Season 8: The Reign of Fish Bundy
In the long and infamous history of SarCraft, certain eras stand as monuments to the depths of player depravity and cunning. Among these dark chapters, none casts a longer shadow than Season 8 - a period that would come to be known simply as “The Reign of Fish Bundy.”
Code_Name : Fish Bundy
| Season | 8 |
|---|---|
| Start | March 23 2023 |
| End | - |
| Version | 1.19.4 |
| Server | vanilla |
The Birth of a Monster
What appeared to be a peaceful mini-season, with players quietly building and exploring, harbored a sinister undercurrent. WhoIsFishie, perhaps the most notorious player in server history, had undergone a disturbing transformation. Adopting the persona of “Fish Bundy” - an homage to one of history’s most infamous serial killers - he made a blood oath to himself: at least one player would die by his hand each episode.
This wasn’t mere PvP combat or factional warfare. This was calculated, methodical hunting of the server’s inhabitants.
Season 8 is a short mini season with players mostly chilling and doing their own thing
The First Victim
It didn’t take long for Fish Bundy to claim his first victim. Finding shihaam_me - the server’s admin and creator - AFK and vulnerable, WhoIsFishie executed a meticulously planned murder. Not content with a simple sword strike, he constructed an simple suffocation contraption around the unsuspecting admin. When shihaam_me returned to his keyboard, he found himself gasping for air, trapped in a claustrophobic prison of blocks with his oxygen depleting rapidly.
The server death message appeared: shihaam_me suffocated to death.
Fish Bundy had drawn first blood, and the hunt had only just begun.
The Weaponization of Exploits
What truly set WhoIsFishie apart wasn’t simply his bloodlust, but his technological innovation in the pursuit of murder. Through exhaustive testing and experimentation, he had discovered a way to reliably trigger what players called the “Identity Theft” bug - a critical flaw in the server’s authentication system.
This exploit was nothing short of terrifying. It allowed WhoIsFishie to effectively teleport unsuspecting players to any location of his choosing. And he had set his sights on his next target: iBattus.
After seasons of rivalry, after countless combat-logs where iBattus had escaped death at the last moment, WhoIsFishie had found the ultimate weapon. Using the exploit, he forcibly teleported iBattus into the domain of one of Minecraft’s most fearsome mobs - the Warden.
In the pitch-black caverns of the Deep Dark, iBattus materialized in confusion. Before he could process what had happened, the ground trembled. Sensors activated. The Warden emerged from the ground, its massive form homing in on iBattus’s position with supernatural accuracy.
The server message appeared: iBattus was slain by Warden.
But WhoIsFishie wasn’t satisfied with this indirect kill. Taking advantage of iBattus’s confusion and vulnerability, he teleported him once more to the same location and delivered the killing blow personally. The server message that followed was whatWhoIsFishie had been waiting for across multiple seasons:
iBattus was slain by WhoIsFishie.
After multiple seasons of combat logging and narrow escapes, the unthinkable had happened. iBattus had finally fallen not once but twice - first to the Warden and then to WhoIsFishie himself. His celebration echoed through the server chat as he finally claimed his long-sought prize.
The Trial of the Century
Full Court Hearing
What followed would go down in SarCraft lore as “The Fish Bundy Trials” - perhaps the most absurd legal proceeding in digital history.
In an unprecedented twist, iBattus denied being killed by WhoIsFishie at all, claiming the death didn’t count since it was the Warden that had dealt the final blow. This led to the formation of a formal court case titled “Who Actually Killed iBattus,” with athphane presiding as judge.
The legal teams assembled:
- shihaam_me representing iBattus as defense attorney
- TheHarryG serving as WhoIsFishie’s prosecutor
The courtroom was packed with spectators, including invisble715 and CatMDV, who attended merely to witness the proceedings. CatMDV was even noted to have fallen asleep during parts of the trial, evidence of just how drawn-out the legal proceedings became.
The star witness of the trial was, most bizarrely, the Warden itself, with Buhkiru serving as translator for the blind creature.
In his video statement, WhoIsFishie was quoted saying:
“People started accusing me of not killing him and that the kill doesn’t count, so now I have to go to court and prove that I did indeed murder him. Can you believe I am being accused of not murdering someone? That is absolutely horrendous, and I will not stand for such sort of discrimination. That is not what this Minecraft server is about.”
During the trial, TheHarryG called the Warden to the stand, with Buhkiru acting as court-appointed translator. A bizarre image was captured of the Warden standing under oath:
When questioned if WhoIsFishie had used the Warden as a tool, the Warden confirmed this through its translator.
TheHarryG summarized his case with passion:
“My client abused the Warden, used the Warden for his own devices and for his own personal goal. If that doesn’t make him guilty, then I don’t know what does. So please, your honor, please sentence this man to be guilty and let him have his bragging rights!”
When iBattus took the stand, TheHarryG launched into his questioning:
TheHarryG: “How many times were you killed?“
iBattus: “0.”
shihaam_me: “That’s not true.”
Caught in this contradiction, iBattus then claimed he couldn’t be asked that question because it infringed upon his rights. When pressed further about how many times he had died on the server, iBattus first admitted the Warden killed him but denied WhoIsFishie’s involvement.
In a stunning turn, Buhkiru presented conclusive evidence: a screenshot showing the death message clearly stating that WhoIsFishie had killed iBattus.
shihaam_me attempted a last-ditch defense, claiming that while WhoIsFishie might have technically killed iBattus, the fact that iBattus was defenseless meant that WhoIsFishie deserved no bragging rights for the kill.
Judgment and Chaos
After hearing all testimony, Judge athphane delivered his verdict:
“I think I have other information I need after, uh, two second thought on this matter. On the first count of the Warden killing iBattus, WhoIsFishie gets no Bragging Rights and I also acknowledge that WhoIsFishie did not kill iBattus on the first count. In the second count of WhoIsFishie killing iBattus while he had nothing to protect him, WhoIsFishie is a murderer. I sentence WhoIsFishie to drowning, immediately!”
With these words, all semblance of order and civility evaporated. The courtroom erupted into absolute chaos:
- TheHarryG slew the judge in protest
- WhoIsFishie executed shihaam_me on the spot
- TheHarryG killed the judge a second time for good measure
- WhoIsFishie and Buhkiru launched a coordinated attack on invisble715
- shihaam_me attempted to retaliate against WhoIsFishie with seeds (yes, seeds) and was promptly slaughtered
- Buhkiru finished off invisble715
- WhoIsFishie, in a rare show of mercy, spared CatMDV, who had been peacefully observing
- TheHarryG, unaware of Cat’s neutrality, killed him anyway
What had begun as a trial to determine the validity of a Minecraft kill had descended into a bloodbath that rivaled any faction war in server history. CatMDV was seen watching shihaam_me die before TheHarryG claimed him as the final victim of the courtroom massacre.
The server would shortly die after this incident, bringing an abrupt end to Season 8 itself. Players drifted away, perhaps disturbed by the darkness they had witnessed or simply bored now that the server’s most compelling drama had reached its conclusion.
End of FishBundy
WhoIsFishie would later remark that he felt like “Joker without Batman” - having finally succeeded in killing his nemesis iBattus after multiple seasons of trying, he found himself without purpose, adrift in a world without worthy adversaries.