Why ExplodingTNT Abandoned His Audience

the sad disappearance of a Legend, but why?
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‪@explodingtnt‬ -- mystery
‪@JustVurb‬ -- person in the video
‪@PinkSheep‬ -- sheep of the century
in this video I am reminiscing the Minecraft Story Mode, and ExplodingTNT while I can only Dream Manhunt what happened to Pink Sheep and I'm typing this to get more tags lol but he's Failboat for sure
intro music: The Rise by Scott Buckley
mystery music: Cloud Nine by Hayden Folker
hope you guys enjoyed ❤️

[@PinkSheep]

sorry fam but i ate explodingtnt

[@theepicbean9410]

Oh noes!

[@maple_leaf0]

ono :(((((

[@liammq9548]

Holy shit it’s pinksheep

[@LTADriver978]

pinksheep!!!!

[@yusuflows_]

bro come on now

[@beautifulspacer2861]

I do hope he makes a grand return sometime, but we all agree, he was a good part of our childhood. Whatever he's doing now is for the better.

[@Xylofox]

True

[@averagegenzguy2751]

He made a temporary return and then left again😊

[@GlitchyHalo]

Sadly I don’t think purple shep will return as Failboat does other content now Shep did have a lot of solo videos but I know all the memorable ones were with Failboat esp the bendy and the ink machine one

[@YourGuide_Azkay]

I think it's better if he's gone, with all the new drama, I think it's safer he doesn't return.

[@Zyphon]

ExplodingTNT was one of my favorite channels back in the early MC days (alongside itsjerryandharry and CraftedMovie)! Hope wherever he is, he’s out enjoying life

[@yusuflows_]

what about the pink and purple shep😡🤬

[@Suwawako]

Those guys were my childhood too 🫡

[@mayamia1607]

itsjerryandharry are real legends sadly they left doing mc content these days

[@TheMasterBlaze]

Jerry and Harry are goated.

[@akira9713]

@@yusuflows_ even they upload very less

[@mdaniyal9349]

This guy was my favorite KZbinr during 2016-2020. His videos made me so happy and all the life that was put in to all the characters in his videos like Notch, Bacon Craft, Pink Sheep, Purple Shep, and Failboat. All of that was great and I miss it so much.

[@07moth20]

Failboat still uploads.

[@karlylopez14]

Ikr

[@lucasmatthiessen1570]

Purple Shep is the goat

[@duckytheduckster0]

Failboat is a whole person bruh, not an ExplodingTNT character

[@U.M122]

Same yo

[@TheEPICMarioBros2]

this guys humour still lives within me today, while its sad that he burnt himself out, im glad he knew that he was more than his channel and took strides for his own health. so long, king.

[@wikiuser92]

Just knowing that a content creator just retired instead of dying is good enough for me, even if I never followed this particular user.

[@Emanuele246gi]

@@wikiuser92 If someone disappears from the Internet doesn't automatically mean that they died, it's not even the most common reason.

[@wikiuser92]

@@Emanuele246gi I know. It's just the possibility of it that can easily start nagging me.

[@Emanuele246gi]

@@wikiuser92 Well, it's something that can happen, but it's often just in our minds 🤷‍♂​

[@wikiuser92]

@@Emanuele246gi That is fortunately true.

[@thedragonking4862]

ExplodingTNT, Pink sheep and purple shep were what turned me from being mildly interested in Minecraft to loving it. I never forgot what I used to watch back in 2016-2019 up until his first break. After his temporary return I continued to watch him until he quit again and has disappeared completely. Where ever he is now, hope he’s okay and living the best life he can.

[@brodielarson9096]

same story here. I've been watching since he first posted the video about why Minecraft doesn't have Diamond apples.

[@BlazeFireMC]

Once of ExplodingTNT's lead actors and Discord admins once told me in mid 2021 that his hiatus wasn't due to his channel not doing as well, but rather some sort of illness his doctors (at least at the time) couldn't diagnose that somehow impeded him from making vids. I'm not sure if it's a chronic condition that's still afflicting him or what. His 2020 hiatus was also largely owed to him wanting to take a break, but Covid coming not too long into it largely made his plans to do things outside KZbin in that time go awry (as mentioned in his return video). It's possible he wanted to make up for what he missed out on in his first hiatus with his second one. And lastly, in a late 2010s Q&A, he promised to do a voice reveal at 5 million subs and a face reveal at 10 million. While the former happened a while ago, the chances of us the face reveal at this rate rate are quite low. Before Dream came along, he was arguably the most famous Minecraft KZbinr who notably kept anonymous.

[@nighurt478]

cap

[@zPigg]

me when i intentionally spread misinformation on the internet

[@Rose333X]

Source? "Trust me bro" lmao

[@stoopid69421]

my source is that i made it the fuck up - senator armstrong

[@GordanTheToad]

I think Explodingtnt would have said all this stuff himself.

[@NyntoDeathsinger]

I ain't even mad that he quote on quote "Abandoned" us. At some point a legacy must be put down. Honestly, it's nice to know that he's doing Alright instead of some controversy regarding possible Pedophilia or such (Like many *OTHER* Minecraft KZbinrs have gone through). A homie of childhood dreams that ain't gone through such routes is truly a Certified Individual.

[@VPlaya]

quote unquote

[@AngryDogYFGA]

I EXPOSED AND BULLIED MATPAT GAME THEORY 🤬🖕

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked + I expsoedd matpat* 😂

[@nylamelody1307]

@@AngryDogYFGA Bruh Matpat quit u cant expose nothing

[@bacon6051]

I accidentally clicked on this video but now I’m grateful I did

[@ezyybin604]

T O I L E T

[@TheFunlandTeam]

Fellow JackSucksAtLife fan i see

[@WiseStickNodes]

Same

[@BESTGAMER12132]

How do you accidentally click on a video?

[@WiseStickNodes]

@@BESTGAMER12132 it happens

[@Martyste]

Oh man, seeing his store with the wayback machine, that brought me a sudden memory. I was the one who originally designed the "Mouse" Tee Shirt, from the inside joke spread in his videos. He came across my DA upload, loved it, asked me if he could get someone to redraw it for a Tee, and I'd get one of those for myself. The artist behind the redraw was called "BinofTrash" or something like that at the time. Unfortunately, I never got that Tee I was promised. Not mad about it, after all, my concept wasn't completely original, and it's an undebatably better redraw that was sold ( the original being on traditional paper as I was still young and not very experienced in art. ) At another time I sent TNT a world download of a big town I had built in survival on a server and simply saved the chunks locally. He ended up using one of the neighboring homes that were abandoned by their builders way before I settled my town, as one of his filming locations for one episode, during his 2017 peak. If only I knew who originally built that little villa! Now it's just forgotten history.

[@Ficinator]

Man this brought back a lot I didn't know i remembered

[@aljaberhk]

did you also do the old pink sheep i mustache you a question shirt?

[@Martyste]

@@aljaberhk No, the mouse joke was the only art i contributed. Mustache was made after, possibly by the same artist that redesigned my idea.

[@nicky_kitty_777]

This guy is honestly very nostalgic for me during the past few years. I remember watching his videos everyday. I was sad when he stopped uploading, and then I just forgot about him until now. Sad he doesn't upload anymore.

[@zemchia]

ExplodingTNT was practically the _only_ KZbinr I watched back in 2016-2018. After that, I forgot about his videos, until I saw his video from 2020 where he said he was leaving, and I honestly never saw the video where he came back. It's kinda sad that he hasn't uploaded in a while and that we don't know when he's coming back, but I can understand, as he's been making KZbin videos for nearly 9 years. I hope that he's happy doing whatever he's doing.

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@zemchia]

@@AngryDogYFGA No one asked you to make a reply, but you still did, didn't you? And what the fuck does "+I exposed Matpat" mean? Neither of us exposed anyone and this comment and video both have nothing to do with Matpat. Try coming back to KZbin when you're actually old enough.

[@hajebde8282]

i honestly entirely forgot about ExplodingTNT and PinkSheep, those 2 main channels basically raised me during 2016-2020 when the pandemic hit and i switched interests, during that time, i literally remember watching him everyday when he used to upload everyday (or every week, idk i forgor), ExplodingTNT has made such a big impact on my life that i continue to have the channel's humor even without realizing it. im glad ExplodingTNT quit for his mental health, and i really hope him the best, rest well king. 👑👑

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@ayanqureshi6892]

I haven't played minecraft i while bug ExplodingTNT was one of my all time favourites for the time I watched him. Hope he's enjoining himself.

[@bowser_the_flamingshell]

learn english

[@michiko_nox]

@@bowser_the_flamingshell Learn how to write in English.*

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@tailsfan10]

That had me concerned for a second. His videos were absolutely hilarious in the older years of 2015ish-2019ish. Pink Sheep was a funny being. Whatever ExplodingTNT is doing now, I hope he is well. All the good times were greatly appreciated

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@tailsfan10]

@@AngryDogYFGA Who gives an absolute fuck?

[@nickalvarez8716]

​@@tailsfan10Bro is cooking rn😂

[@The_moonlit]

I remember these on my childhood. His "friend" failboat is on skipthetutorial's channel. That's why when I saw failboat in skipthetutorials videos I went back to nostalgia.

[@vijaytamishra453]

he has is own channel where he plays nintendo games also

[@RealSekiroGamerz]

Remember purple sheep???? Where is u??

[@FreshlyWaxxedTesticles]

@@RealSekiroGamerz*Purple shep

[@RealSekiroGamerz]

@@FreshlyWaxxedTesticles purpur shep

[@GordanTheToad]

Why did you put quotes around friend?

[@neotimekeeper6592]

I have been watching ExplodingTNT for a long time and it made me wonder about what happened to him, I am patiently waiting for his next upload... Though he may or may not come back, I could at least thank you for finding the answer for us.

[@TheRealWalterClements]

He's probably just moved on. Making Minecraft content for a decade can't be easy.

[@loganentertainment1814]

I don’t blame him.

[@SweetPineapple.]

I remember my friends and I would watch explodingtnt constantly back in 2016. Minecraft machinimas in general, but his channel was easily one of my favorites. Heck I remember waiting for him to upload once I got out of school. It’s funny knowing a lot of other people watched him as much as I did back then. Honestly his channel was one of the things that got me close with my one of my best friends. I hope he’s doing well wherever he is, he really was part of my childhood

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@Sean-hn1vt]

Just noticed that Explodingtnt's friend Liz has disappeared too, but his other friend Failboat is still uploading videos.

[@Ki3Juan]

ExplodingTNT was a minecraft legend that made millions laugh and I hope he is living his life to the fullest cause he deserves a break

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@JellyJillia]

​@AngryDogYFGA you need to do better than that if you wanna get rage clicks

[@minecraftalpaca]

im sad that this guy didn't own over 500 more channels, great video tho, do one on why mrbeast dissapeared for 4 days

[@yusuflows_]

4 WHOLE DAYS?!?!?!

[@enussoul]

That's completely normal

[@AlphaCalsium]

OMG THATS CRAZY NO WAY HE WAS GONE FOR 4 WHOLE DAYS. IS HE DEAD?? WHAT HAPPENED TO MR BEAST 😨

[@minecraftalpaca]

ikr@@AlphaCalsium

[@Karizmic]

Please use a new text instead of “I couldn’t do it anymore” 😭

[@yusuflows_]

LMAO

[@randombullshitgobrr]

@@yusuflows_ i approve of this, PLEASE LMAOO

[@thechosenone5644]

This guy’s audience has probably replaced itself 3 or 4 times by now. In my twenties now and I binged this dude’s videos/frequented his server all the way back in elementary/middle school. Respect to the people who have stayed in the game this long.

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@mr.austin8007]

The true sad thing is that after his peak, his fame just vanished. I watched his squid game skit and its still good but doesnt feel like the old days. Its very sad to revisit these old youtubers like tnt and see that they lost nearly a tenth of their fame.

[@krovyy]

yo he still gets hundred of thousands of views tho i wouldnt say thats losing fame.. especially after 13 years

[@krovyy]

and if he made another comeback vid itd get millions

[@brendan5260]

Realistically the pink sheep accounts are run by a friend and TNT is either completely off the internet or goes by a different name.

[@faizyusuf2470]

Same, I might also believe that this is the case as well.

[@adren0chr0me.]

Some important info you left out is: He has Discord nitro which is a paid subscription. He also has the coder badge. Thus, he is still active on discord maybe?

[@yusuflows_]

he doesn’t have the coder badge - that’s early supporter which means he had discord nitro early a long time ago, and partnered server owners have free nitro so he doesn’t have a subscription on discord though he may still use discord from time to time who knows🫡

[@salt2209]

@@yusuflows_😭😭

[@abbyisatabby2681]

Hi! I’m the discord admin in that video that was all over in the announcements channel and can explain!! His discord server is an official partner server, so he gets some benefits for the server that you’d typically get with nitro and he is supposed to get nitro as the owner of the partner server! I hope that clears it up, though it wouldn’t be shocking for him to just buy it outright as nitro is $100 a year. He does respond to most DMs his staff sends him in a timely manner, and he has more recently messaged staff channels. However, TNT isn’t super close with any of his staff so none of us DM him regularly. He’s a good guy though and doing well!

[@RealSirMikay]

It's a shame we won't be seeing any new content from him, at least for a while. But anything to keep his mental health stable!

[@Christmasprancer]

wait so pinksheep is explodingtnt

[@randommcplayer625]

explodidng tnt is a legend hes the definition of nostalgia back in the old glory days of mc sad to see him go

[@theeverything4]

This guy was a true legend, I used to watch him a lot and watch his vids everyday, I hope he’s enjoying himself now, he was a legend, and it was fun to watch him

[@AngryDogYFGA]

*ok but who asked +I exposed Matpat* 😂

[@theeverything4]

@@AngryDogYFGA Blud thinks he’s him

[@theeverything4]

@@AngryDogYFGA checked your channel, peak retard tbh

[@villagerlama]

finally someone covered his story, 4 years ago he was my favourite youtuber, its nice to see yusuflows grow too tho. Ive been here since the beginning too, i hope you get 1 million subscribers in a few months!

[@TheShinobiReal]

Crazy how people can just disappear like that out of nowhere

[@docfox4353]

I went through such a big ExplodingTNT and Pink Sheep Phase in middle school.

[@bryanbien-aime6047]

This was peak content to watch while eating cereal

[@FrostFreak8862]

The strong feeling of nostalgia hit me when i realised it was the the youtuber i loved to watch in 2018

[@Quionol]

There is only one little bit of ExplodingTNT that runs with me nowadays. Whenever I play Minecraft, I always have to go make an "I give up hole" whenever I get the chance. Just a block of lava and throw whatever (or myself) in.

[@songoku9069]

Honest, i gotta say explodingTNT was truly the childhood, of everyone in this Platform, so i kinda miss him.

[@yusuflows_]

JOIN MY DISCORD NOWWWW!!! discord.gg/BqAmnfYdRc

[@gameboi611]

First reply

[@Jaiden-2013]

I don’t have discord

[@Yarnly23]

@@Jaiden-2013Me Neither

[@Mmemz019]

.

[@LexiLunarpaw]

No.

[@pigeh]

Interestingly, just a couple days ago, I saw his Pinksheep account on Hypixel.

[@stiller9014]

i used to watch explodingtnt and ill continue to be subscribed to him until the end of his account, but i used to play on a server called MCOrigins which was owned by explodingtnt, so maybe you can find some more info there

[@yxles8929]

I remember watching him years ago. Absolute legend in the mc community. It really is a blast from the past to see this lol.

[@user-zv2gr3tu1l]

he is probably losing subs from account deletions. most of us were subbed to him back when we were kids and we weren't exactly that good at keeping our accounts secure, so the accounts simply either get hacked and turned into some botnet, or they get deactivated from being no longer used, and they get purged by youtube most people dont consciously unsubscribe from old creators

[@RunReplay]

Can’t wait for this channel to hit 100K! You’re killing bro the growth boutta be insane

[@Enzios247]

Im going to miss this guy, he made all of our childhoods 😭❤

[@comradebanana129]

He’s pretty much the guy who started low effort MC content. Still probably more effort than the low effort cash farming done today.

[@soycoter]

Bruh😂

[@atompunk456]

this dude deadass left my subconscious even though i used to watch him religiously remember dudes like pink and dead bush king

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

pink sheep was a real one

[@not_smart_and_not_a_toy]

i remember watching him post videos also remember him doing the 5mil voice reveal and being hyped for the 10 mil face reveal especially since he was growing at a decent rate and looked like we would see his face in a few years i rememember seeing him post that he will take a break and while randomly loking him up a year later i saw the im back video that was uploaded less than 2 days back then then he stopped and i mean its sad but hope he is well idve been nice if he made a good bye video like matpat said there are 2 ways to stop uploading eyther you leave it cold turkey or you make a video about leaving tho i hope he is enjoying life

[@freshspringroll1610]

blud casually added JustVurb 💀 But seriously TNT is the goat, hope he’s doing well in life ❤

[@bossanova74]

hey so are you gonna come up with a new video format or will you try to hunt down other forgotten youtubers and explain why they abandoned their audience, even though the reason is literally the same every time?

[@Lexiosity]

I've always had a theory that TNT, PinkSheep and PurpleShep were all creations of Failboat, and Failboat is still around but is doing other content than just Minecraft now, so if I'm right, then it's because Failboat wants to spread his content to other people

[@kevinplaysd4198]

It’s been my whole life and i literally just found out pink sheep was made by explodingtnt

[@alexSus-mk7dg]

I learnt about Failboat because of him. I really loved his vids.

[@eliteplier]

Exploding tnt, purple shep, pink ship are the best KZbinrs during 2016

[@TheChickenBoy]

Really high quality video ! You deserve more subs :)

[@Supervk1]

ExplodingTnt literally taught me how to read. (I’m not joking)

[@jestercraftmc]

I swear I remember him having 10m+ subs man I miss him, he made my childhood

[@ruboyeiwoe]

When I saw this in my recommendations, I barely recognized them but I was hit by twelve trucks of nostalgia

[@sorscoed]

That website is actually now a parked domain. You'd have to buy a website and host it on the domain to get rid of that page.

[@Peeby]

Some say he uses his left over tnt to explode orphanages…

[@Czilla1954]

Bro this man helped shape my childhood

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

Core memory unlocked!!! How could I forget this guy!?

[@zekromfan1]

Isn’t ExplodingTNT just Failboat? I might be misremembering but I remember that being a thing. In which case he’s still around, playing Nintendo games and what not.

[@ShadowAlphaOfficial]

I haven't watched his videos yet, but I had no idea this kind of stuff would happen.

[@kitsunemusicisfire]

What his website is now is what shows whenever you go in a domain that used to be owned but is no longer owned. It's there to encourage people to buy it.

[@manypixelsyt]

I missed him so much, he was my favorite KZbinr ive seen.

[@teodorkalinov8010]

One of the videos with the most useless information:

[@AshCreeper]

Wherever he is, I hope he’s doing well. I remember watching his videos everyday after middle school. Even Pink Sheep and Purple Shep. I think after doing this for so long, he deserves a bit of rest. Maybe he’ll come back one day, but that’s his decision.

[@DarkTails256]

I used to watch his content on my Wii U! Super nostalgia. Sad that he left

[@8lackmore]

I had a nostalgic feeling when I saw his channel in this video. Will I guess that every good thing must come to an end sadly

[@Not_thaawesome]

I'd recommend doing one about SethEverman. At least he announced he was going to do it.

[@jasondavis4667]

00:30 Hey, it's me!

[@iiNavy]

lol

[@ZearthGJL]

"Did someone say private anime Discord?"

[@jdraiby]

i forgot this guy even existed, i used to watch him a lot

[@SwagMush]

This video is 4 minutes of cyberstalking. I clicked on this video thinking you got in contact with him or something.

[@Franwow]

People need to stop using the word "Abandoned" to describe these types of situations. It not like he was a father of 7 and he just left them in the middle of a forest alone.

[@nphax2008]

i remember wen i was younger i used to watch his videos A LOT his vids are still amazing

[@TautaS123]

It’s good to finally to see what he is doing currently, I used to always watch him then he disappeared

[@RobertCollierIII12]

I don't miss the guy because he smells like cheese

[@brodielarson9096]

chances are TNT's subscribers just aren't as active on KZbin anymore and the KZbin devs deleted some of those accounts, causing a landslide of subscriber drops. This is not an isolated incident, and I believe what we are seeing is a combination of that and what Yusu mentioned in the vid.

[@ScienceChild]

Is this the theme now? Videos of "Why [insert name] abandoned his audience!" With the same fricking quote " i couldn't do it anymore". Peak of laziness!

[@LandonEmma]

I never even knew he left, I haven’t watched him in years

[@Alxx_YT]

fun fact: Playing on ExplodingTNT's Minecraft server is what inspired Hypixel to start their server!

[@Wetbread.]

ExplodingTnT is one of the pure definition of "Minecraft KZbinr in 2016"

[@grimbread3731]

bro i don't get it why do people even bother to unsubscribe. I have over 400 subscribtion and the ones i don't watch anymore doesn't appear on my home page. i don't get it just leave it subscribe its not disturbing you

[@legenterry1118]

who runs pink sheep's channel who uploaded a year ago and also commented on this video? just wondering if that is exploding tnt since we know he has a computer generated voice

[@SteamTrainsBoy]

Can you do a video about where Sandiction went?

[@ImthinkhesBen]

Bro, I watched this dude back in 2016-2017, one of my favorite KZbinrs

[@FoySelHew]

OH MY GODDD I REMEMBER THIS GUY AND PINKSHEEP! Rip to his channel though :(

[@beyondobscure]

I thought about this guy earlier today for the first time in YEARS, and now I see this. Scary!

[@Wretten]

tbh I cant blame him, he had been active with this kind of content for 9-8 years which is nearly a decade with him solely coming up with ideas.

[@OmniMon94]

a classic guy and the only person related to him that still uploads is Failboat actually i dont know but try asking failboat if he has any answers

[@critsal490]

BRUUHH I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM

[@marknugent7275]

It seems explodingtnt is still alive in the form of pink sheep. @PinkSheep you still hate purple shep or what?

[@haziqali1627]

Blud really wasted our time thinking there was a special reason as to why tnt left other than "im just living" 💀💀

[@Quandaviousmath1774]

This man was my childhood

[@FairPlayClubChads]

I use to watch him A WHILLLLLLEEEEE AGOOOO when i was like 14 I feel bad rn...

[@Air_Pilote]

"pink sheep is a fictional character" YOU DON'T SAY...

[@miketurik9404]

I don’t care if he left us I’m still gonna leave my subscribe to his channel and keep the bell on