The Season 6 Prank War was a series of pranks that happened during Season 6 which led to a server-wide civil war between two major factions, Team STAR and the G-Team.
Groups[]
G-Team[]
For more details, see G-Team
Team Star[]
For more details, see Team STAR
ConCorp[]
For more details, see ConCorp
Belligerents[]
| G-Team | Team STAR | ConCorp | Neutral |
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Grian |
Docm77 |
Cubfan135 |
TinFoilChef |
ZombieCleo |
Xisumavoid |
GoodTimesWithScar |
Zedaph |
JoeHills |
impulseSV |
PythonGB | |
Stressmonster101 |
FalseSymmetry |
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Iskall85 |
Welsknight |
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TangoTek |
Rendog |
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iJevin |
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MumboJumbo |
Stage 1: Escalation[]
Grian and Iskall85 Prank AFK MumboJumbo[]
Chest of stuff left in MumboJumbo's obsidian cage by Grian and Iskall85
The "present" left by MumboJumbo in Iskall85's base.
In his Episode 48, MumboJumbo dies while AFK and loses all his items, including the Riptide trident he got earlier in the season from a drowned. Grian gives him a new trident. However, unable to pass up a good prank, he recruits Iskall85 to surround an AFK MumboJumbo with an obsidian cage, forcing MumboJumbo to break out using his fists while giving him a chance to get his pickaxe back in one in three chances, but MumboJumbo completely skips it. MumboJumbo later comments that he made the correct choice.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Original prankster), Iskall85 (Support prankster)
- MumboJumbo (Victim)
MumboJumbo trials Grian and Iskall85[]
In retaliation, MumboJumbo pranks Grian and Iskall85 with a "trial." He gifts them items in shulker boxes and surrounds them with obsidian which he states must be broken without a pickaxe. The idea was to force them to punch the obsidian, much like MumboJumbo had to when he was boxed up. Grian circumvents this by using pistons to break the shulker boxes, but Iskall85 cheats by using a pickaxe. It is believed that MumboJumbo gave Iskall85 a shulker of diorite as punishment.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Victim, circumvented punishment), Iskall85 (Victim, directly fails and received punishment in form of diorite)
- MumboJumbo (Prankster but failed directly both times)
The Chicken in the Grian Costume[]
Iskall85 uses the diorite gifted to him to prank FalseSymmetry, mainly because of his narrow loss to her in the Grian Head Hunt. He builds a large chicken in a Grian costume on top of her base (referring to Grian's alter-ego, Poultry Man), and uses the diorite to replicate bird poop dripping down the roof. He labels the prank as if it was an art piece, and signs it "by Iskall85". The reason for this prank could be that Grian declared FalseSymmetry as the winner of the "Grian Head Hunt" game (making her beat Iskall85) after he previously declared it a draw.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Indirect victim), Iskall85 (Prankster)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry (Victim)
Signs changed[]
Passing by, ZombieCleo sees the signs from the previous prank. Sensing an opportunity for chaos, she changes it to blame Rendog instead.
Hermits involved:
- Grian, Iskall85 (Original prankster, blame shifted by third party to Rendog)
- ZombieCleo (Prankster, moves blame to Rendog)
- Rendog (Victim)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry
The Grand Central Station Rollercoaster[]
FalseSymmetry uses her "Grian will help you with any prank card", which she won from the Grian Headhunt challenge, to get Grian to help her prank Rendog for revenge. Together, they build a massive rollercoaster over Rendog's Grand Central Station, which ends with the victim falling into an obsidian pit and being killed by lava. However, after they have completed the coaster, they discover that Iskall85 was the true culprit behind the base defacement. As a last-minute attempt to get back at him, they write a sign in a terrible fake Swedish accent blaming Iskall85 for the prank.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Support prankster), ZombieCleo (Mastermind prankster, made prank war go on a tangent and spread to more people)
- Iskall85 (Victim, move blame back to him)
- Rendog (Victim)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry (Prankster)
The Queen Mary Ghost Ship[]
Rendog rides the coaster and dies, though he had the foresight to remove his items before, so little was actually lost. In retaliation, he recruits Docm77 and ImpulseSV to prank ZombieCleo because she was the real culprit behind Rendog's prank. Together, they build a massive ghost ship next to her pirate ship, which when an item is released from an item frame, drops the victim down into a pit with poison potions and zombies dressed like Rendog, Docm77 and ImpulseSV.
Hermits involved:
- Grian, ZombieCleo (Victim)
- Iskall85
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog (Prankster), Docm77 (Support prankster), ImpulseSV (Support prankster)
Signs changed (2)[]
A mystery hermit, (revealed at the end of the War to be Iskall85), changes the signs on the previous prank to target Grian. He falls for the prank and dies, unaware that the prank was not aimed at him.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Victim), ZombieCleo (Original victim)
- Iskall85 (Prankster)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog, Docm77, ImpulseSV
The Red Velvet Cake[]
Rendog and FalseSymmetry, realizing Iskall85 has yet to be punished for his chicken, prank Iskall85 by building a cake over his desert castle made of solid netherrack and the diorite from the chicken prank.
Iskall85 later recruits Grian's TNT services to detonate the cake and his castle beneath it.
Hermits involved:
- Grian, Iskall85 (Victim), ZombieCleo
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry (Prankster), Rendog (Prankster), Docm77, ImpulseSV
The Heist[]
Grian, still believing Docm77 and Rendog deliberately killed him for helping FalseSymmetry and unaware that ImpulseSV was involved, plans a prank on the Stock Exchange, and recruits TangoTek to help him. The two of them, dressed as FalseSymmetry and MumboJumbo-dressed-as-Grian rob the Stock Exchange's vault and replace all the diamonds with Grian and TangoTek player heads. As a final touch, they add Grian heads to the armour stands on Docm77's precious bush. The pair conceal the diamonds in a close by, easy to find place in the stock exchange vault, but an unknown third party removes the diamonds.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Prankster), Iskall85, ZombieCleo, TangoTek (Support prankster)
- MumboJumbo (Victim, to shift the blame), FalseSymmetry (Victim, to shift the blame), Rendog (Victim), Docm77 (Victim), ImpulseSV (Intended victim, ignored)
The Hall of Atonement[]
Realising ImpulseSV went unpunished by the Heist, ZombieCleo recruits JoeHills and iJevin to prank him for intending to kill her. Together, they build "The Hall of Atonement", a hall filled with signs and armor-stand diagrams designed to 'educate' him, with messages such as "Don't murder people", "Don't raise spirits from the dead", and similar, and equips him with armour enchanted with Curse of Binding.
Hermits involved:
- Grian, Iskall85, ZombieCleo (Prankster), TangoTek, JoeHills (Support Prankster), iJevin (Support prankster)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog, Docm77, ImpulseSV (Victim)
Grian adds lava[]
Grian, who just met with ZombieCleo to confirm her lack of involvement in changing the signs on the ghost ship, looks through their prank and adds lava at the end to kill ImpulseSV, with her support.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Support prankster), Iskall85, ZombieCleo (Prankster), TangoTek, JoeHills (Support prankster), iJevin (Support prankster)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog, Docm77, ImpulseSV (Victim)
Don't Kill People, Grian[]
JoeHills, (sarcastically) disappointed in Grian for adding a murder element to their don't-murder-people prank, removes the lava before ImpulseSV dies, and pranks Grian. He leaves a lengthy monologue at Grian's base comprised of video game quotes about war modified to reference the prank war. He also adds lava flowing to the sides of his base additionally saying that Grian also needs to learn how to light his base. JoeHills justifies his prank saying that Grian's base was already a death trap since he had died several times just flying around it.
JoeHills and Grian then meet to discuss the prank. JoeHills uses the Grian I.O.U note, gifted by Grian several months ago, to avoid retaliation. They cement an alliance and burn the I.O.U.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Victim, tangent between G-Team resolved), Iskall85, ZombieCleo, TangoTek, JoeHills (Prankster), iJevin
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog, Docm77, ImpulseSV
Explosive Rockets[]
Docm77, alongside with his greatest investors Xisumavoid and Welsknight, retaliate against TangoTek for the heist by replacing all the rockets in Tek to the Skies with explosive rockets and launching a sale to lure customers in. TangoTek discovers the sale and decides to keep it, though he replaces the rockets with regular rockets again.
Hermits involved:
- Grian, Iskall85, ZombieCleo, TangoTek (Victim), JoeHills, iJevin
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog, Docm77 (Prankster), ImpulseSV, Xisumavoid (Support prankster), Welsknight (Support Prankster)
Kidnapping Sally[]
As well as pranking TangoTek, Docm77, Xisumavoid and Welsknight prank Grian for the heist by kidnapping Sally the Chicken, who was liberated from Stressmonster101's shop by Poultry Man. They place her in a trapped dungeon beneath the ground.
Iskall85 and Stressmonster101, before Grian or Poultry Man even realize Sally is gone, stage a rescue. During this rescue, Sally accidentally dies to a pufferfish, but they replace her with an identical chicken who later died of old age.
Hermits involved:
- Grian (Victim), Iskall85 (Rescue helper, indirect victim to witness the failed rescue attempt), ZombieCleo, TangoTek, JoeHills, iJevin, Stressmonster101 (Indirect victim, losing Sally)
- MumboJumbo, FalseSymmetry, Rendog, Docm77 (Prankster), ImpulseSV, Xisumavoid (Support prankster), Welsknight (Support Prankster)
Grian (and Poultry Man) accept their assistance, and together, they make a chart of their 'Allies' and 'Enemies' (which is slightly different from the theoretical one), which become the official teams in the war.
Stage 2: Ceasefire[]
Both teams meet to solidify their alliance, make plans for bases, and name their teams.
Grian, Iskall85, Stressmonster101, ZombieCleo, JoeHills, TangoTek, and iJevin name their team the G-Team because according to Grian, "All our names have G in them." They also place a small white flag down.
Docm77, Xisumavoid, ImpulseSV, FalseSymmetry and Welsknight crowdsource their name from Reddit and start making the layout for a large fort. The team's name becomes Team S.T.A.R.
During this time, Poultry Man goes into hiding to avoid the prank war.
Grian and Iskall85 convince MumboJumbo to pretend to be on Team S.T.A.R and tell Grian any secrets, although Docm77 told MumboJumbo to pretend to be on G-Team and tell Docm77 any secrets, which he would later tell Grian about. MumboJumbo refers to this as being a "Triple Mole". Grian then calls MumboJumbo, "Molebo Gumbo" and MumboJumbo tells Grian S.T.A.R is planning to attack by spamming "Bananas" in the chat, which gets him caught (see Infiltration).
Just before Christmas, the two teams meet at a white flag to agree on rules and a ceasefire until New Year's Day, which gives them time to build their bases, plan traps, and stockpile resources. The ceasefire lasted until January 18.
They then begin to build their bases. Some have said that the G-Team's base looks like a water filter while Team STAR's looks like a stone turtle.
Meanwhile, Concorp, run by GoodTimeswithScar and Cubfan135, realize the profit potential of the war and start selling items (such as TNT). They establish a small shop in between the two bases, including a viewing platform to witness the battle and flying machines to evacuate the war scene if necessary.
Stage 3: The War[]
The Battle of the White Flag[]
On January 18, both teams meet to take down the flag representing the ceasefire. Upon seeing that neither team really wants to take down the flag, Cubfan135, from atop his drone, drops TNT to destroy the flag. The explosions kill MumboJumbo, TangoTek, and Welsknight. Both teams then retreat to their bases to discuss battle plans. A war breaks out, and all is insanity. Team S.T.A.R fires their Ghast Cannons. The G-Team launches their Super Weapon - zombies with player heads, right into S.T.A.R's base. In the end, there is no winner.
Infiltration[]
Xisumavoid 'found' a way into G-Team's base that no one had thought of: Just pickaxe through. MumboJumbo, Xisumavoid, Docm77, and Welsknight broke into the base's lobby, but MumboJumbo (Molebo), G-Team's mole spammed BANANAS in chat (when Grian only told him to say it once as the codeword for 'INCOMING ATTACK'), and Stressmonster101, Iskall85 and Grian used the armour stand trick (drink an invisibility potion while wearing armour, looking like invisible armour stands from the Armour Stand Book mod), with Stressmonster101's wolves at the ready. The S.T.A.Rs break into the lobby, and the three sprang into action, attacking STAR. Stressmonster101 got attacked, and all her wolves teleported instantly behind the wall and killed all the STAR members. But the cost was that MumboJumbo was busted by Docm77 for being a triple mole and Rendog replaced him. MumboJumbo then officially was put into the G-Team.
Stage 4: Capture the Flag[]
On January 29, Grian declares a game of Capture the Flag to end the war. Each team is given 3 flags to hide in their base for the opposition to obtain. Whoever loses all 3 flags first is declared the loser, and the war is immediately over. Each team is also given 15 lives that they lose when they die in infiltration and/or battles. Whoever loses all their lives first loses, and the war is immediately over.
There is an enormous amount of info on this battle, so here is a link to a recap video:
The war ends on February 8, with a G-Team victory at the last possible second as Grian got the third Team S.T.A.R. flag to G-Team base and Team S.T.A.R. fails to kill one of G-Team's member as G-Team has only one life remaining, while Iskall85, who just happens to kill FalseSymmetry, who was carrying the last G-Team flag.
Conclusion[]
As ironic as it seems, a prank chain later escalated into a full-blown Civil War was all started with an AFK prank of Grian trying to give MumboJumbo a new riptide trident after losing everything, and it is renamed to be called "the Fork of Friendship" with a prank as the cost. The war may also have began from a fun head hunt game. The war is a fun and creative way to end the dispute of all the pranks caused and with both sides creating innovative different attacks and defenses, including a diss track, and a fun and exciting war for viewers to enjoy, bringing everyone on the server closer instead of spiral out of control, with ConCorp on the side supporting and profit from the war.