"Don't stress yourself out by chronically overworking or else you'll be bald like me" is a very uncle story

Iskall - "I don't like roleplaying" *Has the time of his life roleplaying.

@Grandwigg

26 күн бұрын

I think part of it is the framing for him. Being told to do it verses choosing, for instance. Or here's a basis scenario, let it play out. But i guess it's doesn't work as a primary base design motivation. And as a long time tabletop rpg player(as dm 'narrator' or player), I'm the same. Best I can do is try to recreate some of the places I've been or seen on a game or show.

@adamlagerqvist8111

26 күн бұрын

​@@GrandwiggYes organic improv vs pre-planed or forced rp.

@jakewolf3561

25 күн бұрын

So basically Iskall doesn't like lying to the viewers or staging events that look natural when its really all just fake.

iskall: judging people is a waste of life also iskall: if you like tenting, you're weird.

@digitaldritten

26 күн бұрын

ok but you don't *choose* what you look like, you *do* choose to go tenting lol

@TheSillyPepper

26 күн бұрын

@@digitaldritten I mean, I'd argue that you don't really get to choose what brings you joy. You can't make yourself enjoy something you don't enjoy and you can't help enjoying something you do enjoy.

@digitaldritten

26 күн бұрын

@@TheSillyPepper fair enough

Uncle Iskall saying that I'm not a worse or better person depending on my appearances and stuff is such a healing moment. Thank you for being so accepting, uncleskall

Joel's going to Japan soon, a "Joels, I'm coming over" would be hilarious

@dakrakenz5314

26 күн бұрын

He's already away that's why he prerecorded videos

@gleb.salmanov

26 күн бұрын

*Yoel

I'll say it again, I LOVE the use of the colored glass in this farm. It's so pretty against the water

uncle iskall is not something i foresaw for 2024, but a win is a win

I just heard Jimmy talking about the exact same experience with U.S. customs for the first time. Poor guy was practically traumatized Also, your description of the ads is *so true*

@medievalmars3887

24 күн бұрын

What’s wrong with our ads??

the behind the scenes videos are great. The niche between highly produced episodes and raw stream footage is underrated, its so pleasant to watch someone being genuine and playing the game

@Grandwigg

26 күн бұрын

Agreed

@notanimposter

26 күн бұрын

I’ve been loving how it feels like there’s always some Iskall to watch, without having to spend all my time watching a whole stream VOD. And if I skip one, I’m not missing a whole episode!

Love you Uncle Iskall!

I love these iskall rants. I learn a lot from his experience and his way of viewing life and people, as i had a lot of misconceptions as an introvert my self to how people perceive some things that prevented me from taking some choices. but after listening to similar instances to mine where he made some choices that could have gone a lot better for me had i seen his take on them earlier.

@Grandwigg

26 күн бұрын

Yep. And the trick is to remember what we've learned without letting it get us down. And trying to be a little bit more intentional and considering when we make decisions in the present .

I think you'd like DnD Iskall. While roleplay usually isn't optional, it's not always the entirety of the game, and also, YOU get to choose how you roleplay and what kind of character you play, so long as your GM approves it. (All of you have to have fun, even the guy running the game, so keep that in mind. :D)

You threw the new PC specs on the screen in your ad read and I went to PCSpecialists to see what that sort of setup would cost. A new PC isn't in my budget and I'm in America, so there's another obstacle, but it was fun to look at what the options might be if I find myself in a situation where it might work.

Iskall is just the wholesomest Hermit. Spreading only positivity. I'd wish to have Iskall as my actual uncle

i was so bored , while i was wondering what i should watch whlie eating; and this JUST popped up

@LordTechnoPrime

27 күн бұрын

Bro same I just sat down to eat lol

@shalakabooyaka1480

27 күн бұрын

luuuunch gang.

@29:50 holy crap that can make you bald.... My hairline is beginning to make a lot more sense to me now...

To get to Australia, Qantas has flights from Europe all over, that stop in Dubai for 1/2hr - a few days

Regarding the TSA, you might want to refer to the "gaming convention" as a "work function", since technically you're there in relation to your primary income; it makes more sense to fly 11 hours for a 3 day work function than it does to fly 11 hours for a 3 day vacation

A ranged mob that has its attack disabled for a while if you make a melee attack on it is a great idea.

I have chronic pain and just finished a pain psychology class as part of my treatment, and you’re exactly right Iskall about your wrist and focusing on it. The more you think about and focus on the pain the more it will actually hurt, our brains use the context clues to tell us if we have pain so reminding yourself that you’re injured kinda prompts the brain to say “ow, take it easy!” Which is good bc that’s how you make sure you don’t hurt yourself worse. Just wanted to chime in to say you’re right in that thinking about it does have an effect on the amount of pain you feel, but also that you should listen to the pain you feel and take it easy if you need to bc your body telling you you’re in pain from in injury is it working absolutely correctly and telling you to stop doing whatever is causing the pain. And I’m glad to hear you’re doing better and feeling better, hope it the issue with your wrist clears all the way up for you soon!

@Grandwigg

26 күн бұрын

I've done a lot of the same research. (I wish some of my pain specialists had given me some direction in that area early on rather than just 'have you tried meditation?' lol.)

Hands take for ever to heal because you have to use them. I wouldn’t worry.

I love the idea that for the murder mystery the characters backstory etc are more fluid. The hermits are good improvisers they can make something however they want with some backstory for example it could have You are Miss Syrups Fiancé you are innocent but when questioned about your ex Miss Waffles you act guilty. You are rich and a lover of polo.

Vault hunters hide and hunt would be fun you all set up teams of 2-3 people you hide your bases from other teams in the base is a respawn block. The goal is to progress as much as possible, find and deactivate an enamy bases respawn block putting them in hardcore, and looting, pvp, and teaming up whilst hideing bases is allowed. That way builders can focus on the base and others the pvp exploration and looting. It'd encourage dungeon delving, and team energy with mild rp made easy due to the challenge. Similar to the life series but with more to do.

I love this channel so much, it's always more hermitcraft per hermitcraft in the best ways

I feel like we learn so much about Iskall from these

If you go to South Africa, I'd recommend going to the Drakensberg. A place like Cathedral Peaks is wonderful. Good food, good hiking. I'd recommend doing it with a group though and hiring a shuttle bus to get you there.

A piston, an observer, repeater, some redstone dust and maybe a few blocks == sand pusher / sand wall builder to section off for drying with sponge.

"International Business Man of Doom" - Iskall, 2024

Distance between Australian cities is large, but all are at most a couple hour flight away, however most of the stuff worth seeing is the nature, which generally requires driving to

@skypig

26 күн бұрын

Also for reaching Australia, flying via asia is generally the quickest route from europe

The weirdest thing about hearing you talk about being bald is that I always imagine the Hermits look like their avatars.

24:14 😢This rly made me wanna give him a hug man 😭❤️❤️❤️

check with your doctor!!, I had something similar with my foot and am still suffering for it

I am so much the uncle you describe, Iskall. I'll be like "wanna come play outside? we can set stuff on fire."

The cronology went donw hill ☠️☠️

and now you have a nice aquarium :D

Wales mentioned 😮, btw live in Cardiff so obvious going to be biased but love it here

iskall podcast pleaseeee

Iskall: international business man of doom

Such a genuine and honest outlook. Love this! Bald is beautiful btw

I work at a computer shop in the same county as PC Specialist and we mainly sell PCs to standard home users and businesses and it's mainly because "gamers" and the mainstream public just go to big brand companies like PC Specialist and Currys (the main pc / electrical shop in the UK) as they can see prices and order online for delivery / collection due to ease and don't shop around.

I always instaclick video with uncle Iskall

Iskall, you are such a good guy, and I really like listening to your stories. Don't ever change.

so in 2016, during hc s4, you FLEW to your day job? Thats crazy, like "how do you get to your day job? I drive, I take the bus, I take a commercial flight."

It could also be a challenge room environment thing for the lasering.

I've only started watching Iskall this season but damn, this man comes from some good money 😆 golfing, every family holiday in Greece... Ngl I'm jealous

For Australia, Brisbane is good weather, but you're more likely going to want to visit the Gold Coast which has beautiful beaches and a city built right on the coastline. There's also the Sunshine Coast which is the opposite side of Brisbane. It's much quieter than the Gold Coast with more variety of beaches and landscape. Slightly further south is Nimbin and Byron Bay which are Hippie towns. The Gold Coast has a bit of violent crime in some areas though so beware of that. I feel like the city has fake people, with fake bodies in a fake city with fake money. Sydney is beautiful and the water in the harbour is incredibly clean, almost unreal for a capital city. People walk very quickly in Sydney though but there's plenty to see and do, a lot of large parks right in the middle of the city. Melbourne is fantastic for an urban feeling city. The food and coffee scene is honestly amongst the best in the world. It's been rated the world's most livable city so many times because of how nice it is. It's very well planned out for a city of that size and it's pretty easy to get around, the people seem much friendlier than Sydney people and about on par with Brisbane people but nowhere near as friendly as the Sunshine Coast or Perth. Adelaide has some natural beauty but not much else as far as I'm aware but i haven't been there myself. Canberra has a bunch of great camping areas and mountain hiking areas but I haven't been there myself. Perth has a few nice beaches and the people are very friendly. The state is very dry but Perth is not that dry. There's a lake kind of near Perth that has pink water. You'd need a car to get there. It's hours away I'm pretty sure but that's not that far for an Australian. Tasmania is cold but very beautiful from what I have heard but I haven't been there myself.

For your wrist, try some green clay (Argiletz). Don’t know if you can find it is Sweden, it is a French product. Put it in paper towel, and that on your wrist for a couple of hours. The wet clay must not touch metal. I have seen this stuff work so many times.

As an American, I honestly agree with a lot of people our customer service is too much XD when I visited Sweden I *loved* how much the shop people would just leave you alone and let you ask for help if you needed it. It felt like I fit in way better among Swedes than I do at home in the US, even in Minnesota which is reserved compared to most of the country.

Love the vids uncle iskall hahaha.

If you're just visiting SA, just go to CAPE TOWN. It has everything, mountains, beaches, vineyards, wildlife etc... all within a easy range. But you have to go in the Southern summer, ie your winter time.

Honestly, iskall does have such an uncle energy even if he has an imposter syndrome of sorts about it

Looking forward to the unkie iskall series where he shows us his coin collection we reminisce about his 67 dodge dart and the one girl that got away!

As an Australian, if you want to come to Australia, the best big cities to go are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast (for beaches and theme parks only). Do not go to Canberra. It was made because Melbourne and Sydney were fighting over capital city status. There basically nothing but government stuff to see there

totally get the advertisement comments 💀i went to nyc 4 days after roe v wade was overturned and it was on BILLBOARDS. the culture shock hit me like a truck

You could always give each of the hermits the bulletpoints for the character's role. "You are the wife of the victim, you are innocent, you act guilty when panicked, when asked where you were that night you said you were at a friends but you change your story in private with your best friend, you offer no free information to anyone else unless specifically asked" stuff like that. That's what we do as a standardized patient. We get the whole outline and back story of the character, but our answers depend 100% on whether the student asks us the correct thing or not. If they don't ask about our stomach pain, they won't know that it is related.

@Grandwigg

26 күн бұрын

This needs many upvotes. And agree with the name completely as far as the app goes. (And content of the ads. I'm ok with ads existing, but don't want non-stop jokes about anatomy or songs that would get me arrested it or injured if I would have recite the lyrics in public)

@rosepage2262

26 күн бұрын

These are fabulous tips

Just got back from a holiday from the Ningaloo reef on Western Australia’s coast and I highly recommend

learning that iskall once had hair is a hard pill to swallow

southafrika has many tourist places even in prrtoria which is next to johanessburg. what makes cape town so nice is the people and environment being so relaxed. the freestate also has plenty of game reserves.

@tlf8386

26 күн бұрын

*Pretoria

@leobiggs8653

26 күн бұрын

Cape Town is like a different country 😂. But I agree, every province has something interesting to see and do.

You aren't naïve for only judging people by their character, you are actually a more mature and better person for it.

real talk with Iskall. I didn't start getting grey hair until my 40s. I blame having 2 kids and a Mortgage for the grey hair. Mostly the Mortgage, my kids are great.

love the coloured glass

Btw im wishing you a speedy recovery so you can get your hermitcraft on without wrist pain

Well, I'm sorry to hear about your experience with the airport guards, but I glad to hear you enjoy the service of pretty much everyone else you met here 😅 I've never had a problem with the guards, but I'm also an American citizen and spend more than 3 days after an 11hr flight. As for service, that depends on where you go. I've had some low quality service in restaurants. Few and far between, but it does happen here to, where you feel like the server (waiter/waitress) just does not want to be there, and thus doesn't want you there either.

I’m glad you enjoyed the U.S. being from here and especially being from the Midwest I tend to be too friendly when I travel elsewhere and it weirds people out lol a lot of people say it makes them uncomfortable because it feels fake but it’s usually genuine we just like meeting people lol

I didn't expect Iskall to get stopped by the TSA so often

I’m watching this vod while hiking the West Highland Way 👍 Scotland is amazing!!

for the enemy that lasers you you should have a look at the malicious face enemy from ultrakill

Islkall! We will keep you here in the US!!! I love you!

I found out I was going bald when I got a haircut before my first date with my wife about 22 years ago. I had the barber shave it all off, and I’ve been shaved ever since. I used to have long fluffy hair down to my shoulders, but my wife had a thing for Lex Luther on SmallVille so it all worked out.

You definitely need to go to Cape Town. It is magical. Moved to New Zealand in 2017 but will recommend Cape Town before I recommend NZ. The South Island of New Zealand is magnificent but be prepared for rain…

@Grandwigg

26 күн бұрын

If you go up Table Mountain, take plenty of water. Bottles are like 20 bucks or more at the top, hahahaha. But ABSOLUTELY beautiful for sure.

love the glass

I love this Iskall podcast it's amazing

Iskall!!! Come to Perth it’s dry but if you come in November/December it’s not too hot yet. Western Australia has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, especially the south-west coast. Qantas flies direct, London to Perth ☀️😎

5:56 Iskall should checkout early Doom games if he hasn't already. Both VH and Doom have a fast-paced run-and-gun play style and similar approach to mob implementation i.e. it's more enjoyable to fight many low-hp mobs than a few high-hp mobs. Something like the Arch-vile in Doom could be awesome in VH and would fill the line-of-sight attack role.

The whole east coast of au is lovely, going from cold at the bottom to VERY warm at the top.

Greece is a lot more tourist-y than it used to be, so be careful where in Greece you go.

It is what it is has been my motto this past year, because so much crud out of my control has happened that I can't do a whole lot about. It drives me nuts sometimes. I'm stressed as all getout and there's basically nothing I can do about it. When I'm your age I'll also be bald due to stress. 😂

It would be fun for all the players at the time would pick a character randomly and and they play the character as they wish then the judges will pick a set of details ( clues ) and the players play the game based on the clues ... kind of like the game of clue

The other stop off to Australia is Japan, you could do both countries after they other

Vodskall85 has become one of my top channels... after Iskall85 of course!

IM SO HYPE FOR THISSSSS

american culture is definitely big on treating strangers like friends, ESPECIALLY if they're paying to be there. i think the difference is that in America politeness is friendliness, whereas most other cultures see those as two separate things.

man we will love to have you in creec

28:53 yes my neighbor is stressmonster

If youre too happy or friendly TSA get suspicious, best to be neutral expression and dont be overly friendly

Australia and New Zealand are so close do both in the same trip

1:06 Could be Joel's portal? Think we saw it in his QnA video but he may not have built it

South Korea also has some beautiful mountains if anyone's into hiking

Story time with uncle iskall! 😆

Lol I really laughed 🤣 when you said chania " xania" Σε αγαπώ Iskall❤

singapore is so hot now its feels like 38°c everyday

Love this guy

10:24 yes there are a lot of people like that, and usually they are not even subs or interested, but you know.. having a lot of time to waste in life.. But they do interactions on KZread so ye, that's positive

If you go to Japan you should visit the Team Lab exhibition, it's amazing. Also, please do come to Thailand :D

If wondering where in Australia to go, I suggest Tasmania. It's large, subtropical and a lot less deadly, the climate is a lot nicer and it's a lot less built-over. There are ferries but also flights frequently - the flights are recommended, they're very cheap.

@morosis82

26 күн бұрын

Tasmania is great, very natural and great if you love the outdoors.

Thailand was so awesome to visit, even if the flight was pretty rough from the US east coast.

lol I never though of American ads as being over the top but now that i think about it when i had a project where i had to watch german TV ads and i thought they were super boring lmao 😂

Diorite flights to Australia 😂😂

You absolutely get waiters check how you're doing in Sweden, even in lunch restaurants though that's not certain. But in places with table service? It's rare you don't have them swing by occasionally.

You should definitely come see the many castles in wales lol