The UNTOLD History of Minecraft Traps...

[@TheMisterEpic]

So which trap do you think is most recognisable? Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment! Join my discord - discord.gg/WGc9UNM

[@MrCommentGod]

*The best trap is the one where you can’t get out*

[@LukeHuber]

2nd comment literally

[@Hi-qe6eu]

The obsidian trap as it is so easy to do in Skywars.

[@riponrip4574]

4th comment!

[@Hi-qe6eu]

hasdhsas

[@SemiHypercube]

don't forget the other oldest trap in the book: Press Alt + F4 for free diamonds

[@TheMisterEpic]

Hahaha how could I forget

[@MrCommentGod]

Click Q next to lava also works (must be holding item you want to dupe)

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

press f3 + c for 10 seconds

[@benjaminschwartz7465]

Omg really lemme ju-

[@lestick4368]

I thought you got free diamonds from throwing a shulker of netherite into a cactus pit

[@PonyCraft]

>"When players discovered Iron Doors" Man that takes me back, when things were added and not everything was announced. Such a magical time for Minecraft.

[@alexniklaus6216]

i will forever remember the idiot trap as the one that Jerma thought was going to spin.

[@TheMisterEpic]

So funny

[@MrCommentGod]

@@TheMisterEpic lol

[@CM-NightDK]

The thing is, If you hide the idiot trap in plain sight, It becomes Very good

[@droidicalwars38]

JERMA?! SUS!!!!!1!!1!!1!!1!1!1!!!

[@Scrogan]

Did mob path finding ever actually make them walk through the doors onto the pressure plate though? I know I never caught any.

[@koshkamatew]

The traps of our childhoods, when we used to trap our friends using these in pocket edition, console editions and early java. Those were the days

[@SerenitudeSounds]

ikr

[@lebaguette886]

Shocking kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKmciK1voMtrY9E

[@inasapostle12thapostleofth91]

Indeed. I miss those good ol days, they were so nostalgic

[@Romaren_1904]

No way koshmatew

[@1224chrisng]

console edition RIP, remember playing minigames on PS3

[@orange_plume4666]

I love how aggressive he is towards players who fell for the iron door trap

[@TheMisterEpic]

They deserve it if they fall for it lol

[@charlestonianbuilder344]

@@TheMisterEpic if you put a tnt under the pressure plate it would turrn into a modern version of that trap

[@silverdiamond2098]

@@TheMisterEpic I've seen a video from an smp series where an op accidentally built an iron door trap at spawn because he forgot about spawn protection and then another player without op permissions walked into it and couldn't escape at all XD

[@thatonebadusername]

@@TheMisterEpic I was 10 Minecraft had just come out and I was on my friends server so there

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@charlestonianbuilder344 at that point you have a proper land mine that you can’t escape, although you gotta sacrifice 4 iron doors for it, and it’d be pretty easy to avoid.

[@a_angry_bunny]

The "idiot trap" really was an og trap that I use to see all the time but now haven't seen in almost a decade. I used to get PTSD whenever I saw a iron door because people got very creative in disguising this trap. You would think this trap would be pretty easy to spot, and most were, but some creative people were really dedicated to using this trap or at least something very similar to it.

[@swissbulgarianprod]

Ah yes the good ol times where a chest opening can lead to falling in lava

[@MrCommentGod]

Ah yes (I did a typo)

[@AbnormalAbnorman]

@@MrCommentGod it want a typo

[@liemduongthanh8386]

@@MrCommentGod it wasn’t a typo

[@MrCommentGod]

@@liemduongthanh8386 yeah because I edited it

[@mr-redify]

@@MrCommentGod ol‘

[@dracula8791]

Very interesting traps, but man do I wish those trapped chests looked normal... such a shame

[@nett_the_tree]

I love that Mojang did add a trap block in the past update: the Powdered Snow. It shows that Mojang is still thinking of those people out there who enjoy setting up traps and figuring out new traps that they can add to Minecraft. Edit: Yeah, there are actually a lot of new traps coming out so Mojang really hasn't forgotten about how the community love making traps. Edit #2: Okay, there is a lot more Minecraft traps that I didn't think off the top of my head.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Maybe I'll make an updated video in a few months with more newer traps

[@sythem]

they are also adding sculk sensors

[@mfcfbro]

Don't forget that dripstone can be used as a trap as well.

[@devinlarson1947]

@@TheMisterEpic Don't forget end crystal traps (the instant landmine). I had a lot of fun with that :)

[@magmati55]

we could use quicksand in the upcoming one

[@lennartstockl5826]

One of my favorite traps was used in a final fight during a german event called Varo. McExpert used stacked tnt carts hidden underneath the battleground that were remotely triggered by updating a dirt block with a hoe. It was designed to launch his enemies far enough into the air to kill them with fall damage.

[@andrasstaub5286]

2:30 Torches still have this "feature" you just have to place sand on top of a torch, not putting a torch underneath falling sand, this mechanic didn't change a bit. It works the same now as it did back then.

[@KontrolYT]

Also if I am remembering correctly, you can still place it under “falling” sand, as in you can place it under sand if you break a block and instantly place a torch before the sand actually starts falling and it will hold the sand up.

[@TheNuclearBolton]

@@KontrolYT you are correct young blood

[@Anna-1917]

The mob proximity detectors still work too if I remember correctly

[@mollof7893]

Was gomna comment this

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

2:41

[@WVER-gc2fs]

I feel the deep dark-related blocks are going to lead to a rise in new traps once it's out

[@fnaffoxy1987]

Definitely. For a slew of examples, I'd recommend Cubfan135's video titled "No Longer Safe"

[@SupersuMC]

Warden traps, anyone?

[@DakalaShade]

Yep. Sound-activated land mines are a favorite on a little SMP I'm part of. Also, for less destructive annoyances, a whole pile of shriekers under someone's base is hilarious.

[@jasonso2056]

Traps have really come a long way. We've gone from placing pressure plates leading to TNT on the drop in a path to things like observer traps with TNT minecarts that are usually an instakill, traps that utilize game mechanics such as bed wake-up positions, and more.

[@wio1]

I mean, it's not surprising traps have come a long way if you consider the fact that Mojang likes to add new content to the game

[@superslimanoniem4712]

Yeah, I just made a system that'll trap any barrel without using that much space haha. Using tnt minecarts so the player can't run.

[@jasonso2056]

@@wio1 That’s the beauty of Minecraft. More content means more ways of doing things.

[@NetherMageRL]

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[@peaksuperset454]

7:41 I like how TheMisterEpic just yeets himself into the void and regrets it one second later

[@stfuyfc69420]

I remember when pocket edition didn't have redstone and players would make crazy huge adventure and puzzle maps that ran off of signs and torches to activate certain things

[@hengedraws]

People are crazy creative, that would be a good video topic too!

[@The_Jzoli]

Redstone alternatives was what they were called. Made a few maps myself.

[@hengedraws]

@@The_Jzoli that’s super cool! Impressive

[@ganii1804]

thank you for including jerma's clip on the idiot trap. truly a reminder on how it still remains effective

[@optimx314]

just... break the block below you?

[@1224chrisng]

8:37 I knew Etho invented the sand signs trap, but I didn't know that Grian invented the tnt version, kinda apt now that they're both playing on Third Life

[@dnxx503]

Uep

[@kristophia7310]

I still think it's funny that back in the day when Minecraft was first popular I would do that without knowing the internet was even a thing... bruh I still wonder where I got that from

[@dnxx503]

@@kristophia7310 it all adds up

[@04ahrenadhikary9g4]

Ahem "Last" life

[@vincentbismonte3497]

@@04ahrenadhikary9g4 that's just season 2 of third life so either way it's the same, also both played in third life so wym

[@SMILEY-eo4hj]

I remember the hardcore faction days like it was yesterday. We'd often make pit traps as they were the most efficient and easy to build. We'd log on with piles of loot from people attempting to grief our base

[@The_Dev_175]

4:44 Oh hell yeah Jerma! I’m so glad you used this glorious moment! Although, I’m kind of sad you cut off the part where he said “I thought it would spin” after stepping into the trap.

[@hengedraws]

Little additions like that make videos so much better, they add up, loved this video, also jerma is hilarious

[@Vortexiiixii]

Back then in MC: Pocket Edition, there's no redstone, so we have to improvise by using sand, cactus and torch. That was an old style of using redstone. I discover it when I download some maps for MCPE and find how did they do the sand trick door.

[@yamamotohiromori419]

The portal and bed trap is the scariest one, you wouldn't really know it's there and you would be able to escape it, anarchy server really build different

[@yamamotohiromori419]

*wouldn't sorry about that

[@royalaza]

@@NationDixon you’re*

[@potterfanz6780]

You can actually punch obsidian to get out, it only takes about 3 minutes of holding left click.

[@henke37]

@@potterfanz6780 You don't have three minutes when you are about to teleport yet again.

[@potterfanz6780]

@@henke37 This might depend on your server, but in my experience you can't teleport again unless you step completely out of the portal.

[@owenford7912]

I remember playing pocket edition around 2015 and one day when I was out sick I looked up non redstone traps and spent hours trying to build the sign trap and when I finally got it to work it was one of the happiest moments of my life

[@Octowisp]

This honestly brings me back, thanks for the great content.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Np :)

[@spicetea4060]

*sees pfp* Ah, a man of culture as well.

[@D3NPC]

"Ah, no. Not these ones" It hurts worse because I know who that is

[@mattguy1773]

9:52 That brings back PSTD of being forced to play League with my brothers

[@TheMisterEpic]

Hahaha

[@doctorsarcasm.]

std by playing league...interesting

[@edi6722]

@@doctorsarcasm. ptsd not std…

[@doctorsarcasm.]

@@edi6722 that was the joke bro, he wrote pstd instead of ptsd

[@edi6722]

@@doctorsarcasm. “he wrote ptsd instead of ptsd” mmhmm lol

[@SuperGamingBrosSGB]

3:27 In earlier versions of Bedrock/ Pocket Edition, this trap was used by map creators as a replacement for redstone since redstone didn't exist in that version yet.

[@ruddiestmanx5116]

I remember when sand and gravel didn’t fall. I made a house out of sand. Update came and it fell when a block update happened. Also a tip to get out of traps and stuff easily. Chorus fruit. Doesn’t do damage unlike Ender pearls. Which is a big risk using a Ender pearl on low health plus it refills your hunger.

[@rowanbaillie9814]

Another option is a bucket of lava, if you place it and pick it up before it flows into you, that breaks the portal blocks

[@jadethecrabhighpriest5394]

@@rowanbaillie9814 that only works for one type of trap

[@Tatsu4242]

The iron door trap was OP on creative servers when you’d have a plot and you had to allow the person to build so ghey couldn’t destroy the pressure plate or doors

[@thiagoandrey2897]

IMO the best use was putting a water block and a full block above, so the player drows before they can break the pressure plate

[@Firefly256]

@@thiagoandrey2897 swim and place a block above you to block off water

[@kikikillian1208]

@@Firefly256 ?! How are you supposed to do that? Your head is in the water source block

[@Firefly256]

@@kikikillian1208 if you’re in water you can swim to get you from 2x1 body to 1x1 body. Similar to how crawling works using trapdoors

[@kikikillian1208]

@@Firefly256 pretty sure you need both parts of your body under water. Besides, the moment there is the space above you to place a block, you would stand up instantly

[@paskky913]

I figured out the nether trap one by myself and to this day I am so proud of that invention. In faction servers there is a way to raid by spawning a nether portal in the middle of the base. I built a nether trap near the center to defend against whoever tried it and turn the tables on them. Too bad I was later raided by a premium player that was basically in creative mode.

[@jcakes4499]

Etho showed off the door trap in episode 2 of his let's play on December 18 2010.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Oh damn, I knew I had seen it in an earlier video!

[@Lukas99g]

my favorite minecraft trap is the idiot trap variation where you get trapped in a small area by vertical pistons theres something weirdly satisfying about how its completely open but walls appear near you when you try to leave the area

[@AsimoaType02]

You can also place cobwebs in a way that makes the head of players stuck inside of the web, pretty much making them unable to hit you back (you can either crit them out then or proceed to obitrap then). This is very common in gamemodes like gommehd skywars and players like x-sus have mastered it. It also makes for good pvp clips. The german pvp community in general hasn't forgotten trapping unlike most of the others, it's needed for knockback bedwars, hg, skywars and a lot of 1v1 modes. For me it's just a normal part of pvp, and i was kinda surprised it's not used outside of uhc in the international scene.

[@danburrykerman6826]

Sometimes portal traps can be escaped through relogging, however, that becomes an issue when there's a queue like 2b2t.

[@Lilithksheh7723]

Funny to find a Kerbal Space Program player here.

[@MahiAviation]

Trapping has recently spiked (within the last month or so), at least in the Bedrock circles I’m in. Thanks, as usual, for the great video!

[@TheMisterEpic]

:)

[@williamjosephburns1504]

*Yep. As expected, those traps went from "ah, nostalgic" "that'd be cool to use" "oh, interesting" to "....some people really do be evil like that, aye".* great video.

[@MrBelles104]

I remember reading an onoffical minecraft book with a tree trap that would blow up tnt when a tree was mined and one that made you fall to death when opening the door with a pressureplate.

[@nevermore3055]

What

[@mystic-malevolence]

@@nevermore3055 Old TNT mechanic was that once placed, hitting it would trigger it to explode, so an old trap was to replace the top log of a tree with TNT so that when someone tried cutting it down, they would hit the TNT and trigger it. OP is saying it was described in an unofficial book. A pressure plate causing one to drop to their death is still possible by putting sand under the pressure plate, TNT under that, and a drop.

[@Froggo9000]

@@mystic-malevolence No I think there was redstone involved in the tree one I remember it, they had a lever on the bottom of a log which was deactivating redstone torches and when you mined the log the torches activated along with the tnt

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

@@mystic-malevolence that’s not it, it used a lever on the bottom part of the trunk with redstone torches connected to it so when the bottom block was broken it would activate a load of tnt around it

[@mystic-malevolence]

@@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544 Interesting, I have trouble picturing how that would work without having the bottom block half-buried, but it at least doesn't rely on a tnt mechanic removed in Beta 1.7.

[@lewismassie]

I watched a seamless piston floor tutorial in like 2014 and I still remember how its built to this day, though I haven't built one in years

[@megadubstepxd9462]

"Ah no, not these ones" absolute Gold

[@TheMisterEpic]

Hahaha I'm glad people got it

[@megadubstepxd9462]

@@TheMisterEpic

[@spacecowboi5466]

what did it mean?

[@_Bran]

@@spacecowboi5466 uh oh

[@Reningale]

@@_Bran he's too innoecent

[@user-ov2kx8ql5i]

Them: Uses traps to protect my base Me: Uses traps to hide my base.

[@frostynoms5517]

I see that Evo footage. Man that was such a good series. Grian was an absolute terror!

[@basmbee4325]

So this vid showed up in recommended, instant subscribe from me. The feels haha, and the ptsd. Great vid :) A modern traps list would be awesome, if you're up for that.

[@jehmarxx]

Can you tackle how the horror element in Minecraft progressed up until 1.19, which was just announced yesterday's Minecraft Live 2021?

[@TheMisterEpic]

Interesting, I'll look into it

[@superslimanoniem4712]

Don't think it'll be too scary once I blast in with tnt haha. I'm just looking for sculk sensors, need them for better traps.

[@ThePopeOfAwesomeness]

Made an amazing drop down piston trap that removed an entire loot room on a server my friends and I made. If you read the signs that explained the commands you'd be able to get out but if not you'd be stuck. 100% success rate so far

[@silverdiamond2098]

I love that you used footage from Evolution smp. It was a really interesting and fun series to watch. Sadly the members abandoned the series after they updated the server to release versions

[@Sillimant_]

Didn't it lose a lot of steam after grian left for hermitcraft?

[@ayanifyc346]

@@Sillimant_ yep.

[@Timtimzi]

I don’t play Minecraft , but I heard there’s a bunny that commits war crimes

[@kirbo-.]

One of the most recognizable traps is alt + f4. Truly a classic.

[@wio1]

Yep, F3 + C was also great before Minecraft warned you that it would crash the game in later versions. I actually fell for the F3 + C trick once lol

[@ultimaterex]

@@wio1 qlp

[@JoNarDLoLz]

When I saw the idiot trap, I immediately thought of Jerma getting caught in one. I was happy to see the clip of him being stupid.

[@jhonandrewsantos4672]

Some of the latter traps are the reason I carry Chorus Fruits no matter what.

[@orange0666]

That's a good way of escaping them actually.

[@mow_cat]

back when wild animals spawned often enough for you to catch one these were actually super useful and cool

[@FlipKips]

Thanks for making videos. I always love watching them and they brighten up my day!

[@TheMisterEpic]

Glad you enjoy!

[@roxrequiem2935]

Trapping in minecraft was one of the first things that got me into redstone, though back then we had to wait an exaggeratedly long time for lava to set off tnt in an era without redstone, so pitfalls were the go-to trap. Also, man, I was not expecting the old tnt explosion sound for the first time in like 10 years in this video.

[@CraftyMasterman]

If only a very cool person made a redstone trap that turned any chest into a trapped chest 😳

[@ocsanik502]

0:43 This part killed me, I was waiting for this.

[@N0i_R]

I never knew, Etho is so good at doing traps... (Especially he is currently in 3rd Life SMP)

[@peetalangkarn293]

Lol you actually surprised me with astolfo I don’t think someone like you would know such unholy thing like astolfo

[@Chellea_chan3]

Me: "makes the iron door trap" "trying to puts villager" Villager: "gets out without any problem" Me: "wait wha-" ;-;

[@roman_nightcore151]

0:44 Look, there's my favorite trap

[@johnalbertvillaruz5364]

astolfo ahah

[@emilyisoffline]

"Ah no, not these ones!" 👀😏

[@funiculifunicula]

Ah i see, you're a man of culture as well

[@x-blocks8092]

My favorite Trap is placing sand on roses then string on top, the sand with the string floats until a player breaks the string by walking on it. The String updates the sand and it falld down.

[@BlueSodaPop_]

"The art of trapping is dying" Everyone in 3rd Life/Last Life: *uuuh*

[@coyraig8332]

You mean the series where almost every trap failed?

[@coyraig8332]

@The Yangem "almost"

[@BlueSodaPop_]

@@coyraig8332 To be fair, 99% of traps in Minecraft don't work. We just usually only get to see the cool, shiny, working ones lol

[@coyraig8332]

@The Yangem Reread my first comment. I said "almost every trap," not "almost died."

[@gaetanbouthors]

for the portal trap, theres much more effective. most clients can disable the nausea effect so you can just mine out. in case you didn't think of this in advance, you can free cam and mine the block from the outside without having to worry about the portal restricting you

[@notaytbot.3984]

0:44 oh yes, astolfo

[@robbertlw9610]

In the Minecraft minigame called ‘The Walls’ I always used to make a skybase with a staircase attached to it that went to the build limit. The staircase was made into a square (3x3) with a gap in the middle that led to the very bottom of the skybase with 1 block of water. I used to let people chase me on the stairs, went all the way up and fell down again to the bottom. Then I quickly removed the water so that the other player would fall to their death while following me. It was so much fun to do!

[@supking403]

0:46 WTF

[@Ramash440]

Kiershar is a name I had long forgotten and never thought I would hear again. I was a wee lad when last I watched him, now I'm halfway through university ...

[@espinozamarko6118]

"The only worse punishment than being bed trapped is willingly playing league of legends" I've never been so offended by something I completely agree with

[@OversizedPringleToe]

I think some of these are in the Minecraft medieval castles book.

[@H3ADROOM]

0:23 Why this trap is.... SUS 😳?

[@thekrusadr]

The thumbnail filled me with SO MUCH nostalgia, holy fuck

[@htchn]

* imagining femboy steve *

[@TheAdvertisement]

I still remember reading those own Minecraft guide books... many of these traps appeared.

[@Rosabel_Believe]

Not even a minute in and there’s a “trap” joke used as a slur against trans people. Gross.

[@nenmaster5218]

...In Magic-Gum's 'Build a Civilization'-Videos, TNT ias always used in a way that legit makes me think he should ban it from the next Experiment.

[@TheAdvertisement]

I feel like the trend of manhunts, death swaps, 2B2T, and other survival PVP situations gaining popularity recently, I feel like it opens up the opportunity for traps to come back!

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

One of my favourite traps, to this day, remains the sand pitfall. It's classic, and still works today. Even Dream used it in one of his Manhunts a while ago, and to pretty great effect iirc.

[@cxx23]

It really is the most satisfying trap! I like do use an ore with a torch on the back as bait, and the torch falls in a pressure plate that activates a piston to break the support torch.

[@alexswartz8645]

Yo, this brings back a lot of memories, I remember making crazy traps back in the 360 days to protect my wolf's, and diamonds, awesome content bro, keep it up.

[@RingabelDim]

Not sure if you know this, but using the word trap to describe a person is transphobic slur and in super poor taste. Not a fan of you saying that.

[@eray4275]

Hey, as a league player I can 100% confirm that yes you are correct

[@BitterKatze]

Yo not sure if you were aware but “trap” is actually a derogatory term used against trans women when it’s used in the context of the “joke” in the beginning, and it’s best to not use jokes like that :)

[@BitterKatze]

@The Yangem I appreciate you telling me more of the history of the word than I originally knew, however that still doesn’t change the fact that the word is still used in an incredibly derogatory way towards trans people to this day. As a trans man I’m not comfortable with cis people jokingly calling anyone or anything a trap, because it’s origins are inherently trans/homophobic in nature.

[@BitterKatze]

@The Yangem Bro what’s not clicking here? It doesn’t matter that the character or person being described as a trap is cishet, it’s still actively harmful to the trans community. Real trans people are called traps every day in a derogatory way, especially trans women. The word trap literally directly contributes to violence against trans women. Femboy or not you’re still cis and you’re speaking over the trans community. Take a step back and acknowledge that you are telling me, a trans man who experiences transphobia and is called a “reverse trap” constantly by cis gay men, that I’m wrong. I don’t care if you use it within your own friend groups, but making jokes like the one in the video in front of potentially millions of people is crossing a huge line. More people are going to see this video and think these jokes are ok for them to make, further spreading it’s use and increasing the violence and hate against trans people. At this point I’m done wasting my breath speaking to you. I encourage you to do more research on the word and how it affects other real trans people, read about our experiences instead of using your own little echo chamber as your only source of information.

[@hoodedman1046]

I remember those days making sand traps around 2011. I would do it to my friends and it was hilarious to do it to them.

[@thecatingrey]

0:45 I don't know if you are aware, but the word 'trap' used in this way is considered a transphobic slur. Please do some research so you can understand why this word is offensive, and not use it like this again.

[@trunguss]

Please do some research before spreading misinformation. Trap has and always will refer to crossdressing males in anime. Literally use the search terms "anime trap" and you'll notice that almost none of the characters actually identify as the opposite of their birth gender. Trap being a transphobic slur is just an example of a misunderstanding getting out of hand. Now I'm gonna go back to reading doujins and watching videos praising traps.

[@thecatingrey]

@@trunguss I'm literally trans you don't get to tell me what is and isn't offensive to me, either listen to trans people or shut it, never speak for us

[@Admiral_Jezza]

It's not the same thing as a transgender person, no one uses it as a slur and it wouldn't make sense as one.

[@kryzethx]

0:40 The deadpan delivery of this line is hilarious lmao

[@hamaltheya3919]

Haha, casually dropping a transphobic joke is always super fun. Don't call people traps. Seriously.

[@SushiVolcano]

I made a trap in a survival server. Basically, you have a command to teleport, but it only works if you're not moving. Also, you can't destroy blocks of someone else's claimed territory. So, the trap is to have someone teleport to me. I use my command to teleport away and time it so I accept their teleport request just as they teleport to me. I teleport to the lever and activate it, leaving them stuck in an afk hopper with no way out.

[@Kaazikin]

The "traps" joke around 0:45 is pretty transphobic :/

[@sangrebk7147]

No it isnt, grow up, it's a joke.

[@lucymorrison]

yeah

[@oldchanel7329]

that kid sceaming from herobrine made me laugh, thank you for making my day better

[@oldchanel7329]

OMG YOU REPLIED

[@singingice]

0:41 The word 'trap' is an insult that has been used for decades and is still used today to harass and discredit trans women. As a trans woman, I find it very sad that you are following this kind of rhetoric, since you otherwise seem like a friendly and chill person. Even if this was "just a joke", for people like me who have to live the reality of being called names and even having to face violence because of peoples hatred for your pure existence, this is just not funny, at least not coming from someone who has no experience with this. Very disappointed, I hope you can take this feedback to heart :/

[@singingice]

@The Yangem glad to know that you are telling me, a person who had to deal with being called this insult and is trans, that this is not an insult. really makes me feel so much better. what do you think youre gonna achieve? its an insult, it was used as an insult here, and youre not gonna change that by lecturing me.

[@singingice]

oh btw, the origin of the trap thing is not Astolfo, it was used waaaaaay before that lmao. and the actor that played the character in starwars said themselves that they dont like this meme because its transphobic. stop lecturing minorities about their experiences.

[@singingice]

@The Yangem not you thinking the term didnt exist before the internet...

[@Cat_Trainer]

its actually herobrine is the only reason why i tried minecraft, but until now, i had no idea how to find such mysterious legend.

[@cursedayanami]

It would be a funny video without the transphobic "joke"

[@sangrebk7147]

AWWWW POOR LITTLE FREAK OF NATURE GOT OFFENDED AT A JOKE? WHAT'S WRONG WERENT YOU BRAVE AND STRONG? HAHAHAHAH

[@nzcsx]

This video is more solid than I thought when I clicked. Good job!

[@tara4364]

Stopped watching after the transphobic joke. Shame on you.

[@sangrebk7147]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

[@Xezian]

Most portal traps on 2b2t don’t surround every block with obsidian to allow campers to kill players attempting to come through, which has allowed me to escape multiple portals by just waiting 4 minutes with a rebound mine button to break the obi

[@joeq6683]

I designed a trap, back in the DAYS. Looked like pressure plates opened doors (which they did) but also opened one block floor gap between plate and door to fall to death. If feather falling or mlg, player was encased in obsidian and cobble generator would suffocate them endlessly.

[@Roebloz]

The Iron Door trap is probably the one that is the most used even to this day, especially on faction servers since if they are in a claim you can't really get out if you don't have pearls.

[@cxx23]

I still to this day use the torch and sand method. I usually make the bait an ore with a torch on the unseen backside of it. When they mine the ore the torch drops onto a pressure plate that activates a piston which breaks the supporting torch and drops them into lava/cactus/obsidian rooom/ etc. Also instead of having the main torch in the center like in this video I start it from a low corner of the square so that there is a large area to fall into without a supporting block to land on. Oh, and one of my favorite simple traps is replacing a water source with lapis, or for an even older one, placing a ladder right above a water source that is commonly used as a landing spot. If they hit the top of the ladder it's a splat. Edit: A newer trap I enjoy is a normal chest and a comparator behind the wall. When they fill their chest to a certain amount, it activates whatever trap I want to connect to it. You can even make it activate multiple things over time for effect.. an explosion in the distance one day, and the sound of a monster getting attacked(dispenser+arrow+trapped mob) the next.

[@zzz55579]

the nether portal trap is actually possible to escape without any hacks or anything, i escaped it 2 times on 2b2t; you just have to stand in the portal long enough and you will get teleported back to where you came from

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

How much is "long enough"? 10 minutes? 30? 60? 2 hours? And is this in real time or in in-game ticks? If it was in in-game ticks then when the server tick speed lowers you'll be stuck for longer.

[@Tom50872]

Back when I started playing Minecraft there was no redstone, regular doors or torches or pistons, traps involved /door_green, /rocketstart, /train, /cold_water, /hot_lava, /mb (message blocks), /shark and /zombie. You'd wire up green wool (door_green) to various glass blocks (rocketstart) or to door_cobblestone to make a disappearing floor that dropped you into /shark infested waters etc. Minecraft Classic traps and McForge commands are truly a lost art...

[@StarKnight54]

That lol joke caught me off guard. Nice one

[@Wulfjager]

I've never been big on PvP or griefing or the like, but trapping has always been such a fun and interesting concept to me. Putting forth the effort to set it up and the satisfaction of knowing someone fell for it

[@Drie_Kleuren]

I love fall traps... They are just the best! There is a way with pistons and a slime block to make a sand block float and if you then place a string ontop of it it will get updated when someone walks over it. If you make some good ones in a dessert you can almost trap everyone because its just a piece of sand with a string ontop and no one is going to notice a random string in the middle of a random dessert