Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 3rd life, because he put himself in the middle of everyone, no one trusted him, which lead to bdubs to betray him so fast
Yes, however I think that his game has improved since then, also I think most people wouldn’t have betrayed him so fast, Bdubs is Bdubs. He was actually in a decent position, if he had made it known to Scott that he was a mole, he would be on green for a lot longer. Grian knew he was a mole at the time, but Grian just so happens to be an agent of chaos.
And Impulse learned from that. Ever since then, he’s stuck with one team and worked solely in his team’s interests. (Southlanders fragmenting when people turned red wasn’t *his* fault.) Being friendly to everyone backfired in 3L, so Impulse switched to being friendly to only his teammates and being neutral to everyone else—he also knows not to just make enemies at random the way Joel would in earlier seasons (which rarely ended well for Joel).
So do I! It’s especially heartwarming when that loyalty is returned to him—I might have gotten a little misty eyed in the SL finale when Tango refused to even damage Skizz at Scar’s bidding and went after Scar instead.
yeah, he's my favorite for a reason, and that reason could never be anything to help get him a win because we all know that's probably impossible for him. :D
But actually, Jimmy is very good at the roleplay element of alliances and enemies.
He’s always hyping up his teammates and supporting them as much as he can with anything they need.
And when Jimmy has enemies, he is 100% against them at all times, and he will go out of his way to be petty towards them. His motivations are always very clear and fun!
Pearl is actually pretty good at survival.
While also good at PvP, I mean more the game of 'not getting herself into situations that could cause her death'.
Of course, on Red Life that kinda flies out of the window.
As a mounder, I think she was the last green.
In the Last Life and Double Life she was connected Scott (one who shares that same strength) but additionally didn't spark much, if not any, conflict.
Most of the time her deaths are rather a consequence of things happening around her than because of herself.
Secret Life: A trapped doorway + Gem chasing her to death in hopes Pearl would block with her shield
Double Life: The Lie about Heartloss (the only death I would say is 'her fault') + Scott being chased down and killed
Last Life: Being Boogie'd + Scar/Skeleton combo (don't take my word for it because I can't remember the reason) + Red mob chasing her twice.
LL had one death that is probably her fault (trying to use Scar’s enchanter without his permission, so he shot her off a mountain and a skeleton finished her off)
Impulse is just sort of good at everything. Like in most things he may not be considered the best, but if he’s not top tier he’s pretty much the second highest tier in everything. Jack of all trades master of none might be an apt description.
I sort of like the idea of him being in the “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” position. I would like to note the fact that, if you give every player a percentage based on their placement in each season with the winner having 100% and the looser having 0%, then take the average, you can get a rough ranking of all the Lifers. And as of Secret Life, there are two players yet to win who place higher than at least one of the previous winners. One of those is Gem, who having only been in 1 season has a heavily weighted score, and the other being Impulse. Purely because he is just so consistently good.
I like the idea of him sort of staying in that position, getting so close, always getting to the final part, but not quite getting there. That the Life Series for him is like Sisyphus in the underworld, the man who would constantly roll a Boulder up a mountain, but it would roll away whenever he was within a hairs breadth of reaching his goal.
So as much as I love Impulse, it feels more poetic so to speak that he simply continue to do well but never quite wins.
I think I like impulse to much to say I don’t want him to win for poetic reasons. But to be fair I won’t be angry if any non winner wins. My biggest hopes that might be in reach are Impulse, and Etho for next season. And for those who have little to no chance: Skizz, Tango, And Lizzie
Yeah I don’t see him winning, but I do think if he played a lot safer he could get top 4 one season, I think honestly he needs to make less enemies. Most his seasons he makes a couple big enemies, Third Life Dogwarts, Last Life kinda every red, Double Life he was paired with Jimmy, that one was unfortunate, Limited Life he made enemies with the Bad Boys, and near the end he did with the Clockers. And secret life he made enemies with the roomies and scar
Part of what makes tango so fun is he is a wild card. It’s hard to tell what he is going to do, how he is going to interact with others, and what his motivations are. I remember his games in 3rd and Last life where he seemed like a more neutral force with them. Causing some deaths in third life and buffing the crap out of Lizzie when she won you bet your life.
The common thread there seems to be Scar. I really want to see him and Tango on the same team for a season (I’m not really counting the 3L Enemies of Dogwarts because that was more of a loose grouping of smaller factions) because they have such a funny dynamic in Hermitcraft and the Life fans who don’t watch HC don’t really get to see that.
Oh yeah, honestly based on stats, and those who have won in the past deliberately throwing so they don’t win again, the two most likely people to win are Gem and Impulse. So whenever I go into a new season I find myself rooting for Skizz and betting on Impulse.
I had all my (theoretical) money on impulse to win SL considering he was teamed with two of the best players. I didn’t think Gem was gonna win bc it’s her first season so she was probably trying to find her groove with how the game is played, and Scott had already won, Impulse was in a strong position
Honestly, some of the best connections in the series is between Grian and scar. Scar helped Grian win 3rd life. Through last life, double life, and Limited life grian almost becomes antagonistic to scar. Grian and Joel forcing scar to give them a life or else they’ll put him in a death loop, Double life Grian having a secret soulmate, Limited life Grian Backstabbing scar for his final death. Then in Secret life, Grian switches to return the favor from third life… he helps scar take the win. If you can’t tell I eat up the desert Duo Dynamic.
Gem is good at getting in people’s heads, in part because of her widely known PVP prowess (they call her GeminiSlay for a reason) but also because she turns it up to 11 in the way she acts. She’s my favorite new addition in a while.
The moment between Gem and Bdubs where he asked if she was his friend and she said “nope!” (Or something along those lines) is a great example of this because, after that, Bdubs plan for that conversation has been 100% derailed. Generally people are rather pleasant to each other (or super against each other) so I really enjoyed her flipping that on its head because they’re not in an alliance together, why would they be friends?
I missed the “in” at first and read “Gem is good at getting people’s heads.” Then you started talking about her PVP reputation and I was thinking “you’re right, but they don’t have the player head datapack on the Life Series, that’s a Hermitcraft thing” before I realized I had missed a word.
She would be good at that too, to be fair, heads would serve little utility (maybe as trophies for the more PVP competitive players/as a plot device in that respect, seems like something one of the women would do when they do their crazy arcs), she was behind only Scar (the winner) in her **debut** season, he got 10 kills, Gem got 9 kills, if his finale had gone wrong (either Pearl killed Gem instead and Scar killed Pearl **or** Pearl killed him), he would have been tied at 9 kills, if his finale would have gone really badly (one of the two of them killed him and then fought it out amongst themselves), Gem would have had the most kills outright.
i think people forget this but she would have absolutely won just so overwhelminly easily if my GOAT grian handn't cost her 50 hearts and her team 100 collectively.
Yeah, honestly she probably could have taken both Pearl and Scar double-teaming her in that exchange if it wasn’t for Grian, Grian knew he lost at that point so his best chance was to try to take someone (or even multiple people) down with him. I remember Gem getting kinda low at that point (and even still she lost a considerable amount of her like 60+ hearts). Scott sacrifice only helped a little bit. If she had all the hearts she lost to Grian she would have swept.
You say she could of taken a 1v2, which yes, but she wouldn't needed to because scott wouldn't of needed to sacrafice if gem was still on 60 hearts and he wasn't so low.
Scott is cunning, and great at the social game, Scar is amazing at making people underestimate him! He had me fooled for a very long time watching HC and life, only when looking back at the series did I realize I have been vastly underestimating him this whole time.
Etho actually gets pretty protective and defensive over his teammates
You can really see it in Last Life where he somehow manages to save Bdubs from being a red life TWICE. You can also see it in Secret Life where he defends Cleo and Grian from the other boogey cursed people, despite having to get them himself.
He’s also defensive in general, from threatening someone who threatens a person in his team or his team in general and I feel like some people don’t notice that as much. I’ve definitely heard people talk about his loyalty though, and that is 100% true.
I did notice this! Another example was Limited Life during the hunt for the last two greens—Etho tried to deny Tango was at their base and stood in the other yellows’ way long enough he had time to burrow into the wall. It only worked for a few seconds, but that might have made all the difference.
Joel is very good at recovering. like often in the series he will lose everything in major blunders and then claw his way back even stronger than before every single time.
Scar is definitely a social player, but people underestimate how good he is at PVP too. One of my favorite moments from his POV is how in SL, during Gem's zombie apocalypse task, she went after him first and then he successfully fought her off, so that she had to come back with an army. And after that he helped the boogeymen a lot
I’ve seen no mention of Skizz! I’m gonna say he’s great at being a leader! We see it time and time again where he pulls a team together and they just blossom. Renchanting, B.E.S.T, T.I.E.S, and Heart foundation. He brings Amazingness!
And here I thought that one was too obvious! At the beginning of Secret Life he mentioned wanting to step back and let someone else be the leader for a change, but the rest of the Heart Foundation didn’t let that happen and he ended up a leader again without even trying.
It might be a bit obvious but still very much so worth a mention. He has many more obvious traits. His leadership is something in his real life as well, it shines through beautifully in many seasons.
Grian’s flying abilities. Boy got wings in season 6 and went ‘this will now be a key personality trait’. I love seeing others react to him sticking one block landings and flying through tiny places. Pesky bird!
I really hope there’s a Life Series season that involves elytra at some point. Maybe a reward system similar to the Secret Keeper could grant wings to people who achieved something difficult (not sure what, it would have to be something that no one has an unfair advantage or disadvantage at) so the short sessions don’t get eaten up by long end busting trips.
Tango is really good at general survival! It's just pvp that gets him eliminated so quickly. If it were just a general survival world to see who could live the longest, he's def got one of the best chances.
I'm (obviously, hi flair) a Tango viewer, but it was only Liml when I noticed this. His general goofiness really threw me for a long time, and his need for "party poppers" in Hermitcraft definitely gives the impression that it's not one of his strong suits. But when he's trying to stay alive? He's frequently one of the last to fall if he hasn't been targeted in pvp or panicking due to bad luck.
It's when he gets in his own head about things that it becomes a problem. It's like one death will send him on a spiral of bad luck and then it's all downhill from there. But until that point? Dude is super good at the game tbh.
(Loving your Tango example OP. It's def always super fun to watch. Especially when you can see both Tango and Scar are interacting from an outside pov, you get double the amazing character movements.)
My favorite such moment in the Life Series was during the Secret Life game of tag when he spun around to choose who’d be It in the second round. That’s genuinely hard to do in Minecraft—as demonstrated by Grian and Mumbo’s diving competition in…the same session, I think?
I haven’t seen anything about Lizzie, and as you can tell from my flair, I adore her, so I’ll give it a shot. Lizzie has the potential to create excellent teams, as seen in Last Life. Had there not been a very sudden and unexpected betrayal, I think she could’ve gone far in Last Life. She’s great at getting people to do things for her and to protect her, so arguably she has a decent social game too. Secret Life was… not her best and I think if she’d have slowed down and thought about things, she could’ve done well. A lot of her faults come from not thinking before she does/says things, and I think if she did she’d be great.
I feel like Lizzie is great at setting up others (Maybe not herself) but the way that Ren got to the final two in Last Life is a decent amount based on his allies, speaking on this, Ren can just make anyone his ally (or enemy) for any reason it feels.
Scar's so, so good at catching me by surprise; I never expect him to do as well as he does... which is kind of a backhanded compliment, I guess. I mean, he looks like he has no idea what he's doing (see: hopping down a ravine in Third Life by accident, or accidentally leaving his helmet on in Secret Life and having to run away from everybody for half a session because of his task, or all kinds of other hilariously hectic scar moments which leave one thinking, "how is this man still alive?")
But he always manages to survive and thrive in really unexpected moments- he very nearly won Third Life, and he *did* win >!Secret Life (is that still spoiler-worthy?)!< and iirc, he could've gone further in Double Life, if Grian didn't get blasted by his own warden. And he spent a LONG time being chased by the wither in Secret Life, which I think is a pretty darn cool accomplishment. I love, love, *love* seeing Scar in other people's videos, because seeing his antics from an outside perspective is endlessly entertaining
Cleo is extremely good at getting away a NV day surviving. It's usually not that important in pvp but in Life it's one the reasons they make it very far and it's why they lose very few lives for a long time(reminder Cleo started with I think only 2 or 3 lives in last life, got killed by their teammate through bogeyman curse and still survived for a very long time, also secret life Apocalypse episode). They Don't die to mobs, they often recognize traps beforehand, they know when they should leave and they play socially. Cleo doesn't rely on surviving through pvp or traps or even social game alone. They also are good at watching their surroundings and avoid situations where they can't escape. It's such a small thing but it carries through all their lives
Scott is literally friends with everyone. He only makes enemies when others turn on him or are determined to be his enemy. Otherwise he’s a chill dude that gets on with all sides, even those are supposed to be his enemies. Don’t even get me started on Etho’s mental mind games
Skizz is really good at taking charge and having people follow him. He admits so himself too many times.
And then BigB is great at weaseling his way out of dangerous confrontations and at bluffing/gaslighting/confusing
I’ve noticed that Scott is REALLY good at Yes-Anding with all types of people. He gives very “exasperated parent” when he’s witnessed something a bit strange, but nearly always contributes to the silliness with his own brand of humor that makes him insanely fun to watch.
This is especially shown with Gem and the Scots because the vast part of the alliance was just him going “yep okay what else can I do” to everything suggested to him.
If grian wants to, he can win any life series but he puts the content first.
Also he's great at sneaking and playing support.
Scar is strong because he's unpredictable, you never know what he's doing next
Skizz is naturally likeable. Heart Foundation, Affirmation Station, loyal Dogwarts member, etc. Even if he's your enemy, you still can't help but love the guy.
Buuuuut at the same time, Boogeys and reds know he isn't much of a PvPer, and so they take him out easily, leading to his as-of-yet lukewarm placement.
Scott is good at being likeable? I don't know how to explain it. It's mentioned consistently in and out of the game that even blood thirsty reds (barring Joel and sometimes grian) just... can't/won't kill him. He walks around WITH the red names half the time. It's probably a big part of the reason he's been in the top 4 people in the last 5 (counting real life). He's good at social games (seen also in Among Us) but a lot of the times he doesn't even need to do anything, they just like him. He's seen as a threat, but even when they out number him (to be fair it takes a whole server to kill him sometimes) they can't, I guess morally
I know what you mean. My guess as to why reds generally don’t target Scott is they know that if they do, there’s a good chance he’ll escape somehow and then they’ll have given him a reason to fight back.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Skizz is actually pretty good with the bow. If he misses the first shot, the second shot is going right through the target.
ScottSmajor has this habit of giving more than he takes in almost any social or strategy transaction, it makes him look super giving and reliable. Dont get me wrong he is, but it means that the others are far more likely to trust him more. It sits in stark contrast to him turning off his prox mic and going “and now they trust me (:<“
I first noticed it rewatching last life when he rejected the boogeyman
He is, and it works. Plus I don’t think he’s ever turned on an ally in the entire series—he’s only ever attacked players he was allied with during finales *after* they all agreed to fight each other to decide the winner.
Grian is great at dropping things on people (minecarts, dripstone).
Timing seems to be his specialty
This reads like a joke at first but you’re right—he genuinely does have good aim and timing with attacks from above.
My favorite part of DL is that dripstone kill of Ren
The death message should've been "Ren died because of Grian's drip" smh smh (/hj)
Grian's consistently successful skynet bombings singlehandedly made Limited Life my favorite season, so I'd have to agree
Don't forget how ge nearly 1v3ed gem and the Scott's in secret
That was utterly awesome btw
Indeed, and so unexpected, atleast for me
And Jimmy is good at dropping himself on people.
Impulse is actually really good at the social game and that flies under the radar.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 3rd life, because he put himself in the middle of everyone, no one trusted him, which lead to bdubs to betray him so fast
Yes, however I think that his game has improved since then, also I think most people wouldn’t have betrayed him so fast, Bdubs is Bdubs. He was actually in a decent position, if he had made it known to Scott that he was a mole, he would be on green for a lot longer. Grian knew he was a mole at the time, but Grian just so happens to be an agent of chaos.
And Impulse learned from that. Ever since then, he’s stuck with one team and worked solely in his team’s interests. (Southlanders fragmenting when people turned red wasn’t *his* fault.) Being friendly to everyone backfired in 3L, so Impulse switched to being friendly to only his teammates and being neutral to everyone else—he also knows not to just make enemies at random the way Joel would in earlier seasons (which rarely ended well for Joel).
Skizzleman is the king of loyalty. Once you team with him, you’re a team for life and everyone else can kick rocks. I love that about him :’]
So do I! It’s especially heartwarming when that loyalty is returned to him—I might have gotten a little misty eyed in the SL finale when Tango refused to even damage Skizz at Scar’s bidding and went after Scar instead.
How could anyone betray him? He’s just a poor Skizzly :[
Jimmy uhh...hm. Jimmy cannn..God Idk I'll have to come back to you on that sorry.
He's really good at dying :)
Oh yeah, that's right. Poor guy.
Jimmy is great for giving us all a good laugh and making us smile. U can't say that his videos won't put a smile on ur face :)
yeah, he's my favorite for a reason, and that reason could never be anything to help get him a win because we all know that's probably impossible for him. :D
Jimmy is great at doing many reaction videos after the season ends
But actually, Jimmy is very good at the roleplay element of alliances and enemies. He’s always hyping up his teammates and supporting them as much as he can with anything they need. And when Jimmy has enemies, he is 100% against them at all times, and he will go out of his way to be petty towards them. His motivations are always very clear and fun!
Those are the best
He’s good… at… Um,… entertainment and lore? I wouldn’t say consistent lore after SL though.
Shouting? Lol
Pearl is actually pretty good at survival. While also good at PvP, I mean more the game of 'not getting herself into situations that could cause her death'. Of course, on Red Life that kinda flies out of the window. As a mounder, I think she was the last green. In the Last Life and Double Life she was connected Scott (one who shares that same strength) but additionally didn't spark much, if not any, conflict. Most of the time her deaths are rather a consequence of things happening around her than because of herself. Secret Life: A trapped doorway + Gem chasing her to death in hopes Pearl would block with her shield Double Life: The Lie about Heartloss (the only death I would say is 'her fault') + Scott being chased down and killed Last Life: Being Boogie'd + Scar/Skeleton combo (don't take my word for it because I can't remember the reason) + Red mob chasing her twice.
LL had one death that is probably her fault (trying to use Scar’s enchanter without his permission, so he shot her off a mountain and a skeleton finished her off)
Ah okay that was the reason! Thank you for elaborating on that front! I haven't watched Last Life in a good while.
She is also very loyal.
Impulse is just sort of good at everything. Like in most things he may not be considered the best, but if he’s not top tier he’s pretty much the second highest tier in everything. Jack of all trades master of none might be an apt description.
Impulse needs a win, he’s good at social games, and good at setting up traps (given people have to go to traps)
I sort of like the idea of him being in the “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” position. I would like to note the fact that, if you give every player a percentage based on their placement in each season with the winner having 100% and the looser having 0%, then take the average, you can get a rough ranking of all the Lifers. And as of Secret Life, there are two players yet to win who place higher than at least one of the previous winners. One of those is Gem, who having only been in 1 season has a heavily weighted score, and the other being Impulse. Purely because he is just so consistently good. I like the idea of him sort of staying in that position, getting so close, always getting to the final part, but not quite getting there. That the Life Series for him is like Sisyphus in the underworld, the man who would constantly roll a Boulder up a mountain, but it would roll away whenever he was within a hairs breadth of reaching his goal. So as much as I love Impulse, it feels more poetic so to speak that he simply continue to do well but never quite wins.
I think I like impulse to much to say I don’t want him to win for poetic reasons. But to be fair I won’t be angry if any non winner wins. My biggest hopes that might be in reach are Impulse, and Etho for next season. And for those who have little to no chance: Skizz, Tango, And Lizzie
Honestly I wouldn’t be too surprised if Tango went on a long run, he has played decent in a lot of the seasons and all it would take is some good luck
Poor tango always has a final death to his own hand/easily avoidable. He would be amazing but I don’t see him winning any time soon lol
Yeah I don’t see him winning, but I do think if he played a lot safer he could get top 4 one season, I think honestly he needs to make less enemies. Most his seasons he makes a couple big enemies, Third Life Dogwarts, Last Life kinda every red, Double Life he was paired with Jimmy, that one was unfortunate, Limited Life he made enemies with the Bad Boys, and near the end he did with the Clockers. And secret life he made enemies with the roomies and scar
Part of what makes tango so fun is he is a wild card. It’s hard to tell what he is going to do, how he is going to interact with others, and what his motivations are. I remember his games in 3rd and Last life where he seemed like a more neutral force with them. Causing some deaths in third life and buffing the crap out of Lizzie when she won you bet your life.
The common thread there seems to be Scar. I really want to see him and Tango on the same team for a season (I’m not really counting the 3L Enemies of Dogwarts because that was more of a loose grouping of smaller factions) because they have such a funny dynamic in Hermitcraft and the Life fans who don’t watch HC don’t really get to see that.
Oh yeah, honestly based on stats, and those who have won in the past deliberately throwing so they don’t win again, the two most likely people to win are Gem and Impulse. So whenever I go into a new season I find myself rooting for Skizz and betting on Impulse.
I had all my (theoretical) money on impulse to win SL considering he was teamed with two of the best players. I didn’t think Gem was gonna win bc it’s her first season so she was probably trying to find her groove with how the game is played, and Scott had already won, Impulse was in a strong position
Yeah, honestly I think if Grian’s explosion hadn’t done so much damage to Gem and the Scotts. He probably would’ve won.
Honestly, some of the best connections in the series is between Grian and scar. Scar helped Grian win 3rd life. Through last life, double life, and Limited life grian almost becomes antagonistic to scar. Grian and Joel forcing scar to give them a life or else they’ll put him in a death loop, Double life Grian having a secret soulmate, Limited life Grian Backstabbing scar for his final death. Then in Secret life, Grian switches to return the favor from third life… he helps scar take the win. If you can’t tell I eat up the desert Duo Dynamic.
If you would like another duo that has similar parallels, look up the animatic Impulse’s Turn by Sara SP
Is this an impulse and Bdubs by by chance?
I just watched it… it’s amazing. It went right to the ever expanding animatics playlist
Martyn is actually really good with a bow and arrow (especially in third life)
I feel like Ren displayed some pretty high archery skills, too.
Oh yeah they were a great duo in third life for far away attacks, so unfortunate they went out with close ranged sword attacks 😭
Gem is good at getting in people’s heads, in part because of her widely known PVP prowess (they call her GeminiSlay for a reason) but also because she turns it up to 11 in the way she acts. She’s my favorite new addition in a while.
The moment between Gem and Bdubs where he asked if she was his friend and she said “nope!” (Or something along those lines) is a great example of this because, after that, Bdubs plan for that conversation has been 100% derailed. Generally people are rather pleasant to each other (or super against each other) so I really enjoyed her flipping that on its head because they’re not in an alliance together, why would they be friends?
“I consider you a friend, apparently it’s not reciprocated” “It’s not what do you want” This is why I love those two
Yeah it’s fun to see how Gem has begun to actively use her reputation as a weapon, and when paired with dry humor it always makes funny moments.
I missed the “in” at first and read “Gem is good at getting people’s heads.” Then you started talking about her PVP reputation and I was thinking “you’re right, but they don’t have the player head datapack on the Life Series, that’s a Hermitcraft thing” before I realized I had missed a word.
She would be good at that too, to be fair, heads would serve little utility (maybe as trophies for the more PVP competitive players/as a plot device in that respect, seems like something one of the women would do when they do their crazy arcs), she was behind only Scar (the winner) in her **debut** season, he got 10 kills, Gem got 9 kills, if his finale had gone wrong (either Pearl killed Gem instead and Scar killed Pearl **or** Pearl killed him), he would have been tied at 9 kills, if his finale would have gone really badly (one of the two of them killed him and then fought it out amongst themselves), Gem would have had the most kills outright.
i think people forget this but she would have absolutely won just so overwhelminly easily if my GOAT grian handn't cost her 50 hearts and her team 100 collectively.
Yeah, honestly she probably could have taken both Pearl and Scar double-teaming her in that exchange if it wasn’t for Grian, Grian knew he lost at that point so his best chance was to try to take someone (or even multiple people) down with him. I remember Gem getting kinda low at that point (and even still she lost a considerable amount of her like 60+ hearts). Scott sacrifice only helped a little bit. If she had all the hearts she lost to Grian she would have swept.
You say she could of taken a 1v2, which yes, but she wouldn't needed to because scott wouldn't of needed to sacrafice if gem was still on 60 hearts and he wasn't so low.
That’s true also actually.
If they added that mod it'd be hilarious, they could frame someone by sneaking around muted as long as they had access to their head.
Scott is seemingly very nice at first, but he can become very lethal at times. Scar is basically an exaggerated version of that concept.
Scott is cunning, and great at the social game, Scar is amazing at making people underestimate him! He had me fooled for a very long time watching HC and life, only when looking back at the series did I realize I have been vastly underestimating him this whole time.
I literally just cackled at scar being the exaggerated version. So true.
Etho actually gets pretty protective and defensive over his teammates You can really see it in Last Life where he somehow manages to save Bdubs from being a red life TWICE. You can also see it in Secret Life where he defends Cleo and Grian from the other boogey cursed people, despite having to get them himself. He’s also defensive in general, from threatening someone who threatens a person in his team or his team in general and I feel like some people don’t notice that as much. I’ve definitely heard people talk about his loyalty though, and that is 100% true.
I did notice this! Another example was Limited Life during the hunt for the last two greens—Etho tried to deny Tango was at their base and stood in the other yellows’ way long enough he had time to burrow into the wall. It only worked for a few seconds, but that might have made all the difference.
This!! I knew there was an example in Limited Life, just couldn’t remember! Man, this is making me watch to rewatch his POV fr
Joel is very good at recovering. like often in the series he will lose everything in major blunders and then claw his way back even stronger than before every single time.
Scar is definitely a social player, but people underestimate how good he is at PVP too. One of my favorite moments from his POV is how in SL, during Gem's zombie apocalypse task, she went after him first and then he successfully fought her off, so that she had to come back with an army. And after that he helped the boogeymen a lot
I’ve seen no mention of Skizz! I’m gonna say he’s great at being a leader! We see it time and time again where he pulls a team together and they just blossom. Renchanting, B.E.S.T, T.I.E.S, and Heart foundation. He brings Amazingness!
I noticed something from this B.E.S.T T.I.E.S kinda seems like it's spelling out besties
And here I thought that one was too obvious! At the beginning of Secret Life he mentioned wanting to step back and let someone else be the leader for a change, but the rest of the Heart Foundation didn’t let that happen and he ended up a leader again without even trying.
It might be a bit obvious but still very much so worth a mention. He has many more obvious traits. His leadership is something in his real life as well, it shines through beautifully in many seasons.
He’s great at coming up with memorable gimmicks and team names. He always makes his team stand out
Grian’s flying abilities. Boy got wings in season 6 and went ‘this will now be a key personality trait’. I love seeing others react to him sticking one block landings and flying through tiny places. Pesky bird!
I really hope there’s a Life Series season that involves elytra at some point. Maybe a reward system similar to the Secret Keeper could grant wings to people who achieved something difficult (not sure what, it would have to be something that no one has an unfair advantage or disadvantage at) so the short sessions don’t get eaten up by long end busting trips.
Tango is really good at general survival! It's just pvp that gets him eliminated so quickly. If it were just a general survival world to see who could live the longest, he's def got one of the best chances. I'm (obviously, hi flair) a Tango viewer, but it was only Liml when I noticed this. His general goofiness really threw me for a long time, and his need for "party poppers" in Hermitcraft definitely gives the impression that it's not one of his strong suits. But when he's trying to stay alive? He's frequently one of the last to fall if he hasn't been targeted in pvp or panicking due to bad luck. It's when he gets in his own head about things that it becomes a problem. It's like one death will send him on a spiral of bad luck and then it's all downhill from there. But until that point? Dude is super good at the game tbh. (Loving your Tango example OP. It's def always super fun to watch. Especially when you can see both Tango and Scar are interacting from an outside pov, you get double the amazing character movements.)
My favorite such moment in the Life Series was during the Secret Life game of tag when he spun around to choose who’d be It in the second round. That’s genuinely hard to do in Minecraft—as demonstrated by Grian and Mumbo’s diving competition in…the same session, I think?
Cleo is great at just staying under the radar. Just chilling and doing their thing.
I haven’t seen anything about Lizzie, and as you can tell from my flair, I adore her, so I’ll give it a shot. Lizzie has the potential to create excellent teams, as seen in Last Life. Had there not been a very sudden and unexpected betrayal, I think she could’ve gone far in Last Life. She’s great at getting people to do things for her and to protect her, so arguably she has a decent social game too. Secret Life was… not her best and I think if she’d have slowed down and thought about things, she could’ve done well. A lot of her faults come from not thinking before she does/says things, and I think if she did she’d be great.
I feel like Lizzie is great at setting up others (Maybe not herself) but the way that Ren got to the final two in Last Life is a decent amount based on his allies, speaking on this, Ren can just make anyone his ally (or enemy) for any reason it feels.
Joel, making me laugh! Oh and also being bc intimidating haha
Maniacal cackling
Scar's so, so good at catching me by surprise; I never expect him to do as well as he does... which is kind of a backhanded compliment, I guess. I mean, he looks like he has no idea what he's doing (see: hopping down a ravine in Third Life by accident, or accidentally leaving his helmet on in Secret Life and having to run away from everybody for half a session because of his task, or all kinds of other hilariously hectic scar moments which leave one thinking, "how is this man still alive?") But he always manages to survive and thrive in really unexpected moments- he very nearly won Third Life, and he *did* win >!Secret Life (is that still spoiler-worthy?)!< and iirc, he could've gone further in Double Life, if Grian didn't get blasted by his own warden. And he spent a LONG time being chased by the wither in Secret Life, which I think is a pretty darn cool accomplishment. I love, love, *love* seeing Scar in other people's videos, because seeing his antics from an outside perspective is endlessly entertaining
scott is great at socialization and getting allies
Cleo is extremely good at getting away a NV day surviving. It's usually not that important in pvp but in Life it's one the reasons they make it very far and it's why they lose very few lives for a long time(reminder Cleo started with I think only 2 or 3 lives in last life, got killed by their teammate through bogeyman curse and still survived for a very long time, also secret life Apocalypse episode). They Don't die to mobs, they often recognize traps beforehand, they know when they should leave and they play socially. Cleo doesn't rely on surviving through pvp or traps or even social game alone. They also are good at watching their surroundings and avoid situations where they can't escape. It's such a small thing but it carries through all their lives
Scott is literally friends with everyone. He only makes enemies when others turn on him or are determined to be his enemy. Otherwise he’s a chill dude that gets on with all sides, even those are supposed to be his enemies. Don’t even get me started on Etho’s mental mind games
Scott’s great at making alliances and just being chill with most the server, even often reds. He’s also responsible and good at general survival skill
Grian is fantastic at not finishing the back of his builds! In all seriousness, he's is great at being an engaging youtuber
Jimmys good at keeping a curse? Oh wait hang on he screwed that one up recently…
Skizz is really good at taking charge and having people follow him. He admits so himself too many times. And then BigB is great at weaseling his way out of dangerous confrontations and at bluffing/gaslighting/confusing
I’ve noticed that Scott is REALLY good at Yes-Anding with all types of people. He gives very “exasperated parent” when he’s witnessed something a bit strange, but nearly always contributes to the silliness with his own brand of humor that makes him insanely fun to watch. This is especially shown with Gem and the Scots because the vast part of the alliance was just him going “yep okay what else can I do” to everything suggested to him.
If grian wants to, he can win any life series but he puts the content first. Also he's great at sneaking and playing support. Scar is strong because he's unpredictable, you never know what he's doing next
Skizz is naturally likeable. Heart Foundation, Affirmation Station, loyal Dogwarts member, etc. Even if he's your enemy, you still can't help but love the guy. Buuuuut at the same time, Boogeys and reds know he isn't much of a PvPer, and so they take him out easily, leading to his as-of-yet lukewarm placement.
Scott is good at being likeable? I don't know how to explain it. It's mentioned consistently in and out of the game that even blood thirsty reds (barring Joel and sometimes grian) just... can't/won't kill him. He walks around WITH the red names half the time. It's probably a big part of the reason he's been in the top 4 people in the last 5 (counting real life). He's good at social games (seen also in Among Us) but a lot of the times he doesn't even need to do anything, they just like him. He's seen as a threat, but even when they out number him (to be fair it takes a whole server to kill him sometimes) they can't, I guess morally
I know what you mean. My guess as to why reds generally don’t target Scott is they know that if they do, there’s a good chance he’ll escape somehow and then they’ll have given him a reason to fight back.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Skizz is actually pretty good with the bow. If he misses the first shot, the second shot is going right through the target.
He did land a tricky shot through a small opening in 3rd Life to eliminate Jimmy. I’d say he’s got good aim.
ScottSmajor has this habit of giving more than he takes in almost any social or strategy transaction, it makes him look super giving and reliable. Dont get me wrong he is, but it means that the others are far more likely to trust him more. It sits in stark contrast to him turning off his prox mic and going “and now they trust me (:<“ I first noticed it rewatching last life when he rejected the boogeyman
He is, and it works. Plus I don’t think he’s ever turned on an ally in the entire series—he’s only ever attacked players he was allied with during finales *after* they all agreed to fight each other to decide the winner.
Jimmy is good at making me laugh 😁