A Complete History of Herobrine [2010 - 2021]

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  • čas přidán 27. 02. 2021
  • In 2010, a 4Chan user posted a single Minecraft screenshot. Soon after, a streamer named Copeland sighted this creature, now known as Herobrine, live on the Brocraft stream. In 2020, the Minecraft@Home team embarked on a massive search for the birthplace of this decade-old urban legend. In this video, I'll be telling the long and fascinating story of Herobrine, Minecraft's most infamous ghost story.
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  • @theknight4279
    @theknight4279 Před 3 lety +4744

    although herobrine is not actually in the game, he will always be a part of minecraft

    • @carno6023
      @carno6023 Před 2 lety +75

      He wasn’t. But he may now...:)

    • @namesurname5613
      @namesurname5613 Před 2 lety +24

      @@carno6023 nope

    • @Kentang_Enak
      @Kentang_Enak Před 2 lety +18

      Yeah he should

    • @namesurname5613
      @namesurname5613 Před 2 lety +8

      @@Kentang_Enak no, he does not exist

    • @saplinq7736
      @saplinq7736 Před 2 lety +127

      @@namesurname5613 we all know that man, but herobrine is one of the main topics of minecraft and will always be included

  • @mr.epicmemerman131
    @mr.epicmemerman131 Před 2 lety +5982

    I think at this point, Herobrine should be added every Halloween as an event.

    • @uservia
      @uservia Před 2 lety +188

      my #1 fear rn

    • @Raineeeday
      @Raineeeday Před 2 lety +51

      PLEASE

    • @MST3Killa
      @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +113

      Some friends and I speculated back in the early release days that it could have been unique to the user, as in it's not something that would have appeared in everyone's game but only one in, say, 1,000 or even fewer, so it was incredibly difficult to recreate since so many would say, "See, it's not in MY game".

    • @thepugisathug
      @thepugisathug Před 2 lety +5

      He's fake so you can't do that

    • @maziex9761
      @maziex9761 Před 2 lety +13

      @@uservia if he came up in my world I’d instantly leave

  • @lizardheisei1984
    @lizardheisei1984 Před 2 lety +2806

    I love how back then we were absolutely scared of him but now we treat him like an old friend

    • @adhocenjoyer6965
      @adhocenjoyer6965 Před rokem +35

      hahaha i agree my friend

    • @novustalks7525
      @novustalks7525 Před rokem +12

      Right?

    • @OneBrokenEgg
      @OneBrokenEgg Před rokem +7

      True

    • @dream_walker9726
      @dream_walker9726 Před rokem +134

      Back then I would hide under my blankets, terrified of finding him. Now, now he’s a familiar face, a comforting reminder of being a kid again

    • @hobomike6935
      @hobomike6935 Před rokem +60

      He was there for us when nobody else was.
      He never _said_ anything, of course, but there was something reassuring just knowing about him being there.

  • @drelezar7745
    @drelezar7745 Před rokem +402

    If you truly want to experience Herobrine like you’ve always thought it’d feel like, search up the mod “From the fog”. It adds herobrine… but he never attacks you like other herobrine mobs. He will vanish as soon as the game detects that you see him

    • @boostedpsi
      @boostedpsi Před 7 měsíci +50

      This mod is great bc alot of other mods can't create the atmosphere they just go for a monster type mob that attacks you but it was never about that it was always that alone feeling and atmosphere you had playing the older versions

    • @villerger_27
      @villerger_27 Před 6 měsíci +6

      I've been playing with that mod installed along with some other mods (Create and Mekanism primarily) and holy sh*t
      It's genuinely terrifying when I turn around to go place down more machines and see 5 frames of something. I'm left wondering to myself "Am I hallucinating?"
      Given I've always seen stuff in the corner of my eyes, both in video games and IRL, it really gets to me lol
      I'm hoping it gets backported to 1.12.2 so I can play Nomifactory with it haha

    • @evehellod9776
      @evehellod9776 Před 6 měsíci +7

      I’ve been playing with it for a short bit and it’s such a nice mod! In the caves I can’t shake the feeling that I’m being watched, and every footstep I hear makes me paranoid, even for a second as I realise it was just the pigs in the farm I have
      I definitely recommend it, especially if one prefers more subtle and atmospheric horror

    • @Neolith_
      @Neolith_ Před 10 dny

      That mod/datapack, while better that most, is very overhyped.

  • @valk9085
    @valk9085 Před 3 lety +3583

    "Herobrine" is how one man fooled an entire generation.

    • @ElectricMan3444
      @ElectricMan3444 Před 3 lety +51

      No let me introduce myself I’m Michael Wayne Hall Jr and he is real I work with FBI and I find him

    • @ElectricMan3444
      @ElectricMan3444 Před 3 lety +29

      I will try and find him!!!

    • @gunk3407
      @gunk3407 Před 3 lety +44

      @@ElectricMan3444 bro you cannot! he has invis potion inf!

    • @stephenferla
      @stephenferla Před 3 lety +18

      @@ElectricMan3444 bro did u find him or not, ur 2 comments contradict eachother lol

    • @ElectricMan3444
      @ElectricMan3444 Před 3 lety +3

      @Stephen Ferla I’m sorry sadly no not yet I have not found him at the time of writing this comment

  • @isaiah8139
    @isaiah8139 Před 3 lety +4133

    As a mod Dev, the most supported theory is it was a glitch in the code that led to the old human mob spawning in the fog, with the fog covering the eyes. This is also supported by Notch, as the Removed Herobrine changelog was a reference to the human mob code being removed.

    • @PeekerJ
      @PeekerJ Před 3 lety +91

      Could be.

    • @ElectricMan3444
      @ElectricMan3444 Před 3 lety +150

      This is very interesting thank you for the information sir

    • @georgesracingcar7701
      @georgesracingcar7701 Před 2 lety +265

      This makes sense if Herobrine is real. A rare bug could explain a lot of these entities, really

    • @brodoodtv8343
      @brodoodtv8343 Před 2 lety +20

      Yeah makes sense

    • @chicken4699
      @chicken4699 Před 2 lety +82

      @@georgesracingcar7701 a bug that scared million of people lol hahha

  • @caca_asmr101
    @caca_asmr101 Před 2 lety +700

    This story will forever give me goosebumps whenever I hear about it.
    Foggy, low quality Minecraft, 4chan, a year where weird things went down, old live-streaming services.. it’s all just so creepy to me.
    Yeah ik hero brine wasn’t real but 8 year old me wasn’t scared of hero brine coming to kill me, but just the fact that some other Steve like creature was with me, and I wasn’t alone.

    • @adhocenjoyer6965
      @adhocenjoyer6965 Před rokem +3

      hahaha i agree my friend

    • @Cannon_Bacon
      @Cannon_Bacon Před rokem +2

      It always gives me goosebumps. Aah the memories and nostalgia

    • @JToaster
      @JToaster Před rokem +13

      It was the craziest feeling. I remember thinking I saw a name tag while alone underground and it was just ice in my blood, how it could make the game feel so off putting was crazy, as a kid it was so malevolent feeling

    • @kaydenteel8868
      @kaydenteel8868 Před rokem +5

      I’ve had him in my world tho😂 he didn’t do anything just stood infront my house. It was on pocket edition when I was like 9-10, it’s why I’m confused not one person is also saying this that fuckin happened man

    • @Jandel2006
      @Jandel2006 Před rokem +1

      @@JToaster same

  • @mrsurge4789
    @mrsurge4789 Před rokem +212

    I've always wondered why the creator of the Herobrine story and the character has never come forward to discuss their creation, give interviews, answer questions, interact with the community, etc.. Honestly seems like they booted up the internet, wrote a Minecraft horror story and then left. I hope one day they resurface, it would be an absolute treat to get an insight into how the character and story were conceived and their reaction to Herobrine's popularity

    • @Palestinian_Army_
      @Palestinian_Army_ Před rokem +7

      Same i hope so top

    • @ic0nic707
      @ic0nic707 Před rokem +42

      Even if they did I think it’d be impossible to verify if they’re actually telling the truth, since the original poster of Herobrine was anonymous.

    • @orcbum
      @orcbum Před 6 měsíci +9

      @@ic0nic707 tbh i also doubt there's any cool insight from the original creator. herobrine was created in the era where video game creepypastas were trendy. ben drowned, MARIO, sonic.exe, jvk1166z, pokemon creepypasta theories, etc. herobrine's orginal story felt very similar to other creepypastas of the era e.g. it was a sentient "virus". i don't think the crreator thought much beyond that.

  • @whalebone1206
    @whalebone1206 Před 2 lety +2602

    the nostalgia is real, dude. these old mods, ideas, youtubers. Literally takes me back to being 9 and 10 again.

    • @Whaleblox
      @Whaleblox Před 2 lety +4

      Actually me i have found it in 2014 and im 7 that time lol its just like mob that will oof you lol

    • @stopmotionless262
      @stopmotionless262 Před 2 lety

      U still r 9 r 10

    • @polishprincess_
      @polishprincess_ Před 2 lety +12

      @@stopmotionless262 and how do you know that?

    • @thisisasaneaussie6231
      @thisisasaneaussie6231 Před 2 lety +7

      Mate, I feel ya, I remember trying to summons herobrine back on the ps3
      Hell, even watching AdamZoneTopMarks for that herobrine fix

    • @friedchicken4610
      @friedchicken4610 Před 2 lety

      HEY , HEY , HEY , HEY !

  • @doctordarkly53
    @doctordarkly53 Před 3 lety +2862

    Personally I like to think Herobrine isn’t some malevolent entity that wants to kill/terrify you. I think he’s just an odd presence that made itself a home in the game, and doesn’t actually want to harm the player but wants to make its presence known to them (eg. leaveless trees, pyramids in the ocean and tunnels). However he doesn’t seem to realize that these activities scare the players that bear witness to them, and therefore keeps doing it in order to make contact, unaware that he’s scaring the players away.

    • @apples6684
      @apples6684 Před 3 lety +222

      That's actually a really interesting way to think about it.

    • @Cyber489
      @Cyber489 Před 3 lety +33

      @@ellaholub1097 Entity 303?

    • @theintrovert7911
      @theintrovert7911 Před 3 lety +11

      I thought that too

    • @machtalaterrouge
      @machtalaterrouge Před 3 lety +114

      "But why is the guy running from me? I suppose he wants to show me something of cool too! He's such a great friend!"
      -last famous words of Herobrine before he discovers the netherite sword of Steve inside his chest

    • @eeenter
      @eeenter Před 3 lety +36

      When I was little, I wanted to talk to him and get to know him.

  • @Sheashay101
    @Sheashay101 Před 2 lety +285

    Herobrine is also prominently featured in a lot of Minecraft official novels, so that’s also something that can contribute to his staying power

    • @cannibalbunny
      @cannibalbunny Před 2 lety +10

      Why are there even Minecraft novels

    • @Sheashay101
      @Sheashay101 Před 2 lety +30

      @@cannibalbunny Who knows? Why are there spinoff novels of anything? I've seen spinoffs of Hello Neighbor.
      The book section of Walmart is wild sometimes

    • @slowwittedsloth4801
      @slowwittedsloth4801 Před rokem

      Where could I read it?

    • @Sheashay101
      @Sheashay101 Před rokem +3

      @@slowwittedsloth4801 no idea. I saw some of them in the book section at Walmart years ago now, who knows where you can find them now

    • @Jandel2006
      @Jandel2006 Před rokem

      @@slowwittedsloth4801 not sure

  • @ernestkhvostov2668
    @ernestkhvostov2668 Před rokem +108

    Man what a time to be alive. Truly was a unique era.

    • @cj_048
      @cj_048 Před rokem +2

      I agree I remember being so scared playing alone in minecraft id be shaking and my heart racing like crazy 😂

    • @Cannon_Bacon
      @Cannon_Bacon Před rokem +1

      You can say that again

    • @RexoryByzaboo
      @RexoryByzaboo Před 10 měsíci +2

      I remember hunting for Herobrine in Minecraft Java free trial and hearing a boy who was younger than me by two years rambling about how he was the real Herobrine in the school bus (and we believed him for some reason lol).
      That was in 2016-2017.

  • @SuperWiiBros08
    @SuperWiiBros08 Před 3 lety +3678

    I really wonder if the creator of that original herobrine post will ever reveal himself and explain how they did and came up with everything

    • @cxasdf1224
      @cxasdf1224 Před 3 lety +203

      Maybe his creation end up deleting his Minecraft or killing him

    • @mrdavila4898
      @mrdavila4898 Před 3 lety +331

      It will be pretty cool to see what he thinks of how huge his creation has gotten

    • @cxasdf1224
      @cxasdf1224 Před 3 lety +92

      @@mrdavila4898 he's like damn i Expected to disappear never to be seen again

    • @jenniesummerhayes5392
      @jenniesummerhayes5392 Před 3 lety +9

      yea

    • @foxylovers290
      @foxylovers290 Před 3 lety +9

      @ׄ maybe in 2022

  • @ummmhelp
    @ummmhelp Před 3 lety +668

    I was so scarred of him as a child on x-box 360 I intentionally made my world as anti herobrine as possible adding bs I thought would "stop him"

    • @baneofbrot8652
      @baneofbrot8652 Před 3 lety +30

      time to put hatches over all your chests

    • @ummmhelp
      @ummmhelp Před 3 lety +51

      @@baneofbrot8652 hoh that was something I never did however some precautions I took were flooding the big sign saying minecraft on the xbox tu, putting dispensers constantly shooting arrows and fireballs, and make watch towers everywhere and never making an end portal

    • @user-cv8xu2yk7m
      @user-cv8xu2yk7m Před 3 lety +15

      One time, my door kept going missing on my house in the end, I used S I G N S to try to discourage him.

    • @naturekid4762
      @naturekid4762 Před 3 lety +4

      I do the opposite lol I wanna summon him I wanna ask him questions

    • @lovelylittlerosesc3777
      @lovelylittlerosesc3777 Před 3 lety +2

      @@naturekid4762 lol hi

  • @CohenDyck
    @CohenDyck Před 9 měsíci +16

    imagine waking up every morning knowing that you created herobrine

  • @liamdell6319
    @liamdell6319 Před 2 lety +224

    One thing I believe had a big impact on making people believe in Herobrine was the Yogscast's "Shadow of Israphel" series. At the time the game was still in it's relatively early years, so a hostile player like mob was still fairly believable, coupled with just how the production was done for the series where the Yogscast scripted some of what they were going to do, but also had other people build things they didn't know about so they would have genuine surprise towards what was happening.

    • @adhocenjoyer6965
      @adhocenjoyer6965 Před rokem +3

      hahaha i agree my friend

    • @TGOPoma
      @TGOPoma Před rokem +5

      To add to this, the Yogscast fully admitted later on that some stuff with how the series turned out were entirely improvised, with one example being the surprise appearance of Israphel in one of the episodes that led to them going to that ancient tomb.

    • @Jandel2006
      @Jandel2006 Před rokem

      @@TGOPoma same

  • @Bilbo_Swaggins0528
    @Bilbo_Swaggins0528 Před 3 lety +473

    I find it funny that stuff like "summoning herobrine" has become more of a joke in the community instead of being forgotten

    • @milestone1719
      @milestone1719 Před 3 lety +3

      I thought I'll never see a female colonel.

    • @Slashernate
      @Slashernate Před 2 lety +5

      @@milestone1719 "snap back to reality"

    • @milestone1719
      @milestone1719 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Slashernate I've snapped back to reality faster than your falling grades boi

    • @Slashernate
      @Slashernate Před 2 lety

      @@milestone1719 I was to only one of my brothers to not get summer school and we are all in 9the and 10 grade :/ also watermelon 🍉🍉

    • @adi4305
      @adi4305 Před 2 lety +1

      Hi

  • @hootci4
    @hootci4 Před 3 lety +1613

    Steve: _exists_
    players: *kalm*
    Steve but with white eyes: _exists_
    players: *panik*

    • @harrishromero6447
      @harrishromero6447 Před 2 lety +37

      Me:go in alpha see herobrine
      Also me:I'm gonna kill it an enchantment netherite ax...oh yeah

    • @JamidoonTsuroki
      @JamidoonTsuroki Před 2 lety +13

      If anything, most people think Herobrine comes the Nether, but I honestly think if this was a story game and he wasn’t a bug, he would be some experiment gone wrong. That’s all I’m saying.

    • @princesssabrinalanario5936
      @princesssabrinalanario5936 Před 2 lety +3

      @@harrishromero6447 hahaha

    • @ABSOLUTECHAOS74734
      @ABSOLUTECHAOS74734 Před 2 lety +2

      @@xotix6291 it isn't a spelling mistake, it's just part of the meme.

    • @mp3.gangsta836
      @mp3.gangsta836 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Goxiraj leave him alone he prob 9 lol

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +80

    I always thought they could have played with Herobrine a bit in a fun, nonintrusive way. Portals would have been a good one. The idea that when you enter the portal, Steve leaves the overworld, but in his place is Herobrine. They can't exist in the same dimension together, so when one enters a portal, they switch. Perhaps in the nether portal loading you catch shadows/glimpses of Herobrine once in a great while just to tease the switch is occuring. When you return to either dimension, you may find somethings are slightly different. Nothing destroyed or anything, just little changes once in a while, like someone else had been there. :)

    • @dream_walker9726
      @dream_walker9726 Před rokem +5

      Like doors left open or a stray block? That would be so cool!

  • @armandpeanutspinou3430
    @armandpeanutspinou3430 Před 2 lety +62

    I love how notch went from ''We might add it in the future'' to ''going along with the joke'' to ''stop bothering me with this its a myth''

  • @ASHE_ATTACC
    @ASHE_ATTACC Před 3 lety +3075

    I find it wholesome that Mojang decided to play along with this little inside joke.
    They could have just said "Nah, Herobrine's not real, shut up." Like any other company would with a hoax. But no, they played along, and they kept it alive. I find that wholesome

    • @marcuscooper9658
      @marcuscooper9658 Před 3 lety +139

      They actually did try to stop it, but they gave up.

    • @CHRF-55457
      @CHRF-55457 Před 3 lety +20

      yeah rip

    • @martinagolub6944
      @martinagolub6944 Před 3 lety +12

      Thats sad yknow

    • @ballistic789
      @ballistic789 Před 3 lety +80

      I honestly with that they really added herobrine, as a secret mob that u can only summon using commands. Honestly that would be cool but all of the kids playing it will probably get so scared that they would stop playing it because they didn't know that mojang actually added it lol.

    • @loafyishere
      @loafyishere Před 3 lety +7

      MINECRAFT HEROBRINE WAS A MOJANG EMPLOYIEZ FRIEND!!! from block facts never lies

  • @epin_gamer4209
    @epin_gamer4209 Před 3 lety +702

    people basically created a creepypasta out of the original Steve skin, but with two white pixels instead of blue ones.

    • @epin_gamer4209
      @epin_gamer4209 Před 3 lety +4

      @Märt Kaljuvee yes

    • @jordansouza2195
      @jordansouza2195 Před 3 lety +15

      @42_ Well no, Herobrines eyes emit 2 blocks worth of light. They glow. On the other hand, Steve's does not.

    • @totesmcgoats7094
      @totesmcgoats7094 Před 3 lety +2

      Pixels are not the same as textrues pixels are like low poly models or low poly stuff

    • @jblazerndrowzy
      @jblazerndrowzy Před 3 lety +6

      @@totesmcgoats7094 Pixels are tiny squares on a screen or texture

    • @totesmcgoats7094
      @totesmcgoats7094 Před 3 lety

      @@jblazerndrowzy Ok

  • @pensamiento3867
    @pensamiento3867 Před 2 lety +19

    i absolutely love how herobrine's account owner has a herobrine cat hoodie skin nowadays, i wonder what they're up to in multiplayer servers

  • @Warthot
    @Warthot Před 8 měsíci +10

    He is a personification of the weird feeling we get when playing alone. The lack of any real sentient human life and lack of lore and explanation of the emptiness. No ambience and the weird fact of the Music discs. The eerie feeling everyoke gets from the cave noises. He is a construct. A figment of our imagination and uncanny vibes.

  • @phobics9498
    @phobics9498 Před 2 lety +693

    This is a pretty significant case of the butterfly effect, like just imagine. The person who posted that single screenshot easily could have decided not to and then, the word herobrine would have never been known by the wide minecraft audience. Something so trivial as a creepypasta in alpha massively impacted minecraft culture and content creation(mainly the early pre-2015 period). Just makes you think of the other times someone said "nah I wont post this" and just think of how many weird things could have happened with the slightest changes in history but just... don't.

    • @annetteabbatiello9581
      @annetteabbatiello9581 Před 2 lety +12

      STOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOP!!!!!!!!!

    • @fooxling
      @fooxling Před 2 lety +21

      my guy that’s deep

    • @fairsaa7975
      @fairsaa7975 Před 2 lety +33

      It's an interesting phenomenon to think about, and can lead to some seriously staggering mental conundrums. That's what makes it so enjoyable I suppose, we as a species are indefinitely drawn to the concept of "What could've been"

    • @adhocenjoyer6965
      @adhocenjoyer6965 Před rokem +3

      hahaha i agree my friend

    • @newtfigton8795
      @newtfigton8795 Před rokem +2

      In another universe…

  • @RapidPhantom293
    @RapidPhantom293 Před 3 lety +1427

    I miss those days where everyone would hunt for Herobrine

    • @Sparse301
      @Sparse301 Před 2 lety +8

      Same

    • @rainejoshuaempinadono.2812
      @rainejoshuaempinadono.2812 Před 2 lety +33

      yes i was so young that time and i would be sscared of caves cuz it was so dark and i thought herobrine might be there i had to go there but when i went i didnt see soo now im not scared so i was kinda dissapointed

    • @RapidPhantom293
      @RapidPhantom293 Před 2 lety +1

      @Entity_18 No

    • @juststatingfactsboii6778
      @juststatingfactsboii6778 Před 2 lety +3

      If trees with no leaves are an obvious sign of Herobrine's existence, then mark my words. He is real.

    • @RapidPhantom293
      @RapidPhantom293 Před 2 lety +1

      just stating facts boii Ok but he isn't

  • @basically_boring
    @basically_boring Před 10 měsíci +8

    Herobrine went from an urban legend to an overqualified school teacher who has seen some truly horrifying stuff. Such a sad end to a great story.

  • @scarigamez
    @scarigamez Před rokem +23

    I'm so glad RejectedShotgun was mentioned in this video! His Haunting/Haunted series was a large part of my teenage years and shaped my love for the Herobrine character

  • @saneindividual184
    @saneindividual184 Před 3 lety +532

    In every update of Minecraft the notes say 'Removed Herobrine'
    Except the most recent update...

  • @spamtongspamton9900
    @spamtongspamton9900 Před 3 lety +394

    how to make a creepypasta:
    1) find the sprites or textures of a character
    2) change the eye color
    3) done

  • @beatrizmendesferreira7931

    The Community builds itself.
    It starts with the creator, the one who brought it to life. It continues on with the members, those who support the creator and their ideas, and interact with each other to keep the development of said community going.
    Herobrine might have never existed in the actual game, but the Minecraft community made him real, through screenshots, mods, informational videos and stories.
    Herobrine was one of the major things that made me join this community. It's thanks to his legend and impact on players that I am even here to begin with.
    That urban legend reminescent of a low-quality screenshot of an old version of a cube game literally was the reason I met my best friend, when I walked up to them and said "Hey, do you know Minecraft? Ever heard of Herobrine?"
    The community made Herobrine real, and though he is barely ever mentioned nowadays, I'm sure he was the cause of fear to several players, that, just like me, were terrified of encountering him around the world.

  • @dorothyparker7485
    @dorothyparker7485 Před 2 lety +18

    You're commentary is fanatic. You have a great narrative voice. This urban legend is terrifying and the person who created it is awesome. But Herobrine NEEDS to be a thing. There needs to be an EXTREMELY tiny chance of him spawning but it needs to be added in my opinion. It would definitely get players back in the game who have recently abandoned it

  • @voidgod8300
    @voidgod8300 Před 3 lety +570

    It’s pretty incredible how one image could create something so infamous. How one photo was able to make an urban legend that would be seen by millions, And yet we don’t even know the creator.

    • @depressedasfan9452
      @depressedasfan9452 Před 3 lety +2

      Ikr

    • @backroomswisdom27
      @backroomswisdom27 Před 3 lety

      Hi

    • @davidgumazon
      @davidgumazon Před 3 lety +13

      I know the creator, I won't say the name but I can give you a hint, Herobrine was named by community, the original poster just name "Minecraft" title, it was post after 2 days later of Alpha v1.0.17_02 released, which is exactly August 22, 2010 because August 20, 2010 is Alpha v1.0.17_02

    • @voidgod8300
      @voidgod8300 Před 3 lety

      @@backroomswisdom27 Hello

    • @voidgod8300
      @voidgod8300 Před 3 lety +1

      @@davidgumazon cool,

  • @FredChuck64
    @FredChuck64 Před 3 lety +1067

    At this point Minecraft should include a minor Easter egg to celebrate Herobrine’s legacy.
    I’m not suggesting he actually spawn and spook people, but maybe something like a painting or even a new cave sound saying his name or something. :)

    • @leepic5631
      @leepic5631 Před 3 lety +104

      Holy shit no cave song

    • @misseverything7202
      @misseverything7202 Před 3 lety +53

      @@leepic5631 BAHAH YES_ NO CAVE SONG, I am done with the cave sounds

    • @Splatoob
      @Splatoob Před 3 lety +28

      If that happened bro I’d probably stop playing for the whole of april

    • @FredChuck64
      @FredChuck64 Před 3 lety +20

      @@jordansouza2195 Haha true. The MC devs seem very open to the community's ideas. :)
      But, my idea might still be a bit far out, since it seems like they're trying to distance themselves from making Herobrine canon.

    • @jonathantadlock-stein2023
      @jonathantadlock-stein2023 Před 3 lety +3

      @@FredChuck64 I would be fine with a small april fools update that added a herobrine shrine to every world opened on april first

  • @thunderclanwarrior1253
    @thunderclanwarrior1253 Před rokem +4

    Thank you for mentioning RejectedShotgun. That series was a large part of my childhood. I loved it and I'm so happy you included it :)

  • @basedmongoloid2278
    @basedmongoloid2278 Před rokem +7

    Herobrine is a name I have not heard in a long time. It was once a commonplace name in the minecraft youtube community. Mod showcases, lore videos, machinima animations- was basically a widely known reference to minecraft. I'm sure people still know who he is, but his presence has seemingly withdrawn from online discourse. I can't recall the last time I've seen him referenced in any video I've watched, at least not since around 2016, maybe 2017.

  • @natbia5362
    @natbia5362 Před 3 lety +488

    A creepypasta that made my childhood...

  • @chaosinsurgency884
    @chaosinsurgency884 Před 2 lety +648

    Only legends remember the nether reactor, and the ways it could be used to "Summon Herobrine"

    • @derkiwijoghurt6435
      @derkiwijoghurt6435 Před 2 lety +23

      I was so disappointed back then, when I tried it on PE and it didn´t work.

    • @AurisMochi
      @AurisMochi Před 2 lety

      Yeah 😂😂

    • @Brute_Studios
      @Brute_Studios Před 2 lety

      That thing sure did make a mess, how do you craft those again?

    • @AurisMochi
      @AurisMochi Před 2 lety +5

      @@Brute_Studios sadly they cannot be crafted nor you can get those by commands 🥺

    • @thewheeliekid2564
      @thewheeliekid2564 Před 2 lety +2

      don’t remind me how old i am dude

  • @GiveSic
    @GiveSic Před rokem +1

    Thank you so very much for getting straight into the story instead of spending 2 minutes explaining what Minecraft is or showing us your world while you intro for half the video. Straight to it, good stuff 👍

  • @fiend-ish1090
    @fiend-ish1090 Před rokem +7

    its weird to think that something like herobrine can never be recreated in minecraft. theres smth about how desolate and lonely old minecraft was that made it perfect for an urban legend like this. i dont think that can really happen again in modern minecraft just bc of how full of life and lacking in mystery it is now. its kinda sad ngl

  • @thetruebadevil
    @thetruebadevil Před 3 lety +532

    I wanna know who made the og Herobrine post. I don’t care if they confirm or deny the authenticity of the screenshot, I just wanna know how they feel about what they’ve created.

  • @LoganB591
    @LoganB591 Před 3 lety +146

    “Now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time. A long time.”

  • @NotOnLand
    @NotOnLand Před rokem +8

    I remember seeing the first image as a kid and I never thought it was really a ghost or entity or whatever, but the idea of possibly running across a bug like that always creeped me out. Minecraft could be scary at times!

  • @johnfrench59
    @johnfrench59 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I remember herobrine from back then. As a kid it was scary. What unnerved me though was not really the "monster" itself, but rather the presence of a real, proper account, with the famous eyeless skin. Did anyone ever find out who owned it?

  • @professionalretard3887
    @professionalretard3887 Před 3 lety +379

    "Oh look at that creepy guy who just joined my worl- wait i'm in singleplayer."

    • @bayern_3234
      @bayern_3234 Před 3 lety +10

      Lmaox history of all of minecraft I guess reference

    • @YeeterDude
      @YeeterDude Před 3 lety +3

      I see what u did there

    • @meguminplaynchillsv
      @meguminplaynchillsv Před 3 lety +1

      But i opened up lan, wait

    • @sakshidhanwani8315
      @sakshidhanwani8315 Před 3 lety

      @@YeeterDude HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
      WHAT A JOKE
      HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
      herobrine doest`n exeist
      Herobrine and you both are fake
      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @tacfox1072
      @tacfox1072 Před 3 lety +6

      @@sakshidhanwani8315 hahaha also your mom a fake

  • @deadknight1402
    @deadknight1402 Před 3 lety +480

    Herobrine is actually a time traveler from 2019 who brought the E meme with him.

  • @trinsims7666
    @trinsims7666 Před 2 lety +11

    Because 1.19 introduces the deep dark and the warden it would be iconic if they added a herobrine easter egg. Imagine if they made it so he would appear in the distance of the deep dark and disappear immediately after being seen. They wouldn’t need confirmed or denied that they added it just let players freak out. All my childhood fears would come to life

  • @ramirogarcia5406
    @ramirogarcia5406 Před rokem +8

    The amount of work you put into this video, It’s so perfect

  • @badoongy6362
    @badoongy6362 Před 2 lety +384

    Hilariously I still get slight chills seeing the herobrine image in worlds and and even in the herobrine mod, when I see him appear out of nowhere my heartbeat increases for about half a second. It really goes to show how we were trained to react to seeing herobrine over the years.

  • @noaika5342
    @noaika5342 Před 3 lety +240

    Man u are wholesome. Like, literally. Despite being a creepypasta, herobrine brings joy to us when school hits us bad, when parents treat us bad. Its like a big part of our childhoods. Herobrine could be fake but the memories he gave us as a growing kids isnt and it will always remains in our hearts as we grew old. And thank you for reminding me that. U are awesome man.

  • @zachmiles3433
    @zachmiles3433 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video! Very well organized and presented.

  • @MicaelWidell
    @MicaelWidell Před rokem +1

    Your storytelling is so good. Can't believe this channel doesn't have more subs.

  • @imPV
    @imPV Před 3 lety +242

    Man, I wish Herobrine could be scary again and not just be clickbait material for those shitty 3am Monster School tomfoolery.

  • @thequackattack7704
    @thequackattack7704 Před 2 lety +217

    Its confirmed when notch put"Removed Herobrine" it was a joke, basically going along with the trend

    • @liamdell6319
      @liamdell6319 Před 2 lety +17

      The scarier part was when Mojang forgot to add "Removed Herobrine" one time.

    • @Hadex01
      @Hadex01 Před 2 lety

      @@liamdell6319 you think they're planning smth for April fools?

  • @nothingiseverperfect
    @nothingiseverperfect Před 2 lety

    Dude ur videos ARE SO FREAKING GOOD U DESERVE MORE SUBS

  • @Squiddwurd
    @Squiddwurd Před 2 lety +5

    I agree with this. I was playing my single player world, I was chopping wood and I suddenly see something jump across a tree

  • @MrGlimpser
    @MrGlimpser Před 2 lety +853

    Imagine if Mojang added "added Herobrine" in the April fools update 🤣🤣🤣

  • @emo4yearold305
    @emo4yearold305 Před 2 lety +389

    People in 2080:
    “Grandpa what’s Minecraft”
    “Oh that was my favorite game back when I was younger”
    “It says here that the mystery of hero.. hero brine? was exposed and dismissed”
    *heart attack*

  • @rhysrhysrhys_
    @rhysrhysrhys_ Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much for your original Herobrine sighting video on Xbox 360. So many memories

  • @Stogdad17
    @Stogdad17 Před měsícem

    I do t know where this channel showed up from, but your entire aesthetic is stunning! Immediately captivated.

  • @revivesyourgolder3130
    @revivesyourgolder3130 Před 3 lety +131

    i remember back then logging off the game everytime i heared a cave sound because i thought herobrine was near me.
    man such great times i wish they were back..

    • @Splatoob
      @Splatoob Před 3 lety +3

      I still have cave sounds turned off supposedly by an addon or whatever, I still hear them I’m pretty sure

    • @revivesyourgolder3130
      @revivesyourgolder3130 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Splatoob cave sounds are part of the ambience pretty sure they stop appearing if you have ambience turned off
      the only way of hearing cave sounds with the ambience turned off is by /playsound

    • @hotdogwithmustar
      @hotdogwithmustar Před 3 lety

      yup, same here

    • @sdvxii
      @sdvxii Před 3 lety

      same dude same

  • @eggiobeggo
    @eggiobeggo Před 3 lety +398

    Herobrine’s return should’ve been an April Fools Day prank for this year.

    • @Bugaboo8
      @Bugaboo8 Před 3 lety +6

      I thought the same thing

    • @garfeltrealtbh
      @garfeltrealtbh Před 3 lety +36

      1.17 demo: “couldn’t remove herobrine, sorry!”

    • @Bugaboo8
      @Bugaboo8 Před 3 lety +3

      @@garfeltrealtbh lol

    • @ayanahussain3645
      @ayanahussain3645 Před 3 lety +2

      @@garfeltrealtbh no they will cause in every update they used to rush the updates
      but this time they're taking their time
      no herobrine anymore

    • @honkai_starrail_Dreams
      @honkai_starrail_Dreams Před 3 lety +1

      Only notch has the power to erase him but when he gone he return

  • @millicentwood549
    @millicentwood549 Před 2 lety +6

    Seeing Cube Land again brought a huge wave of nostalgia. Laura Shigihara really helped shape my childhood

  • @aidengaming5424
    @aidengaming5424 Před 2 lety +6

    I thought Herobrine was a ancient builder that survived the zombie massacre and stoped the virus half way through his body and then had the ability to teleport

  • @justaxis2
    @justaxis2 Před 3 lety +977

    2010 herobrine: *scary creepypasta*
    herobrine now: kids content
    Fun fact:im still traumatized by herobrine (i just came back after 1 year, wtf)

  • @ace_lz
    @ace_lz Před 3 lety +159

    don't you dare call my boy herobrine a hoax, he's a legend
    edit: i do not remember writing this

    • @Vinter927
      @Vinter927 Před 2 lety +4

      Exactly! I swear I saw him while mining all those years ago.... If Herobrine isn't real, then who made the dirt crossed?

    • @Fox_grove
      @Fox_grove Před 2 lety

      @@Vinter927 herobrine is a entity

    • @weneedhim526
      @weneedhim526 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Vinter927 you did, you faked it all, and are lying right now, just like everybody else

    • @rosiecfk5631
      @rosiecfk5631 Před 2 lety

      Exactly I went to my friends house this one time in 2011 and she got her iPad to show me her world as she spawned in there was a random Steve with his back turned to the window in her house.she ran in and it was gone we never forgot it we had seen herobrine

    • @rosiecfk5631
      @rosiecfk5631 Před 2 lety

      And it was a single player world

  • @Fredernice2234
    @Fredernice2234 Před rokem

    WOW! That was amazing! I loved the vid!

  • @Wolfganger
    @Wolfganger Před rokem

    I love how you’ve covered the legend, great video!

  • @lim8
    @lim8 Před 2 lety +99

    I want Monjang to randomly add herobrine a snapshot without telling anyone

    • @NeattheGreat
      @NeattheGreat Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe one of the Halloween snapshots.

  • @Corinthius
    @Corinthius Před 3 lety +1428

    He's not one to mess with, trust me 😉😂

  • @situpeutparlemoi
    @situpeutparlemoi Před 8 měsíci +1

    That repeated line at the intro and end - nice work! Great video

  • @m0thb4llzz
    @m0thb4llzz Před 2 lety +7

    Imagine if in a newer update they added something secret that was, at any completely random time when out exploring, you have a chance at getting the achievement “Saw Herobrine” as a little joke
    That’d be pretty cool

  • @gl1tchygreml1n
    @gl1tchygreml1n Před 2 lety +305

    Finally, someone that doesn’t pronounce it “hair-o-brine” or even “hair-o-brinn”
    It always bothered me when people didn’t pronounce it as it looked, it’s just “hero” and “brine”.

  • @fredboiandfriends5486
    @fredboiandfriends5486 Před 2 lety +64

    Herobrine in 2011: scary
    Herobrine in 2021: *nostalgic*

  • @scarlettetherose
    @scarlettetherose Před rokem +2

    13:58 Dude... That nostalgia hit me hard. I watched the shit out of that series years ago! Little me would be sitting on the edge of my seat listening to their story. This is a very welcome reminder :)

  • @MCHdesu
    @MCHdesu Před rokem

    Thnk you for this video! I never new the whole story until now. Kudos!👍

  • @abatrinity476
    @abatrinity476 Před 2 lety +74

    imagine if there was an actual herobrine update called
    *he's arrived.

  • @ayden839
    @ayden839 Před 3 lety +266

    I pray that the algorithm blesses you because this is some good shit

    • @ikarus7369
      @ikarus7369 Před 3 lety +5

      The fact that he isn't the only one is just sad... I'd be able to make a similar quality of content but I know, no one will watch it because of this damn algorithm. Try to only watch people who have under 100k subs and the algorithm will only give you small channels. These mostly have this quality. This is also why I'm here.

    • @user-wz7yi3uv8l
      @user-wz7yi3uv8l Před 3 lety +2

      At yo chill with what u say

    • @blurryzaddy6989
      @blurryzaddy6989 Před 3 lety +1

      @@user-wz7yi3uv8l 🤨

    • @ayanahussain3645
      @ayanahussain3645 Před 3 lety

      the only way to describe herobrine is that they couldn't wake up
      and those two people after you kill the ender dragon that keep telling you to please WAKE UP
      don't want the same thing that happened to herobrine happen to you
      of course i'm not 100% sure

    • @meomeomeomeomeow
      @meomeomeomeomeow Před 3 lety

      @@memelyshorts643 I actually searched for it and just found out that herobrine isn’t actually real wtf 🧍‍♀️

  • @laggyhuman4169
    @laggyhuman4169 Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's cool to see The Haunted/Haunting mentioned in this. I love that series so much

  • @Synkronist
    @Synkronist Před 2 lety

    I'm glad you referenced RejectedShotgun's The Haunted.
    I still watch the whole series every couple years.

  • @Mido-ro7oi
    @Mido-ro7oi Před 2 lety +41

    2011-2015 just make my eyes fill up with tears

  • @elisstufff
    @elisstufff Před 2 lety +42

    The original herobrine uploader probably was just making a scary story joke for his friends and then it was noticed by millions mojang and even the teacher in the now fallen monster school series

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Finally, one of these history videos actually brings up the name Herobrine itself. Such a weird and off hand name to use.
    I do like how Copeland made sure that when he approached the door, he didn't look at it until the last moment since if he had just walked up to it, you'd have seen the "Herobrine" through the door's windows. He timed it so well that there are only about ten frames between when you can first see "Herobrine" through the windows and him actually opening the door.
    Forgot to mention that the fact that the specific Minecraft version from the original Herobrine screenshot being known was a big help.
    You also gotta hand it to the original poster. He's gone over a decade without outing himself. Sure, he might not pay attention to Minecraft at all anymore but still, he had to have seen the explosion of interest and despite that, never decided his name needed to be known. An unintentional addition to the lore. Without a name, that player could've been any one of us.

  • @paetonlaur3655
    @paetonlaur3655 Před 2 lety +2

    The Herobrine creepypasta and the original Minecraft reminds all of us Internet nerds how special the Internet used to be. Nowadays, the Internet is a corporate wasteland. Your video definitely makes me long for the days of simple times and that is what makes your video special.

  • @kyokono6465
    @kyokono6465 Před 3 lety +39

    Back in the days when Minecraft could be played in your internet browser. The days when the pre 1.6 launcher, and it's save files could be stored on a flash drive. I miss taking Minecraft with me wherever I was to go.

  • @isarex88
    @isarex88 Před 2 lety +74

    I wonder if the guy who uploaded the first picture of Herobrine even knows how big it got. I find it odd that he hasn't taken credit.

    • @pocketlite5012
      @pocketlite5012 Před rokem +21

      That ruins the anonymity as 4chan is anonymous. Also many people have claimed to make hero brine.

    • @gabrielv.4358
      @gabrielv.4358 Před rokem +2

      so sad

    • @ashtremble
      @ashtremble Před 6 měsíci

      He definitely does and probably tried claiming credit for it but was swept aside along with the others

  • @ryugey6677
    @ryugey6677 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video but also THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT CUBE LAND

  • @IsaacSchubert
    @IsaacSchubert Před 8 měsíci +1

    I was well into college age when I got into Minecraft, I was randomly jumping around servers and someone jumped me as herobrine.
    It was genuinely spooky, and in a way kinda sweet that an admin on the server took the time to troll a random drop-in player.

  • @qz7694
    @qz7694 Před 3 lety +55

    Ya know what they say
    "Dont mine at night"

    • @kaiianisu2294
      @kaiianisu2294 Před 3 lety +3

      @@memelyshorts643 I KNOW YOUR LOOKING AT THAT CAVE ANG YOUR FEELING KINDA BRAVE

    • @blueflame7174
      @blueflame7174 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kaiianisu2294 GO TO BED YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT

    • @kaiianisu2294
      @kaiianisu2294 Před 3 lety +1

      @@blueflame7174 DONT MINE AT NIGHT

    • @therealcroutongod
      @therealcroutongod Před 2 lety +1

      @@kaiianisu2294 THERES NOTHING THAT IS GONNA CHANGE

    • @kaiianisu2294
      @kaiianisu2294 Před 2 lety +1

      @@therealcroutongod IF YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL THE DAY

  • @geraldspoonsman8411
    @geraldspoonsman8411 Před 3 lety +42

    "I haven't heard that name in years"

  • @darkestheir
    @darkestheir Před 9 měsíci

    I cant wait for the day you blow uo and get millions of views man, you deserve it

  • @Evets_03
    @Evets_03 Před rokem +3

    I remember hoping that the Minecraft story mode series could’ve probably done a chapter all about herobrine. Since it’s a spin-off it would be fine and it would probably be very popular

  • @mrsentrybuster
    @mrsentrybuster Před 3 lety +30

    E was a thing before it was a meme, and it was right under our noses all these years!

  • @fleef69
    @fleef69 Před 3 lety +49

    Currently praying to the algorithm gods since it’s practically a war crime that you don’t have hundreds of thousands of subscribers and views by now

    • @fleef69
      @fleef69 Před 3 lety +4

      @Miguel Ângelo יְהֹוָה okay crazy delusional religious extremist person lol. People like you who constantly interject themselves in an over-exaggeratory manner are exactly why I am not religious in any kind of organized way. I have my spiritual beliefs of course, one of them being the belief in at least some kind of god, I’m just not an illogical and paranoid idiot about it. I prefer not to alienate myself mentally thank you very much.

    • @ronantimehd5790
      @ronantimehd5790 Před 3 lety +1

      @@fleef69 it was a joke about how evil the algorithm is but ok 😅

    • @fleef69
      @fleef69 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ronantimehd5790 umm... no I’m pretty sure it wasn’t lmao. Trust me, I’ve encountered my fair share of religious lunatics online to be able to infer whether or not it’s a joke. Pretty sure this person’s just crazy.

    • @ronantimehd5790
      @ronantimehd5790 Před 3 lety

      @@fleef69 maybe it isn’t, but even if it wasn’t. This guy doesn’t seem to crazy religious to me I’ve seen my fair share of crazy religious people on CZcams and this guy (to me at least) doesn’t seem all that crazy.

  • @MeemahSN
    @MeemahSN Před rokem +3

    One of my favourite takes on Herobrine is in the “Origins Universe” Minecraft series by EP Films. They took the concept of Herobrine and put their own, creative spin on the creepypasta. If you’ve never watched the series, I recommend it. It’s a good one.

  • @tomosarmy
    @tomosarmy Před 2 lety

    Nice video bro :D
    This was my childhood nightmare

  • @ArtixellAnimations
    @ArtixellAnimations Před 2 lety +19

    15:12 I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS VIDEO AS A KID AND BEING SO FREAKED OUT 💀💀💀

  • @bullymaguiregaming1757
    @bullymaguiregaming1757 Před 3 lety +22

    I wonder how the creator of herobrine must have reacted after coming to know that herobrine seed has been finally found

  • @mrxman6615
    @mrxman6615 Před rokem

    Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

  • @Axzle_MC
    @Axzle_MC Před rokem +3

    As someone who got in on the whole Herobrine craze way back then, I can confidently say now that it will always be my favorite era of Minecraft content. The mystery and intrigue it created will never be matched!