Revisiting DanTDM's Lab - A Decade Later

[@commander_eaa2862]

DanTDM’s lab I feel like in my mind, is about on the level of iconography of a building as something like Spongebob’s or Squidward’s house. They are simple, very rough, but have a cartoonish charm to them that allows for a sandbox of chaos in each time its featured

[@ZenitsuKunn]

Exactly! It's so vividly iconic.

[@mistycomet9760]

Once as a kid, I lost my way in a minecraft world. I couldn't find where my house and expansive property had been. This had happened once or twice before and I was very upset. I had made many builds and created many friends there from mobs. An island, a wolf adoption sanctuary based on Stacy's from One Life, a checkered house, a playground, a long railway all the way to a nearby village...I had a villager I called my mom, a little guy with a pumpkin head I called my daughter, just pretend games and stuff. I was overjoyed when I eventually found my main area again! However, I was shocked and upset when I looked at my builds and realized, after such a long while of being away, eyes reset from all that time, that my builds were ugly. None of them were as good as I remembered. I didn't play much after that, but I'll always be grateful for the good memories I had building and pretending and expanding my large estate. Even if the builds weren't actually that good, heh heh...

[@BazilBuildBases]

yeah, right? i did manage to worldedit all of my worlds together, and there was one particular base from 7+ years - castle what i covered with a mountain. it is a complete mess. mob spawners, not ended lines of defense, crammed to the outer dirt wall village, endless random stairs. at the time it looked great. but also, there was the top of the original mountain with the rare broken 1.12 villagers, nice cozy houses(because previously they all was living in a dirt barracks and i felt guilty), huge 4x4 taiga trees alley and a glass/smoothstone wall. there was my past. the base itself was recreation of the long lost mountain base that i even struggle to remember now, the terrain - so plain and barren - was the place from which you can see the size of the build. nowadays we have an amazing pre-generated mountains, caves and hills, which are making your impact on the world is so insignificant in comparison. i kept it. i barely remember how to get there, but it is there somewhere. it is with me. keep your memories, my random internet friend. say hi to the wolves for me, haha.

[@FiMfictionReader25]

I'm happy to see people not trying to yell or hit each other for once.

[@nicklerick]

old bad builds have a charm to them. Non of your old builds will look good, when new building techniques come, the 1.14 texture update, new blocks, alot of old builds will stop looking good, take dan's old lab, the fround area is a mess, iron isnt a grate building material, the testig chamber had the old glass texture which sucked, and over all, isnt that good, but we love it because it's charmingly bad. It's like a pug, it's an ugly creature, but it's so ugly that it gives it it's own charm. another example is the old villages, they are bad, but scince they are so bad they become fun to walk through, they are charmingly bad, that or bad builds give a nostalgic feel.

[@O111e]

I used to have so much patience for large and unneccessary builds and playing in flats worlds and such, playing in creative. I remember an absolutely massive jungle wood box treehouse on jungle trees me and my brother made that had like 4 floorswith hallways wrapping all the way around and inner rooms, rails that went everywhere and into a nearby desert village, and had paintings, secret rooms, piston doors and escape railways, etc. Now I have no patience to build anything, creative or survival, with people or alone. Shitty designing and worse redstone, but I still miss it.

[@bluebearfinn]

bible verses be like:

[@ivoryquills]

My first memories of Minecraft were watching DanTDM videos and, not realizing they were modded even though they obviously were (I was young!) trying to go recreate whatever he had done on my laggy Minecraft pocket edition. I miss that.

[@BazilBuildBases]

true, true. you did not experience the Minecraft in full if you never tried to do the Aether/Twilight Forest portal, haha =)

[@zenphir9051]

I did the exact same thing

[@noodleman4555]

Man same. I miss those days so much.

[@darkreflection9087]

DanTDM’s old lab will always hold a special place in my heart and mind

[@ZxCv134-n3b]

Agree

[@andresfurious8302]

I never saw dntm as a kid I was mainly stampy, ibxtoycat, Jack Frost miner and many others but i watched him a little recently from like a decade ago and i could tell it was special for many kids

[@PseudoShork]

i watched all lol

[@gurin3702]

I thought everyone's forgotten about Jack frost miner

[@andresfurious8302]

@@gurin3702 many have not forgotten he inspired me with his buildings and he sounded very genuine and cheerful I remember coming home every day and watching his new episode watching him again gives me nostalgia

[@CommissarChaotic]

It really was a magical time... I really loved the roleplay, and now after having dabbled in it myself (mainly in scripting because I guess I was lonely or some mad scientist character as a teen that I basically wanted to recreate a person thru scripting somehow) I can see how the CustomNPC stuff he used in setting up things worked and I just appreciate him more man, AND he didn't end up in some controversy or like doing something so stupid everyone hates him now.

[@grape3587]

I think I stopped watching DanTDM around the time that the secret treasure room area became a thing because that was around the point that mod showcases interested me less but the lab itself is still incredibly nostalgic to me. I think I'll forever have its layout memorized in my head, as well as that pesky button to the entrance they would always joke about Dr needing to replace it with a pressure plate.

[@danandlaundry]

I stopped watching him when he stopped his custom mod adventures. Never watched him since other then going back to see his old videos occasionally. I never watch his modern videos

[@beyondthehiddenbth5764]

The original lab felt like part of the channels identity, and when I learned that it was getting replaced, I was just overcome with despair and couldn't bring myself to watch anymore.

[@twinzzlers]

Same, when I revisited his channel I just left since the old lab is gone

[@Rainbow_dash67.]

@@twinzzlerswell the old lab is abandoned

[@FiremanSamBoy2008]

@@twinzzlers Is there anything from 2019 or 2020 that gives you nostalgia?

[@twinzzlers]

@@FiremanSamBoy2008 Nothing that I can recall right now

[@mrmid7285]

i still watch his cafe management video every once in a while, his stuff in genuinely timeless

[@angelic_aether]

It's wild to me that I was like 6 years old when I watched Dan's videos. The world has changed so much since then, it's wild. The old lab and its treasure room, the new lab and the short time-frame it was used in, everything from that era was awesome, and even though I miss it, I'm glad that he's moved on to new and different content since then.

[@minebrandon95264]

They already discovered the seed to his world, 5021019576385777538 on java release 1.6.1, so why do people keep on checking out his lab in the incorrect world?

[@cherry__Soda]

Wait fr??

[@Matt_The_Epic]

I can tell the camera man had a lot of fun with these shots

[@thealandude9146]

I really do miss his modded adventure most, I understand that it takes a lot of effort to create but that was one of the best era of modded minecraft that I love

[@lillyw1]

It feels like so long ago, watching a DanTDM videos after school, or with a friend. I am 21 now, turning 22 in a couple months. I cannot believe it's been 10 years already since I was watching Dan. Thank you for this video. It brought a lot of nostalgia back. I am definitely rewatching some mod showcases :)

[@danandlaundry]

His old videos were amazing. His videos nowadays can’t compete

[@Myne1001]

I don't think you can call the original lab "forgotten" since there's dozens of parodies of Dan & Trayaurus committing various crimes in that lab

[@sus-rh6tw]

“dr trayaurus! stop burning down the pride flag!”

[@ShadowHawk24Real]

"DR. TRAYAURUS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

[@onerandomtrulyjester]

I still remember the video I first watched of him, I don't remember the name but at the beginning before he played his intro I remember "Don't squish me, don't squish me. Aww he squished me." He had said it in such a goofy voice it made me laugh and make me watch more videos of his

[@Nobody-ue5qs]

I grew up on Dantdm,I was a super fan until around 2019ish I wanna say,everything you said in this video sums up everything perfectly. Nothing beat binging Dan videos on the weekends and on breaks,Dan was one of those KZbinrs who stood out from the rest,he felt like an actual close personal friend if that makes sense.

[@EH0975]

It was a struggle to not cry while watching this, and adding C418's music just wasn't fair. Watching DANTDM was basically my whole childhood, and I remember loving his Herobrine mod video. It just breaks my heart knowing how fast we and Dan had grown up.

[@North_Poley]

A very nice video but that constant camera movement, specially tilting from side to side it just make things feel so dizzy

[@alchemistlemming]

Wanted to comment about it, also it feels like the camera shots were filmed before the script(don't fill there purpose). But the script is pretty good.

[@thenaysays]

was going to say this too. at least slow it down a bit😵💫

[@Paranuui]

Yeah, they need to chill with the movement. The camera is allowed to stop and let the scene speak for itself. Theres a reason people turn off the run bob ingame

[@sugnagaming]

my first memory of watching youtube at least the earliest one is watching a dantdm video i had long forgotten. from what i remember is that he is my first ever window to game i had never played at the time and never heard of. he watched his videosso young when i first heard of minecraft i was so intrigued by this game that i binged him nonstop for the entire day. i used to believe all of his mod showcases are just mods, not what vanilla could do. i loved and still do watching his videos, even if he uploads once a month, a year i will still go back to watch his videos.

[@Bad_Time_303]

This reminds me of Popular MMO’s and Jen. . . I miss them and sad I’ll never see them again 😢

[@shedjr_]

Oh man! I remember trying to recreate both Dan's Lab and Stampy's bedroom in every old creative world I had. Good times...

[@johnnieedwards3171]

Does anyone know if Dan has stopped doing KZbin completely or just taking a break. He hasn't uploaded in a while.

[@asymetricalart]

​Probably taking a break he's a dad now so he's quite busy these days ​@@johnnieedwards3171

[@krispyiii6786]

​@@johnnieedwards3171 I think he posts but not that much anymore. He has two kids so I think he's focusing on his life more than KZbin now.

[@johnnieedwards3171]

@@krispyiii6786 Understood. I was just unsure if he completely stopped or not. It's still crazy how much has changed. I'm so proud of him and what he has accomplished.

[@Dwayne_LaFontant]

The new lab is very underrated. We just like the old one because we all have good memories of it.

[@ryanlally8116]

Beside the odd long pauses and live redoing of lines without editing, this was a nice video to look back on DanTDM with

[@TransCommieFromOuterSpace]

Just realized I miss watching the old Dan TDM on the outdated version of KZbin on my Wii.

[@TOAD69500]

That comment on how someone who watched Dan back then would be 18 now really made me realize how long ago that was. Since I am that child, and soon I'll be turning 19, it's crazy how time flies. Another story I have related to DanTDM is that I was such a big fan that I ended up making a world just to rebuild his lab. I spent a good few minutes just trying to find a similar spot in the desert. The build was even more janky then the original but that's to be expected seeing as I was around 10 years old. I also added Grim and Dr Trayaurus although I'm pretty sure I spelled his name wrong on the nametag. Either way I still have a lot of great memories from old MC and DanTDM. And although Dan wasn't the one who got me into Minecraft he did get me into mods. (Although it would take a long time before I'd actually figure out how modded MC works)

[@thesharpshooterking9963]

This one hit hard man i watched these when i was getting into gaming and a year or so later every world i built had a lab of my own of some sort or another always inspired by the OG DanTDM Lab

[@Beep1945-_-]

One of my favorite lines is “It may look horrendous but it was memorable”

[@crayyoni_i]

the nostalgia is real argh its been 8 years since i started watching dan but wow it feels like so much less than that!! awesome video!!!

[@thebrokenrail5011]

Was the new lab ever actually used? I haven't watched DanTDM in years, but I remember that it being introduced also coincided with him switching to playing mini-games instead of mod reviews.

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

don't think he ever did..

[@waffler-yz3gw]

no he did use it a handful of times, just not nearly as much as the old one

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

Dan's old lab, Pat's arena, and stampy's lovely world has aged quite a bit

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

I sometimes wonder how Dan stayed friends with Trayaurus after every experiment that had gone wrong, and his subsequent punishments. Don't get it twisted, he's a brilliant mind and has made amazing inventions that have pushed Dan through the times for the better. But for Christ's sake, he had an experiment go so horribly wrong that he was sent to an island prison-no doubt an Alcatraz reference. But I suppose such friendships are meant to last, no matter the consequences

[@ryanjahansir7577]

I remember recreating this build block by block from memory alone when I was a lil one.

[@FiremanSamBoy2008]

I was 6 when I started watching DanTDM back in 2014, I'm now 16 and looking back at Dan's old lab gives me a shit ton of nostalgia.

[@RaiJolt2]

I think my biggest problem with the new lab was how it didn’t feel like something the average Minecraft player could build (yes I know iron blocks in survival are expensive but scale wise still reasonable). The new lab is too big, and far more complex than the old one. Granted it looks GREAT, but the old one felt more Minecrafty in a sense

[@CriteaTalks]

I think it could've been super memorable if he used it more, and yeah, his old lab is the pinnacle of the "Minecraft Look"

[@RaiJolt2]

@@CriteaTalks definitely. Though with more blocks and more experienced builders the “Minecraft look” has certainly changed

[@angelquefirestar]

I was three at the time his videos were popular (2013), and I watched him constantly. I never thought at a mere 13 years old (almost 14), that I would feel nostalgic for such a time, but I do.

[@Scorchlette]

I'm 22- 23 by the end of this year. I remember vividly those days when I would come home from school, and my first instinct was to hop on my dad's PC (and eventually my own), load up Internet Explorer, and check out what new adventures Dan and Dr. Trayaurus would get up to. They were a wonderful reprieve from the tedium that came with homework and overdue assignments. I've... frankly, never really been one to let myself be driven by nostalgia, but- just this once? I think I can leave that aside and just... remember, you know? Remember the fun of it all- the poor writing that always made us laugh, the wacky hijinks we'd get to witness first-hand. The ups and downs, highs and lows. Oftentimes it really felt like I was part of the adventure. The Lab and the many memories it holds, while diluted and a little worn around the edges by time, will always have a special place in my heart- right alongside Rendog's at this point utterly ancient original Survival series. Details may grow fuzzy over time, and things my fray a little around the seams, but... I doubt I'll ever forget.

[@GundplaHobby]

I love this Lost period of my life, old music with Dan's lab map make me feel bitter-sweet.

[@mfintank2704]

memories bro

[@ray010]

this video is so really made me feel so nostalgic like i used to secretly watch danTDM behind my parents back as it was so cool it really made me love Minecraft also you deserve more subscribersas this video layout and presentation is absolutely amazing

[@nocharge7189]

Really cool video! I can tell a lot of effort was put on the camera angles, but the camera twisting continually for a long time does induce motion sickness pretty easily...

[@CarpenterQuota]

The Diamond Minecart, i havent heard of that name in years.

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

*10 YEARS!? DEAR LORD!*

[@Eeevonn]

I just remember he kept getting stuck on that one button door

[@SpacklerStudios]

I still remember watching the reveal of the new lab with a then friend of mine when it was still brand new. He was actually crying for the departure of the old one.

[@bellabluerose3212]

I loved watching Dan's old Minecraft videos as a kid. They will always make my first experience in watching KZbin videos the best

[@danandlaundry]

Same here. It’s a shame he abandoned the mod adventures mod showcases and all the stuff he did back then. He should have continued doing them and improving upon them instead of abandoning them

[@TheGamer-rp7rz]

the references that you put in the script are amazing

[@darkreflection9087]

I miss the old days

[@ZxCv134-n3b]

Same

[@danandlaundry]

Same here. I hate his modern videos because there not unique anymore like the old ones were

[@darkreflection9087]

@@danandlaundry yeah because of the algorithm everyone kinda just does the same thing

[@ludwigschneider2258]

Stsmpy's loveely world, Dantdm lab, SSundee lucky block series and also PopularMMOs's arena were my chidhood and I want to thank all of them for making my childhood, even if PopularMMOs din't end his career well. I was so very grateful to come back home and watch them, because for me it was entertaining and I loved those days. I hope everyone also enjoyed those days and are living a good life.

[@Arelated]

The fact i remember the layout of dantdms labs after a decade goes to show how much dan tdm has made our childhood

[@the_phantom_cat7912]

I didn't even know there was a treasure room 'till now

[@Ryuu28_voidgames]

10/10 video, i LOVE dantdm (and popularmmos) they were some of the best youtubers i knew at the time. I LOVED watching both of their videos when i was little.

[@CriteaTalks]

I believe I watched more PopularMMOs then DanTDM so I also love his content too. Originally I was going to release a popularmmos video after the DanTDM one but the script got wayyyy too long (1.5 hours long...)

[@danandlaundry]

It’s a shame that all the good times ended. Dan no longer does the videos he used to do anymore. And Pat became a criminal and keeps getting arrested

[@mirekasukukurayuki430]

My main 3 creators I watched when I was younger were Dan, Stamps and iBallisticSquid. I miss those days. I wish those days would come back.

[@Daveistired]

i remember trying to build dan's lab several times , only for it to look even more crooked , but i was so proud with myself

[@darkreflection9087]

Nostalgia is beautiful yet also painful

[@jeocarrillo8656]

Back then when I was a kid I made an exact replica of the classic lab. I used only his videos as reference and followed it perfectly. Good times.

[@Silver_Spectre]

I remember as a kid I spent a whole night trying to recreate the lab in my own world, the nostalgia was so strong

[@stitch3935]

I once built DanTDM's lab and secret treasure room in my Minecraft world, and they looked exactly like the original. I watched a video by Fed X Gaming where he showed us how to build them, and he somehow knows exactly every single detail how they look like.

[@GamingPixel28]

I remember when villagers have plain coloured clothes

[@mothman20]

The thing about the design was how simple it was and the memories with it

[@lussianlunifer6315]

after watching this i want to rewatch the custom mod adventure again

[@muichiro9382]

i remember when i was a kid i rebuilt all of DanTDM's treasure room until the very last (the pug video) if i remember correctly that was the very last video that was put on he's treasure room and i remember i use to rewatch all of he's video just to build that certain treasure but now that world was gonee i was just a kid and don't really know how to save it sadly i cant go back to that time and explore that world again

[@Articbear]

My favourite Minecraft series ever. No one ever topped Dan in terms of Minecraft content for me.

[@Pat12379]

It's crazy to me that he's lab was just a quick build he made for 1 video and now it's more iconic than some historical figures

[@AdamantSteele]

I’d love to see a mod that adds this lab as a in-game structure. Would make so many players nolstalgic stumbling across this in a modpack.

[@Lucas_Baker_Gamin]

nestolgia just kicked in

[@RightBoyKA-POW]

Has it been THAT LONG?!?!

[@CriteaTalks]

yeah :(

[@Tonithemeloni04]

Oh man! This video hit me like a train, a nostalgia train carrying a decade of Minecraft memories

[@reeeeffoT]

Come to think of it, this's the first time that of instead of "son in mom's basement" trope it's the mom in the sons basement funnily enough

[@AnkleBiter3854]

Man...the use of The Fire Is Gone in the video is hitting hard

[@TastyGuava]

I'm today years old realizing I may have not watched DanTDM since 2016 because I have never heard of a revamped lab

[@Samjb09]

this video inspired me to go back to the old minecraft days and relive them myself.

[@mrdoor12323]

The algorithm gods have blessed me with another great video

[@WhatAHandleThisIs_]

Hiraeth. It’s a great word, an emotion, the sense of longing for a home that doesn’t exist, or a home you know you can’t go back to.

[@_ElectricBoogaloo]

Dude, I feel every bit of this. I used to watch Dan when I was like a teen and all of this just makes me miss one of the things that I grew up with for Minecraft and that is the tutorial world on the Xbox. I never missed a building more Than tutorial world 😭😭😭😭😭

[@tyrrell203]

As a person, who didn't watch Dan, but the old lab makes me remember my old builds, thinking i could mine diamonds with every pickaxe, thinking i was very cool for not building a dirt house.

[@Lavalord1160]

2:43 can you spot the legs Hint: it’s behind a triangle window that’s upside down… and you have too zoom…

[@cozy_blu]

Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy you were there to experience it

[@jamespierce2223]

I absolutely loved his diamond dimensions series It’s so weird how long it’s been

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

the old lab.. so good.. so many memories... a simpler time..

[@chriscreeper85]

I remember the very first youtube video i ever watched was dan being a firefighter. Good times, good times...

[@mario_master1]

very good vidio but why dident you biuld the lab in the actual world? like we know what world/seed the original world was made in so why not have the lab there and it will be EXSACTLY the same as all the biomes are corect

[@Cl0udPvP]

Might make a DanTDM Lab inspired base one day…

[@mcgcast]

I still remember the first mod I watched from Dan: Minecraft Comes Alive mod

[@yamagawa9830]

I still remember watching his videos, like…. Man, what a legend

[@E3AloeLi]

DanTDM’s old lab was my childhood, him, Stampy, and Squid was my childhood

[@RAMDER007RED]

i think where the new lab went wrong was by being way to big and detailed and very generic feeling

[@RAMDER007RED]

i think instead of getting a fully new lab dan should have gotten a redesigned version that resembled the original lab

[@CriteaTalks]

that would've been really cool to say. I don';t know, maybe he'll do it for a special occasion one day? Maybe its wishful thinking though lol.

[@noelwilliams8615]

Yeah there's a lot of good memories and that's history lots and lots of History

[@arkkestral3659]

5:00 Random ultrakill music just starting. Perfect

[@Sillimant_]

I only hope the new lab brings as many happy memories for the new generation coming in as the old one did for us

[@speed55555]

The villager has been waiting for a long time, he misses dan (probably)

[@dnmgaming4558]

I remember seeing him make a portal to a candy world where he made the ultimate candy recipe

[@Amakasu-Hisone]

Same with Stampy

[@Future_Doggo]

I still remember younger me thought that all the Minecraft worlds were connected, and everyone played on one GIANT world. I legit spent hours trying to find DanTDM's lab and other KZbinr's structures. I was not the smartest kid out there.

[@thedoglovinggamer5825]

I miss it man.😔✊ 3:14 Villagers in Minecraft might not actually be humans. But it is still pretty dark.

[@burnsteel2nd]

I never forgot that lab

[@FlameWheelYT]

I remember knowing how to build dantdm’s minecraft head perfectly

[@Brave_Brevity]

Childish innocent, though I miss it, it still lives on regardless.

[@KaitoD]

I feel like at this point we can safely say that Dan stands among monoliths like Mr Rogers, Bob Ross, Steve Irwin and Robin Williams, icons that spread joy and positivity in many, people who's only goal was to entertain, educate and if possible, put a smile on your face, and that they did in their own unique way, Dan is the internet's ambassador for his seat of Horsemen of joy, alongside Bob Ross who governs Art, Mr Rogers who governs imagination, Steve Irwin for Nature and Robin Williams for joy, they all do things in their own unique way but have the same effects on many

[@ThatsMox]

legendary history

[@jimothybimothy6]

4:47 FLAMINGO REFERENCE!

[@VideoAnimations1]

Yeah I was checking the comments to see if anyone else recognized that

[@CriteaTalks]

good to see someone got it :]