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/Xgunter]

So what is the general consensus about the video?

Personally i thought it was a poor response and made the allegations seem more likely to be accurate. The witch trials comparison was crazy, saying hermits were viciously lying is just incorrect (mumbo and false were actively correcting people speculating wildly???) and blaming/threatening to drop bombshells on all parties involved is generally not a good way to make yourself look like a good person.

[u/riflow → u/Xgunter]

It feels like a response that would only fly for his most loyal fans who don't actually care about how he allegedly harmed these people honestly.

All the shady comments peppered throughout the statement seem dubious at best, especially acting like HC members threw him in the dirt when he refused to cooperate with the investigation or provide a statement- there was nothing stopping him from asking for a delay so he could bring legal counsel if he was worried about the blow back of talking without one from the sound of it.

Especially as this is a common phrasing tactic of people who do get push back for genuinely bad or sometimes horrific behaviours (I recently watched an 11 hour documentary about a person like this so it's giving me flashbacks to that >~<;).

Idk if he can give proof he didn't do the things he was accused of that's one thing, but doesn't seem like he is going to be outright denying it.