The Count

> "Is this really what i want to do with my life? Stare at my monitor until meaningless numbers increase?" -Technoblade, in "the hypixel skyblock experience"
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***Timezone Notice***
All times and dates on this wiki are listed in UTC

## Sub-pages

* Counting Methods
* Skips

## History

### B.C. (Before counting)

Before the count started, the chat would "sing" the lyrics to "Blitz," Technoblade's parody of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," over and over again.

If you ask OGs about the 'old days,' they'll probably reminisce for hours.

### The First Count

On 9th Nov 2020, twitch user cakiably said the number 1 and a spam count started. Although multiple people were spam counting, none of them said 49. The number was deemed nonexistent and is skipped to this day. They agreed to continue counting until Techno uploaded.

#### Friday the 13th

On 12th Nov 2020, the day before Friday the 13th, the count was close to 69420, so Chatno (at this time, entirely made up of Gen 1 counters) set a goal of 69420 before Friday the 13th. Will was shadow banned shortly after starting to count, prompting Rofl to take over the count, but not a minute after he started, he got shadow banned as well. Slugcat97blast took over the count and suffered the same fate. In the midst of the resulting panic, Whaspoppin started counting, only to get shadowbanned a few minutes later. Finally, Snowy and Arinxx duo'd until they successfully hit 69420, one hour and 26 minutes before the 13th.

### 100k dispute

On 13th Nov 2020 at 22:11:14 UTC, Technoblade uploaded "Dream SMP: The Red Festival" to his main Youtube channel. This caused a divide in the offline chat—some wanted to continue counting because they were close to 100k, but others (lead by Rofl) believed they should start from scratch, until Technoblade's next upload. This dispute continued until 14th Nov at 12PM UTC, when the chat picked up Rofl's count after reaching 100k. Until then, the 100k count and the second count were ongoing at the same time.

The first count officially ended at 100k, and the second count was immediately continued by Blob, starting at 3330.

### The Second Count

#### 2nd 100k dispute

During the second count on 20th Nov 2020, another 100k dispute started, as there had not been an upload yet.

100k reset advocates stated that was their intention because of the previous reset and that it would also make the count easier to keep track of. Thus, a third count briefly started, with user pyrte counting the first 500. No reset advocates, mainly Gen 1, said that the original intention of the count had been to reset it at uploads. As the majority of users active were Gen 2 and had arrived after the 16th Nov snitch, they were unaware of this.

Out of respect for the original members' wishes, the count continued. A message was left in Jenny's queue thanking the counters of the 2nd count and announcing this decision, and the count proceeded as it was originally intended with no major objections.

There is no documentation of this discussion, as most of it occurred in the Twitch chat before Chatterino logging was introduced, and no screenshots of it are publicly available.

#### 150k roleplay dispute

On 22nd Nov 2020, Rofl, while on an alt nicknamed ogos or goose, repeatedly shadowbanned Jenny using the -8b command with the help of other members, mostly from Gen 1. This was part of a roleplay protest to reset at 150k, as they did at 100k despite there being no Technoblade upload. The last known number of the count before the roleplay started was 147269.

After it was clarified that there would be no reset until the next upload, roleplay was banned. As Apple, a Gen 1 Discord mod put it, "we're banning roleplay since it was causing problems and disrupting chill vibes." This roleplay ban only applies to bits that make anyone uncomfortable, and has not been an issue recently.

Later that day, the count reached 150k and continued with no reset. The second count ended at 346,386.

### The Third Count

The 3rd count started on 1st Dec 2020 after Techno premiered "The Fall of Manburg [Dream SMP]" at 23:11:46 UTC. This count was started by Char, owner of the Chatnotwt twitter account. The 3rd count ended at 207,167.

### The Fourth Count

The 4th count started on 12th Dec 2020 after Techno premiered "Dream SMP But I Troll Skeppy" at 23:00:11 UTC. This count was started by Cyn using an alt account. The count ended at 759,881.

### The Fifth Count

The 5th count started on 15th Jan 2021 after Techno premiered "I Ruined Skeppy's Video" at 22:04:02 UTC. This count was started by Roxy. It averaged around 20k each day, but slowed down in the high hundred-thousands, as counting decreased due to school.

The Fifth Count was the highest count yet, and reached one million (1,000,000) on 28th Feb 2021. The one million spam count was a huge milestone for Chatno, and many members who hadn't spoken in chat in months came back to take part. Members celebrated in the Twitch chat by typing the lyrics of Blitz into the Twitch chat, reminiscent of pre-count Chatno. Less than three hours later, the count reset at 1,002,080.

### The Sixth Count

The 6th count started on 28th Feb 2021 after Techno uploaded "The Main Character of Dream SMP" at 20:49:32 UTC. This count was started by Mable, who had been counting when the 6th count ended. It ended on 460,747.

### The Seventh Count

The 7th count started on 4th April 2021 after Techno uploaded "I Must Win MrBeast's $10,000 Refrigerator" at 21:57:24 UTC. This count was started by Chia, who had been counting when the 6th count ended.

The seventh count was the second to hit one million, at around noon UTC on 17th May 2021. It ended nine days later on 1,200,577.

### The Eighth Count

The 8th count started on 4th April 2021 after Techno uploaded "I Became the Mayor of Skyblock" at 21:57:24 UTC. This count was started by Zena and Aes, who had been duoing when the 7th count ended.

The eighth count was the third to hit one million, and the highest count yet. It ended on 27th August 2021 at 20:08:28 UTC at 1,253,200.

### The Ninth Count

The 9th count, or the technosupport count, started on 27th August 2021 after Techno uploaded "where I've been" at 20:08:28 UTC. This count was started by Chia.

Due to the nature of the video that started this count, it became customary to count with a heart or message of "technosupport" before every number. Techno also announced that he had a video planned for 3rd September, putting a time limit on this count. Chat rushed to hit 100k before the upload, and succeeded the day of the upload.

The technosupport count ended on 3rd August 2021 at 19:00:13 UTC at 101,349 – a number which technically does not exist.

### The Tenth Count

The 10th count started on 3rd September 2021 after Technoblade uploaded "Destroying Friendships with the Minecraft Gravity Mod" at 19:00:13 UTC. This count was started by Aes and Olo, who had been counting when the 9th count ended.