Why is Minecraft so Lonely?

[@SoupRoutine]

One thing you didn't really touch on with the sound design: the lack of ambient noise. Throughout the whole world, there's no ambient noise playing. No birds chirping, no wind blowing, no leaves rustling. The only sounds that don't come from you or the soundtrack come from other mobs. Playing with a mod that adds ambience will noticeably feel less lonely.

[@GrimmSmile]

There is actually 1 instance of ambient noises tho....... THE CAVES o_o but yeah, ambient mods are very nice to have.

[@SoupRoutine]

@@GrimmSmile that's true, but the cave noises don't imply any kind of life, they're just spooky noises. I suppose wind rustling the leaves also doesn't really imply any kind of life (aside from plant life, anyway)

[@FlameyClockspeed]

Yeah, i explored a forest at night (in peaceful) with ambiance like crickets, wind and birds. It felt really peaceful but when i took the addon off, It felt creepy

[@LANGIMATION]

​@@GrimmSmileexcept those noises only play to tell the player of a structure that's near for example if you're wondering in the overworld in a specific place for a long enough time the cave noise will play to let you know there is a cave beneath you and not just a small patch, whilst in caves you can also hear minecarts being pushed around to let you know there is an abandoned mine shaft near you. It's not ambient noise it's just sound sound cues though, there were meant to be ambient sounds notch wanted to add but for some unknown reason to me it wasn't added.

[@madsfuglsang4019]

I play with no Sound on does that make me a psyko😂

[@arandomthingintheabyss2062]

there two types of horror with minecraft the idea that your alone and the idea that you arent alone

[@bam_marks]

really well said

[@Minisealover]

fr

[@Teadon86]

Kenopsia.

[@bam_marks]

@@Teadon86 I should’ve used that word, thanks for pointing it out

[@Teadon86]

@@bam_marks You're welcome. I also suggest looking up The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

[@nablaluvs1481]

I think, at least for me, the best example of something evoking the feeling this video describes is revisiting a hardcore world in spectator after you die It really hits home just how empty the world really is, seeing mobs stand around aimlessly like puppets with no strings, seeing how time practically freezes without you to drive the action

[@bam_marks]

That is a great example

[@moneybaytm]

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[@bam_marks]

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[@kevintan5497]

u know someone did a video simulating what would happen if they just left a minecrsft world running without any player interfereance for years and it just turns into an anarchy server world because of endermen

[@Sleep1ng_Panda]

yes this is how i felt as well

[@Lady_Coral]

You see, this is why I always set my base in a village. True, I may not be able to communicate with them, but at least I’m surrounded by similar friendly mobs. The hoards of cats and dogs also helps

[@bam_marks]

I also tend to set up my base in a village for similar reasons, but also because of the abundant resources

[@GSFBlade]

Same here, good video btw.

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

Same! The first thing I do when I start a Minecraft world is search for a village, and sometimes I don't even plan to. After playing alone for a while, I get this huge pit in my stomach and I feel uncomfortable and sad, and, as the video says, intensely lonely.

[@speedymx2376]

Untill I make a villager farm and force them to trade stick for emeralds

[@Imperial_Lizardgirl]

​@@bam_marks Village gives me meaning even if it's not enough. Building a wall, houses, specific structures, just to make illusion it's my village, my people... that I leave caged with two blocks of dirt inside their "homes". I'm depressed enough but realizing that minecraft is meaningless as much as life is yet just another worst thing to happen to me. How to play it now, knowing it's all for nothing nobody's appreciate whatever I can build. And wasting time... that's never had any value in first place is just... How to play.

[@keecko8169]

I find a big creep of minecraft to be the utter lack of just, ambient world noise. Hearing that calm but somehow eerie soundtrack over the constant sound of footsteps that seem to go on forever, that even persist for about a second after you stop moving as you slow down, giving you the impression you're being followed, the noise of mobs walking aimlessly, making the occasional groan or attempt to communicate amongst themselves. It feels like you're alone when you focus on it, but feels like you're not alone when you aren't focused. You hear footsteps seemingly right behind you when you stop moving, and you turn around and realize it's just your player slowing down, but it feels like something thats just as fast as the player is chasing you.

[@derpyface3602]

I’m sorry, but did you just call the Minecraft soundtrack *_eerie?_* I mean yeah, there’s always disk 13 and 11, but like, Sweden? Mice on Venus? THATS eerie to you? You guys have been watching too many creepy pastas and iceberg videos.

[@baforfrozenlol1779]

when i play minecreaft thats exactly how i feel

[@skyfemboy]

Ever since I bought Minecraft back in 2010 it always felt like someone was watching me.

[@SuperLimeWorld]

I have had that felling before... It threw me off...

[@asadfarraj]

It was Notch

[@SandboxPBuilder-kh7dx]

its always in the caves

[@Jvk1166z]

it's just yourself, from the future, listening to those timeless tunes and remembering your current present...

[@RealSoulFireStudios]

My friend…. It was always Herobrine

[@shunkim6543]

so i went and calculated the absolute sheer absurdity of the size of this world, It can hold, 1 Quintillion, that is 1 followed by 18 zeros, Observable Universes inside it.

[@bam_marks]

Thanks! Good numbers to know

[@nodiaR]

dawg the mnecraft map is a little bigger than earth. It aint as big as the universe

[@bam_marks]

@@nodiaR watch further into the video.

[@shunkim6543]

@@nodiaR if you were to watch the video you would understand that im not talking about the 60Mx60M world

[@Enderviress.-we3gk]

The Minecraft world has 2.3x the gravity than the real world

[@AyoCrunchy]

How does such a long, high quality documentary have so few views? Less than a thousand views in 12 hours is crazy, I hope the algorithm picks up this video more.

[@bam_marks]

Me too 😅 thanks for the support!

[@Minisealover]

i hope the algorithm picks this video up aswell

[@Luisa-ej7po]

It picked it up!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@morningboy_]

i didn't even realize until this comment, i thought this guy would have like 50k subscribers

[@zod548]

Tbh you can answer the title in one sentence, I’m surprised it’s 32 min long

[@wolfee16]

out of my years of playing Minecraft, I've noticed this in like 3 years of me playing. Another thing that I've also noticed while playing Minecraft is that you completed something, alr cool, but who are you going to share it with if you're alone? This video literally explains everything, now im starting to think about life choices on my Minecraft world.

[@Lake_Tide_]

Honestly I struggle with coming to terms with that in real life too, I can't play the game for more than a few hours without the weight of it taking all joy out of it

[@SandboxPBuilder-kh7dx]

thats literally my thought process too, you make many cool stuff but in the end youre still alone

[@SupersuMC]

"Wait, Minecraft is a horror game?" **BANG** "Always has been."

[@bam_marks]

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[@lightx2]

*bam**

[@Minisealover]

**insert cave noises**

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

The caves & the Nether

[@GarrettIngallJr]

Random animal sound* Always has been

[@Toki-os8kx]

Sir this is a Wendy's

[@bam_marks]

😂

[@orang3096]

Can I get a large baconator combo with a coke and a large chocolate frosty?

[@bam_marks]

@@orang3096 that is literally my order

[@orang3096]

@@bam_marks same bro either with regular fries or poutine which is a canadian thing but it's so good

[@loganhadley-choy6677]

@@orang3096 Poutine is my go to anywhere (unless we’re talking about McDonald’s, I fear it too much to try)

[@karma_winters1679]

6:12 - "there's really no wrong way to play Minecraft" - proceeds to show a very wrong way to play Minecraft - 🤣🤣

[@thememecartextras9638]

How is that not right? The Sheep Pegger 9000 is a great use of Minecraft.

[@bam_marks]

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[@Sans_the_skeleton.01]

​@@thememecartextras9638lol

[@EEEEEE-oo1fz]

​@@thememecartextras9638i use sheep peggers allot!

[@GarrettIngallJr]

​@@thememecartextras9638 💀 nah

[@awiosquad]

The exact reason I only revisit/play the game with friends Always thought I was the only one that felt like this, but you captured and explained it perfectly. Extremely well made video!!

[@bam_marks]

Thank you! thats exactly what I was going for

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

Fr like Ive wanted Minecraft ever since I was like 6 I loved it but when I finally got a knockoff version it got boring after a while bc it was empty Like yh the knockoff version was empty bc they didn't have half the features og Minecraft had- missing mobs & sum items but still Empty Until I got my cousins hooked on the game too-😁

[@VV-ho8dg]

Never thought i'd sit through an entire video of a crazy man rambling about the simple block game about mining and crafting. But here I am, and definitely found it interesting. Cool video

[@bam_marks]

😂

[@Aggelosyea]

uh bro, i create games on roblox and unity and uhhh those games are not as simple to be created as to be played

[@Le_MonkFr]

The Caretakers, everything at the end of time is an amazing touch to the video, the thought that you left those worlds behind, slowly being forgotten to time is something scary in it of itself.

[@bam_marks]

I agree, the music choice really made the section of the video a lot more impactful

[@Le_MonkFr]

I listened to the whole thing one day, it messes with you

[@bam_marks]

@@Le_MonkFr yeah. It’s quite the experience.

[@evalv2284]

intro alone gave me chillsssss ahem: Even the villagers, the things that resemble other humans. They have no sentience, nor do they claim it. Instead, they stand back, watching you as you arrive in their home, having appeared out of nowhere. They stare at you from behind blocks, just waiting for an interaction. They'll go out of their way to avoid talking to you. They hide as you pillage their livelihoods, and if you don't, they continue working as normal, as though following lines of code... and you. you don't look like them. you don't follow their code. you are a stranger. you are *the* stranger.

[@Mr.Engine993]

I remember when I was like 8 or 9 years old that a peer friend of mine told me that I as the player am the villain. How I simply take what I want, items, resources etc by force without anyone being able to stop me. How I take life from creatures that just lived their life until I, the *_stranger_* arrived. The reason they attack me, is this. *_I_* am the invader, *_I_* am the one messing up their lives, *_I_* am the villain in their story. That was probably the deepest talk two eight year olds had in quite a while

[@Allan_]

Honestly having a world border super close like in console edition is also lonely because you are just stuck in this small spot with an infinite horizon which you just can’t access. It has such a lifeless view, especially on superflat worlds.

[@bam_marks]

Great point! I should’ve mentioned that

[@Omae2icool]

This video made me feel weird, like uncomfortable, but not really like i have so much stuff running through my head but also nothing at the same time

[@bam_marks]

Huh

[@Minisealover]

its quite the intresting video!

[@NicholasJDi]

Every True Minecraft Player Feels The Same.

[@Insomnia19101]

It gave me goosebumps and was kind of eerie but also calming

[@friezusplays2286]

Last time I played this game prior to summer of 2022 was July 2011. I got lost at sea, couldn't find my way back to base and just signed off with then intention of maybe coming back to it later. I've long lost my original account which a friend and I purchased back in 2010 and had a lot of fun with it. But I slowly forgot about the game until the trolling of "squeakers" was big around 2013-2014 and I got a kick out of those videos at the time. Never made me want to play again, until 2 summers ago, some buddies were playing and I got a bigly nostalgic urge to play again and have been playing on and off since then. So much had changed from when I originally started playing over a decade ago, but the core of the game is still there. That excitement to explore and expand, building bases all over the place, the excitement/addictiveness of spelunking, looking diamonds and other rare ores keeps you playing for far longer than you had planned to for the night. The combat still sucks imo and isn't all that fun, cheap deaths like when a creeper just spawns on top of you and blows you up, losing all your goods you've collected, leaving me cursing and ranting about how much I hate this fooking game! But still, I keep coming back to it. It really is a timeless classic and one of the best video games ever made. As for it being spooky, it sorta still is but back then it had more of an off putting vibe to it. Especially in the free browser version of the game. I still remember booting that up the first time and building a dirt cube house, in the middle of a lime green field with trees and dirt hills around me with that thick fog blocking out the further distance landscapes. It was creepy in a way, but the ability to create whatever I wanted was so much fun! Building has come such a long way from those day's too, it's wild that this game has lasted as long as it has and I am glad it stood the test of time and that people still enjoy it.

[@Weirix]

I can wholeheartedly agree with this. I am 28 and only recently started playing mc a few months ago. I get kind of engrossed in games like this, and at first, an empty canvas was exhilarating. I enjoyed the learning, the building of farms and exploring. Eventually going to the end and beating the game, then exploring the end itself. There was a lot of fun with it all. But recently, I've kind of hit a wall. I am really alone in life and dont have any friends.. much less anyone to play with. After a while it kind of makes me more depressed and alone than not. Theres a few things I've yet to do, like explore an ancient city or ocean monument. So I can't say I've done *everything*, but.. Well. Once you have all the farms and all the this and that, eventually I'm just left afk, staring into space and listening to that sound track. Feeling so alone I cant help but want to stop playing. I read recently on how minecraft is, essentially, a base-building game. You build your base, add onto your base, make farms in your base, and make new bases. but at a certain point, after doing the few lines of progression in the game, you kind of run out of things to do, except for more base-building. I suppose this is different in groups with actual friends, but.. Well. I don't know. Some days this game just makes me feel more alone than anything.

[@bam_marks]

Really smart comment, I can completely agree with all of this! I share the same experience even though i been playing Minecraft for most of my life, i remember first picking it up, being fascinated by its freedom, and then realizing how pointless it is. I'm glad there's more people that can relate to me with this.

[@itsbatoon]

Why not play public Minecraft servers. Survival will get boring but servers take a lot more to get boring.

[@bam_marks]

@@itsbatoon true

[@espelhodasconstelacoes]

hi man, just wanted to say, if you want to chat I have Discord and Minecraft too, feel free to send a message if you'd like to have a convo, I'd be happy to have some more company too

[@bam_marks]

@@espelhodasconstelacoes what’s Your discord username

[@Minisealover]

i like bagels

[@green_croissant929]

Me too

[@mrstasi]

Me too

[@abysswarrior]

Me too

[@SpiritOfTheGalaxy143]

Me too

[@tophatbecausehatiscool9566]

Me too! with salmon its top tier

[@emilym.1414]

This was such a beautifully made video that made me think about a simple game more than I expected to. keep it up

[@bam_marks]

If you liked this one you would like my newest one too! Thanks for the support! 🙏

[@rtristan8572]

And that's why I always live near a village, and usually play with the Comes Alive mod.

[@seaside3218]

The “nostalgia” is a melancholic emptiness caused by a lack of a formal goal and social connections.

[@ghostplace]

brilliant video dude! i was hooked the second you started talking and couldn’t stop watching, this was such an interesting and well-edited documentary, keep it up man!

[@bam_marks]

Thanks! I appreciate the support

[@FlyingNoodleCup]

I grew up in a very lonely and abusive atmosphere, when I discovered Minecraft when I was like 14, the vastness and loneliness washed over me immediately, even in that old version of the game. I felt so seen, I felt like the world was built through my own eyes. Minecraft was the first place where I felt at home. Where I learned how to rely on myself. Where I taught myself to move on. The loneliness and simplicity was the core of that experience for me, and the way that core has stayed intact is why I keep coming back.

[@valenxizaw245]

Love this video and how well it portrays the loneliness of single player I first played minecraft java in multi-player because I wanted to play with my friends in their shared server. Even though it's mostly abandoned now, me and other friends still occasionally log on and play, though at different times. I would use the nether pathways, villager trading hall and other farms built by my friends, and even though most of the time I would be the only person playing in that server, watching the things my friends built would remind me that I wasn't truly alone in that world Which is why when I started my own single player world, the loneliness hit me like a truck. But it wasn't immediate. I felt it in the way there weren't any player-made builds across the dessert. In the way I would harvest then replant my crops, then log back in the next day to my crops Not completely grown (in the multi-player world, I would know of people visiting my house by checking the growth of my crops) I understood that every single change in my single player world that mattered would have to come from me and me only, nobody to build me farms nor nether pathways nor gift me equipment, I would have to do everything myself. Chilling but unforgettable experience

[@ghost_to_a_ghost]

i think PewDiePie almost single-handedly revived the love for Minecraft back in 2019

[@iamafanofmanythings3973]

Even I who's played the game consistantly since childhood felt a resurgance when Pewdiepie picked up the game. Watching someone play the game for the first time was so nostalgic. There was something really special about his play through

[@ghost_to_a_ghost]

​@@iamafanofmanythings3973 agreed! it was honestly every bit as good as an HBO series imo 😎👊

[@luvscaliyif]

​@iamafanofmanythings3973 I don't think it was his first time, some of, or possibly even his first ever let's play(s) was minecraft videos of him goofing around with his friends, but in the sense of him revisiting it from such a long refrain, and so many different updates and changes in the gameplay you could say it was his first time again

[@over7532]

5 or 10 years from now this young creator will come to appreciate minecraft even more.

[@salam-peace5519]

Exploring old freebuild servers that had one continuous map for many years (some maps are over 10 years old) and looking at what other players built many years ago is also an interesting and liminal experience. If you played there a long time ago you can return on these types of servers at any time and revisit the things you and other players have built there back then (this is assuming the server has griefing protections and is guarded accordingly, and the admins don't decide to remove the old map), frozen in time as an old memory. Currently the oldest freebuild server maps are like 12 to 13 years old, but imagine if a few decades in the future, maybe in 50 or 70 years, people will still be able to visit these old buildings on server maps that are still online. I have played on such a server that still has a freebuild map from 2011, I also built my first stuff there in 2013. Two active players on this server I play on have sadly passed away a few years ago. Their buildings are still on the server and heavily protected by the admins. Visiting these buildings of players that have passed away, knowing they can never change/complete them but that they will be preserved on the server and that their Minecraft buildings are still around long after they have passed away feels quite liminal and eerie.

[@cocoellawella9315]

That reminds me of 2b2t

[@Maz-lk4ze]

I come back to Minecraft every month for about a week straight of playing , it gets stale after a few days playing solo , but then ur brain gets n itch of “wonder how my worlds doing” even tho I kno in the back of my head it’s exactly however I left it . I think that’s what creates such a hit of nostalgia . You visit your hometown and get feelings of the past , but there’s a lot different , buildings that were or weren’t there , sections of tree cleared out or just abandoned buildings . But goin go back to your Minecraft world , it’s all simply the same

[@uselesstoothbrush3247]

I have no words 😭 this deserves so much more praise and attention. literally such an amazing documentary that put into words everything i didn't even know i was feeling. Thank you

[@bam_marks]

I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you

[@tophatbecausehatiscool9566]

super high quality video! *checks subscriber count* dies you deserve 100x more subs

[@El.Matamoros.]

It's mostly the Nostalgia or lack their off, that the feeling you used to feel when playing the game isn't there, because you're imagination is now more limited and you have many other thoughts and worries that you didn't have back then, that many of the friends you played with or talked to about what you did in the game don't care or aren't there anymore, and that you're not a kid but now but a adult who hasn't truly played the game in a while.

[@bam_marks]

Well said

[@Autumn-Leafeon]

Admittedly the loneliness of the game (and the fact that I'd be unable to show my builds to anyone) is why I just play multiplayer every so often.

[@valenxizaw245]

Going from multi-player to single player in minecraft makes the loneliness hit like a truck. No new buildings nor changes in the world from your friends, no crops growing unless you're there, is so empty.

[@GeckoMena4433]

The long dark music is a good choice- a game about loneliness to soundtrack a video about loneliness 👏👏

[@bam_marks]

Please give me honest constructive feedback/criticism as I'm always trying to improve my videos.

[@Minisealover]

that looks high quality!

[@Vortex1x1x1x]

I think the video quality is amazing but at some points you talk a bit to fast and your mic sounds like it cuts out which could be problem with the actual mic or something that happened in post

[@untrouble8191]

why his legs so long in the thumbnail 💀 (probably put the shadow at an angle and maybe make it a bit darker idk)

[@bam_marks]

@@untrouble8191 ok, the long legs are the reflection- I should make that more obvious

[@lakastusmanatus]

The mic still low quality

[@STOPCAP1945]

BRO your 30 min vid felt like a horror movie the beginning give me goosebumps i love you are doing and you deserve more subs

[@bam_marks]

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@ltGargoyle]

well done. I like the idea of the world being destroyed by some unknown apocoyplse and the player finds himself alone and possibly the only one feeling the gap between scatters settlements of survivors.

[@Ghostshrimp1533]

I think you would love The Long Dark, maybe check it out

[@nebulanix]

I believe the reason we find Minecraft so nostalgic and eerie is because, well… Minecraft is sort of like life, in a way. The world is so vast and large that it would take years to traverse in its entirety - like traversing our Earth. You can be whoever you want and do whatever you want in Minecraft, just like you can be whoever you want to be and do whatever you want in real life (barring crime, of course). I feel personally that the reason the game is so nostalgic is because it almost mirrors our lives - we are so important and we can all make a huge impact on the world, and yet, we are still a small speck alongside hundreds of other mobs/people. Heck, when you play Hardcore mode, it almost is exactly like real life, with the caveat that you don’t die of old age. This is what I think, anyway - this was a wonderful video. It definitely helps capture the scale of Minecraft and your editing, as well as commentary, is very engaging.

[@thealmightymidget8198]

I hope your channel takes off, you really put a lot of effort into these

[@thealmightymidget8198]

Though, I do have a question on what editing software you use

[@bam_marks]

@@thealmightymidget8198 I use adobe premiere, thanks for the support ❤

[@thealmightymidget8198]

@@bam_marks Thanks! I've been trying to get into editing

[@-Not_Me-121]

I played minecraft for a few years and played a lot with friends but now me and friends have stopped playing collectively. I will just say to enjoy the ride while it lasts

[@ThrarmAnimation]

I guess someone had to fill in for MatPat

[@DiamondWorldYoutube]

Oh my god i thought i was the only one who felt this way!!! I've felt alone in Minecraft worlds a lot more than the earlier years and i thought it was just crazy!! Thank you!!!

[@megagongamer]

Why was the intro so good, it sounded like a movie especially with the music

[@Kaleopi]

This video creeped me the heck out when it showed up on my yt because I just felt that uneasy eerie feeling that was described in the video today. I wasn't even playing alone, but while being in a cave with monsters turned off I felt a huge amount of discomfort for no reason.

[@visaX6]

You just made my day, the memories are coming back 😭😭

[@bam_marks]

I’m glad this video could make someone’s day

[@visaX6]

@@bam_marks its a shame minecraft didnt get the attention it deserved

[@michaellovegrove9467]

Minecraft has always felt like a game where there is so much to do, and also nothing to do.

[@NicholasJDi]

There Is One And Only One Way To Talk About Minecraft, And This Video Capture That Perfectly, All I Can Say, This Is Really Well Made.

[@Sleep1ng_Panda]

this video was weirdly calming... and honestly gave me a weird sense of understanding.. this was nice, i needed this, thank you

[@notkiron]

How is this not popular this is so good

[@karlo-lol5935]

3 hours ago

[@bam_marks]

@@karlo-lol5935 true

[@grumpygumplikesmovies]

u r gonna be a very big KZbinr one day! I truly believe this, I literally took a screenshot of ur channel rn at 3.97k subs cuz ik one day you'll be at 1 million. Your editing is just SO GOOD. Bravo!

[@noobscoopsies1100]

1:53 Minecraft and The universe share the same fundamental philosophy...

[@RealSoulFireStudios]

That intro is absolutely incredible. Strikes a major chord, well done.

[@ginnogianni1980]

To me the real fear is the "IF". What if when i turn a corner I'm going to see someone or something else. Well, of course that if never comes true, but that causes the tension to keep building. And since minecraft is not an horror game, there is no jumpscare to release the tension. It keeps building and building until you feel on edge and uneasy. This only happens to us old time players because we don't have that sense of discovery or curiosity that drives us to keep going. Well, of course different players have a different sense of exploration, but that is the difference: new players "discover" we instead "explore". A world bigger than our own, yet we feel like we have seen it all. To me its terrifying because every time i play minecraft i feel so damn empty and it doesn't make sense for such a vast and enjoyable game to make you feel like that. But that's only for some people. The vastness of the minecraft world for some people like me is a prison and a source of loneliness, yet for some people its a source of comfort and, in some kind of way, fulfillment. You don't have to try and make your mark on the world, there isn't someone else to judge you and how you play. Its just you and your imagination. And it sucks because i want to enjoy minecraft like that again but i cant anymore.

[@chiiroptereh]

Shocked by how few subscribers you have, this is a phenomenal video! The editing, the emotion, the research, the writing...spot-on. Your passion shines through the screen and I'm rooting for you!

[@aeemxe]

6:14 Huh 💀

[@renno2679]

I liked the part when he said "fundamental" for the 64th time, reflecting how the stack size in minecraft is usually 64.

[@Bighaid91]

I am fucking hyped

[@yoshicactus3269]

your so underrated this is the best documentary ive ever seen

[@DragonBallLover-u6b]

I just play with my friends and it feels better

[@nugget8967]

I like it. It’s a soft, comfortable silence where just I mold everything to how I want, no influence from anyone. I love the occasional music, the main lack of background sound, the sense of knowing you are alone in the world. It’s a comforting place to me. Often after stressful times I find myself being drawn into the game for weeks or months. I like that peaceful time with just myself

[@heatheryoder2120]

D-dude I just w-wanted to play Minecraft for-for fun, n-now you’re telling me I-I’m an insignificant spec in the world of Minecraft 😭

[@skylanderstrapteam]

Legit so underrated, great job!

[@jevanfifkov7500]

i thought i was gonna get me pants pooped but i went to sleep instead. thx for the bedtime story

[@bam_marks]

I also pooped me pants matey 🏴‍☠

[@jevanfifkov7500]

@@bam_marks but i didnt 😔

[@bam_marks]

@@jevanfifkov7500 in all seriousness, is the video boring for you? how so

[@jevanfifkov7500]

@@bam_marks not sure how boring it is but everything in the video is information i already heard of somewhere else. but i had fun during the premier and thats an unique trait of smaller youtubers

[@bam_marks]

@@jevanfifkov7500 ok, I understand not being interested in a video with already known info. I’m glad you liked the premiere

[@mmfrru]

I randomly watched this thinking it was a big channel due to how well said and informative the video was until I saw your channel. I appreciate the video and it was definitely worth watching. You deserve a million subscribers and more!

[@ifykykcookie]

Minecraft isn’t lonely, I am. I have zero friends, I don’t talk to anyone except for my brother. People want to call all the time and I just DONT do that 😭.

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

How old is u? Am 13 and all my friends are online 15+ ;-;

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

We ain't got Minecraft we got a knockoff version tho 😔

[@irisdaniels2318]

my little brother and i had a world together. we were planning on doing so much with it, but he died recently before we could. going back into that world, i can barely stomach it for 10 minutes at a time. the loneliness and seeing the things he won't be able to complete makes me very upset.

[@infinidoge]

Something I've noticed in myself is how I feel drawn to ways of playing Minecraft that enhances that loneliness and emptiness in different ways. Hardcore and ultra hardcore are favorite game modes of mine, and modpacks like Crash Landing (1.6.4), Regrowth (1.7.10), and Blightfall (1.7.10) are some of my all time favorite modpacks, and the common thread between them is that the world is dead (or covered in magic blight), and it is up to you to survive and thrive under the circumstances. I also always crave servers with friends, but they never last long enough, and I never get to properly use and exploit the mods I find so fascinsting in a multiplayer ejgironment, leaving it feel a bit hollow.

[@NxghtFlyer]

Good video, just a bit long. If you want better retention, shorten it up a bit. Other than that, great video!

[@oo-mt4lt]

I have this weird thing where if I’m playing Minecraft I need to be talking to someone irl or on call. Otherwise I’m so uncomfortable that I can’t play it without my paranoia seeping into my mind, I never understood why but this video shined so much light onto it for me.

[@robertw.hewitt7465]

Minecraft is so lonely because ypu have no friends

[@fraser_sj]

holy that is arguably the best into to anything ive ever seen, props my guy

[@glownaut]

bam is actually gay irl i have PE with him

[@bam_marks]

no im not 😭😭

[@yeahimthtguy]

wait wha-

[@glownaut]

@@yeahimthtguy dude he is I swear I’ll pretend to like start running at him and he acts like he is about to get beat bro, I’m telling you Ik him and he’s gay

[@AdrijaGM]

This video finally explores the feeling most of us have, and it's amazingly done!

[@bam_marks]

Thanks!

[@Artz_by_M]

This gave me the feeling of a video talking about eldritch gods or the fifth wall, that feeling of being so tiny and at mercy of something unknown, and yet the comfort at the loss of control

[@The-First-One1]

Idk why but this video and its music showed me how lonely something can be and made me realize how much I love my girl, my little sister and my friends that always make my day full with funny things and happiness

[@cecelyyyyyy]

Oh my goodness this video is severely underrated. The main focus of the video is amazing and an interesting way to think about Minecraft and the way that it was presented is absolutely incredible. I love watching videos about Minecraft and theories about the game and this has to be one of the best videos I’ve seen yet!

[@bam_marks]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@anshpradhan1954]

When i used to be deep underneath the caves, mining for gold and diamonds and stuff, and suddenly i would realize the loneliness i am in, especially cause of the dark setting of the caves, I would genuinely be scared, hella scared

[@nightwatch3889]

This is one of the most amazing video essays I've ever seen, bravo. Also the cheerful ending was wonderful to top off the haunting power of the bulk of the video

[@bam_marks]

@@nightwatch3889 I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrMicMin]

I have always felt this way!!! Its honestly sometimes feels scary how alone you are in Minecraft!!! Anyway, this video is fantastic!!!

[@bam_marks]

Thanks!!!

[@moonblossom_IDK]

I’ve found that I keep coming back to this game, starting a world, forgetting about it and then returning again. I think the reason why I forget it so easily is because I play it primarily by myself. But when I see KZbinrs play in worlds for YEARS, I wish I was able to do the same but I can’t because I don’t have a huge following or group of friends that play it with me, that I can share my experiences with. Back when I first played it, I did so with my family so it’s like real life, remembering playing games with my sister as a child and now we’re older and don’t so it will never be the same. (Sorry if that’s a bit sad, I guess Minecraft just makes me feel that way lol)

[@kavangallagher30]

i am pretty young and Minecraft was one of the first games i really plaid so wen i here that music it brings me back i just feel sum thing, a overwhelming feeling i cant explain, its not joy its not sadness its just their a almost like a emptiness in you that you just cant explain. Some of the music can shift your mood completely when you are playing the game, you can go from happy to feeling empty and alone in seconds. Only because of the music.

[@hjansetv]

Omg I’ve been watching Minecraft videos for so long that I’ve found the underrated channels that have gorgeous visuals and good voices

[@BioRaider18]

This was beautiful, thank you for this.

[@megumin6052]

haven’t finished the video yet but imo the feeling of loneliness and emptiness are one of the main charms of the game there is just something special about observing your surroundings as you slowly get lost in your own thoughts since they’re the only “companion” you will have for the ride kinda the reason I can just fish for ours on a rainy Minecraft day without really doing anything else something I would love to do again and again every now and then.

[@EstebanArias93]

Loved this. The format, the quality, the soundtrack. Keep going bro, you’re heading to the stars

[@bam_marks]

@@EstebanArias93 I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the support

[@lolrot5186]

I get the same feeling with most singleplayers for some reason, being alone in these seemingly endless depths of rooms and chambers. And when the music is strange too it just amplifies it

[@OZBaker]

I wasn’t expecting such a high quality and beautifully crafted video with the amount of views this video had when I clicked on it. This most DEFINITELY needs more views and I hope the algorithm sways in your favor. You deserve your flowers.

[@akronixileo]

When i was younger i tend to imagine that somewhere on a unreachable horizon of my world there are other players which are all devided the same way i was with them. All of which I was aware of the true nature of the game. I was alone.

[@bam_marks]

I used to do the exact same thing, I would fly around my world for hours and look for any new structure of sign of civilization. That experience is partially what motivated me to write this video

[@VFLBaz]

You deserve so much more brother. Great video!

[@mediocre_tuba_player]

Blud using the long dark sound track. An absolute cornerstone of loneliness.

[@Mendips]

i only half way through the vid and im already having an existential crisis

[@TORTILLA_DOG_STUDIOS]

I haven't played minecraft since the buzzy bees update and im excited to go back to minecraft in like 10 years

[@cristiancaradjov7863]

Brooo, so true, I'm terrified of minecraft when playing lonely, it amplifies the sensation of being meaningless in the infinite of the world, every you do is pointless, u can do nothing, or buil castles, but doing it alone is terrifying, that's why I only play in multi-player with friends, the friend .bring some meaning in the worlds

[@cptDutch]

For me the feeling of loneliness that I used to get in the past is mostly fixed by just one very simple and small mod, the one that adds ambient sounds, just hearing for example birds chirping when walking in the forest at night makes it so much more lively. I really hope that minecraft will one day get true ambient sounds built into the game itself.

[@og_.dante2023]

well put brother, as a minecraft player ever since 2015, i can relate so much with what was said. Lovely video indeed

[@chimaerarts]

suddenly i remebered a world of minecraft i used to be invested a lot, it was snowy and i liked it a lot, but my favorite part was a cavern that looked like a throne or a ballroom, circular and with an decent opening that faced the sky. I began to build around it thinking how it would look full of people, how funny i would have been to show it to others, how it would develop, but it stayed the same, empty , as all of my worlds

[@bam_marks]

Well said

[@jakobnunez4964]

Every time i try and play this i get lonely almost immediately.

[@You-skully-Wag]

man went deep wow