The Secret I've Kept Since The Great Potato War

im a squid kid
23 Mar 202417:01

Summary

TLDRThe transcript narrates the story of an intense competition known as The Great Potato War, where the protagonist, a YouTuber, battles against Technoblade for the title of 'Potato King'. After losing, the protagonist embarks on a secret project to become the 'King of Pork', detailing the strategic and resourceful journey through various in-game challenges and upgrades in Hypixel Sky Block. The story spans from 2020 to 2023, culminating in the protagonist's victory and a tribute to the late Technoblade, highlighting the community's loss and the impact Technoblade had on his career and the broader gaming community.

Takeaways

  • 🥔 The story revolves around the narrator's involvement in 'The Great Potato War', a competition to collect 500 million potatoes in Hypixel Sky Block.
  • 💃 The narrator humorously recalls their loss in the potato war with a memorable dance from technoblade, highlighting a friendly rivalry.
  • 🎮 The narrator's backup plan involved becoming the 'king of something else', which led them to start gathering resources in Sky Block in April 2020.
  • 🎁 During a game of 'white elephant', the narrator received a gift filled with pork chops, sparking the idea of competing in pork collection.
  • 🐷 The narrator secretly worked on upgrading and expanding their pig minions throughout the Great Potato War, even as they lagged behind in the competition.
  • 🕒 The process of upgrading and unlocking minions in Sky Block was time-consuming and expensive, involving various in-game tasks and purchases.
  • 🏆 After the Great Potato War ended, the narrator continued to work on their pig minions, making gradual progress and upgrades over time.
  • 🥇 In May 2023, the narrator made a final push to achieve the rank one position in pork collection, catching up on updates and unlocking additional minion slots.
  • 🎉 The narrator eventually overtook the leading competitor, MP4, to become the top pork collector in Hypixel Sky Block after four years.
  • 🌟 The narrator reflects on their journey from college student to content creator, attributing part of their success to technoblade's support during the Great Potato War.
  • 💔 The script concludes with a heartfelt tribute to technoblade, a beloved figure in the Sky Block community who passed away, and a call to donate to the Saroma Foundation in his memory.

Q & A

  • What was the Great Potato War?

    -The Great Potato War was a competition between the speaker and Technoblade, where they aimed to be the first player to reach 500 million potatoes collected in Hypixel Sky Block.

  • What was the speaker's backup plan during the Great Potato War?

    -The speaker's backup plan was to also become the number one in pork collection in case they didn't win the Great Potato War.

  • How did the speaker end up with a gift of pork in the white elephant gift exchange?

    -By pure chance, the speaker received a gift containing pork during a game of white elephant with other Sky Block YouTubers in April 2020.

  • What was the speaker's strategy to fund their secret project?

    -The speaker would list items on the auction house during the potato War, with some of the coins going towards their secret project instead of the Great Potato War.

  • What was the significance of the community center update in September 2020 for the speaker's minions?

    -The community center update allowed the speaker to upgrade their enchanted lava buckets to plasma buckets, granting a 35% boost instead of the previous 25%.

  • How did the speaker increase their combat level quickly?

    -The speaker used a method involving starting a tier four contract, spawning mini bosses with Tilted Honey, and then letting the main Slayer boss kill them to immediately start a new contract and keep spawning mini bosses for faster combat XP gain.

  • What was the process of unlocking the 30th and 31st minion slots in Sky Block?

    -The 30th and 31st minion slots required 50 unique minion crafts each to unlock, which involved completing various tasks and challenges in the game.

  • What was the role of the Crimson Isles reputation system in crafting specific minions?

    -The reputation system in Crimson Isles was necessary for crafting certain minions like the Crimson aisle red sand and melium. The speaker had to complete daily missions and gain reputation with one of the two factions to reach the required reputation levels for crafting.

  • How did the speaker ensure they maintained their position in the pork collection leaderboard?

    -The speaker used hyper Catalyst as fuel for their minions, which was very expensive but provided a significant speed increase, and they also made sure to keep a level 100 Pigman pet active on their island to boost pig minion speed.

  • What was the speaker's final goal after achieving the number one spot in pork collection?

    -After achieving the top spot, the speaker decided to create a proper build, housing their minions in pink glass boxes surrounding a statue of Technoblade as a tribute.

  • How did Technoblade's passing affect the speaker and the community?

    -Technoblade's passing had a profound impact on both the speaker and the community. The speaker felt a sense of loss and acknowledged the significant void left by Technoblade, who was a leader and a positive influence in the community.

Outlines

00:00

🥔 The Great Potato War and Backup Plan

The speaker recounts their experience in the Great Potato War, a competition against Technoblade to be the first to reach 500 million collected potatoes. Despite losing to Technoblade, the speaker reveals a backup plan to become the king of something else, which began in April 2020. During a Sky Block game, the speaker received a gift of pork, leading to the idea of becoming number one in pork collection as a secondary goal. The speaker describes the challenges and strategies involved in this endeavor, including managing multiple Sky Block profiles and using auctions to secretly fund the pork project.

05:01

🐖 The Pig Minion Journey

The speaker details their journey to rank up their pig minions in Sky Block. They faced challenges such as unlocking minion slots, which required unique minion crafts, and meeting specific requirements like reaching Spider Slayer level six. The speaker also discusses the process of gaining reputation in the Crimson Isles to craft certain minions and the grind required to reach combat level 24. The narrative includes the speaker's strategies for leveling up and the time-consuming tasks they undertook to achieve their goals.

10:03

🏆 The Final Push for Pork Dominance

The speaker describes their final efforts to secure the top position in pork collection in Hypixel Sky Block. They recount the process of upgrading their minions, including the challenging task of obtaining 3500 pelts for upgrades and the unique quest to unlock the vampire minion. The speaker also discusses the strategic use of Hyper Catalyst to increase minion output and the decision to fuel minions with the best fuel available. After overcoming numerous obstacles and investing significant resources, the speaker eventually claims the number one spot for most pork collected.

15:04

💔 A Tribute to Technoblade and the Community

In this paragraph, the speaker reflects on their motivations for pursuing the pork collection record, which began as a backup plan and became a personal quest. They share the story of their journey from college student to content creator, highlighting the support they received from Technoblade during the Great Potato War. The speaker expresses their deep respect and gratitude for Technoblade's impact on the community and their own life. They announce that all proceeds from the video will be donated to the Saroma Foundation in memory of Technoblade, encouraging viewers to contribute as well.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡The Great Potato War

The Great Potato War refers to a competition within the Hypixel Sky Block community where players aim to collect the most potatoes. It is a significant event in the video creator's history, marking a pivotal moment of rivalry and achievement. The creator's participation and eventual loss in this competition set the stage for their pursuit of a different goal, as a backup plan.

💡Backup Plan

A backup plan is an alternative strategy or course of action that is devised in case the primary plan fails. In the context of the video, the creator's backup plan involved becoming the king of something else, specifically pork, if they couldn't win The Great Potato War. This concept is central to the video's narrative, showcasing the creator's adaptability and determination.

💡Sky Block

Sky Block is a popular game mode on the Hypixel server, a private Minecraft server, where players can start from scratch on an island and progress by completing various tasks, challenges, and collecting resources. It is the setting for the video, where the creator's journey and competitions take place.

💡Minion

In the context of Hypixel Sky Block, a minion is an automated entity that helps players gather resources passively. Minions can be upgraded and customized to improve their efficiency. The creator's strategy to become the king of pork heavily relies on optimizing and utilizing minions.

💡Pork Chop Collection

Pork chop collection refers to the accumulation of pork chops as a resource in Hypixel Sky Block. It becomes a measure of success and achievement for the creator, as they aim to collect the most pork chops in the game.

💡White Elephant Gift Exchange

A white elephant gift exchange is a social event where participants bring gifts of similar value, and each person can either open a new gift or steal one that has already been opened. It introduces an element of chance and strategy to the gift-giving process. In the video, this event leads to the creator receiving a gift of pork, which sparks the idea for their backup plan.

💡Spider Slayer

Spider Slayer is a rank within Hypixel Sky Block that players can achieve by completing certain tasks related to spider-related challenges. Reaching higher ranks, such as Spider Slayer level six, unlocks the ability to equip certain minions, like fly catchers, which are crucial for the creator's backup plan.

💡Community Center Update

The Community Center Update refers to a specific patch or release in Hypixel Sky Block that introduced new features and improvements to the game. It is significant in the video because it allowed the creator to upgrade their enchanted lava buckets to plasma buckets, enhancing their minions' efficiency.

💡Dwarven Mines

Dwarven Mines is a feature added to Hypixel Sky Block that includes a beacon system to boost minion production. It requires players to progress through a mining skill tree, called the heart of the mountain, to unlock and use higher-level beacons. The creator's efforts to reach the heart of the mountain level five are part of their strategy to enhance their pig minions.

💡Saroma Foundation

The Saroma Foundation is a charity that the video creator has chosen to support. The creator donates all earnings from their video to this foundation, showing their commitment to giving back to the community and honoring the memory of Technoblade, a prominent figure in the Minecraft community.

💡Technoblade

Technoblade was a well-known Minecraft content creator and a significant figure in the Hypixel Sky Block community. He is mentioned in the video as a rival in the Great Potato War and as someone who has positively impacted the creator's career. The creator's journey and achievements are contrasted with memories of Technoblade, highlighting the sense of community and inspiration within the gaming world.

Highlights

The story of The Great Potato War, where the narrator competed against Technoblade to be the first to reach 500 million potatoes.

The narrator's backup plan to become the king of something else if not the Potato King, starting in April 2020.

The game of white elephant led to the narrator receiving a gift full of pork, sparking the idea of becoming number one in pork.

The ambition to rank one in both potatoes and pork, despite being behind in the Potato War.

The strategy of using a different Sky Block profile to secretly work on the pig minions without revealing the backup plan.

Unlocking all 24 minion slots and the expensive process of buying minions and their upgrades.

The narrator's decision to grind Spider Slayer to level six to equip fly catchers for the pig minion setup.

The community center update in September 2020 and the upgrades to enchanted lava buckets and minion slots using gems.

The use of the creator code 'squid' and the donation of earnings to the Saroma Foundation.

The addition of Dwarven mines in January 2021 and the inability to use the beacon due to the heart of the mountain progression.

The narrator's return to the pig minion project in May 2023 after the potato work ended earlier than expected.

The challenge of unlocking the 30th and 31st minion slots, each requiring 50 unique minion crafts.

The innovative method of gaining combat XP by spawning mini bosses in tier four contracts.

The reputation system in the Crimson Isles and the months-long effort to craft the needed minions.

The process of upgrading farming minions to tier 12 and the need for 3500 pelts.

The unique and complex quest to obtain the vampire minion in the rift Dimension.

The narrator's strategy of using Hyper Catalyst to maximize minion output and the financial commitment involved.

The narrator's eventual rise to the top of the pork collected leaderboard after years of work.

The response from MP4, another player, expressing confusion and a desire to understand the narrator's sudden appearance and success.

The narrator's reflection on the journey from college student to content creator and the impact of Technoblade's passing.

The decision to donate all earnings from the video to the Saroma Foundation in memory of Technoblade.

Transcripts

00:00

you already know the story of The Great

00:02

Potato War where years ago I went

00:04

head-to-head against technoblade

00:05

competing to become the first ever

00:07

player to reach 500 million potatoes

00:10

collected and I'm sure you know how it

00:12

ended Watch Me dance squid kid you lose

00:15

you lose the war but what if I told you

00:18

there's actually a backup plan that I

00:19

never got to finish an ending where even

00:22

if I couldn't become the potato King I

00:24

could become the king of something else

00:26

this story starts off back in April of

00:28

2020 I and a bunch of other Sky Block

00:31

YouTubers at the time gathered around

00:33

for a game of white elephant if you

00:35

don't know what white elephant is it's a

00:37

gift exchange where everyone brings a

00:39

gift of similar value and the first

00:41

person opens up a gift to see what's

00:43

inside then anyone after them gets to

00:46

pick between opening up a new gift or

00:48

stealing a gift that was already

00:49

revealed there were a ton of different

00:51

gifts with a bunch of random items and

00:53

by pure chance out of all the different

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gifts I could have ended up with I got

00:57

one full of pork it was already known I

01:00

hadn't had the best experience with a

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pork in the past it has the wrong

01:06

number so everyone had a

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laugh oh God and at the end of the day

01:13

when I was figuring out what to do with

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the equivalent of

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361,000 pork chop an idea came to me pig

01:21

minions I decided I wanted to not only

01:23

keep fighting for rank one in potato I

01:25

also wanted to go for rank one in pork

01:28

very ambitious but it wasn't impossible

01:31

and I was kind of behind in the potato

01:33

War at the time so I figured it wouldn't

01:36

hurt to have a backup plan now I

01:38

couldn't really just pick up my potato

01:39

minions and put down Pig minions because

01:42

I was kind of actively participating in

01:43

The Great Potato War so that meant the

01:46

only way I could place more minions down

01:48

was to place them on a different Sky

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Block profile unlocking all of the

01:52

minion slots and buying all of the

01:53

minions and their upgrades was really

01:55

expensive but I still wanted to keep it

01:58

a secret so during the potato War when I

02:00

would collect coins I would list

02:02

something on the auction house for

02:03

people to bid on what I wasn't telling

02:05

people is some of the auctions were

02:07

being listed from A Different Sky Block

02:09

profile meaning the coins were going to

02:11

my secret project instead of The Great

02:13

Potato War so with having unlocked all

02:16

24 minion slots each with a tier 11 pig

02:18

minion a fly catcher a super compactor

02:22

and an enchanted lava bucket all I had

02:24

to do was grind my Spider Slayer to

02:26

level six to actually be able to equip

02:28

the fly catchers which would make get a

02:30

Max pig minion setup for the time well

02:32

aside for the fuel at least Catalyst

02:35

would have been the best fuel but they

02:36

were just too expensive to run and with

02:38

everything going on I was already

02:40

pushing it I didn't really give it much

02:42

thought after that I had plans to

02:44

eventually hit Spider Slayer level six

02:46

but it wasn't anywhere close to the top

02:48

of my priorities list since I had a

02:50

bigger battle to worry about so I

02:52

figured I would just let the minions

02:53

work and maybe check up on them once in

02:55

a while 2 months later the potato work

02:58

came to an end way sooner than I had had

03:00

originally expected so it was time to

03:02

check up on the pig minion I was nowhere

03:04

near number one pork I don't remember

03:06

how much I had exactly but I wasn't even

03:08

in the top 10 now one loss was enough

03:10

for that day so I never ended up telling

03:12

anybody about what I had going on behind

03:14

the scenes the minions sat around

03:16

collecting dust for ages only receiving

03:18

a few easy upgrades as Sky Block got

03:20

updates more notably September of 2020

03:23

when the community center update got

03:24

released I upgraded the enchanted lava

03:27

buckets to plasma buckets which granted

03:29

a thir 35% boost instead of a 25% boost

03:32

I also unlocked five extra minion slots

03:35

with gems which I saved 5% off by using

03:38

Code squid on the Hypixel store

03:40

everything I make off my Creator code

03:42

code squid for the next 30 days I'll be

03:44

donating to the saroma foundation which

03:46

is the charity I attached to this video

03:49

I also reached out to Simon Hypixel and

03:51

he agreed to donate a part of what

03:53

Hypixel makes through my credit code as

03:55

well so make sure you use code squid at

03:57

checkout enjoy the rest of the video

03:59

January 2021 the Dwarven mines were

04:02

added to the game adding a beacon that

04:04

when fueled increases minion production

04:06

by 10% but unfortunately I couldn't use

04:09

it there's a progression tree that comes

04:11

with the mining skill now called heart

04:12

of the mountain and you need to be heart

04:14

of the mountain level five to use a Max

04:16

Level Beacon to level it up you have to

04:18

do a bunch of different mining

04:19

commissions like mining a certain amount

04:22

of mithril or titanium so after a month

04:24

of getting on every day and mining for

04:26

an hour I was finally able to place my

04:29

tier five 5 Beacon then I kind of forgot

04:31

about it and the minions sat unbothered

04:34

for years until May of 2023 I decided I

04:37

finally wanted to make my last attempt

04:39

at a rank one position I had a few years

04:42

of updates to catch up on and there are

04:44

two more minion slots that I had to

04:46

unlock and all the pig minions needed to

04:48

be upgraded to level 12 simple enough

04:51

right not even close how unlocking

04:54

minion slots in Sky Block works is you

04:56

need a certain amount of unique minion

04:58

craft naturally you'll unlock the easier

05:00

and cheaper ones first making the last

05:03

ones really expensive or difficult to do

05:05

the 30th and the 31st minion slot

05:08

require 50 unique minion crafts each to

05:10

unlock although I could just buy the

05:12

materials I needed most of the minions

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were locked behind things you couldn't

05:16

just buy with coins so I'll go over some

05:18

of them Revenant tarantula and voidling

05:21

minions all three of these Slayer

05:23

minions have a Slayer level requirement

05:25

to craft luckily it doesn't take long if

05:27

you have someone helping you out I would

05:29

just on my boss and have someone kill it

05:31

for me I also took the opportunity to go

05:34

all the way to Spider Slayer level six

05:36

to be able to use my fly catchers that I

05:38

bought Magma Cube Blaze gas quartz and

05:41

glowstone minions all purchased from an

05:43

NPC on the Crimson aisle Sky Block's

05:45

biggest island released back in April of

05:48

2022 which had a combat level

05:50

requirement of 24 at the time this was

05:53

kind of an issue because I didn't really

05:55

play on the profile other than

05:56

maintaining the minions I was only

05:58

combat 19 with with no good gear and no

06:01

accessories meaning I couldn't do a ton

06:03

of damage on my own and I would die

06:05

really easily I didn't want to spend

06:06

ages grinding my combat level so after

06:09

asking around people generally agreed

06:11

the best way to hit combat 24 quickly

06:13

was to grind Beast Theory so that's what

06:16

I did Beast Theory basically rewards you

06:18

for killing a certain amount of each mob

06:20

in the game 2 hours later I had barely

06:23

gained any combat XP at all and I

06:26

stopped because the next beastiary

06:28

Milestone was only going to reward Ward

06:29

me with 10,000 combat XP which was

06:32

nothing compared to the roughly 2

06:33

million combat XP I needed to hit combat

06:36

level 24 so I had to get creative I had

06:39

to think of a new method that nobody's

06:41

ever really talked about before and I

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thought back to when tilted honey was

06:45

boosting me to unlock the voidling

06:47

minion at Enderman Slayer level four

06:49

even though I wasn't able to kill all

06:51

the bosses myself which meant I didn't

06:53

get in combat XP I was still gaining

06:55

combat XP from the mini bosses I was

06:57

spawning even if I wasn't doing damage

06:59

to them the void glue mini bosses would

07:01

reward a decent amount of combat XP even

07:04

while only doing a tier three Slayer

07:05

contract the tier four void glue mini

07:08

bosses would give even more so that was

07:10

my method I would start a tier four

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contract spawn mini bosses let tilted

07:15

honey kill them for me and once a main

07:17

Slayer boss spawns I would let it kill

07:19

me so I could start a new Slayer

07:21

contract and keep spawning mini bosses

07:23

right away this method got me around a

07:25

million combat XP an hour so after only

07:28

a few hours I fin finally hit combat 24

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granting me access to the Crimson

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aisle red sand and melium these minions

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were probably the biggest headaches to

07:41

get out of all of them they're also on

07:43

the Crimson aisle but here's the catch

07:45

to craft each tier of these minions you

07:48

need a higher and higher amount of

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reputation here's a quick rundown of how

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the Crimson Isles reputation system

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works when you enter the nether you can

07:55

choose one of two factions Mage for the

07:58

melum men

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or Barbarian for the Red Sand minion you

08:02

head to your factions Mission board and

08:04

accept your five daily missions each

08:06

rewarding you anywhere between 30 and

08:08

125 reputation with your faction there

08:11

are six different types of missions Dojo

08:14

various mechanically skill-based

08:16

challenges that put you to the test

08:17

probably one of the cooler things to do

08:19

on the whole island I would do my Dojo

08:21

Mission every time it was offered

08:23

because they were pretty easy fetch hand

08:26

in a random material from the Crimson

08:28

aisle sometimes I wouldn't be able to do

08:30

this Mission because most of the

08:31

materials they asked for are untradeable

08:34

rescue go look for and save a captured

08:36

faction inpc from enemy territory

08:38

without getting caught by sneaking past

08:40

the guards this one was a bit annoying

08:43

but it was very doable boss Quest you

08:45

have to go kill the magma boss or the

08:47

cudra boss these took too much time so I

08:50

decided to just skip it if it ever came

08:51

up fishing catch a specific trophy fish

08:55

nothing too bad just a bit tedious and

08:58

the last type of mission are mini boss

09:00

missions they require you to kill one of

09:02

the four mini bosses around the Crimson

09:04

aisle most of these I could do which

09:06

brings me to the other main way of

09:08

gaining reputation mini bosses on top of

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the reputation reward for doing a mini

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boss Mission killing each mini boss

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grants a small amount of reputation once

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a day so every day I would go to the

09:19

Crimson aisle and accept all my daily

09:21

missions then kill all the mini bosses

09:24

except for ash bang and by kill all the

09:26

mini bosses I mean I would do the

09:28

minimum one million damage required to

09:30

each one and beg someone to kill it

09:32

while working on my other missions like

09:34

doing the Dojo or rescue mission after

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doing all I could every day I'd maybe

09:38

gain 200 reputation with my faction and

09:42

that might seem okay until you learn

09:44

that I needed 12,000 reputation with

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each faction meaning once I had reached

09:50

12,000 reputation in one faction I had

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to swap factions and start again but

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from negative - 2,000 reputation and go

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back up to 12,000 again so yeah that

10:03

took literal months but eventually I

10:06

crafted the minions I needed from that

10:07

Island moving on to the tier 12 farming

10:10

minions to upgrade any farming minion to

10:12

tier 12 not only do you need the

10:14

millions of coins worth of whatever crop

10:16

it is on top of that you need 75 pelts

10:19

how do you get pelts you ask well to get

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pelts you go to Trevor the Trapper you

10:24

then track down and kill any mob he

10:26

wants you to anywhere on the island and

10:29

that giv gives you a few pelts I needed

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a total of 3500 of them anyways I

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upgraded all my unique farming minions

10:36

as well as 31 of my pig minions bringing

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their base minion speed from 13 seconds

10:41

down to 10 seconds moving on to the

10:43

vampire minion to get this minion we had

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to go to the rift Dimension probably the

10:48

most interesting minion to obtain in the

10:50

entire game to get it you have to do

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hours of unique Quest that involve you

10:54

going into a mirror Dimension fighting a

10:56

giant slime that has tentacles this time

10:58

calculating what somebody owes on their

11:00

tax return hacking into the main frame

11:02

and hand feeding Sky Block's biggest

11:04

Gizzy gobbler until you eventually get

11:06

to the still Gore chatau where you

11:08

collect blood off a few vampires to

11:10

unlock the minion it's some of my

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favorite content added to Sky Block to

11:14

date so I definitely recommend you check

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it out for yourself and At Last I

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unlocked my 31st minion slot there were

11:21

only a few upgrades I had left to do I

11:23

upgraded each of my minions using

11:25

Mythril infusions I bought granting a

11:27

10% speed buff something else I'm doing

11:29

that probably doesn't even matter is I

11:31

started buying a new Beacon fuel that is

11:34

way more expensive because it grants all

11:36

minions and 11% speed increase rather

11:39

than 10% from the cheaper alternative

11:41

but that's not even the most expensive

11:43

part now that I had a Max minion setup I

11:45

started fueling the minions with Hyper

11:47

Catalyst an upgrade to Catalyst that

11:50

makes them quadruple the output instead

11:51

of only tripling it and they last twice

11:54

as long with the best minions powered by

11:56

the best fuel with the best Beacon it

11:58

was time to bring my amp back but of

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course it wasn't that easy in Sky Block

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if you're in an AFK pool for too long

12:06

you'll get kicked to limbo to avoid that

12:08

I needed to eat a booster cookie but to

12:10

even buy booster cookies you needed to

12:12

be Sky Block Level s and I didn't really

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want to grind Sky Block levels on my alt

12:16

account so instead I just traded over a

12:18

bunch of pets that give Sky Block XP to

12:20

be extra cautious I even had my roommate

12:23

trade over the level 100 Pigman pet

12:25

because I didn't want anyone to be

12:26

suspicious of my auction history having

12:29

a level 100 Pigman pet active on the

12:31

island increase the speed of pig minions

12:33

by 30% now I had to keep him on my

12:36

Island 24/7 otherwise they wouldn't be

12:38

getting Max rats it was a waiting game

12:40

now I had already looked into the pig

12:42

collection leaderboard and there were

12:43

two main people the guy in first Ken

12:46

Sparrow he had first place since before

12:48

December of 2020 and he was ahead of me

12:51

by a ton but he only had 30 minion slots

12:54

unlocked while I had the max of 31 MP4

12:57

he was pretty far behind k Sparrow but

13:00

he had 31 minion slots unlocked and was

13:02

gaining on him this was pretty

13:03

concerning because if he was using the

13:05

same minion setup as me and we were

13:07

collecting pork at the same rate that

13:09

would mean I would never catch him

13:11

luckily running hyper Catalyst and your

13:13

minions cost around 20 to 25 million

13:15

coins every single day making it very

13:18

unlikely that anyone else would be using

13:20

them August came around and with Derpy

13:22

being an office I decided I would

13:24

collect my minions to see where I stand

13:26

on the leaderboard I was in fourth place

13:29

with with 204 million pork collected

13:31

which was promising since I've been

13:32

tracking everyone else's rate of

13:34

increase and I was able to confirm they

13:36

weren't using hyper Catalyst as much as

13:38

I was I just had to keep waiting as

13:40

there's actually no way to grind a

13:42

meaningful amount of pork by hand it's

13:44

all minions October 23rd MP4 actually

13:47

ended up taking first place from Ken

13:49

Sparrow so he got his sweet taste of

13:52

Victory but it was shortlived because it

13:54

wasn't even two weeks later on November

13:56

4th I would finally collect my minions

13:59

and take the throne for the most poor

14:01

collected in Hypixel Sky Block exactly

14:03

four years after I lost my spot as the

14:06

potato King a week later MP4 reached out

14:09

to my business email confused hey squid

14:12

this is MP4 the current second

14:15

placeholder in pork chop collection I

14:17

was also first place a few weeks ago

14:19

until you overtook me with a 28 million

14:21

pork chop lead also having never seen

14:23

you on the pork chop leaderboard I

14:25

assume you had your API off in order to

14:27

surprise people with your play placement

14:29

your sudden reveal in both placement and

14:31

collection was definitely quite

14:33

surprising especially considering your

14:35

past experiences in collection Wars that

14:38

surpris aside I am now just thoroughly

14:40

confused about you know why I have been

14:43

grinding this collection for the better

14:44

part of 4 years and have not seen your

14:46

presence in it once until this week I

14:48

assume the current situation I'm

14:50

experiencing is kind of like what you

14:52

felt when techno overtook your place 3

14:55

years ago so hopefully you can relate to

14:57

my plea of asking why I don't even want

15:00

to know how you did it I would just like

15:02

a reason to why you did it and then he

15:04

attached some screenshots proving it's

15:06

him so MP4 this is why I did it because

15:10

it started as a backup plan 4 years ago

15:12

in case I lost the Great Potato war and

15:14

more recently I decided it was about

15:16

time that I finished what I started now

15:18

that I had the number one spot I figured

15:20

I should probably make a proper build so

15:23

instead of hosing my minions in wooden

15:25

boxes I would hose them in pink glass

15:28

boxes surrounding a statue of

15:30

technoblade who I'm actually going to be

15:32

talking about for the rest of this video

15:34

I was just an average college student

15:36

when Hypixel Sky Block came out in June

15:38

of 2019 I worked a summer job on a

15:41

concrete crew for 60 hours a week and

15:43

when the potato wor started I was in my

15:45

second year of University and now I

15:47

stream and make YouTube videos for a

15:49

living although me and techno were

15:51

Rivals for the potato War we didn't

15:53

actually hate each other and throughout

15:55

the potato War he was actually

15:57

incredibly nice to me starting all the

15:59

way back to when he first uploaded the

16:00

Great Potato War he sent me a message in

16:03

game telling me to comment on his video

16:05

so he could pin it helping Drive traffic

16:07

to my YouTube channel that only had 67

16:09

subscribers at the time it helped me out

16:11

a ton and at the end of the month I had

16:13

over 30,000 subscribers I always had

16:16

this idea of maybe one day meeting him

16:18

in person at a convention or something

16:20

so I could say thank you face to face

16:22

but unfortunately I never got the chance

16:24

to do so it's been around a year and a

16:26

half since we lost him and truly

16:29

it's weird it stuff just hasn't felt the

16:32

same since and I don't even know how to

16:34

explain it and it sucks we really were

16:36

so so so so lucky to have someone like

16:39

techno as a leader in our community

16:42

again all the money I make from this

16:43

video is going to the saroma foundation

16:45

which I've attached to this video and I

16:48

encourage you guys to donate to it as

16:49

well if that's something you're

16:50

interested in so thank you technoblade

16:53

thanks for everything you did for me and

16:55

thank you for everything you did for the

16:57

community technoblade Never Dies

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