I'm talking about... Mumbo Jumbo!
At this point I should explain what redstone is, I suppose, just in case you don't know. It basically lets you create circuits in Minecraft to perform various tasks, such as move pistons, or power minecart rails. There are special blocks that help create complex machines, such as comparators, and repeaters. Seb and I only have only done the simplest things with redstone - I am very proud of my trash incinerator, though I copied it from a tutorial and don't completely understand it - and Mumbo is an inspiration to learn more.
Mumbo is completely clean, no swearing, and entirely appropriate for kids of all ages. (Including 40 year old big kids like me who still love Minecraft!!) Plus he has friends who are equally ok, like Grian.
Some facts then. Mumbo's real name is Oli (Oliver Brotherhood) and he is 24. He's British (hooray, another British YouTube sensation!) and lives in Hampshire. As of 20th July 2020 his channel has 6.24m subscribers and 1,810,823,022 views.
His top video is 1 minute 46 seconds long and features him going through 20 doors in 100 seconds. I can only assume this is a sequel to another popular door-related video, since it is called "20 More Doors in 100 Seconds". It has way more views than any of his other videos - 64m, with the next most popular having (only!) 18m...
I also like that the top comment on this video is as follows:
One of our favourite videos we've watched so far is where he makes a redstone contraption that uses every single block in Minecraft (every single block that existed circa 28th May 2020, anyway). He makes a Rube Goldberg machine. A Rube Goldberg machine is (according to Wikipedia), "a machine designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overly complicated way". In the UK we'd probably call it a 'Heath Robinson' contraption. It has a load of silly moving parts that only exist to make the next part do something, a sort of chain reaction, with most parts not particularly achieving anything of note. But wow, it's amazing to watch!
The other thing Mumbo does is Hermitcraft. The Hermitcraft server is a private server for YouTubers/Twitch streamers, with 24 active "Hermits". It was founded in 2012 and is now on Season 7. Mumbo is the most popular of these Hermits, by YouTube subs. Each Hermit uploads content regularly and contributes to the Series as a whole. You can't apply to join the server, the Hermits look for other YouTubers that impress them and invite them to join. So Mumbo's been doing it since an invite in Season 2.
He's funny, his redstone is totally mindblowing, and he's family friendly. If you like Minecraft then definitely check him out. If you don't like Minecraft you could check him out anyway. Watch him going through 20 doors, if nothing else. It's actually pretty relaxing. :-D
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