There's supposedly also a picture of him playing basketball he shared with Pause and Beef during an Super Hostile. He was also doxxed early on, but his fan base was chill enough that it's practically impossible to find anything about it nowadays
Depending on when the first clip was streamed, he must've bought the keyboard when I was barely born, up until before my parents even knew that I'd exist. Man that keyboard is OLD
Pretty sure most viewers are older than 20. Most people that have grown up with gameplay videos on their teens never really migrate to more traditional media like predicted. From what I see in the comments and meet ups, most of their following is either well in the 20s or early 30s.
@@masch7000 I don’t remember why keralis was actually part of the video. I’m pretty sure the left handed thing was just a joke 😊 it’s in mumbos hermitcraft video if you want the whole context
Fun fact! Kleenex boxes have become flimsy over the years due to the company using recycled materials. Great that they're being more eco friendly but product quality went down because of it. That's why Ethos box is still standing while Grian's broke apart.
Okay this just isn't true at all. Recycled materials aren't inherently flimsy, your standard cardboard is made out of recycled materials. Cardboard isn't flimsy at all. Kleenex have just cut costs and used less material to fabricate their tissue boxes. The boxes became a lot thinner.
This is the thing. When you find that item that just works for you it feels awful to go back to ones that don't. Even it just being familiar is big on that, but like... There's a very specific brand and model of mouse I like. It fits my hand just right. It's got just the right stuff in the right places. It has exactly as many buttons as I want features (I've had more and I didn't use them). It's just the right weight too. It's heavy enough it has a bit of momentum to it, but light enough it's not tedious to move around. The center of mass is right too. It slides easily on my desk, isn't noisy as it does... and it's not like I can go somewhere to fondle a bunch of mice (and that sounds gross anyway). You kind of just have to buy and hope.
I think Etho’s set up should be a great example of, you can be really good at a game without all the bells and whistles. Etho is just living his best life and if it works, while change it.
my friend plays valorant with a similiar setup, (no tissue box mic though) where because his space is seemingly limited and he is using a laptop, he runs his mouse parallel to the laptop keyboard above it. And get this: instead of having a high dpi (shooters suck with high dpi btw, but u kinda need it for the super small clearance this setup gives you) he has a low dpi and picks his mouse up several times just to turn. It's cursed and I'm trying to show him the increased range of motion having it perpindicular gives you, but its hard to get him to budge.
SO because of Etho describing this desk setup and saying that it's better on the wrist, I tried it (with the mouse in front) when I started getting wrist pain and it legitimately works. My mouse is fully in front of my laptop, y'all. Life is great and I have felt no wrist pain since
When I was younger that was the way I had the mouse when I used a Wireless Mouse but when I used a Wired Mouse I switched to the 'normal' way and since I don't use a Wireless Mouse anymore I haven't done it the 'other way' in a long while
I love how ever since he told us about the duct tape and glue headphone situation, we've slowly expanded the knowledge about his setup and its become a running gag
@@iriswildfire7355 For a while, Etho couldn't find another headset that recorded his voice in a way that he liked the sound of, so he held on to his old headphones for waaay longer than he should have. At a certain point, they were falling apart and were held together with only duct tape and glue. That was the first that we really learned about Etho's cursed setup (this was like a few years ago in the LP world IIRC). He has since found a good mic (I guess this is the one stuffed in the tissue box) and also has some more editing options available (since I guess the voice recording method he previously used limited it) including star wipe transitions!
@iriswildfire7355 ducttape and glue babeyyy!!! He was using the same headset for THE longest time, bc he was attached to the mic on it and didn't want his voice to sound different in his videos. He'd talk about how the pads had fallen off so he was using kleenex, and then iirc the actual headset was falling apart and he wld try to glue it together, but then the glue got on his ear and got all sticky. Then finally we got a photo of the headset 😩 At least, that's what I recall. It's been a HOT minute since I've watched Etho, and this is all info from his Survival Singleplayer LP
I first learned of this in mumbo’s hermitcraft episode. ETHO DIDNT TELL US EVERYTHING!!! THE KEYBOARD IS OLD, HE HAS ONE SPEAKER, AND HIS THIRD MONITOR SITS ON A BOOK!? Edit: 1k likes waow
Two monitors ago I used to use the shelf from my pantry on top of a bunch of old pill bottles on top of my desk to hold my monitor up higher to be more comfortable. After that I used an old like 40+ inch tv as a monitor, and now my monitor has a stand that lifts it high enough it's comfortable anyway... but I've opted to sit the stand on top of a disk of cardboard I cut out so it slides easier so I can move the monitor closer or farther from me easily depending on how I'm sitting/what I'm doing.
Mumbo in Hermitcraft: lol what a crazy setup, doofus Mumbo in Secret Life: omg it's Etho he is a classic how could we be friends when he is the most cool and OG guy to ever exist on the planet
Honestly I think the setup adds to Etho's legendary vibe. It's like finding out a genius mathematician doesn't use a calculator, just pencil and scrap paper - no fancy tools required when you're a legend!
The thing that really just turns the desk set-up from "weirdly customized but okay" to "WHAT???????" is... the tissue box mic stand. Like. I just. I. 😱
Maybe his mic stand broke. Fair if the mic’s still working, but I’d find a way to fix the stand, or at least find a better substitute other than a tissue box. A small vase maybe? At least it’s prettier. Did he even try to fix it with super glue? God…!
That seems like the least bothersome aspect. Perfect example of "if it works it works" the old keyboard and the speaker balanced on a book seem much more of an issue.
This is the best way, except instead of a recliner I use a ~100 year old armchair that was my great-grandfather's. Can't stand wireless mice or keyboards, though, so I use wired. Wireless headphones are amazing though, and worth the investment
Alright at least with this one it's just strange, with Mumbo's it actually interferes with his gameplay (he mentions it's hard to move forwards and right at the same time, and he can't really jump and crouch at the same time). A weird setup using odd technology is a lot less weird than one that physically limits your movement (also I'd imagine his thumb would be HURTING after playing for a while)
Ngl setup aside, the way he uses his mouse still seems more reasonable then mumbo thumb sneak Like try it, its literally how you normally use a mouse just a more comfortable arm position
@@nicjoy4407 If I remember correctly he said that he's mostly not using his thumb to shift now as of several hermitcraft episodes ago, but I might be misremembering.
I was laughing at Mumbo's thumb shifting but recently I found out something awful about myself. When I was playing doors (a Roblox game where you don't need to jump but do need to crouch sometimes) I looked down at my keyboard and I found my hands in the Mumbo position, I was pressing shift with my thumb the whole time and didn't even realize. 😭
My space bar is also broken, and I've also learned to adapt. I like my keyboard too much to get rid of it. I've had it awhile. Not quite as long as Etho, but for about 10 years.
No but like, Etho describing his setup sounded like he was describing my desk (minus a mic and the age of the equipment) cause I have always held my mouse sort of slanted (long time ago I thought it would help it connect better to the computer if it was at the same angle as the mouse on screen) and over time it's just gone full horizontal, and the amount of diy fixes I have that is just shoving books under things to keep it even is wild.
I've seen most of these before (including the picture) so I thought there was nothing more to learn but then he added the "so instead, I use my mousepad under my left elbow" and I broke
Probably the best reason for why etho does that is two words. Carpel tunnel. What he does is make sure that his arms are perfectly inline with his hands, which prevents carpel tunnel symptoms.
The other alternatives are that it's an unusually tall desk or Etho just sets his chair really low, or even a combination of both. Either way, that doesn't take away from how cursed this whole setup is 😭😭😭
Oh my god. I recognize that computer. That’s an Hp Omen Obelisk and has to be the most dog water computer I’ve ever used. No airflow, cheap parts, barely any fans, closed front panel, a graphics card heatsink that’s legitimately smaller than one I have for a GT 640, and overall is made to overheat. How he uses it as a daily driver, I have no idea.
Seeing him say he's had the same keyboard for twenty years shocks me. Mines only 11 years old now and I'm already looking for a new one- I would say 'if it's not broken - don't fix it' but his was broken...
This set up and still one of the best minecraft players, remember he won decked out like this and runs the longest LP series, these youngins should take notes
It's so funny because my Uncle has done this with his old keyboard. He's had to get PS2 to USB adapters (PS2 was the old keyboard port on the back of computers) in order to keep using the same keyboard he stole from his office back in the early 90s. He says the modern ones don't feel as nice to use and the click-clacks are completely different. He's not wrong, it's certainly a much better feel!
Agreed. "They don't make 'em like they used to" used to be a joke about old-timers being biased by their rose-tinted view of the past. Today it's largely just true for tech products. Everything is designed to be as weak and flimsy as possible! I've had my current laptop for ~4 years and it is starting to bug out on the audio-jack output for headphones already. Meanwhile my previous laptop from ~2010 lasted without fail up until around ~2022. That's 3x the lifespan!! The laptops are even from the same company and same type, I just upgraded to the latest version at the time. Same story with phones and tablets. It's a shame really, I'd be happy to pay 2x the price if I actually got to use the device for a solid length of time. Apparently most companies don't realise (or don't care) though!
So, i use a laptop for gaming. So i very rarely use a mouse. But when i do, i use a non-specified mouse so that i can switch sides of the computer as needed. And i never get the buttons messed up somehow. But also, i thumb-shift. And i only walk forwards, never to the side or backwards. And my other hand presses space, but not woth the thumb, with the middle and ring fingers. And my pinky finger rests on the escape button.
@@HarmonyMoonbeam024 I believe beaf is assuming you’re under the age of 13 which I believe is the minimum age to create a UA-cam account. I do agree that beaf is underestimating the amount of young people who watch the hermits. Anyway I’m sure you’re already aware, but do be careful of discussing your age online as there’s a lot of predators. Sorry if this came across as unwarranted nagging. Peace ✌️
@@beepboop2803 Yeah, probably. Though idk how many children under 13 would be able to spell that legibly with the direction gen-alpha seems to be going atm /j. Also yes! I’m very aware of the age thing and I do have a plan for if someone does ever try to pull those shenanigans on me (though thankfully it’s never happened before): report, block, move on with life. And don’t worry, your comment didn’t come across that way at all :3 I quite appreciate the concern
the more i remember this (the episode where they ranked everyone i mean) the less wierd mumbo's thumb shifting becomes in my head. bc like hes left handed, uses right handed conrols so his pinky is probably too weak for the amount of shifting he probably has to do, thus it makes sense that hed use his thumb which is stronger instead. i do NOT understand etho but i do think its slightly less wierd if it was wrongfully written "armpits" in the survey instead of "armrests" which just means his chair is very high up. the mouse thing is inexplicable though lmao
@@LibraryofAcousticMagic3240 His desk is at shoulder height and his chair is at its lowest position. Also so by looking at the image, he may be short 🙃
the worst part I feel second hand judged, as I also have my mouse sideways, I swear, it isn't that hard of a shift and is somewhat more comfortable, I can do both ways but choose sideways while not in public where I can be judged.
And here I was thinking it was weird to have my sprint on the 2 key (it's directly above my W key so I just have to move my index finger up a little to sprint)
I'm currently using a keyboard that has 10/23/01 written on the back in permanent marker, the windows button has the windows xp logo with waves behind it. Found it in a dumpster and it worked great. I reckon it's got another 23 years left in it at least
10 years ago I was looking for a keyboard with Cherry MX Red Switches so I bought the cheapest one I could find, QPAD MK-50. Still using it daily and I'm very much looking forward to another 10 years with it! 😹🐱
I appreciate how low the standards are for playing weird and then there’s Etho 😂 Personally I started playing as a little kid so mind is kinda weird. Inverted mouse (never played a game before Minecraft on computer, idk what happened). R for sprint, u for crouch, and t for throw.
I'm on Etho's side. I had my mouse and keyboard for 9 years before they both broke at the same time. I bought the exact same mouse but my keyboard was discontinued. The idea of getting used to a new keyboard was so overwhelming to me that i cried over it as an adult woman
To be fair. As a canadian, this isn't that weird. Tech stuff is pricy, and you get used to your stuff and dont want to change it, ive used a rockband mic for the ps3 on its stand sitting next to my chair before, and a box fan blowing into an open pc to keep it cool playing games (it was a 3rd gen i3 go easy on me)
Between his set up and his everyday sandwich, my autistic brain just goes “autism!” Is he autistic? No clue. Doesn’t matter. But my brain sure does see how he talks about stuff and goes “yep that’s some brain weirdness right there.” Same with Mumbo too tbh. Love these weirdos.
The craziest thing to me about all this is that he still has more mouse space than I did with my first setup in 2013. I always had my sensitivity set to hyperspeed because I barely had enough mouse space to look around in the game. That was my setup for nearly a decade before I finally upgraded everything, but if what Etho is saying is correct, he's been using this setup for twice that time with little changes 💀
I kinda feel bad for Etho, every Hermit/friend shames him for having setup that works for him and he's comfortable with it. He doesn't need to fix what isn't broken (except for space, mic stand and that monitor he doesn't use) I'm pretty sure that even if the keyboard is 20y old, it can only get so dirty... I doubt that it's dirtier than most keyboards being used daily, unless he literally takes dirt and mud from outside then it's not dirtier than most keyboards. He's humble in a way... hmmm in a hermit kind of way. Doesn't need fancy stuff, uses stuff that's little bit broken instead of creating waste and buying new stuff. Imagine shaming your friend for not buying new stuff everytime something breaks a little. For me this is another common Etho W.
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i find it so immensely funny that the only pictures we have ever gotten from etho r just his f cked up setup
There was also a picture of a busted headset on a white table
@electrum5579 that's what im talking about:D
Etho was never human...hes just effed up setups
There's supposedly also a picture of him playing basketball he shared with Pause and Beef during an Super Hostile. He was also doxxed early on, but his fan base was chill enough that it's practically impossible to find anything about it nowadays
I don't think it's that bad compared to the other Hermits.
His keyboard being older than most HC viewers is probably a sign that he should get a new keyboard
I'm 19 so. Yeah. This keyboard outdates my conception.
don't blame him though. I hate getting a new keyboard as it just doesn't feel right as it won't sit the same as the old.
Depending on when the first clip was streamed, he must've bought the keyboard when I was barely born, up until before my parents even knew that I'd exist.
Man that keyboard is OLD
Pretty sure most viewers are older than 20. Most people that have grown up with gameplay videos on their teens never really migrate to more traditional media like predicted. From what I see in the comments and meet ups, most of their following is either well in the 20s or early 30s.
I'm 20 and it made me feel super young
Something tells me Etho pushes the limits on expiration dates.
He doesn’t believe in them
Since they’re usually ‘best before’ dates, not expiration dates…NBD pushing those “limits.”
When your body starts ejecting it at high velocity, then you know it's too old.
My favorite part of mumbos episode is when keralis says something like “idk why I was invited to this freak show I’m just left handed” 😂😂 hilarious
😂😂😂
This string of events brought us so many good things 😂
Don't most lefthanded use the same setup as the righthanded?? I personally do and i assumed it was normal
@@masch7000 I don’t remember why keralis was actually part of the video. I’m pretty sure the left handed thing was just a joke 😊 it’s in mumbos hermitcraft video if you want the whole context
@@masch7000it’s one of those things where it’s just easier to use the normal setup than to buy special equipment
Fun fact! Kleenex boxes have become flimsy over the years due to the company using recycled materials. Great that they're being more eco friendly but product quality went down because of it. That's why Ethos box is still standing while Grian's broke apart.
Tbf I don't know anyone who really stress tests their tissue boxes.
@@Pandora_The_Panda They kind of fall apart on their own, especially if it gets hot.
Oh it make sense
Okay this just isn't true at all. Recycled materials aren't inherently flimsy, your standard cardboard is made out of recycled materials. Cardboard isn't flimsy at all.
Kleenex have just cut costs and used less material to fabricate their tissue boxes. The boxes became a lot thinner.
This reminds me of grian saying he has a box of the exact same type of headset that they don’t make anymore
not only a box - a SUPPLY of them because he's so attached XD
Their from hong kong and discontued. He's been using the same one since 2008.
This is the thing.
When you find that item that just works for you it feels awful to go back to ones that don't.
Even it just being familiar is big on that, but like...
There's a very specific brand and model of mouse I like. It fits my hand just right. It's got just the right stuff in the right places. It has exactly as many buttons as I want features (I've had more and I didn't use them). It's just the right weight too. It's heavy enough it has a bit of momentum to it, but light enough it's not tedious to move around. The center of mass is right too. It slides easily on my desk, isn't noisy as it does... and it's not like I can go somewhere to fondle a bunch of mice (and that sounds gross anyway). You kind of just have to buy and hope.
@@seigeengine i dont know what you meant by "fondle a bunch of mice", but i wholeheartedly agree to everything else you just said :D
@@JudyJewels-em8sh You know, like a try it before you buy. See how furry they are, whether they're a biter.
I think Etho’s set up should be a great example of, you can be really good at a game without all the bells and whistles. Etho is just living his best life and if it works, while change it.
I aspire to be etho
Sure as long as you don't include pvp in that xD High sense with a setup like that, no wonder he's washed at PvP haha
imagine having a super expensive battle station setup as etho, no longer being held back
like Rock Lee dropping the weights
@@scalpingsnakeBdubs said it best: "he's not washed up!"
my friend plays valorant with a similiar setup, (no tissue box mic though) where because his space is seemingly limited and he is using a laptop, he runs his mouse parallel to the laptop keyboard above it. And get this: instead of having a high dpi (shooters suck with high dpi btw, but u kinda need it for the super small clearance this setup gives you) he has a low dpi and picks his mouse up several times just to turn. It's cursed and I'm trying to show him the increased range of motion having it perpindicular gives you, but its hard to get him to budge.
SO because of Etho describing this desk setup and saying that it's better on the wrist, I tried it (with the mouse in front) when I started getting wrist pain and it legitimately works. My mouse is fully in front of my laptop, y'all. Life is great and I have felt no wrist pain since
Yeah I don't go sideways I just have a lot of space on my desk. If you have space I genuinely recommend it.
When I was younger that was the way I had the mouse when I used a Wireless Mouse but when I used a Wired Mouse I switched to the 'normal' way and since I don't use a Wireless Mouse anymore I haven't done it the 'other way' in a long while
please just get a vertical mouse instead
From this comment section if I ever become a UA-camr I am to never show my set up cause mine is very similar and way more comfy
I switched to a trackball and was able to eliminate wrist pain, because I no longer need to yank around a regular mouse.
Etho's desk setup is one of my favorite pieces of information about him
him going through a cheesecake addiction is probably my favorite xD
I would love to like this but your comment is at 69😂
@@wolfinthewheatfields3224 he went through a chessecake addiction?!?!?!? when???
It's legit one of the **only** things we know about him
I love how ever since he told us about the duct tape and glue headphone situation, we've slowly expanded the knowledge about his setup and its become a running gag
I'm sorry, the what situation?!
@@iriswildfire7355 For a while, Etho couldn't find another headset that recorded his voice in a way that he liked the sound of, so he held on to his old headphones for waaay longer than he should have. At a certain point, they were falling apart and were held together with only duct tape and glue. That was the first that we really learned about Etho's cursed setup (this was like a few years ago in the LP world IIRC). He has since found a good mic (I guess this is the one stuffed in the tissue box) and also has some more editing options available (since I guess the voice recording method he previously used limited it) including star wipe transitions!
@iriswildfire7355 ducttape and glue babeyyy!!! He was using the same headset for THE longest time, bc he was attached to the mic on it and didn't want his voice to sound different in his videos. He'd talk about how the pads had fallen off so he was using kleenex, and then iirc the actual headset was falling apart and he wld try to glue it together, but then the glue got on his ear and got all sticky. Then finally we got a photo of the headset 😩
At least, that's what I recall. It's been a HOT minute since I've watched Etho, and this is all info from his Survival Singleplayer LP
The what now
*@@iriswildfire7355 Yeah his headphones broke apart so he uses duct tape and glue to hold the halves together
I know I'm old when my *DAUGHTER* was only two years old when Etho got his keyboard.
Its four years older than me haha😂
I wasn't even ten when he got the keyboard and I now have a four year old child
I was 2 when he got it
Which year
i’m 19 now, nearly 20, so he likely got it around the time i was born, or even before. wild 😂
"Nothing more permanent than a temporary solution" - his entire setup seems like that
Etho: "I've had the same keyboard for 20 years."
Somewhere, Keralis is dying inside.
I first learned of this in mumbo’s hermitcraft episode. ETHO DIDNT TELL US EVERYTHING!!! THE KEYBOARD IS OLD, HE HAS ONE SPEAKER, AND HIS THIRD MONITOR SITS ON A BOOK!?
Edit: 1k likes waow
And broken. His third monitor is broken and he just left it there. Like a hoarder
@@radnbad95bros acting like he has less than 1k subs
@@janea.5893 And we love him for it
@@janea.5893 Bros acting like its 2000 and he is suffering through a financial crisis
Two monitors ago I used to use the shelf from my pantry on top of a bunch of old pill bottles on top of my desk to hold my monitor up higher to be more comfortable.
After that I used an old like 40+ inch tv as a monitor, and now my monitor has a stand that lifts it high enough it's comfortable anyway... but I've opted to sit the stand on top of a disk of cardboard I cut out so it slides easier so I can move the monitor closer or farther from me easily depending on how I'm sitting/what I'm doing.
Mumbo in Hermitcraft: lol what a crazy setup, doofus
Mumbo in Secret Life: omg it's Etho he is a classic how could we be friends when he is the most cool and OG guy to ever exist on the planet
Honestly I think the setup adds to Etho's legendary vibe. It's like finding out a genius mathematician doesn't use a calculator, just pencil and scrap paper - no fancy tools required when you're a legend!
The thing that really just turns the desk set-up from "weirdly customized but okay" to "WHAT???????" is... the tissue box mic stand. Like. I just. I. 😱
Maybe his mic stand broke.
Fair if the mic’s still working, but I’d find a way to fix the stand, or at least find a better substitute other than a tissue box.
A small vase maybe? At least it’s prettier.
Did he even try to fix it with super glue? God…!
That actually isn’t what does it for me, the fact that the mouse pad is a cushion just kills me
@ That too, but if the mousepad is still usable, then it’s perfectly fine.
it just feels so cramped
That seems like the least bothersome aspect. Perfect example of "if it works it works" the old keyboard and the speaker balanced on a book seem much more of an issue.
he’s right about the sideways mouse though. It really makes your wrist hurt a lot less and you get carpal tunnel less often.
which makes total sense as with Ethos setup you support your wrist, while with a normal setup you dont
My gaming chair is a lazy boy recliner. I keep my keyboard on my lap and my Bluetooth mouse on the arm of the chair
okay this deserves an award of some kind
similar to ZombieCleo but she's sitting on a couch, keyboard on lap and mouse on Sodacan Boxes....if I remember correctly
This is the best way, except instead of a recliner I use a ~100 year old armchair that was my great-grandfather's. Can't stand wireless mice or keyboards, though, so I use wired. Wireless headphones are amazing though, and worth the investment
I see nothing wrong with ethos setup but what you've just described is a crime
I've done this lying on a couch watching movies or whatever, but I use my chest for the mouse.
And just remember that Etho outclassed every other hermits on both Decked Out 1 and 2 using this set up ! The man must be doing something good here !
etho about his tissue box: they don't make them like they used to
And yet they think Mumbo's crouching is worse than this!
Alright at least with this one it's just strange, with Mumbo's it actually interferes with his gameplay (he mentions it's hard to move forwards and right at the same time, and he can't really jump and crouch at the same time). A weird setup using odd technology is a lot less weird than one that physically limits your movement (also I'd imagine his thumb would be HURTING after playing for a while)
Ngl setup aside, the way he uses his mouse still seems more reasonable then mumbo thumb sneak
Like try it, its literally how you normally use a mouse just a more comfortable arm position
@@nicjoy4407 If I remember correctly he said that he's mostly not using his thumb to shift now as of several hermitcraft episodes ago, but I might be misremembering.
@@nicjoy4407well Mumbo's problem with doing stuff is he only uses one finger for wasd, the thumb shifting just doesn't help that
I was laughing at Mumbo's thumb shifting but recently I found out something awful about myself. When I was playing doors (a Roblox game where you don't need to jump but do need to crouch sometimes) I looked down at my keyboard and I found my hands in the Mumbo position, I was pressing shift with my thumb the whole time and didn't even realize. 😭
My space bar is also broken, and I've also learned to adapt. I like my keyboard too much to get rid of it. I've had it awhile. Not quite as long as Etho, but for about 10 years.
Etho being this cool chill quiet guy everyone likes and then he starts talking and you realize he's kind of unhinged actually is so fucking funny
I love how Etho's keyboard has that old 2000's keyboard look, brings me back...
It doesn't have that look, it's literally an old 2000s keyboard
Ah, the image and info that lead to the exposing of so many other hermits. Thank you Etho and thanks Mumbo for the ranking video
The fact Etho has to translate what he wants to do into what direction to move the mouse instead of just recalibrating it blows my mind
Etho is so fair ngl
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
And if it is, adapt
I tried it and it's comfy. It works.
No but like, Etho describing his setup sounded like he was describing my desk (minus a mic and the age of the equipment) cause I have always held my mouse sort of slanted (long time ago I thought it would help it connect better to the computer if it was at the same angle as the mouse on screen) and over time it's just gone full horizontal, and the amount of diy fixes I have that is just shoving books under things to keep it even is wild.
I've seen most of these before (including the picture) so I thought there was nothing more to learn but then he added the "so instead, I use my mousepad under my left elbow" and I broke
Keyboard: even in death, I still serve
Probably the best reason for why etho does that is two words. Carpel tunnel. What he does is make sure that his arms are perfectly inline with his hands, which prevents carpel tunnel symptoms.
I just see that image of Etho's setup and I'm like "How is that armpit height?"
Etho is a short king
The other alternatives are that it's an unusually tall desk or Etho just sets his chair really low, or even a combination of both. Either way, that doesn't take away from how cursed this whole setup is 😭😭😭
@@LiamTolentino I think I remember Gem or Etho himself saying that his chair is at its lowest position.
Etho is actually one of the taller hermits. He's said he's 6' 3" or something like that.
@@KiaranScath People do lie about their heights all the time
either way my comment was just me being silly
He's said he keeps his chair very low
This man is THE definition of resourceful.
Well... He's a ninja
This man is hopeless 😭
This is why Etho is the best! I love that he makes do and does not go all out on expensive equipment. And he is the best!
LMAO THE “OH MY GOD” WHEN IT SHOWED THE PICTURE IM DYINING
Nothing is more permanent then a temporary solution that works
I always thought Etho was Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral, but no... He's Chaoic Good.
Oh my god. I recognize that computer. That’s an Hp Omen Obelisk and has to be the most dog water computer I’ve ever used. No airflow, cheap parts, barely any fans, closed front panel, a graphics card heatsink that’s legitimately smaller than one I have for a GT 640, and overall is made to overheat.
How he uses it as a daily driver, I have no idea.
Seeing him say he's had the same keyboard for twenty years shocks me. Mines only 11 years old now and I'm already looking for a new one-
I would say 'if it's not broken - don't fix it' but his was broken...
Nah dude let him keep it the new ones start double inputs or skipping inputs within a year its infuriating
Seing Iskall in a vid is so weird after whats come out now😓
Real
I think the reason why Etho uses the klenex box its to Dampen the sound of his Bear in the backyard
I need to know if that picture at 0:47 is one Eefo took or if it’s a recreation
That's an actual picture of his desk, it's in his S10 e5 HermitCraft video
This set up and still one of the best minecraft players, remember he won decked out like this and runs the longest LP series, these youngins should take notes
It's so funny because my Uncle has done this with his old keyboard. He's had to get PS2 to USB adapters (PS2 was the old keyboard port on the back of computers) in order to keep using the same keyboard he stole from his office back in the early 90s. He says the modern ones don't feel as nice to use and the click-clacks are completely different. He's not wrong, it's certainly a much better feel!
7:20 "as a cusheon", not "Especially".
It just kept getting worse 😂💀
My head hurts....Etho is just....WHY.
I tried the mouse thing, and wow is it comfy, may start doing that
keeping your elbow on the desk is actually really good for the health of your wrists
The Tango yips are hilarious 😂
The episode where Mumbo ranking the hermits weirdness is right under this video 😭
Its like an upgraded version of techno's set up where you upgrade it you get a plus 1 monitor lol
This is clutch, I needed this
Oh this clip came out again, it's still funny!
I find pretty endearing seeing Etho is as practical in-game as he is in real life
On my new mechanical keyboard, I already had to replace the keys twice.
I WISH I had a keyboard that can last you 20 years.
Agreed. "They don't make 'em like they used to" used to be a joke about old-timers being biased by their rose-tinted view of the past. Today it's largely just true for tech products. Everything is designed to be as weak and flimsy as possible!
I've had my current laptop for ~4 years and it is starting to bug out on the audio-jack output for headphones already. Meanwhile my previous laptop from ~2010 lasted without fail up until around ~2022. That's 3x the lifespan!! The laptops are even from the same company and same type, I just upgraded to the latest version at the time. Same story with phones and tablets.
It's a shame really, I'd be happy to pay 2x the price if I actually got to use the device for a solid length of time. Apparently most companies don't realise (or don't care) though!
I love how Jimmy's the only one to defend Etho's setup 😂
So, i use a laptop for gaming. So i very rarely use a mouse. But when i do, i use a non-specified mouse so that i can switch sides of the computer as needed. And i never get the buttons messed up somehow.
But also, i thumb-shift. And i only walk forwards, never to the side or backwards. And my other hand presses space, but not woth the thumb, with the middle and ring fingers. And my pinky finger rests on the escape button.
2004 keyboards were archaic
Funny how many times Joel has broken his keyboard vs Etho having the same one for 20 yeats
Damn that's such a strong keyboard if it survives 20 yeats
you're telling me this keyboard is older than me
Well, at least Etho has a set up. Cleo has cans as a mouse pad!
This setup actually makes sense. 😅
the definition of "if it works, its not broken"
Sorry- TWENTY FREAKING YEARS ETHO?! THAT KEYBOARD IS OLDER THAN ME BY ALMOST A DECADE 😱
you're too young to be here
@@beafbuger No? I’m not? I think you underestimate how many teens both have a UA-cam account and are in this fandom
@@HarmonyMoonbeam024 I believe beaf is assuming you’re under the age of 13 which I believe is the minimum age to create a UA-cam account. I do agree that beaf is underestimating the amount of young people who watch the hermits. Anyway I’m sure you’re already aware, but do be careful of discussing your age online as there’s a lot of predators. Sorry if this came across as unwarranted nagging. Peace ✌️
@@beepboop2803 Yeah, probably. Though idk how many children under 13 would be able to spell that legibly with the direction gen-alpha seems to be going atm /j. Also yes! I’m very aware of the age thing and I do have a plan for if someone does ever try to pull those shenanigans on me (though thankfully it’s never happened before): report, block, move on with life. And don’t worry, your comment didn’t come across that way at all :3 I quite appreciate the concern
@@beafbuger buh its Hermitecraft
the more i remember this (the episode where they ranked everyone i mean) the less wierd mumbo's thumb shifting becomes in my head. bc like hes left handed, uses right handed conrols so his pinky is probably too weak for the amount of shifting he probably has to do, thus it makes sense that hed use his thumb which is stronger instead.
i do NOT understand etho but i do think its slightly less wierd if it was wrongfully written "armpits" in the survey instead of "armrests" which just means his chair is very high up. the mouse thing is inexplicable though lmao
I think the desk is up to his elbows not armpits, that would at least align with the pcitures shown and what I gathered from Etho himself
@@LibraryofAcousticMagic3240 His desk is at shoulder height and his chair is at its lowest position. Also so by looking at the image, he may be short 🙃
in mumbo's ep, i love how everyone just **loses it** whenever etho says a new thing about his set up lmfao
etho is terrifying but i dont even play minecraft and when i do im on mobile so..
Oh the mic in the tissue box it actually SO SMART!! I htoght it was a monitor stand or somehting thingy
Etho has a minimalist desk setup; while having outrageous builds in Minecraft
I'm only slightly older than his keyboard. That's wild
the worst part I feel second hand judged, as I also have my mouse sideways, I swear, it isn't that hard of a shift and is somewhat more comfortable, I can do both ways but choose sideways while not in public where I can be judged.
this has to be an elaborate joke i refuse to believe this
And here I was thinking it was weird to have my sprint on the 2 key (it's directly above my W key so I just have to move my index finger up a little to sprint)
1:18 where is this clip from i need to knowwww
^Minecraft 👍 Hope this helps
@@deathvai364She didn't mean the game they were playing, she asked where its from.
It's from the internet, hope this helps!
I also dont have a mic stand, tissue box works, dont use toilet roll it will always fall over
etho lowkey a multi millionare from youtube and his setup is straight out of the early 2000s
Etho's posture... dear lord
that keyboard is 9 months older than me
0:49 the moment a man knows he’s been had
I actually do the same thing with my mouse, and it puts so much less stress on your wrist.
I'm currently using a keyboard that has 10/23/01 written on the back in permanent marker, the windows button has the windows xp logo with waves behind it. Found it in a dumpster and it worked great. I reckon it's got another 23 years left in it at least
I think it makes perfect sense tbh
Ethos keyboard is just about older than I am
10 years ago I was looking for a keyboard with Cherry MX Red Switches so I bought the cheapest one I could find, QPAD MK-50. Still using it daily and I'm very much looking forward to another 10 years with it! 😹🐱
Jimmy, “The chair doesn’t go under the desk.” Me raises my chair 3:52
AYO! SEE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THEIR MOUSE INFRONT OF THEIR KEYBOARD!!!!!
the fact that he won decked out 2 with that setup is very impressive
I appreciate how low the standards are for playing weird and then there’s Etho 😂 Personally I started playing as a little kid so mind is kinda weird. Inverted mouse (never played a game before Minecraft on computer, idk what happened). R for sprint, u for crouch, and t for throw.
I'm on Etho's side. I had my mouse and keyboard for 9 years before they both broke at the same time. I bought the exact same mouse but my keyboard was discontinued. The idea of getting used to a new keyboard was so overwhelming to me that i cried over it as an adult woman
To be fair. As a canadian, this isn't that weird. Tech stuff is pricy, and you get used to your stuff and dont want to change it, ive used a rockband mic for the ps3 on its stand sitting next to my chair before, and a box fan blowing into an open pc to keep it cool playing games (it was a 3rd gen i3 go easy on me)
Between his set up and his everyday sandwich, my autistic brain just goes “autism!” Is he autistic? No clue. Doesn’t matter. But my brain sure does see how he talks about stuff and goes “yep that’s some brain weirdness right there.” Same with Mumbo too tbh. Love these weirdos.
Oh my god its ethodesk from mr ethoslab
i mean... i can imagine using his setup... what i can't imagine however is impulse playing inverted
The craziest thing to me about all this is that he still has more mouse space than I did with my first setup in 2013. I always had my sensitivity set to hyperspeed because I barely had enough mouse space to look around in the game. That was my setup for nearly a decade before I finally upgraded everything, but if what Etho is saying is correct, he's been using this setup for twice that time with little changes 💀
To be fair, I hold my mouse the same as Etho, it's way more comfortable.
I... I hold my mouse in the same way.
I am now self-conscious about this.
I kinda feel bad for Etho, every Hermit/friend shames him for having setup that works for him and he's comfortable with it. He doesn't need to fix what isn't broken (except for space, mic stand and that monitor he doesn't use) I'm pretty sure that even if the keyboard is 20y old, it can only get so dirty... I doubt that it's dirtier than most keyboards being used daily, unless he literally takes dirt and mud from outside then it's not dirtier than most keyboards. He's humble in a way... hmmm in a hermit kind of way. Doesn't need fancy stuff, uses stuff that's little bit broken instead of creating waste and buying new stuff. Imagine shaming your friend for not buying new stuff everytime something breaks a little.
For me this is another common Etho W.
okay but the mouse thing actually makes sense, might have to switch up myself