Analyzing Herobrine first sighting :

POSTED ORIGINALLY ON 4CHAN

STORY:

I had recently spawned a new world in single-player Minecraft. Everything was

normal at first as I began chopping down trees and crafting a workbench. I noticed
something move amongst the dense fog (I have a very slow computer so I have to play
with tiny render distance). I thought it was a cow, so I pursued it, hoping to grab
some hides for armor.

It wasn't a cow though, looking back at me was another character with the default
skin, but his eyes were empty. I saw no name pop-up, and I double-checked to make
sure I wasn't in multiplayer mode. He didn't stay long, he looked at me and quickly
ran into the fog. I pursued out of curiosity, but he was gone.

I continued on with the game, not sure what to think. As I expanded the world I saw
things that seemed out of place for a random map generator to make; 2x2 tunnels in
the rocks, small perfect pyramids made of sand in the ocean, and groves of trees
with all their leaves cut off. I would constantly think I saw the other "player"
deep in the fog, but I never got a better look at him. I tried increasing my render
distance to far whenever I thought I saw him, but to no avail.

I saved the map and went on the forums to see if anyone else had found the pseudo-
player. There were none. I created my own topic telling of the man and asking if
anyone had a similar experience. The post was deleted within five minutes. I tried
again and the topic was deleted even faster. I received a PM from username
"Herobrine" containing one word: 'Stop.' When I went to look at Herobrine's
profile, the page 404'd.

I received an email from another forum user. He claimed the mods can read the forum
user messages, so we were safer using email. The emailer claimed that he had seen
the mystery player too, and had a small 'directory' of other users who had seen him
as well. Their worlds were littered with obviously man-made features as well, and
described their mystery player to have no pupils.

About a month passed until I heard from my informant again. Some of the people who
had encountered the mystery man had looked into the name Herobrine and found that
name to be frequently used by a Swedish gamer. After some further information
gathering, it was revealed to be the brother of Notch, the game's developer. I
personally emailed Notch, and asked him if he had a brother. It took him a while,
but he emailed me back a very short message.

'I did, but he is no longer with us.'-Notch

I haven't seen the mystery man since our first encounter, and I haven't noticed any
changes to the world other than my own. I was able to press 'print screen' when I
first saw him. Here's the only evidence I have of his existence.
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Pining down information from the post:

The player is in single-player:

"I had recently spawned a new world in single-player Minecraft."

The player had a slow computer:

"I noticed something move amongst the dense fog (I have a very slow computer so I
have to play with tiny render distance)"

He "double-checked" that he was not in multiplayer:

"I saw no name pop-up, and I double-checked to make sure I wasn't in multiplayer
mode. He didn't stay long, he looked at me and quickly ran into the fog. I pursued
out of curiosity, but he was gone."

The sighting:
"for a random map generator to make; 2x2 tunnels in the rocks, small perfect
pyramids made of sand in the ocean, and groves of trees with all their leaves cut
off."

Attempting to chase him under visually optimized settings makes Herobrine vanish:
"I tried increasing my render distance to far whenever I thought I saw him, but to
no avail."

The pseudo-player acts like a stalker hacker, preventing the player to be heard
online on minecraftforums:

"The post was deleted within five minutes. I tried again and the topic was deleted
even faster. I received a PM from username "Herobrine" containing one word: 'Stop.'
When I went to look at Herobrine's profile, the page 404'd."

The encounter was seen by some of the mods of the forum(s) :

"I received an email from another forum user. He claimed the mods can read the
forum user messages, so we were safer using email. The emailer claimed that he had
seen the mystery player too, and had a small 'directory' of other users who had
seen him as well. Their worlds were littered with obviously man-made features as
well, and described their mystery player to have no pupils."

Computer functions still work:

"I haven't seen the mystery man since our first encounter, and I haven't noticed
any changes to the world other than my own. I was able to press 'print screen' when
I first saw him. Here's the only evidence I have of his existence."

The name was used by a swedish gamer.

"About a month passed until I heard from my informant again. Some of the people who
had encountered the mystery man had looked into the name Herobrine and found that
name to be frequently used by a Swedish gamer."

PLAYER's settings are : DENSE fog and TINY render distance

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NOTICE:
Herobrine was first shown in an edited screenshot from this version. The seed in
which the Herobrine screenshot was taken is 478868574082066804 at coordinates: X=5,
Y=71, Z=-298.

Seed: 478868574082066804
Version: Java Alpha 1.0.16_02
Alpha coordinates: X=5.06 Y=71 (72.62 eye pos) Z=-298.54
Modern coordinates: X=5.16 Y=71 Z=-298.53
Camera angle: RX=93.75 RY=-1.2

THIS VERSION DOESNT SUPPORT ENTERING CUSTOM SEEDS!

Download map : https://files.mcatho.me/herobrine/World1.zip

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Client Release DATE : (pvn 14)
2010 . 08 . 13
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Additions
Added /tell command for players to whisper things to other players
/list will show a list of connected players to the op who issued it

Changes
Ops can now build in the spawn area
The server logs what admin does what, and broadcasts any admin events to all
connected ops

Fixes
Fixed /save-off
Fixed a bug relating to player (and mob[verify]) death.

PRESENT BUGS:

undocumented bugs
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Server Release DATE : (pvn 14) (JAR / EXE)

2010 . 08 . 17
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Additions
Added support for the /tell command, used to whisper something to another player.
Added support for the /list command, which will show a list of connected players to
the op who issued it.
The server now logs what admin does what, and broadcasts any admin events to all
connected ops.

Changes
Ops can now build in the spawn area.

Fixes

Fixed /save-off.

PRESENT BUGS:

undocumented yet
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Logic Deduction Info :

Guaranteed storage format : HDD
Guaranteed ram types : DDR2 / DDR3

Playing mode : May be LAUNCHER (ver <0.1) ; WEB-BASED (Internet

Explorer 8 or Firefox 3.6.8 / 3.5.11 / 3.0.19 / 2.0.0.20 / 1.5.0.12 or Google
Chrome/Chromium 5.0.375.127 / 6.0.472.51 (beta) / 7.0.503.0 (dev)
JAVA version possibilities : 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
OS type possibilities : Windows : NT 3.x (max 95) ;
NT 4.x (98, 98 SE) ;
NT 5.x (2000,ME,XP);
NT 6.x (Vista, 7)
Linux : maximum 2.6.35.4
MacOS X? : maximum 10.6.4

MAP DIFFICULTY CAN BE EASY NORMAL OR HARD!

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PLAYER?
WHO IS IN REALLITY THIS PLAYER??