On the one hand, I miss the simpler times of season one's attempts, the more varied strategies and starting conditions from when we didn't have anything established. On the other hand, having a consistent strategy that has proven fruitful is nice when having everyone survive is critical.

There's also something to be said being able to have a bunch of automated villager farms, iron farms, enchanted gear, food, etc. so quickly after a reset. As much as I prefer to play survival with a focus on aesthetics, I'm also much more of a utilitarian player and my worlds always reflect that lack of whimsy. My modded playthrough delving well into lawnbase territory.

We're not here to make pretty bases, we're here to survive. Exploit whatever resources we can in order to do so, our lives are the only ones that matter when ending any of them dooms the world entirely to the void.

https://youtu.be/IzX37u6fawA

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The biggest change outside of the data pack itself for this season was the inclusion of some new faces, as well as the shift towards meta-gaming our early phase plans.

Last time around we just kinda found a place to settle down and hoped for the best. Once we got settled in and got some food and resources/equipment sorted, we would generally go exploring for various biome-specific blocks/items, such as bamboo or dyes. This time around? Find a village asap and lock away every villager until we figure out how to survive. Then it was a matter of time before we were trading them their own resources for tools, food, and even enchanted books. No more need for mob farms or spawners or none of that.

Thematically it separates the two seasons, but I'm still unsure which of the two I prefer...

https://youtu.be/ETy0bO2Jtf4

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Happy Friday! We've got more Shared Hardcore coming your way, just in time for the weekend!

I think my favorite change we made this season was the karma system. Doing more things during your current attempt will reward you, but not until you fail. This mostly resulted in some nice Day 1 rewards, such as some food, armor, or even randomly enchanted gold tools with a custom Curse of Vanishing II, which only gave you one in-game day to use them before they vanished.

All of these were to basically cut down on the grind of starting new runs right after losing a run where everyone did well, while also discouraging us from immediately jumping into lava because we spawned on a deserted island with no resources.

This sort of delayed gratification system was really fascinating to me, as you're encouraged to do well, but only insofar as reducing the punishment of failing. Do well enough and you shouldn't fail in the first place, though; I hear you saying. That's honestly what made the system so fascinating to me. It serves its purpose well since we knew we were going to slip up (and we did so, often) so the caveat was never an issue. The only times where it was rough was when we'd fail a few times in a row, causing us to not receive anything due to not earning any achievements.

https://youtu.be/dgRFGDE8xMw

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Oh boy, here we go again! It's time for Season Two of attempting to beat Hardcore Minecraft on a singular shared life! This season though, we're not content with just defeating The Enderdragon, oh no. This season we hope to also defeat The Wither!

This was also after the point where the Caves & Cliffs update was released, so the Deep Dark is also a thing, which does include Wardens, so that'll be fun! There's also been plenty of new updates to the data pack and server plugins to provide some neat new mechanics for us, including a karma-like reward system and unique structures containing ancient artifacts for us to find and use!

Today's VOD is the kick-off stream to what I expect will be quite an entertaining season!

https://youtu.be/Fw5oipON_bc

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Professionals have standards...

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Well now, today's VOD is a bit of a departure from our normal, as this was the day the finale of the Shared Hardcore Season One series I put on the main channel was published, so to celebrate we held a bit of a watch party!

Join us for some commentary on top of the original series, and if you haven't seen the original videos or VODs, give them a shot as well! This still remains one of my favorite gaming experiences I've had with friends in recent years, and I'm glad I got to document as much as I did to share with you all here!

https://youtu.be/ioHKoI9dhh0

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We've even met a few new faces along our journey through these new, altered realities. Strange that there are more of us who persist, who share in our quest. It still remains uncertain just how much things are going to evolve as eternity marches onward, but still no sign of the nihilistic indifference.

We'll have to just take these newfound lands as they come and see what new discoveries are left to be found...

https://youtu.be/u918M0gEC5w

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Ever since we found ourselves on our own in this new frontier, we've been noticing some changes over the course of these iterations. I'm not just talking about our ability to navigate through them, either. It's as if these realities are themselves, evolving? Can the fabric of reality change over the course of infinities? What awaits us beyond what lies beyond?

https://youtu.be/8zSzwuC11J8

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Well, if there's nothing left waiting for us beyond these cycles, if there's no way to break free from them, the best we can do is work towards get a better understanding of them. Explore them, learn their secrets. Discover if there's anything we can make use of, pull from within each reality and make our journeys through them more, palatable.

Everything isn't as stagnant as they were before, things seem to have shifted, and while the rules haven't been broken, we can at least exploit them to our betterment

https://youtu.be/UvgLtH2GfSw

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Are we doomed to be overthrown eventually? Is the nature of the cycles themselves cyclical? Is this where the nihilism came from? How long has this been happening? How many cycles have occurred? How many more are still to come?

Is it even worth trying to find a way out of this? Is there a way out? There has to be something we can change, mold to shape our vision of a better eternity...

https://youtu.be/8DHRFKHIPL4

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