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Full about me

My name is Robert, I’m 15 years old, I run a Minecraft hosting company, and this about me will take you through my life from 2015 all the way to the present: from reinstalling Windows at 5 years old to running a stable hosting business at 15. I continuously update it before I forget any facts about my journey, which might cause some grammatical errors in the text.

To be honest, I personally don’t know what I am yet. As a teenager, I think all this experience is too much for me. But, for some reason, I have it. I’m someone with too many tasks and ambitions. This is obviously positive, I love it. I always have loved it. I’m not saying that I’m the best at doing this stuff, but with practice, I hope I can improve. I do so many things with computers and I have been doing them since 2015. That’s 10 years!

With all this being said, enjoy the story!

2010 – 2021 (most inaccurate part)

Back in 2010 or 2011, not much time after I was born, my dad bought a laptop, and this laptop was a HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15″ 15-b194sl laptop with Windows 8.1 installed. It was super powerful at the time, because it could do multitasking very easily. Obviously, if you use this laptop for multitasking today, it will be a pain, because programs have evolved since then.

In 2016, my aunt gave me a working laptop, a HP Compaq 6720s with Windows 7 installed. It had 2GB@667MHz DDR2 RAM, a very old 32-bit Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected] CPU. Basically, very outdated specs. My mother also bought some Mediacom laptops, but they sucked. They had like 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM. At this time, my parents decided to do homeschooling with me and Michael, my brother. I am mentioning this, and you’ll see why later.

After some time, the old hard disk failed, so Windows obviously got uninstalled. However, I did have another hard disk to use, so one day, I managed to re-install Windows! I showed this to my aunt by sending her a photo on WhatsApp. She was impressed that a 5-year-old kid could do this! This is where my passion for computers gets much stronger.

However, Since the Windows version that I had installed was Windows 10 and that laptop was a low-end laptop, it kept having problems with Windows non-stop. I was always there fixing them.

A while later, I then tried installing Windows 8.1, but it still had the same problems. I had then installed Windows XP, and it was working really well. I was really proud. I also remember installing Ubuntu, a Linux distro, on that same laptop around this time.

My brother is very good at 3D activities: crafting, 3D modelling, and 3D design. In this same year, we found a middleground, something that we both enjoyed. We had fun crafting mazes and different “playgrounds” for our pet hamster, until obviously he died. Hamsters don’t live more than 3 years. But fear not, our mum would always buy new ones!

In 2017, when I was 6 years old, I had made a website called Compy The Computer. I had also learnt how to make virtual machines and how to dual-boot! The problem is that I used to make virtual machines on all the devices I had, even on Windows tablets! I maxed out the allocated RAM and CPU, and I used 1TB of virtual disk space on just 64GB of space. I was really destroying those tablets. This is also when my brother and I started the activity of making a paper chain every Christmas and decorating it. We still do this today, 2025, with a lower interest, just for the memories.

My dad’s laptop was having a problem. Basically, for what I could understand back then, the problem was that the hard disk got stuck. My dad is a very patient guy, so he gave that laptop to me. So, what I did, was make it worse. I disassembled it all, and today I seriously regret it because my dad spent 1000€ on it in 2010 – 2011. Sorry dad.

In December of 2018, I got my own laptop. It was a HP EliteBook 8470p, and it had 4GB of RAM and 2.60GHz of CPU clock with 2 cores, and my dad got his own laptop: HP Elitebook 8440p. A few months later, I upgraded the RAM of my computer to 8GB. In 2019, I was 8 years old and I subscribed to too many newsletters, so my mum and I, paranoid as we were, said it would be a good idea to delete the Google account. That Google account was used to access the website manager for Compy The Computer.

Later on, I also learned how to make MacOS virtual machines and I learned that I shouldn’t use up all the RAM, CPU, and storage anymore. My parents had enough of me breaking computers and tablets and they said “Stop using virtual machines, they break your computer!”. I didn’t care, I kept making virtual machines anyway. It would not be the end for my love, hard work, and passion for ISOs, virtual machines, and messing around with Windows.

In this same year, my parents even subscribed me to a swimming course just for me to stop being on the computer so much! They got it for free, because our cousin was working there.

In 2020, I was 9, and we started going out with people independently. Although some did have a bad influence, we still managed to get good friends who we talk to even today.

In that same summer, I downloaded a clone of Minecraft called Minicraft. It’s a bit like Craftsman. Then I discovered how to download Minecraft on my laptop legally and for free. For some reason, you could use up to 1.7.10 without paying or pirating the game, so I used it. I was gradually switching from tech to basic gaming.

In 2021, I was 10 and I kept going out with them, but it was the last year, we agreed with our parents. At the end of this year, I made my channel called Villager Boy! The videos on this channel were very cringe and I sounded like a kid. However, my mum didn’t want me to make videos at the time because she said that I was too young. Now, in 2024, I’m not much older, but she doesn’t want me to delete anything of what I’ve created. I also immaturely promoted my videos in Minecraft Live and in other channels’ comments. Rightfully, I didn’t receive any support from these creators, so I figured it was useless, but that didn’t stop me.

2022 – present (full accuracy)

2022 – The start of a new era

I consider 2022 to be the start of a brand-new chapter of my life, as my puberty kicked in and I joined Discord. This was the year which defined most of who I am today and how I interact with people online and in real life.

In January of 2022, my brother and I purchased 2 Dell monitors (DELL P1914S) as a bundle with the stand, which would be the first piece of our home gaming setups. Yes, they are old and chunky, and they were even in 2022, but they felt like something extraordinary at the time. My brother now uses them as secondary monitors.

On the 14th of March 2022, Michael finally made his Discord account! We made much better friends there, but our first friend wasn’t that good either. We used to annoy each other nonstop.

• UPDATE (20/12/2025): the guy who was “being stupid and roasting me” was never a problem for me to say the very least. It would actually be nice to meet him again after almost 4 years. Time flew by before I even expected it.

One day later, I made my own account. On March the 22nd, 2022, I created my Discord server, while Michael went to make friends, they were good times… I must give an update though. This year, in 2025, I have no more problems with them as we were just kids, and I really don’t hate any of my old friends. Even the ones I argued with.

Around April 2022, my channel, Villager Boy, got hacked. I was very upset because I had put a lot of effort in that channel, although my videos were very cringe. I created a new channel with the same name, which I currently own. Since then, I tried appealing countless times to get this channel unbanned. None of the appeals worked.

In June 2022, I made my website for Villager Boy, I was able to recover the website manager for Compy The Computer and I somehow linked it to my current e-mail! This month was very nice for me, also because I managed to pass my exams.

Around August to September 2022, my parents kept telling me that my voice was changing, but I didn’t hear the difference. This is because my voice was changing slowly and gradually. But now that my voice has finished changing, and I listen to my old recordings, I can surely notice the difference.

In December 2022, I started making YouTube Shorts, and they helped me gain most of the subscribers I had on my banned YouTube channel. That was a very exciting moment for me.

2023 – one of the most active and most fun years of my life

In February 2023, Freenom was selling my domain to porn websites, so I complained to them. All they did was delete my domain. Also, in this month, I built my own PC with pieces bought from Facebook. It was very cheap, but it gave me some very good low to mid-end pieces, and they were capable of doing all the activities I needed, like livestreaming, recording, gaming, editing, and designing. I made a vlog on my channel which was named “I turned my Grandad’s old PC into a Modern PC” because I had built that computer in my grandad’s case.

In April 2023, I bought a new domain with my mum’s help and got my website back, and I built my own computer. In this same month there was my weight loss which I explain in a later section of this about me. I started looking like a broomstick.

On the 12th of April 2023, however, I joined a small community with Minecraft Bedrock 0.14.3 and 0.15.10 players. Although it’s very tiny, and people claim that it is slowly dying, I enjoyed myself a lot by playing in servers of this version. However, this strangely managed to bring up my channel’s views, because I guess you enjoy it as much as me. Furthermore, I also met other content creators who are monothematic on this topic and made friends, even if they sometimes make videos on newer Minecraft versions.

On the 29th of July 2023, my main PC broke. Basically, a CPU pin got bent, and I couldn’t fix it. That model had the CPU pins directly on the motherboard. I was very disappointed, since I cared so much about it, despite the fact that I built it in April. Its specs were kind of low to mid-end: it had 16GB of RAM, one hard disk with 500GB, and a GPU called AMD Radeon RX 460, and a P8P67 EVO motherboard. Today, I am so grateful that those pieces still work, except the motherboard obviously.

In August of 2023, I made my own Minecraft 0.14.3 server (which then became multiversion, 0.14.3 and 0.15.10) with the help of Zero, an important staff in my Discord server. In this same month I was introduced to PocketMine’s API and coding simple plugins, as I had to maintain GalaxySky, former Villager PE. The server did pretty well, but then I didn’t manage to maintain it because it wasn’t my thing.

In September of 2023, I started going to school because my parents were busy. I have much less time, and I don’t know how to manage my website, my channel, and my server on only Saturday and Sunday. Despite that, my dad’s friend gave me a TV which I used as a secondary monitor. My primary monitor was one of the Dell monitors. The other Dell monitor was used for my brother.

Around October 2023, I met Abo3leesh (or Ali). He played a crucial role in who I am today, and I can confirm that our friendship is now inseparable. You’ll see why later on.

On the 6th of December 2023, I found another TV sitting in the middle of the street. My parents ignored it, but Michael and I decided to pick it up. We then went to buy a remote control, and after attempting to sell it on Facebook, we ended up giving it away.

On the 23rd of December, 2023, I bought a new computer, again from Facebook, only that this time I bought a pre-built one, since it was the only one on the marketplace which really convinced me. This computer is a HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF with an Intel i3-4160 CPU, and 4GB of RAM. What I did to this computer was quite interesting: since this computer had a slim case, and my GPU has the standard bracket, I put all the components in my grandad’s case again. I also added the WiFi card, and I was honestly very happy with it. Then I upgraded the RAM to 16GB, obviously taking advantage of its 4 slots.

2024 – A year of mental breakdown

2024 was defined by many highs and lows, between the controversies involving 7VEN and Tubunga. It heavily defined who I am today and made a negative impact on my self-esteem to this day.

On January the 7th 2024, it was a very good day, because I managed to recover my videos from the hacked Villager Boy channel, by downloading the YouTube data from Google. My mum was very proud, even though I used to make those videos by disobeying her. Now, every time a video on my channel goes viral, she is the first one to say well done.

At the end of March 2024, I was involved in major controversy with the 7VEN clan. The controversy was long and mentally exhausting for me. It started when I falsely accused a member of the 7VEN clan, Rohan. Later on, he exposed me on a video titled “The End Of VillagerBoysServer ‪@VillagerBoyYT‬”. This video got attention inside the clan so they started joining my server and writing hate messages. It immediately caused me stress as I knew I had to respond and I also had friends who were part of this clan. This is where is4m came in. So I created a server called 9INE to rebel against 7VEN. I then discovered that some 7VEN members had problems with is4m, so that server was then used to rebel against is4m.

On the 21st of April 2024, it was time to say goodbye to my channel for one month. I was very busy, so I just decided to leave my channel until the summer break when I’ll have more time. I can’t wait until the break is over, even though I don’t have much patience with editing. This is another reason why I’m taking a break. It’s a real strain having to do all the homework, recording, editing, and uploading the videos by Saturday. That’s also the reason why I have been recently posting more livestreams that long-form edited videos or montages. I’m planning to make Shorts during this break because they usually work to keep my channel active, but I won’t be using my voice. I hope to see you guys soon. Bye.

Finally, about a month later, I’m back to making videos and livestreams on my channel! I am so excited as I was so busy last month. Everything – my server, my channel, my website – was dying. Finally I can come back to posting every Saturday – or once every two Saturdays, I hope not – again! To be honest, I really did miss making videos, even though it was only 1 month.

Summer 2024 was miserable for me, and it was partially my fault. As you can tell, I was creating controversy wherever I went and it was primarily caused by my arrogant attitude, and a lot of this drama is documented in my Discord server announcements. I was disobedient towards my parents, there was loads of overwhelming stuff going on in my life, which, with me already being weak, I ended up seeking justice through the devil without realising it. I was quite open to religious conversations, but I didn’t understand even half of what they were saying because of my ignorance.

On the 13th of September, 2024, I struggled to go to school. It was nowhere as smooth as it was last year. I’ll tell you why.

One or two weeks later, my parents had enough of seeing me thin. I was 160cm (5’4) and 46kg (101lb). If you ask me, that is far too thin in puberty. I don’t talk about it much, but I feel like I have to include it in my about me. My mum helped me to recover the weight.

On the 28th of November, 2024, in a video titled “Leaving Craftsman (and face revealing)… time to start a new chapter”, I announced 2 big changes to my channel’s content: I announced I would be leaving Minecraft 0.14.3 and 0.15.10, the Craftsman community, and I face revealed. After this face reveal I started using my face in some videos.

Around the end of December 2024, we (me and Mike) bought two Acer EK241Y monitors which we now use as our primary monitors. My secondary monitor is an Acer X223W. Anything will do as your second monitor!

On the 21st of December, 2024, when I turned 14, I started using Instagram to share my photos: https://www.instagram.com/villagerboy.rob. Honestly I can say I am starting to open up with my audience, and it feels good to be transparent with you guys. I love it.

2025 – the repetitive year…and a bit depressing.

2025 was repetitive as all I did was manage SodiumNodes. This was for a good reason though: all the work I did in this year doesn’t have to be done today. I also had many arguments with my friends which I won’t explain in detail to not bring them back.

On the 11th of January, 2025, after a discussion with the headmaster, we came to the conclusion that doing homeschooling for a year would prevent weight loss. Am I sad? Not at all, because at 16 I am planning on dropping out and getting straight into internet business. I have a plan of my own. And I have more time to spend with you guys. UPDATE: this was written near that time, and SodiumNodes wasn’t released yet. My predictions were correct.

On the 14th of January, 2025, my channel got banned for no obvious reason. I tried my best to recover it, but YouTube rejected my appeal. I even tried asking them why it got banned, and they continuously avoided my question.

UPDATE (18/05/2026): Some of you, especially my fans, may be asking: will you ever go back to uploading consistently? The answer is, plainly said, no. YouTube has left me a massive scar that, although I have healed from, I will never forget. They deleted 180+ videos, week after week after week of uploads for 2 and a half years, all overnight. My community was precious for me, YouTube destroyed it. Read this post for better understanding.

I don’t upload as often anymore, I upload occasionally, but life became more depressing after this. I shouldn’t forget that Jesus is my saviour, He removed me from worse times than these. Join my Discord server and check out the old announcements (around March – June 2024), where my mental health was crap. I was depressed, but in this year Jesus lifted me out of it.

On the 8th of March 2025, we published a new company called SodiumNodes. On the 24th, we released it before this post as a place to host free Minecraft servers for you and your friends. I was so excited for what was to come. Later on, it became paid. Either way, SodiumNodes is a cheap, efficient and reliable hosting company specialized in Minecraft hosting services. If you’re in need of a Minecraft server to invite some friends, an SMP, or a BungeeCord network, then SodiumNodes might the cheapest option in the market.

Around the end of March 2025, I learned the basics of PHP and then released WebTools under the CC0-1.0 license, which, reviewed to this day, is insecure and has loads of room for improvement. I’m just too lazy to update and maintain it. Tell me in the comments if I should continue it and if it was a good brainstorm from my side!

In mid-April 2025, I started developing for Eupla. I made the website with HTML, CSS, PHP, and a bit of JavaScript involved, while Abo3leesh made the PocketMine server, since he understood the API better than I did. It was just perfect teamwork.

At the end of April 2025, by continuously developing in Eupla, I started properly understanding some PocketMine API basics: events, commands, configs, but not tasks. With this knowledge I could start coding some basic plugins, like a plugin to send the player to the hub.

In May 2025, I started developing in DarkWix for RedX_Gaming95 just as a hobby. I made quite a few plugins in it and I managed to expand my PHP knowledge. Thanks to this, I now know object-oriented programming and I can write neater code. Instead of including events, functions, and tasks into one file, Main.php, I now make different folders to contain different classes. I even made the authentication plugin for DarkWix, which even uses e-mail verification! This hasn’t been seen in PocketMine before and was my idea.

In June 2025, I code plugins without brainwashing myself on simple errors anymore. Developing is fun, especially when you have a hobby and free time to do it like me. I just can’t easily get over the fact that I lost my audience because of YouTube blindly pressing one button. 2.5 years of effort and a beautiful and supportive community, gone. I can’t wrap my head around it.

On the 14th of August, 2025, I started developing a plugin called AuthX which I released on Spigot one day later. Since then, I started learning Java development, of which I’m still a beginner. As of right now, I’m focusing on my walk with Jesus where I get highs and lows, basically moments in which I sin and moments in which I don’t. I’m not perfect, but I have loads of room for improvement.

On the 27th of August, 2025, I developed a discount page for SodiumNodes where you can find discount coupons you can apply to various products. Check it out!

Around September 2025 is where SodiumNodes started showing stability, reliability and it started being usable once and for all. It all happened in that month mainly because PayPal limited the account. However, we had a backup and my dad helped me to verify my identity on the PayPal backup and on Stripe. Now we have both services.

That same month, my friends had abandoned me as we did have many arguments, and I will not mention the topic because I don’t want to bring them back. Whoever knows, knows. However, I will not forget how Abo3leesh, despite having several fights with him as well, stood loyal towards me and SodiumNodes. Our company, SodiumNodes, would have never existed if he wasn’t there for me. He is truly a genuine and nice guy. I can confirm that the fights were due to my attitude as well, which hopefully is getting better.

I also had many debates and arguments with Abo3leesh, which did distance our friendship, but luckily forgiveness is an option and we choose it every time. I will admit, I’ve been wrong at times.

On the 25th of October, 2025, controversy sparked in SodiumNodes as haters who had beef with my friends started adding fake 1-star reviews on our Trustpilot. i have proof on the Discord server of I immediately took action and exposed them, as they are an unreliable company even today. All updates are on SodiumNodes’ blog.

They started gossiping behind my back in their server, and gave me a toxic, hostile reply when I left a genuine review on their company, stating that every project I make is fraudulent, calling me a “big scammer” and stating that everything I make is weak.

However, on the 27th of October, 2025, I resolved the problem of the fake reviews and I left a bad review on their services. Either way, that is not my character. Behind everything I do, there is a reason. Finally, the controversy ended on this same day.

It’s November 2025, and I honestly can’t wait until my birthday. It’ll actually be fire with this new hosting community I made. I can confirm that, after all the fights and debates I had with my friends (Rex, Suleiman, Abo3leesh, SevenZero, and RedX_Gaming95), it has only been turned around for the best. I never want to fight with anyone again, which doesn’t mean I don’t stand firm on my decisions.

It’s the 20th of December, 2025, and this year is coming to an end as well. I just want to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The support you guys show never ends, and I’m truly grateful for it. 2025 has helped me recover from all the drama and bad moments that happened with the controversy of last summer, in 2024. I hope you guys had a great year as well. Tomorrow I’ll turn 15 and I’ll keep you updated if anything interesting happens.

Well, it happened. I turned 15. It’ll be hard to remember that I’m 15 and not 14 for a few days. Nothing special happened today. All I did was thank the SodiumNodes community for their support. Have a great day everyone!

On the 8th of December, 2025, I contributed to the CtrlPanel documentation, and my PR got approved. This was the first time I contributed to an open-source project, and I hope to contribute my own code in the future.

At the end of December 2025, I started working on a server called PortalWix 2.0 owned by Abo3leesh. Sounds familiar to all the Craftsman fanboys. They’ll probably never forget about the massive controversy I had with Tubunga. PortalWix 2.0 was created using the world and plugin pack from PortalWix and Abo3leesh maintained it. I told him to call this new server PortalWix 2.0 and…the result of his hard work? A server full of players! Reviews all around the Craftsman community talking about PortalWix’s revival, over 40 players in the server, and hundreds of members in the Discord! PortalWix has certainly been an interesting journey for me. So far, around the end of January 2026 when I’m writing this, I do not take any credits for PortalWix other than occasionally moderating the Minecraft and Discord server. Abo3leesh and Sleman did everything. I’ll explain why later.

2026 – I just want peace!!!

Some parts of this year seem to feel like no one truly understands how I feel between all of these controversies, while other times feel like I’m in my prime again just like 2023. Either way, I’m trying to improve, and nothing will stop me doing what I’m doing.

At the start of 2026, I started working on a server called BlueGames with SevenZero, and this is the reason why I couldn’t really work on PortalWix 2.0. I want to release BlueGames as soon as possible to leave players with a wider range of servers to play in. Some may interpret it as a betrayal for Abo3leesh and Sleman, but I will never do this. I just want to release BlueGames as soon as possible and get working on both PortalWix 2.0 and BlueGames. All I want to do be is a general developer in many servers. This caused some issues between me and Abo3leesh as he didn’t have some problems with SevenZero in the past. So yes, I was involved in more trouble.

In February 2026, SevenZero decided to open ExoticNodes as a free hosting company. I will try and help and support him, and I will post any big updates on this page as I usually do.

On the 18th of February, 2026, I revived Villager PE, but this time I have experience with PHP and the PocketMine API to begin with! I’m seriously looking forward to what’s next, and I hope to not miss out on Craftsman’s revival. You can read more here.

In March 2026, I started learning React Native basics to flexibly create web apps using React. This will give me the ability to create modern websites and apps. I decided to learn it the same way I did with PHP, because that was successful. I’ll keep you guys updated on how it goes. Around this time, peace was restored between Abo3leesh and SZ, but trust still has to be restored.

In April 2026, with the knowledge I had gained with pure PHP and Laravel web applications overtime, I started working on a new dashboard for SodiumNodes which I expect to release around June. I still want to work on learning React, and I hope to integrate it into this dashboard gradually. For now, I am focusing on making something functional.

In May 2026, I focused on my website’s and SodiumNodes’ SEO and started making changes to it. I learned all about search engine schemas and rich results and integrated it into my blog and my business, hoping this would help search engine find out who I really am and my relationship with it.

On the 15th of May, 2026, I started working on clarity for my about me by adding headings for each year to make it easier to read.

On the 17th of May, 2026, I decided it was time to separate my story into different pages, one page per year, while still maintaining the page which contains all the years. It’s just personal preference I guess. I also added a photo for each year.

Around the end of May, 2026, I managed to bring Sleman back to SodiumNodes, but this time, we both have different roles according to what we’re good at: I take care of the web development and blog, while Sleman manages the staff’s roles. Perfect teamwork if you ask me.

It’s June 2026, and I didn’t keep up with my expectations. I didn’t work on the custom dashboard for SodiumNodes, even after a few attempts with different frameworks and structures, because I feel like it’s pointless at the moment. However, I did learn a lot about SEO and this can become a huge advantage when working with SodiumNodes.

On the 13th of June, 2026, I got my first featured snippet on Google! I was really excited about this, and it certainly encouraged me. It’s a sign that all that SEO work I did in May helped.

On the 28th of June, I created a headless WordPress blog front-end using Next.js for SodiumNodes. I used Next.js specifically because I thought it would be the smoothest option for something like a blog.