Limited Life Recap – Week 2 | Minecraft News Network

[Pixie] Hello, I’m Pixie [Salem] And I’m Salem [Pixie] And we’re happy to welcome you back to the MCNN studio. [Salem] We saw a massive influx of volunteers After our last video dropped Thank you so much to everyone who has pitched in this week.

[Pixie] Adding 15 new correspondents to the team makes for a busy week But not too busy to bring you all The latest in Limited Life Session 2 news Here are the week’s top stories: [Salem] After a scheduling mix-up The server nearly missed out on BDoubleO100’s bruised and smiling face

When he was 45 minutes late to filming last Monday. [Pixie] Thankfully he made it Or we would’ve had to replace tonight’s headline “BDubs VS Skizz Fight Report” With “Martyn tossing Tilly’s ashes on the ground” Followed by the 2 minutes of horrified silence that joke deserves.

[Salem] In the scant few minutes before server events really got going Scar suggested base name “The Rock” And Etho asked what we’re all thinking about that name [ETHO] Uhh… Dwayne– Dwayne Johnson? [Pixie] Maybe the Clockers should’ve enlisted Scott and Martyn’s help with naming: The players formally known as the Coral Kids reunited

And racked up quite a list of proposed group names. [MARTYN] Damp Dudes? [MARTYN] What about Puddle Pals? [MARTYN] Sons of Beaches. [MARTYN] This is– This is the one that I really like And I think we should just lock it in straight away: Uuuh, H2Bros. [SCOTT] H2Bros is great.

[Salem] But eventually settled on “Mean Gills”. While the Mean Gills spent the beginning of the session not-yet-reunited Two other groups were sure from the very start of what their plans are. The Bad Boys were intent on conquering the newly resurrected dark oak mansion

And TIES decided in an opening meeting they wanted in on the illager action. [Pixie] Let’s hear from Lyric about this early-session exploration. [Lyric] Thanks Pixie. This week, our players were unsurprised to be greeted with the sight of the Woodland Mansion

Which has always been perfectly intact and was definitely not burned down last week. The mansion stands whole and unbothered Save for the small collection of Bad Boys who made their nest atop it. [JOEL] Oh!… Guys!… The mansion? [ETHO] There is diamonds on top the mansion, which I believe got reset– All jokes aside

Between sessions the mansion was reset so that Illagers could spawn Which means that the resources in the newly regenerated Woodland Mansion Became a high-risk high reward target for the server’s more resourceful players = And the Bad Boys and Team TIES both started their sessions by taking the risk to jump in.

[JOEL] Do we wanna do what we did last episode- [GRIAN] I don’t think we do! [JOEL] -and dig down? [ETHO] If we wanna beat the other teams we gotta go right now. [Lyric] The Bad Boys had the clear advantage, having made their base atop the mansion

And it took only a broken window for them to claim the diamond block within for a second time. They began their sweep through the mansion And found themselves face to face with some even badder boys. Joel jumped in to try and save Jimmy But his shield and leather jacket weren’t enough

To block the axe that took an hour from his timer. With considerably more caution, Team TIES made their final approach to the mansion as well Called forth by the allure of sweet loot. They made it all the way to the roof and broke their way inside

Before being confronted with the Bad Boys screaming and running, and immediately turned and left the way they came. [JIMMY] –Run, get out get out get out– [JIMMY] Ohh, Boys! Boys, BOYS!! [GRIAN] Hi guys! [ALL] *general pandemonium* Team Clockers watched Joel’s death with amusement But their mountain can hardly be Entertainment Mountain

If the server’s dead respawn at their own bases. To make sure they can continue tormenting everyone else Scar donned the mask of the Bed Bandit and set off for the mansion To steal the Bad Boys’ Beds before any of them could die again. [SCAR: I’m straight-up gonna break all the beds.

[SCAR] I’m the Bed Bandit! [Lyric] Soon after this known Vex stole the beds and slipped away Another killed both of the remaining bad boys. They spawned at Entertainment Mountain, where they showed off their new skins. [MARTYN] What’s with the shades, by the way? [GRIAN] We’re Bad Boys. [BDUBS, overlapping] –Bad Boys.

TIES wisely left the chaos behind to return to their base And the Bad Boys cleaned up the rest of the loot from their raid of the mansion. Whether a pair of totems and a diamond block will end up being worth losing a total of three hours is yet to be seen

But in Grian’s words: [GRIAN] I’ve got a totem though, it was totally worth it. [Lyric] Back to you in the studio. [Salem] Thank you to our correspondents! While the Bad Boys lost their lives, Joel was given a chance to earn some life and some happiness back when he was picked as the Boogeyman–

Something that our team will dive into in a bit. [Pixie] After turning tail and returning to their base, TIES met again Only to separate into teams for mining, building, and in Etho’s case Goading Bdubs into challenging Skizz to a duel.

[Salem] He also spent a chunk of the session building what is either a very unsafe, uniquely decorated base Or a decently productive 3-tier mob farm. Knowing Etho, it could be either/or. [Pixie] Interested in cementing early alliances– and with Bdubs off to mine diamonds–

The Clockers head to TIES and traded much-desired calves for an alliance. [Salem] Cleo promised Skizz to hold to the alliance as his clock was the first to tick into Yellow Life. Scar’s dog only interrupted the peace proceedings three times to bite Etho– Which still managed to be less of a sticking point

Than Cleo’s initial insistence on including Bdubs in the agreement. [Pixie] The Bad Boys wandered over soon after the Clockers left and traded unlimited bread for gold. A wandering Scott was also close enough to get in on the action and received the same deal. Which begs the question:

Where are they getting all that bread? And… why do they want gold? We turn to our correspondents for the details. [Bobbs] The Bad Boys, specifically Joel, the boogeyman, set their eyes on the Mother Clocker Cleo, and her clocker children as their targets. Seeking revenge due to both Cleo’s habit of arson

And Scar’s habit of larceny. Thus, the beginning of the Bad Boy Bread Bridge, or the BBBB, was born. The idea to target the happy family was Jimmy’s, who no doubt holds a grudge against any arsonist within a 20 mile radius at any given time. After, getting gold from Scott and Team TIES,

They had the materials they needed to build the most complicated yet somehow still successful trap of the life series. The bad boys spent the entire first half of the session slowly crawling ever closer towards the Clocker’s Rock with their dual purpose farm. The entire bridge was a ruse,

Serving as a disguise for the rail tracks Joel planned to send a TNT minecart down to ruin the day of whoever may be standing at the end. It didn’t take long for the rest of the server to notice that things had gone a-rye and notice what Martyn lovingly refered to as

“Grain-bow Road” as it began to stretch from Bad Boy mansion. Particularly the Clockers, who were rightfully concerned about what might be happening. Scar seemed to be the first to “clock” the BBBB as a trap. [SCAR] It’s like a poor man’s TNT canon,

I do get the- I do get the feeling it’s a Trojan farm [Bobbs] Despite how glaringly obvious and suspicious the Bad Boys were, the Clockers were powerless to do anything but let them bake. Joel was able to catch the Clockers off guard and kill both Scar as the boogie kill

And Cleo as collateral. [indistinct talking as dramatic violin plays] [dramatic violin continues] [The Bad Boys erupt into victory laughter] [JIMMY] My gosh! Oh my gosh! [continued shouts of success and “it worked!”] Because of this drawn out but successful kill, Cleo loudly and proudly announced

That she was once again going to set the mansion on fire, something that you can hear her say clearly from each of the bad boy’s perspectives, yet none of them seemed to hear her and were forced to rush and try and save their burning building. This makes it the fifth time

Someone has set fire to one of Jimmy’s bases. [Salem] While the Bad Boys picked more fights, the Clockers were playing the long game. Arson didn’t cool Cleo down, and her next plan is significantly more explosive – sound-triggered TNT traps scattered around the ruins of the Manor.

That is, if the group can scrounge up a full level 30 enchanting setup to get their hands on a silk touch hoe. [Pixie] They’re closer than you might think – during the post-Boogey chaos, Scar snuck over to Bad Boy Manor and stole the enchanting table.

Good thing he didn’t enlist Tango’s help with his robbery, or his cover might’ve been blown before he ever got his hands on the thing. [laughter and chatter] [TANGO] Hey, Skizzle-face! [record scratch SFX] [IMPULSE] You’ve got it, bud [Salem] Scar made it a whole session and a half before stealing the enchanter!

That’s character growth right there. [Pixie] The Clockers do still desperately need bookshelves, most of which they believe burned up with the Manor- which makes Scott’s early-session theft of every book that wasn’t nailed down particularly valuable. He utilized one book to make his own enchanting table,

But the other 23 are still up for grabs. [Salem] Could this be the exchange that cements their alliance next session? Perhaps. But in this session, alliances were built on beef – the Clockers paid in steak to ally with the Nosy Neighbors, who are already beginning to tire of the Bad Boys’ antics.

[Akira] Hello! I’m Akira. I’m here to report on the brutal gladiatorial battle between TIES member Skizzleman and Bdubs of the Clockers, and considering their history, it will certainly be vicious. In session one, freshly respawned from his first Boogey death, Skizz was blindsided by a second death from Bdubs. It was actually 12 seconds,

But we can forgive the miscount; it’s hard enough to keep track when daylight savings drops you one hour, and Skizz’s clock just dropped him four. This session, the entire server gathered at spawn to watch the battle and tease the loser. It’s gentleman’s rules, and Bdubs allows Skizz his diamond chestplate and axe

While he himself stands in pure iron. Is this a play to seem less threatening, or a subtle attempt to allow Skizz the win and solidify a shaky alliance? Foul play is called when Skizz eats a gapple and attacks early. Bdubs takes his time to heal up,

And Etho counts them down from the sidelines. Both combatants start defensively with their shields raised, but heckling from the audience demands blood, and Bdubs lands the first hit. And then they’re off! He attacks twice more, but Skizz blocks and retaliates, hitting hard with his diamond axe, and launching Bdubs across the ring.

Skizz chases him down, but misses his second swing. As they turn to face each other, Skizz attacks again, and hits! Bdubs slashes Skizz twice more. And then- the fight ends, as Bdubs falls, hatchet buried in his chest. Sore feelings soothed by the win, Skizz and Bdubs snuck away for a private moment

Between opponents-turned-allies The TIES-Clockers alliance is solidified… for this session, at least. This fight might have been the big event of the session, but we can’t know the thoughts behind the decision without BdoubleO’s perspective and that, dear watchers, is hidden from us. Or is it?

We take you now to our private investigator to learn ‘Where in the World Was BdoubleO?’! [Anachronistic Cat] Thanks, Akira. I’m Anachronistic Cat, and, as the King of Clocks has chosen not to post the time based season, many of us are feeling a bit bereft of Bdubs.

Which is why I’ve been tracking his whereabouts across space and time on the Limited Life Server. Bdubs started the week by arriving at Entertainment Mountain 45 minutes late ‘cause of car troubles and wearing the wrong face. After re-acquiring his signature black eye, he and Cleo went downstairs to breed bulls

To barter with Etho in exchange for allies, before TIES could decide to burgle bovines. Bdubs isn’t boogey, but his allies find trust tricky after last session. So when the other Clockers went to get allies, Bdubs made his first iron pick and went to get alloys.

He messaged Cleo and if his luck is an example, we should all call our moms, because he found diamonds soon after. He spent the next 40 minutes mining, and the other Clockers interrupted to tell him that they allied with TIES Bdubs gave out 4 diamonds apiece, and was left to mine in peace.

Etho dropped in and the pair headed up to the labyrinth below TIES tower, where Bdubs announced his plans to fight Skizz at a disadvantage, called Skizz out in the worldchat, and disappeared again into the mines. Back underground, he offered a nearly-dead Impulse some bread in these trying times.

Having now run into T, I , and E, Bdubs decided it was time to rejoin the Clockers before S can show up and double his black eyes. He exited at The Rock and found Scar and Cleo at the Nosy Neighbours’ attempting to ally them against the Bad Boys.

[SCAR] We lost Bdubs, we don’t know where he is- [SCAR] But once- But once we find him-! [CLEO] We don’t know where he is [laughs] [SCAR] He’s gonna be butchering all day. [PEARL] You can turn around, that kind of solves your problem. [CLEO] There he is! [SCAR] There he is!

[Pearl and BigB laugh in the background] [BDUBS, sing-song] Here I am! Bdubs remained with the Clockers throughout their standoffs with the Bad Boys until he left to retrieve Skizz for their fated fisticuffs. Everyone travelled to spawn to watch the fight which you already heard about from Akira. Afterwards, Bdubs stayed at the Rock

While the Nosey Neighbors and Clockers looted and pillaged the Bad Boys Bread Bridge. The rest of the session was spent building up the Rock and showing off to Etho. And so, he ended the session at the same place he began it at the Rock with the Clockers.

His timer is estimated at somewhere around 19 hours and 14 minutes. Now back to our friends in the studio! [Pixie] Bdubs seems to have spent most of this session plundering caves, raring to fight, and breaking ground on the Clockers’ base. But he wasn’t the only one breaking things on the server.

While Jimmy made progress in the mines, his teammates Grian and Joel accomplished what many of their fellow players have failed to do: find a way to get past the world border. Their exploration lead them to the backside of Etho’s totally-not-a-mob-farm, where they partook in a brief reprise of

The fishing rod game they played back during Double Life Thankfully, no deaths occurred this time around. [Salem] Their border-breaking also brought them past Scott, who was a little too quick in agreeing to let the Bad Boys spread the Bread Bridge in the direction of his base in the future.

Time will tell if he comes to regret that decision. But for now, we can mark this as a productive session for the Mean Gills, who not only completed their beachside base before the end of the session, but also cemented a few worthwhile deals along the way. Alongside Scott’s gold-for-bread trade we mentioned earlier,

Martyn and Cleo laid the groundwork for a future alliance between their teams, and Scott also traded bamboo for future gunpowder from Etho’s mob farm. [Pixie] It was a big week for farming, it seems, with Etho farming mobs, Pearl farming pearls, Cleo gifting TIES with the potential for farming cows,

And the Bad Boys farming unending bread from their Grain-Bow Bridge in the sky. Though it looks like the Boys made have had some issues with their recent harvest. We go now to our correspondent in the field to tell us what lead to their crops being a little less than fruitful?

[Bobbs] Skizz’s touching words to Bdubs post-battle were of interest to the Nosy Neighbours, as all goings-on of the server are. They followed at a not-so-discreet distance but were intercepted by Scar and Cleo, who did their best to keep Skizz’s speech for Bdouble-eyes only. Oh, and what eyes they are!

A mid-session clocker-neighbors catchup chat ensued, during which Scar dropped two interesting crumbs of information: The first being that Joel, attempting to smooth things over after his boogey kill, had uncharacteristically gifted him a TNT minecart. The second being that Scar, extremely characteristically, hung back before the Skizz V ‘Dubs Smackdown

And stole the Bad Boys’ enchanter. Looking to equip their new enchanter with books, Cleo proposed the group raid the remains of the Mansion- and if a few crops got trampled and the odd powered rail got plundered too, well, Who was going to stop them?

Certainly not Jimmy, left as the sole caretaker of the place while his fellow Bad Babes are off flexing on the ocean men with their newfound no-clipping abilities Jimmy put up a fair fight, but was unable to stop the interloafers from lootin’ the gluten

And was soon forced to call in the cavalry via chat. Threatening the Clockers with an axe just got him laughed at, and attempts to intimidate the Nosy Neighbours went just as poorly. [PEARL, singing] Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

By the time Grian and Joel made it back to base everyone had mostly fled the scene of the crime, with a few final taunts from Cleo leaving them understandably ticked off. Phase Two begins: Now that the BBBB had fulfilled its set task of reaping a life for the Boogeyman

The Bad Boys seem determined to reap the entire server with it by which we mean extend its in-seed-ious farm arms to the four corners of the map, starting with the Nosy Neighbours. As promised by Jimmy and reaffirmed by Joel, the bad boys were indeed coming for them.

[JOEL] “You come for Bread Bridge, and Bread Bridge comes for you.” [JIMMY] Oh my gosh- [JOEL] That’s my new motto in life. [Bobbs] Pearl and BigB weren’t giving up the view from their newly-erected cobble tower so quickly though. As the session wound down and other factions regrouped to build up bases,

Here we saw griefing, spleefing, and an absolute baker’s dozen of buns- Ah, sorry- puns, from both the Neighbours and the Bad Bro Bread Broys. At this point, even they’re not sure who they are anymore! [JIMMY] And that’s what you get for messing with the Bread Boys! [JIMMY] The Bad Boys, I mean!

[JOEL] That’s what you get when you mess with the- bad- bad bro- bad boys [BIGB] You wanna say Bread Boys [JIMMY] The Bad Boys! The Bad Boys [PEARL] See? You guys don’t even know what you’re called at this point. [Bobbs] The Neighbours stood their ground, and eventually reached a peaceful agreement

Which was an extremely favourable deal for the Nosy Neighbours! [JOEL] You can have up to a certain point in bread, like, up to the “T” junction, if you ever need wheat. Feel free to take some bread. [Bobbs] Maybe Joel wasn’t fully recovered from the many brushes with death he had while speedbridging.

The Bad Boys have been busy building literal bridges, but it seems like that may have had the opposite effect on their metaphorical bridges between other groups. We’ll just have to wait until next session to see how this all pans out. [Salem] While the Bad Boys were finding fights to pick

In their own backyard, Team TIES decided to seek conflict elsewhere, going so far as to hop dimensions to do so. Near the end of the session, Tango, Impulse and Skizz found themselves in the nether. [Pixie] The initial intent was to track down some soul sand,

But once they caught sight of a nether fortress, those plans quickly changed. Skizz, with his lower hour count, was smart enough to head back to the overworld before things got hairy, but his teammates went on to conquer the fortress. [TANGO] I don’t even know why we’re doing this [laughter] [IMPULSE] ’cause we can!

[Salem] They found minor loot, major blaze swarms, and saddles o’ plenty, but without a map they weren’t able to find their way out before the session ended. [Pixie] We have no way of knowing if they ever found their way home

But if the next session starts with the T-I of TIES still hopelessly lost, they’ll only have themselves to blame. [Salem] At least they’ll have a home to return to when they get back. Session 2 saw many teams making major progress on their respective bases.

TIES Tower, the Coral Isles beach house, and Martyn’s – rebuilt – hourglass brought a variety of new builds to the sea, while the Clockers and the Nosy Neighbours added some rocking new structures on land. [Pixie] The Bad Boys dedicated most of their session to building out the Bread Bridge,

But their actual base at Bad Boy Manor seems to have taken a step backward. though with Joel laying out foundations to begin building next week and with the assumption that the existing bases are far from done, I’m sure we’ll see more expansion in the coming episodes. [Salem] Expanding on this episode,

Here’s Joju with his analysis of this week’s session statistics. [Joju] Thanks, Salem. The biggest winner this week is Etho Standard Time, which continues to be the best way of measuring time on the server. Etho, Pearl, and Tango have never left the standard,

But this week saw BDubs and Martyn return to it as well. EST still has 18 hours and 15 minutes left on it, meaning that next week, everyone on it will turn yellow. Since Scott is the only one with more time left, this means that if nothing goes wrong for him,

He will be the only green life left at the end of the next session. There’s a possibility that if someone on EST gets a boogey kill, they might be a green life also. But this is much less likely than Scott continuing to avoid drama. Also, Scar will finally actually turn yellow

Early next session before anyone else does, giving the Clockers an hour’s worth of leverage against basically everyone. I’m sure that Scar will be incredibly responsible with his new power. Back to you. [Pixie] Thank you for that analysis Joju! To wrap up this episode, we’d also like to point out some interesting items

That were collected and hoarded by various teams this session, some of which we suspect will become much more important in the future. With Scar being the first to go yellow next week, we can only imagine that TNT minecart Joel gifted him will be put to good use soon enough.

[Salem] But there are also some sneaky tactics at play to keep an eye on as the game progresses. Team TIES hid away a secret chest for valuables early this session, and later Martyn dug a- [voice turns sing-song] secret tunnel Uh- connecting TIES’ basement garden to the Mean Girls’ coral reef.

Tango and Impulse’s trip to the nether also guarantees their team potion ingredients for next session. With all that under one roof, maybe there’s a reason TIES Tower is as big as it is: [hushed whisper] it’s full of secrets. [Pixie] With the session at it’s end, and with numerous yellow lives around the corner

Only three episodes in, this season is shaping to be an interesting one indeed. The total death count is at 17 and with everyone’s track record, that number is only going to go up next session. With a majority of the server allying against the Bad Boys and their Bridge of Bread,

One can only assume their names may end up on that list. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see where the game takes them. [Salem] Thank you so much to all of the new members of our team who have contributed countless hours to this episode’s creation.

[Pixie] And thank you as well to StarrySkiesStuff for the amazing piece of art they created for last week’s episode! Lyric and I were both more than a little excited when we saw it! [Salem] We’ll be here this time next week to give you an update

On whatever goes down in Episode 3 of Limited Life SMP. So until next time, my name is Salem. [Pixie] And I’ve been Pixie. Thanks for tuning in!