Iskall85 & Stressmonter Resignation Megathread
(So that the mod team may continue to present the latest information and monitor the discussion, we have made this post to act as a new megathread in place of the previous one, which can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/HermitCraft/comments/1gy310z/posted_by_the_official_hermitcraft_twitter/)
On 23 November the Hermits shared that Iskall85 and Stressmonster had resigned (Alternative link for people without Twitter accounts. For all the people asking "what happened?" here's what we know so far:
- To summarise what was shared in the statement: the hermits received several complaints in private regarding Iskall85. Those complaints were investigated and deemed "credible" by the hermits, and when asked for a response Iskall chose to resign. Stress also resigned, although whether that's related or not is unknown at this stage. False has confirmed that Stress left of her own accord and was not implicated in the complaints that had been made. She has since privated most of her social media handles and disabled YouTube comments.
Since this information was revealed, multiple victims have published statements detailing what happened. They don't make for light reading, so we recommend being in a good place mentally before reading them. They also contain references to topics generally inappropriate in this subreddit, so be conscious of that, especially if you're under the age of 18.
- Mefallit, Vault Hunters and Iskall community member: https://pastebin.com/Ln3nVRkq
- Kasszi, one of Iskall's moderators: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1paBcGkIfDWCyHcxhDrdhEGGvtpJL8yAqBR3HCKNK7DU/edit?tab=t.0
- An (anonymous) victim has come forward, verified by Kasszi. https://x.com/starssoul0808/status/1860827397534159283
- A statement has been released by Kasszi on behalf of another victim: https://pastebin.com/Y4MZN7Nm
- The episode of the Imp & Skizz Podcast where Iskall was interviewed has been unlisted from YouTube and removed from the RSS feed that goes to Spotify, iTunes, etc.
- Minors were not involved in the complaint (Alternative link) - this was revealed in reply to people falsely concluding that from the original statement
- Mumbo has removed any merchandise from his store that reference collaborations with Iskall
- Grian has altered the titles of certain Season 6 episodes
- Elybeatmaker has unlisted 6 of his remixes. They may be re-released as instrumentals in future.
Multiple members of the Vault Hunters SMP (one of whom was also a developer for the modpack) have left the series, including HBomb (Part 1, Part 2), ChosenArchitect, Brry, False Symmetry, InTheLittleWood, Jojosolos, PeteZahHutt, Tangofrags and SeaPeeKay (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). Among the remaining members, the general consensus is that the SMP is on indefinite hold, with some saying they will not return to play the pack until Iskall resigns
Internally, the mod team has removed Iskall and Stress from lists of current hermits in the subreddit (index and Hermitcraft wiki pages, subreddit sidebar), and disabled their flairs.
A status update was posted on the Vault Hunters Discord server on January 1st, 2025 by one of the developers. The full text seems to be getting shadowbanned by Reddit somehow when people have shared it in the comments, but to summarize: the code is no longer available to the developers to work on and that they have not heard from Iskall themselves since the news came out, despite attempts to reach out to him to discuss the future of the project. Full text has been posted on r/VaultHuntersMinecraft here: https://www.reddit.com/r/VaultHuntersMinecraft/comments/1hrr3zk/comment/m53bjan/
We will be filtering all new comments for mod review first in this thread due to the sensitive nature of this topic - please be respectful as always, and keep in mind rule #6, maintain a welcoming and friendly environment.
We won't be accepting any speculation or questions that may lead to it beyond what has been shared by the victims and by the hermits themselves. Furthermore, as we have been doing with the previous thread, all posts related to this subject will be redirected here to allow us to monitor the conversation.