Talk:Herobrine/Archive 3

Herobrine started as a rumor, there was a white-eyed version of Steve (the Minecraft standard skin) walking around on the edge of the fog, staring at the player, and then walking away.

It was never known if Notch actually implemented this feature.

However, with update 1.6.6 on May 31st 2011 the changelog mentioned removing the illusive feature altogether.
 * facepalm* can't people get a joke? there is no such thing as Herobrine! notch said that he removed him as a joke!!! and sig you'r posts pls... --Yurisho 15:57, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

In most wikis, anything that is "notable" gets a page. Why not add this page, with a clear header indicating it is a joke, and with factual information such as:

Herobrine was the subject of a persistent urban legend centered around Minecraft. The persistent stories held that Minecraft hid a human NPC by the name Herobrine. The NPC was alleged to build its own mines and homes, and to haunt, taunt, or observe the player in SSP. Although Notch frequently stated Herobrine was a false rumor, he often played along, fanning the flames with tongue-in-cheek twitter posts. In version 1.6.6, he attempted once again to lay the rumor to rest in a tongue-in-cheek manner, by officially declaring that Herobrine had been removed from the game. It is currently unknown whether Herobrine was always a joke, or whether such an ultra-rare NPC did, at one time, exist in the game.

I'm not trying to jump into a delete war here, but Notch is obviously in on the joke, and the topic definitely has notability. And, Herobrine has of course now made it into the changelog, lending further weight to a purpose for this page. TheNthDoctor 17:08, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree, herobrine is a good part of the game because of it being a sort of minecraft mystery and deserves a page,i mean no matter what people will still hear about it, and by deleting wiki pages and forum posts your just making the myth seem even more true because of the bit about posts being deleted on the forum.--Higbey 18:14, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * FYI, I am still in full favour of this page (that's not a thing that stopped happening), despite being demoted twice for it. and I really hope you guys can come up with a way to make the page eligable, which I believe means showing admins, specifically quatro, that the page is noteworthy and needed.


 * (like the fact many do not know who he is until they see it, and the fact that we have a page for lanterns which were only mentioned, as herobrine once was. in fact, it's the same situation, if you think about it. only it has more history. and the fact the polish wiki has one but has a disclaimer etc. etc. etc.) --Kizzycocoa 18:51, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

I looked into the Herobrine story again and noticed a few things: 1) The screenshot contains a chicken. Chickens werwn't added to multiplayer until      v1.0.17. But the player was on v1.0.16_02.     2) The version v1.0.16_02 never existed. The version history goes from v1.0.16_01 to      v1.0.17. Could someone please clarify for me. --Halo Guru 05:17, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It is possible that it was a test version. Also, it is stated that he was in SP, not MP. --SN777 Divinus 22:05, 09 July 2011 (MT)

Edit Copy
Since only admins can edit this page, can we have an edit copy just like for the main page? We could have rules for this page like these:
 * No sightings
 * No fan-sites

Drenay 22:26, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm just happy the way the page is right now. DarkBlade 02:15, 5 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, this isn't too important, but if some admin wishes, he could make the rest two mentions of notch in those chats links. Not important, but useful. -- | TheKax |   Talk   07:36, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Sighting
Hello, I just spotted Herobrine on our server (running 1.6.6) when nobody else was on. He appeared in our town with the Herobrine name tag above him and stood there for about an hour, then walked off into the desert just outside our town wall and dug a hole. I followed him down the hole which went redstone torch-ladder-redstone torch-ladder, etc. When I got close he was watching me and said "I have something for you." then when I reached the bottom I saw some diamond ore and he disappeared filling the cave in (I had invinsibility on, otherwise it would have suffocated and killed me). There was no trace of him or his hole afterwards.

I Googled around and what I saw seems pretty consistent of Herobrine sightings. There is a division between people who have had the experience and those who haven't and claim Herobrine is a hoax and that we're all liars.

I can understand the viewpoint that Herobrine doesn't exist and that all the sightings are fake because that was my view a couple of hours ago. I also understand that there's no way for me to convince you that Herobrine exists unless you experience it for yourself.

This article is biased towards a skeptic's point of view and most of the article is on if he exists or not, but not on Herobrine himself. With enough stories on the Internet of him being spotted I think merits some seriousness to using the article to show conditions that he's likely to appear in and his behaviour.

I can't convince you he exists but we could at least put something along the lines of "Herobrine is widely believed to be a hoax except by those who claim to see him" which opens the article to talking about Herobrine himself and not just if he is real or not. --MessiahAndrw 03:35, 10 July 2011 (UTC)


 * He doesn't exist. End. Of. Story. There's absolutely no code in Minecraft to spawn him, plus Minecraft would require much better AI for a mob to be capable of doing what you've described. It's simply a player who is trolling you. – ultradude25 ( T at 05:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't the only player on my server who has encountered Herobrine (he only appears when you're alone on the server) but I am suspecting it is the [ http://forums.canarymod.net/showthread.php?tid=345 iloveyou] bukkit plugin and not part of vanilla Minecraft. I had another random encounter today while I was alone, but this time he told me "come here" and when I followed him he disappeared and told me "Only god can help you now." as the tunnel started to fill in. (I also took plenty of screenshots of this).

The AI logic doesn't seem that complex. I never actually saw him 'walk' so on my second encounter I paid more attention. He only moved when I wasn't looking at him, so I suspect he just jumps to another spot at random. All he does is say a line, dig down and wait for you, say another line, disappear and then undo what he just dug out.

Also as a programmer myself, I've seen some truly amazing things done with obfuscated code that looks otherwise innocent, so even if we had access to the source it doesn't mean it's not there (I'm just saying, even though now I'm sure it's the above mentioned plugin). --MessiahAndrw 12:33, 10 July 2011 (UTC)