AntiClimax – I Made 100 Players Simulate Desert Civilization in Minecraft…

In an ultimate survival experiment 100 microflayers were randomly scattered over three different tribes and dropped into a massive desert these cursed wastelands include ancient temples dangerous animals and lots of Hidden Treasures will the tribes managed to work together to defeat the darkness and end the curse or will they wage war

Among themselves and die this is 100 players simulate desert civilizations in Minecraft As soon as our 100 players spawned in their respective territories they immediately started to gather their first resources from groups and explore the terrain okay boys yeah boys to the trees to the trees to the trees to the trees go go go go go hello what’s up all right

Give us some cactuses we’re gonna need the cactuses for later however something strange was already occurring we were only about five minutes into the event and people already started to die all around the map well some people were Scavenging the deserts looking for food and other

Resources as well as Clues on how to end the curse of the desert some of them got trapped in quicksand of which patches could be found all around the Wasteland especially around structures foreign however quicksand was not the only danger people had to look out for as

Some of the temples people found were trapped Yeah that really was lurking around every corner oh my God I heard the TNT bro even though most structures were filled with traps the loot that some lucky players found inside made overcoming these challenges entirely worth it you see diamonds are non-existent instead people could find emerald tools within some of

The dungeons which were incredibly powerful and valuable oh I see something I see something in this direction oh there’s already people there what is that watch out Hide from venomous snakes the desert was infested with other Wildlife such as toads camels World Series and even armadillos although most people somehow thought they were rats it’s a rats immediately killed it what no you like bread no what about if I drop it to you well some people were

Still enjoying the animals after about 30 minutes the first groups finally started to form over at the southern island most of the players decided to settle near one of their pre-built Villages which was located right next to an oasis we’re rich and weird we have a

Farm here and also we have a farm over there anyways this was the only place where people could find at least some seeds and fruits to help them survive the first stages of the event however because the dry climate crops grew incredibly slow quickly making Hunger a

Huge problem amongst all of the tribes food I need food boom we’re getting there because of this over the Northern Ireland some groups of people had already gone Rogue and left the player Masters as there were too many mouths to feed this led to a big problem as these Rogue groups started

Robbing people of their food and resources as a result many people in the North Island lived in fear and did not dare to leave their Oasis everyone’s welcome at non-starvation don’t worry about the ban disguise and not salvation are safe and will be fed lastly we had

The eastern island which after a short amount of time already saw their first leader arise as soon as the players got dropped in the desert a player named Scott had immediately rallied some people to his cause and named himself King of the East right I just want to

Say I saw a die for Diego die for Diego and it’s Phantom would you like to be friendly you both seem like nice people with good intentions I will allow you to tag along with us if you wanna if you wanna if you want to join the game this

However was going to lead to some big problems in the future as a lot of people on the eastern island were not aware of this and already from their own groups somewhere else we’re over here we’re getting killed we’re getting kelp are you in kelp okay we’re getting

Killed we need people to help with the kelp I’ve just got his men had destroyed their pre-build Village for building materials they decided to move to a tall mountain in the center of the island in the meantime it turned out a lot of players were still not taking some of the dangers seriously

Armadillo what happened what is that oh I’m jumping in it I’m jumping in it I’m jumping in it All right snakes and dirt devils might not be the biggest issues but even after more than 20 people had already died because of the quicksand some people up north still messed around with it which led to even more unnecessary devs oh it was all right well that felt mildly avoidable

Is this the afterlife can I stay here Um uh nope as the weather was getting more intense the temperature beneath the player’s feed also started to increase from the second phase onward sent would now do damage to everyone that didn’t wear any protection aside from the scorching Sands the food problem was also far from

Over and with the crop still having difficulty growing some people even turned to cannibalism to solve their food issue my God on the southern island however a few players had found a solution fishing and kelp seriously a kelp Farm I mean you have better food no a big

Chunk of the Southern population had started to fish while some other tribesmen collected kelp from the sea bottom to feed the fishermen while they were fishing see this is the life we live in a good life we are but fishing it’s calm not for long but it’s calm on

Top of that they also decided to hold a leader election as you guys know we’re low on food and we’re low on people as well what I want to do as leader is I want to get scouting parties out there and we’re gonna find every single sutherling and

Bring them here so they can join our cars because together we’ll be stronger my name is Ronnie DIY I would personally would not go and scavenge for people I would actually build up the farm first so we have food for ourselves this election new two candidates a player

Named Ronin and me while Ronan wanted to prioritize farming and rather wanted everyone to remain at the Oasis I wanted to look for the Lost Travelers in the desert instead to avoid separate groups from forming on the island but after a quick vote the election ended in a draw hey Google

I don’t like this uh this hostile behavior of yours I’m not hostile you’re trying to be hostile this still made immediately cast tensions within the Oasis as neither Ronin normally was willing to step back from the position we discussed each decision that we make we we can be two leaders but you’re

Going to be leader of one specific sphere and I’m gonna be a leader of some specific sphere so to end attention so we came to an agreement Ronin would be responsible for everything happening within the Oasis including the food supply the farms and building well I would lead all the Expeditions outside

Of the Oasis but this was only going to be a temporarily solution uh for everybody to understand going to be in a joint leadership with the anti-climax so I’m going to be leader of of the farm and TJ is going to be a leader of expedition the southern island

Turned out to not be the only island with tensions as over on the eastern island Scott started to expand his leadership I really don’t like your attitude and you’re making me nervous I would like you to right now Pledge Your Allegiance Pledge Your Legions be banished or be killed we can band

Together but I need you guys to respect each other respect the boundaries but more importantly I need people to pledge their allegiance to the team before you come on the pyramid forcing people to not sworn their allegiance yet to bow down to him and of course some people

Did not agree to this should we run away should we just run away I don’t feel safe here come as a result another player named Relic also named himself leader of the Eastern tribe I don’t I don’t like how how they just claim the king

At first this was not going to cause any problems as Relic and his group lived on literally the other side of the L however this was soon going to change In the meantime of North most of the northern tribesmen were still scattered and with lots of robberies and murders still taking place across the desert a plane in puego wave decided it would be better to unify the Northern Ireland as soon as possible Hello friends family and other Northerners we have come to

Collect you to take you guys we have a different basis bigger if you guys want to come with us after we admitted to assemble quite a big Force he decided to settle on the northernmost point of the island as this in his eyes was the safest place just keep going straight

And I’ll wait for the rest yeah just go keep straight you go straight go straight away I’ll wait for the rest there’s a torn right there alternator tornado watch out tornado do not know no because sadly the island was still infested with gangs traversing the wastelands one of the most notable of

Them being one led by a player named framed who were holding up at one of the ancient temples and that made the Habit to lure unknowing Travelers into the quicksand so they could subscribe frequently get their loot of their Corpses How It Ends you robbed him of all his

Food and then made him jump in [Laughter] for now Fuego decided to ignore this and instead keep everyone at the Oasis together so they could grow their community and prioritize the food supply let’s make this town all nice and beautiful like this guy he knows what he’s doing he’s a builder already Dylan

That looks beautiful Island the tensions were clearly not saluted while I was out in a desert with some of the elite Warriors to look for lost souls Ronin accompanied by most of our tribe members remained at the Oasis within this time the distress between me and Ronan grew rapidly falling cop do

You believe in me as a leader can I trust you okay I’m gonna tell this only to you too um so somebody said that uh anti-climates make his people against me and he will try to kill me I’m gonna just share my honest opinion on on on

The leadership thing right now I don’t trust Ronin okay I’m afraid that as soon as I return to the Oasis Ronin has set up a plan and that it’s gonna end up with me dying and my distress turned out to be just as Ronin was staging a coop

Back at the Oasis who’s here looking out for people not TJ he’s out there getting people killed me personally I don’t intend on people getting hurt I suggest the sudden on time only needs one leader in the case that we would return and something happened would you be willing

To protect me but what if they’re thinking it’s the same thing about us even though the elite warriors were skeptical of my theory they swore their loyalty to me in case something was going to happen except for one player named tala you know I have your back all

The time yes but this guy gave us food in the beginning we were dying I promised this guy I would protect him with tala refusing to swear his loyalty and with the risk of him selling us out we threw him into the quicksand and decided to State it as an accident as

Soon as we would return to the Oasis what are you doing Let’s set off floods we’re gonna go find the temple bone man where’s bone man is that the temple is that the temple in the distance okay yeah guys careful careful careful no Scott’s leadership at the Eastern tribe became more and more difficult over time you see it wasn’t only Scott a

Religious name themselves leader as there even was a third group of people looking for power which was led by a player named mitsukage and to make things even more intricate even Scott’s personal guard scrap was staging a group behind Scott’s back yes that’s right at this point everyone just wanted to kill

Everyone even I myself couldn’t follow it anymore the eastern island was about to blow up but then there was also another strange person bone man anyone have any bones I got the entire set hey boys how’s the farm doing up here because I’m gonna starve monk Lord hello I am the bone man

One of the Eastern tribesmen up made the Habit to collect bones and named himself bone men bone man has lived in these deserts before and Bone man knows bone man has lived here before bone man knows that is a threat bone man knows that is a threat this might not seem like an

Issue at first but one of Scott’s men named OK Go had stolen some of Bowman’s bones to use them for bone meal for the farm something that bone men did not accept you idiots phone man wishes to see yourself you idiots bone man knows phone

Man knows what you did what did I do shortly after this incident boneman was captured and also thrown into the quicksand on the orders of Scott even though all these things were happening Scott still had the largest following and remained in charge scrap did not make a move and both relic of mitsukage

Did not have enough men to challenge God because of this relics had helped from mitsukage’s group what group are you guys part of uh we’re part of our own group that guy oh really oh the two of them bonded and came up with a plan do you want to kill the king

Yeah dude we’re gonna be a little we’re gonna be a little Mutiny Relic was going to give all his men to mitsukage and Relic himself would pretend to swear loyalty to Scott to then wait for the right moments to assassinate him Relic would you be satisfied like if you were

To be my right hand man if we put our differences aside and you’d be my right hand man would that would that would that be okay yeah absolutely with Scott accepting relics fakeover his plan was going into the right direction he now found himself within Scott’s Inner Circle and was

Ready to strike when the time was right of North even though we had assembled most of the people if we go had not officially crowned himself as a leader yet as everything was going great The Oasis he did not see the importance of an election yet and instead purely

Focused on building up their Nation but like we should have some form of democracy for like making choices but honestly we don’t have a whole lot of choices to make right now however things would soon change as some of the northmen who were gathering building materials a few miles south of the Oasis

Went missing it turned out that they were ambushed and killed by framed and is men after ignoring all the Rogues on the island this was the final straw for fuego fuego gathered a few of his strongest Fighters and headed into the desert to fine-frame this group capture them and bring them to justice

Thank you Fuego successfully managed to track them down after killing a few of the thieves framed and his right hand man surrendered and were taken back to the Oasis to be executed the next day thank you my fellow citizens of North as you guys

Can see we have two of our own behind us two beloved members originally before they were caught killing people by pushing people in the quicksand now as you guys know I do not tolerate betraying our teammates I’m gonna kill these two because they up or killed you know buckless and the rest of

Them I don’t know how you guys feel but you know hi guys after Fuego at brought Justice to the northern tribe by executing framed and his right hand man peace on the island was finally a fact Fuego had somewhat turned himself into a hero and was so

Loved amongst his people that he was finally chosen as the sole leader of the northern tribe and during the following days the Northern Ireland continued to prosper Back on the southern tribe me and the Elite Squad returned to the Oasis where Ronin had set up a plan foreign Yes we’ve returned but uh as you can see we didn’t find anyone we did lose a member however yeah he fell in a quick set quicksand he just came by himself he just he just ran in and he didn’t try to help him we couldn’t we we can’t get someone out of

Quicksand you know that were you just standing there watching or come come down calm down just take her tell me in details oh I want some some more space between us okay hold on hold on hold on hold on Donald died because of quicksand we didn’t do anything I don’t know what

You have been setting up here but I have a feeling that uh well I was gone you’ve made yourself a little plan to take over haven’t you my man he tried to defend me he was the only one who tried to defend me against you and now he’s dead for

Some reason this is not wrong and basically not gonna work yeah yo back away from him you you go out you kill tala and I am the one who you blame listen up Ronan here’s my here’s my final proposal we’re gonna leave now and when the timer hits 20. we’ll come back

And we’ll fight and whoever wins gets to rule over the southern Peninsula as soon as we return to the Village I was immediately confronted by ronin’s men about The Disappearance of tala after refusing to believe our words about tala’s death the tensions once again Rose rapidly and accusations were thrown

Back and forth in the end the conclusion was that Mia Ronan and our Elite squads were going to fight over leadership with whoever wins becoming the leader of the South me and my people left the Oasis once again to prepare for what was going to become these Southern Civil War Ronan

Thinks he can intimidate me I told you I told you guys we’re gonna kill all them just weak well in the East Relic was still waiting for his moment Scott came up with a plan he wanted to see contact with the other two tribes so he could ally with them to

Strengthen his position on the Eastern Islands we’ve lost a lot of people we are not we are not winning on players we need to band together our differences aside band together let’s let’s go let’s go try and form an alliance with some of the other nations let’s go to South

Because we have more people and try and form an alliance to the South let’s try and let’s try and team up with this house is everyone happy with that but before he could go into any more details this happened if we try and propose an alliance to like south or north it’s not

It’s not gonna turn out how you want it thank you he’s creating me bossy kill bossy kill bossy he just cripped me he quit me he tried to kill me twice it turned out that mitsukage patience was running thin and instead of waiting for Relic to strike he himself went an

Assassination on Scott instead and chose to play an in-basi to do the job however as bossy tried to attack Scott his guards into intervened in time and took him out mitsuga’s assassination attempt had failed and Scott immediately blamed Relic but by the time he himself could respond to the situation Relic had

Already fled the scene Scott immediately called a state of emergency and assembled all of his men and demanded that The Relic would show his face again he would be executed immediately along with all of his followers Thank you but in between all this conflict somewhere on the southern island a player named Naka was alone in the desert while he at first lived with the rest of people at the Oasis he decided to get rid of all the tensions and lift a secluded life on the other side of the

Islands oh in contrast to most other survivors he was living the good life until at one point he found an old scroll within the scroll there was information on how the tribes could possibly end the curse that had devastated their lands in order to succeed the tribes would have to enter a

Realm which was known as The Forbidden lands this realm could only be entered via a rift which was known as the bridge which could only be activated if the tribes had acquired three sacred artifacts these artifacts could be found in the tombs of a sacred Temple of which

Each island has one and as far as other players knew were still closed Naka started to look for the sacred temple on his Island and after finding it found out that the tomb of this Temple had opened with full confidence he headed straight into the dark but unbeknownst

To him by entering the temple he triggered something sinister somewhere else on the island after readying up me and my men headed back to the Oasis one last time to fight with Ronin over Dominion of the Southern tribe foreign he’s a prisoner don’t kill Ronan I want him alive

So guys let’s go go go go go go go go go go go go go get him get him get him get him sorry okay come next on our side oh low low low low low skeletons everybody stop fighting everybody stop fighting well Ronin and my men were fighting cursed Warriors

From The Forbidden lands had reached our Oasis oh guys whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa stop fighting stop fighting kill the skeletons kill the skeletons thank you the two groups that were just fighting each other started to fight the undead instead together as one there’s like huge Horrors

We need to defend the weed guys After we had defeated the undead and realized that we had a common enemy me and Ronin called for a truce I think we have that there are more important matters now than our struggle yeah it’s the skeletons it’s mobs and I think it’s just building I think we we should uh

Thrive and make a better civilization than fighting with each other we will be much stronger if we fight together all of us everyone from the southern island together we now knew what the Real Enemy was and decided to rule herself together until the greater thread had been defeated the

Salve had finally been United and was at peace and as a token of strength we even build a Great Pyramid next to the Oasis laughs it turned out that the other tribes had also been attacked by the cursed Warriors after the attack Fuego and his followers followed their tracks which

Led back to their sacred Temple where they found out that also their tombs had opened watch out for pressure place all right where are you oh watch that behind you oh there’s a guy here okay here oh we’re surrounded we’re surrounded we’re surrounded we’re surrounded they headed

Inside and traversed the tunnels but at the end of the maze they stumbled up on a closed door knowing that something valuable must be behind that door they tried to open it but to no avail Fuego picked up the scroll that was laying in the room and read that if they

Wanted to acquire this artifact they would have to unite all of the three tribes asadora would only open if the three tribe leaders would stand in front of it side by side and in peace Fuego immediately commanded this man to head out and see contact with the other two tribes

Down south Mia Ronin and some of our highest ranking members also headed for our sacred Temple well we found Naka Naka had already entered the temple earlier and told us about what he had found and on top of that warned us about the darkness that was coming upon hearing this we knew we

Didn’t have a choice and headed into the temple be careful for traps be careful there’s a hole here oh you got this climax be careful Ronan don’t die after managing to overcome all the traps without any casualties we arrived at the main tomb and just as the northern tribe

We also stumbled up on a closed door in front of this door there was a red floor and according to the scroll that was laying next to it someone had to stand on top of this floor to be judged by the gods as only the ones true of heart

Could acquire this artifact immediately a good friend of mine which also was one of my highest ranking members volunteered to be judged did he kill stew or anything no foreign foreign now knowing that this wasn’t a joke and that we could all die here Naka stepped forward

I I swear I have not murdered I swear I’ve been a good boy this whole time I have never shed somebody else’s blood oh my god he has it open it opened I could turn around what did you guess what did you get oh Turned out to be true of heart and had acquired the artifact of compassion in the East a group of players led by scriv also headed to their sacred temple on the orders of Scott only to find out that this artifact could only be acquired by someone truly powerful

According to their scroll three Warriors would have to fight each other in a fair duel to the death whoever would win could wield this artifact and so three Warriors puznan found eclipse and scrap himself entered the pit and fought to the death five four three two one remember [Applause] Foreign Scrap managed to win the duo and acquire the artifact of power well this was happening however Relic had returned to mitsukage and his people he once again came up with a new plan to claim the Eastern leadership Relic had heard Scott’s plan to Ally with the other

Islands earlier and as good as men were still busy with the artifact Relic proposed that he and his men would act first and Ally with a sudden try before Scott could do so so he would be seen as the leader of east by the other Islands but unbeknownst to them Scott’s spies

Were everywhere and had alerted Scott about relic’s intentions and so both Scott and relig headed for the southern Islands who who else is up there like from our original team like how many of us are like from our original team is black but they were not the only ones as Fuego and

His men were also entering Southern territory I’m worried dude I’m nervous like I have this like real feeling in my stomach like this is a very bad idea hey hey friends friends friends friends hey hello hey friends friends Who’s Your Leader as soon as me Ronan at knockout

Return from the sacred Temple Fuego had already reached our Oasis and quickly began to explain what he encountered at their tomb I’ll give it a with you the only reason we don’t have an artifact yet is because like we need all three team leaders to be there in unison

In United peace to get the last artifact but he did not get a chance to finish his story as right at this moment Relic and his men arrived at the Oasis as well everyone was startled with relics arrival but he quickly assured everyone that he came in peace and identified

Himself as the leader of East guys Rel explained to Ally with Salvador North did however run into some problems as scarletta’s man had also entered these Southern territories and arrived the meeting just in time okay if you go wave Figo waves there’s an Insurrection happening right now he has already said

That he’s happy to be my second in command I believe they may have intentionally tried to run away from us to put distance between us so he could claim leadership we had United the Eastern Relic you had accepted being my second in command if there is a Leader’s

Meeting I would happily go with you now no because you intentionally run away Scott immediately shot a relic down telling me Ronan and Fuego did he and not relig was the leader of East although there was confusion about a lot of things including the leadership issue between Scott and relig none of the

Tribes were hostile against each other and thus the leaders in the tribes decided to head into the Great Pyramid to discuss the last artifact to the disappointment of Relic who now once again faded into the background here is the Undisputed leader of the of the South we’re we’re leading together we

Don’t have one leader we have two liters there’s one thing I’m concerned about because are you truly the leader of East because I’ve been told that Relic is the leader of it I just don’t understand the point of us arguing about who’s the leader who’s not uh the main talking and

Discussion should be what why are we doing our twos Lads if we if we’re gonna if we’re gonna band together we we need to do it now because tensions are rising and we need to come to an agreement before something bad happens after long talk between me Ronan fragrance card

Things finally started to take form many things were being discussed such as the third artifact that still had to be acquired the leadership issue at East which ended with Scott being acknowledged as a true Leader by the other tribes at the end as well as why Mia Ronan were leading South together

But as we’re about to head for the third artifact it turned out that Relic was not going to give up so easily Chris God had been assassinated oh no DJ get out of here oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God

Me Ronan Fuego just watched in shock at what had happened after scrap it also entered the building and killed the Assassin religion sent another assassin into the pyramid to kill Scott scrap wascott’s own guard so this all happened but instead of intervene decided to let it play out first it was just after

Scott got killed and he took action and killed the Assassin as an act of fake Revenge so I guess he’s not deleted huh are we uh are we are we chill now or like are we trying to kill each other during the following minute scrap would wait for this moment the entire event

Killed more of relics followers and demanded the legions from all of Scott’s men that were still alive to which they gave in scrava used relics assassination to his own advantage to take the leadership over East himself and thus his long plant Coop finally happened as a response religate mitsukage

Immediately fled the scene well scrap named himself true leader of the eastern island in front of the other tribe leaders I want all Southern Southerners to come together right now I in a war you’re all dying then we’re shocked but time was running out so instead of making it a problem we

Decided to accept scratch leadership for now and made peace so we could head to the northern sacred Temple and acquire the third artifact and so the entire joint Army headed north West Fuego upon arriving at the temple there was one final problem there was supposed to be three leaders but with me and Ronan ruling together there were now four this meant the door would not open until this issue had been resolved Mia Ronin had said art differences aside

We had United a certain tribe and it was time to move on from our past and thus I stepped forward and declared my allegiance to Ronin and acknowledged him as the true leader of the South The door opens and Fuego picked up the artifact of leadership the three artifacts had been acquired and it was now time to head to the Forbidden lands to end the curse the bridge however wasn’t going to be easily accessed as it was hidden within what was once known as the great palace

Thank you oh my God that looks sick how did we not see this The massive Army that now consisted of members of all three tribes had arrived at the palace but before they entered Fuego leader of the north gave one final speech it’s been not only one hour but four hours in this event and we’ve made it this far without absolutely slaughtering each other

Regardless of the colors above our head now all we need to do oh it’s going to this Temple and have some white old skeleton oh [Applause] [Applause] the Brave players entered the Castle full of confidence killing the few enemies inside as well as looting all the barrels they could find however

Those that were running up front had forgotten about an old enemy that killed many people back at the start oh my God the quicksand had struck again killing more than 10 of our men at the same time but this did not stop the rest of the

Army as there were still a curse to end jump jump one usually jump on you man thank you foreign hey come to me come to me this way this way this way to me to me hug laptop left that is a big boy jump can I hit that

Can I hit the odd battle parkour dude I can’t do two jobs I don’t know let’s go well most of the people were still finding their way through the tunnels of the palace those that managed to get through all the traps found something horrible within the throne

Room it was the guardian of the bridge oh God foreign but the guardian turned out to be no challenge to the brave and strong Army of the three tribes and was easily put down the three artifact holders Fuego schrev and Naka opened the door of the

Final tomb with inside the bridge to the Forbidden lands it was time to end the curse Thank you Ronan I need you to protect the portal okay I need you to protect the rift okay the bridge the bridge cannot cannot fall if the bridge Falls it’s all over Well most of these Southern tribe members stayed behind the portal to protect the bridge the northern and Eastern tribes have made it to what seemed to be some type of altar according to the ancient Scrolls the players were supposed to Face death itself but at the altar there was

Nothing to be found until this happened lightning struck from all sides and the undying showed himself along with his cursed Army it was Now All or Nothing [Applause] oh foreign people started dying left and right and to make things even worse Relic had blend himself in with the rest of the

Army and decided to finish what he had started and looked for scrap on the battlefield to take the leadership over East for once and for all you know there’s only one leader to the Eastern tribe and that’s not you you should have kept hiding Relic you shouldn’t you betrayed our people and

You betrayed Scott you’re the one who killed him not me let’s finish this [Applause] after relegate Minnesota take down scrap he himself got shot by one of Scott’s old followers everyone that fought over the Eastern leadership had perished the battle was not going well after the Army had already died and things were

Looking bad I looked around me and I saw the chaos and in the background the undying killing people effortlessly Thank you I thought to myself for a second and I run in a straight line towards the undying Ronin and the remaining Southerners arrived at the Battle and turned around the yards [Applause] Blue push forward fear no doubt boys final push foreign [Applause] fought as one and they had defeated as the undying but it didn’t feel as a victory for most people because as they looked around them they saw all their fallen Brothers the survivors returned home where after centuries it was

Finally raining again because had ended