  • @ToyFreddyGaming1987
    @ToyFreddyGaming1987 Před měsícem +78

    I really like the idea that White Eyes is the true "backstory" of Herobrine. The idea that he was Notch's dead brother always felt very "2010 creepypasta" to me. However if Herobrine truly is White Eyes, that opens up the room for so many possibilities. Most importantly though is that it keeps the mystery of Herobrine intact, given how mysterious White Eyes is.
    I think my favorite little implication is that the original Herobrine story was purposeful misinformation to lead people astray on what Herobrine actually was. But why would someone post purposefully wrong information about a spooky Minecraft entity in the game? Well, the original poster was anonymous... Perhaps Herobrine has been watching more than just Minecraft.

    • @ladvargleinad7566
      @ladvargleinad7566 Před měsícem +15

      "But why would someone post purposefully wrong information" Welcome to the Internet.

    • @ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg
      @ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg Před měsícem +5

      Yup purposefullywrong information is everywhere on the internet.

    • @ToyFreddyGaming1987
      @ToyFreddyGaming1987 Před měsícem +6

      @@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg Okay, admittedly worded that part very poorly. What I was trying to say is that somebody posting about an unknown entity in the game and saying it was actually the creators dead brother felt... a little strange to do. Truthfully that isn't out of the realm of possibility though.

    • @jacobcaraway1754
      @jacobcaraway1754 Před 12 dny

      @@ToyFreddyGaming1987 Notch never actually had a brother.

  • @dogmadude1399
    @dogmadude1399 Před měsícem +55

    Oh, what’s this? A little gem in my recommended? Minecraft has never been so engaging

    • @CouscousEnjoyer
      @CouscousEnjoyer Před měsícem +9

      His channel is great and he composed all of the background music, if you like this you'll like his other stuff

    • @yhd_skeetsy
      @yhd_skeetsy Před měsícem +5

      heavy vouch w the commenter above! you should check out his minecraft mob centric videos if a little world building theorizing interests u 👍

  • @kjs026
    @kjs026 Před měsícem +147

    it feels cool to be one of the only people to know about the white eyes myth before a video about it is made

    • @flamsey
      @flamsey Před měsícem +7

      Do you have the original fan art by Flakey?

    • @Everything-Dude
      @Everything-Dude Před měsícem +9

      Same Here... Kinda? I Heard About Before THIS Video, Just Not Before Any Video.

    • @Pokeymarmot7168
      @Pokeymarmot7168 Před měsícem +1

      Same

    • @RavenGamingOverLord
      @RavenGamingOverLord Před měsícem +1

      Good for you

    • @AlOstosman
      @AlOstosman Před měsícem +1

      Bruh, dozens of videos have already been made already ☠️

  • @Csbees
    @Csbees Před měsícem +73

    Herobrine lore is really crazy

  • @mxtrashtm
    @mxtrashtm Před měsícem +16

    This is so beautiful, minecraft scares have NEVER changed, from beginning to now. We still think about stalker entities, "dwellers" and something being the reason for the cave sounds. This is a connection through time, young and old players with remain the same in a way, fearing the same things and trying to explain why.

  • @DrEagle1776
    @DrEagle1776 Před měsícem +84

    HELL YEAH, bringing me back to my childhood with Herobrine. I remember playing around 2011 being scared to be alone cuz of him

    • @x9kz
      @x9kz Před měsícem +3

      Same thing bro, me and my friends would come up with story’s about him for days man. It was the best.

    • @Cringeyrandom
      @Cringeyrandom Před 23 dny

      Same

  • @MrCheeesy
    @MrCheeesy Před měsícem +22

    You single handedly saved Herobrine from being classified as a dweller 💀💀

    • @ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg
      @ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg Před měsícem +3

      He at least doesn't kill you just stalks you. Unlike ev3ry other dumb Stalker mod out there

    • @ToyFreddyGaming1987
      @ToyFreddyGaming1987 Před měsícem +2

      @@MrCheeesy Nah, Herobrine has never been classified as a Dweller. Personally I've never seen anyone classify Herobrine as a Dweller.

  • @novvut
    @novvut Před měsícem +25

    whenever you upload my pancreas starts to wiggle violently from raw excitement

  • @aitorleal4676
    @aitorleal4676 Před měsícem +32

    I've realized that the very first time i saw or heard anything about minecraft was teh Herobrine image, kinds wild to think i was so young when this became popular enough to reach other country forums.

  • @nemaele
    @nemaele Před měsícem +56

    Banger of a video as always.
    Herobrine is such an integral part of Minecraft, and I still keep my Minecraft skin as it is, a female version, albeit with changes every time the default skins get a new coat of paint. It's been 12 years, and I don't think I can keep it different for too long before going back. Even if nowadays so many people don't even recognise the skin, sometimes.

  • @xodiousfaith1858
    @xodiousfaith1858 Před měsícem +49

    my 2 favorite creators posting within 5 minutes of one another is life changing

  • @D1stop1an
    @D1stop1an Před měsícem +17

    I believed in herobrine, but I was never afraid of him as a little kid, I more so wanted to seek him out bc i thought he was like some boss you could fight. I was never really afraid of most things videos focusing on nostalgia talked about, like Mario 64.

  • @bastianleyton1951
    @bastianleyton1951 Před měsícem +10

    God i love Herobrine and the history of it so much i remember playing on tablet and being anxious about it, I remember seeing fake name tags on the distance (prob a tecnical error of Minecraft PE), perfectly dug out crosses in the ground, wierd generation of terrain that looked man made and white pixels that looked static throught the snow.
    Its just so nostalgic thinking about it now lol

  • @FrogmaskMusic
    @FrogmaskMusic Před měsícem +14

    9:40 Huh. I've been following Minecraft since 2010 (my age was in the literal single digits for context) and rapidly entered its apparent age demographic as the popularity exploded in the early 2010s. Never really thought much about the switch from "niche indie game" to "huge corporate undertaking" beyond when the website UI went from simple HTML to a javascript maze, but...

  • @vermillion1670
    @vermillion1670 Před měsícem +9

    10 years later and I still can't play Minecraft singleplayer because of the cave sounds. I've always been a scaredy cat, but Minecraft levels up my fears, when playing alone.
    The worst part about the cave sounds: I like building my bases in caves or underground, so I hear the sounds constantly.
    As for the cave sounds, there are some "cave" sounds in the Nether. First time I heard it I almost shat myself. It was so loud and completely unexpected.

    • @netwicks1126
      @netwicks1126 Před 12 dny

      Theres "ocean sounds" which are cave sounds that play in the sea, they're slightly rarer i think cause i dont hear them often but when i do it triggers my thalassophobia lol

  • @okaydash4763
    @okaydash4763 Před měsícem +17

    Something deep just happened in my life... But this video helped me calm down! Thank you for these great videos!!! Congrats on 500k

  • @laguaridadesyx
    @laguaridadesyx Před 27 dny +7

    The phenomenon of entering an unnaturally big cave and then becoming lost with your torches disappearing and new holes and paths suddenly appearing in previous corners actually happened to me once. I wasn't scared at all because i thought it was just me being stupid and not rembering the correct path to the exit.
    The way I managed to scape was by mining a straight line up to the surface, and when I reached it, it was when I noticed that something weird was happening: the moment i reached the surface I just realized that the place i was standing in was just variour miles away from where I started mining (wich was in a cave near my home in that world). I had no way to go back since looking at the coordinates was useless due to how far I was... So i had to exit the world and activate cheats so I could just teleport to my home again.

    • @laguaridadesyx
      @laguaridadesyx Před 27 dny +2

      And yeah, I later tried entering that cave again out of curiosity but I don't remember ever finding that exact hole again.

  • @DrLamington1
    @DrLamington1 Před měsícem +48

    Still crazy how the copeland stream has actually been found

    • @narrativeless404
      @narrativeless404 Před měsícem +5

      Probably someone has archived it
      Way too many people cared to just let it disappear

  • @_Th1nk3r
    @_Th1nk3r Před měsícem +7

    Minecraft horror mods would be so much more effective if they were made on older version of the game. The setting of older mc is already unsettling, and it already has such a haunting atmosphere, and feels so unknown. You know you're alone, but it never feels that way.

  • @Rainok
    @Rainok Před měsícem +5

    Not sure if anyone else picked up on the enderman parallels, but I find it really cool that they likely have the same inspiration as Herobrine

  • @luziferj2789
    @luziferj2789 Před měsícem +3

    Apart from Herobrine, the cave sounds were truly surprising sometimes. After a long session building or something like that you jump out of your seat because of a freaking sound. Same as with creepers surpising you, nobody can tell me that didn't happen at least once to everyone.
    The jumpscare was unfair, and I didn't know about this story. Nice video, as always well told story.

  • @Lampe2020
    @Lampe2020 Před měsícem +9

    18:07 Either the reverb to a huge explosion - or just an epic fart sound effect XD

  • @MimickingEntertainment
    @MimickingEntertainment Před měsícem +6

    *your own fear will consume you, my presence with soak through your skin and my eyes with pierce your soul* -Herobrine

  • @cjrensh
    @cjrensh Před měsícem +6

    I started playing Minecraft back on the PS3 Edition, decided to do some building in a super flat creative mode just to get used to the controls, figuring things out. I had only recently at the time heard about Herobrine, nothing much.
    So I was building a big sandstone mansion got off for the day, there was an update coming the next day. So excited about getting some new blocks I got back to building my mansion. As I'm placing my floor I hear began to hear creepy noises (not knowing about cave sounds. It really creeped me out to the point that I stopped playing for awhile.

  • @ihavenoideawhatimdoing3692
    @ihavenoideawhatimdoing3692 Před měsícem +7

    I'am so exited every time there is a new RNG video in my recommendations. I really enjoy your ARG videos and also the side content you do sometimes but nothing is better than a good old classical minecraft mystery like herobrine. So thanks for this trip back to the roots and thank you so much for all the hard work man. Love your channel!

  • @strchsrarchive
    @strchsrarchive Před měsícem +6

    22:40 this is how i'd talk to my friends as a kid when they said they saw herobrine, i was a hater and vehemently denied the existence of herobrine

  • @adzz296
    @adzz296 Před měsícem +21

    You never played Minecraft as a kid if you didn't troll your friends by shearing trees, building pyramids and the DanTDM "Herobrine spawners"

  • @TheBurgerDog
    @TheBurgerDog Před měsícem +10

    I remember any glitch would make me think herobrine was in my world, my friend made of me because of that saying herobrine wasn’t real but then was I built a shrine to herobrine she got mad and destroyed my house

    • @ladvargleinad7566
      @ladvargleinad7566 Před měsícem +1

      The gold blocks and redstone?

    • @ichimiustin8390
      @ichimiustin8390 Před měsícem

      ​@@ladvargleinad7566 And also moss stone redstone torches and netherrack

  • @bakedgatorade
    @bakedgatorade Před měsícem +4

    I love these topics so much. They're a comfort for me in my hardest times, and especially when they're more than just 10 minutes long. Thank you.

  • @AsherCalleja-mh8oq
    @AsherCalleja-mh8oq Před měsícem +8

    Congrats Retro on 500K. You deserved it!

  • @thomwalks
    @thomwalks Před měsícem +4

    I hate it when I am only 1 block short of the exit and the noise comes up, and then I start to go crazy with my mouse trying to build under myself to escape whatever is behind me

  • @reubendaniel5691
    @reubendaniel5691 Před měsícem +5

    I just love the vibe of your videos man, your style is uniquely eerie and I’m here for it

  • @Phxsical
    @Phxsical Před měsícem +8

    Congrats On 500K man, well deserved!
    🔥Video as always too

  • @phoenixwright5545
    @phoenixwright5545 Před měsícem +3

    Always a joy when RGN uploads. Thank you, brother!

  • @ViniSocramSaint
    @ViniSocramSaint Před měsícem +2

    It's interesting that the way folk lore and myths happen in the Minecraft community in the same way it happens in real life.
    Usually we see people talking of how scared we were of a Steve with glowing eyes as kids. But it rests on the shoulders of "The Glowing Eyes Phenomenon": a decade of people testing an unfinished game, getting sorts of cues from developers revolving around increased creepiness, way too convenient glitches, new stuff appearing out of nowhere and a strange fixation on glowing eyes in the dark. Then one person listen to the testimony of other and make they own, adding details and references, iterating further an further.
    Next thing you know there is a malevolent entity living in the game that interacts only with a player's avatar but is somehow alive and can interact with the physical world as long as we play the infected world.
    That's how we get half of all culture from any ethnic group in real life.

  • @user-mz7nw7yo7y
    @user-mz7nw7yo7y Před měsícem +6

    WAKE UP! rgn just dropped

  • @MedroffYT
    @MedroffYT Před 27 dny +2

    I always left a sword and some armor in case he wanted to fight. My friend group dubbed him a coward.

  • @DrakeDragonton
    @DrakeDragonton Před měsícem +5

    Please cover the mysteries of Fez! It’s right up your alley, it would be awesome if you finally got people to get the intended puzzles route to the black monolith!

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune Před měsícem +2

    Not the first time I heard about this recent discovery, but as I hoped, here it goes way more in depth, thank you!

  • @Dustin_I
    @Dustin_I Před měsícem +3

    This video scared me so much and idk why. Haven’t felt this way about the game for a while. Thanks, rgn!

  • @yhd_skeetsy
    @yhd_skeetsy Před měsícem +3

    adding my experience in herobrine's hayday to the ringer, as a kid i would always hole myself up before i left my SINGLEPLAYER worlds in the total off chance that herobrine might get me while i was off, be right behind me when i logged back in, etc. 😭 cave sounds would genuinely make me abandon worlds for new ones and whenever they added ambient sounds underwater that was also a real kicker even if i was a little older at that point in time. despite all this herobrine they could never make me hate you. i kinda wish they could slap a reference to him in an april fools update like how they did for the 15th anniversary map.....

  • @brandonbombplays9304
    @brandonbombplays9304 Před 28 dny +7

    "Here's my art gallery!"
    "Why is there a picture of herobrine on the wall?"
    "AH ****** WRONG TEXTURE PACK"

  • @jayglenn837
    @jayglenn837 Před měsícem +7

    I wonder when Minecraft made the shift away from creepy horror? I'm glad they at least revisited their roots with the Deep Dark.
    P.S. If anyone knows more horror games in that vein, stuff like Voices of the Void & early Minecraft, leave a comment?

  • @REXMORTS
    @REXMORTS Před měsícem +6

    Just found your channel the other day Great videos 👍

    • @novvut
      @novvut Před měsícem +1

      my mans just started an unskippable sidequest you’ll never be able to stop watching his videos 😔

    • @alternativeaccountmercury
      @alternativeaccountmercury Před měsícem +1

      ​@@novvuthe will be found unconscious in a few hours outside a K-Mart with the videos still playing, it's a rite of passage for any new retrogamingnow viewer

  • @anitakim_
    @anitakim_ Před 22 dny +2

    That first livestream with “him” was so charming and cute lol. When he opened the door and scream I actually got scared 😅

  • @TrafficPartyHatTest
    @TrafficPartyHatTest Před měsícem +7

    Man, I kinda wish Minecraft went the horror route people thought it was gonna go down

  • @V.A.T.O
    @V.A.T.O Před měsícem +4

    THE unprecedented horror's of ALPHA Minecraft were terrifying.

  • @chickennuggies906
    @chickennuggies906 Před měsícem +3

    alpha 1.0.16 was also release on a friday 13th. so much coming together that makes this myth so iconic.

  • @a_loozer4382
    @a_loozer4382 Před měsícem +2

    i just LOVE RGN Videos. Thanks for posting another banger.

  • @cheepi_pls
    @cheepi_pls Před měsícem +3

    Thanks for uploading this right before I gotta sleep brah, now I can't sleep yet

  • @UKMDI
    @UKMDI Před 13 dny

    I love your mic quality. Late night radio vibes with your channel, never "fix" it.

  • @NoahStafford625
    @NoahStafford625 Před měsícem +3

    Not really related to the video, but I would love to see more Minecraft lore deep dives. One on ghosts would be interesting, as there are ghasts, vexes, and allays in Minecraft that all seem to be inspired by ghosts but act very differently, and I wonder if they have any interesting lore implications.

  • @Sharkdapuss
    @Sharkdapuss Před měsícem +2

    It’s a good day when you see an RGN video pop up on the feed. Another great video man, love your work.

  • @txrg3nxll
    @txrg3nxll Před měsícem +3

    welp, im finally watching my favorite content again, from my favorite CZcamsr, yay

  • @smokevrofficial
    @smokevrofficial Před měsícem +2

    Finally, something to awaken my herobrine nostalgia. And all it took?
    TWO. WHITE. PIXELS.
    Always watching, judging your every move through the falling snow.
    Those eyes. Jesus Christ…

  • @plasmayhem
    @plasmayhem Před měsícem +6

    NEW RETROGAMINGNOW VIDEO LETS GOOO

  • @turingtestingmypatience
    @turingtestingmypatience Před měsícem +1

    fantastic to hear that the streams were found again! always wanted to see it unfold.
    been playing with From the Fog enabled in multiplayer recently, hero is our buddy now. he leaves us lil signs and scares the heck outta my partner :] would recommend with all the destructive settings off

  • @aprettycoolguy
    @aprettycoolguy Před měsícem +14

    "herobrine is not not scary, how could i ever get scared of this" yet get scared of a some 45 yr man bouncing his head in a toilet. Wow, we've gone so far we are actually downgrading.

    • @txrg3nxll
      @txrg3nxll Před měsícem

      lol😂

    • @ZXR4GRZ
      @ZXR4GRZ Před měsícem

      Bro minecraft alpha is real creepypasta!

    • @novameowww
      @novameowww Před měsícem +2

      bro is the roblox avatar uncritically spouting fash rhetoric
      😭😭😭

    • @user-burner
      @user-burner Před měsícem

      ???

    • @braunreal
      @braunreal Před 4 dny

      @@novameowww what

  • @that_one_helljumper
    @that_one_helljumper Před měsícem +1

    All of this is why I enjoyed minecraft so much in the Alpha to Beta versions..it was so mysterious when notch was running it

  • @superanimator1944
    @superanimator1944 Před měsícem +3

    the cat music disk goes hard ngl. minecraft music in general goes hard

  • @FliegerFuchsi
    @FliegerFuchsi Před 26 dny +1

    its actually kinda sad that he wasnt really added, it would be so nice to have like a mob watching you from time to time but not interfering directly with the gameplay, just so that you can see him in the corner of the screen some time

  • @seenbefore2803
    @seenbefore2803 Před měsícem +6

    I miss when I’d make up bullshit stories about herobrine to tell at the lunch table in 4th grade

  • @v1ol4t0r
    @v1ol4t0r Před 20 dny +1

    My fave part ab herobrine is that they used to have "- removed herobrine" at the bottom of every update log. Scared the shit out of me as a kid lmao

    • @v1ol4t0r
      @v1ol4t0r Před 20 dny

      Wait, I dodn´t know they still did it. That actually makes me kinda happy

  • @p1ayerlol14
    @p1ayerlol14 Před měsícem +3

    babe wake up new rgn video dropped

  • @Akotski-ys9rr
    @Akotski-ys9rr Před 28 dny +1

    I remember as a kid I’d be incredibly scared playing this game as a kid in survival. There was no way I ever went outside when it was dark

  • @tonycrawl5300
    @tonycrawl5300 Před měsícem +2

    Tbh I never found Minecraft to be scary it's understandable why but I mostly found it to be lonely
    The only time I could jump is when I'm being attacked from behind without a warning but that's rare heck the music for the...deep dark...(Is that what the wardens biome is called?) Is kinda neat and probably try to find ideas for moving a base in it lol

  • @afflixion8970
    @afflixion8970 Před měsícem +2

    New RGN video dropped, time to go wake the sleeping dragon in my backyard, we LOVE your conent!

  • @ToastyVrthefirst
    @ToastyVrthefirst Před měsícem +3

    bro imagine the next Minecraft update mojang just adds herobrine

  • @blahblahgdp
    @blahblahgdp Před měsícem +2

    This shit haunted me and my friends when mc was still new.. especially caving at night when that horror sound plays

    • @descendantgaming5410
      @descendantgaming5410 Před měsícem

      Every now and again I get that feeling of being watched. Should I be worried?

  • @fish_pancakes
    @fish_pancakes Před měsícem +12

    herobrine ate my dog

  • @annieapple8974
    @annieapple8974 Před měsícem +2

    I’m so annoyed I missed out on this era. I only started getting into Minecraft around 2013-14.

  • @Drigsof
    @Drigsof Před měsícem +3

    Man, herobrine have 14 years here in 2024, i feel old...

  • @somerandomskywalker9854
    @somerandomskywalker9854 Před měsícem +1

    I love your way of editing, keep up great work!

  • @Eddie_da_head_
    @Eddie_da_head_ Před měsícem +4

    My little headcanon is when Notch made the world of Minecraft; he was the God of the land. After the world was formed from the inky blackness of the void; Notch decided to make a creature unknown to Minecraft. Herobrine was his first human but instead of having Steve’s want to build and explore. His was to destroy. To “prank” (for lack of a better word) the villagers he saw as lesser beings. So Notch banished him to the Nether; causing a corruption that turns the landscape into the wasteland we know. The hellish cancer from Herobrine merged with the souls of fallen and alive builders, after they discovered the nether, creating the undead. The piglins were a semi-primitive culture that was enslaved by the builders to mine gold and netherite. Once they were exposed to the now skeletal builders; they were infected causing them to zombify. They became zombies and not skeletons due to an evolutionary adaptation of heat-tolerant flesh and skin from being in the inferno of a climate the nether has.
    Once the builders entered the Nether, thus leaving the portals open, Herobrine was able to crossover into the overworld. Though he was damned to be a wraith for all time he would venture out into his once familiar world. He can only move for a short amount of time before the infernal claw of the nether drags him back; only to slip back through the veil. His jealousy and hatred fueled by his encounter with Steve gave him a goal. He stalks his “better” copy plotting to corrupt his father’s perfect creation

  • @alextheim3920
    @alextheim3920 Před měsícem +1

    Honey, wake up. Retro finally uploaded another Minecraft lore video

  • @Atomicfn_yt
    @Atomicfn_yt Před 28 dny +4

    29:38 got me 😱😭😭

  • @Retroplays890
    @Retroplays890 Před měsícem +2

    FINALLY BRO DROPPED

  • @am-180
    @am-180 Před měsícem +4

    what annoys me is that. its not 2 pixels. its 4. the eyes are 2 pixels each. please help

  • @fridolinfreimann6753
    @fridolinfreimann6753 Před měsícem +1

    Dude this video is a BANGER. keep the good work up :D