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There's a blast from the past.  The fact that your particular role has changed so much never really occurred to me until now.  I think you having less responsibility has been good for you and has let others find a place to speak up in rather than passively accept the consensus (I'm one of them).  I think we're very lucky that no one actively wants control, we're too old ;)

This is definately a very under talked about subject in and around the Minecraft Youtube space. I think everyone wants the "glamour" of a successful video/series/smp but don't want or don't understand the hard work that goes on behind closed doors. In the end I think Hermitcraft does so well because in the end there players are also good friends.

People find it hard to keep a regular friend group together. You and the other Hermits managing to keep so many people connected, communicating, open with their emotions and compromising is nothing short of astounding and immensely admirable!

Hey X! Thanks for giving a shoutout to the Hermitcraft wiki! As the top editor and someone who has spent the past 2 years trying to make sure every Hermitcraft episode is cataloged on the wiki, it makes me happy to hear that our efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Great video, can't wait for number 3!

The problem I ran into when running a SMP was the lack of a team and despite how hard I tried I could not do everything myself. In that sense Xisuma is right clear communications and transparency is one of the key elements. If you have team members that are active and want to participate give them the chance. Even if they mess up sometimes they learn from that experience and try to be encouraging as a leader to them. If your with like minded friends and start as a small group it is easy to manage than having people in you don't know or that work against you. I think Hermitcraft success has been a multiplied combination of luck, good management and  things aligning in favor for it.

Sometimes it is just having one person that not afraid to speak up to initiate the conversation, and then going the extra mile to take notes and listen to ensure others success. In return their success is your success, and the group as a whole is rewarded.  Hermitcraft is that result of the extra mile.  You should be proud as well as everyone else regarding your accomplishments, and hopefully you are able stop, smell the roses, and soak it all in.

A lot of these leadership principles apply in real life as well. It's always great to get a different perspective on things and this video does a good job of highlighting that.

I wouldn't be surprised if it were simply an artistic choice, but I deeply enjoyed the visual that Hermitcraft administrative meetings happen in game and not over zoom or discord.

Great leadership advice! All of those same principles apply to any other leadership role as well whether work, sports, community, etc. Also nice to hear that you had to learn/develop these skills over the years and that they didnt just come naturally. I think that can helps others understand that great leadership comes from those willing to learn and admit mistakes. Thanks Xisuma, this series has been fantastic so far.

In Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers, he explains that the most successful people have been in the right place, right time and then took hold of that opportunity by putting hours upon hours into it. I believe Hermitcraft represents this concept well.

More often than not, those who are thrown into the role of leadership out of necessity rather than having seeked power, are the better leaders.

7:40 - Loved that bit in the "log book." XD

Grumbot must have spies....

I remember a convention panel with some gaming personalities a few years back, one of the content creators was asked to divulge the one thing new creators need to become as big as the youtube heavy hitters of the day. His answer: a time machine.
First-to-market is an incredible thing. It turns an uphill, soul-destroying grind into just keeping momentum going.

Starting right now, I don't think you'd have anywhere near the success over 10 years that people celebrating their 10th+ year on youtube have enjoyed.

Who else to give us the best Minecraft leadership lesson than Xisuma, the OG Minecrafter and the leader of Hermitcraft himself? Thank you for the video X :)

One thing I've noticed since about Season 5 is that all of the Hermits have been implementing aspects of improv comedy - so I'm pretty sure you all must have taken a course in how to execute that successfully. You've all done such a really great job of interacting with and supporting each other since then and it is really impressive. It really boosted content quality.

I've started/been invited to few SMPs ove they years and that always fell apart after a month of so since people usually either focused on their own projects or hang out in small 2-3 person groups so there were no real reason to play on a 30 people servers. But 4-ish years ago me and my friends decided to do it "Hermitcraft-style" with organized discord, dedicated play sessions, community board for collaborating on projects etc and we are still going strong albeit with fluctuating group of 15 people. It's impossible to overstate how good communication and putting effort into interacting is important for the life and enjoyment from any server. We recently even started to alternate between vanilla and modpack servers every 2 weeks so we can experience both.

I've experienced the negatives of trying to run an SMP and I find this to be very helpful.
Communication is ALWAYS the hardest and most challenging part.

Thank you for this great video.

I’ve realised that every SMP is just a huge social experiment.

This was a good interesting video X!

It's interesting to see how you think of your path in Hermitcraft not only as a player, but as the admin of the server/group.
Something i've personally have never thought as a server admin is the "playing" and "being active" part of it, as I've always been
a out-of-game administrator for some servers, and it's interesting how, looking back at your channel, all makes sense now!

Thanks for sharing your thoughs and process, it's really interesting!