New Evidence in the Search for Herobrine's Origins

Many believe that Herobrine originated from a single image in August of 2010. The true history, however, is much more complicated - there are many contributing ideas that have been forgotten.

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[RetroGamingNow]

What’s your favorite Herobrine memory?

[soapgaming]

I miss the days when he was the scariest thing imaginable. And every time there was a glitch we blamed it on him and abandoned the world.

[Dicerollball]

When I was a kid, I believed Herobrine was real and while I was scared of him I also liked the idea of having a withdrawn friend in the Minecraft world. So, anytime I saw something weird or found a glitch, I would always chalk it up to Herobrine. I started leaving things around for him, made a chest specifically to give gifts to him or show him items I was proud of getting (like a god apple), and even though the ambience and music became scary I always thought to myself: "That just means Herobrine is nearby watching out for me."

Literally he was the reason I played Minecraft the most back then as a kid. I was so scared of him but also so eager to show off to the mysterious entity that I just killed a skeleton with my bare fists, or tamed my first wolf in the new world I created.

[ctrlaltrepeat]

People have this tendency to underplay the sheer terror of Herobrine that existed back in the day. It was never about how powerful he was, but simply the idea that something just as intelligent, if not more intelligent than you existed in your game, and was actively aware of you.

You didn't know its intentions, what it stood for, what it wanted from you.
He can build and mine just like you, but his intentions remain unknown.

He wasn't like a simple mob that pathfinded toward you and smacked you a few times, he was an intelligent entity that actively wanted to cause mental anguish.

[Warentan]

I was about to buy something, but then my debit card fell out of my hand and i involuntarily walked to my desk and was forced to click this video by the heroic brine himself.

[ItsJoeyG]

6:45 "Sorry, image is currently unavailable." Also Photobucket, "Protect more of your memories for less". Ironic. Remember to make local backups kids.

[SuperKlondike]

I wish we could have gaming urban legends back. Herobrine seemed to be the last one before it basically became impossible to make something up because you could just dig through the files. It's a real shame, these little rumors made the game feel much larger and more lively than they really were.

[KyanoAngl_Mtvtks]

I frankly prefer _blank_ eyes over glowing eyes. The idea that something that seems blind to the light of the world is observing you for some reason is unnerving.

[ND]

It should be noted that the “Please Wake Up” story that you had to decode on the site is almost a word for word copy-paste of a preexisting Creepypasta. Some interesting trivia on the history of it all

[ventrox]

the fact that every major changelog includes removing herobrine implies they never succeeded at removing him for good

[KyanoAngl_Mtvtks]

Cave sound mockup: natural, immersive

C418/Aberg's cave sounds: send shivers up your spine and your soul

[WarmNitrogen]

This video should prove to everyone that Minecraft horror shouldn't be about big cave monsters or jumpscares. Minecraft is pure existential dread in singleplayer mode and honestly one of the best sources of psychological horror in a non-horror game. Modders should focus on that.

[TehBeef_]

I've always thought that Notch snuck herobrine into the game at one point just to mess with people, even if only for a week or two.. especially during the 'Secret Friday' updates period where we never got any solid patch notes... I wonder how many of these 'sightings' are actually legit.

[ImmaLittlePip]

Anyone miss when gaming urban legends like this could spread around and everyone could get lost in the sauce and have fun with this

[spec]

"Zoom in.
Herobrine.."
"That's impossible, he was last seen 14 years ago."
"Someone's just using a skin?"
"No, there's no nametag. It's him."

[BreadTeleporter]

I think that the concept of a White Eyes and Herobrine, inspired Notch to make a mob with creepy sounds and glowing eyes, The Endermen.

[PedanticUnionist]

It's honestly sort of sad that we don't know who created the Herobrine myth. You make the most popular gaming legend of all time, and nobody even knows you who you are.

[FrogmaskMusic]

31:50 Jeez, the “WAKE UP” variant got me bad back in 2011 and still gets me now. Unnerving

[UnderscoreAngel]

Seeing copeland's stream after a very loong time makes me feel weird, i always remembered it soo realistically as if that re-textured painting was an actual player, it's interesting how mind can twist memories, haha fun video

[ScarsOfTheStars]

If something has white eyes, they've must be related to Herobrine, as a young me thought. There's a reason I stopped playing Minecraft for a while as a kid after encountering a Stray for the first time.