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Which Empires POV You should watch: A Guide

Interested in Empires SMP but you don’t know which cc to watch? Maybe this guide will help! Note that some of these charts are my own interpretations so feel free to correct me!

(Map of all empires, from Pixlriffs’s episode 17)

1. If you want an overall look at everything that’s happening, you should watch at least one person from each alliance (and the neutrals).

Wither rose alliance: fWhip, GeminiTay, MythicalSausage, PearlescentMoon WRA-ish: JoeyGraceffa Neutral (has allies from both sides): KatherineElizabeth, Scott/Smajor/Dangthatsalongname, Shelby/Shubble Codvengers: Jimmy/Solidarity, Joel/SmallishBeans, Lizzie/LDShadowLady, Pixlriffs

Note that this chart isn’t exactly perfect for the later episodes. And just imagine Katherine, Scott, and Shelby are on top of each other since they’re equally anti-demon.

What demon? Well... just watch to find out!

2. Empires has a LOT of great lores and chaos. You can determine who to watch by deciding your chaos tolerance, or whether you’d prefer watch the storyline or just see the cool builds without it.

- If you want a lot of chaos and humor, you should watch Joel, Jimmy, fWhip, Joey, or Sausage. Joel is a menace in general, Jimmy gets pranked a LOT, fWhip and Sausage pranks Jimmy a LOT, and Joey is a menace but with extra evil laugh. - Gem is supposed to be the sane one in her alliance but fWhip and Sausage dragged her into the chaos so much that she participates in creating chaos anyway. Same goes for Pearl, but she’s less involved than Gem. - Pix has chill dad vibes but pulls a very, VERY high effort pranks. He’s in some sort of prank war with Sausage. - Lizzie, Katherine, and Scott are pretty chill but they sometimes get involved in pranks. - Shelby is probably the most chill since she hasn’t been involved in any war except with the demon.

- If you want to see the storyline, Gem and Scott are probably your best choice. Especially Scott. - Shelby has an interesting backstory, related to the demon lore. - Sausage went through 4 character arcs with constant chaotic energy. - Joey shows a polar opposite view from most other cc. - Pix has a storyline that’s not tied to the main lore. Same goes for Lizzie and Jimmy. - Jimmy was kind of the center of everything at the beginning, but it’s mostly just chaos instead of roleplay.

3. Empires has been going on from June 2021 and up to 11/18/2021, here’s the total length of the published episodes from every cc (not counting streams)

From shortest to longest, we got: Lizzie: 3h 45m (19 episodes) Shelby: 5h 26m (14 episodes, last to join) Pearl: 6h 34m (10 episodes) Katherine: 6h 42m (25 episodes) Jimmy: 6h 45m (20 episodes) Gem: 7h 19m (18 episodes) Scott: 8h 39m (27 episodes) Joel: 9h 17m (28 episodes) Pix: 10h 6m (28 episodes) Joey: 12h 8m (25 episodes, 2nd last to join) fWhip: 14h 29m (30 episodes) Sausage: 22h 6m (41 episodes)

If you still can’t decide, I’ll elaborate more about the aesthetics of each empire, and what makes each POV intriguing to watch!

These screenshots are pretty old (mostly from Sausage’s episode 24) but I’m too lazy to do a newer research lmaoo

1. Grimlands, ruled by Count fWhip, aka the server admin. - Main export: gunpowder - Also offers TNT services ‘for cleaning’ - Combination of medieval and steampunk, has villagers running around - Blimps, robots, and a railroad powered by salmon - Creator of chaos, would start a war just for funsies - Friendly corruption freshly extracted from deepslate redstone ore - Great vibes overall!

2. Crystall Cliffs, ruled by Great Wizard GeminiTay. - Main export: amethyst - It's also the source of magic - Gem's character is unique, she's a wizard instead of an emperor/empress - Cool palette for cool fantasy buildings, also cool statues (not shown in the image) - Deserves so much credit after being the assigned babysitter of Wither Rose Alliance and getting tied up in the middle of lore - Cool hat - Comfy vibes, Gem is great!

3. Mythland, ruled by King Mythical Sausage. - So. Many. Buildings. A chonky medieval empire in the dark forest - Main export: iron - Shaders often on - Sausage makes REALLY great cinematics. All of these views are taken from his episodes! - High energy, will make you think "what the hell is wrong with this guy" - King has gone through several different phases please bear with him - What, angst? No there’s definitely no angst here whatsoever haha

4. Gilded Helianthia, The Land of Farmer Queen Pearlescent Moon. - Finally has an official name! - Natural, countryside aesthetic - Main export: sugar cane - Buff queen has excellent PvP skills - Not too much chaos but Pearl’s looking for chaos actually! - Will adopt a demon...? - Long videos of featured clips, I love her timelapsing style - Isn’t around much but still a fun one to watch!

5. House Blossom, ruled by Katherine, Guardian of the Overgrown. - Fairy castle in flower forest, has a fantasy feeling - Main export: flowers and dye - Shaders almost always on - A lot of mini-projects like plushie making and baby empires - Neutral towards other empires, still gets roped into chaos anyways - Her hobbies include stealing (with compensation) and murder (with permission) - Katherine's videos are always aesthetically pleasing!

6. Rivendell, ruled by Emperor Scott. - Unique fantasy buildings in the mountains - Main export: wool - Lore central, very complex backstory, assigned anime protagonist - Excellent vibes, not too chaotic but is still very fun, great storytelling - A very great musical number ft. Lizzie (also related to lore) - Probably the coolest empire :-) also, did anyone say angst? - Love story - Seriously you’ll be missing a BIG part of the story if you don’t watch him

7. Cod Empire, ruled by The Codfather Jimmy. - (The screenshot is kinda crappy i apologize) - Swamp boy exports slime - Has an obsession with cod, his curse of binding cod head had caused war - Jimmy gets picked on a lot but it makes his POV even more interesting - Words by Jimmy himself, he’s not a builder - His building might not be great but he has great friends - Full of fun interactions with other empires member, in my opinion has the best dynamic with everyone - Also love story

8. Mezalea, ruled by King Joel. - Fantastic middle-eastern colorful builds in the mesa, the chonkiest empire i’m pretty sure. It’s just THAT big - Main export: terracotta - (Horse dying noise) - Has a music records and created a hit diss track - Really chaotic energy, will also make you go “what the hell is wrong with this guy” - Talks over his timelapses, sometimes about weird things - His villagers are clones of himself - Watch Joel if you don’t really care about lore but still want to see great interactions between other rulers! - Marriage arc

9. Ocean Empire, ruled by Queen Lizzie. - Very lovely fantasy aesthetic, just look at those lilypads islands! - Exports prismarine and other ocean goods - Shaders almost always on - Not too chaotic and not too long, still rich in funny moments - The Queen is an ancient girlboss born from big pristine egg - A very great musical number ft. Scott (also related to lore) - Marriage arc - Axolotls. Big, strong axolotls.

10. Pixandria, Ruled by Copper King Pixlriffs. - Desert kingdom, very far from the other empires - Exports copper and honey - A lot of cool farms and redstone mechanics - Probably has the coolest monument in all of empires - Suffers through counting all deaths on the server - A++ storytelling - Shaders sometimes on - Pixl probably has the best cinematics out of everyone. His POV is one of my favorites! - please at least watch the ender dragon fight from his POV it’s just that good

11. The Lost Empire, ruled by Emperor Joey. - Inspired by Aztec temples, very colorful and cool! - Exports totems of undying, which he gains from trespassing - Shaders often on - Really funny, causes a lot of troubles, very evil - I don’t know if Joey is normally family friendly or not, but he’s not family friendly here in empires. - Also definitely “what the hell is wrong with this guy” - Love story. Yeah, definitely love story.

12. The Undergrove, ruled by Gnome Queen Shrub. - Natural and fantasy aesthetic. Cool mushroom houses! - Exports mushrooms, warped stems, and crimson stems - If you only watch Shubble you might miss the interaction with other empires, but her involvement with the lore is very important - Shaders often on - Stays out of trouble, very chill vibes! - Tiny queen, big dogs (and also regular-sized dogs)

Now if you still can’t decide who to watch, you should probably follow the advice of watching everyone’s 1st episode and decide who’s your favorite out of all.

Also just mentioning, I watch all POVs playlist but I did skip through some videos in the middle of the series so this might not be very accurate. I started the series watching Shubble from streams, then Joey, then Sausage, Pix, fWhip, Gem, Jimmy, Pearl, and Scott. So I might have not elaborated Joel, Lizzie, and Katherine’s POVs in great detail but I do have a general view of their videos.

I hope this guide helps!

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