EarthMC Recap! Eps. 8.5
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EarthMC Recap! Eps. 8.5 was the 9th episode of EarthMC Recap. It was presented by Coblobster, with Beaverman1 presenting a weather report. The episode was released on the 1st April 2021, as a joke for April Fools. It would last 4 minutes and 46 seconds, receiving over 300 views within a week of the video being published online.
The video would receive a mostly positive response, with it being 88% upvoted on Reddit within the first week and having 40 likes to 1 dislikes on YouTube within a week of it being published.
Background
EarthMC Recap publishes about monthly episodes covering news deemed significant in the past month. Prior to this episode, Coblobster published episode 8 on the 26th March 2021.
Content
'Minecart Update' and 'Leaving Parade'
The hoax video would start with a story about Fix allegedly removing boats and other player movement, replacing them with minecarts. Coblobster said that the reasoning for this was 'to reduce lag', and created a quote from Fix saying that 'minecarts are much better than walking, running and boats'.
The episode would then move on to a segment that contained a joke story about how 'President LucasTemplate:Refn held the goodbye parade after a close election.' The segment would then go onto play a parody of a scene in the film The Dictator.
Beaverman1 traffic and weather report
Coblobster would then transition to Beaverman1 to report on 'traffic and weather' on the server. Beaverman1 would then be introduced with an edited map of 'weather' on EarthMC's dynmap. With the map on display, he would say 'it is supposed to be sunny everywhere today', with this lasting 4 seconds.
It would then move onto the 7 day predictions for the weather. Beaverman1 had an image projected behind him that said it would be 70 degrees Celsius everywhere for the next 7 days. He would say to 'expect it to be 70 degrees Celsius around the world', specifying that this included Antarctica. After this, he would say there'd be no rain across the next 7 days.
Finally, Beaverman1 would conclude his report with an image from Cities: Skylines, with an image showing apparent traffic.
European news
After the end of the weather and traffic report, Coblobster would return and report on a hoax SPQR military coup against CorruptedGreed, with an alleged statement from those involved in the coup saying that 'anyone with the word corrupted in their name cannot be trusted.'
It would then move onto news in regards to Britain, with Coblobster presenting news about how a 'SlyTemplate:Refn 500 Nuke' was almost finished. After this, sponsorships would be shown.
'Al Knapp'
After the end of the sponsorships, PawoG04 would present a segment about an alleged terrorist organization named 'Al Knapp', in regards to an air raid taking place at New Jersey. It would report on the organization meeting to discuss future war crimes and plans to blow up a government building in Boston.
After this, PawoG04 would give his own thoughts on the actions, saying that he 'completely supports this idea'. The segment would soon be ended, with Coblobster issuing an apology for the biased reporting.
Reactions
The video would receive a mostly positive response, with it being 88% upvoted on the Reddit post within the first week and having 40 likes to 1 dislikes on YouTube within a week of it being published.
Notes
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