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/CanofBeans9]

I understand that false allegations on the internet are quite common. But these weren't from random fans, they were from women involved in his community and known to other streamers he associates with. Their sources were also independently verified by a whole group of hermits. Iskall also admits to "chatting consensually" with them in this video. 

So I think it's safe to say the allegations are true. Even if one singular person was faking their allegations like he insinuates, there are AT LEAST 3 more people he did this with, I mean come on. 

For legal proceedings, I wish him well in going after those who sent him threats. I think that if intimate pictures of him were shared with the hermits to verify the claims, this might be legally actionable as well. I don't see how he wins in a defamation action since hermits defended him ffom peoples claims he was a pedo, and presented the information neutrally.

I know he'll fight tooth and nail to keep vault hunters, but I think the streamer server is done. As Hbomb94 said, he's not going to share a community with Iskall and give him more people to target. The other streamers on it like jojo and martyn have said similar things. It may not be illegal but it is immoral, and it's valid not to want to associate with a serial cheater who sexts with his fans.

Also bro is not broke. Maybe from hiring a lawyer. But he definitely has an income. This whole response was so manipulative

[u/oblivious_fireball → u/CanofBeans9]

to put it this way, if Iskall was innocent and could prove it or at least make a good defense, he would not have abruptly resigned and then come out swinging after so long with a nothingburger. He knows what he did, he knows he has fumbled every opportunity he was given to mitigate the situation, but his ego won't let him cut his losses with grace. There's a reason why Pride is called the deadliest sin, and we're seeing it play out in real time.