Game Theory: Minecraft Has A Zombie Virus INFECTING the Overworld!

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Minecraft zombies - by now we know everything about them, right? WRONG! They are the omen to something bigger, something scarier, something INVISIBLE! The Minecraft Overworld is being infected by a Zombie VIRUS! Steve needs to wash his hand and start watching his back! Where did this zombie outbreak start? Theorists, get ready to find out something about Minecraft you've never seen before!
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[@charanjitsingh7640]

You actually missed a VERY important detail. The piglins in the nether are actually scared of the zombified piglins. This means that the piglins are actually aware of the virus and tend to stay away from those who have unfortunately been affected. Minecraft is already a pretty scary game but now that makes Minecraft a whole lot scarier...

[@dimentio9833]

It really depends on wether the zombie piglin fight back against piglin, if they fight back then them being scared and running away dosent really mean too much and could just be a unique interaction, it would be more interesting if the zombie piglin dont attack back because that would mean more.

[@Euthreille]

@@dimentio9833 Not completely true when they're hostile towards the player and attacks back.

[@oneevidence5153]

@@dimentio9833 as far as i know, the zombified piglin are not actually hostile towards the piglins, yet the piglins stay away from them, indicating that the piglins know that something is wrong with their zombified bretheren.

[@knockout-mobile5632]

Also when i play minecraft when i explore in the night in pocket edition theres more than 6 zombies/husk everywhere i go and 1 or 2 skeletons and barely any creepers

[@White-kx6mt]

@@dimentio9833 Then why do they attack the player?

[@williammarshall2046]

I looked at the title and legit said, "Oh ReAlLy"

[@tomnadoyeet6225]

Same

[@arealstone6685]

@@tomnadoyeet6225 I just saw your comment 2 seconds ago....

[@arealstone6685]

I AM FAST AS FACK BOIIIIIIII

[@Pight]

Bruh I said the same thing and then scrolled down and saw this comment.

[@williammarshall2046]

@@Pight I haven't read any comments yet

[@cubeofmars291]

MatPat: Theorizes. Also MatPat: Does a bit of a stretch and gets is a bit wrong. Mojang: That's a great idea! Write that down!

[@GreekV1nce]

Matpat: And that's the reason why the piglins will never be infested with the zombie virus Naturally spawning zombified piglins: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@darthrevan5609]

That may be due to the properties of soul sand. Not so much the virus he was theorizing

[@pineconesacramento8802]

Matpat: Zombies are boring and easy to kill Baby Zombies: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@alphax101-gaming2]

@@veryhot8584 Stop you BOT

[@chainawemi]

They're easy to kill too

[@iamabird4413]

@@veryhot8584 Go away bot

[@Another_youtube_animator]

@@chainawemi no but k

[@calamityapple7398]

Matpat: Chicken Jockies Everyone replying to this comment except me: Talking about robots for some reason

[@root_astr0]

I feel like everyone forgets that Strays exist. Winter skeletons with tattered clothes, white eyes, and tipped arrows? There's definitely something more to that.

[@knightsoftheroundbagel6254]

genyus

[@VrVeggie124]

I remember then and dont like them

[@AwesomeJJ.]

@@virtualagent647 it’s a trap

[@AwesomeJJ.]

@@virtualagent647 is basically baiting

[@MarMarVibes]

True

[@GubbiGap]

Just putting it out there that the percentage of villagers that turn into zombie villagers changes with the difficulty. On normal difficulty it's 50%, but on hard it's 100%. Not sure if it disproves this theory, but I think it's worth mentioning.

[@jamesholland9152]

Well 50% is "normal"

[@GubbiGap]

@@jamesholland9152 Yea true

[@Frazier16]

Thats more of a gameplay thing than a lore thing.

[@GubbiGap]

@@Frazier16 Yea MatPat usually takes everything into account though but then again I don't know if it disproves anything

[@ThatAlexWhoDoesArt]

well, biting can cause the infected saliva to immediately enter the bloodstream, so it could be explained away with science. And he did talk about it closer to the end of the video.

[@theittybitty429]

Matpat: it's because the zombie virus can't survive in the nether Literally the most common nether mob: am I a joke to you?

[@YingofDarkness]

I think they are an exception. Brought from the overworld or turned through the soul sand. The virus is clearly not spreading in the air the same way it is in the overworld as evidenced by how the Piglins get turned easily in one but are fine living in the other

[@ecave3435]

now that i think about it, what is the most common nether mob again?

[@StudyingIsFun]

@@ecave3435 Zombie Pigmen

[@ecave3435]

@@StudyingIsFun ah, the new Nether Update made Zombified Piglin kinda rarer

[@666leachy]

I have a theory about that. Maybe the heat can only kill the airborne virus, but it can survive in the nether if it's inside the bodies of those zombie piglins. Bit of a stretch though

[@emealwin8188]

Not even going to talk about the achievement for finding a bastion is called: "those where the days"?

[@memedude8303]

that is insteresting yet it probably would be weird to talk about during a zombie video. maybe its a theory for another day

[@mohamadsarwar7997]

probably a refrence to the pigman being replaced with piglings

[@Zero_Is_Stopping_Time]

Were*

[@aduckyplace6986]

huh

[@ImRainPlays]

Thats an advancement mabye its cus i play bedrock edition, i mean we dont get the "terrible fortress" achievement

[@josephgrove1345]

Perhaps Steve used to be a zombie, but was somehow cured through some freak event. This could explain an ancient builder waking up as the last of their kind and with complete amnesia.

[@nothingtoseehere6071]

Sounds possible

[@daplayzmc0772]

sounds good. a few problems tho. who cured him? how did they do that? why only one saved ancient builder? granted, steve just kinda always existing as an ancient builder with no explanation makes no sense either, but still.

[@nothingtoseehere6071]

@@daplayzmc0772 maybe his immune system won against the virus overtime?

[@IdaeChop]

Probably gapple and pot of weakness

[@daplayzmc0772]

@Thomas Steele problem with that is that the notch apple and the other stuff used to revive zombie villagers only work on zombie villagers, not normal zombies. and with the ancient builders becoming the normal zombies, it wouldn't work on them.

[@adriancampos8640]

Just to clarify one point, the origin of diseases wasn't cities. There were plenty of cities throughout America, from the Incan cities to the cities of the Mississippian civilizations. The origin was domesticated animals in the old world that didn't exist in the new world.

[@Au_Solar_Eclipse_Au]

4:16 Actually, zombies may spawn in the nether if a zombified piglin calls for reinforcements, as there is a small chance the spawnd reinforcements have a zombie.

[@AsanGamess]

"The zombie virus might be from experimenting with the dead" Me zombifying and curing my villager 10 times to get 1 emerald mending: :o

[@roberte.o.speedwagon7372]

You know you can just break the lectern and place it back again to get a new trade right?

[@termsconditions5033]

@@roberte.o.speedwagon7372 lmao he’s trying to get cheaper trades not getting new ones

[@roberte.o.speedwagon7372]

@@termsconditions5033 Cured villagers always have the cheapest trade...

[@Whatheattatat]

same.

[@frostymug9750]

13:07 Piglin* HA! My useless Minecraft knowledge has FINALLY come in handy. TAKE THAT MATTPAT!

[@switchel_plays_pkmn]

Steve's immune system is *REALLY* good

[@soogaofyigaclan1781]

@PANDAKID your video has been removed buddy boy.

[@hotdogking5815]

No, he just has a really good gaming chair

[@friskdacatarchival]

Boy he would've been REALLY helpful to make a COVID cure faster...

[@Pearier]

Its just a game and i will not ruin your 69 lokes

[@switchel_plays_pkmn]

@@Pearier niceee

[@cretaetjuju906]

Here is something: Zombies piglin aren’t mindless, they cooperate, they aren’t really flesh eaters, so my hypothesis is that the virus can’t break their blood brain barrier, but for us, they might be able. And the air for us isn’t dangerous probably because we have some kind of protection (like a immunity to the disease).

[@aeyelashbug6311]

I really like how Minecraft on the surface seems like just a simple block survival game, but when you look more into it...

[@ronmathewjoe]

This explains why piglins are scared of their zombified versions in the nether; they are scared of contracting the virus themselves.

[@mohamedfrahat363]

Or because it's an undead version of them

[@DeeJame]

Well, if you see a rotting human just skulking around with a sword, you’d be scared shitless.

[@mateou1321]

But how did these piglins became zombified in the first place, it does not add up.

[@ronmathewjoe]

@@mohamedfrahat363 I guess I thought it didn't make sense that piglins were fearful of the zombie piglins when the latter was never hostile in the first place. This theory gives an additional reason as to why they're scared of them.

[@ronmathewjoe]

@@mateou1321 "Ancient builders built portals, piglins became curious, piglins turned, piglins went back through" is the possible explanation.

[@rev3328]

Brooke: Sees Zombies, runs to the hill. Minecraft players: Sees Zombie, punches zombie to death

[@MissAdmyre]

@F**СК МЕ! СНЕCK МY РR0FILЕ BEGONE BOT

[@user-lv1hm2ss3z]

@@MissAdmyre lmao

[@oneevidence5153]

Everybody gangsta till the baby zombie pulls up on a chicken

[@karmaspidr8680]

Actually, the protagonist of Minecraft: The Island is most likely Steve. When he first encounters a zombie, he says that he at first thought it was another perso dressed just like him.

[@pianoguy9300]

That is too American.

[@shinhikaru]

Looking back at this theory after watching Matpat's Minecraft Legends Theory. Although that could debunk the Zombie theory, I remember that when the Nether portal opened, the surrounding area literally became the Nether. That might explain why the invaders didn't get the Virus, because the ecosystem was changed near the Portal, allowing the Piglins to survive, since it sterilized the area near the portal and the battle took place near the portal.

[@racram0444]

4:18 The thing is that the zombie pigmen or ziglins uses the same AI as zombies for attacking players, as zombies can call reinforcements on hard difficulty, pigmen can too, mojang overlooked this and this is now fixed.

[@ashrafmohammed3460]

Matpat: "2010, they want their genre back." 2020 planning Zombies for December: "You're going to regret that."

[@nameless4091]

@@alanwalkers9646 no

[@idobeepuns9680]

God have mercy

[@jotarokujojoester6294]

It’s a joke guys

[@nameless4091]

@@jotarokujojoester6294 I know

[@prxmethevs]

Don't give them Ideas

[@brickbot2.038]

Mat: "Villagers only have a %50 chance of turning into zombies." P̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶i̶c̶u̶l̶t̶y̶ ̶ The rest of us: "Yeah, whatever."

[@raynardrapael5559]

"Normal"

[@Tik_Tak]

Am I the only one that read that as “the last of us”? I mean, it fits with the topic of the video, but I wonder if it was intentional?

[@jacobbolado1853]

Yeah, the term "normal" has to be considered

[@alexercerthefirstandonly6900]

Wait, so if you are on hard xahnces are higher? Cause they always turn into zombies when attacked on my words

[@jesenjordan7929]

*Lol* kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovTq2WBiZx4m7s

[@RL_SonnyBoi]

I'm ready for MatPat to talk about the broken Nether portals that can be found around the Minecraft world.

[@davethescrub858]

Been wondering about those myself, should I reconstruct the portal? Steal the blocks? Flood it with water encased by diamond block!?

[@leonardosomma4196]

So, given the lore discussed in the creeper & pyramid episode, I believe the husks were a product of the builders preserving life in their pyramids, similar to real life Egyptians, and the drowned were created as a result of being drowned in the ocean monument. I believe it was when the the wither was created that the first og zombies & og skeletons started appearing in the over world, and it only got worse when the illagers tried to revive the builders and created zombies.

[@asmallguy6124]

Matpat: "Zombie Pigman" Me: "now that's a name i haven't heard in forever."

[@michaeladams8263]

beautifully named

[@The_Imperatrix]

Hello! Not a Minecraft veteran.

[@SaxSIOZ]

Og pigmen

[@ethanliang1836]

xd

[@okjamey7248]

*sniff those where the days

[@ramymadi1628]

For your guys info: When you CURE a zombie village you get the achievement zombie doctor! Which helps this video

[@mafiapig9292]

You need a golden apple and a splash potion of weakness to cure a zombie villager, right? Kind of explains the obsession with gold.

[@erickcervera9249]

@@mafiapig9292 they are obsessed with Emeralds than gold

[@mafiapig9292]

@@erickcervera9249 no the piglins

[@erickcervera9249]

@@mafiapig9292 oh sorry about that I didn’t understand

[@lemonsaaa]

@@mafiapig9292 hey i thought i dropped you off the building in the financier mission

[@ORProductionss]

2:50 this is my only favorite 3rd person Minecraft book that I have ever gotten, it was sad about the ending

[@NinjaBray]

The villager statistic is just for normal mode (I think) In hard mode all villagers that are killed by zombies automatically turn to zombie villagers.

[@younggravyishot1399]

“2010 called, they want their genre back” is the best thing I’ve heard to date.

[@jahjarbinks1091]

That’s like the most overused joke ever

[@younggravyishot1399]

@@jadedjimmy you using “ROFL” Un-ironically makes me wish you were on the other persons side (I’m joking obviously)

[@elijah4168]

@@jahjarbinks1091 Hey, I ROFL rawr XD'd at it

[@zombies4evadude24]

2010 was a good year, 2020 was trash

[@jayoctopus8832]

Everyone hear is toxic

[@nosalgodemiPC]

"Minecraft is a family friendly game about cubes" Matpat: Well yes, but actually no

[@alis_3810]

Yes

[@XaphanelMorningstar]

Just an idea, what if the zombie virus originated in the nether, but only affected the ancient builders when they left because of the temperature?

[@thePunishment2131]

A chicken jockey with full enchanted diamond armor & an enchanted gear (A.K.A the single rarest mob all of Minecraft) is even scarier & almost impossible to find than a normal chicken jockey.

[@oktoneo1777]

Y’know, i thought the whole piglin to zombie piglin in the overworld transition, was because of the nethers time being all out of wack, allowing the piglins to survive for hundreds of years, and as soon as they come to the overworld, all that spent time catches up with them in the blink of an eye.

[@marley9800]

get this comment to the top boys

[@narwhallegion8583]

That doesn't make sense because if you go through a portal with potion effects the countdown progresses as normal

[@dunkelstevenson4413]

@@narwhallegion8583 just an oversight, dont think about it

[@bigfathen121]

@@marley9800 possibly because the potion affects are changed as well during the time loop?

[@neighbourhoodmemes5643]

@@narwhallegion8583 the potions in minecraft are literal magic thats what it is, so its very possible that the magic isn't affected by differences in time zones or timing.

[@FirstNameLastName1162AD]

Theory: There used to be more that one dragon Isn’t it a little weird how in the end there’s a dragon egg despite the fact that there’s only one dragon? Not only that but at the front of end ships you can find dragon heads. I believe that someone hunted down these dragons and used their wings to make the elytra. These dragons may have also lived in the nether which would explain why the soul sand valley is filled with giant rib cages

[@riskyy2657]

*omg i found game theorist new channel, here’s a link to it->* kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKbdqJSagZeWhpI

[@truepenut8755]

cool idea, i hope Matt sees this comment

[@dr.swaggy6962]

Pretty good theory, hats off to you gamer

[@theisjepsen22]

I like the idea that there were nore dragons, but what about the ribcages in the overworld? Shouldn't they also come from dragons?

[@Oni_Drini]

yes very good theory but phantoms wings is a good explenation for elytras i dont think they used dragon wings but the dragon heads that could be true

[@Potatocat1931]

“Zombies only exist in the overworld “ Zombie pigmen: I am still here

[@screenhermit269]

A plausible theory, but you are missing one crucial detail: zombified piglins spawn in the nether.

[@youraveragenerd5148]

Matpat, everyone has school on Tuesday.

[@heshohesho1860]

WOW........... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIS2d5qNoamVgLc

[@boopdoop3714]

Not me tho

[@IAdmitMyCrime]

It's Sunday for me

[@spectre4744]

Lmao, not in 2020 Edit:not us people up north

[@n0madwanderer124]

@@heshohesho1860 338 comments on this channel all the same thing i smell a bot

[@thegamingadder9739]

Hey matpat, I’m a bedrock player and well, u get zombie piglins in the nether. They are actually more common than normal ones. (Edit: I didn’t think Thai would get this much attention, thanks so much)

[@exwhyzee6521]

they are in the nether for java too

[@totallynate1408]

they probably got sent there from the overworld

[@KAZUHAA_A]

Maybe the virus travels through the portal and start turning near piglins that spawn around the portal

[@DeluluHirapngLife]

And in Java too.

[@liamhartley9166]

Zombie Piglins only spawn in the nether wasteland biome so something could be going on with that

[@Evolcun]

I still believe that the ancient builders ran to the end because of the wither, but sometime before that a zombie virus broke out that turned some of them into zombies, but then they got immune. So then they tried to toy with death to bring their deceased friends that died in the nether back to life and ended up creating the wither, causing them to flee to the end.

[@r.j.penfold]

Speaking of the Nether, I wonder why beds explode when you attempt to sleep.

[@heysaucemikehere1804]

I love how the terms “fnaf” and “MatPat” are recognized by auto captions as words

[@k1xnn]

Same

[@thebombdefuser448]

They know

[@urjitchakraborty5813]

@@k1xnn nice grogu pfp

[@handzomezack]

lol

[@roachtiger4963]

sometimes people manually add their own captions

[@frostyphoenix2864]

Matpat: makes theories Mojang: “Alright guess we gotta make lore now.”

[@vbucksroblox7368]

Better watchkzbin.info/www/bejne/l2LNaqKtd9qqmrM

[@clau3078]

@@vbucksroblox7368 its just a mortal combat thing

[@cringeofspace9963]

anivia is a trash of a champion

[@rkaly7154]

@@clau3078 its a bot and sometimes those links are phishing links so watch out for that

[@goreekp]

@@rkaly7154 nice to know

[@o_sch]

I REALLY like this theory. I think it explains a lot. I even managed to come up with a basically identical one on my own prior to this video. I will paste it here. (I came up with it after watching Wifies video on fossils and he stated that giant withers used to exist in the Nether and were at war with pigs.)

[@kevinsupreme_ph36yearsago59]

Matpat: *creates a theory about a secret lore of a game* Developers that didn't intend to put a any lore on the game: 🤨

[@QuickzLXI]

"Teleporting Slendermen" Huh, never knew Slenderman didn't teleport...

[@archangel1327]

He should have said "Teleporting shadows"

[@meowmeiwni2925]

@@archangel1327 yea

[@jepangilinan]

L o l

[@tjay2586]

slenderman doesn't teleport.....

[@jepangilinan]

@@tjay2586 he does

[@Jason-rw9ez]

This is a pretty good theory, and another thing that backs it up is that you can cure zombie villagers, meaning there is something to cure which means that there is indeed a zombie virus.

[@breadrug3709]

You're correct!

[@yobukiii]

I was looking for this comment And hoping it would be mentioned in the video

[@bigmanimation]

And the medicine

[@torisufirma6564]

How does it work? It's important to consider that since there's a chance not everything in a cured zombie will be restored immediately, or in a long time.

[@UltraAryan10]

@@torisufirma6564 Its consuming Golden Apple while having the weakness effect, only works on Zombie Villagers and takes upto 5 minutes. Its not instantaneous.

[@Helvetica_-nk4pz]

hey matpat about the zombies spawning in the nether on hard difficulty zombies can spawn additional zombies to "help" when damaged. Each zombie has a "likeliness to call reinforcements" statistic ranging from 0-10%, and "leader" zombies (0-5% depending on regional difficulty) get a bonus of 50-75 percentage points to the stat. When the zombie is damaged by an entity or is damaged while targeting an entity, up to 50 attempts are made to randomly choose a spawn location (0 or ±7-40 blocks away in all three axes) that is above a block with a solid top surface, has light level 9 or lower, has no players within 7 blocks, and has no colliding entities or blocks at which to spawn the reinforcement. Both the damaged zombie and the new zombie has a 5 percentage point penalty to their "likeliness to call reinforcement" stat, preventing infinite zombies from spawning this way. Zombie reinforcements can spawn even in locations where naturally spawned zombies can't spawn, like mushroom biomes, The End, and Nether biomes zombie piglens count as zombies and have their own reinforcement stat

[@cvgameslayer7953]

Steve: uuuugghh zombies are so boring Baby zombies: who dares to summon me

[@Snacker6]

One correction: It is only a 50% chance of a villager turning into a zombified villager if you are playing on normal. On hard it is 100%, and on easy, it is 0%.

[@ejoarkhamgamer567]

0% on Peaceful as well.

[@martijnalblas1761]

I think its pretty safe to assume that the normal difficulty is the lore accurate one while the rest are just for those who want easier or harder gameplay

[@egehanyigit1124]

@@ejoarkhamgamer567 how can you know? You can’t do a test on that

[@b4n8x56]

​@@egehanyigit1124 I mean you are technically right, but I think he means that its 0% because there is 0% chance of it even happening.

[@Snacker6]

@@martijnalblas1761 I actually think that hard is likely the cannon difficulty, as some monster abilities do not happen unless you are on hard. Namely zombies breaking doors. Just my opinion though

[@luluthedog566]

MatPat: *Makes these videos* Mojang: "Write that down, write that down!"

[@Lonli.]

Mojang: doesn’t actually think there is any lore Notch: guys this is exactly what I intended

[@dinosaur1310]

That needs more like

[@BONZAI437]

Could you imagin tgat there's just a person at mojang that is just designated for researching game theory minecraft videos.

[@articbirdo6557]

OMG thats so true

[@ST-RTheProtogen]

@@dinosaur1310 yes

[@theuglytruth1962]

The biggest mystery about zombies: How a baby zombie is stronger then an adult zombie?

[@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

[@bumble_bbgun]

If Zombie pigmen are an undead mob, then why don’t they catch fire when the sun is up? Answer: *They built up heat resistance while thriving in hell to where sunlight doesn’t affect them anymore*

[@equip5565]

zombie piglins are immune to fire in general, but piglins aren't. how would a virus that is susceptible to fire become immune when it infects a piglin?

[@kaboomgaming4255]

@@equip5565good question.

[@hydrahunter9083]

@Equip 5 I believe it's because the sun in the Overworld is not as hot as in the nether so they have a higher heat tolerance than the Overworld's normal zombies can tolerate

[@kaboomgaming4255]

@@hydrahunter9083but why can the zombie piglins survive in lava while normal piglins can't?

[@smartyboy1097]

@@kaboomgaming4255 probably side effects of being infected, higher heat tolerance. It also makes sense that it’s a virus seeing piglins would run away from the ones zombified

[@chinmustache6420]

So this means when Jacksepticeye played Minecraft, it became Seán of the Dead

[@kenziefinn]

lol

[@desmond1751]

Good one!

[@modhkhan5561]

Ha we met again

[@Bezaliel13]

OK, that was brilliant!

[@lancetheking7524]

that was smart

[@danieltorres2241]

I did not know that theorista was a colonist 8:21 food theorists know what I mean

[@usapanda7303]

FYI, influenza was ABSOLUTELY in the Americas prior to Europeans mass arrival, ALSO, a VAST majority of the natives who died from disease died prior to the first smallpox outbreak, most likely from Hanta virus and another disease that started spreading BEFORE columbus arrived, however that one is not known what it is. There was a very interesting paper published by University of Arkansas and Harvard on this a couple of years ago.

[@GreenByte2016]

just found this and it kinda proves matpat's theory and it is from the Minecraft news website "As you’re exploring the depths of the Nether, you’ll occasionally come across ancient debris, embedded deep within the rock. The remnant of some long-forgotten civilization" there ya go

[@Mr_Frequency]

Yeah, same with the ruined portals. Like of course the ancient civilization would build a lot of nether portals after finding it of use for resources, and then the nether portals would decay over time.

[@dariusfarrel3228]

Is Mojang watching matpat’s videos, and using it for their updates and use it as new blocks, weapons, And most importantly Lore

[@Yoob-yh5gb]

A “long forgotten civilization” doesn’t at all prove some sort of virus. We already know from bastions that piglins were the ones to make netherite, not players.

[@dr.multitasker9998]

@@dariusfarrel3228 Probably, the dev's might be like "But this was for fun.... oH wElL"

[@elisabethsun7059]

Yep

[@Cat-ls7rg]

2010 called, they want their genre back is totally true

[@submersivelemon1523]

🗿

[@slevinchannel7589]

I can only repeat: Mojang's Updates lack a clear direction, and Lore could be this direction. But either way - and REGARDLESS if Matts Theorys are correct or not, truth and fact is, the World/s in Minecraft seem full of 'unifnished' Storys and 'Bad Ends' and such. I thought much about it and i believe that 'Permanent Change' is the one thing that we will need added. The concept of Permanent Change. Doesnt matter if Matt is right about the Enderman, let's just use them as an example cause they seem good use for that: I want to turn the Enderman back into Humans. Simply put, i dont like a huge world full of only Bad Ends and Unfinished, sad Storys, like the Drowned having Drowned. I want change stuff already.

[@corirbd]

@@submersivelemon1523 🗿

[@gabrielflorea8124]

2010 or not, it's still a good genre

[@varoonsnook]

That would be a sick bar in a rap battle

[@ParkourClone]

The piglins turn into zombie piglins because of the weather, Since there is not lava everywhere in the overworld, so they turn into zombie piglins because of the cold weather.

[@RenoiTheDragon]

4:18, They can spawn in the Nether. When you attack a zombie, there a small chance one will spawn near by to aid that other zombie. If you attack a Zombified Piglin, that small chance is there. It’ll spawn a regular zombie in the Nether.

[@energetice.2124]

"And of course the zombie jockeys are always terrifying. Those things will mess you up" Philza learned this the hard way.

[@sunium5814]

lol

[@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575]

Ph1LzA died to a normal baby zombie with enchanted golden armour and not to a jockey.

[@duke-vx8xy]

@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 Do you think dantdm or wadzee will die the same way?

[@AaronPlaysFunFacts]

Oh that that is true and sad

[@nexpid]

When it said "Sorry, you cannot donate in this country or region yet.", I felt that.

[@kcinmotiongaming358]

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[@nithitos2681]

😟

[@hoodiedoggo2293]

KC in motion Gaming wtf that looks like my dream

[@SomethingBak]

Yeah I live in Algeria I feel ur pain

[@BrotherTheory]

"Sorry, you cannot donate in this country or region yet." Me: Now I am sad :(

[@user-eg4ej5ct7i]

Random Dude: Wanna Go Mining Matpat: Sure Zombies:

[@user-vh1nh7mq6b]

Developers: you know what, let's just add some zombies in the game to make it look like a game of survival. Matpat: creates a whole 13 minute video featuring how who when and why zombies were created... and makes it a lore. ahh, I love this

[@thomasstedman8136]

"50% of villagers just die when attacked by zombies" hard mode: am i a joke to you

[@jayav2877]

Yeah, I was thinking about that. I think he uses normal as a base for the game sense it's "Normal", though.

[@noratahiri4361]

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[@hellothere5030]

“50% of zombies just die when attacked by zombies” You might wanna reread your comment dude...

[@Dragon_Ball_gaming32]

Took me a sec but I get it now

[@emaany3975]

@@noratahiri4361 what?

[@tpleveling4061]

This gave me chills about the old hypixel’s blocking dead

[@sincerelyrex]

Remember when you could still play on the hypixel-created adventure maps in the adventure lobby?

[@poopydoopy2000]

I thought it was a game... its an animation

[@charliejensen5340]

@@poopydoopy2000 It is a game, its just been removed i think

[@snakycarnival9119]

@@charliejensen5340 not removed it's in arcade games Also #barnholdup

[@Solaire-1234]

Blocking dead is still a game. Its now in the arcade games

[@HupsoniX]

I generally like those theories, but there is a lot of mess in zombie's history. In first version they're just existed. In second one they were created by Evokers. And in this one there was a invisible zombie virus in the air, probably from summoning the Wither. So, what's the final solution? It's really complicated for me.

[@Justkj02]

To explain another possible “zombie in nether situation,” I’ve had pigs, llamas, and one time, a zombie go through my nether portal. Meaning it didn’t spawn there but used my portal. It’s a very unexpected thing, walking into the nether and immediately being mobbed by a ugly green husk

[@markify8019]

I think a theory on how Minecraft spiders got so large would be Interesting, as well as why you only get poisoned by cave spiders.

[@PVPEntity]

You only get poisoned by cave spiders because they are a different type of spider. Not all spiders are poisonous.

[@samuelhellewell2880]

It may also be because when it comes to most animals, the smaller the animal of its type, the more poisonous it is.

[@mickys8065]

Well on earth we've had giant bugs before, during the prehistoric times where earth's oxygen levels where way higher, and some bugs size is basically directly proportional to the amount of oxygen available. Which could explain why the spiders and bees are way bigger than they should be, the Minecraft world just has alot of oxygen

[@DevGoatReal]

This actually could be a good theory

[@avg7077]

we also need to know why they don't attack when the sun is out.

[@exodusthethirteenth]

MatPat reading an audio book is something I'd pay for

[@Shadowmare4575]

I'd Pirate to hear MatPat reading the book.

[@kittymeowmeow8568]

Same

[@juocyjay5732]

Same

[@fariskhalid8200]

Same

[@calebcorrea7556]

same

[@lmao_lol_xd]

4:22 Zombies can travel through nether portals; Some players may find zombies in the nether near their portals for this reason.

[@Darksuynz]

woww poor zombies at the start, i feel bad for em

[@famousaura8285]

This theory is also very interesting when you look at the way Piglins react to Zombified Piglins. Like the previous creators did, Piglins run away from their Zombie counterparts.

[@w-1169]

Social distancing

[@appratows6795]

@@w-1169 😆

[@vqqiu2179]

No they don't, you probably saw them do their random sprint, in general piglins are neutral to zombie piglins

[@w-1169]

@@vqqiu2179 okay,kill them all

[@vqqiu2179]

@@w-1169 Gold Armor is for betas, netherite flex on em to blind them with your bling

[@EmTom44]

One thing I find interesting about this theory, is the fact that when a piglin comes to the overworld it becomes a zombified piglin, but when a hoglin comes to the overworld it becomes a zoglin. However, a zombified piglin, is completely passive unless you hurt one, and zoglins are the most aggressive mob in the game, attacking almost every single other mob it encounters. Wonder if anyone has any thoughts or theories about why this happens?

[@ellie-the-seagull]

Well, they're entirely different species, perhaps they experience symptoms differently?

[@that_weird_bird3948]

Hoglins are already hostile though, and being a zombie would make them more aggressive.

[@Voxen1687]

The one mob zoglins arent extremely aggressive towards is creepers, which is a design feature so your world isnt filled with creeper holes

[@catpoke9557]

Simple. If they didn't make zombiglins neutral, people would get angry since they'd have completely wiped zombie pigmen.

[@metayoshi1712]

Piglins are also easily distracted by gold, making them neutral if you're wearing at least one golden piece of armor. Their zombified variants are taking their docile nature and putting it to the max... unless of course you accidentally punch them. Hoglins are however, territorial, and thus will go after anyone or anything that invades their turf. Zoglins are pretty much the berserker variant of the Hoglin, going after almost anything.

[@mendeta07]

Ok but heres my theory, There is a zombie virus, but it isn’t airborne Because notice, zombies and zombie villagers keep all their flesh in tact But zombified piglins lose their flesh I cant explain piglins, im not smart enough, but they arent the same

[@matmanofficial2000]

Random fact: the city at 9:00 is a Polish coastal city Gdańsk which I've been to a few weeks ago

[@gachae5532]

*I’m so tired of zombie invasions and stuff* Zombies: “why are we here...... just to suffer...”

[@menacingduke2415]

yes

[@Thorthegamergod]

Lol

[@hewhoeatsall]

You're pretty good.

[@joadieltorres6732]

Uhhhh

[@joadieltorres6732]

Sometimes I quit the game 🎮

[@novaace2474]

this does leave room for a future theory: how did the zombie virus start. also we just need a video on skeletons.

[@envoxity9544]

Maybe once the zombies died and decayed away naturally, only leaving their skeletons, the illagers got a hold of them. The evokers did some bibbity boppity boo and there ya go, an alive skeleton for their armies. Although, they dont spawn skeletons in raids. Maybe the evoker made the skeleton into a vex? With feathers from chickens, and swords, making a potion, splashing it on the alive skeleton. Making it a vex. These are all just of my theories off of the top of my head.

[@raleydemon1152]

eh, they're enchanted with magic to be reanimated, hence their ability to draw a bow, with no muscle

[@sunium5814]

lol

[@envoxity9544]

@@raleydemon1152 oh yea, they cant regularly so there has to be some magic

[@fatimatorrezdeaparicio4226]

True

[@BeepBoopBee]

13:07 "After all. It's our responsibility to protect the imune compromised hoglins" That's a piglin. Humanoid pig creature. Wait.... TECHNOBLADE!

[@zszindagi]

You can actually get zombies and zombie villagers from the nether by zombie piglins calling for backup, I don’t know if that changes any lord though

[@idkwhatthisisforplzhelp3678]

Next: how don’t we vaporise from stepping into the nether while the lava is about 1.1k degrees celsius

[@timothykarhnak-glasby3153]

That's actually a decent question. How don't we boil alive in the nether, even when we're standing 1 block away from a *lake* of *lava*

[@Theogreatt]

How can steve carry thousands upon thousands of kilograms of steel without getting slower. Steve is just that powerful and that STRONK. Thus him also being able to withstand very high temepratures such as the nether and very low temperatures such as snow biomes.

[@dunkelstevenson4413]

Hey dont worry about it

[@jotarokujojoester6294]

I can answer that question. The lava isn’t actually lava or magma at all

[@asherfleece8135]

Even LIGHTING a nether portal will kill you. If things other than you can be sent through it, the heat will leak out from the nether, devastating the environment.

[@upseteggplant2810]

I read Minecraft: The Island because I thought it sounded funny and I can tell you, I did NOT expect to cry at a Minecraft book

[@zambekiller]

Now you see I've read the book three times now and it still just feels like a bad minecraft fanfiction especially when the main character builds a ship not a boat what is said to be a full on ship and sail's away

[@epiccow288]

yup i didnt expect it either

[@robertfurr4678]

It was kind of a sad book

[@llunarskyl]

I have the one about the hospital (forgot name) and loved it did cry a bit... in class but that’s beside the point

[@epiccow288]

@@llunarskyl yeah me too the ending tho

[@TotalTruth-yu8lk]

4:20 when you hit a zombified piglin, he can "call for reinforcements" by spawning other zombified pilgins to attack you, and sometimes normal zombies spawn instead.

[@skycat14]

That is a fair point, however the piglins could also be killed by the different environment in the overworld. Maybe they’re sensitive to the sun, different air, and colder temperatures

[@Solvent2407]

Only Minecraft veterans remember when zombies dropped feathers.

[@vainzi]

they also dropped iron. unless that's still a thing, I haven't played in a while.

[@knockout-mobile5632]

@@vainzi its still a thing

[@emmanueltulud4050]

Yeah they still do

[@kennethreycanadalla3531]

@@knockout-mobile5632 I play on bedrock edition and they DONT drop iron SO YOU HAVEN'T UPDATE TO THE NEWEST UPDATE

[@Ryokou438]

@@kennethreycanadalla3531 i play on Java the New version and it drop

[@Aldzarin]

Fun fact, you can still catch a cold in the middle of a hot summer, the actual reason you're more likely to in winter isn't due to temperature, it's due to a shift in habbit brought on by winter

[@Transformers2Fan1]

A shift in *whose* habit? ('habit', not 'habbit' which isn't a word) Also no, temperature *IS* a factor, as it affects the outer coating of a virus - warm weather melts it, while cold weather reinforces it.

[@DaZebraffe]

@@Transformers2Fan1 That, and the fact that being cold absolutely weakens a human being's immune system, leaving them more vulnerable to infection. (That being said, being cold by yourself won't make you any more likely to get sick, because there's nobody around to cough germs at you.) As to Aldzarin's comment about changing habit, they were referring to the fact that in the winter, people tend to stay indoors with their room mates/family/etc., which leads to what MatPat was talking about, with tightly-packed people being a breeding ground for germs.

[@aqwkingchampion13]

@@Transformers2Fan1 I think they meant that during the warmer weather, people are spread out in the open air, while in the colder weather people are crammed together in enclosed spaces.

[@nox_luna]

you dont need to be cold to catch a cold, the name is very misleading.

[@DaZebraffe]

@@nox_luna That is true. However, being cold does make it easier to catch one, for multiple reasons.

[@Radioactive_Skittles]

1:40 I cried your singing was so beautiful 🥲

[@thememer5308]

Not only that but zombie piglins also spawn in the Nether meaning that the virus is also in the Nether, and than normal piglins are afraid of zombie piglins not only for being dead but in fear of contracting the diseases.

[@InsertHandleHereYo]

"Minecraft has a virus infecting the overworld" Just like the simulation.

[@michaelsonnlcsw999]

What simulation?

[@sacrumsibliarthawijaya5654]

So you're saying that we can open a portal to hell (nether)

[@emerybrown6145]

Yes and you might just realize that gravel and sand are just really tiny cubes and they have the only gravity You always see metal structures in the sky right?

[@danielleburrell8389]

Me: (reads comment) Also Me: (chuckle’s) I’m in danger

[@InsertHandleHereYo]

@@sacrumsibliarthawijaya5654 yes

[@fishebola]

MatPat: "The Nether is too hot for any zombie virus to go around!" Zombie Piglin: *spawns in the Nether* Matpat: You weren't supposed to do that..

[@rafaelmartinez9259]

@@virtualagent647 Stop the spam

[@cosmic4092]

Yeah, I saw another comment saying maybe it evolved to survive in the nether, Also maybe they were exposed by the ancient builders and because of no previous immunities it effected them despite the heat.

[@HelloIAmAnExist]

@@cosmic4092 true

[@thelightsilent]

Whos ceo holiday are you going to pay for? St. Jude is a horrible PYRAMID SCHEME! made for making money for those CEOs all whilst allow them to evade tax! $1,249,628: Thomas E Merchant, Chair $1,087,044: James Downing, President and CEO, Ex-Officio Director $1,002,230: Ching-Hon Pui, Chair $ 938,849: David Ellison, Chair $ 926,684: Leslie L Robison, Chair $ 894,215: Charles M Roberts, EVP/Director Cancer Center $ 868,643: Richard Shadyac, Ex-Officio Director (who received compensation from ALSAC) $ 794,456: Elaine I Tuomanen, Chair $ 793,407: Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, EVP/Chair $ 736,869: Mary Anna Quinn, EVP/Chief Admin Officer $ 716,462: William E Evans, Faculty and Former Press and CEO $ 643,897: James I Morgan, EVP/Scientific Director $ 629,068: Pat Keel, SVP/CFO $ 563,371: Larry Kun, Former EVP, Clinical Director $ 483,563: Michael C Canarios, Former SVP/CFO

[@slevinchannel7589]

"Make your own Lore" is just a lazy excuse. No, i actually want to know where the Zombies come from, and such. Good Lore is an amazing thing to have in a game and that's fact. And no secret also. With Lore, so much could be done in Minecraft. Mojang just needs this to proceed for real.

[@blyburnett5203]

A+. This video is one of the reasons I want to be alive today. Meme in the intro and a little bit of seeing yourself in the joke. A subtle nudge to join in on other’s jokes. Near perfection.

[@Illustrioustaco]

I swear the more of these videos I watch, the more I think that Steve was a zombie that spontaneously self cured, and that's when the player takes over.

[@HalcyonSkies]

Being a St. Judes kid myself back in the 90s, I wish you a great livestream. May peoples hearts be giving, and may memes be created on that day.

[@ml6358]

God bless you bro

[@danielarias6342]

Hope you have a good time now

[@adil0028]

Amen

[@makima1628]

i was treated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia but i love st.jude as well for all the things they do

[@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420]

Really? Glad you're ok though.

[@cobrademon761]

matpat: "mmm tasty zombies" Zombies: *prepares for the human apocalypse*

[@GordiMGR]

Wait that's illegal

[@LuCa8_]

:)

[@CoolName5383]

*wait a minute*

[@sidereum-05]

mmm tasty illegalism

[@naomigwolfe8112]

Where's my strawberry flavored zombie pigmen?! Edit: typos

[@shardskye]

Glad to know there's others out there who overthink things as much as me. I felt a certain aura of oddness about me when I would explain my lore theories to my friends.

[@2189fallenangel]

Same.. sometimes it can feel pretty uncomfortable when I’m aware of my oddness

[@Nightterror21x]

Detail that supports this theory: If early villagers lived through a long period of an airborne zombie virus, they probably would have evolved some kind of defense against it- like say for instance, big noses that filter out the virus before it can get into their system?

[@hazzard_destroyer]

That part at the start that said “When they ask you how you are and you have to say your fine when your not really fine” is everyone this year

[@kcinmotiongaming358]

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[@Unremarkable6969]

Same

[@olive.oilll_9047]

“Or, vanilla zombies... mmm tasty zombies 😏” -Matpat 2020 (Edit: Holy sh- oot. How did this happen?)

[@heshohesho1860]

WOW....................... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIS2d5qNoamVgLc

[@nwut]

@@heshohesho1860 omg

[@m.l3577]

Kqo

[@hoodzy1075]

*licks lips*

[@rodzillagames1761]

bruh people get so many likes by writing what the youtuber said thats so dumb

[@thePunishment2131]

Funny thing is also that Steve has such a strong immune system, that he doesn't turn into an undead when he dies.

[@nizarali9711]

Listen to me: In igloos we find a labs Which belongs to the last human in the world when his experiment succeeded in curing the virus on the villagers he tried to do it on ordinary zombies that's why Steve has the same clothes as zombies and at the start of any new world we start without any weapons or tools But he died hoping to help Steve, so we see that the sun is about to rise in any world we create But one of the side effects of treatment is memory loss