I Challenged My Friends to Raid My Minecraft Fortress!

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

Fun Fact: The Greeks actually had a fifth element they called æther that connects all the other elements, so it's actually lore accurate.

[@MiloW456]

Whoa what?! I thought Aether was one of the wind gods!

[@hollowbook3088]

@@MiloW456 This is my favourite area so let me nerd a little bit: many things in greek mithology share the same name, for association or simply for sincretism over many secol of oral tradition. Examples are Hades, that is both the name of the god that of the underworld itself. For the name aether the story is pretty similar. Aether is the name of one of primordial gods, one of the first being to exist in the greek cosmology, and is the god of the light and the "upper sky". What is the upper sky? The Greeks believed that the sky was divided in more segment: the night sky, the daily sky, the sky without stars and etcetera. Between the various sky existed the upper sky, believed to be the place where the gods lives and breath. Aether was the name of the substance that the god breathed in this upper sky, another type of air different from the one that mortals breath. So the name is valid both for the primordial god that for the element. PS. the name aether and the concept of this extra element that is there but invisible for us mortal beings was popular until relatively little time ago: physicists actually believed in the 19th century that the aether was the way that light used for travel in the vastness of space

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

@@MiloW456 aether is the air OF the gods. (also nowadays interpreted as vacuum since aether was thought to be above normal air)

[@Grunglegorb]

I thought aether was minecraft dimension 🥺

[@linklink3069]

@@macaroon_nuggets8008 Air onlyfans? /s

[@ria2335]

Impulse resetting the puzzle when Joel-Grian-Skizz mess up but placing sand via divine interference when Gem and Jimmy do is sending me 😂 Favoritism

[@asum-]

dad mode activated

[@jaydonroberts1110]

Who’s the God now?!

[@7ofspades7]

It's really not though lol. They as a group had already messed up once and couldn't afford it again.

[@LordSevarg]

@@7ofspades7 I mean, based on how much time they had left at the end, they did...

[@nurikoinsane]

Seeing how Gem and Jimmy work the sand puzzle makes you realize why they usually do so well at Grid Runners in MCC

[@Fyreflier]

Long ago the four elements lived in harmony. But everything changed when Impy's friends attacked.

[@MiloW456]

Only the Impulse-ar (?) could master all four elements and bring Mt Olympus to the Minecraft world

[@Fyreflier]

@@MiloW456 Impulstor, maybe?

[@aligalad9907]

Impulse understood that his friends had only one reset in them 😂 patience is not Grian, Joel’s or Gems bag.

[@EvanneuMadeMusics]

😂

[@angelp2033]

Only the ImpulSIVE, master of all 4 elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. ​@@Fyreflier

[@SerKGrimm]

After hearing about this mystery project on your podcast with Skizz, I can now see for myself what you meant! You weren't kidding. This is seriously impressive! Amazing!

[@Laurentina_enjoyer]

haha they went to record this in the middle of a scar stream, scar wouldve been in the vid but he "didnt show up in time" haha

[@WonkyWater-YT]

Yeah! They have got to do it with Lizzie though. After she learnt Commands from Avid it would be insanely cool to see what she can cook up

[@RagingViking901]

Yeesssss

[@ChillBeans42]

same

[@StarWave2]

@@Laurentina_enjoyerGoodNotontimesWithScar

[@hitavi4965]

Impulse: "Don't move too much cause it's just for-" Grian and Joel: *Proceed to walk off the edge*

[@markergirl3606]

I love how in everyone's castles, Grian is most at-home when the puzzles are air-centric

[@dumbass4885]

very bird-coded of him

[@bjornvanderloo4282]

he's a PESKY BIRD!

[@_Caerus]

hes a birb boy

[@shashankmahalingam5254]

One would even think he's some sort of bird-themed superhero.

[@TheSpy605]

@@shashankmahalingam5254 Like a... poultry-themed superhero, mayhaps?

[@fappdoestknowanything]

The air bit is pure chaos i love how little in sync they are

[@EvanneuMadeMusics]

Thats why the groupe is really cool

[@DemonandAngelz]

I love this group, we need to give them a name because now they are more than just the guess the build group

[@Bengt2509]

gigsss (grian impulse gem skizz smallishbeans and solidarity) or gigsjj, pick your poison

[@miralarsen7712]

What about sgisgs

[@DemonandAngelz]

@@Bengt2509 I was thinking more of a word like ShinyDuo or Boatem Crew not an anagram

[@fates-f3k]

ive heard them be called the core crew

[@astra1288]

jjiggs

[@Werewolf914]

I've seen Greek builds in my time, but this is one of the best looking ones I've seen I love it so much, Impulse you're an incredible builder Love the puzzle variety too especially the Earth one, if I wasn't already excited for the Cyberpunk City to be complete full of mini games I definitely am now

[@mikecroakphone]

Grian should get a job debuging stuff man... Always finding the loophole 😂

[@Superkid33]

I agree XD

[@EvanneuMadeMusics]

Fr

[@Hileavemealone]

Grian Markiplier 🤝 I Broke the game

[@staplif]

apart from for his own castle it seems

[@mikecroakphone]

@@staplif when you are involved in the Creative process is more difficult to find the loopholes... thats why you hire someone Who's not involved in the procces

[@AeonKnigh432]

A part of me is hoping the "fifth element" at the end is just a big empty room with a single item frame on the wall containing a map with map art of the poster for the movie The Fifth Element

[@recurvestickerdragon]

if only

[@burgerxxl6115]

Wow just wow! Skizz did not overhype your build in the podcast at all, this just blows me away. First your amazing MCC performance and now this, you are incredible! Enjoy the rest of your time in San Diego :)

[@KitsukiiPlays]

I legitimate thought Impulse would make the 5th element be the Element of Surprise and just randomly kills everyone Good to know his heart is better than mine

[@AxiomMinecraftTool]

Axiom spotted 👁

[@Bean_man-c2v]

I thought there would be coments on here

[@ZinvictanGamer]

Got me back into building

[@chapilupi7165]

Dude everything you put into this was so worth it! What an incredible creation. After watching all the other videos I can safely say that I think your build has the most replay ability factor! So fun!!!! I know you put the other “builder” hermits on this pedestal you don’t think you can reach but DUDE this is IT this is the impulse experience wrapped in a stunning build. You should be proud

[@PerryRata]

Everyone was so inspired by pico park they had to make it in minecraft

[@Tee_loves_Tea]

Fr

[@Flip16-z5q]

“inspired” We love Pico Park

[@soulflowerscribbles]

PERRY IN THE WILD⁉️⁉️🫸😲🫷

[@Flip16-z5q]

@@soulflowerscribbles Perry is everywhere lol

[@stephenadams9173]

A KZbin Commenter?? PERRY the KZbin Commenter?!!?

[@Aaawesome66]

I have to say, after watching a couple of these castle raid videos, I think it's absolutely impressive how much care and work all of you put into the builds, games/puzzles, and videos. I'm really impressed and look forward to watch all the others' videos.

[@kathleenkoch9993]

I'm amazed that Grian didn't do the usual "press ALL the buttons!" move LOL!

[@herowither12354]

The fact that, in the final battle, Timmy was using his ender pearls from Fire, and Gem was using her trident from Water, made it all feel very climactic. If only there was gear they were using from Earth and Air.

[@tonypizza260]

no way skizz could have possibly overhyped this on the podcast because holy moly impulse

[@IceMetalPunk]

If this group's communication had a D&D alignment, it would be Chaotic Neutral 😂

[@eMe_peridot_hare]

Ok I've left a comment sincerely gushing about how cool and fun this format is, so now time for a silly one: So basically Impulse was so traumatised by Cub's labyrinth that he decided to make a whole game format out of it to inflict upon- uuh i mean, to SHARE with- all his friends! Yayy we love a healing journey 😊

[@StarNanny]

😂 👍

[@PhoenixSummer04]

This was chaos in the best way. I love videos with this group. The challenges were a perfect mix of team working, skill, and persistence. Also the fact that Impulse did a bit of divine intervention to help when Jimmy messed up but also divine interfered and accidentally blocked Grian on the last trident jump. Definitely favouritism.

[@goodtimewithcatt]

impulses building skills are next level!

[@imperfectruby]

"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked."

[@davidr9608]

I absolutely LOVE this concept! It feels so much like a Legend of Zelda dungeon!!!

[@jaydonroberts1110]

Zelda meets Avatar meets Greek mythology

[@SamRMoyer]

@@jaydonroberts1110the whole avatar elements thing is a Greek invention anyway

[@Van-dq4sw]

Hey, guess Jimmy's personal assisting services followed through! Power of the cutie!

[@codmastermovies3708]

As much as I love the name mount i-lympas personally I would have called it mount Ol-impulse, also your build was insane great job

[@colindoyle4370]

I think Impulse's was the most creative out of everyone's, the sand puzzle in particular was great

[@lyrai09]

omg Impulse this is GORGEOUS and you've grown so much as a game maker recently, its amazing to see

[@emmyj22]

I’m not all the way through the video yet, but Impulse, this is so clever! Love the elements as a frame for the games, and of course, the references to The Fifth Element. So excited to see after the hype in streams!

[@WonkyWater-YT]

So *this* is what they were talking about in Imp & Skizz! I LOVE IT!!

[@lucaswheelwright4885]

I don’t think Skizz hyped this build enough, this is genuinely one of the best builds I’ve seen in Minecraft. Don’t ever doubt your ability to build Impulse!

[@timwoods2852]

Impulse: I made these challenges with teamwork in mind. Everybody else: No, I don't think I will! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SvoenDiccr]

This is one of the nicest buildings I've seen in Minecraft, and I don't think Skizz promoted it up enough. Never question your capacity to develop Impulse!

[@GwiloViou]

I think Skizz under-marketed this building, which is among the best I've seen in Minecraft. Never doubt your ability to become Impulsive!

[@amdkillaplays]

Jeez, you weren't kidding when you said it was a BIG project. While this clearly took a huge chunk of time and energy, I'm really glad you all still have such passion for having fun while doing creative stuff like this

[@tickinnuggs6766]

This is incredible! This video reminds of me of a feeling I only got in past Minecraft videos. This was such a good concept and you should be proud of the creative build you made impulse.

[@andrewtramel4390]

WHOA! Impulse, this may be your best video yet!

[@quigon_jyn]

"I think this looks pretty good" says impulse, showing a masterpiece of Minecraft building

[@stomyn]

Honestly, these videos make me feel like it would be really fun to see this group play DnD together

[@starrenPI]

Color me impressed! Build looked really good and the puzzles looked fun. I'd like to watch more people run through it, tbh.

[@Digitalsurfer265]

Plot twist, the invaders are just curators for The British Museum😂😂😂

[@Ithenna]

While I know Joel knocked it out of the park with his castle design, I think this one was the best for the playthrough experience. It's a perfect mix of puzzles, parkour, and brawl, much like a true dungeon type puzzle. I think the only thing that would've made it better is if the keys each had their own slot to be submitted in, like a multi-lock dungeon door, probably done with the new decorated pots as you could use the pictures to designate which key goes where: burn for fire, flow for air, and probably brewer for water and miner for earth.

[@EPICGRIMREAPER]

The hype from skizz during the pod cast was not wrong this challenge build is amazing

[@DenisovichDev]

This was best out of all of the episodes. Great balance in building and puzzles. Really great job, Impy!

[@prowmar_hs8933]

Grian and Joel being for some reason very good at each puzzle and solving them and Gem, Skizz, and Solidarity just being along for the ride is amazing

[@NseviAlocz]

Axiom observed

[@samc8721]

Wow! This build is STUNNING. Well done Impulse! Loved all the challenges too. I can see why it was stressful, but so worth it (from a viewers perspective anyway!)

[@mad_maddie]

This is so amazing! Such a good idea. You guys combined an escape room with the teamwork of Grid Runners. Genius and well worth the effort. That build is gorgeous, Impulse.

[@whimzera]

Wow Impulse! The build was absolutely amazing! And the challenges were amazing. Okay, I'm off to watch the others. 💛

[@leedesfleurs]

Impulse, this is seriously absolutely beautiful. I hope y'all consider doing a map upload so we can explore!

[@draconicgremlin7484]

The puzzles definitely had Legend Of Zelda shrine puzzles vibes and I LOVE IT!!! This seems so fun! I also love how Grian just found the loopholes lmao

[@mustard7306]

This reminds me of Basewars from Garry's Mod. I always thought it'd be a good idea for something like a life series: players get a few sessions to build, then it's war time and you raid other people's bases and try to kill them.

[@PosterityIslesNews]

the war in hermitcraft season 6 was so good

[@tickinnuggs6766]

Okay this looks like it was worth the hype!

[@Josh_Wen]

Gem and Jimmy older sibling-ing the other three is so funny. “Come on Jim, let’s do it again…”

[@Flip16-z5q]

Yall teasing this on the Podcast was killing me, but this was definitely worth the wait! The builds are SO cool! By the way, I love that you called it Mount I-llympus. Thats such a small but clever addition

[@Mayasoflya]

This was epic! I love your use of the different elements. That red stone section was really cool, and frustating. lol

[@recurvestickerdragon]

fifth element is hands-down my favorite movie of all time. the aesthetic, the satire, the humor, the timing, the subversion, the worldbuilding, the sheer feelability of it

[@soursprout_]

The Minecraft Gaang -Impulse has one (1) braincell and Gem has it most of the time

[@StarshipToMars]

You were so right to be proud of yourself for this brilliant build and game design. Bravo, Impulse!

[@emtheocelot]

I love this group! Your dedication to each other is so amazing! Also impulse this looks incredible!!!

[@epicthief]

Ooooh impulse I love the inspiration from portal, it's soo clear in the initial showing of the air puzzle

[@burgerxxl6115]

Everything is so well made! From the unique puzzles to the breathtaking buildings. And all that coupled with a cool theme and storyline. So impressive!

[@avcivi]

Oh wow, I LOVE this!! This is probably my favourite of the builds especially with the variety of games inside! I want to try them badly, especially the Earth one. And it's got me so excited for the cyberpunk city.

[@cleanbeanArt]

My favorite room was the sand puzzle! For future multi-viewpoint videos, I appreciated the name tags in the upper right, but they were a little unobtrusive so I missed them on the first watch. Maybe consider adding the player's head at 2 or 3 times the normal size to the upper left?

[@cherriesrule13]

Avatar nods+Greek buildings+ minecraft choas! this was so nerdy and wonderful!! =)

[@alex141207]

The build is gorgeous and the trials are amazing! Very well done Impulse! The mix of building, redstone and game mechanics is awesome! Listening to the podcast, I was so impatient to see it and Skizz’s praises were not in vain! Congrats!

[@EthyrielY]

I love seeing the use of Axiom! I’d love to see it used more in the future.

[@eMe_peridot_hare]

Such a great concept, applying so many different Minecraft skills + learning new ones in the form of the Axiom mod... I love it!! And the premise is sort of like a more structured version of the finale of the Hardcore series Scar Joel and Grian did a few years back, that ended with a bunch of people from Empires & such logging on to lay siege to Joel's castle and end the series forcefully. Awesome stuff Impulse, watching this from everyone's POV will be great for dodging the Twitchcon FOMO :')

[@kpjaskie1]

Incredible build Impulse! You are one of my all time favorite KZbinrs and your build was the best of all of them!

[@jahintx]

This is a great build, Impulse, especially the logic puzzles.

[@beccisharp]

This was absolutely incredible! I know on the podcast you said you were really stressed about this project but it was SO WORTH IT! Your build was incredible and the puzzles were awesome!

[@crenshaw12]

not far in yet but just so happy 2 see impulse in his natural habitat (making fun little redstone games and planning+ building ridiculously cool and massive structures) im just . auch . so cool

[@Crepex_522]

10:44 watch it be the Element of Surprise 🤣

[@TinaLegend]

That’s amazing! Love the build and video!

[@rowanrooks]

These videos were all so good! I saved Imp for last because I had a feeling his would be challenging and I was not disappointed. He's so good at making puzzles!

[@Taracinablue]

Cool build and fun challenges! That puzzle would've taken me quite a while, too--especially viewing it in 1st person, as opposed to top-down as most puzzles do

[@mels6208]

Beautiful build Impulse! I love this idea and hope y'all do more of these! Of course, any group project you all do is fun to watch.

[@CioerKieov]

I’m not all the way through the video yet, but Impulse, this is so clever! Love the elements as a frame for the games, and of course, the references to The Fifth Element. So excited to see after the hype in streams!

[@kristoffosaurus]

the fifth element!! love the reference 😂 also you created an amazing and beautiful build!! so so cool. and all the creative challenges were super fun. bravo 🎉

[@mr.groundhog3599]

I was just watching the latest imp and skizz podcast and was wondering what big project they were talking about and as if they new, impulse posted a knew video

[@TardorLemon]

Best castle award: impulse and joel

[@abcde7352]

Bad idea: Every single player has their own unique trait that is needed to complete rooms What are these traits? Probably like potion effects where a person has a permanent water breathing, or permanent jump boost, anything. Others can be swiftness or fire resistance. It can also be negative but needed like permanent levitation and everyone has fishing rods to hook that player down. There can also be a normal one with no effects but the others has permanent blindness The list really goes on What are they used for? There can be plates or buttons that needs to be triggered for a room to complete. Only specific effects has the ability to go in specific plates to press them. This is great for teamwork and it prevents players to rush alone and leave others behind. How can this traits be obtained? There are two ways i could think of 1. It can be embedded on some armor pieces, which can be done through command blocks. These armor can be already obtained at the start, or be obtained each puzzle. This allows combinations of effects for mor puzzles, but it can be a bit hard to tinker more puzzles. 2. It can be apllied from the start through commands. This can make puzzles less overwhelming to create. It also opens up for more traits like making a player one block tall. How can we make it more challenging? Could be anything Im thinking about pico park mechanics, where if someone dies, everyone dies. That's all that i can recommend, quite overwhelming but i hope it is fun Thanks for reading

[@phlopatbc2669]

All of you guys's castles were cool but come on yours was just unfairly cool. You actually forced them to work together and the puzzles were super ingeneous!

[@jaymace9329]

Congratulations on 2nd place at mcc y'all did great

[@RolieKloeOlie]

Wow, just incredible, loving this project

[@boudicaastorm4540]

This build looks really awesome, Impulse! I like how you made them have to work together to solve the challenges :P I think the pediments (the triangular things at the top of the buildings that I can never remember the darn name of lol) in particular look really good, I wasn't sure if you had used some sort of texture pack or if the scale of the size allowed you to make it manually have all the curves and nice shapes and stuff. But I like it very much!

[@WildPhoenix989]

What a video series, watching everyones videos and how each and every one of you made something so cool and unique to play through that was fun to watch, I honestly cant decide whos project I liked the most! I honestly enjoyed them all :).

[@scorpain]

this is seriously so so amazing!!! reminds me of the minecraft adventure maps i loved watching as a kid, with the modern twist of wind charges and tridents and upgraded puzzles :) SO cool. the building also looks incredible!!!

[@red_levi0593]

What do you mean you arent a builder??? Use this on the city man, you are amazing if you feel confident enough

[@landoc05]

As always, Impulse going above and beyond. The buildings were gorgeous, and the challenges very good --specially the AIR section. Great use of the wind charges!

[@jeremiahpowell2406]

This was such an amazing build! You put in so much passion into it and it shows. Hopefully you try to do this style again in the future. I geeked out over the 5th element aspect.

[@salty7922]

I love watching you guys make games/challenge rooms like this. It's super creative and fun!

[@alexeysimushov4971]

I’m a little bit late, but I just want to say thank you for choosing this for you because it just happens to be that I’m a big fan of Greek mythology and I do love for elements when it comes to fantasy and all that kind of stuff so this is literally my favorite base! Thank you very much, ImpulseSV!

[@Lightning_Lance]

It would be too much for 15 minutes but you could make a really fun adventure map by giving each player unique equipment to use and make them solve puzzles where they have to help each other advance through different sections: - Player 1 (fire): flame (cross)bow + fire resistance ... can light wool blocks, hit targets/buttons with arrows, and traverse lava/fire - Player 2 (air): wind charges + mace (and eventually elytra + rockets) - Player 3 (water): trident + turtle helmet - Player 4 (earth): axe + feather fall ... can cut wood blocks - Player 5 (void): sword + shield (and eventually ender pearls)

[@MagmaticOfficial]

This is an absolutely amazing idea and it was executed so well! I know it was a lot but this was just incredible to watch and I hope we'll get more awesome ideas like this in the future :D

[@NelliePlaysSkyrim]

what a fun video to watch!! I was waiting for your project from the podcast and omg I love every bit of this! Excellent job with the build- that was really fun to see you do and explain. I liked hearing you come up with your traps, and then seeing everyone try to make their way through and have a blast was such a great time. thank you!

[@redoxxed]

ive watched all the videos now and through them I've really enjoyed everyones different puzzles and challenges. as a puzzle person I was especially impressed by the earth puzzles here and joels split group one. amazing videos, can really tell a lot of work and love went into these

[@nasiskahn]

What a beautiful build! I need to check out that tool!! What a fun adventure game! Can’t wait to see the rest of them! ❤ You were right the wait and anticipation was worth it! 🎉

[@virologicnyan0]

Impulse this was amazing!!! Holy Moly!!! The Fifth Element reference was a nice touch, I heard Skizz get it with "Leeloo"!!! (Not surprised with his extensive movie knowledge) The build itself is so beautiful!!!!! Like!!!! Your building skills have evolved so much!!!!! This was so much fun to watch!!!!!! Great job!!!!!! This was so worth the wait and the teasing of "the project" in streams!!!!

[@Luna47758]

This is one of my fave things Imp has made!! Love it SO MUCH!