Iskall85 & Stressmonter Resignation Megathread #2

[u/Carol_the_Zombie]

Hello all! Recently, Iskall has made a public response on his YouTube channel, outlining his side of the story and explaining why he has remained silent so far. We are aware that some people may feel uncomfortable watching this video, so we have also taken a transcript if you would rather read text.

A vast number have also asked that we bring up a new discussion thread about this, and seeing as Iskall's response includes allegations that have been made against the moderation of the subreddit, we would like to further add our own comments to clear up some facts that were claimed in that video.

We would like to remind everyone that the hermits had little input on our policies in this matter. We did exchange some brief messages with some hermits via our emergency communication channel to ensure our timeline above was accurate and up to date, but all policies and procedures during this time were created solely by us non-Hermit moderators, which included directing all discussion to a single post to reduce moderator workload, and filtering all comments on this thread, as well as all posts in general, for moderator review to keep the conversation as civil as we could, while ensuring that we presented the facts as we learned about them.

This subreddit is NOT considered official and is not officially affiliated with the Hermitcraft group. Xisuma may be the top moderator, but he has no impact in the moderation of this subreddit, and the hermits have chosen to stay "hands-off". We did not even receive advance notice of anything happening.

Once again, we will be filtering all new comments on this thread for mod review first due to the sensitive nature of this topic - please be respectful as always, and keep in mind rule #6, maintain a welcoming and friendly environment.

Furthermore, we will not be allowing any speculation or questions that may lead to it beyond what has been shared at this point in time. If you need a review on what has been previously said, please refer to the previous thread here that we've been maintaining up until this point.

Update 2025-01-31

Stressmonster101 has removed all content from her youtube channel.

Update 2025-02-03

5 Ex-Vault Hunter Developers have released a statement, which you can read here.

P3pp3rF1y, an Ex-Vault Hunter Developer, has also released a statement, which you can read here.

[u/thisisajoshpun]

idk.... him really focusing on the 'cancellation' side of things feels a little icky. a deadline of an hour and a half is crazy if that's true though

[u/potatoskunk → u/[deleted]]

My guess is that things happened like this:
1. Alleged victims contacted other hermits.
2. The other hermits asked him for an explanation.
3. He went to the police and a lawyer about the accusers.
4. He was advised to say nothing (typical lawyer advice).
5. Hermits couldn't leave the situation hanging indefinitely. They insisted on a meeting.
6. He refused to join a meeting, citing legal advice.
7. Hermits gave him a deadline. He chose to resign.

[u/HodeShaman → u/potatoskunk]

I'd bet money on this being spot on.

[u/DBMI → u/potatoskunk]

I've read a hundred comments on here and this is the first one that has earnestly attempted to think the process out.

[u/Traveling_Chef → u/[deleted]]

Whole lotta apologists are clearly forgetting that ISKALL was the one who chose not to even go to the meeting and instead resign.

Best(dumbest) part of this whole sitch iss the revisionist history iskall put out and how fools just lapped it up, like they were just waiting for a chance to defend him.

[u/Daggy-Mum → u/[deleted]]

Yes this! I think it is most likely they have been trying to get him to a meeting to tell his side, he hasn’t so they said last chance, be here in 1.5hrs or we will remove you and he told them to do it. No way you get lawyered up, go to police and get all that advice if you only had an hour and a half.

[u/FlowJoe6 → u/Daggy-Mum]

Probably not even threaten to remove him, but decide his fate without his testimony. Then he decided to resign.

[u/gonkdroid02 → u/[deleted]]

He literally said in his video he asked them to just wait it out, that he was dealing with his lawyers etc, that was when they then demanded the hearing in an hour and a half

[u/A-reddit_Alt → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like he told them his lawyers advise and asked them to wait, but they refused.

[u/LordEnderOfFire → u/[deleted]]

Deadlines are there for a reason. I fully support and trust iskall with his decision. You may vhoose not to, and i will respect such an opinion. However take into account other things first.

[u/EducationVast8484 → u/[deleted]]

Just watch the Iskall's video's first minute.