The Genius of Minecraft Manhunt

minecraft manhunt we all know the name arguably the most successful minecraft series of all time but what exactly makes these videos so successful well you're about to find out this is the genius of minecraft manhunt [Music] [Applause] [Music] august 10th a cloudy summer day in london wilbur soot starts his twitch stream just like any other he doesn't know it but today he will set in motion what would grow to be the most popular minecraft series in the history of the game the idea was simple wilbur would be placed into a minecraft world and every three minutes a random viewer would spawn into the world with the sole intention to kill him wilbur would attempt to survive as long as possible before eventually being killed by a viewer ending the video this video would be the start of a phenomenon and is known as the first official minecraft manhunt but despite its name not being widely known across minecraft the video still managed to gather just over 2 million views to this day and for the next four months that's all we would see of minecraft manhole but during those four months a new player rose out of seemingly nowhere guided to virality through his unending list of revolutionary ideas from gathering a team to reverse engineer pewdiepie's survival world seed to coding some of the most unique minecraft challenges of his time nothing could stop his rocks to fame but it wouldn't be any of those ideas that would grow to define his channel no challenge no cursed minecraft video would come even close to his next idea he saw potential in the game of minecraft the very same potential wilbur glimpsed the day he thought of minecraft manhunt but this time around the story would not end after one video the player was dream and the version of manhunt he planned to play would change the game of minecraft forever but before we dive into the genius of minecraft manhunt i'd like to take a second to thank the sponsor for today's video monster legends if you watch youtube and haven't 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object of the game is simple one player attempts to progress through minecraft and kill the final boss in the game the ender dragon while at the same time one or more hunters attempts to kill them before they complete the task the hunters have infinite lives and a compass that always points to the speedrunner's current location but if the speedrunner dies even once whether at the hands of a hunter or natural causes the speedrunner loses this version of manhunt was completely new and had a few core features that set it apart from wilbur's manhunt first the speedrunner could win by giving the speed runner an objective dream creates a sense of uncertainty that keeps the viewer watching until the end second the number of hunters is consistent throughout the game this ensures that the playing field stays consistent throughout the whole challenge and also allows for difficulty to increase over multiple episodes thus drawing out the length of the series over a longer period of time and finally the addition of infinite lives to the hunters as well as the tracking compass added yet another level of strategy to the game and made sure that the speedrunner would always have to be paying attention meaning a much more action-packed video already dreams minecraft manhunt was primed to go viral but the real genius can be found not in the idea of the game but the various balances put in place to keep the game as entertaining as possible and it all starts with the seed when creating a new minecraft world everything that's generated is completely random biomes or locations structures everything attached to every world is a unique string of numbers known as a seed in total there are over 18 quintillion unique minecraft seeds every one of which is completely different but although they're all unique not all seeds are equal for example a manhunt won't be very exciting if everyone spawns on an island in the middle of the ocean or a massive desert where everyone starves in the first five minutes but dream thought of a way around this scouting seeds because it would be unfair for dream to scout seeds before playing them he tasked his good friend and talented coder callahan with the jump callahan's job is to randomly generate worlds and put together a list of seeds that would make for an entertaining manhunt and so far between close villages plenty of desert temples and crazy ravines he's done a pretty good job but even with exciting seeds not every manhunt ends up good enough to upload and whether it be a perfectly played opening chase from the hunters or an unlucky run-in with a creeper dream needed to find a way to keep manhunt authentic while scrapping the ones that didn't reach the end game and knowing the hunters dream felt the most effective way to keep everyone trying their best was to pay them if they kill him off the start this made sure that the hunters would not just let dream go at the start of the manhunt to get a good video first try but rather try to kill him as fast as possible to get more money which explains why they get so mad when he manages to slip away and finally the team has implemented rules against game breaking strategies that make manhunt extremely unfair or do nothing but waste time for example the speedrunner is banned from building a second portal in the nether this would make the game extremely unfair as the speedrunner would just be able to travel thousands of blocks away and buy enough time to win before the hunters could even catch up the hunters are also banned from destroying the nether portal to trap the speedrunner in the nether destroying the end portal with the glitch or using a strategy that would pretty much guarantee they win the game all of these rules help prime manhunt to be the most entertaining it could possibly be while also balancing both sides and keeping the game authentic but one final feature of dream's manhunts really set them apart from not just wilbur's manhunt but anyone else who attempted to replicate his success and this of course was the hunters it all started long ago the server was called mcpvp and young dream didn't know it but he was about to meet one of his closest friends after sharing his skype in game chat dream received a call from a player quickly the two became good friends and ever since dream and sapnap have been virtually inseparable eventually even moving in together for the next few years dream and sapnap would stay friends but no new player would join their core group until dream became a developer on a new server this server was owned by a youtuber dream it admired for years bad boy halo and in his time as a developer dream and bad grew to be some of each other's closest friends but bad wasn't the only player dream met at munchie mc he also became friends with georgie hd later known as george not found ant frost and awesome dude all of which remained today as some of his closest friends and some of the most known names in minecraft and it's these players some of minecraft's favorite personalities that make dreams manhunts one of a kind but of course a story doesn't make history because of the setup and as much planning that dream and his friends put into the game the result transcended anything they could have hoped for ladies and gentlemen i present to you the journey of a manhunt every manhunt is a story a story of epic battles secret plans and daring escapes and this idea of a story a story created by the very foundation dream has laid is the real genius of minecraft manhunt but before the plays before the mind games our story starts at the beginning dream stares into the eyes of the hunters this will be the last time they stand toe-to-toe without the weight of an axe in their hand and a chest plate on their shoulders he looks around a force the top of a mountain covered in snow or the middle of the desert wherever he finds himself in these final moments he must choose a way to run maybe he spots a village in the distance or sees a hunter not paying attention or distracts the hunters enough to buy himself a few seconds the only thing he knows for sure is that he has the first move and that that is his only advantage it's in these final moments just seconds from chaos where dream can rest easy one last time and then the chase begins [Music] [Music] whether it be hopping between trees soaring off the top of a mountain or nose diving into a ravine the opening chase really captures the essence of what manhunt is millions sit on the edge of their seats as they know very well that one false step would end the hunt in an instant the suspense makes it impossible to look away as everyone wants to know how dream will manage to get away and eventually through trickery or plane brute force that's exactly what happens dream sits barely alive the hunters down a few players from the chase both sides need to take time to regroup and prepare for the next major battle dream delves deep underground preparing himself to enter the nether meanwhile the hunters gather supplies of their own making sure to always keep a bed close by in case one of them fall at the hands of dream until drain stands outside the port just managing to slip through before the hunters can attack and standing in the red heat of the nether dream has officially entered the mid game immediately the search for the fortress begins dream knows very well that the mid game is the most important part of a manhunt and he can't let one second go to waste the farther he can get away from the hunters the more time he buys himself to get everything he needs to travel to the end but whether they're right on his trail or several minutes behind he simply doesn't have enough time to get in and out before they find him and so he has no choice but to find a creative way out of tough situations at this point in the game fighting for any longer than a few seconds is a death sentence and because of his need to think his way out of situations the mid game of manhunt has produced some of the greatest plays minecraft has ever seen [Music] food [Music] so [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] dream stands silent at the foot of the portal he can feel the hunters getting close but can't help but stare into the deep void in front of him he's been here a million times before but today feels different there's a certain peace to it knowing the odds keep telling you you can't win knowing that yourself but proving them wrong anyway he knows the next few minutes will decide how his journey will be remembered will he conquer the final mountain or fall helplessly at its feet he draws his sword takes a deep breath and leaps fearlessly into the portal no more running no more tricks the only way out is to fight well he's over here he's on the ground he's on the ground before the drinking water right up there he's right up there get ready no no no okay we have a bed we can just constantly attack you just jump down oh my gosh oh my gosh [Music] like that dream [Music] oh my god [Music] in the final moments of a manhunt the world stands still some call it luck others skill no matter how you choose to see those final moments there's something extraordinary about them both sides know their fate and all they can do is watch it unfold in front of them [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you so much for watching to the end and if you enjoyed subscribing would help me a lot also remember to download monster legends using the link in the top of the description to claim your limited time reward it helps me out and again it's completely free have a great rest of your day

Channel: EvanMCGaming

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Id: A8sOLFH9KQg

Length: 20min 36sec (1236 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 15 2021