Game Theory: The Murky History of Minecraft's Underwater Gods

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The world of Minecraft is vast and pretty well explored... except for one place. You see, we've covered a LOT of Minecraft on this channel, and in doing research for all of that I've noticed that one place remains mostly undiscovered - or at least un-theorized! The underwater biome of Minecraft is FULL of weird creatures and tons of interesting lore, if you know where to look. Spoiler alert, I do! Today we are diving into old Gods, ancient ruins, and more! Get your scuba gear ready, Theorists!
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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick
Editors: Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, Josh Langman, Tyler Mascola, and Koen Verhagen
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

[@karamitchell4319]

Matpat: "the ocean monument is a sacred place!" People who make guardian farms after destroying the whole monument: uhhh...

[@willyeeton4390]

I see no God up here *OTHER THAN ME*

[@kzizzles8329]

@@willyeeton4390 Solipsism!

[@phyrath5]

I've never totally demolished an Ocean Monument before. Now I'm a bit more motivated to make a guardian farm... Might back the zygerrat (no idea how to spell that) for a base though.

[@rtyoung1999]

*SSundee has left the chat*

[@zasharan2]

Oh hello Kara Mitchell

[@thatannoyingperson5324]

"The majestic squid" Shows squid trying to swim through sand.

[@k_kslemondrops1913]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@oozer3827]

"There are no mistakes" - Master Oogway

[@mistysharks]

Uzair Syed-Muhammad yep it’s true

[@wayne479]

they make themselves die

[@thomascook7146]

Uzair Syed-Muhammad “...just happy accidents” - Bob Ross

[@steamjaw3664]

The fact that matpat manage to connect the biggest religion in the world to a blocky sand box video games is just mind boggling

[@lovelylovelylobster]

FR

[@random_bullet]

Bro Islam isn't the second it is the first with over 1.1B Muslims

[@steamjaw3664]

@@random_bullet oh my bad, lemme fix it

[@lovelylovelylobster]

@@random_bullet 2.2B Christians so yeah, it’s the 2nd religion.

[@random_bullet]

@@lovelylovelylobster yeah but Islam is the right religion tho

[@dafilmqueen556]

I love it when he says "THE REBORN SOULS OF THE DEAD WAITING TO DRAG YOU TO YOUR WATERY GRAAAAVE". At this point you can tell his insanity is on full display..

[@viltekuliesiute7514]

"23 is very important to humans" Me, born on the 23 day: ahhh yes, my time has come

[@eviemabry4141]

23rd of February oh yeah

[@redjumper3134]

*click* noice

[@katipunan4212]

My parents told me I was born on 11PM (23:00) *My time has come*

[@m0ulayman258]

I was born the 25 january so close man

[@tookaplays3234]

@@m0ulayman258 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[@senseikitsune-sama4598]

"Defenestration" :verb: the action of throwing someone out of a window

[@Zaxlz]

Thank you for this definition.

[@SPRWinchester]

This public service announcement brought to you by the Ender Stryker

[@senseikitsune-sama4598]

@@Zaxlz you are welcome

[@an-animal-lover]

Thank you

[@isabelled.4799]

Also known as the best use of the "Command" Spell in DnD 5e

[@kingofdemons948]

Matpat is the only person to connect one of the most popular religions to a game about blocks

[@thomash8408]

I read a theory that Steve and Alex were Builder Demi gods, and that’s why they can’t die and why they’re capable of breaking anything but the very crust of the earth, and why they can kill monsters other civilizations were destroyed by.

[@anguslazy]

but they can die

[@gin5780]

@@anguslazythey meant the fact that they don’t stay dead. Death isn’t permanent for them since they’re able to respawn

[@anguslazy]

@@gin5780 what about on hardcore difficulty

[@weeder3154]

​@@anguslazy and the fact they can create worlds

[@Conorator]

@@anguslazy Demigods can die, they just have much longer lifespans than normal humans.

[@primusserv]

MatPat: "This is just a theory!" Me: "I take these as facts"

[@alexkeys776]

*a

[@alexkeys776]

**"I take this as *a* fact"

[@erluq9309]

AleKey ii Nope, his grammar is already correct. He used “these” instead of “this” so he must follow up with “facts” not “a fact”

[@ozzivpodno1356]

Facts

[@ochie5y]

@@erluq9309 lol the grammar police didn't have a warrant

[@lolglolblol]

"The illustrations of the guardian's insides do not look organic" *ignores the tnt block inside the creeper*

[@thaias9654]

And Redstone (from the brain around the heart, and onto the tnt)

[@foxgaming76yt24]

The Xenomorphian and the drawings of the creeper that Mat showed.

[@foxgaming76yt24]

It looks similar however I don’t think they are the same thing. The square at the center is larger than the part that produces laser and you can only get command block in Creative. You could argue that they could have changed to Creative mode, but then if they could, they wouldn’t be wiped out.

[@raismin739]

@@foxgaming76yt24 you can't get in creative.. you need to use the give command, so you need to be a god to use a command block. wait a moment.... god??

[@foxgaming76yt24]

Emanuele Atza yeah I said you can’t get into Creative.

[@Livi-chan435-xq6vy]

FUN FACT: Rabbits in Minecraft know your there even if your invisible for some reason

[@IrregularityRowan]

They can hear you

[@cameronbradley4]

14:10 I'm now convinced that this gold core is related to the well of fate from Minecraft Legends

[@sussus-ut7gn]

I think that 23 was a hint to the release date of minecraft legends (2023)

[@lilycastillo1436]

"The Sponge Room, a room made of sponges" - Matpat 2019

[@bluedragonclaws5736]

Hmm Ah yes it seems the floor here is made of floor.

[@kantongkresek1512]

Ah... the power spot detector, it can detect a power spot.

[@forest_fire959]

lily Castillo 8:35 yes this is true.

[@lennyface2586]

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes

[@cellva1682]

i.e. Spongebob's Family Reunion

[@whiteskull3208]

Matpat : "23 is an even bigger deal." Me : "No it's odd."

[@Thebeginner-qf8co]

You're not wrong...

[@Slepepe]

an EVEN bigger deal 8D just had to emphasize that for those who missed it

[@pooppooper9033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHS3q2Bmhb2mo7M

[@DarthFett66]

Ok I see you

[@vanessang7210]

XD

[@mushroomelf6551]

The majestic squid, The playful dolphin, *THE REBORN SOULS OF THE DEAD WAITING TO DRAG YOU TO YOUR* *WAAAAAATEEERRRRYY GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE*

[@RaphaeLoh01]

When I buy my first house, I'm gonna use a room specifically just for sponges, and name it "The Monument"...

[@hoghuhaghu8506]

No you are not.

[@natelublin5356]

What’s funny is that matpat uses almost everything he learned in school

[@zstrikr9064]

The orichalcos Gamer money

[@hugebuffman3619]

@@zstrikr9064 That's literally the point of school

[@erlendbanken6517]

VersyPersy Not everything

[@hugebuffman3619]

@Ocean Blue jobs = money.

[@FuriousDarkness]

Guardians have command blocks in them!!!

[@notkorean1224]

Imagine Jeb coming into the comments and saying it’s just a coincidence

[@cassi1564]

Too many coincidences in this game. It must mean something.

[@SuperMaleVitality]

Imagine Jeb Bush looming over you as you read this comment, only to ask you to please clap as you turn around to notice him sweating profusely and trembling.

[@mepty_]

f

[@199ks9]

Lol

[@flipsideroot]

Even if its unintentional, its game THEORY man. You could theorize even if thats not the intended meaning.

[@valenciageode25]

I wondered for a while why Drowned felt creepier than Zombies. Then I realized it’s the arms. Zombies arms are always up. Drowned put their arms down at rest. It looks more player-like, at least to me. Like the uncanny valley for video games. Which is especially weird since I don’t really experience the uncanny valley.

[@dawnmittelholtz]

Does MatPat know about the First Reformed Church of Spongebob?

[@frost4182]

Me: So you’re telling me that guardians are sentient blocks Also me: see’s every other mob in Minecraft

[@thefutji7757]

Nah homie. It kills squids. Skydoesminecraft made him

[@internetduck1520]

See is

[@iveharzing]

The other mobs are just shaped with cubes and beams, not literal blocks. Except for the Shulkers though...

[@creative8d14]

ITS MADE OFF POOP

[@frost4182]

Robert HUI [6G] or another creation of the builders

[@AzariusR]

13+ Minecraft Edition? 19 Year Old: Okay great I can get into this now.

[@Aerion_Dirceus]

holy carp dude that is one long name

[@pax5655]

ME

[@jadenwale4774]

HellomynameisRyanfirstoutindeedgooglelikesmesomuchtheybotheredmeuntilmynamewasthislong yes

[@katyritter5254]

Pewdiepie be like

[@katyritter5254]

@@jadenwale4774 spaces

[@thesweatychild]

I just realized something: When you kill an evoker, they don't pop the totem, but when you kill it it drops it, so maybe the reason the illagers do raids is for souls that in turn are used for totems that would give them immortality. like this so matpat can see

[@Donutman12]

6:14 “If you drop a cow it drops” 😂😂😂

[@wasted2588]

"Are they just zombies that fell into the water?" I-i mean that's literally what they are. I mean I don't know what you want from them.

[@silverstone9836]

i feel he was mostly referring to the drowned with tridents which cant be spawned by a Zombie Drowning(atleast in java) but i agree it was a weird way of saying it

[@lonlons4668]

He wants a theory A GAME THEORY

[@victisoof3060]

silverSTONE 98 that’s in all

[@andrewhardman3216]

silverSTONE 98 the theory for the drowned should then be similar for the zombie and husk and possibly the skeleton and other skeleton thing found in ice biomes

[@brianstabile165]

Mat:I don’t care I want lore

[@kecofleon7604]

Matpat: *puts drowned in thumbnail* Also Matpat: *only talks about guardians*

[@loukat1837]

It's just a little thing called clickbait

[@tychus7]

@BURTSEV 4/10

[@Brawlio13]

@BURTSEV hmmm, I think I did my logo better. Also as a once youtuber, I would never sink so low to self advertising. GTFO

[@foxgaming76yt24]

Lou Kat but it isn’t. Because he technically talked about the drowned at the end.Bit it wasn’t in the theory so... you know.

[@kartikiyer3067]

It's a 2 part video

[@kraijom319]

Most sane matpad theory

[@hafplace1346]

12:35 correction: we don't know when the first verses were revealed except that its either on the 21, 23, 25, 27, or 29 of Ramadan, and many believe it is more likely to be on 27th or 29th

[@samuelwasner8915]

“Guardians are the only sea creature that doesn’t suffocate on land” Sea turtle and drowned *are we a joke to you*

[@Henry-iz7iv]

DJ Dice 4life Turtles aren’t technically sea creatures as they lay their eggs/are birthed on land. Drowned don’t suffocate yes, but he also mentioned they they’re the only creature who don’t outright die left on land, which true, because eventually drowns will either burn from sunlight, or literally despawn if they’re on land too long.

[@melancholy1334]

Purple Snarklepuff you must be fun at parties

[@Henry-iz7iv]

Dylxn atomic Sorry but the whole “are we a joke to you” is so unoriginal and dull at this point that it causes my responses to be too, but that made me laugh lmao!

[@monpak1]

i kept thinking sea thurtle

[@charliehollenback6329]

Sea turtles don’t suffocate

[@mastermindstraw1640]

“If you drop a cow it drops you like, cow flesh” -MatPat2019

[@mastermindstraw1640]

At 6:14 btw

[@catmanlegions]

I worship thine sponge and thine cow flesh.

[@thecardinal9043]

Heeh Heh We freestyled this in our college dorm lmao kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ-QZ3mhoLlkkKM

[@mynamejeff6627]

n then show cooked cow meat XD

[@cz538]

I posted the exact same comment at the exact same time lol it's survival of the fittest out here 😂

[@craigterry7286]

Counting the pillars gives me counting toes flashbacks

[@splaty2231]

Theory: the guardians orange protrusions are made of copper, which is why the elder guardians variants are blue, because they oxidized. Why did they oxidize in water? Because the elder guardians weren’t MEANT for the water. The ocean monument wasn’t underwater originally yes. The elder guardians were the original protectors, since yknow they weren’t as needed because the ancient humans could also assist. But as the ocean slowly flooded the temples, newer, yet less weaker guardians. We’re made and taken to the monuments in large numbers. all the guardians, including the elder ones were given tails and underwater enhancements to aid in the protection of the holy monument, thus the newer guardians never oxidized, since they were always underwater.

[@adam3463]

“Defenestration” noun- the act of throwing someone out of a window.

[@impossiblepath1972]

I'm gonna have to remember this one.

[@dankgothtrash]

@@impossiblepath1972 it'll be important for tenth grade literature and composition

[@thecookiewarlord3956]

Lol thanks for the translation

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Verb

[@rangerecho]

french influences at their best / worst

[@hannaholi._.1590]

me:does literally nothing guardians:so anyway, I started blasting

[@idfklol]

omg i love your pfp

[@hannaholi._.1590]

M PC thx ma guy :)

[@skyler_thepatato9125]

1:27 Three years later listening to the Minecraft theory again just to hear about the amazing Livestream i watched that made me cry at some points made my day

[@tartarsauce7231]

Aint no way bro connecting entire religious texts with minecraft 💀

[@Fargield]

He’s gonna freak or when he realizes the jungle temple is a temple

[@ScribSpaghetti]

OMG REALLY?????

[@ScribSpaghetti]

IT IS?????

[@defox5019]

@@ScribSpaghetti possibly

[@TheHornedKing_27]

Yup

[@potatolordhasjoinnedthegam6859]

No its a magical temple meant to create sacrifices to the TESTIFICATE GODS and is meant to exentually rocket off into the etherverse and then cause world destruction

[@Krostimil]

defenestration: the action of throwing someone out of a window

[@jonathansullivan9112]

soldiermaanSZN quit your lying

[@person8064]

@@user-ll8ht1ug3b Dont click it its just a link to a bad video guy made

[@robbietheweirdo]

that's called yeeting

[@kninenights]

Kinda funny story: I’d never heard (or at least don’t remember ever hearing) the word defenestration before this video and then, today, only about 14 hours after the video came out, one of my classes used it in a presentation.

[@ridleyisbored.5393]

A friend of mine made a deity for D&D who requires you to throw either yourself or other people out of windows. Fun times.

[@LesterHabenaro]

Lol, I love how he starts this video like: GUARDIANS ARE LASER-SHOOTING ROBOTS!!!! And then finished up like: Oh, yeah. All that gold you've been stealin'? That's the ancient builders representation of GOD. Thanks for watching!

[@killertalent282]

"If you drop a cow, it drops you like cow flesh" Mattpat- 2019

[@rhyskent9414]

“cow flesh” Killer talent 2022 (I think)

[@miecaf]

​@@rhyskent9414 "Killer" -Rhys Kent, 2022

[@thefather2904]

"Maybe the underwater monuments weren't so underwater before." So, my theory is that the ancient builder race actually got wiped out by global warming.

[@nicholasrestrepo2555]

Boi we got proof of global warming get rekt

[@yeboi1887]

Boi some Russian guy: I'm about to copyright this pfp's whole career

[@thatcreepinthemist86]

Thats a good theroi MA dude

[@tornadochicken809]

Yep

[@Tacotheoatku]

no it’s too real! It can’t be true!!

[@commando_barrage501]

Game: Makes a small detail MatPat: Oh yeah, it’s all coming together

[@c_n_v158]

Does that mean I’m cursed, 13 is my lucky number

[@iMegumii]

@@c_n_v158 yes

[@matthewwriter9539]

@@c_n_v158 Nope. We all make our own luck.

[@Barrel550]

Game: has a glitch where you can walk through walls Matpat: So our character in IS A GHOST!!

[@victorkondratiuk8151]

​@@matthewwriter9539reference to ac rogue

[@AdrianAAAHHH-oy7zl]

He later proves all this through Minecraft Legends, he hit the mark so hard he broke the board.

[@aaydinturk]

the fact that he meant the kaaba thing and it wasn't a joke makes it so much more funny

[@fayrouza7415]

I was cringing really bad

[@mrleinad6286]

Jeb just making a cool structure with coincidentally 23 pillars:

[@punishingrays]

E

[@arson646]

E

[@brooks91]

E

[@ralph1928]

E

[@mrleinad6286]

E

[@ZECRA602]

Me: *exists* Guardians: So anyways, I started blasting

[@Water11118]

Lol

[@I.disagree]

@@Water11118 How creative

[@kupcupkupcupkup]

Xor how creative

[@rylandvelez7821]

@@kupcupkupcupkup how creative

[@JupiterKnight]

@@rylandvelez7821 how creative.

[@cuber4501]

ah, the ocean, a beautiful blue crystal on this cuboidal planet we call home. home to sea creatures large and small, the majestic squid, the playful dolphin, *THE REBORN SOULS OF THE DEAD WAITING TO DRAG YOU TO YOUR WATERY GRAVE*

[@BabaBoee5198]

My theory:- The elder guardians use a loud sound to deal damage just like a pistol shrimp bit exaggerated.. since it’s the play of sound, the shrimp also uses echolocation in water to detect player even when they are invisible

[@Bobbiit]

Matpat: this is a HIGHLY religious monument Ocean Monument: Sponge room

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

Ender Gamer the only thing that can destroy the area that the monument is at

[@rega2391]

This comment is blasphemy

[@justbrd5984]

Mmm... Yes, the religion of spongebob

[@justbrd5984]

A golden spongebob statue in a dark prismarine house - God in a dark box house. Is spongebob god?

[@oscarplayz5746]

😇⚂

[@bugsnachs]

hey, did you ever think about Steve himself? Whenever you first spawn into the world as a player you're automatically spawn as an adult. So what happened before you spawned? did these so Minecraft God's put you there or was there something else that put you there may be something knocked Steve out? Or Steve's memory was wiped?

[@t1t4n66]

Thunder ismycat the potential backstory to this is huge

[@wienergrimace]

I think Steve is like prophet adam He was kicked out of heaven and was put on Earth so Steve was kicked by the Minecraft gods and was forced to survive on earth

[@BrickSlash]

Like the maze runner... Omg Steve is secretly Thomas! Why do I feel like no one will know what I’m talking about

[@elonmusk3586]

Cosmic Wizard 360 I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THINGGG NO LIE

[@riadyoussoufi4281]

Yep it is very interresting... I noticed that on the bedrock edition Minecraft, you can customize your own skin with 4 sizes that may correspond to the 4 stages of life wich are 1: Kid; 2: Teen; 3: Near to be an adult and 4: Adult

[@The_WW_Wizard]

thank goodness for having channels like this to figure out and discover the lore so we dont have to

[@MouthJaw]

Sometimes thinking back at this and using some knowledge of death of mechanical stuff and death piles of animals, I think that the Guardians die in a pile to make a prismarine Structure called an Ancient ocean Monument or they ignore mechanical death completely and just were born of some sort of magic being in contact with Prismarine.

[@madhattergamer3567]

The guardians when they see me: "We gotta stop him from stealing the treasure in the temple!" Me: "I'ma steal the whole temple."

[@connorelliott778]

I'ma steal the whole oceam

[@Alex-mp8dp]

the guardians: well i mean-

[@VibeyViberson]

You: *I think I'm bouta STEAL*

[@CinaGD]

@Ulysses Fontaine I found a desert temple Got it's loot Made that place my second house so if I got stuck out of the village nearby I would have a shelter

[@teacup6846]

guardians included?

[@peterchen5912]

Everyone: Hey look an ocean temple MatPat: Considering all the evidence, I believe that these buildings are meant to be religious symbols.

[@justhere2153]

This has 23 likes

[@carriequeen2179]

*HE HAS 301 LIKES*

[@sujilthompson8404]

@Sasuke Uchiha*HE HAS 325 LIIIKKKKEESSS*

[@Randio07]

@@sujilthompson8404 THIS HAS 334 1/3RD LIKES

[@_lorelexi_]

HE HAS 348 LIKES!!!!!

[@NotMalachi_]

12:10 for those of you who came from the clips

[@SnowLily123]

Now I need a full song about the Drowned Minecraft mobs all being gods. And it has to be heavy metal too. That’s the most important part.

[@AgentX2006]

"The 13+ Demographic Edition!" I'm dying right now.

[@darklordhyper]

same

[@spedor6251]

and I dont care :DDDDDDDDDDD

[@spedor6251]

by that I mean I don't care about the 13+ thing lol

[@joshuamellott3117]

Same😂😂

[@johannson1980]

It's actually 13+-.

[@nazansadaf4499]

6:14 " *If you drop a cow it'll drop cow flesh* " -Matpat 2019

[@panzermensch2]

Nice

[@kadircandan9231]

Just dropkick it

[@nixusy]

Well, fall damage

[@jellii]

LMAOOOOO

[@ellierose7040]

୧୦Amyliye Rose୦୨ I was waiting for this comment😂😂

[@jhon_pork286]

I know this was posted 4 years ago but i wanted to watch every single theory you made the ones that i missed and you are the only theorist that i enjoy watching so matpat see you later

[@leonartu3756]

I have a second theory: Prismarine is a goldly material, as it: Is not an earthly material It has Made FRICKIN LIFE (guardians) And it probably Made the tridents, wich are the weapon of poseidon, a god

[@10ksubschallengewithnovide74]

imagine the creators of mojang watching his theories and saying.... "Never thought about that"

[@juliusnerfverden7448]

All the time

[@nothingtoseehere2]

@Lilithan Chrispiford the 3rd _theroy_

[@nothingtoseehere2]

@Lilithan Chrispiford the 3rd global extinction averted

[@fullcircle2507]

They prob do it

[@jovan-noble-guy749]

300-th like!!!

[@Calruxio]

When someone asks you "Why do you play Minecraft?" Me: The rich lore.

[@xicad1533]

@Rachel Thomson pyramid scheme

[@Paper_Cuts]

Xicad money

[@levianderson8822]

it doesn't have lore

[@Paper_Cuts]

​@@levianderson8822 Dude have you watched anything of the full series of these Minecraft theories

[@levianderson8822]

@@Paper_Cuts its just a theory like the horrible theory he did on hollow Knight where he said you were the pale king even though there is a flashback showing you and the king at the same time in the game and the flashback is Canon

[@bingeshots8917]

13:16 The Kabbah was originally built by prophet Abraham and his son to worship god. Muslims, Christians and Jews all worship the same creator. Kudos to Matpat for doing his research.

[@SolubleSugar300]

Ibrahim

[@AmericanCarrierVesselUSSRanger]

Some say ka'ba are talled not build Because some say ka'ba is the first building in the world that got prob buried and get taller

[@ScottishKoiFish367]

What you mean by same creator brah👎👎👎👎👎 idc if this is a year ago

[@AbidurRahman2212]

​@@ScottishKoiFish367what do you mean?

[@dafilmqueen556]

Petition for MatPat to talk about slimes, blazes, and ghasts, anyone?

[@hiddendesire3076]

6:15 “If you drop a cow”, you’ve heard it here everyone.

[@Tohwi_]

i was just looking for this comment hahaha

[@lancetheking7524]

@Anna May JUST NO

[@rnaodmsomething]

HMMMMMMMMMM if cow drop i get cow flesh HMMMMMMMMM YES VERY GOOD

[@rnaodmsomething]

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[@YuhBoiBaker]

𝗖𝗢𝗪

[@lefthandclutch8572]

I have mobs at my door every night that call themselves the "IRS"

[@Omar-uk1dq]

This comment is gold

[@elcamaroneable]

Turn your game on and off, you get a break from them for a few hours.

[@stargazer1998]

You cannot sleep, there are monsters nearby

[@terbamo648]

This has got to be MatPat's most crazy and wild video

[@tidy11]

I love how matpat makes learning fun!

[@Ali_just_ali]

MatPat: "The monuments are for the gods!" Notch: Write that down, write that down!

[@Nobody-zd2cl]

It would be Jeb because notch doesn’t have much of a say with Minecraft anymore unfortunately

[@raidthegoose7241]

@@areyouokay9411 ok boomer

[@Firstnamelastname-iw8rp]

@@areyouokay9411 Ok boomer

[@bleach5422]

AreYouOkay? ok boomer

[@SpectreMkTwo]

@@areyouokay9411 boomer

[@aidentrammell2330]

Him as a kid : what is the point of history Him now: using it in Minecraft

[@Kassieq]

Howd you know that

[@alanvarghese5807]

@@Kassieq watch the video

[@zoren7249]

THAT WASNT A DEEPFAKE?

[@zesty.zoe.]

Imagine going on hajj and seeing fish-shaped machines with laser eyes flopping around

[@swankyindividual5008]

Minecraft's developers: What is this guy thinking, we just thought it would look cool edit: I just realized this has 3.3k likes with 33 comments. That's pretty cool I guess.

[@saracansever7326]

Litterly😭🤣🤣

[@KittyCityy]

Lmao true

[@yktv4676]

😂😂😂😂

[@giggle6070]

They intentionally placed it for the lore, as shown from the vid today?

[@lilium9361]

I feel like a lot of developers think this when theories are made about their game lol

[@claybomber]

Game Theory: Makes a video about the sea Game Theory Editor: *Spamming bubble transitions*

[@Gecko_54]

mat you mentioned in another theory that you figured the piglins wanted gold for netherite blocks and ingots, but what if gold actually is more powerful than just a metal? maybe it really does power the building, i’d like to point out that casing an apple in gold IRL wouldn’t make you stronger like it does in minecraft. so maybe that’s why the piglins want it so badly, because it has some sort of extra power, idk just a thought

[@AidenDaGweat]

What if the guardians were made by aliens and the ocean monument is a sort of Portal thing for the aliens to arrive onto earth.(assuming Minecraft is located on earth)

[@beckyfromhr588]

God: I like this player. It played well. Also player: *destroys god’s “home”*

[@WorldWalker128]

Meh, it's under water. Any furniture is long-since looted or rotted, and any of the priests that once attended are now long dead. Not really much of a home at this point.

[@user-zg5hc8mi1i]

Ah, end credits of Minecraft reference.

[@Stre55ed1]

@@WorldWalker128 the priests are the drowned

[@iamabotprobably8899]

Dude just dont be racist

[@jaymoriarty314]

666th like lol

[@caterace7894]

Also the fact that when a guardian hits you, you get a debuff which prevents you from mining. Most players will find this as a slight nuisance in their quest to get to the gold. But what if it was actually the guardians mechanism to stop you disturbing whoever they are worshipping, if that was perceived to be the house of their ‘God’ it would make sense to do everything you could to protect it? I mean it doesn’t seem to have much affect on the player so it wouldn’t be for attacking prey or defending itself. Unless they are there for the sole purpose of protecting ‘Gods house’

[@thegrayowl1557]

And making it impossible for me to live peacefully on my island right next to it...

[@mtg_4606]

Um hey it could also be used as a method of protecting the gold that is there even the cube

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa86441]

or a way of protecting it from the wither, possibly

[@alfabettical]

The elder guardian one job unlike the normal guardiang is to protect the temple but the elder one job is to protect the treasure it is believed that elder guardian uses aura effect

[@nukelertoonz8418]

No its when you get near it

[@lordofthunder4065]

Therpist: mer-pat can't hurt you Mer-pat: 2:27

[@jskskl]

Here what you have looking for 12:13

[@RyanX830]

Game theory: the gold hidden in the monument is the most obvious detail in the entire game Pewdiepie: oh theres nothing here .great!

[@pretzelguardian5218]

*oddly specific

[@hugoheintz]

Mat pat: “Guardians are mechanical” Me: *having terrible flashbacks of warpers*

[@muhammadgashif8454]

Nice refrence of subnautica And also give me scary flashback

[@epic6501]

*Flash backs of first incounter of reaper because of the subject of subnatica*

[@dracobutwhatever8611]

I still play subnautica. I love those guys.

[@caleborg5688]

warpers are freaking nightmare fuel

[@unrelatablethings8603]

Same bro XD

[@SatanFromHell.]

I found this channel today and already almost depleted all my data watching these videos

[@wowutisforever]

The ocean monuments were originally constructed underwater, as there are areas that you can only access via swimming

[@lewild4368]

Therapist: MatPat Ariel isn’t real. He can’t hurt you. MatPat Ariel:

[@joshua_bluemoon8683]

Aaaaaaa AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Mr.Bob-Gray]

BlueMoon Nest AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@Mr.Bob-Gray]

Wait what about MatPat Dory? 4:13

[@artsyandy6431]

I screamed.

[@LadyMythos315]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@abhradipniyogi]

Some random guy: humans have 2 legs Mattpat: hmm... oddly specific

[@anzeberlec3780]

Lol

[@roaringthunder115]

Lol

[@kaiden8197]

Lol

[@Toyaffection]

Lol

[@Fendoxx]

Lol

[@jononpaper]

I actually learned more than just minecraft lore today. Thanks matpat.

[@jadenshaaber6906]

I work at UPS and saw an opened box of your merch being shipped out. Honestly thinking of getting some haha

[@icecreamsandwitch3008]

MatPat: *Talks about how these are temples to Gods* Me, along with millions of other people who have repeitivly raided and defaced these places: crap.

[@ash8303]

Am done 😂

[@Missingno_Miner]

Theists:checkmate, atheists.

[@11Survivor]

Ha, as an Atheist, nothing is sacred to me! Check mate, theists.

[@aidan5214]

Bruh relatable

[@Miranka-tr3tj]

My friend and I drained, gutted, and turned one into a farm, lol!

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

Title: The History of Underwater Gods! Thumbnail: The Drowned are Gods! The actual video: This monument looks like it’s Islamic

[@Abyzz_Knight]

The clickbait theorists

[@squibi-o5522]

I mean, it is a two-parter so he’ll probably get to it.

[@aerobruce]

😂😂😂😂

[@toe_sucker_4165]

This is like Sans is Ness 2.

[@zambekiller]

Yeah and I'm still waiting on the diet theory on the sister of the crystal cremhold krimehold what ever the magic woman from the your dark past dark souls 3 videos

[@mintychips22]

Fun fact: the ocean is vastly unexplored because there is nothing TO explore. It becomes so uninhabitable that you simply can't!

[@marcopala5432]

I found this video straight after the "matpat out of context" video lmao

[@intangerbline3683]

For anyone who doesn't know, defenestration literally means to yeet someone out of a window.

[@gh0stlyonyoutube]

Delete this comment right now or defenestrate you

[@Glory2Snowstar]

This is correct.

[@ultradude3447]

He yeeted himself

[@lukeedoplays3272]

I actually did know that, cause Latin class exists Not joking

[@nelliechan5074]

and that’s how i met your mother

[@skeloten]

Again about 23, Matpat always says, “That’s just theory, a game theory,” with 23 seconds left in the video

[@saltybonsai8369]

Hmmm... 23...

[@rebeccasutton2401]

:0i just think I know what it is 23 is like 13 but the opposite

[@emmamathy8252]

he has too much power

[@Rockracer]

"Do you know how many government sattelites are watching any citizen at any moment?"

[@studentalexeybelenkiy2957]

BUT THATS JUST A THEORY, A THEORY THEORY!!!!!

[@shaddowofthelost1750]

Just me coming here after the latest Minecraft theory video about Minecraft legends, and just having my mind explode about how related those two theories are.

[@MayaMuffin]

The fact that Mat said defenestration just made me laugh because its oddly my cousin's favorite word And it means "the act of throwing someone out the window" 😂

[@donthaveabreakdown5608]

Game Theory Editor: So how many ocean movie references do you want in this? MatPat: Yes.

[@godofpotatos96]

Yes

[@ashleighmorgan4946]

you: beef me, an intellectual: *cow flesh*

[@NIKO_JOSH]

Look up Sgt. Frog You'll thank me later

[@Kamen_Rider_Geats]

@@NIKO_JOSH Why? How does this connect to everything?

[@NIKO_JOSH]

@@Kamen_Rider_Geats just watch. It's really fun. I never said it connects with anything. I just said you'll thank me later

[@Kamen_Rider_Geats]

@@NIKO_JOSH I know, I've watched it back then, but How does this correlate with anything and why comment it then?

[@igbinedion6410]

Me, with more intellect and being a intellectual: *_Mother of dairy with body components_*

[@mrb1248]

6:10 ah yes "if you drop a cow it gives you cow flesh" lol

[@lahlybird895]

I have never once in my life ever heard of 23 mattering in any way ever until this