The Legend of Philza - King of Hardcore Minecraft

if you know hardcore minecraft chances are you know filza from surviving for five years without dying to creating some of the most jaw-dropping builds in hardcore minecraft phil has established himself as one of the most notable players to play the game so join me as i take you on a journey through his career telling the legend of filza [Music] [Music] phil started his channel in december 2006 and youtube was a much different place the platform had just been purchased by google less than a month earlier and was barely a year old at the time the gaming community was much smaller and was mostly confined within the games themselves and small online forums rather than on major platforms like those we see today at the time 18 year old phil was like most other 18 year olds and enjoyed playing video games such as halo 2 which happened to be what his first video was about as the years passed phil continued to post the occasional halo video as well as videos on skate 2 and 3 sonic gta kiltak and mirror's edge he also began to play these games live on justin tv which later evolved into twitch but nothing seemed to catch on and for his first five years he continued to stream and upload funny clips and moments from his gameplay but something happened in november 2011 that would change the course of his channel and youtube forever [Music] minecraft took the world by storm becoming an instant hit following its release its unique style and open world nature had a sense of freedom that appealed to many one of these people was phil although he had enjoyed playing video games for many years there was always a new game on the horizon that he would move to no game seemed to stick for more than a few years no game until minecraft immediately phil took a great liking to the game specifically the game mode of hardcore if you aren't familiar with hardcore minecraft it's pretty simple the game is locked on the hardest difficulty and if you die a single time you can't respond and are forced to either spectate the world or delete the world for good phil loved the risk involved with hardcore and the idea that at any moment he could lose everything to him this made everything he did feel more meaningful than if he could just respawn with no consequences and before long he took to youtube creating his very first series of hardcore minecraft phil uploaded his very first hardcore video on february 7th 2012 and needless to say it was a rough start i've got the sword oh my god i'm gonna die a week later phil came prepared and determined to make it through the first night which proved to be a difficult task in the early days of the game he began his new journey by chopping a few trees and crafting some wooden tools this time making sure to craft a sword and quickly upgrade to stone in case he needed to fight and after gathering some food phil set out to make a shelter for the night he made his way to the mouth of a cave and decided he would explore for a bit and set up camp inside at first he was hesitant to enter hearing the monsters that lied ahead but using his sword he made quick work of everything in his way for the rest of episode 1 phil continued to mine and fight his way through the depths of the cave until he decided to wall off a small section and settle down for the night satisfied with his accomplishments phil ended his first successful hardcore video over the next few episodes phil would continue to explore his cave and mine managing to acquire a full set of iron armor and tools now feeling very confident at his ability to fight phil returned to the surface and began exploring his world he crossed forests and oceans looking for the perfect place to call home and in episode 9 his days of exploration finally led him to the foot of a mountain immediately he knew this was the perfect place to stay and constructed his first official home after this some more underground exploring ensued where he managed to find a zombie spawner and mine shaft followed by his very first diamonds and with a sword in hand phil entered the nether for the very first time knowing that one false step could end his journey for good he traversed the fiery wasteland crossing lakes of lava and fighting off gas until he found himself at the foot of a strange building immediately he knew he found what he was looking for and began to explore the fortress he traveled the maze of hallways slaying every blaze in his path with the draw of his bow until he had everything he needed and returned home everything was going well and phil who had died on episode 1 the previous attempt now stood on his 30th episode and he knew that before long he would have to take the biggest risk of the entire series phil stood in the daring halls of the stronghold he knew what lie beyond the portal but it didn't make it any less terrifying and before he went for the dragon he knew he had to prepare because if he failed everything he worked for would be lost with the click of a button he set up a house in a village next to the stronghold and immediately began to prepare for the final battle he learned to brew potions scoured forest to create an army of dogs and continued to pile better and better enchantments onto his armor finally he returned home to the mountain to gather any left supplies and to say goodbye in case he didn't make it back he made his way across the world and back to the portal finally he would face the ultimate challenge and in episode 70 a full month after his first failed attempt at hardcore philza placed the final eye in the portal and jumped through to slay the dragon he spawned on a mostly concealed underground platform and following a quick scare by the dragon mined a staircase to the surface of the end towers of obsidian rose high into the sky and a beam of light connected to the dragon as he glided by immediately phil drew his bow and began shooting down the crystals he launched arrows as far as he could into the dark sky swinging his sword as the dragon rushed in to attack slowly but surely the dragon's health dropped before long the dragon rushed in one last time quickly phil aimed his bow sending the final arrow spiraling into the head of the dragon killing it and with that phil had for the first time beat minecraft without dying following his victory phil entered the portal to return to the overworld and was sent all the way back to spawn far from his home in the mountain being completely lost he just decided to end the video and having completed the game phil decided that for now this would be the end of the series over the following months phil would continue to upload minecraft content creating a mod series titled modtacular minecraft playing various adventure maps as well as creating a few non-minecraft videos so far although phil enjoyed streaming and uploading videos nothing seemed to be gaining much traction but regardless phil loved his small community and was motivated by every person that found their way to his channel six months later phil decided he would log back on to his hardcore world and continue this series after reviewing footage he retraced his steps eventually finding his way back to his home in the village outside the end portal his plan was to continue to build and prepare to fight the new boss that had been added to the game the wither he started by making a mob grinder using the skeleton spawner outside the village then over the next few episodes he mined for oars and expanded his home quite a bit creating a large carrot and wheat farm sugarcane farm villager spawner and just improving the overall look of his home he then began to experiment with nether travel creating another hub and a portal to another area he wanted to build at walking through the portal you're met with his impressive underwater base and tree farm phil had conquered hardcore the end was nowhere in sight and it seemed he could finally focus on creating all right guys bill's there yeah um bad news uh recently i just had a power outage in my area everything in the house is fine but one thing my pc it starts up okay to the point where it needs to boot from a hard drive and it looks like my main operating system hard drive is just gone it's doing the click of death error where it just will it just won't be able to read anything what's really annoying is that my minecraft hardcore mode save world is on that hard drive it could be lost forever unfortunately so i guess we'll have to wait and see what happens weeks passed phil began to upload different videos again and quickly it became clear his hardcore series was over a year of work 100 episodes lost in the data of a ruined hard drive another year came and went phil continued to upload minecraft and the occasional halo or gta video but once again he started to get the urge to return something felt wrong and unfinished about his last world and seeking to fill its void he decided to start a new series but little did he know this click of a button would change his life forever upon entering the world phil found himself near the edge of a savannah island he was pretty convinced the series would end very quickly with the bad spawn but decided to explore the other side of the island to see if he could spot land and sure enough as he reached the other side of the island he noticed it was actually very close to more land suddenly this world began to have some promise and he crossed the water to continue exploring having much more experience than series 1 phil had a much smoother start to the world and rather than running around aimlessly for the first few episodes phil managed to get a full set of iron armor by the end of episode 2. in episode 3 phil came inches from death and found his first diamonds of the world gathering obsidian he made his way to the surface to try and get the supplies to make an enchanting table before heading into the nether which he managed to find no problem after running into a village after looting the village and a nearby desert temple phil stood at the foot of a building flint and steel in hand ready to enter the nether already his luck had been even better than series 1 and it was about to get even better oh my god am i the luckiest person ever i think i am but his luck wouldn't end there as when he killed a second ever wither skeleton it dropped a skull which alone is a two percent chance series 2 was off to an amazing start and would only get better in episode 6 phil discovered a zombie spawner directly outside the village and in episode 7 and 8 he found another village and a jungle temple by this point phillip put together a nice little home in the desert village not too different from series 1. this time he planned to fight the dragon much sooner than episode 70 and at this point was just held back by a lack of ender pearls he explored some more finding himself a horse with which he discovered four more villages a jungle temple and two desert temples his luck just wasn't seeming to run out what is supposed to be the hardest difficulty of minecraft was flat out easy for phil and still his luck continued he had a close call with a baby zombie at the spawner off camera but managed to survive and later that episode he used a fortune pickaxe to mine all of the diamonds he needed for a full set of armor as well as a bit extra for good measure as confident as ever phil was ready to fight the dragon he just needed to find the stronghold he threw the first eye which pointed him to the ocean getting in a boat he sailed across the sea and as he made his way towards an island he noticed something out of place in the water whoa what what his luck never seemed to fail and as excited as ever phil dived deep below the surface entering the portal room once again the moment of truth had arrived but this time he was more ready than ever as he fell through the portal he once again spawned underground and was immediately scared by the dragon he dug to the surface destroyed all the towers and before long phil had slain the dragon once again his plan after killing the dragon was to work on building he started with his base at the village adding a baby zombie statue on his house next to the villager training center he built a few episodes back and with that zombie base at least for now was finished next phil turned his attention to the nether specifically making it much safer first he used a glitch to remove bedrock creating a path to the nether roof next after lots of trial and error he built a path through the nether connecting zombie base and the end port and as an extra precaution he spawn proofed a large section of the nether with slabs so he wouldn't have to worry about mobs now that the nether was sorted out he took to the seas finding an ocean monument not too far from his home before raiding it he planned to remove the water next to the entrance of the temple to protect himself from guardians and make enough water breathing potions to last him the whole trip he stared down the path to the monument preparing to enter however even though he was about as prepared as he could be he still feared that that day would be his last he made his way to the cleared door swallowing his fear in a potion of water breathing phil entered the monument he swam his way through the halls looking for an elder guardian but he couldn't seem to find one until walking around a corner he quickly spotted two of them in the same room using the walls as protection he swung at the beast from behind the doorway finishing them off with a shot from his bow a few minutes later he located the third elder guardian easily slaying it with his sword he lived and now that the monument was cleared he could begin work on his first major build a build that would grow to become the face of his channel the first order of business was to cover the entire monument in sand then break the sand to remove all of the water above the monument and after weeks of grinding placing and destroying sand he finished next he planned to terraform the ocean floor replacing the gravel with grass blocks to make the area look more natural and after yet another week of grinding the build finally seemed to be coming together but there was still a lot left to do and so for the next five months phil continued to build [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the build was nearly complete seamless walls of glass surrounded the land green grass covered the once barren ground and a guardian farm occupied the space underneath the monument but in the middle of the final stages of the build phil received some terrible news his good friend in the community 22 year old matthew adams had tragically passed away phil took a much-needed break from work and recording and when he returned he knew exactly what he was going to do out of honor he would dedicate the project to matthew vowing to not hold anything back and to make the best build he possibly could and what resulted cannot be described with words [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] it was finally done months of work not a single death and the most amazing build he had ever done suddenly the world had a whole new meaning something much bigger than a game and with the completion of the monument build phil realized how truly amazing he could be at building and that quite literally the sky was the limit after leveling spawn island and building a giant mushroom in the nether phil began his next major build in the world sky city he began construction once again using an ocean monument first he planned to drop a large cube of sand onto the monument to create an outline above the water and after weeks of mining and placing sand he was ready to drop it all oh my god fully expecting the game to crash oh my god oh it looks like oh speed nope it's speeding up oh are we done yo wow now that phase one was complete phil was ready for phase two the quartz monument his plan was to use quartz to replace the shell of sand creating his own custom monument above the sea and well it turned out pretty amazing next up was the sky city part of sky city phil began by building a large platform in the sky in case he needed to jump down while building then he proceeded to construct a large floating island directly above the court's monument unsure of exactly what he wanted to build on top he left it blank for the time being in the next episode he decided to build a large castle wall encompassing a village with quartz buildings as well as some extra decorations around the outside islands slowly but surely the build was coming together just a few more things needed to be done and once he finished the inside of the island and destroyed the platforms below sky city was finally finished [Music] so [Music] at this point phil had survived on one life until day 3319 of the world meaning he had played a total of 550 to 1 000 real life hours series 2 had officially outlasted series 1 by a long shot having started over two years earlier but still phil continued to build he transformed the end island spawn proofing it while building an enderman farm at the center and he began work on his next big build chaos caverns the idea was to create a large man-made cavern holding every obtainable hostile mob not an easy task at all but phil was determined and so he got to work exploding gathering and building days turned to weeks weeks to months until after a year and a half it was finally done and with this he added yet another incredible build to his timeless world phil had officially made it over four years on a single life times had changed phil had been on youtube and twitch for over 11 years and was a lot better at the game than when he started all that time ago his youtube channel sat at 2 000 subscribers a gem hidden from the rest of the world but everything was about to change it was a day like any other phil was working on his new project a giant underground witch farm attempting to dig down to set up a beacon so he could mine it out faster because of the major spawn proofing he'd done for the build mob spawns were at an unnatural high in the surrounding caves and this fact alone would bring about a moment that would change the course of phil's life forever i knew it no really that's how i die oh my god i'm stupid oh a baby zombie oh my god it was all over phil had made it five years on a single life only to watch it slipped through his hands in less than 30 seconds [Music] he was devastated to fill it was much more than just a world it was his canvas his form of expression something he could be proud of and that day it all went away for good but then something unexpected happened people started talking sharing the story of the man who lost his five-year world and before long filza after 14 years of youtube began to go viral these past 40 hours to three days it's it has been insane it sucks that it's gone and man was i sully but i had no idea how big this moment would be [Music] it has spread everywhere it is worldwide [Music] the clip has over a million views too many articles to count i showed up on british television it has gone fully viral there's so many people that this moment has resonated with i can't even describe it i've never experienced anything like this first of all the main question i keep getting asked what am i gonna do now more likely start a new world because that is what i enjoy playing hardcore will that last as long as five years [Music] people finally began to take notice phil had been on the platform longer than most and finally it was his time to shine but soon another opportunity would arise for phil something much different from hardcore an event months in the making introducing him to some of the largest creators to play the game minecraft monday minecraft monday was a 14-week event created by popular youtuber keemstar and gathered many large creators from across youtube to battle it out over a series of mini-games for 10 000 and luckily for phil the event began mere months after he went viral meaning with his newfound success and legendary status in the community he was invited to play joining in week two phil would play with jerome asf for his first seven weeks of the event together they placed second overall in week two but after that only managed to peak at fifth place however minecraft monday's real impact on phil would take place over his final two weeks in the event as in week 10 he would be teamed with someone different a player who had completely taken over the event a player who despite the admins attempts to even the playing field couldn't stop winning someone who would grow to become one of phil's most loyal friends in the community technoblade entering the event phil and techno were obvious targets but quickly it became quite clear that it didn't really matter game one was hunger games and phil and techno got to work straight away chasing and killing conor eats pants and captain sparkles they were just a few minutes in and both nearly had full iron armor while tekno held a diamond sword and feeling confident the two decided to search for teams to fight techno killed skeppy phil killed afmau and with that only one more team remained techno quickly realized that zerka and vickstar were not together and so they rushed in to catch them off guard and after a very quick fight phil and tekno had won their first game after a solid performance in bingo things were looking very good with techno and phil holding the first and second positions on the individual leaderboards but things quickly changed with hide the button phil's old teammate jerome along with beijing canadian had an amazing performance shooting them all the way up to second place right on techno and phil's tale this was concerning but the two were still very confident they could win and lucky for them game 5 was skywars technoblade was amazing at skywars having played it consistently for years on hypixel and sure enough techno and phil dominated skywars winning all three games and increasing their lead by 150 points they were now just over halfway through the event and things were looking good all they needed to do was hold their first place position and they would win 10 000 and with a solid performance and tnt run a victory in one shot and a good game of spleef it was finally time for the last game of the event hunger games all phil and techno needed to do was perform good enough to hold their position in first and glory was theirs with the start of the game they immediately ran to the outer reaches of the map to scavenge the land for supplies and two minutes in they managed to get techno a full set of iron armor and a diamond sword and so they began to hunt tekno managed to pick up a quick kill on a clueless grande in the nearby forest getting phil a chain chest plate feeling good the two headed back to middle and with a team effort took out high sky claiming yet another diamond sword the numbers began to thin and before long only a few teams stood between them and victory a very intense fight broke out at mid killing phil in the midst of the chaos but techno lived and after taking out one of the two people remaining agreed to end it all with a fistfight to the death and living up to his reputation techno won together phil and techno had dominated the event ranking first and second on the individual leaderboards but more importantly their friendship that began that day would grow into something special something shaping many of phil's future adventures and something he could never lose to a baby zombie but techno wasn't the only friend phil made during minecraft monday in week 12 phil team was someone new who would play an equally important role in his future wilbur soot and although they didn't quite win the event the friendship that resulted would provide a gateway to phil's next adventure as a few months later in late november 2019 wilbur would begin a new server taking place on a scaled-down replica of the world including many mods to spice up the game and holding upwards of 100 other creators this was smp earth [Music] the sun rises on a fresh new world oceans waiting to be sailed force eager to be explored and at the center lie dozens of players ready to lay their claims on the land phil originally planned to claim iceland but upon getting notice of a band of players plotting to kill him decided instead to team with technoblade at the south pole and together the duo formed the beginning of the antarctic empire immediately they got to defending their land killing another player who looked to be hostile but the fighting wasn't over yet a low rumble came from the skies suddenly erupting into view with spyfy zooming through the air in a plane startled tekno and phil prepared to attack and as he doubled back to attempt to ram techno off the mountain phil managed to strike him with his sword scaring him away with their land now fully secured phil and tekno ventured deeper into the mountain discovering an existing stronghold over a massive underground cave expanding down over 150 blocks as they began descending into the depths of the cave techno invited a new player to their faction voice over p for the rest of the day the three continued to claim land expanding their territory over much of australia they also received many requests for allegiances including an unsuccessful attempt from upcoming youtuber tommy innit who is not exactly satisfied with their answer reminding them that war was also an option over the next week the antarctic empire continued to make small advances including various farms and better gear but something was about to happen that would change everything the factions mod that ran on snp earth allowed territories to claim land based on the amount of players they had in their faction and having three members the antarctic empire was able to claim 3 000 chunks of land which wasn't much compared to the size of the map but techno discovered a way around this using an autofill feature of the mod they would only have to claim the perimeter for the mod to autofill the rest of the land inside to be theirs meaning world domination and after techno and phil had completed their journey around the world they pulled up the map to see if their plan had worked oh my god check the map [Music] word quickly spread across the server and before long everyone had logged on to see what the empire had done quickly the people became angry and the server led by wilbur soot met in france to hold the trial of the antarctic empire first it was argued whether a crime had even been committed as techno pointed out that technically taking over the world was completely lawful but quickly it became obvious that the people would not just let them free and so after requests for execution and vows of brotherhood everyone agreed that the empire would be let free upon returning to their home in antarctica and unclaiming the rest of the world satisfied everyone returned to life as normal and a new law was created prohibiting world domination a few weeks would pass before the next conflict the antarctic empire constructed a large railway connecting their land to australia and began work on another base farther west but then phil was alerted by techno of an incoming enemy contracted to assassinate him immediately the empire got in position to defend their land from the rogue assassin until they realized who exactly was planning to attack them suddenly a lot less concerned pete and tekno made their way down the path managing to kill tommy while phil watched from the safety of their land over the rest of the day techno and pete seeked revenge on tommy and killed him many more times after making sure he would not try anything like that again which obviously didn't stop him smp earth would not end for another few months but after this point phil and later many other creators ended smp earth content on youtube over his time on the server phillip continued to grow closer to technoblade and wilbur while also befriending tommy in it over their various conflicts and together the four would continue to stand by each other's sides and adventures to come one of those adventures began shortly after the beginning of smp earth in late november 2019. the community felt a void following the sudden ending to minecraft monday in week 14. it had been the first major minecraft event in a long time and the community longed for more but lucky for them they wouldn't have to wait long as a new event would begin only a short month later an event much different from the likes of minecraft monday this event was minecraft championship phil joined minecraft championship in their very first week and immediately knew it would be much different than minecraft monday while minecraft monday felt strictly like an intense competition mcc brought that same level of competitiveness contrasted with a light-hearted almost arcade-like setting the people loved it and the players loved it even more during the first two events things started looking pretty good for phil his team in week 1 had a rough day finishing 7th out of 10 but in week 2 his team would make it all the way to the final duel losing tragically to the aqua horses it was a crushing blow but the pain wouldn't last long as in week four phil would be teamed with three of his best friends wilbur tommy and techno the day was saturday april 18th the team had been practicing for weeks and the moment had finally arrived they knew this could very well be their only chance to win together as after that event it was likely that the four would not team again for a long time and so more determined than ever the team made their way to the decision dome to vote on the first game game one was skyblock phil began by gathering wood and crafting tools for the team meanwhile wilbur started bridging towards middle but didn't make it very far phil took over wilbur's job and built his way to the middle making him the first player there he immediately took advantage of this gathering loot from many of the chess so far ignoring wilbur's death things were looking good phil held mid securing a kill on blue and swooping in with an elytra to take out yet another player but the aerial assault was far from over the team spotted a massive fight below and decided to drop down and join phil crashed down from the skies onto a helpless captain sparkles but then fell to the rest of his team however it was enough as tekno and tommy were able to take out the rest of the players with little problems securing their team first place after game one so far the team was off to a hot start and over the rest of the event it would only get better [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] this was their chance all that stood between phil and his first ever win were the green guardians they all prepared for the final battle one last game to decide it all dodgeball phil stared coldly into the eyes of the enemy focused as he'd ever been and determined to stay alive at all costs the clock ticked to zero and the battle began tommy managed to get the first shot off and took out pete who happened to be the guardian's best player returning fire vickstar and michael mcchill hit tommy and wilbur leaving the round up to techno and phil tekno got out vic and phil led a bit too far in front of michael it was back to dodging the two jumped every which way hoping to confuse the guardians enough to miss and it worked phil sprinted to the center of the arena launching a shot directly into michael leaving only byron left on the guardian side and with a single shot from techno round one went to the pandas all they had to do was win one more round and the championship would be theirs they all lined up for round two and as the clock struck zero they'll begin to dodge i got one i got one two two arrows oh they're going no i hit the wrong one there we go [Music] [Applause] they had done it after one of the best team performances in the history of the tournament phil and the rest of the team had finally won and scoring third on the individual leaderboards phil had put up his best performance yeah over the rest of the tournaments phil's teams would perform fairly average with the exception of an amazing winning performance in mcc-12 and his journey in minecraft championship is still far from over as he continues to participate in the events to this day mcc gave phil yet another opportunity to meet new creators in the community as well as strengthen the friendships he had already made but his next adventure would prove to be even bigger something that would grow his channel even more than dying after five years of hardcore joining his friends techno wilbur and tommy he would enter the world of the dream smp [Music] i always whenever i'm here i'm reminded of the song that i've scribbled on the walls that there was a special place there was was a special place and there was definitely that special place did exist once it did it did but even with i even with tubber in charge i don't think it can exist again this is if i'm gonna press it ever it's now the thing that i built this nation for doesn't exist anymore the the thing i work towards doesn't exist anymore it's over what are you doing phil do you know what this button is i do i was just saying i made this big point that it's some there was a special place where men could but there's not there anymore you know it's not it is there it's just you've just won it back will phil like seven or eight times i have been here and you want to just blew it all up there was a saying film by a traitor uh once part of the hamburg it was never meant to be oh my god [Music] oh my god will it's all gone my le man burg phil my unfinished symphony forever unfinished if i can't have this no one can fill [Applause] kill me phil phil kill me phil kill me phil stab me with the sword murder me now the man bill kill me phil murder me look they all want you to [Music] everything was gone phil stood in shock he had joined only to witness one of his best friends fall to chaos he had no choice but to kill him as he knew he would be associated with the destruction if he didn't and so he took wilbur's last life on the server setting him free at last phil had joined the dream smp during the climax of one of its largest wars getting tossed right into the midst of chaos but phil saw something in the ashes of lumenburg an opportunity an opportunity to help the people recover from the destruction that reigned on their sacred land and opportunity to rebuild and so in the coming days as new lumbering sprouted from the depths of the crater phil constructed his house in the new land but despite his immediate sympathy for the people of lumamberg phil found himself questioning their authority tubbo as lemanberg's new president couldn't even keep his own friend from causing chaos and when it came down to it had no hesitation exiling him and it made phil wonder if he was willing to exile his best friend what would tubbo be willing to do to him if their interests conflicted in the future rather phil's allegiances lied with his old friend technoblade techno found himself in a tough situation following his contribution to the destruction of lumenburg the people hated him for it and since they all knew where he lived he knew he had to move and contacting the only person he could trust techno and phil moved his home far away to a much different land a lonely light in a sea of snow but it wouldn't be long before phil's relationship with techno would get him in trouble with the government as one day he noticed the cabinet making their way towards his house and as phil watched from the window he knew his fears about lumanburg were finally coming true we are looking for technoblade just tell us where he is your citizen of lemandberg we're trying to get justice for our country i'm not going to tell you he's changed his ways this is for the country this is not a request this is a demand where do you think this this loyalty that i have for this country exists like i'm not loyal to this country at all i'm pretty new here and if anything you guys need to prove to me that that i should care also uh techno and may go way back and we do not ride out on each other if you're not gonna help us do it the easy way we're gonna have to do it the hard way right right all right fellas fellas look through everything oh come on [Music] this is a compass called techno ted nose never forget that you weren't cooperative with us today yeah i mean this is instead of treason i imagine you will be put on the house already okay all right wait which way does it go phil had no time to worry for himself he had to warn his friend and messaging techno about the army closing in on his location phil decided to follow them to witness the event himself hiding at the edge of a nearby forest phil witnessed everything he saw his friend being taken away from his life of peace to be killed for his acts of war and so he had no choice but to return to his house to avoid suffering the same fate he watched as techno was caged below an anvil ready to drop on his head at the flick of a lever and then something completely unexpected happened he ruined the government puns is growing right had it what is he doing oh sure [Music] that's fantastic i'm about to die what what what techno had managed to escape but phil remained trapped over the next few weeks phil began digging his escape route eventually managing to break his ankle monitor with a magma block and with the help of techno he escaped the confines of his home completely undetected as they made their way through the land of snow tekno explained that it was time for lamamberg to be destroyed for good they had hurt innocent people refused to acknowledge change and with the help of dream the three knew they had everything they needed to destroy every last block of the once great land phil didn't hate leman berg he hated what it did to people lemaimberg turned people violent drove his friend mad and as much as he wanted to live a peaceful life lumanburg had taken that option away the day they hurt techno and so he joined the two destroying lumber for the last time it's all over [Music] and nobody's crying but me [Music] with the destruction of lumanberg phil and techno returned to their home with a sense of satisfaction they truly hoped the people would learn their lesson and move on over the following months phil would continue to live stream on the dream smp and his contribution to the story and involvement in the community led to the biggest spike in growth he'd ever seen and that leads us to the final stories of the legend of filza as in the midst of his new adventures phil stayed true to his word beginning a new world of hardcore minecraft phil began series 3 shortly after his devastating death in his five-year world motivated by his much bigger audience rather than streaming to 10 to 20 viewers phil now found himself peaking in the hundreds and so excited to see where the series would take him phil created the world beginning a new journey the game had changed a lot since he started his last world series 3 would be played in 1.14 meaning that the oceans held a lot of value in shipwrecks and buried treasure this greatly reduced the amount of mining necessary off the start of a new world phil began the world by exploring a nearby ocean looting shipwrecks and finding buried treasure before diving deep into the caves to mine the days went by phil continued to progress through the game making his way to the nether finding a skeleton spawner right next to spawn and eventually finding the stronghold by this point phil was a week and a half into the new world and things were going very well all he needed to do was kill the dragon and he would have access to the outer islands of the end where he could grab an elytra by looting an end city and he managed to take it out fairly easily with the help of a pumpkin to protect himself from enderman and slow falling potions to eliminate fall damage and so there he stood just one pearl away from the outer reaches of the end and feeling ready as ever phil sent his pearl through the gateway time to go through [Music] what no really oh we got glitched out of the world dude oh come on what am i going to do about that what am i going to do what am i going to do i tried i tried phil had died to a glitch and although he had only been playing for a week and a half it was still disappointing shortly after he decided to head back to the gateway and test ways to counter the glitch in creative mode and after some testing he came to the conclusion that it was a rendering error and could be countered a number of ways including pausing the game while teleporting and turning down render distance phil also just so happened to die in the middle of a 24 hour stream and having planned to play in the series 3 world the rest of the stream he decided why not go again and so just minutes after his death in series 3 phil began series 4 and with the glitch out of the way he felt confident that this world would last much longer [Music] phil began series 4 the exact same way as series 3 getting basic tools and exploring the ocean all in all he managed to find plenty of shipwrecks in buried treasure two villages two desert temples and another fortress in the span of about 14 hours series 4 was off to a great start and would continue at a very quick pace phil gathered better gear established his home at spawn and made his way back to the end to fight the dragon which he managed to take out the exact same way as series 3 and as he stared down the deep void of the gateway this time he was ready the journey to the end city was a risky one and so phil made sure to take every precaution to ensure his survival and sure enough he got it before he could begin work on major builds he had a few more things he had to do first he needed a solid xp farm which he got from an enderman farm he built in the end next he needed to continue to explore and find structures to create farms that way he would be able to gather resources as efficiently as possible and quickly he found success looting end cities for backup elytras as well as locating a woodland mansion ocean monument witch hut and pillager outpost all of which proved very useful when making use of their unique spawn mechanics and so he pushed forward looting the mansion clearing the monument killing more dragons and getting better loot until the day finally arrived to announce his first build his biggest project yet taking place in the end phil would be completely terraforming the land creating a new area known as atlantis atlantis would be completely submerged in water holding custom biomes and an enderman farm at the center of it all phil knew this project would take months but time would no longer be a problem as a few days later phil announced that he was quitting his job and going full time on youtube and twitch he had come a long way since series 2 now averaging thousands of viewers per stream instead of hundreds he was engaged to his fiancee kristen who he actually met on one of his streams during series 2 and would soon be able to afford getting married phil was finally living his dream and with more free time than he ever had before phil began work on atlantis [Music] [Music] four months later it was done tnt duplicators covering the land with water months of designing all for this a bill truly unmatched by any other phil had made and with its completion phil had already made plans for his next major build his plan was fairly simple he would begin by mining out a large section of the nether completely leaving nothing but bedrock at the top and bottom as he was doing this he would create a large cube shaped structure out of black concrete and black glass enclosing a large space inside and in this new space made to look like a complete void he would build a massive quartz fortress near the center of one of the walls the build would also grow to include a large crystal structure that functioned as a wither skeleton farm and battleships coming through a portal as if trying to attack as well as many other small touches throughout the area all coming together to create a truly mind-blowing build and with the completion of the cortes that is where phil's youtube content has left off on twitch however he has moved forward with his next major build a callback to his ocean monument build in series 2 flower fall over the course of series 4 phyllis also created his own lore for his world to help give his builds a story and it goes sorta like this in phil's world exists various gods each ruling over different lands and having different powers the worst of all is the ender king who's always trying to take the best parts of other worlds to make his own one day he attempted to shrink down and steal another fortress for himself and he was successful what resulted was the creation of the nether void which was attempted to be repaired by the blaze empress with the creation of the fortress but the ender king didn't stop there he took his reign of terror to the seas where he succeeded in stealing an ocean monument from an entity known as the ocean overlord who happened to be asleep during the attack and finding the ocean in ruins yet another entity who was yet to be named attempted to fix the area creating flower fall finally as the ender king's largest plot of all he attempted to combine the three realms of the nether end and overworld into one resulting in a major conflict and as the battle drew to a close the ender king was left at a loss resulting in what we now know as atlantis but the story is far from over in fact it continues to be written with every passing day as of now phil has survived in his series 4 world for just over 2 years and barring some disastrous glitch or major oversight it looks like it will not be ending anytime soon over his 14-year journey on youtube phil has managed to create a community truly like no other a community that helped him make his dreams come true changing his life forever and phil continues to this day to inspire people by the millions to create to work towards something big and to make the most of the one life they have because when you push yourself and the world around you to the very limits truly amazing things will happen and that ladies and gentlemen is the legend of filza [Music]

Channel: EvanMCGaming

Views: 4,783,498

Rating: 4.9558539 out of 5

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Id: 770zdWD3-NQ

Length: 59min 54sec (3594 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 29 2021