History Trivia / LifeSMP

[[Trivia/ThirdLifeSMP 3rd Life]] | Trivia/{{Last Life|SMP}} | Trivia/{{Double Life|SMP}} | Trivia/{{Limited Life|SMP}} | Trivia/{{Secret Life|SMP}}]]]]

* CreatorBacklash: Martyn has stated he is [[https://inthelittlewood.tumblr.com/post/736814980235706368/would-you-say-you-are-happy-with-how-you-did-in "disappointed on all fronts" about his Secret Life finale]], with a lame final death and him not being 'present' in his usual persona. A busy day left his mind frazzled and he knew he had to finish recording only an hour into Session 9 to lock up the Yogscast office. Not even editing was able to salvage it, according to him.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
** For Double Life, while reacting to a fan animation, cc!Jimmy confirms that he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MacxFtO02BI&t=390s envisions his character's final death]] to be specifically caused by ''[[ChokeHolds strangulation]]'' by an Enderman. Of course, the Life series taking place in Minecraft means this can't be explicitly shown in canon.
** In Limited Life, the in-game timekeeping mechanism relies on the death messages in the in-game chat to measure how much life-time a server member loses or gains upon each death. However, since many of the kills are indirect and the killer's name doesn't always appear in the death message, especially for TNT minecart-related deaths, the individual player timers have to be manually adjusted by admin intervention and/or command input in-game. This has also contributed to some of the characters (read: one Jimmy Solidarity) living longer than they're supposed to.
** Throughout the series and especially in Limited Life, sneaking too far out of the world border results in the player taking damage in-game. In-universe, it apparently manifests as ''one's flesh being gradually melted off'', but again, Minecraft limitations means this can't be shown.
** The Limited Life finale's ending technically happened two or three ways: in-universe, Martyn is stated by WordOfGod to have returned to the Coral Isles to make a final change to his hourglass build before running out of time; in his video, it's presented as a cinematic of Martyn experiencing visions of the past while the ghosts of his dead friends counted down his life-time until it dwindled to zero. However, Scott's perspective of the finale presents the ''out-of-universe'' ending where Grian, as the admin, simply strikes Martyn down with lightning.

* RefittedForSequel: Martyn's Secret Life Day 7 episode thumbnail was [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735089667380264960/might-you-grace-us-with-the-sketch-that-martyn-so?source=share originally drafted for the Day 6 episode]], but [[ExecutiveVeto cc!Martyn wouldn't let]] his thumbnail artist, [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/734893573001134080/i-was-told-that-rendog-would-be-subbing-for-tango?source=share CherriFire]], spoil the fact Rendog subs in for Tango for that episode, so the design is [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735523754653925376/cherri-cherri-the-thumbnail-cherri-the-goddamn?source=share reused later]] for the Day 7 episode thumbnail.
* StaffCreatedFanWork: A fan on Tumblr asks Martyn what would have happened if his character and Ren's were the last two standing in 3rd Life. Martyn's response is [[https://www.tumblr.com/inthelittlewood/729685927077773312/hi-how-do-you-think-third-life-would-have-ended?source=share a one-paragraph half-drabble]], telling them exactly WhatCouldHaveBeen if that were the case.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** During Day 6 of 3rd Life, Cleo proposed to Scott that, once their husbands (Bdubs and Jimmy respectively) were dead, they'd form the Widows Alliance and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rain hell onto the server]]. This never came to fruition, as Cleo died during Day 7 (meaning Bdubs outlived her) and Scott's attempt at revenge ended in him being hunted down and slaughtered by Ren and Martyn.
*** HilariousInHindsight now that Scott and Cleo have formed a ''Divorcees'' Alliance in Season 3.
** [[https://www.tumblr.com/inthelittlewood/729685927077773312/hi-how-do-you-think-third-life-would-have-ended?source=share If it were Ren and Martyn that made it to the end of 3rd Life]], they would have had a DuelToTheDeath; the reason Grian and Scar did so is ''because'' Ren was calling for it as a ghost.
** On Day 1 of Limited Life, the Boogeyman mechanism is modified so that once a Boogeyman gets a kill and is cured, a new Boogeyman will be chosen. The modification itself is a ThrowItIn because Grian (and with the agreement of everyone else) thought it was too anti-climatic for Scott (and later Bdubs) to commit murder within minutes if not seconds after the announcement, leaving the Boogeyman position otherwise out of commission for the rest of the day. Had this not happened, Skizz and Big B might have been spared a couple of hours each, while Bdubs might not have lost a couple of hours himself as Skizz otherwise had no beef with him and would have no reason to duel or go after him.

* TheDanza: All named characters in the series are played by their content creator counterparts of the same name, whether it be screen-name or real-life name. Played with for Day 6 of Limited Life, as several of the creators couldn't make it to the recording and wind up finding substitutes -- [=GeminiTay=] for Cleo, and Lizzie for Pearl, but according to Martyn's lore, they [[DoubleSubversion did substitute in for the characters in-universe as well]].

** For Double Life, while reacting to a fan animation, Jimmy the content creator confirms that he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MacxFtO02BI&t=390s envisions his character's final death]] to be specifically caused by ''[[ChokeHolds strangulation]]'' by an Enderman. Of course, the Life series taking place in Minecraft means this can't be explicitly shown in canon.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The relationship between the Life series and other series seem to fluctuate depending on the creator involved. For most of the Hermits, Hermitcraft and the Life series co-exist as simply different series much like in real life; the Empires creators are more likely to [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reference Empires and other series as past lives]]; Martyn, the main lore writer for his own "Eyes and Ears" continuity, believes that the Life series is all that exists and other series are only dreams between the seasons, though the Lifers would have been plucked from their respective home worlds before that point.

* HeAlsoDid: Grian was the Head Builder for ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}'', and was a set designer for its predecessor, ''WebVideo/{{CraftedMovie}}''. He was also previously the admin of the ''WebVideo/EvolutionSMP'', which ran from 2017 and 2018 and featured several other Life series creators.

* HeAlsoDid: Grian was the Head Builder for ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}'', and was a set designer for its predecessor, ''WebVideo/{{CraftedMovie}}''.

* RefittedForSequel: Martyn's Secret Life Day 7 episode thumbnail was [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735089667380264960/might-you-grace-us-with-the-sketch-that-martyn-so?source=share originally drafted for the Day 6 episode]], but [[ExecutiveVeto cc!Martyn wouldn't let]] [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/734893573001134080/i-was-told-that-rendog-would-be-subbing-for-tango?source=share CherriFire]], the thumbnail artist, spoil the fact Rendog subs in for Tango for that episode, so the design is [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735523754653925376/cherri-cherri-the-thumbnail-cherri-the-goddamn?source=share reused later]] for the Day 7 episode thumbnail.

* RefittedForSequel: Martyn's Secret Life Day 7 episode thumbnail was [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735089667380264960/might-you-grace-us-with-the-sketch-that-martyn-so?source=share originally drafted for the Day 6 episode]], but [[ExecutiveVeto cc!Martyn wouldn't let]] https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/734893573001134080/i-was-told-that-rendog-would-be-subbing-for-tango?source=share CherriFire]], the thumbnail artist, spoil the fact Rendog subs in for Tango for that episode, so the design is [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735523754653925376/cherri-cherri-the-thumbnail-cherri-the-goddamn?source=share reused later]] for the Day 7 episode thumbnail.

* RefittedForSequel: Martyn's Secret Life Day 7 episode thumbnail was [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735089667380264960/might-you-grace-us-with-the-sketch-that-martyn-so?source=share originally drafted for the Day 6 episode]], but [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/734893573001134080/i-was-told-that-rendog-would-be-subbing-for-tango?source=share cc!Martyn wouldn't let [=CherriFire=]]], the thumbnail artist, spoil the fact Rendog subs in for Tango for that episode, so the design is [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735523754653925376/cherri-cherri-the-thumbnail-cherri-the-goddamn?source=share reused later]] for the Day 7 episode thumbnail.

* RefittedForSequel: Martyn's Secret Life Day 7 episode thumbnail was [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735089667380264960/might-you-grace-us-with-the-sketch-that-martyn-so?source=share originally drafted for the Day 6 episode]], but [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/734893573001134080/i-was-told-that-rendog-would-be-subbing-for-tango?source=share cc!Martyn wouldn't let [=CherriFire=]]], the thumbnail artist, spoil the fact Rendog subs in for Tango for that episode, so it's [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735523754653925376/cherri-cherri-the-thumbnail-cherri-the-goddamn?source=share reused later]] for Day 7.

* WordOfGay: Indirectly; Martyn has [[https://www.tumblr.com/agni-ashes/734118137000247296/martyn-reading-chat-do-you-know-what-sexuality confirmed]] in a ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'' livestream that his character is pan. Since the "Eyes and Ears" lore is stated to be connected to the V-Tuber lore (i.e. Rats and Pirates SMP) in a currently undisclosed way, his Life series character can be assumed to also be pan through some form of CharacterOverlap.

* RefittedForSequel: Martyn's Day 7 episode thumbnail was [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735089667380264960/might-you-grace-us-with-the-sketch-that-martyn-so?source=share originally drafted for the Day 6 episode]], but [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/734893573001134080/i-was-told-that-rendog-would-be-subbing-for-tango?source=share cc!Martyn wouldn't let [=CherriFire=]]], the thumbnail artist, spoil the fact Rendog subs in for Tango for that episode, so it's [[https://www.tumblr.com/cherrifire/735523754653925376/cherri-cherri-the-thumbnail-cherri-the-goddamn?source=share reused later]] for Day 7.

** Fragments are formed in players' souls from either physical (i.e. death) or mental trauma relating to every season's events. Every player other than Grian has them; the Fragments are larger for the longer a gap they take to reappear in another season (mainly for Lizzie and Mumbo's cases), and are protected if the player wins the season.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The relationship between the Life series and other series seem to fluctuate depending on the creator involved. For most of the Hermits, Hermitcraft and the Life series co-exist as simply different series much like in real life; the Empires creators are more likely to [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reference Empires and other series as past lives]]; Martyn, the main lore/backstory writer, believes that the Life series is all that exists and other series are only dreams between the seasons, though the Lifers would have been plucked from their respective home worlds before that point.

* CreatorBacklash: Martyn has stated he is [[https://inthelittlewood.tumblr.com/post/736814980235706368/would-you-say-you-are-happy-with-how-you-did-in "disappointed on all fronts" about his Secret Life finale]], with a lame final death and him not being 'present' in his usual persona. A busy day left his mind frazzled and he knew he had to finish recording only an hour into session 9 to lock up the Yogscast office. Not even editing was able to salvage it, according to him.

* WordOfGod: Due to the series lore being centric to Martyn's perspective only, his content creator counterpart has had to make many lore-related statements outside of episodes, mainly in lore-explanation livestreams and on social media.
** Players leave the series, permanently or otherwise, because their emotional state is still fractured from their experiences in past events and their souls haven't recovered from the trauma yet. In the case of temporary swap-outs on Day 6 of Limited Life, Cleo was swapped out from the shock of surviving so late into Double Life (since she usually died relatively early on instead of making it to the final four), while Pearl was swapped out due to the mental scars from losing Tilly (including Martyn's cremation joke on Day 2 of Limited Life) and Scott's sacrifice, and essentially the events of Double Life as a whole.
** Between series, the players' memories are not wiped, but the emotions and interpersonal bonds formed during events ''are'' erased and reset for every season. At least, this is ''theoretically'' the case.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The relationship between the Life series and other series seem to fluctuate depending on the creator involved. For most of the Hermits, Hermitcraft and the Life series co-exist as simply different series; the Empires creators are more likely to [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reference Empires and other series as past lives]]; Martyn, the main lore/backstory writer, believes that the Life series is all that exists and other series are only dreams between the seasons.

* StaffCreatedFanWork: A fan on Tumblr asks Martyn what would have happened if his character and Ren's were the last two standing in 3rd Life. Martyn's response is [[https://www.tumblr.com/inthelittlewood/729685927077773312/hi-how-do-you-think-third-life-would-have-ended?source=share one paragraph long]], telling them exactly WhatCouldHaveBeen if that were the case.

** [[https://www.tumblr.com/inthelittlewood/729685927077773312/hi-how-do-you-think-third-life-would-have-ended?source=share If it were Ren and Martyn that made it to the end of 3rd Life]], they would have had their DuelToTheDeath; the reason Grian and Scar did so is ''because'' Ren was calling for it as a ghost.

** During Day 6 of Season 1, Cleo proposed to Scott that, once their husbands (Bdubs and Jimmy respectively) were dead, they'd form the Widows Alliance and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rain hell onto the server]]. This never came to fruition, as Cleo died during Day 7 (meaning Bdubs outlived her) and Scott's attempt at revenge ended in him being hunted down and slaughtered by Ren and Martyn.

** On Day 1 of Season 4, the Boogeyman mechanism is modified so that once a Boogeyman gets a kill and is cured, a new Boogeyman will be chosen. The modification itself is a ThrowItIn because Grian (and with the agreement of everyone else) thought it was too anti-climatic for Scott (and later Bdubs) to commit murder within minutes if not seconds after the announcement, leaving the Boogeyman position otherwise out of commission for the rest of the day. Had this not happened, Skizz and Big B might have been spared a couple of hours each, while Bdubs might not have lost a couple of hours himself as Skizz otherwise had no beef with him and would have no reason to duel or go after him.

** For Double Life, while reacting to a fan animation, Jimmy the content creator confirms that he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MacxFtO02BI&t=390s envisions his character's final death]] to be specifically caused by ''strangulation'' by an Enderman. Of course, the Life series taking place in Minecraft means this can't be explicitly shown in canon.

* TheWikiRule: The [[https://the-life-series.fandom.com/wiki/The_Life_Series_Wiki Life Series Wiki]] covers all of the seasons so far.

** In Limited Life, the in-game timekeeping mechanism relies on the death messages in the in-game chat to measure how much life-time a server member loses or gains upon each death. However, since many of the kills are indirect and the killer's name doesn't always appear in the death message, especially for TNT minecart-related deaths, the individual player timers have to be manually adjusted by admin intervention and/or command input in-game.