The Moment That Makes Minecraft Great

[@any_austin]

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[@ZezacleB]

I love how honest that ad read was. "I dont tell them I actually like it because i need them to pay me to like it" get that bag chief

[@ReallyNoAlex]

Factor was actually goated during architecture school, W sponsor keep up the content Austin ✊✊

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

@@ZezacleB >honest ad read Bruh.

[@Lovyxia]

I wish they were international cause I keep seeing their sponsorships and it sounds like the type of food I need variety with so I'd love to try but unfortunately it's US/NA only.

[@dhoffnun]

Are *you* the funny hippie?

[@exotic-gem]

I’ve had a survival server with friends for 12 years now, and let me tell you, travelling 18km through the wilderness visit someone’s decade-old abandoned castle is a feeling I don’t think many people get to have. There are unfinished bases built by people who only logged on once. There are strange underground rooms with machines that don’t quite work anymore. You can see some members’ styles get better and more refined over the years. Kinda like 2B2T but almost all of the old stuff is in perfect condition, as if frozen in time.

[@syrelian]

Minecraft is often a strange microcosm like that, places long forgotten, touched once by a people you knew, but left to age, I think what sells it is often divining why it was abandoned or lost in the face of its preservation Sometimes its just a cramped little hut where you can tell they expanded or it was temporary, sometimes you see only the frame left intact, as they pulled everything up to move, occasionally you can tell it was lost for other reasons, a house with a furnace that only just finished cooking that lacks a bed, or conspicuous explosion craters in floors and walls that tell a story of a Creeper or someone getting wild with TNT and the subsequent decision to just not try to recover there And of course, the distortions in reality that are birthed as new ground was struck in different versions, the places where one world gen ended and another started

[@jason13gaming]

Would love a world tour ❤

[@BowlOSoup6661]

Make a museum with replicas of those old builds.

[@AramilsMusic]

I feel this so much. Sounds almost like we were on the same server.

[@iluvharrydraco]

Please make a video about your server!!

[@jordanriederer1518]

9:45 at one point after i graduated high school and was a bit into college, i was looking through my old minecraft saves and found one dated march 28th 2019. i was in creative mode building a large dam in the middle of the ocean, and just generally screwing around. i went to get a glass of water and my dad got home to tell us that in the night my mother had a stroke and that she probably wouldnt be coming home again. a week later she died in the hospital room and i forgot about the save. but when i opened it again, there i was, the exact frame before i knew my mother was dead. it was such a weird feeling and im still kind of feeling it right now.

[@marksoftime]

What a remarkable comment. It’s always amazing to stumble upon something that you were enjoying before a significant change in your life. Then, you get lost in thoughts of what once was. I’m sorry for your loss.

[@lander_yt2949]

aww man 🥺 sry for your loss bro.

[@regulatorQ]

Sorry for your loss bro

[@silvercandra4275]

I kinda had a similar moment once, but not with minecraft, for me it was The Sims 4. Didn't touch the game for years, only to get back into it and eventually find the plot of land I was working on just before my mother told me her partner was dead. He wasn't my father, and I didn't know him too well, but it was the first time someone close to me had died, and looking at that game just gave me such an odd feeling...

[@tehpurplepills]

YOLO

[@SaintJulesDay]

Minecraft really is something magical. Many games have tried procedural generation and I agree, none really reached the same heights. I made a cozy video essay/mini doc last year where I was looking for this very spark, exploring how crazy it is that everything that becomes, like you say, so familiar and intimate, is all made from randomness. With a different seed, your whole adventure would’ve been different. I also looked at other games to see how they did it, there’s the technical side to these games but also the emotional connection that seems to either work or it doesn’t. Anyway, nice to see you take other roles beyond the Department of Labor Statistics!

[@thesidelines2125]

So true! There’s a magic in a new world with that “settler feeling”, but there’s also the magic when a world grows on you and becomes a second home like here’s a mountain, you know that mountain, this is *my* mountain. I’ve actually watched your video and I really loved it! It’s very in depth but also a cozy and funny ride

[@carlosbelo9304]

Vintage Story coff coff

[@jamesevans5286]

No Man's Sky has reached heights FAR beyond.

[@Arnechk]

@@jamesevans5286 Of course, the 256 build limit is very restrictive. But NMS cannot replicate the lived-in world.The history, the real people.

[@m.dave2141]

Vintage story is waaaaay better.

[@doomtoken]

Austin: "Can we take a second..." Me: "Yeah, man."

[@morphrana]

i really appreciate that he always asks. It's always a yes, but i like the question. so considerate of our time

[@mariya_tortilla]

literally was about to comment this. dammit

[@g.a.5083]

@@morphrana Sometimes i say no and skip ahead one second, its nice to have options

[@DanteTheRedPossum]

Like "yeah man, you are always welcome"

[@capedantic]

Haha, I had paused at that moment to grab a drink and settle in for what I already knew was going to be an amazing video. Said the same thing out loud. "Yes, Austin, we absolutely can."

[@barb0za0]

also a big point is that the music plays randomly without any triggers, you’re always hopeful it’s gonna start again any second

[@ChartreuseDan]

Mojang could have added a music frequency slider to settings but instead they added some kind of weird land-based digging giant platypus

[@elliotgandersen]

I love the Minecraft music, I listen to it often on my phone, my only plight is that it doesn’t play often enough in game, it’s like once every 10 minutes.

[@lennartb]

I often get in the zone and forget there's music at all, it's always a surprise when the music starts, making it even more poignant

[@HANIMEME]

There are actually biome specific triggers

[@whistlehammock]

​@@ChartreuseDan hey i love my weird land based digging giant platypus 😢 sniffer is cute

[@supervetas6006]

the moment when in the middle of a repetitive task the music stops and suddenly you just hear the noise of your PC really hits different

[@MrPuddle01]

But where do Minecraft's rivers go?

[@capedantic]

Unemployment Survey of a village would be a good one too.

[@valkeakirahvi]

They don't. They just kinda sit there!

[@poppachoppa8956]

@@valkeakirahvi hella fax

[@ekofever827]

Oh no

[@Respectable_Username]

Well if you play the TerraFirmaCraft mod, Alc has put a _lot_ of thought into that!

[@trevan5035]

Extremely refreshing to see someone celebrate the simplicities of Minecraft rather than complaining Mojang isn't making it more complicated

[@Ghi102]

Complexity should come from the Minecraft mods where anyone can install stuff as complex as they wish it to be

[@_Tsagaglalal_]

mojang is a horrible company, both are valid criticisms

[@ShaneStapler]

​@@_Tsagaglalal_ agreed, and mojang actually is usually making the game more complicated with their bi-yearly updates...

[@Purriah]

@@Ghi102nothing “should” come from mods. The fact is, Minecraft is already plenty complex, but optionally. People can build the craziest Redstone things or farms already, and it’s optional. Minecraft does it right. You can play simply or very complexly or anywhere between

[@nikobutterbar928]

You can enjoy the simplicity while also acknowledging that Mojang could have added shit like cool mobs and more things to craft, instead of focusing on a shitty in-game marketplace and relegating mob additions to polls on Twitter that tend to select whatever mob some KZbinr decided would be funny to add in. I enjoy Minecraft. Have for years. I ALSO wish they added more shit into it. It doesn’t need to have Terraria levels of content, but why do I have to download a mod to make some copper piping for plumbing? Yenno what I mean? Maybe asking for plumbing in minecraft is a bad example, but my point is that there is so much room for this game to grow, and Mojang just refuses.

[@shainekennedy2742]

I use a very emotionally powerful mod called "Immersive Weathering." There is a feeling associated with coming back from a big adventure and seeing your base a bit over-grown, some bricks cracked, and a feeling that you've been out for a long time that keeps me coming back. Regardless of when you come home, your base seems to remember you. You clean up a little bit and use your new goodies to treat your base to some new baubles and decorations. After you give your home it's much needed TLC, you go off on another adventure, and there it will stand waiting for you. It's a powerful feeling, knowing this video game structure seemingly begins to miss you. And it's rewarding to treat it as if you miss it too. Highly recommend, as long as you have the patience to mow your lawn in Minecraft lol.

[@rapistincel]

yep thats my favorite mod that paired with fabric seasons and those paired with mca reborn with ai chat enabled makes the world feel so alive

[@Jalbesbe]

Used a similar mod if not this mod too. Had built multiple structures far from another as I liked doing the whole start again but in the same world. It was wild to come across an old base I had built and see it as an ancient ruin, falling apart, over grown; really gives you the scale of time. Then you have your animals just sitting in this dilapidated ruin, untouched by time; until the mod I was using added that if you don't go near your pets after a long period of time, they despawn, with the option to leave a skeleton of them laying on the ground you left them. So you could walk up and just find your old ruin of a base and see the skeleton of your dog laying beside your weathered bed

[@HZeshka]

@@Jalbesbethe skeleton of a forgotten dog is too much for me man. Let them be immortal.

[@jlewis7221]

Yes Immersive Weathering is SO great. So "vanilla" in feel

[@ICanHazRecon911]

Man I didn't expect this video and its comments to make me emotional. I've always had a weird attachment to say, old stuffed animals, or old saves and stuff. I know it's just code but I can't help but feel a base would begin to miss you

[@lucasgabriel9255]

about "THE END" poem: there's a great controversy regarding the subject. basically the leaders at Mojang were unfair, in all applicable forms of the term, to the creator of the poem. in a not so well summarized way, they did not agree on values ​​regarding the rights of the poem. Fast forward a few years and Mojang now belongs to Microsoft, bought for some money - US$ 2.5 billion. Even at this stage, the author of the poem had not even seen the color of the money referring to what would be his payment for writing that poem. Although he never saw the payment money, he also never signed a contract that would make him lose his legal rights to his work. That said, the poet decided to make the poem public domain, free for everyone to use as they see fit and Mojang couldn't do anything about it. My comment is pretty half-assed and there are some KZbinrs who talk better about the subject, including the creator of the poem himself, in a post on his blog, detailing his experience. PS: Sorry if English isn't the clearest, my native language is Portuguese.

[@icedlava7063]

Thank you, and your english was good 👍

[@MotherSoren]

thx for info!! based of him to make it public domain, and your english is great

[@gureiratto]

Your English is fine, don’t worry :D

[@SocktheWorm]

Obrigado 🙏

[@Maccaroney]

Your English is good, i wouldn't have even noticed if you didn't say that it wasn't your native language.

[@Dinner_Roll]

I've been playing minecraft consistently and hosting private servers for my friends much less consistently since 2010, and one of my greatest regrets is not keeping better track of all the old worlds we made. I would love so much to find some old hard drive in a closet somewhere with my old infdev worlds, or even my old "minecraft classic" worlds where everyone just built multi colored pyramids and begged to be promoted to op

[@MisogynyMan]

Note to self: don't trust anyone named Dinner Roll to host and preserve my servers

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Same, i was on a friend's server and played that a ton. Full maxed netherite, a base made of Blackstone brick with piston doors built into the side of a mountain, it was awesome. Made a minecart track that went across the mountain ridge. But people stopped playing on it. So the owner deleted the server after a while. I lost everything, no chance for a world download. That's the last time I let someone else host a server I play on :) Now I have a server for me and one friend. We don't talk anymore but I don't have the heart to delete the world. It's cozy walking around it. Maybe I'll take a world download or something before I delete it idk. I told him and he's fine with me deleting it

[@smijo5949]

@@MisogynyMan I'm the one hosting the Server for my friendgroup and everyone stopped playing in 2021. I check in on the server every few months to see if anyone logged on or if the server is even there anymore. A few months ago something happened, the server was gone and our backups corrupted (had something to do with updates etc.) I probably spent 4 hours trying to fix the server by downloading different applications trying to untangle the world from the corrupted backups from the server host and I ended up having to seperate files inside the world, trying to fix them on seperate worlds and eventually managed to save the server. We have a discord server for our minecraft world and I sent another update that the "server was working again" nobody acknowledged it, but I was happy to be able to join the server again. It sounds kinda stupid that I'm trying to paint myself in a good picture here but you just made me a bit proud about myself that I tried to save the server (and even saved it!) even though nobody seemed to care about it anymore.

[@darxrogue]

I have the first world me and a friend made when the game first started, when you could play on a browser. We didn't know how to make a multiplayer server so we took turns building things and emailed eachother the map back and forth, so I could come home back from school and check my email to find the map with something new built into it. The best thing there was a fucked up eiffel tower my friend made, I still send him a pic of it from time to time just to laugh.

[@Dinner_Roll]

@@darxrogue I love this. I was 15 back then playing the old browser based creative worlds, and I was the only one in my friend group computer savvy enough to figure out how to port forward and host a server so for the next 15 years I became the defacto server host for most games we play together.

[@SsnakeBite]

12:32 - Please, keep pontificating to your heart's content. This is what I come to this channel for.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Genuinely: Finally someone talks about the moment you start a new world for the first time and just stare in awe at everything. That’s the best part of Minecraft to me. Sometimes I don’t even start a base, I just fly around in creative mode and look at the landscapes

[@wildmaknae_]

that's me when i finally upgraded my pc and decided to fire up minecraft with some shaders on highest settings. it's absolute insanity, no game ever looked more beautiful to me

[@TherealHughman]

Glad I’m not the only one who does this

[@mrwri]

A world nobody has explored before. It's like walking into the wilderness and after a few steps you're standing on ground nobody has ever walked on before.

[@Joseph-xe1ry]

Yeah but everything looks like shit and unnatural.

[@mangoesfly1594]

I think that's why I never enjoyed using seeds that other people discovered. Just doesn't feel the same

[@tanner6446]

@@mangoesfly1594same

[@ArgaJacint]

It's interesting that for you the 10 seconds after the musc stops is a moment of grounded sadness. To me the feeling is more comperable to when you open your eyes after meditating. Yes, grounded, but peaceful, neutral, maybe even a little happy and rested on a metaphorical level.

[@saky23s]

13:52 the sadness i felt when you said you never killed the ender dragon. For me, reading that poem just after beating the game for the first time was such a beautiful moment. I don't think that reading the poem without being in that context is quite the same

[@pXnTilde]

I bet I have 4,000 hours in the game. Never even been to the end... 🫠

[@lutetiunn]

@@pXnTilde Same and I can count how many times i've killed the ender dragon in one hand.. honestly I recommend it. When I got the elytra it made everything so much easier and worth it to travel and push my projects. You should shoot to do it at least once ;)

[@Respectable_Username]

I have purposefully never read the poem because I have never beaten the game. I want to save that moment for that time, whenever it comes.

[@andshescallingacab4346]

“and the universe said i love you” and the following lines rearranged atoms in my brain as a kid

[@HEADSHOTPROLOL]

​@@andshescallingacab4346same, I remember when it first got added and experiencing that moment as a kid is a core memory deluxe. There's really something so candid and genuine, and most of all touching, about that entire thing. It's both so unexpected yet perfectly in character for a game like Minecraft. Well I say "like minecraft" but it's stuff like this that makes nothing quite like minecraft, what a special game man

[@pancakesean6888]

Having grown up in the 90s the idea of a fully-fledged world being created within seconds is absolutely mindblowing, and I think the beauty of that is lost amidst the modern technical marvels that we regularly enjoy. That first feeling of entering a new world in Minecraft never gets old.

[@mow_cat]

fun fact, the SEED is generated in seconds, but parts of the world are created on an as-needed basis. every single block placement is determined by those numbers, but they're not calculated until you're near them :]

[@slugeater1938]

Thanks uncle

[@synthetic240]

The closest it came for me were things like Diablo and Rogue-like games with randomly generated dungeons. Or strategy games like Civ or Alpha Centauri with their random maps. But Minecraft? Minecraft spans nearly forever. Certainly larger than you'd ever want to travel on foot. And despite it's sameness it never fails to have interesting terrain.

[@maksrambe3812]

​@@synthetic240elite also has an infinite explorable world. It's nothing like the detailed world of Minecraft but at its time the open, procedurally generated world and advanced 3d graphics were completely revolutionary.

[@synthetic240]

@@maksrambe3812 I also play Elite Dangerous. You definitely need to put in the work jumping jumping jumping.

[@geckoram6286]

8:22 man sometimes, when I boot up my PS3 I cry looking at old worlds. I used to play with my friends, so every build of every world in that console reminds me of the good times with my friends, some of which I don't talk to anymore. That might be the hard drive I'm more afraid of loosing

[@this.is.spencer]

I think the growing boredom as a minecraft playthrough progresses is the collapsing of possibilities. What we can imagine is often more exciting than what is. As you explore the world, the answer to the question "what is out there?" goes from "could be anything" to "it is this". The better you can answer the question, the less there is to imagine. "What am I going to build here?" also shrinks once you start putting blocks down. And while you can always start a new project, it'll be within a space that is now defined by concrete dimensions, increasingly bounded.

[@xande5345]

Yeah, and even with mods giving you more to do, it still doesn't add that much life to it. And the ones that do basically make you play a different game, like those industrial machines stuff.

[@AynOtori]

Good write up, Spencer.

[@steelwasp9375]

Yeah. Imagination. Without it, it's just a bunch of static blocks and procedurally generated biomes on the screen. The player is responsible for like 90% percent of their experience, the player's mind is 90% of the content of the game. Minecraft is a small game that creates the illusion of something bigger, opens the way to it. Mastering it reduces that illusion, to it's collapse. But that, it was always in the mind of the player. And so the player has control over it. They can go back to being imaginative, vivid, and excited about the possibilities, by their own will and making.

[@klovexthewolf]

what i've been trying lately, which honestly i didn't do much before, is to consciously choose to not do what i would usually do, and be confronted with all of the other options i have. setting myself up for some challenge, essentially, i suppose. i think that's a core part of the minecraft experience. (think, being in very dangerous situations, trying not to die bc of the mobs... the adrenaline, the challenge, it's a bit painful but it's also fun xp)

[@pleasegoawaydude]

@@steelwasp9375 I can't do that! I have no damn imagination or curiosity or creativity and everyone keeps telling me it'll just happen but it never does. I only ever seem to be able to focus on practicality and logical things, and that bores me even if I excel at it.

[@g3n3r1c6]

This reminds me of the pack.png hunt. Whoever took that shot did not know what they started, they just saw a hill that looked cool.

[@whitmanproductions]

This has to be the best analysis of Minecraft I have ever seen You understand what makes this game special to so many people and you explain it perfectly, feels good to feel seen/heard

[@jawnney]

I was really confused @ 1:34, cause he said "I probably have 40 more good years on this earth" and I looked up and there was a 40 on screen, and then it started going down really quickly? and I was like, AUSTIN NOO

[@SaerBear5]

I saw that too! It had to be intentional!

[@DamianReloaded]

It's the ad countdown. Also how he makes a "living" XD

[@AG-ur1lj]

@@SaerBear5I seriously doubt it was intentional. Not every coincidence is amazing

[@BerryFunChannel1]

@@AG-ur1lj not with that attitude

[@mrmofo36]

poignant

[@bolicob]

10:00 This is actually one of the issues that i have with current City Builders. In city builders, it's just as if not easier to demolish buildings as it is to build them. This means that unless you're lazy (which is at least one counter to my argument here), none of your earlier mistakes or buildings placed when you were learning the ropes stay till the late game. As a result, everyone's city will probably look like an optomized factory lacking any character development. In a city building game, the city is the main character, but the city usually has the exact same story as every other city in every other city builder.

[@SpitFir3Tornado]

If you're into city builders you need to check out Workers & Resources. It isn't for everyone but if it clicks for you it will make every other city builder feel so simple and shallow in comparison.

[@tommarsdon5644]

This isn't as much true with factory buildings, which do share a lot of similarities with city buildings. Of course the fascinating thing about that is that that genre is largely based on Minecraft mods.

[@MadocComadrin]

You should check out Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic if you haven't already. It has a realistic demolition option (as well as a realistic construction option) that forces you to have demolition offices in range that send out vehicles and teams to demolish buildings and other infrastructure in such a way that requires resources to do as well as handling waste output.

[@Rekkulani]

Somewhat Ironically, the best city builder I've played that takes into account that it's hard to destroy things is workers and resources soviet republic. To tear down a building you need demolition tools, landfills, trucks to haul the rubble and man power to complete it. So this game about making factories does everything in it's power to make your cities not just be another factorio game

[@MadocComadrin]

@@Rekkulani It's funny and frustrating that 10 minutes ago I made a similar reply to them about WR:SR, but KZbin is actively hiding the comment.

[@usukapal]

The minecraft nostalgia nearly brings me to tears each time. So much time with friends, alone, with everything

[@kebubas]

I feel ya bro/sis, I was fighting back tears almost the entire video

[@artielikesthings]

I've played Minecraft so much with so many groups over the years. I remember going through a mental breakdown and being awake at 2am, killing wither skeletons en mass and listening to my friend tell me she's pregnant. I remember the thousands of hours of podcasts I've gotten through draining ocean monuments. The moments of stupidity, the laughs, the tears... Minecraft is something that can never be replaced.

[@JohnDoe-ph6if]

y yall discussing pregnancy on minecraft lol. "yo hop on the server i have a huge announcement to make"

[@buckethatdotcom]

​@@JohnDoe-ph6if because they're friends and they just got pregnant??? Why wouldn't they want to share the news lol

[@tonyr-815]

@@JohnDoe-ph6if just admit u lonely man ill play wit you its gonna be ok

[@youmukonpaku3168]

@@JohnDoe-ph6if I have straight up made the "what if we put our beds together in MInecraft? hahaha jk...unless..." joke to *my wife.* You never just like, do stuff with your friends or your significant others? Talk to them while you're hanging out?

[@kakenob]

Holy shit in my 25 years of life i have never thought about listening to my backlog of podcasts and playing minecraft 0-0 ty OP

[@bmhatesacorns]

you’re like a cartoon character wearing the same thing in every video

[@_KnuXles]

It's his Hank Hill cosplay. "That unemployment rate ain't right, I tell you hwhat"

[@user-ne9sd4ow1o]

He really perfected the hair clip placement.

[@conorjohn490]

Wait, how many cartoon characters AREN'T wearing the same thing in every video?

[@jocylynkirsty4877]

Having a recognizable look is a pretty common tool in creating an established brand for celebrities, musicians, etc

[@J233-4]

His hair clippies are ICONIC 💅💅💅

[@mxttietb]

6:44 that's only true until you're zoned out, lost in thought while the music is playing and then get a reality check from the jumpscare of your pickaxe breaking

[@pXnTilde]

I don't stop because I get bored. I stop because I get lonely.

[@heyo9343]

What do you play on? I'd be down to play with some random person idk from a KZbin comment section lmao

[@bentpen2805]

Can you count me in too

[@Maccaroney]

The worst part about Minecraft is that there's a world full of things to do and no one to do it all with. Some of my best memories are playing games with friends.

[@hannibalrekruit]

Real

[@ThisAlias]

@heyo9343 It always ends with people leaving one by one. Happened a couple of times on strangers realms that I came across the Internet.

[@ablueberry795]

I've never really taken the time to properly play Minecraft, because I've constantly thought that I didn't have enough creativity for it. After all, if I can't build myself a beautiful house why would I spend the time to gather the materials for it? But as sappy as it might sound, and as overused as this saying is, I guess it really is more about the journey that you take to your end goal. If I don't feel like I can create myself a pretty home, then why don't I just learn how to do it? If there is one thing that I've always appreciated Minecraft for, it is exactly the way how it encourages you to take your time.

[@brettboi3730]

Bro shut up and go play the game already

[@ablueberry795]

@@brettboi3730 🫡

[@Kowzorz]

a wise dog once said sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something

[@flamethrowr_]

The great thing about minecraft is that it doesn't require anything. There is no direction, there are no rules saying you can't do something. If you don't think you have the creativity to make a good house, that's okay! Making an okay house is also allowed. The point of the game is not to play it right, but to play it the way you want to.

[@pleasegoawaydude]

@@brettboi3730 You're one of the worst types of people and you will mostly spend your life being brutish and unliked.

[@vakar5734]

5:44 Thats an amazing place to put a base

[@Linkard]

It's really incredible that this is 14 minutes of solid, fresh and interesting takes about Minecraft 15 years after the game came out. Great video

[@jarvis541]

Stick around because that’s all he does. Great KZbinr

[@RiposteBK]

I've been playing Minecraft sporadically since the Alpha release iirc ....also haven't got to the Ender Dragon 😂 never thought about why, but this video puts it together well. Thanks Austin.

[@normnormnormnormnormnromrornro]

one of my favorite ways to play is to beat the ender dragon first. Like don't build up a base, just be careful as shit and get what you need. It can be done in a few hours. Once the dragon is defeated, then start building your base. It's wayy different with end game items. Tons of fun. Then you can focus on exploring the overworld and shit

[@sherwinashford]

Maybe you've been trying to intentionally increase the amount of time you spend in that world without "beating the game" and getting to the point where you still have a few things to do, but they're too trivial to really get back to the world. I'm trying to increase my playtime in Fallout as much as I can as well. I don't do the main quests too often, but I just go on adventures. It's like sipping on wine.

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Same. Minmaxing fun till I burn out before I get there. First time I beat it was a few months or so ago with a friend :) been playing since 1.3 and that was the first time lol

[@raafmaat]

you do kinda want the elytra and shulker boxes! these 2 things help alottt even for just building! they are both gott after the ender dragon in that same area

[@Cathowl]

It took me years to beat the Ender Dragon on my main world. I'd beaten it in modded with friends, but on my oldest solo world? I just never bothered because I didn't care about "beating" the game when there was ore to mine and things to build. I honestly only really got around to it because I desperately needed shulker boxes because my storage was getting intensely out of hand.

[@theonelad3028]

i think the most important thing about minecraft is the moments of mundane. The moments during my friends and I yearly minecraft server when we just sit there at 2am fishing knowing we have to go to work in the morning but at this moment its just us vibing maybe talking maybe not but the silence is never scary

[@ChriSaito]

Man this hits hard. I still remember the first time I played Minecraft back in one of the Alphas. I bought the game but it was a laggy mess. I somehow convinced my dad to take my to Office Depot to get some RAM thinking it would help and luckily it did! I made this really cool house that opened up to the top of a cave with an opening on both sides that let the natural light in. On the bottom was a lake. I thought what I had found was so cool and spent some time just jumping off the balcony I made into the lake below. Eventually I decided to explore, but got lost and was never able to find my house again. I was sad about that, but the journey it led me on was so full of wonder and excitement. There's something about playing a new game and having no idea about whats actually possible. Everything is new and surprising. I still think about that first house sometimes but I also know the subsequent journey I had that I look back on just as fondly probably wouldn't have happened had I not lost it. I'd have stayed near and that area would have been where I stayed. With my house gone I didn't just want to make a new one that wouldn't be as good. So off I went.

[@sammcgarry5822]

Sounds to me like you never really lost your house, not really.

[@ChriSaito]

@@sammcgarry5822 it stays in my mind forever. One of the most important gaming memories of my life.

[@rosemeuschke6121]

Your level of obsessive detail soothes my autistic heart.

[@Rhyxelz]

ohhhhh same

[@LemonadeMouthSomebod]

Same. I feel like he really gets me. If only I had a friend like that

[@porthosduvallon5301]

For real!

[@TheDefilerAzog]

0:54 As someone who likes building, its the complete opposite, I need more blocks (orange ones plz microsoft)

[@clubsthesecond794]

Bro is not ready for what's waiting for them in the next update

[@kuirivito]

limited palettes are better than comprehensive ones. Beta was better

[@TheDefilerAzog]

@@kuirivito I can respect your opinion but that doesn't mean I agree with it. I'm not saying that everyone should agree with me, I am just stating my opinion, the same as you.

[@Aeropunk08]

4:29 Small note, C418 said out loud is "C-four-one-eight". On his KZbin thumbnails it actually has the "one" spelled out. Really doesn't matter, I just thought it cool he found a way of visually expressing how he says his username.

[@SpaghettiEnterprises]

see for one; ate.

[@just.a.jester8233]

i always say this in my head whenever i hear someone say "4 18" and i've even been corrected for say "4 1 8"

[@monohymn]

Can't really fault people when Wikipedia says it's the other way.

[@Aeropunk08]

@@monohymn huh, it does. I swear he's said it four one eight in other interviews. Again, doesn't really matter, so if I'm wrong then oops 😅

[@fartmerchant762]

I'm just glad it's not supposed to be leet speak for "Calb"

[@stevensmith1031]

9:44 in 2012 I started a world on PC Gamer's Minecraft demo. When I got the full game, I continued on that world. I still have it, 12 years later. I remember when and why I built everything. It's like an ever-growing time capsule.

[@couchlion]

That's actually really cool my oldest world is like 7-8yrs but 12!! You should upload a video of it

[@kcryrine5056]

during the pandemic, i was building a giant pagoda in a survival server with my friends. my boyfriend at the time left me a chest with a bunch of the blocks i needed and a flower, it was really sweet. still friends with that group but we've drifted for sure. great video

[@quantum_himbo]

i have been playing minecraft since 2011 and iv'e also never fought the ender dragon

[@eltiolavara9]

i only beat him thanks to keepinventory

[@Devlinator61116]

I only beat him once in creative mode. I skipped the credits because I didn't feel like I earned it honestly.

[@tiyarnawhiteman1706]

Same here, I play minecraft kinda goofy I just don't take it super serious but it brings me so much joy it's nice to know there's others who play the same way

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Yea never got a trident or my wings YET.

[@ElLocoMonkey2012]

same, my friend fought it in our server. been running our server for 12? 14? ish years, still going... haha

[@roonkolos]

Theres a random hole with an anvil in my first minecraft server Its the remnants of when a friend of mine set off an anvil trap i made. I literally pulled a looney tunes on him ♡ That was about 10 years ago. I refused to move it

[@stephenblack8698]

10:15 Hurting my heart man. Great job with the concepts in your video. Phenomenal.

[@ZeepDr]

I literally started a new Minecraft world this week! Your timing is scarily perfect. O.O And you captured the feelings of playing Minecraft PERFECTLY. Thanks for the vibes. Today is a good day.

[@kirbylover37]

Me too! On bedrock, just for fun I'm gonna see how many achievements I can get, make some farms

[@BierBart12]

The mention of preset plots reminded me of some fun things, like how people deliberately limit themselves to building on preset plots on the many servers with that kind of system. Or the myriad of one chunk build challenges. Or even something like Skyblock. Some get overwhelmed by the infinite and NEED those kinds of boundaries to truly allow their creativity to flourish. I really admire people who can plan intricate builds beyond view distance, but also the ones who can build something beautiful with clear intent in a tiny, confined space. I really wish I could revisit some of those first worlds I had back between 2010-2015, but they're long lost.

[@SirKingCora]

I started playing Minecraft on the Wii U shortly before the Switch was released. I was working two jobs and it kept me away from home a lot. When I had free time I'd play just to see what the game was about and it really caught my interest. I'd spend that time on the couch with my cat in my lap. Made a lot of stuff. Eventually got busier or played another game. My boy passed a while ago, but randomly and recently, I booted up my old map and couldn't stop reminiscing of building certain structures, buildings with him in my lap or by my side. So, maybe in lucky cases - (9:52) memories can be a little more than unremarkable.

[@MystWalkur]

5:34 I will say that my biggest… let down? Is how lonely Minecraft feels unless it’s a server. For me the long periods of no music makes it feel that much emptier. I still love the game! But I never last too long playing by myself

[@_bibi_s]

i think lonelyness is a part of the experience. it can make you contemplate on what you are in the universe. judging by the poem at the end, i think the game wants you to feel that

[@endertamer3273]

the loneliness definitely drags sometimes! I think my favorite way of combating it is to build "busy" structures that look inhabited and make stories around them, and collecting and naming like a billion pets lol

[@ollie5927]

being plopped into a new minecraft world is the closest any of us will get to exploring a new continent

[@kirbylover37]

Maybe real life visiting other countries and going on hikes. Sure they've been explored, but it's new to you!

[@TheStarBlack]

This!

[@Nate.mp4]

I grew up with my first influence of Minecraft being ChimneySwift's The Minecraft Files series. In every episode, he would have a new task completely of his own design. He built a massive town with character in every corner. The most amazing part being that he was entirely alone in the world, not even villagers existed at that point. By himself, he told a story with his world. I always hear about people getting bored of the game after a period of time, and I of course don't play the same world forever, but by approaching a new world with the aim of telling a story brings the experience to it's peak.

[@khiralshimmer]

0:22 "Just kidding" he says, as he proceeds to do it again anyway.

[@TheActualSeth]

I host a Minecraft server for friends during the holiday months every year and it’s so true, every block placed tells a story, and if you ever go back to the worlds it’s like opening a photo album. So special and even with friends that are no longer with us you can see how they touched the world, they were there too and the world remembers

[@jito7377]

11:05 "coming back to your home in minecraft" Feels for me like coming home. Like you go to your favorite grandma's place. It is nostalgic and unappologetic is a special way. There are no duties appart from which you choose. It stayes the same and welcomes you back with open arms and unconditional love.

[@Rogue_Fire-pb5cj]

I will never get enough of your endless pontificating, Austin

[@MelonsVideos]

2 weeks of playing Minecraft then forgetting about it for months is a phenomenon that should be studied.

[@zombiedoe3404]

in my experience i stop playing as soon as i try actually exploring the world. hours of running all to find maybe one interesting biome or landmark

[@goblinmode2831]

Yeah maybe minecraft aint all that like y’all try to claim it is. I love halo 2, i been playing it religiously since i was a lil kid and not once have i gotten bored of it so maybe y’all only like the first 5 minutes of starting a minecraft world. Which would mean the game isn’t grasping ur attention enough. I swear, minecraft fans cope so much cuz if u say the game isn’t fun they tell u to play with friends and if u say it’s still not fun with friends they tell u that ur not playing with the right friends. Bruh, couldn’t that apply to any game in the world? Miecraft just aint all that, sorry

[@blitzie66]

@@goblinmode2831i have to disagree, lots of games i love that i take time from and always come back to, the key is come back to. you take breaks, you never leave it. you just sound kinda bitter man

[@neotuxxedo]

Always 2 weeks.

[@queuedjar4578]

@@goblinmode2831 Minecraft is really what you make it dude. I've turned it into everything from a military simulation game that rivals Arma 3 to an MMORPG. If you get no mileage out of it, you basically just have no imagination, which is fine. I can also create the entirety of halo 2 inside of Minecraft.

[@HelloEricBeaton]

Just got crushed by a hurricane and this is the sort of tranquil appreciation of small beautiful moments that I need.

[@Landscape_]

I almost fkng cried with the ending credits/poem of minecraft, i was kind of emotional at the time so it was easy to make me drop a tear. But wow it felt personal

[@syrelian]

And it was meant to, the muse had taken him when he wrote that, btw its free to use and he has an article on some blog somewhere about it, short version is that Markus never actually hashed out a contract about it, it was always on "We'll sort that out later", and then MS got Minecraft and he would rather not deal with the legal matter of them realizing their product has something they don't own nor license, so he made it public domain

[@purplecat4977]

I DID cry. Like, something hit me about halfway through, I don't know what, and I just cracked. I guess that's the power of good poetry.

[@mysticat]

you put the feeling into words so well, minecraft might truly be the best game ever made

[@SirTotallyAverage]

I find that once that boredom start to set in, rather than start a whole new map, putting all my items in a chest and just teleporting to a random location somewhere else in the world scratches that same itch. Starting fresh in a new area, but then you have the fun of trying to get back to where you started and all the old builds if you want.

[@Gearjerk5]

I recommend you beat the Ender Dragon someday. I've been playing since the beta, but only beat the dragon this year. The feeling when the credits rolled was ...complex, but indescribable. Thanks for the video.

[@sypeiterra7613]

Fuck man, you made me cry on my lizard resting on my chest

[@vogelvrouw]

Lmao this comment is so funny to me, hope the lizard didn't mind the sudden shower of tears

[@bugjams]

At least you _have_ a lizard on ur chest. We can all only hope to be as lucky

[@skazleadhoof6406]

He probably got just as emotional

[@spankyjeffro5320]

No.

[@angeloey]

“And the universe said: I love you” makes me cry every damn time

[@soejrd24978]

I'd give a lot log in to my minecraft worlds of 2011-2015

[@Buzzedcoyote]

Nothing like Any Austin and braised beef short ribs with bacon Gouda cheese mashed potatoes

[@cuttlefishfan]

sounds fire

[@LexSchilperoord]

Cool, I work in the city your cheese comes from

[@MysticalRefpanel]

dude have mercy on us

[@duncanedgin9433]

Or how about turkey sandwhich and corn chips and cereal for the 200th day in a row?

[@notme5844]

​@@duncanedgin9433 Switch it up, different cereal, potato chips instead and put some on the sandwich too.

[@xcaedes]

Thank you for complementing the game for the many things that it does well despite many things being hated. Instant sub.

[@DracoGalboy]

My oldest worlds are currently lost media. The hard drive from the computer I had in the early 2010s is (maybe, probably) in my parent's storage unit. Maybe someday I'll be able to revisit them

[@queuedjar4578]

Somewhere, in my parents house I have 10 year old mini game maps made almost entirely in redstone on USB sticks for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft. I keep reminding myself to try to dig those up every time I go back.

[@megongaga69]

Duit

[@jackal1261]

@@queuedjar4578 I was amazed my first worlds were still on planet minecraft after like 10 years. I uploaded them cause I felt proud of my little cobblestone village and sandstone castle I copied off a KZbinr in 2011 😂 brought back* so many memories exploring it again

[@danielfox4168]

Finally, a modern Minecraft video that isn’t about how “Mojang is ruining it.”

[@queuedjar4578]

newer updates are objectively worse, however Minecraft is so vast and has so many microcosms that you don't even have to focus on the new updates.

[@ashleyneku5432]

@@queuedjar4578 Playing fast and loose with the literal definition of "objectively" definitely makes your point more believable than you just admitting you came from that "Old Minecraft was Better" video that KZbin recommended to everyone.

[@purplecat4977]

Agreed. You don't even have to use the updates if you don't want to. It's weird how worked up people get.

[@LordOfNihil]

the cool thing about minecraft is they let you play any version that you want. still on 1.19 pending all the stuff i have to do before upgrading my world to the next major version.

[@bendavis1643]

Moving, beautiful, and hits at the soul of why we try to play in life and often are resigned to find a sense of play in games. This is a brilliant tribute.

[@harleyspeedthrust4013]

Yep, that's the life of every minecraft server that you start with friends. I'm fortunate that the server I have with my friends has been up for 4 years. Sometimes we play on it, but usually it's just me or it's me and one friend. When we started the server, we played every night for a week. We play in creative mode so there's really no end to the game, you just build whatever you want to build, kill villagers, etc. That server got me and my friend through some tough times

[@SorryImKindaShy]

8:15 that hurted fr

[@mattmckeon3898]

I get so genuinely emotional watching your videos, the way you capture all of those little moments that great such a beautiful experience, all of the small details that would otherwise go unnoticed in the whole of a game experience. It brings back all of those wondrous and unexplainable feelings of playing a new game for the first time as a kid. The magic of getting immersed in a new world that was so thoughtfully and lovingly created. I appreciate what you do a lot, thank you.

[@cjaawesome616]

minecraft has had amazing staying power in my life. 13 years and i can still boot it up and play it and have fun

[@renaigh]

R.I.P Dig Doug, the true Minecraft predecessor.

[@AtlasAttakus]

Dude I read this as RIP Doug Doug for a second and had a heart attack, you can’t do that to me 😭

[@LittlePimp2024]

I had one of those little joystick emulator things that you connected to the TV as a child. I PLAYED THE SHIT OUT OF DIG DOUG(DUG?). Thanks man. Good memory.

[@olliemunchies]

Played it on a commadore 64 in the early 90's. Probably the first game i ever played. Good times!

[@rooma2444]

Resistance is futile omg. 🙂 . .

[@queuedjar4578]

He's, well, he's dig dug.

[@kaspz421]

Genuinely haven't watched a video I enjoyed and related to as much as this one in a long time, thank you for making this, love your content.

[@OniiHvH]

Wow, Austin. I used to watch you many years ago as I eagerly waited for the next Egg Busters episode for my favourite Zelda games. I just want to say, congratulations on your progress up to this point. I love seeing you be yet so passionate about video games in ways where you can just talk non-stop about the best elements of games. Love your videos Austin.

[@Technonova323]

11:44 those parallels kinda hit me hard. Kind of insane how our real life actions and decisions may reflect in a game such as this.

[@kebubas]

if I'm being honest, rarely, if ever, I noticed the music stop, but I definitely remember noticing it start every single time. I would be running somewhere, digging, tidying up around the house *music starts* I stop. I take a few short moments to savor the feeling, maybe even look around, reminding myself how beautiful the game was in it's simplicity. Mind you, last time I played was the 1.0 full release while most of my play time was put into Beta 1.8. I teared up a few times watching this video, you really hit most of those points close to home for me. And it hurts.

[@Shirkides]

Is the Any Austin community server dropping soon?

[@ZezacleB]

Server Rules: Respect the odd, unremarkable, and soft moments and spaces.

[@SirReginaldBumquistIII]

Uh, no ..

[@Purriah]

@@ZezacleBno building allowed

[@CaptainZark]

I'd love to watch "unremarkable and odd places in my communities abandoned Minecraft server"

[@SirReginaldBumquistIII]

@@CaptainZark wow how Interesting

[@zebdawson3687]

Although I get it, no KZbin content creator should have to apologize for sponsorship. It pays the bills and if it really bothers someone they can just skip it. Props for gettin’ yo bread, homie!

[@Maxidos]

Imagine if you die irl and then you achieve the ‘higher level’ that the end poem talks about

[@James-rl5tj]

Listen, sir. You're going to have to tell me about the hair clips. SOONER OR LATER I WILL HAVE THIS LORE.

[@maniravsadhur8409]

I have been wondering about that but I'm glad you took the first step asking. I'm not sure we'll get an answer though.

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

Its probably something dumb like it looks better with the green screen but im just as curious

[@balint.k]

Definitely a greenscreen/hair "solution" but they are literally preventing me from being able to watch these videos.

[@maniravsadhur8409]

​@@balint.kThis hairpinophobia has to stop 🤣

[@Undomaranel]

​@@balint.k Sounds like a you problem if hair clips of all things are that distracting.

[@Laogeodritt]

I started playing Minecraft back in alpha, long before villagers, the End, many of the generated structures, even before SMP was particularly playable. For me, there was a very strong duality that characterised Minecraft: the wonder of exploration and a new world that you talk about and solitude. For a new player, it was a first day of wonder and a first night of terror. For an experienced player, it was a rush to gather basic materials (coal and wood mostly), to find a spot, and to build a crude shelter. Then the first night was mining for stone and iron underground. You were always alone-unless you considered pigs, zombies and skellies company. You had to survive and build up a life for yourself from nothing, in the absence of any other person to talk to, to care for, to love. Still divided on whether Herobrine, whom I feel watching me from a distance, is someone I would like to avoid or someone I'd like to invite into my base.

[@PinePizza]

I too joined before the adventure update and I kinda feel like something has been taken from us with force when that controversial update arrived. Minecraft was lonely and had this slightly scary feeling to it that slowly turned into coziness in the environments you slowly turned into your own. Now you can't run for 5 minutes without the villagers and their weird noises. Something about the world gen is very different too. I miss old Minecraft, but no Vintage Story fills that survival hole. It's a very different game though.

[@jtm94]

This makes me very nostalgic for all of my Minecraft adventures. I think I still have a world from a previous server saved somewhere. I wanna go walk around and reminisce as if I'm walking through my childhood town frozen in time.

[@Sizzyl]

It does always suck when you spawn far away from stuff you want though, spending like 5 hours traveling to find a jungle can be such a pain (but also a fun journey) depending on which background music you end up hearing.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

One time I spawned in a desert, miles away from any wood at all. I survived by stealing stuff from a desert village until I found a shipwreck that I could dismantle, so I could build some tools and a boat, that I sailed until I found a place with trees. But by then I was emotionally attached to the desert village, so I sailed back with a backpack full of saplings and forested an area near the desert. TLDR The worst spawn locations produce the best memories.

[@merumeruYo]

Now I feel melancholic and kind of sad, thanks Austin.

[@saintsnakech]

Man, watching this at 4am on a Friday hit in some very deep levels. Please, never stop allowing yourself to ramble, theorize and philosophize about your topics and videos, Austin. It's one of the best, most important and beautiful parts of this Channel. And boy are there many 💜

[@soejrd24978]

oh boy another any austin video! My day is 6% better now!

[@MikeHawkaMildlyStank]

oh boy another soejrd24978 comment! My day is 12% better now!

[@TheStarBlack]

I must have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours playing Minecraft and I also have never had any interest in the ender dragon! A good guide for interest levels is how many full double chest you've got. I don't think I've ever filled more than 4 of them before survival just becomes too easy and I lose interest. But I love love starting new worlds and that early game challenge to survive and establish yourself. I think that kind of experience is written into our DNA, the desire to find new places and shape them to suit us.

[@YianKutKu2]

I thought it was just me who played minecraft like this so it's validating that it seems to be pretty common haha.

[@de132]

I play Minecraft on peaceful exclusively since combat and the end does not interest me in the slightest. I'm building a nation of villages and connecting them

[@incaseofchaos]

I LOVE the way that comfort & familiarity gradually take hold in a world. That ‘home safe’ feeling you get when you make it back to base after a long trek. “Minecraft really is just the best” well said. Cheers.

[@greenlight2k]

12:22 We can always use more philosophical viewpoints on games and gaming in general, so no need to go into defence there ;-)

[@creepyendy]

3:02 the villagers think diffrently when i annex their church

[@DarrinMichelson]

Honestly this is the only channel where i actually watch the sponsors. Its honetsly genuinely good delivery, jokes, etc.

[@Xethron91]

1:09 One thing I learned from Knowledge Fight is that anytime someone starts a sentence with "listen" or "look" there's always an implicit ", asshole, " after it lol.

[@dawsonhealy4327]

Me and my friends picked up minecraft again during covid, after 6 or so years of not having played it. That game was insane. Water zombies? Horses? Flying little shits that hunt you for your insomnia? We leveled half a mountain to build an epic castle, and made it primarily out of stone bricks. Those bricks needed to be smelted in a furnace to be made, so we learned nothing from Doom and tapped into the Nether to get energy for the furnaces. 3/4 of us were killed by the ender dragon in its first volley (holy shit it breathes fire now), and eventually defeated it using human wave tactics and trench warfare. Now we’re waiting for another few years to pick it up again and do it all over again.

[@steelformrarity4590]

Never felt like I related to the way Austin played games much, coming from someone who shares the same name. All this talk of counting rivers and telephone wires and following npcs around never interested me, but this video was different. Ive always had a Minecraft world that, when id get bored, id simply travel thousands of blocks in the nether, destroy the portal, put all my stuff in an end chest and destroy that too until im left with nothing to experience it all again. The feeling of running around my world, and suddenly finding a torch, or a dirt shack, and taking those few moments to recall where i am and those memories that may have been weeks or years ago is truly what makes the game special to me. My friends always tear down their old houses, their overnight bases, break torches on their way out, it drives me insane. I love when my world is full of hundreds of small places that were forever changed because of me and my friends.

[@toppedbygock]

I just remembered I subscribed to your Patreon and there's a bunch of stuff on there for me to watch, so that's what I'll be doing after this. Thanks, Austin.

[@npcrah]

The only thing this video gets vehemently wrong is 10:26 . The weird field we used to play on would not be developed into a park with benches, as nice as that sounds. It would be developed into high density apartments offering studio or 1 bedroom, or 2 bedroom apartments starting at $4,500 a month USD for the studio apartments.

[@PrincipalButtsavage]

That's what I was thinking

[@RyuchiZorro]

Yep, I had the exact same thought. Every space eventually turns into apartment buildings.

[@vertex546]

It's crazy...you hit the nail on the head. 6:30 and thusly expanded upon at 11:41. I was 100% the person who did "some" decorating just to make sure I had a "house" but that build always ended up with the same old 9x9 squares with chests everywhere, labelled and sorted appropriately. In our worlds, I was always the only one buildings long roads to each others homes. 12 years(!!) ago I made an automatic wheat farm set up and I still use it every time I play. It's ugly as sin, but it gives the maximum amount of wheat you can get per 1 block of water with the click of a switch. I was all function over form. Hell I even dug a massive 3x3 tunnel spanning ~2200 blocks long just to reach a friends house. They had no idea I was doing it until I popped out of the ground outside her base after a solid 1-2 weeks of digging. We played with mods and I used many a drill bits, but damn did it look gooooood. I'm now in my thirties and own my own home. I have picked up various art works that I love from artists at conventions. They are sitting on a table because I never hanged them. I refuse to tape them. Function over Form!

[@ender7278]

8:23 Minecraft: A Human Story The End. If that's not the thesis of this video, I don't know what is.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

9:16 bruh really? The Conduit? I had a Clan playing that on the Wii :D

[@MackAttack9090]

Dude I thought I recognized that game! Great times

[@Emma-jg4bt]

I still remember the first world I loaded up in the demo version when I asked my dad if he could install it for me and play it together, how I spawned in a beautiful forest with hills all over the place, when I found a cliffside with a bunch of coal and how it ended after 1 hour. My dad bought the game for me after I played the demo version like 10-15 times in a row and I'm still incredibly greatful that he did. That game was with me through all the turmoil of my teenage years, when I felt lonely or like an outcast. I still remember so vividly on one new years eve where I played a jump map on some random server and ended up taking for ages with the other person that was stuck on the same part of the map. But I think the most important thing that that game will always give me is the awareness of how awesome my dad is and how much I love him.