The One Who Watches - Slop or Not

[@troubled_boys]

Thanks for watching fellas uploads gonna be a bit rough this month but hopefully dec i go back to more videos and streams

[@jacobp.2024]

I kind of agree it's slop; I feel that the watcher is WAY too cocky and in-your-face with the visuals to do what it's trying to. It tries to 'ramp up' and slowly build suspense, but the fact that he's just right on top of you from the very beginning really conflicts with that. When something as vile as the watcher is out in the open, the player should have a reason to be scared. He should be a lurker that you BARELY see at first, and his more 'aggressive' phase should coincide with him 'aggressively' trying to be seen by the player. But also, I don't feel the pacing was as bad at the rest. He's not one of those insta-kill no-frills dweller mods for sure. What the watcher *tries* to accomplish is closer to a properly paced horror mod, but for all its cool gimmicks that try to keep the player on their toes, immediately having the invisible dweller right on top of the player and *not* punishing the player for being cocky and careless makes him look like a joke, at LEAST at the beginning. If you just waltz up and start taking selfies with him, I feel that should make things a lot worse for you down the line.

[@Americanbadashh]

@@jacobp.2024 He said it's not slop though

[@jacobp.2024]

@@Americanbadashh I go mixed up mb

[@identityfraud45]

What version is this modpack? Im asking cause I'm struggling to find this mod.

[@SlasherWolf302]

He has quite a few more abilities than shown in this playthrough. Youll see him on the ceiling of caves and he can spawn a bunch of hallucinations around you in a big circle.

[@SlasherWolf302]

Also it takes longer for him to actually start attacking iirc.

[@troubled_boys]

I'll def try a modpack with him in it then because I do think its a nice addition and would like to see its full potential if thats the case

[@rhyderleming5851]

It is 100% the only not Ctrl+v mod out there.

[@pixelcoder]

Hey man! The mod creator here. Thanks for the honest review. I enjoy seeing other people's opinions on it and actually make good points. I do kind of agree with you on he doesn't really feel like a threat sometimes. He definitely can kill you, but it is so rare that I guess people don't feel he is a threat. I think if I made him possibly do some serious damage but stop before killing you, then I think that could be a good way of making him feel like a threat. Also, the whole point of having no sound ques is so that you don't know that he was watching you, because there are times where someone may literally not notice him. For instance, one time he was watching me, and I didn't notice until I was editing the video, and to me THAT is pretty unnerving. Side note, I feel like no minecraft horror mod is really going to be that scary without the proper setting and ambience. Using shaders (preferably not bright and colorful ones) + a mod called Ambient Sounds 6 really helps to add to the ambience. If I wasn't playing with shaders, it probably would not have scared me as much. Anyways, great video and I hope you have a good day!

[@Sailflish]

woah, the creator!! please listen to my idea. Make one of his possible appearances deal massive damage(not an instant death), apply blindness for a second and write "I could kill you" in a nearby surface before teleporting away.. What would the player's reaction be when the "harmless stalker" fires a single warning shot that almost kills them??

[@TheManTheMythThe-]

Laying in bed but it doesn't let you fall asleep, your screen goes black for a moment and it comes back and you see him, then it goes black again and you start taking suffocation damage and if you're low it kills you

[@rightnut6270]

I think his biggest issue right now is his design. the tall lanky creature is so overdone it sorta takes away from all the cool stuff he does. It can do as much as you want, but it still looks and feels like a standard dweller with not much creativity

[@TheManTheMythThe-]

@@rightnut6270 yeah, the lore is Herobrine makes some guy go nuts right? Maybe make him a bit more reminiscent of a player? Maybe add a couple paintings that feature the original skin! Maybe one of those og extra Steve and Alex skins that are named differently. But I'm fine with the current design. I think a bit more ambience would help, but everything else is pretty fun

[@slothbuddy206]

Some ideas to make him more threatening? If you get to close to him he jumpscares you which damages you in the process, and rarely he initiates a chase. He could have a cool animation of him grabbing you for the jumpscare... Also! I think it would feel more threatening if he does something when you look at him? He doesn't have to necessarily jumpscare you or anything, but what if he causes a hallucination to pop up in front of you when you look at him? Making you think hes attacking you, when in reality it was a hallucination, and after this he can teleport around you or something?

[@NitroStarman]

-No danger lol About that... TOWW plays the long game. The early game is typically slow and less likely to attack. Later he starts to ramp up the activity and aggression. The catch is that he can randomly decide to up the aggression or back off and watch you from far away (hard to notice him/seems like he's not in the world). That's why your experience is back and forth. Sometimes it seems he's nonexistent, other times very active. You just didn't play long enough for him to be aggressive. Watching the dev's own play through you can see this play out as well. There were times that TOWW is stalking or a threat every day, and times where some days of minimum to no activity. He can be avoided relatively easily but that is on purpose. He can't be killed but he also isn't a total destructive force that 1 shots you. Sound. His ghosts, that sometimes spawn, make footstep sounds. You can't see them but you'll hear them move and drop from heights. They also can obstruct you when punching/building. It's actually nice that his attack phase isn't super loud screaming noises like other mods tend to do. He's a mostly silent stalker that whispers and does creepy breathing. Think of him as a Micheal Myers/Jason type character. He doesn't yell or make any different vocal noise when he suddenly appears really close to you. Just stares at his target. There's also another creepy/scary phenomena that I've seen happen in caves. A smokey spirit like entity with his head on it that flies to you or extinguishes torches. Many things you might miss or the RNG didn't happen. It's what makes this mod pretty unique.

[@troubled_boys]

I appreciate the input and I agree with most of what you are saying but, just like with myers and jason they actually have sound cues, it doesn't have to be loud jump scares either. i think just something to give that instant click that hes there or idk but i agree for sure it shouldn't be loud/obnoxious like that. will def play this mod in a modpack a lot longer and see everything he has to offer

[@funnymonkey3961]

@@troubled_boysidk if it’s still like this but idk there was faint whispering if he was invisible nearby in older versions at the very least

[@NitroStarman]

@@troubled_boys I think the other reason he lacks a jumpscare type noise is for multiplayer functionality. It be weird for someone close by hearing a jumpscare noise just because another player got targeted. And maybe to also avoid the issue The Anomaly tends to have (get jumpscared by the noise more than visaully seeing him even if you didn't actually notice him).

[@holly7999]

@@troubled_boys I think a good approach would be what From the Fog does, plays a cave noise when you spot herobrine. Just to reinforce the idea that something spooky DID happen - and even if you happened to miss it, there's a chilling noise playing, telling you you're being threatened. It's obvious enough that it amplifies the sightings' spook factor without being an obnoxious dweller jumpscare

[@King_Smiler]

​@holly7999 very rarely can also place redstone torches 2 blocks behind you, and you can hear the breaking and placing.

[@Koulechov]

Please keep doing this slop or not concept, it's an instant serotonin everytime one releases.

[@troubled_boys]

lmao gonna be just slop or not for awhile

[@Number1ratedsalseman1997]

Slop or not is [Instant! (Proven by a professional)] [Antidepressants on sale at your local JIAB (Jevil Is A Bitch) pharmacy!] :3

[@HammerLeeAcc]

I lowkey enjoy this one. It feels more tense/uneasy than horror in some ways. Like the feeling you had in early minecraft with the render distance's fog and all.

[@troubled_boys]

for sure more unique than most mods, def adds a atmosphere

[@Bread-xl4wi]

I personally really like this mod, though I think you did get really unlucky with so many of them being hallucinations. Another cool interaction you didn't get to see is him clinging to the ceiling of caves and dropping down on you if you get below him.

[@troubled_boys]

i've watched a couple of videos funny enough and never seen that, cool to know more stuff is in the mod than what i've seen so far. sounds sick as hell too

[@ProtoBlueGaming]

This might be one of the best horror mods for Minecraft. It's almost like this thing is *patient* . Like it's just waiting for you to finally let your guard down.

[@velvetdraws3452]

someone else pointed this out but its exactly what its doing, apparently the longer the world goes on the more aggressive it can get

[@Dragito5555555555555]

in a world of PNG jumpscares with loud noises, as well as insta killing mobs, having just a creepy thing around is nice

[@DIHVLD]

Before his big update he was a lot sloppier, now he's actually decent.

[@troubled_boys]

very cool of the dev to continue on his work instead of abandoning it and making a new one.

[@rhyderleming5851]

I swear, it was better than pretty much any other already, people just got angry because they got jump scared because they weren’t paying attention.

[@boxcarz]

@@rhyderleming5851 Thing is, you couldn't actually *do anything* to stop the jumpscare in his previous incarnation even if you were paying attention. The attack cycle went from stalking > invisible > jumpscare > attack regardless of the player's actions, it was just a ticking timer 'til unavoidable death. I guess you could argue that the jumpscare wouldn't actually catch you off-guard if you noticed he was there beforehand, but for the most part, the criticism was pretty valid. Then again, he was STILL better than most...

[@bennettsoria3119]

I put this one in a modpack with a bunch of others, and honestly? I like him a lot. The way he just suddenly appears and disappears, especially while mining, would startle the SHIT out of me. He's not so scary on the overworld though

[@NitroStarman]

Overworld is less scary because the surface gives plenty of room to run and avoid. Though, when he constantly follows and keeps getting closer each time it's pretty unnerving.

[@negativeiquser5295]

I feel like the one who watches is a lot more effective as part of a larger horror modpack. When you keep 100% of your attention on him, he's not a threat. A more chaotic game with multiple slop dwellers would make his random disappearances a lot harder to keep up with, and you'd be super paranoid wondering where he went.

[@jaruhcaz]

The hardest jumpscares tru the video was seeing the inventory every time he checked it

[@troubled_boys]

wasn't even that bad thsi video man...

[@Tom_theouterguy]

In my opinion jumpscare without a follow up just feels more terrifying. It just teleporting in front of you and just staring at you in pure silence is kind of scary. Also loud noises as jumpscares are cheap.

[@higueraft571]

>just feels more terrifying. I believe more accurately it'd be *surprising.* "Terrifying" specifically IS the build-up/anticipation before the payoff. Think, for example, the Power going out in FNAF 1.

[@troubled_boys]

Yeah I'd say that's fair enough as opinion I don't disagree fully either. Although ye i agree loud jump scare bad but i don't think a sound cue would butcher it, somemthing akin to myers/jason's simple note cue

[@northropi2027]

i feel like it, if intentional, was let down by too much hang time. you can see him "move" to you as tends to happen when entities teleport in Minecraft, and then he stays there a while, taking a moment to even look the right way. if it was an instant blink, it'd be way better. this is conjecture and i'm not experienced with the mod but i think some of his line of sight checks might be a bit buggy. there were a lot of things he was doing that would have made more sense if the player wasn't able to see the place it was standing for most of the time, either due to obstructions or from looking away. it definitely feels like there's lots of instances on display of it letting the player get too close or getting too close to the player and then forgetting what to do before warping away. that time especially felt like it was expecting the player to walk around the corner of the house into it without realizing that they were actually on the same side, maybe because going from working on the roof to the side of the house like he did tricked it into thinking he was inside?

[@onyens22]

9:35... That one was pretty bad 💀 Big props for leaving it in the video, lol.

[@Pickles_the_jar]

Hey btw did you know the man from the fog is in piller chase 2 as a monster? He's called the fogborn in the game. He is also one of the pretty fun and balanced monsters. Also great video!!

[@troubled_boys]

Didn't know he was in that, heard some Mc mods originated from it like Beware the Rain but didn't know man from the fog was in it. I'd love to check it out and see the gameplay on stream one day. Thanks for the support 🙏

[@SpringDavid]

Feels like this mod is actually trying to scare you but the lack of actual combat makes it look like the monster is just checking in on you momentarily for whatever reason.

[@НурасылМурат-ш6в]

The one who grips

[@aria3703]

KROMER?!?!

[@jesseamor8252]

Limbus company mentioned sleeper agent activated

[@boxcarz]

GOTTA GET A GRIP!

[@Bongbongo]

It follows me everywhere

[@branderst]

oh my fuckjng god

[@TVD79]

Y'know, this is a lot like The Anomaly, it's actually really good, but it's made to be a true horror mod, not some "Aaah spooky junpscare" bs. You are incentivized to just put it in a pack and have spooky stuff happen over the course of you playing. This is how horror mods should be, not trying to be the constant center of attention, but adding a layer of depth to the game that you are all too quick to forget about, until it hits you like a truck and things start popping off. I think this would go hard in a modpack with some other stuff, added as an extra challenge. Also, you barely scratched the surface of this mod, it's just that it takes forever 😂

[@notdavid6893]

I think the lore books are talking about a different creature entirely. They talk about "his white eyes" when the monsters eyes are black. I kinda got the impression that Herobrine turned the guy writing the notes into this funne white man.

[@randomguywhomadeayoutubeaccoun]

4:19 the one who is in the water

[@SlendHQ]

I think that The One Who Watches based on my video observations is.. decent. Like said at another comment he does a bit more than what you saw: He hangs from tall ceilings (like in caves) and he in fact does attack - but it takes a little while apparently. There's not much to the mod in the grand scope I feel, kind of like with many of the other horror entity mods.

[@yumikothecutie4786]

10:00 The Entity definitely said "I'm behind you" jesus that's creepy o.o

[@thatgamingkiwi1630]

You've heard of the One Who Watches... but where's *the One Who Knocks.* In all seriousness though I like that this guy has subtlety to him, he isn't all aggressive all the time, nor is he obnoxiously loud which is a huge plus. He's built on the anxiety of IF he's going to do something, not that he is GOING to do something. It's like being trapped in a room with a monster and anxiously staring at it, unsure of if it's waiting to make a move, not going to move at all, or just plain doesn't care about your presence.

[@Xiiki]

My name is the cave dweller yo

[@Xiiki]

My husband is the one from the fog yo

[@grephi6416]

would have been REALLY COOL if he very quickly dug away from you with a noise when you encounter him in a cave. The first time gives you a small spook and the next time you see him underground in a 1x1 hole with you, its just a casual friday evening elevator ride

[@NatuFabu]

10:52 "White eyes" seems to suggest that "HE" is not the Watcher, as the Watcher has black eyes. So perhaps this other "HE" entity turned the author of the books into the Watcher?

[@LoarvicLoarvic]

I think I know who this He is. It's very obvious, I think. That guy even has "He" in his name.

[@HellCromeE]

​@@LoarvicLoarvichis name is Brian, but he's no Hero

[@Explorerofshadows]

White eyes was the original urban legend name for Herobrine

[@SlendHQ]

@@HellCromeE "You were supposed to be a Hero, Brian!" "Haha.. I think I like that name.."

[@HellCromeE]

@@SlendHQ _Pigstep Orchestral ver. INTENSIFIES_ "Oh we're in story mode now!!!"

[@CyberVonCyberus]

Looks pretty decent and not overbearing, I'm tempted to try it out myself.

[@rightnut6270]

For me, it's the look of the dweller I don't care for. It isn't BAD like a lot of dwellers, but it certainly feels like it's trying too hard to be scary

[@leonardosalustriano6791]

I am two months late but I have to say that I simply laugh every time I see “the fellas who watch” at the beginning

[@Senfree]

The One Who Watches likes to toy with the player first, rather than go right for the kill.

[@Rexington]

4:10 The One Who Games All Day

[@xen5558]

Could you play a mod called "The Root Of Fear"? It adds a creaking but much, much scarier. It is a much newer mod though so making a modpack with it might be more difficult.

[@ThebunnyCEO]

"the one who watches"? they made a sneako mod.

[@gothmfsalem]

first minute was a good hook, hilarious

[@Voiddity]

0:02 "Hewwo :3"

[@ProtoTerra]

i think the lore is that herobrine is haunting this dude, and it turned him into the white monster dude

[@VitorMarcelo-bd1lb]

I think "The silence" could be the next Slop or Not.

[@spacemonstersop]

When touched him for the first time and give you darkness and he was haunting you down if he touched you the final time he will make you ears blood trust me in that one 😭

[@Hot_SpicyGrill]

If he had a few swooshing noices when you attack him so show hes intangible.

[@concept5631]

Man's being spooked by a chubby albino Enderman while wearing a pinwheel hat.

[@Angry_Bones]

its on its way to be a very good horror mod but its still missing stuff if it gets a few more updates i fully believe this to be great

[@supeguero0]

I think it’s implied that toww was haunted by herobrine to the point of he himself becoming a monster

[@LadwithanO]

One of these days someone's gonna make a "the one who knocks" horror mod and see ZERO irony in that I swear 💀

[@dergrinch1063]

I love the series where you test out mods and rate them. It would honestly be increadible if you could try out my mod. "An adventurers Delight" Its not a dweller mod but a dungeon and weapon one. I am currently working on an actual Java port, and I would love some feedback to improve it further.

[@ryangraham3076]

6:56 yeah i know

[@troubled_boys]

Lmao was wondering what this time stamp was in reference too...

[@mosshivenetwork117]

0dna now I know you ain't gonna call this fella slop now.

[@troubled_boys]

no sir

[@generalkenobi7232]

more like The One who Cooks, looks quite good

[@originaladam4372]

You guys should try the mod The Root of Fear. It adds a giant creaking monster that's pretty cool.

[@britishbloke2256]

You should try out the 'invasion infection' its pretty high quality and is similar to from the thing mod in how it starts out

[@rhyderleming5851]

I think a huge part of your problem with this is the lack of fear, and I do wanna say, I’m pretty certain that he *is* dangerous, like sometimes he will try to kill you, it may be accompanied by a loud noises I’m not sure, but I think the point of the mod is to keep you guessing, will he kill you, or is it a hallucination, or is he just gonna stand there? I think your problem is you never got to see why you should be scared.

[@formallizard7085]

I wish the monster ran away instead of disappearing, or at least had an animation

[@anemoia6867]

Dear mob authors: ADD A SWIM ANIMATION.

[@xavierpironier59]

agree with u entirely.

[@anemoia6867]

9:24 I'm Lichen. Profound words, I wonder what they truly mean?

[@Yoskiooo]

should cover "the root of fear", very cool "dweller"eque mod. It is quite strong for my liking though

[@xyrkzes]

We gotta see an episode with the Root of Fear.

[@Zephyr-r5l]

I think the 1.3 version of TOWW is a lot more brutal than the new version, the new one attacked me once or twice in a whole survival world

[@brothermomenet]

Love the video and i think you should check out CTs village overhaul mod as well as villager plus next time you play in order to make villages bigger, better and cooler!

[@Whyyyyyyyyyyyy552]

Boats are amazing

[@WalmartJawacraft]

You should try root of fear mod. It’s a pretty good horror mod that is trying to be different, it’s quite cool from the looks of it.

[@voltgar7895]

Honestly I can get where you're coming from on it taking too long for anything to happen but I feel like this is a mod you use as an addition to playing in a pack unlike something you base your entire world around like a parasites mod. Slower horror things like this is hard because you either really like it or really don't. Agree with most of your critiques. I can see it being way better in the future if the mod author keeps working on it.

[@DushBig]

In regards to the "No Danger" criticism, I don't think that is entirely valid criticism. A huge problem with dweller style mods is that they are either too weak or too strong, and on top of that they are too common and too oppressive and really restrict how you play and tend to just anger you instead of scaring you. Also having loud, annoying sounds in your face all the time whenever it shows up would ruin the scare factor. Just the slow "oh shit" of seeing it is already enough. Besides, I imagine as being a content creator looking back at footage for editing/viewing later is also scary when you see it but you at the time of recording did not. It's the small subtle things that make me like this mod vs the army of slop that the dweller mod has brought.

[@maldonr2758]

Yeah, rather than slop, I'd say it needs more of a punch.

[@deadlydingus1138]

Oh look. They made a mod about me when I see a new upload.

[@totallynotxsomeone7241]

Hey, so um.. theres been a recent horror mod based on the new creaking mob from the pale garden winter drop, but like.. a distortede version?? Perhaps mutated, and it looks like an actual good horror mod, unlike most cave dwellers. You should check it out, its called root of fear or something like that.

[@Sopsy_Hallow]

from the video it seems as feature wise it seems pretty decent, some things could be improved but it did well at creating ambiance. personally think the visual design is pretty bad/mid, but that counts for almost all of these horror mods tbh. wouldnt say slop, but could be improved

[@PHQNEX]

the one who have privilage

[@watches-g5d]

cool!

[@amazingmrpig6369]

Might be a multiplayer issue, but he lagged out the world when me and my friend used the mod in our mod pack.

[@axelbotl_13]

The hallucination event where it spawns multiple hallucinations of himself lagged my computer a lot. It is a cool concept but my laptop couldn’t handle it. It can be disabled with a mob blocker, which is what I ended up doing. Could have been that

[@tomatoflight]

He attacks you after a while!

[@dinovaldo9341]

Damn, I'm early! The first not-slop on the slop-o-meter.

[@de_immortalle3631]

This guy had reeeeeeealy long wind up time. But there is quite lot of interactions after 20-30 days

[@yamiraguero5541]

You should probably play the betweenlands

[@sadmobyboi]

The one who watches? Thats more like the one who waits you to take a fucking action💀🙏

[@deadlydingus1138]

“The One Who Waits” was already taken.

[@sadmobyboi]

@@deadlydingus1138 by who tho?

[@deadlydingus1138]

@@sadmobyboi The One Who Waits.

[@baconsoup8346]

The old version of the mod was good, too bad it kinda sucks now, it was a lethal & sudden piece of crap who'd show up like 4 blocks from you to 1 shot you even in netherite if you don't haul, or it'd fake you out by just turning invisible instead of vanishing for real, it didn't constantly harmlessly harass you or pop up like a little ghost buddy most of the time.

[@sadmobyboi]

@@baconsoup8346 oh ok thats interesting

[@JW2019MK]

Watching a video about the one who watches. Watchception.

[@Imjustabladubon999]

The first days the spawn rate of the one qho watche would be null, then like in day 10-20 he would be more constant (as i remember from the update.)

[@mavi_sans2]

yo i found smth, while playing the flesh that hates i saw some fleshes cant pass minecart rails, maybe its useful fact idk?

[@mavi_sans2]

3:10 yo what mod adds these "crystals"?

[@usersomethings]

Maybe biomes o plenty, I think (I was wrong)

[@acactus2190]

Quark maybe? Or some biome mod

[@aleccitheepicrandom5195]

Pretty sure is Quark

[@CreamyWuzHere]

It's Quark

[@mavi_sans2]

thx y'all

[@JustThatOneBob]

Definitely slop

[@itta1intmyt_aSSSt9e]

the one who slops

[@DIHVLD]

HE'S DOING WHAT?!

[@itta1intmyt_aSSSt9e]

@DIHVLD they call him THE SLOP...

[@DIHVLD]

@@itta1intmyt_aSSSt9e *SLOPENHEIMER*

[@warof_stiks]

the one who knows: 🗿

[@davorath9696]

unrelated question: what mod do you use for the biomes?

[@PoyoDesuka]

Like this one, but the teleportation without animation is kinda lame. If he faded out by turning into a puff of smoke or ash in the wind, that would be much cooler and creepier.

[@Grape7676]

Rate The Dude that Likes to Play with His Willy next

[@EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE9708]

Andy do another abominations infections video theres been like 2-3 updates since you last played

[@mr.unknown5999]

Hey have you tried the manic mod?

[@АнимешницаИгорь-и9н]

sometimes i want to make a horror mod but i'm just too lazy moding mincraft is hard, making a model is hard maybe someday but probably not soon

[@zsuzsannalang4555]

please try out the first verson it is the best

[@Agentkip1]

Dwellas

[@Daenthio]

We should be fine so long as sloppy mcslopperson doesn’t make any more slop

[@EnsignChummi]

im the one who knocks waltuh

[@little_man-]

The one who slops

[@bremalerage5935]

Odd because I got attacked

[@sasalkinesketityo3802]

FEEELAZ

[@venom_1072]

I think the lore books and the sound design are really cool but its design isnt really that spooky

[@sir_skeleto_dandy]

You understand he is going for suspense and not -loud noise- -death- on his mod right? And it does attack you, just rarely to make it less "dweller" meme like. It also give you a day and night grace period, again you prob didn't read into it much...

[@gothmfsalem]

big fan of Slop or Not, lets us know which monsters are hot garbage

[@hhnoyeet342]

Can you try the new skibidi toilet mod

[@frozensalt6174]

Watched the video, he does get more and more active and does more stuff the longer you go,tho yea i agree it takes too long for stuff to happen,but ig its like that to be added to modpacks like from the fog etc...

[@jacobdyingextraordinaire4805]

This is W