why minecraft feels different now

[@robokast]

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[@undersc0r]

no

[@Annihilated64-13yearsago]

you had enough caffeine

[@ArtichokeAnarchy]

i feel like youre lowkey calling your friends out here lol

[@The_K-Dude]

Not at all. Your weird

[@colourbasscolourbassweapon2135]

dude you not alone man i feel that too

[@studoo_]

I remember never going into caves because of zombies. I spent over a year with leather armour and I was fine with it.

[@davidkonevky7372]

This is why I played creative for 99% of my childhood, I was too terrified of death that I just prefered doing crazy builds and goofy experiments without the risk of losing my stuff or dying.

[@mihailoaleksic3330]

@@davidkonevky7372 I played creative for 2 years until trying survival WITH CHEATS Edit: 125 likes on a reply? MOM GET THE CAMERA Edit 2: 153 likes now yay

[@Real_Mick3y6]

I still have a world with zero armor and stone tools

[@orang9134]

I remember making a terrible brick house in creative, on an ipod, and still being afraid of zombies 😭

[@bong_water]

@@orang9134 i play in peaceful and am still always afraid of zombies

[@dirtydabsandwich7235]

This video really gives me the feels, I spent so many hours playing Minecraft Xbox 360 with my friends, I hardly know how any of them are doing today, but 2. Those 2 are still my best friends 8 years later.

[@labannackros]

Official Minecraft Trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/g56lapVro8-JmKM

[@dhez113]

Yea i had like 3 friends but only one person stayed.

[@NoahTheGuyy]

Coool

[@ENSANElol]

@@dhez113 Same

[@JustIn-sr1xe]

I tried the 360 version. I couldn't really master the controls. So I went back to playing on my pc by myself. Now I just can't play it at all... Game fails to load anything newer than 1.13.

[@Vehmura]

This game is and was something else. The feelings and the memories it gives and has given are so unique and beautiful. Nothing will really match the feelings from 2012-2014.

[@jerzeyygirl]

2012-2014 will always be missed 🥺

[@316zaul]

Those sweet spot years

[@peculiar5381]

2012 was when I started and man hearing that dirt sound for the first few times is still in my head

[@ye87]

Fax

[@Spencer-vq7se]

These were my first/prime years as well, its amazing to know that others also experience the unique feelings that this game gives you. Playing with your friends and strangers who become friends was amazing, but nothing matched the feeling of playing a survival world by yourself.

[@TheSimplyJJP]

I've always played minecraft 80% singleplayer so I'll never really know that sense of community in Minecraft. Maybe that's why I still play it to this day.

[@thederpderp7758]

that's cool too 😃

[@fredstoned4010]

same. it feels bad i'll never have that feeling of building with other people. *wipes tears with diamond armour*

[@water-sv2ou]

I played with 2 of my friends but I kinda got bored of the game. Than entered pvp loved it was playing hypixel bridge on cracked server with my friends it was fun but now it's just not

[@dudoboi]

Me too! I did play with my younger bro and cousin, and we stopped long ago. That's the only thing I'm sad about. Other than that, I still play it.

[@ThatRandomGeek]

I have a realm with my friends, but we don't go on a whole lot cause we're all in college or working a fulltime job, but we arrange a night every once in a while for us all to get on together. But I'm right there with you, I mainly play by myself so I still play a lot (when college isn't killing my time)

[@lr2683]

If this helps anyone: I figured that playing in a singleplayer world gets stale really really quickly. I tried to start three whole new worlds in singleplayer only to almost immediately lose motivation to play them. Instead, I went online and tried to find a survival server with not too many people on. This is how I spent my life in 2012 and 2013, I would join little communities and play on those servers all the time and it was always extremely fun. This time was no different. I barely even see other players on the server because its survival and I'm busy working on my own base and resources, but just knowing that there's other people on makes all the difference. It takes all the loneliness away.

[@alejandroduran8468]

please recommend server

[@spackseries4400]

@@alejandroduran8468 just any small community made server. you can find a ton in minecraft discord servers that advertise

[@DaXande135]

"minecraftonline" is a cool little server with a long history. I love to play on that server.

[@Consum98]

@Hyper Night That's the IP of the server?

[@carrot7868]

To me it helps to just not create new worlds, and do whatever is that I wanted to do in the new world in my old ones. It keeps the old ones fresh, gets me playing and prevents cluttre a bit.

[@jdfrederiksen]

I was at the dentist the other day and in the waiting room got to hear a small kid tell his mom all about his new minecraft world, and the fun he’s having with his friends, and the new buildings they building, and their attempt to fight the ender dragon. really reminded me of when i was young, and puts everything into perspective, really showing that minecraft hasn’t changed all that much but we have

[@nbarrager]

I somewhat envy the kids who get to grow up with the new Minecraft, who get to make all the memories we did but with all the cool new shit 90% of which I don't even know exists (was today years old when I learned netherrite was a thing). The again, we got to play the game as it was being built up from nothing by a few dudes in Sweden.

[@djplonghead5403]

I only ever got the game for our ps3 when I agreed to having my dad pull on of my very lose teeth out. I was always super afraid of someone yanking a tooth out of my mouth. I still have the ps3 and all the words on it. It’s crazy to remember the stuff you did with your friends as massive projects and cool designs. I never played online so when my cousins, friends, or other people came over are largest priority was to play Minecraft. We would play for hours and have to take turns because we only had 3 controllers, (eventually we got a 4th one.) in all actuality when O load up one of the worlds there really isn’t crazy stuff, I just imagine it being that way. A few things we did are crazy, like a theme park and video studio. They are just massive plain walks or paths of cobble but they are still impressive for minds of 8 year olds. We often built stuff in creative and then played in survival because we where all scared of everything. Even in peaceful.

[@builderdude9488]

@@nbarrager I remember showing my dad the "cool new thing i found" which was just me putting a chest in a pyramid and shoving it with diamonds

[@sectorforall1760]

Minecraft has changed, the thing is, us the veteran players are only noticing the decline of the game..

[@calcitewyvern]

@@nbarrager i disagree, old Minecraft was better, it was.

[@muffinHACKSFAN]

I'm crying on the inside because of how relatable it all is no matter how different peoples lives are, everything Robokast is saying is completely relatable and understandable, every word.

[@dernettenachbar951]

I didn't plan to cry today either

[@noahwolpert]

I think we all feel the same way today. I have been having a hard time with women and stuff like he was saying and just recently my best friend and I made a SSP world and we have not even made a mine yet in almost 2 weeks which is just crazy considering how we should have a while ago. But I think we all need to play the game like that. Dream and all of the new guys have commercialized the game and now it's not fun just like Christmas is sometimes. The game and life it seems was so simple when playing with your friend like he said and experimenting with block and pallets of block was the most fun thing you could do. DanTDM saved my spare hours when I wasn't at home able to play Minecraft. And in total this game should go down in history books as the greatest idea to ever be created. I would just like to thank the community and develoer who have made this game (and my life) what it is today.

[@dumbloser666]

bro im crying on the outside

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

Yeah, it feels personal yet universal. Actually, after reading this comment section a bit, it's kinda comforting to know that more people feel the same about it and get it.

[@jout738]

For me its weird, that this guy still tries to play the single player minecraft and enjoy it, when it was only fun from 2010 to 2016, when its not that your anymore elementary school kid who is experiencing these things for first time, when it was exciting and fun as child, when you exeprienced them for first time and so how you think your going to get fun out of it again, if you have already experienced it a lot in early 2010s, when you aint the happy child anymore experiencing it for first time with new things. After experiencing single player and beating the game in normal and hardcore mode and getting used to the game. The next step would be to go in multiplayer and play diffrent fun modes, when you already know how to play the game and so there you can play hunger games, skywars or other diffrent group game modes with pvp, unitil you have had enough of it and so then you can move to other videogames, so for me its sad this guy try to experience minecraft like its new game to him, when he cant, when he aint the little kid anymore and has played the game so much by now, that it does not feel new or exciting, so its sad that this guy tries even that in his early 20s, when im not that stupid try it, when in early 20s competitive games with guns are more fun to you, than playing minecraft, because you aint the 7 year old child anymore experincing it for the first time.

[@Temtatork]

To be fair, that depends from person to person, personally, as a 27 years old i still enjoy the game because you are right, is not a race, modern life tries to make you treat everything as a task that needs to be done in the most eficient way, but i say to myself, is just a game, take your time. Also a homie who rushes the enderdragon without the squad is not a real homie

[@artisticinexpression]

I rush the enderdragon without the squad 😔 it's kinda like an addiction

[@cris4386]

@SwordieSlice real

[@revenant-entertainment]

@@artisticinexpression jus do what i do, and build a flying machine off the end island. unless you just want the egg fsr

[@labannackros]

Official Minecraft Trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/g56lapVro8-JmKM

[@mattmc1234]

From personal experience after being on countless realms and servers the best thing to do in modern minecraft is try to come up with build ideas, just anything, it can be super ambitious group projects where you can have fun making something with your friends or something ABSOLUTELY mind-blowing that you may never build but it helps keep your motivation high, I am on a realm now that has been going for 4-5 months now and its great, we take breaks from it but i still love it so much, i have netherite tools and armour but its only because it makes building easier and i still havent beat the game, its all about how you go about playing, exploring is still fun, building is amazing and satisfying and its why its the best game ever made.

[@lukasvogler4486]

This video made me sad, because I feel this so much. I remember when I played Minecraft with my friends about 8 - 10 years ago, when I was 12 - 14. Now, at age 22, I play Minecraft on my own Server, alone most of the time.

[@vhr3717]

My life rn. All my friends on Xbox says “offline” I just reminisce by there usernames lmaoo

[@ProdigyAutomotive]

Bro we should play together

[@beamerboy420]

Lemme join u

[@Th3cosmic_]

Server ip?

[@expertsnoopy]

@Joshua Brickman server ip?

[@saucyinnit8799]

This video is giving me so much nostalgia that it actually hurts.

[@tyegordon]

Literally. I am experiencing pain from the feelings this video is giving. A good kind of pain but so sad too

[@winterfoxey5074]

@@tyegordon I know, right? It’s so bittersweet. Such a beautiful, exciting time where the possibilities were, quite literally, limitless. I never thought I would miss the days of petty arguments with my brothers over where the nether portal should go in our communal base. I miss the days when the biggest problem in my life was my brother building a penis on my treasured dirt house.

[@mlynn6498]

Same

[@barenbloke8019]

we all feel nostalgia but please give us comments about the game instead of just "nostalgia hits so hard it kills"

[@saucyinnit8799]

@@barenbloke8019 i had to point it out.. But alrighty

[@frostykoopa4450]

Damn the reason I’m watching this is because I’ve recently been hit hard by this awful feeling of deep sadness whenever I’m trying to play the game. There was this really fun period of about 2 years where my friends and I got really, really good at the game and played every day after seeing each other at school. We made castles and villages, and massive mountain ranges behind them. But eventually I had a falling out with one of my friends and my other friends moved away. I think it’s so sad that I’m not going to be able to play with them again like I did before, but I’m still trying to enjoy Minecraft as I get older instead of becoming one of those kids who thinks theyre too old for it. I just wish I could get that same feeling as before instead of everything feeling overused, depressing and tainted.

[@wesslesyt3304]

Same bro 😢

[@joshwinston4432]

bar for bar.

[@iannis0229]

I think the moment when the world with your friends ended you were just so sad and everytime playing the game you remember that

[@Dogrub]

i wish i could go back to the good old days on ps3 when the game didnt feel bland and boring

[@corpsman1501]

I'm 39 and have a 7 year old. My greatest joy is playing with her and seeing her experience the game through her eyes. You're never too old...for most things, but gaming is something that you don't age out of.

[@xin7383]

friend of mine passed a couple years ago. throughout highschool we would play minecraft with a group of friends but ever since she died the server's gone inactive. i'm the only one who pops in once and a while and always alone. it really is a time capsule.

[@PsychoticSalamander]

I started a minecraft world with my cousins who are a similar age to me, but they're a certain bit younger that makes their year group seem so different to mine. I'm 16 and theyre 12-14. We started the world after a few days of fantasizing about how amazing and huge this world will be and how it'll just be like the old days of minecraft from when we were little. Me and my eldest cousin started by building a house, taking a lot of time on it to make it look pretty while my brother and my youngest cousin had already gotten full netherite armour and found a stronghold. I'm not sure why i got so disappointed but it aggrivated me that all they cared about was finishing the game, not actually "playing" it. It just makes me feel sad that although they are only 3-4 years younger than me, their view of minecraft has been completely changed from ours who played minecraft from the start, and this video completely encapsulates my feelings about this ;-;

[@foxnike6322]

lol I'm in the exact same boat, though with my younger brothers. I'm not young, but no one plays Minecraft other than my little brothers (2). I take my time into doing things, thinking and trying to make my own house, while they're just looking out videos on how to build this and that...etc plus they almost have full netherwrite now, while I don't have netherwrite. I don't see why they're rushing through the game

[@dudoboi]

Sorry to hear that. At least you still have someone to play with. I used to play with my cousin and brother. This was 10 years ago. I played with my brother a few times after that, but the last time was at least 4 years ago. I have no one to play with anymore, no one is interested. :(

[@dkp8977]

im the type to rush through the game, and then take my time on things. i feel as though its easier that way, as i will have all the tools needed to make what i want.

[@foxnike6322]

@𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚖𝚒 love your reply and its really true. Made me wanna do something in my life XD

[@foxnike6322]

@𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚖𝚒 you too buddy!

[@Zharank2099]

This video makes me homesick on an entire new level, I remember I played Minecraft with my two childhood friends on our tablets, and we made super large worlds and had so many memories, we would play it everyday for four years straight, I remember sitting on the same couch, having so much fun with them, but nothing lasts forever, as my family moved to a new location and the other changed countries and flew to Germany, and my other friend moved to a new location. It's been so long since the last time I saw them and it makes me want to cry when I remember this times, I wish everyday that we could reunite once again

[@waytoobiased]

Take what you loved from the old times and apply it to the new with the understanding that you can’t recreate the exact circumstances of the past, and that’s okay.

[@THE.BACKROOMS]

My friend, I haven't cried in years, but on this day I have shed a tear for the Minecraft community back in 2015-2012 whenever. We all share the same feelings in Minecraft we all did the same thing but in a different way your last block that you break or place maybe the first break or place for a new player. Just to think that the music now in the caves and cliffs will be nostalgic for the people now just like the old music back in 2015 will be nostalgic for us it's just the way it is you know.

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

You worded this kinda weirdly but i get what you mean, i tought this about other stuff too. Young people will feel nostalgic for what is "replacing" (or being added to) what we're nostalgic for now. That's weird.

[@tom_stephen]

I love how title of the video hopes onto the current trend of analysing so-called "downfall" of Minecraft, but everything talked in video is actually really meaningful, thought-out essay which can move you a lot. And yes, it has moved me a lot, especially as I'm reevaluating a lot of things in life, just currently, and not gonna lie, this video - right after I watched Imp & Skizz Podcast and decided to take one milestone decision - hits hard, again touching thoughts I kinda hide from myself. Thank you for this awakening of younger, at some point wiser self, as this is truly needed in today's world. And I wish you peace at heart as well.

[@labannackros]

Official Minecraft Trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/g56lapVro8-JmKM

[@dracofirepants8758]

yeah, I really appreciated how it wasn't just complaining about the report feature I don't care about. I'm annoyed whenever people complain about it like it's "the end"

[@Acoolusername7245]

@@dracofirepants8758 People are saying it's the end because the whole point of Minecraft is that you could do anything you want in it, with different servers enforcing different rules of their own. Microsoft had no reason to do this. Also the feature is VERY exploitable. But yeah I agree with you it's not "the end" of Minecraft.

[@nitrogenoxide135]

I agree with the others replying to this comment. Whenever I look for something Minecraft-related online, I always get one of those videos appearing. At first, I felt an impending doom from the lack of control, but then it got really old and annoying. I saw this video thinking it would be no different, but I can always appreciate the change for once. On top of that, I found all the people in this comment section who had the same idea I did. Though thousands of people may think Minecraft isn't ending anytime soon. The recent events may impact many aspects of the game and the community, and all of this may be scary for many people, but it's nothing to lose all hope over. There were many controversies in Minecraft during its development, but the community will prevail for a long time to come.

[@MrGrabReal]

ye bro, I miss them

[@LikaLaruku]

I was 28 when I started playing. I never played multiplayer, preferring to use the game like a bucket of LEGOs to do nothing but build. When you hit your 30s, your perception of passing time speeds up significantly, so the past 12 years are a blur. Feels like only 5 years have passed. The only major differences for me are that my grandma & all of my pets have passed away, all of my favorite restaurants have closed down, I took up gardening, & I'm preparing to move to a house in another town.

[@TheMegadeth350]

Good for you man. Congratulations from Poland

[@OtisDaVinchiTM]

Goodluck Mate, Hope the town your moving to is warm and good for ya :)

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

Gardening soothes the soul. Keep on keeping on boss.

[@bryanp5843]

Always wanted to take om gardening, but I live at an apartment and there no room so oh well, gotta be patient to own a house, if I ever do

[@CrispyMuffin2]

I remember the cave sounds alone were enough to make me not go into caves as a kid, i often let my sister play the game for me when i found one Yes the sounds are still terrifying

[@Sawyer4Lawyer]

I always thought it was Herobrine coming into my world

[@dracosodozir7607]

Oh my gods. I... I have no words. This video is EVERYTHING I've been searching for. The reason for the change, the underlying cause, the lessons, the answers, the experiences, everything. This video is a gift to fellow nostalgic Minecraft players like me who are endlessly and desperately searching for a way to relive the Golden Days of our inexperienced Minecraft beginnings. I've been trying to revive my early experiences with this incredible game for a couple of years now, but no matter how hard I tried, I could never find the right way to do things. I've tried to resurrect the old days of Minecraft (at least my perception of those days) through resource packs, searching for nostalgic seeds (don't try it, it never works), and so many other things. But thanks to this video, I finally know that the solution really is as simple as hitting the brakes and getting off of the roller coaster. Stopping to smell the roses, to look and wander around. To explore, to experiment, to not set goals. To play the game YOUR way, instead of trying to accomplish everything as soon as you can. Only then, when you take some time to set down and play in the sandbox for a while, will you be able to truly rediscover the simplistic beauty of Minecraft. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.

[@oliviasommerville4733]

ahhh are we the same person?! I totally agree with you lol

[@orion_paxx]

well... on 2B2T, THE OLDEST ANARCHY SERVER IN MINECRAFT...!

[@chewy99.]

Lol I loose all motivation to play when I don’t set goals.

[@tylerquick1523]

@@orion_paxx this should be fitMC approved!

[@soggypotato5332]

For me the endlessly and desperate search to relive the "golden days" isnt exclusive to just minecraft. I been trying for many years now to get the same feeling of excitement and wonder i had back then in the form of trying to re play past games including minecraft, play new titles with the bois (or at least i try to), or even things outside of gaming. At the end of the day all i can think of is, "its just not the same", its honestly really saddening and then i get super nostalgic all over again then the cycle continues. Maybe this is just part of getting older

[@Jiji_1464]

I started playing minecraft around 2015, and I still play it today. I always thought of myself as "bad" just because I couldn't beat the game and stuff. After watching this video I realized that I've never been bad at the game, because you can't be bad at minecraft. My friends were beating the ender dragon, getting good gear and doing other things very quickly, which made me question if I even knew how to play the game "correctly". But in reality they were speeding through the game and I was just taking my time doing stuff, exploring and having fun. Thank you for changing the way I feel about minecraft.

[@numizumi5131]

I started playing 2021 and you know what I feel the same, I am not the best fighter. I'm more of an axolotl farmer

[@Aisha_Luv]

Yeah, I’ve never lasted in a survival world without cheating lol

[@carrot7868]

This made me realise that I don't really enjoy doing speedruns. The constant rush to do something, combined with the strict set of rules in order to do it well.

[@loptseldr]

i've been playing since 2011 and im the same . ive only ever defeated the ender dragon once and never got elitra or defeated the wither etc. i have found recently whenever i do boot it up i try o build that starter home but get bored so quick quiet and delete the world. I do have mental disabilities that impact my life daily as well so they impact how i play. i love to watch builder like grian goodtimeswithscar etyc and they are amazing and maek me laugh but also get me down cos i cant ever be as good as them or make such amazing stuff despite wanting to. i then go through periods where i fully uninstall the game and dont play at all for a year or more , ive not played sicne 1.7.5 and only just picked it up again now but still find myself wit hthis same issue. its depressing and mods donrt help at all.

[@noahwolpert]

I have played the game since about 2015 also and to this day I have never killed the ender dragon

[@NucEn]

Wasn't ready for this video to hit so hard on a personal level, this isn't even about Minecraft, this is about life

[@mattandrews4042]

This video is what I needed right now. Definitely struggling with growing up, losing friends, seeing them go through massive life changes as well as myself. Coming up on those hard life decisions like work, relationships, families, etc. This video made me think of some nights in the summer of 2013 where things were just… simple? Even though it felt like they weren’t in the moment. Growing up is hard. But I trust that we will all be ok. Thanks for sharing your story, your connection with Ryan brings back memories that I didn’t know existed with my own Ryan’s

[@mikehawk4204]

Finally! A Minecraft Nostalgia analysis video that doesn't panders around and ends in a note of "You grew up! Stop playing games!" Or shit like that You actually explained stuff and told people a good message

[@builderdude9488]

Well i mean it is a good message. We grew up and it's time to focus on more important things but it's still nice to come back to minecraft after a while and see how the game changed

[@Sagee_]

It's true though. Cope

[@thefatbob3710]

@@builderdude9488 well I mean Minecraft isn’t the only game out there. Many mature games are out there. I know it’s controversial but cyberpunk 2077 is one of those games that’s rich and complex rather than being kiddy and simple. Idk not having a hobby can be a large source of shit like depression.

[@leonupazz4393]

It's sadly true. It's good to play some games with the boys from time to time, but there are more important things now :(

[@sweetpataterz8738]

@@Sagee_ there’s nothing wrong with playing video games as an adult

[@matheuscifuentes3906]

honestly this video made me cry more than i expected, not because of the aging process that we all go through, but because of how many memories, as important as real life ones, can be created in a game. You know guys, playing video games is probably the thing I like to do the most, thinking how important and significant the memories built in these games are brought me to tears

[@jout738]

This didnt make me cry at all, when for me its funny how after 12 years of playing this game he still tries to get new memories out of it, while he has compleately experienced the game already, so thats how he cant get new memories out of it and thats why it aint fun anymore, when it new and exciting anymore, so thats why you need to play other games to get new memories also. I got memories from Minecraft, but also a lot of other very good enjoyable games I liked.

[@charlottesmom]

Me too....😢

[@fisshbouy538]

Makes me cry too lol

[@blimminali9469]

​@@jout738 Well, I've been playing Minecraft for around 8 years, granted I have loads of mémoriels from when I discovered the game, I still make new ones, I still remember fondly that world I made with my brother 2-3 years ago, that hardcore world 2-3 years ago, my server with my friends when 1.16 came out

[@_pr0d1gy26]

This hits hard for me. I started playing in 2013 on my iPad and I actually really understand the feeling. I miss the days where I would just mess around and build a huge toilet made of dirt and call it a house for me to live in. I miss the excitement of getting a full set of enchanted diamond armour. I miss trying to make a huge city for the villagers to live in. This is the reason I don't play survival or smps in general even when I got Java. I switched to PvP and Skyblock since there's no specific way to play, you just have to create your own way. I really miss the times where I would just get on a new world and make a "green top". I had those worlds until 3 years ago, when my iPad got smashed. I lost all of the worlds I had since I was 5 years old. Even though I'm only 14, I made a lot of memories in Minecraft and it saddens me to know that I can never see my old worlds again. I hope anyone who reads this has a wonderful day. Peace.

[@numizumi5131]

That's so sad and heart crushing tbh I remember the same, as an older gen, that happening to many of my pokemon games. I'm grateful that MC java allows hard digital backups as well as cloud backups through realms though I don't think many console versions allow it the same as PC does. If it didn't, I probably wouldn't even play because I know the feeling of working many years on one game (Pokemon Crystal/Ruby/diamond/X) and then all of a sudden lovely Nintendo deciding to make all of it obsolete - untransferable. Not even an attempt to keep any of my pokemon alive from my childhood. I felt betrayed and couldn't even when I thought about getting something new from them because after that I just thought "Why Bother" they'll make it obsolete in 5 years. Minecraft is a very different play experience but time and energy put in are the same. The fact we can play almost any version on java and knowing they've been keeping the worlds alive for years is something I look for in a game, and probably why I didn't start playing until the past year. I don't know any other game like that right now. Every other one especially console games will become obsolete and unplayable if the console so chooses it. And you know.... Just because it's gone/aka digitally dead at least we still have our memories of them and it is possible to keep those memories alive by recreating. I think about the one day if we do have some kind of worldwide magnetic wipe and we lose everything... the equivalent to a housefire for those who journal on paper. I think - would I still do this? And the answer is yes. I'm here to be and experience and love what I am doing not to hold on to everything.

[@Joshua-gp1ns]

its all good shit happens bruh

[@Yubedia]

Yooo we are on the same age.. But i started different When it was somewhere 2016,i play with random peeps who older than me (i was 8 y old,and they are mostly like 13-15 y old) It was fun asking them about something idk,they always invite me to play on map,teach me how to install mod,playing different game,and many thing! And know i know everything....it's so boring i miss it,i miss how i having fun just making a big robot. All that's older peeps was gone,somehow they still contact me. Now i just playing with my little brother and my little cousin,teach them playing Minecraft,playing map,having fun.

[@2cv693]

same here. I grew up on minecraft pocket edition just building random garbage like a park with a food truck, or the twin towers (I had just learnt what 9/11 was) or trying to build a city. It was so fun being able to play with my friends and just be happy. I then lost that iPad and all those memories were gone, and I never really got back into minecraft, sure I played a bit during covid but it just didn't feel the same. 2011-2016 were truly the golden years.

[@SpedRockt]

You're still pretty young, I advise you to appreciate it more while you can. Trust me, it's only going to get worst, I have always dream of being back at your age.

[@KaloWalo]

this video hurts me so bad, I really want those times back everything was just simple back then😭😭😭

[@wereedbooks]

The most fun I've had in MC in ages is starting a world and building immediately on the spawn point. Almost a year later on the same survival world, and my enjoyment of the game has never been higher (speaking as a player since 2010). Happy to say I have never once beat the game, hahaha

[@rdyzxxsasaki4986]

Lmao same, I just started a new world and built close to spawn, it was a bit refreshing from my usual thousand blocks adventure just to build a base. Also, I have never beaten the game once as well.

[@Dragyyn]

Idk why ppl say that killing the dragon is “beating the game” because there is no finish to Minecraft until you log iff for the last time. For me, the dragon is a stepping stone to a point in the game where i can do anything (in survival). Idk just my thoughts

[@Skype93]

@@Dragyyn it's surly the ending of beating the game

[@jedi_joy3347]

@@Dragyyn that's how games work now you can continue to enjoy it after killing the dragon

[@randomannoyance]

@@Skype93 you literally unlock rest of the dimension after beating the game and considering that killing wither comes after the ender dragon canonically its not really the ending

[@sinistercrusader4981]

This video can be applied to so many other games as well. When you begin playing as kid, you don't really care about speedrunning, stat maxing, or perfecting the game, you are just trying to have fun after a long day of school or during the summer when you have no responsibilities. When we replay games when we are older, we try to copy some of the repetitiveness and be efficient because we are used to that but it just detracts from the experience.

[@thewyatt3580]

This

[@carrot7868]

I guess that's why it's hard for me to enjoy the game. I try to be efficient about it, do stuff - but really, the fun is just in doing whatever.

[@arichiquabtd8092]

@@carrot7868 By the time you're older you're just so good with the cumulative hours you can do whatever and have fun with it. Never being the best or the worst, but the people are random and it's harder to connect.

[@darfoz8807]

wow man. incredible video that really hit me hard. Feels as though everyone is just trying to be optimal these days. Both in game and IRL. Myself included, I've found myself trapped in the cycle of optimizing and "productivity". Feels hard to let go, though. Feels like if I let go I'll be left behind.

[@redpie32]

Back then we were all jealous and amazed at stampy's lovely world. But we never realized we were building our own lovely world too...

[@BolteckFox]

We usually see that only when we leave it behind is the sad thing. I know I’ve had that problem.

[@redpie32]

@@BolteckFox i remember when me and my brother used to build this huge city with goofy and fun stuff for fun. Guess that we never realized that it was our own lovely world (we still have the world btw)

[@hassaannitroold6707]

very true!

[@talhugburger1014]

@@redpie32 it really sucks that I’ll never get to see my worlds from 2011 again. On the Xbox 360 I remember building a huge house on a lake and a boat. I remember my dad watching me sometimes and he would help me build sometimes. I miss those times so much.

[@redpie32]

@@talhugburger1014 samee. I miss the times when i would just build whatever my creative young self would think of

[@sacraficialraccoon6135]

this is why I started playing mod packs exclusively, I love that sense of mystery that I got when I loaded my first world.

[@villager2342]

Same

[@bemby64ytakarobert13]

that is the same thing i do , but my friends dont like moded mc and it gets boring to play alone

[@DaKingBread]

I started around 2012 when I was 4 when my sister went to a music lesson I saw a kid outside playing a game I asked what it was and he said... "Minecraft." That was the start of my journey.

[@SpoopySh1ny]

Minecraft has always been my favorite game, its just that the way i have played the game has changed since i first started playing in 2013, and i haven’t stopped enjoying the game one bit since then :)

[@neflil]

sus

[@theovasi2686]

pog found a shiny

[@theovasi2686]

3 kc experts walk into a comment section

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

Same, I dont know how many hours ive put into the game, but its definitely in the quadruple digits. (possibly more since i have no life lol)

[@therightthought4227]

Since 2013? You are 7 years old, how can you be playing in 2013.

[@BakaMichifish]

When I first played minecraft it was shortly after my mother had passed away. My 7 year old niece was living with me and we built this amazing world where we would spend hours together. I still have the game on my wiiU and open it up now and then to walk through and remember that time we spent together. Shes 15 now and will be starting her own life soon. One day I'll show her I still have our old world :) It was something that brought us closer together in that time of grieving ♡

[@boomboom6410]

Always good to meet a fellow Wii U player

[@thebcwonder4850]

Was the game even on the Wii U? I only remember having this knockoff block game

[@Nick_Skywalker]

@@thebcwonder4850 it got put on the wii u

[@boomboom6410]

@@thebcwonder4850 There was! It had a whole Mario world too that you could explore! It was added to the Wii U near the end of it's shelf life though so that's probably why you never heard of it.

[@BakaMichifish]

@@boomboom6410 the mario world was the best, it was really fun to play through all the little mario themed puzzles they'd built

[@unfortuitousash]

im 35 and i will tell you that nothing stays the same as you get older. my friends and i keep coming back to minecraft every couple years and its always different because we are always different. but in that ever changing mindset comes new and different build ideas, rekindled urge to explore, and the drive to push eachother to do bigger and greater things. nothing is ever always the same, but would you really want it to be? thats living in the past when you should embrace the future. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[@slickstache3035]

The console edition of Minecraft has always had that sentimental connection with me. Just the layout and format of it as well as the tutorial worlds had that good-feeling vibe. I started with PE and later played on console, but for some reason console stuck with me.

[@DRGWRailfan]

I still play Console! I will always love that version

[@mitchummendeodrant]

The console version is the best version of Minecraft. I started playing on my Wii U in 2016 and I still play Minecraft basically every day even now.

[@jodishu423]

Same thing with me except on PC. Love console though

[@indigodnd]

Man, this video spoke lengths to me especially at the end. I'm almost in a constant state of anxiety and a feeling of having to do everything the "right way" because I just feel so guilty otherwise. Thank you for inspiring a change

[@carrot7868]

I get that :(

[@retrotaco11]

I relate to that so much.

[@Squier123]

2012 i was 9 years old and started to play minecraft , 2023 i'm 20 years old i want to turn back time to 2012 again

[@mikemcculloch7118]

It's called getting old. It's like Christmas, a wondrous magical event as a child, a money grabbing pagan ritual as an adult. But there is hope. Having your own child and sharing in their joys of things such as Christmas and dare I say it playing Minecraft, will reintroduce you back into these amazing worlds. Well up until the age when they too will become jaded with life. But hey, then there are the grandchildren. Cheers.

[@waytoobiased]

and…I mean, we could try and make Christmas (or other holiday seasons if you want) less materialistic, too. Just find some friends or family to eat a nice dinner together, get a few gifts but not anything crazy, and maybe decorate the house, too. It doesn’t have to be magical to be valuable.

[@ihatehandleupdate]

@@waytoobiased says a redditor.

[@shadowfox3442]

@@waytoobiased r/reddit

[@waytoobiased]

@@ihatehandleupdate and…? what are you trying to get across here?

[@lucifer2b666]

@@waytoobiased They're saying you're a weeb like a reddit mod.

[@Skelly-226]

This was moving and I have no words, just wow. I have no idea how you figured out the words to convey what we all felt when we were playing Minecraft with all our friends. Nostalgia is very powerful

[@highgaming6444]

thats a nice username

[@lucidstudious750]

Ive played minecraft since it came out for phones (back when it was the survival island with no hunger lol) and ive NEVER killed the dragon. Over a decade later, i still love playing this game, because i didnt master it. I dont want to master it. My trick is i play minecraft the same way i played back when it came out I still suck, i still don't know nor care abt strats, im still scared of mobs at night, i cheer when i find a diamond, and most importantly, i just have fun. MC was fun bc we didnt take it as seriously

[@wes9903]

This is exactly how've I've been feeling lately, it's like an aggressive version of nostalgia, I'm mad I dont get too experience and go back too the times, I cant play minecraft with that same wondrous joy anymore. I dont want to go back in time to anything, I just want to be younger, and re experince that time I lost. I dont want too lose those memories though

[@JackSimpson2077]

Going into this I thought it was going to talk about the updates, but it hit home with the feeling of playing the game for over a decade. I'm one of those people that play slow and take my time in the game, but everyone else rushes though it. Now as I play more games with my friend group I get that feeling of wonder I had when I first discovered the community years ago. Hopefully one day that feeling will come back to the blocky world of Minecraft again, even if it means stepping away for a time

[@wyattstebbeds2276]

man i almost cried during this I just want to go back to 7-10 year old me with my older sister staying up late working on our worlds and just having fun we never beat the game but that doesn't matter shes in college and im in highschool I miss those days so much.

[@paulw858]

This video made me sad for a different reason: I only just got into the game last year for a few months and picked it up again a couple weeks ago. I haven't really made all that many memories with other people. So I'm sad I missed out on that, as pretty much none of my friends want to or have the time to play it with me. But something I'm grateful for from this video is that I have been going my own way. When I stream the game, people hammer me to "make this, make that, get the Ender Pearls," etc. But I just want to run around, mine, and if I have a creative spark, try and make a cool-looking house. Or add to my ever-growing chicken collection. Connect my houses together through underground tunnels. I have no interest in that progression. I just want to chill. I never play on anything but Peaceful difficulty and people get after me for that, too. When I'm using the wrong tool for something, people get mad. But the point is that I'm making my own mistakes, I'm going my own way. So watching this video and hearing that people have lost sight of that mentality makes me both sad for them but happy that I'm still in that period! It makes me more grateful and has inspired me to continue doing it. I've also only been working on this one single world. I've spent about 7 days of real time in it... I only just found out recently that some people tend to move onto a new world pretty quickly, but I have never had that desire.

[@carrot7868]

Your the streamer, you get to decide how to play the game. Interactions with people watching can be fun, but now when their a backseat gamer. Chill, do what you like! And although you only recently got the game - it doesn't mean you can't have good memories with it. Have fun!

[@ki2348]

yeah it makes me sad i missed out on the multiplayer experience as well. miss memories i've never had.

[@stacklysm]

You're doing yourself a HUGE favor, ignore these people telling you to progress quickly and speeedrun the fun out of the game. I can tell you're on the right track to enjoy Minecraft the same way me and many other people did a decade ago

[@SlayingtheGloom]

It's strange, I remember always feeling relaxed and unconcerned with time when I was playing Minecraft way back when, and I always feel rushed playing the game today. I thought it was just the circumstances of the time, but I went back and played old beta Minecraft, and it was just as relaxing as I remember it being. Old Minecraft feels like it was made for the experience, and modern minecraft feels like it was made for the end goals. When I play current minecraft, I always feel rushed to complete projects and reach certain points in the game, whereas whenever I play old Minecraft, I feel like I enjoy the whole experience, and I'm not sure why.

[@carrot7868]

Perhaps it's because of associations? You associate old minecraft with relaxation, while the new one with completing a goal. It could also be because the old versions didn't have a goal to begin with - it was a sanbox, there wasn't really much in it - so you kinda had to get your own way to have fun. The new version, hovewer, is a lot more flashed out. But with that it also aquiares a purpose - and with a purpose it might feel like the creativity is limited. New or old - I'm glad you get to enjoy the game :) This comment section make me realise that I don't have to do anything in Minecraft, there's no need for a purpose or conclusion. I can just chill and it will be fine.

[@noahwolpert]

I think everyone feels the same way. Even the textures in the game make me want to slow down and just chill. The warden and stuff is cool but 1.12 and before was the bomb.

[@truthseek3017]

Iodine, hyperthyroid

[@toxicchlorine1729]

I feel the same way. A few months ago, one of my friends fixed up his xbox one and we played current mincraft. But we both felt like we needed to rush through to survive and complete things. When we play my xbox 360 version of minecraft, we feel more relaxed and get projects done more efficiently. Ngl, I feel like l new minecraft is more difficult and the controls more clunky and slow compared to older minecraft which makes the new game feel more rushed and less enjoyable than before.

[@noahwolpert]

@@toxicchlorine1729 the xbox 360 was probaly the best thing ever exist

[@TheKingOfDerp_]

I recently took a break from minecraft. And it was hard, very hard to let this awesome game go but i know that someone somewhere is playing this game for the first time and having that experience to play with friends on a world and creating memorys that will last them a life time

[@calcitewyvern]

I still will use the 360

[@calcitewyvern]

Yes

[@vindiesel682]

Nostalgia is one of the few things that can give me the feels

[@NorthEevee]

About half a year back I got to relive the old days of playing Minecraft with friends and strangers. At least, as close as you can get. I was going to join server which was about to launch with about 100 people. Before it went live, a lot of us went into little 'factions' and I joined one that was jokingly themed around Kanye West. Launch night happened, everyone got on and we all gathered around one spot before we headed out on our pilgrimage to our now homes. We went across oceans and rivers until we found a sizable valley snugly fitted between two mountains. We camped there overnight but before we really settled down someone found a village not too far from there. One by one we made our way there and settled(well, more like conquered) the land. I build a crawlspace house, whilst others made their own houses or took an existing one by force. We had one person living in the church and we jokingly told the guy to hold a service in the name of Kanye, so the guy went to work painstakingly copying The Book of Genesis and replacing every mention of 'God' with 'Kanye'. After about a day or two the server owners decided to open up the Nether for all of us, and we went out and explored. I made a lot of beds as I wanted to be the first one to find Netherite, but unfortunately someone else from a different group beat me to it. I was however, the first one to get a full set of Netherite armour a day later. After I got my gear I found out you could not only lock chests, but also furnaces and even crafting tables. So, obviously I made a large tower with a water elevator that would entrap anyone that got in. To lure people in, I shoddy wrote "FREE DIAMON. UP TEH TOWR. TOTALY FRE". I knew that people weren't going to fall for it, but with that many deliberate typos anyone would want to see what really was on top. There was nothing. Well, there was drowning. But I was kind enough to make a ladder at the back so people could get their stuff back. We later expanded our town from the damp swamp we had claimed, and erected great manors on the hilltop above. This kind of created a divide in architecture, so we decided to call the lower section "The poor district". I lived there, happily. I even made a nice basement beneath my house. Eventually the time came to defeat the Ender Dragon. This was a major event. The server was as populated as when it launched and there were many proxy fails to be found. But then, the Ender Portal was active, and we all jumped in. Frantically, about a hundred players rushed to kill the dragon. And we all did it. But then came the rush for the egg. We the Kanyes had made a pact with one of our allies - The Pirates(They had an amazing base with a pirate cove, including skull. Absolute legends) - to not let the third major faction take the egg. After the scurry, one of the Pirates managed to get the egg. All of us Kanyes got to hold it for the achievement, and we did bully the third faction for not having it. After we did all there was to do, I undertook a few megaprojects. I made an underground ice highways that lead to spawn. We didn't want any randoms getting to our place through the Nether so that was the fastest way I could get there. My second mega project was the 'Great Wall of Kanye'. A large deepslate wall that went on for quite a while. The last thing I build was a floating pixelart mural of an Eevee, right above my house. I had a lot of great memories on that server. And even though it's been shut down, all of us Kanyes are still in our Discord server, waiting for the day it'll open again. So yeah, that's the story I wanted to share with you lads. Those were a great three weeks we spend together. It was an absolute blast. And if any Kanyes ever come across this comment I left here, I'd like to ask you a question, for old times sake: 'Kanye slapen?'

[@iiMaxx_]

ik kan slapen.

[@pengwino828]

This is why I love minecraft smps, you managed to make a Kanye themed server sound wholesome lol.

[@NorthEevee]

@@pengwino828 It actually was. We had some beef with one member of the third faction, but it never went further than some light-hearted trolling :)

[@potatogamer1877]

An idea just incase you aren't aware, one of you could try reviving your faction by making a new server together, using things like Aternos or Minehut for free server hosting, or even more obscure ones like Cubedcraft (not Cubecraft) which i personally consider to be my favourite.

[@toast2492]

Man 3 weeks that’s quick

[@BeastiicKofficial]

One of the biggest reasons why Minecraft doesn’t feel the same is the new music…. I play a Spotify playlist of all the og songs when I play

[@mhtanks]

I've always dumped hundreds of hours into my survival worlds, making a logging camp for wood generation, an entire library just to enchant stuff, a blacksmithing building to forge and use furnaces, a storage-like area with crates and barrels to store items. I likee to get creative. However, the past few years have been difficult, and filled with trauma and where my creativity once was has left me unmotivated, and scared. I'm losing my ideas to my mental health, and it's saddening to see it unfold. I miss Minecraft, mostly my desire and drive to build, but Minecraft helped me with that.

[@cubicinfinity2]

You may like to try a different game that offers similar things. Maybe Terraria, TrackMania Nations Forever, or Roller Coaster Tycoon

[@enderdub9399]

I can definitely relate to that

[@Banana-senpai]

I love that longing feeling, its my favorite one. I recently discovered that there's a whole cultural philosophy around that feeling in japan, they call it "mono no aware" (empathy for the ephemeral). In hindsight, they do actually use it in everything, all tv dramas, mangas and animes, videogames... As I've doscovered, it's difficult to distinguish your own normal nostalgia from mono no aware, but whenever you feel that weird sensation of "borrowed nostalgia" from someone else's experience, that is always and clearly mono no aware.

[@cryptical2548]

That feeling is amazing, but at the same time kind of sad. It's empty but so so full of memories, emotions and experiences.

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

This is pretty interesting. So this is probably the reason why vaporwave is mainly based on the japanese culture, as it gives exactly the feeling you describe.

[@puglif3708]

man... I miss the good old days doing new stuff in your minecraft worlds flexing it to your friends , then showing to each other your builds then hopping onto that one Survival World that someone of you 2 had had nothing else that concerned you about rather than the game , food and studies and now this all changed to randomly make 1 survival server every once in a month when someone gets motivated and it gets deserted faster than the speed of light

[@sickenchandwich]

This actually made me feel light inside, like my childhood all hitting me at once. The way you explained things for the earlier part of your life was exactly like mine. I had little to no friends on my worlds but as I met some, others joined. My group still remained small, but it was worth every second. I’m still only in high school but those memories still feel nostalgic and old.

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

As someone who isn't in high school yet, i hope you know that you don't need to be old to feel nostalgic. Neither does It have to be long ago. If stuff has changed and what you're nostalgic for changed for the worse or doesn't exist anymore, it makes sense. And what he talked about was also kinda relatable to me.

[@xladder3972]

@@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKillers someone who graduated and is on the verge of adulthood. Video games are still fun, well. Mostly when u have someone to play with because you’ve cleared most games already lol

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

@@xladder3972 Yeah, multiplayer does make old games feel more fun

[@sirdoomer7927]

I started in 2014 on Minecraft with my friends and we played so many games but Minecraft was always a big one. The nights we spent awake just talking about life and our hardships, I swear so much has changed since those old days. I will forever treasure our days gaming together even as I face the horrors of the world I will never forget them

[@SoupyMittens]

As someone who is still young (13), I just find it to be a bit of a shame that my friends kind of just refuse to have fun in minecraft. All of them will get on the server, and then leave like 10 minutes later because "They have nothing to do" despite me having given them a multitude of suggestions which they just turn down because "Oh, thats too hard", or "Oh, i'm not good at building". Like I don't really care if you're bad at building, if you just refuse to do anything, you obviously aren't going to have much fun! They also refuse to revert to older versions, which are objectively better.

[@lynn8033]

I recently remembered one of the very first servers I ever played back in 2013, I looked it up and it was still online…. It’s a creative server called Sanacraft which taught me to build. It was surreal flying around and seeing builds I had created almost over a decade ago. I relate.

[@kungfuhrer7489]

You should try out Modern Beta for 1.18.2 with its texture pack and recommended mods. It changes the look and feel of the game back to when beta was out. When I tried it out I realized why Minecraft was so boring. It was its iconic terrain generation and textures. In the pursuit of realistic terrain, Mojang got rid of Minecraft's identity of the surreal worlds we all used to play in. Back in the days before the terrain was changed, all I could do was look at the beautiful mountains, floating islands, and lush forests. I was a child back then. Now I'm 20, married, and my wife is 2 months pregnant, and I realized how much we took it all for granted and how much fun I was having with the old terrain. Seriously you should check it out

[@DiamondDepthYT]

I would just suggest trying out this new mod for MC BETA 1.7.3 called "Better than Adventure" it feels like old Minecraft, looks like old minecraft, but adds some new things as well. :D

[@NoodleBread]

@@DiamondDepthYT I've been playing this mod recently. It's the funnest Minecraft has ever gotten for me.

[@otakumangastudios3617]

One thing I do like about the newer versions though, is that something that scared the living crap out of me when I used to play it back in 2010, were monster sounds. I realized a major reason why this was a big factor for me when I was a kid when I tried playing the first official release that they have available on the launcher. It still scared the living crap out of me at 19 years old , And I think I realized it’s because back then, they didn’t really do the whole like audio thing I don’t know what it’s called but basically they now have it so you can hear how far away or approximately where a monster is at any given time. They make it a bit more realistic now which is actually really helpful, but other than that I would like the good old Beta Beck

[@fuf_6694]

ein Macher

[@arrow7496]

Minecraft and DanTDM were the best early to mid 2010s combo.

[@dr.skillz77mgpl92]

7:38 the rat race quote is so true, minecraft has lost it's soul but the old memories it created will never loose their charm

[@TheMinecraftKid2001]

I started playing Minecraft when I was 10 years old. Now I am 21. I just wish sometimes to be able to experience that first time I played Minecraft again because It had such an impact on my life. I know I won't be able to experience those experiences again and I was younger But I'm hoping for the newer players they'll be able to experience what I did. It was definitely a time to be alive back in the 2010s to be able to experience this phenomenon at such a young age

[@jaymm2416]

i started playing minecraft probably in 2014. i used to play with my friends all the time, especially with the ones i couldn’t see that often because they lived far away. we spent endless hours after school, building castles, houses, playing bedwars, etc. after a few years it somehow stopped, since all of us were more focused on graduating & finding ourselves. i barely talk to them now, but i hope that all of them are still looking back at these memories every now & then & are happy that we could experience it together.

[@Glaceonics]

It's funny, seeing these types of videos cropping up over the past few months and it really made me wanna go back, dust off my old 360 and boot up my minecraft world I had with my cousin, and our friends. It's.... amazing to see how everything was frozen in time, nothing changed and you can indeed remember most things but forget the context of them. I went through so many of my worlds before finding myself on a special one we all made at the end of Middleschool while we're all in 8th grade or somewhere around there. It was a world we worked on for 3 years before we all graduated Highschool and moved onto PC, not really touching minecraft from that point on outside of maybe Hypixel or whatever. After returning to that world, it was an emotional trip seeing the names of everyone on the house. Tac0, Feral Wolf (My name at the time), Jman, Tremax and so on, only to see the mansion our best builder on the server made, owned by our good friend Jaykay. Sadly, we last him during Covid and seeing his Mansion still there, doors still open and Wolf sitting by his door inside of it nearly had me breaking down in tears realizing the fact he's physically gone forever but as long as my 360 Hardrive was functional, his work and memory remains intact. Hell, most of our main villages doors were still open so I spent awhile going through the homes and seeing what we had done though made sure not to disturb anything, closing each door one by one, knowing they'd never be opened again and finishing off with Jaykays. Is it corny? Cheesey? Yeah, yeah it really was but I'm a sentimental dude. Minecraft is indeed a timecapsule, one that hurts to open up, it reminds us all of a time where we had no adult responsibilities to worry about, lived with our family and just went to school. Now? Most of us are in our Early to late 20s, maybe even 30s. Stressed, depressed, worrying day in and day out about our futures never to find these times again where we can just... Chill, build and get together and create memories. I'm 24 now, trying my hardest to make something of myself with Twitch, failed with youtube and stressing about my future. I miss being a kid, I miss minecraft....

[@spyro-maniac2607]

Hey man, you can never really fail KZbin. Sometimes it's hard but seeing it as a hobby may be what you need to get it back up and going again and you never know you might be surprised by the outcome. As a 17 year old trying to make the most out of my miserable time in the education system in the UK I urge you to find something that makes you truly happy. I'm always thinking of the things I hope to be able to accomplish in my life and it's never too late to do so. It's also never too late to kick it in reverse and take a completely new route. however, this may be hard for some people obviously I'm not aware of your circumstances. Just remember that you're not confined to the things you can currently see and things that may seem out of reach may only be a decision away.

[@davidkonevky7372]

It always saddens me to hear all these great memories of playing Minecraft with your friends when most of the memories I had of minecraft was playing singleplayer all by myself. I had some ocasional play sessions with my cousins but they lived far away and we did not know what online was so we were only able to play together like once a year. But yeah, minecraft for me was always at it's best when "goals" was the last thing I had on my mind, when just goofing around with stone armor and dying to mobs constantly was not a cardinal sin

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

We did a mix of goofing around and actually making some progress. Never got to beating the game tho. With one of them, it was just goofing around, but "serious" goofing around.

[@CraftingMan4574]

Remember you always happy when you see a village in night?

[@gamecenterjerry]

My goodness, as a 16-year-old who still has played the game since 2011, personally, this hits harder than those who first played the game at 11-13 years old or middle school age, because I played it at 5 and literally grew up with it, Minecraft being a part of my foundational memories. I don't know how to put it in words but this struck a deeply hidden nerve and finally surfaced it. A good point in the video: our perception of time has changed drastically. No longer do we possess that carefree attitude and hunger for knowledge, the burning curiosity that kindled most of our enthusiasm! Now with all the increased burdens that come with growing up, we can no longer have that perception of life that way because we must keep moving forward. The linear process of the race to finish the next task, that attitude bears a similar approach to that of studying in high school and college, because time has become a precious commodity. What I think is that drive and passion to gain more knowledge, our ignorance in life and Minecraft, the desire to learn more, the EXPERIENCE and the JOURNEY that we took is by far the most valuable thing that all of us could've taken away from it. Alas, no longer can we bear that same relaxed attitude of that in a 4th-grade relaxed primary school classroom, the freedom and the feeling of time being slower back then, therefore granting us seemingly endless time to play Minecraft and do what we love. Maturing is also a big part of it, now that we are all more knowledgable our desire for the unknown has greatly depreciated. I think its important to let go; one era has passed, and the next is to come. One day, I'm certain of it, we will look back on a day like this and yearn for it as much as we missed our young childhood of playing Minecraft. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" - Dr. Seuss

[@Mateg-M249]

Proud to say I played it at 6

[@arcanefella]

Blows my mind to realize you were born in 2006.... I've played this game since 2011 as well. I'm 24. Makes me realize I'm getting old. Already 1/4 through this life. Not sure if I'm where I want to be right now....

[@Mateg-M249]

@@arcanefella thought that was just a BMX but it apparently was a bike. anyway I was born in 2009 even so now I declare you, exactly 296 years old

[@Skeleton_With_VR]

me too... i remember moving when i was 3 and my neighbor had the game on her ipad

[@smokinwoodz]

@@arcanefella i dont know whats going on in your personal life but, you still have 3/4's of your life left to get where you wanna be man.. thats still a fuck ton of time! just make sure you look at the bigger picture of life, really reflect on it and find yourself, its really just being aware.. most people just autopilot in life and take the easiest route. much love brother

[@kaniac_]

Thank you man i really needed this video. Although i"m a 15 year old zoomer, me and my middle school friends had this realm 3 years ago that we made countries and did whatever. It got pretty intense and there were plenty of wars and backstabbing, but every single person loved it. It did reset every couple months, but it got stale after a while. Now I go to a different high school and barely if talk to those same people at all. I wish I could've kept talking with them but, life is the way it is.

[@drollpro]

The feeling that minecraft gave me from 2012-2017 is something I will forever chase but never get back

[@taylorindustries]

i played minecraft as a kid when it first came out. 12 years later now i have a younger sister that is also playing minecraft at the same age i was. amazing how long the game has stayed alive.

[@shineinstars]

mc is truly one of those games to stand the test of time,, like it still has sm relevance 13 yrs later

[@doabrad1850]

@@shineinstars Precisely. Minecraft is like Super Mario in that sense. Super Mario Bros was all the rage back in the mid 1980s, and now, nearly 40 YEARS LATER (🤯), people of all ages are still playing Mario games. I have no doubt Minecraft will end up being the same. Like how Super Mario is still relevant today as it was in the 1980s, it'll be the same case for Minecraft in the 2040s. It blows my mind to think that, when I'm in my 40s in the 2040s, I might have children, nieces, or great nieces playing Minecraft at the same age I was when I played the game like it was my religion in the early to mid 2010s.

[@shineinstars]

@@doabrad1850 true!! mc and super mario r two staple games in so many ppls childhoods and they'll definitely continue to be. it's amazing how games can surpass generations and touch ppl from sm different decades :D

[@taiyakiboi9697]

On top of everything in this video (which is explained amazingly), I feel like the versions of Minecraft have been getting more and more ambitious since 1.15 to the point where Mojang has been delaying and removing feature that were supposed to be in the game in an update. Sure there's a lot of stuff in the game now, but it doesn't feel as simple or as fun since there's so much to do and so little at the same time. Along with having so much in the game, it also makes all of the original mods for the game that would add crazy mobs and dimensions feel not like mods since the game itself feels like a giant mod of the original game. It was great when an update happened and it brought a new biome or two, or something like the elytra or new blocks, but it was still a small update that didn't really change the game, but with stuff like 1.16-1.19, it really changed the game with giant new world gen, op new armor, new enchants, a load of new achievements, a lot of new mobs, a boss, and some 'lore'. If you look back on it, four or five updates in the original Minecraft adding blocks in one update, mobs in another update, and biomes in another, all of those singular updates are now packed into one update each version and it's really crowded. I'm not saying that these new updates are bad, it's just that it pretty much a new game living in an older games skin and it feels weird.

[@enderdub9399]

You described that perfectly

[@PrimataGamer]

I somewhat agree, though I think the new updates are a lot of fun (especially the cave update, I love the warden), but it's great that it's so easy to go back to earlier versions and just enjoy them as they were!

[@angrypotato1347]

I do agree with that. Minecraft was, at least to me, supposed to be simple. It was supposed to be *different* than our world. Though I understand that there’s people who like the updates, I feel like to me, having Minecraft be more realistic with every update also takes away part of that simplicity and that feeling of “an escape from the regular world” that we all loved of the game.

[@sixty7beatz]

Mojang is retired, microsoft owns minecraft now

[@quiet_water9350]

"Life is a looping roller coaster of increasing speed and stepping off the train is scary and dangerous." This metaphor nailed the feeling. I want to go back to that time where everything was a bit slower...

[@garrettheckman656]

Man what a well spoken video, I really miss those days but yes we all have grown up and went threw break ups and moved on to different friends groups but I believe minecraft will have a place in everyone’s heart for the rest of are lives

[@KutsugeMindUrmoks]

I hope that you figure your life out eventually! You've been a great inspiration to me ever since your Unturned RP server and I'm happy to see you still uploading.

[@smiles9882]

Figure life out? That ain't how it really works

[@hubbabubba1273]

In 2012 I played Minecraft for the first time, there was a demo version of it on the Minecraft website, and I remember having the most fun of my childhood playing that demo version for the first time. I wish I could feel that again with literally anything.

[@LTB099]

I get this entire video, especially the worlds being a sort of memory time capsule, and I haven’t heard anyone accurately describe that feeling as well as you did. I also have a music playlist that acts the same way. I’m glad someone understands all of these things because all of my friends think I’m crazy for knowing the exact dates we hopped on Minecraft 2 years ago just by listening to a song. Good video

[@Infamous_B_C]

Hey man, just because life has a little less excitement, doesn’t mean your worthless. Im 36 now and had those same feelings about 10 years ago as my group really drifted out. Don’t hold nostalgia as such a good feeling. Its good to move on and use those memories as tools for handling current situations. If you want the excitement you felt as a kid, it takes hard work to make that feeling. Bigger dreams goals and adventures. But you can gain that again.

[@KhaoskidZX]

Wow

[@vikhyatrao4472]

I would have never thought a minecraft video could be so deep and impactful.

[@jacketsMusic]

When I play Minecraft I talk my sweet time making houses and have a simple calming play through. I have always told my self to not rush and this video explains my reasoning. I loved the golden age of Minecraft thanks for making this video that really makes sense.

[@maiqtheliar_]

I remember back in 2012/2013, the feelings I had when I've encountered a village or an abandoned mine for the first time... I think one of the most incredible memories I had was the time I found out about the nether watching my older brother play... such good times when my mind was thinking about the multiple possibilities I could have fun with this game.

[@Sharlenwar]

I'm nostalgic. Imagine the feeling of buying the game as a Early Access title. This is how I purchased it from Mojang back in 2009. Then firing it up and man, the world of possibilities. Shortly after people created server software so that you could run your own worlds and play with others. Groundbreaking. This birthed the sandbox survival genre that everyone enjoys today. This is why Minecraft will be important to humans, my children now play it and are enjoying the crap out of it. Ultimately, you are where you need to be. Life is like that, you have ups and downs. Without the downs, you won't know what the ups are. You are still young and need to keep pushing and exploring. You have the energy to do what you want, ultimately as you get old, you will lose that drive. I could be wrong, but it's happening to me. Keep your spirits up and thanks for sharing your personal story.

[@dobson4107]

I remember my friends and I having a Bedrock Realm a couple years ago that we all pitched on. At first the server was really peaceful and fun, we were all working together to get everyone diamonds and stuff. Then over time as we all had our own stuff, we divided ourselves in factions rather naturally and began building our own bases. Some of us went together in different groups while others went Han Solo. Before we knew it, we were having faction wars and battling each other. Many of the areas of the world are now blown to bits, covered in lava, or both lmao.

[@joaosa3689]

This video hit so hard I am actually crying. The way you went through each point and made your conclusion is beautiful! I don't know if that was the purpose, but it was kind of poetic. Thank you for remininding us that we have the power pull the lever :)

[@kierannn.999]

It's weird how minecraft used to be like a portal to meeting other people, that time feels so distant yet so close at the same time. I miss all the fun I used to have on that game, but now things have changed and I've grown up. Great video btw I enjoyed it very much.

[@Superkanalist]

I remember having fun experiences when i started playing Minecraft 1.5.2 mid 2013. Back then, cracked servers with login used to be pretty common, making it easy for an 11 year old like me to play it for free. Simply playing and fighting with friends in Minecraft was a peak experience for me. And now, 9 years later, i started to become an adult. Having others things that take my time away. And while i would say i am generally a friendly person, i obviously have angry moments, like everyone else does. But what made me fully break down in tears 8:27 is that i have a younger brother now living through this phase of his life, where i went through 9 years ago. It eats you from the inside if you think that you could destroy other peoples lifetime moments based on your actions, even simply as an older brother who is in another phase of his life.

[@skLaszlo]

This comment really moved me, made me think about how carefree it all was during my time in the early phase

[@purified7519]

During the 2020 pandemic me and one other friend made a Minecraft server for us to play and just goof on around to let the time pass during quarentine. Soon he wanted to add one of his friends, then I added one of mine and eventually we had a full blown Minecraft server with 10+ people. I remember this awesome city that we all made together, the fun wars we fought, and just how expansive the world was and how much mystery there was at every corner. The world was huge with new build at every corner, goofy bases, giant cities and castles, and tons of drama. The server last around 6 months but eventually died. I've tried recreating the server multiple times, but every time everyone quits playing after a week. Sad to think all those fun memories that we had, will never be matched...

[@akiharuao]

the saying of "one day you'll place your last block." is becoming true. this really hits me in the spot. its sad but, hope to see new generation have fun with the game.

[@arsonisticone]

It’s hard to look back at the worlds you created in the past. It reminds you of yourself as a kid enjoying the game so much. I remember my little hunts for herobrine as a kid which makes me laugh now lol. Time really does pass by when your not paying attention.

[@averagetexan191]

Checking out old worlds for the first time in years is allways a trip, i used to play with a friend online and built multiple worlds with him, havent played in a long time with him

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Seeing the black and white Steve in the thumbnail really did remind me of why it feels different, in my first experience with Minecraft the 3D anaglyph setting was enabled by default with my copy when I brought it, so for a while I knew Minecraft as a black and white fame with weird colour borders around blocks, until I figured out one day how to change it. I played one world during that period and I still have it on my PC, and I have a lot of fond memories of it.

[@onebilliontacos3405]

This hits hard. I am not yet at the stage of my life when I am going to go off to collage, get a career or get married, but for myself things have changed as well. From the way people now play the game of the internet to how I ended up trying to get "good" at certain aspects of it to a degree in which it has no longer been fun it mirrors a lot of my life. It really has been a while since I've done a lot of the things I've enjoyed, actually done the things I've wanted to for any reason other than to impress others. I have been working at going back to my roots and doing the things I've actually wanted to do, but I really do believe that this video has accelerated my motives. It reminded me of how short and quick life truly does tend to be. I mean heck, summers almost over and it barely feels like the first month has gone by. It really is crazy man, scary too. I really hope we can start to have fun with the game again and I hope that I can begin to start enjoying certain aspects of my life again as well. Thank you for this, it means a lot.

[@idi0tsanswich379]

short comment analysisis like this are so comforting. It's nice to know that on this one instance in this one comment section on this one video about a specific game that there is someone out there, is feeling the same as you I hope your able to enjoy your life again :), random incidental comment person .

[@yt-ru7dv]

Finally a Minecraft video that isn't like pay 5 million and I can fix all of these problems

[@BenGi551]

Just a small quick tip for everyone that can relate to the feelings described in the video: Try playing old Beta Versions of the game again. Not being able to run, no brightness adjusting and no self-healing appart from eating really makes it a "new" challenge again. I'm playing on Beta 1.4 for a week now and it's way more fun.

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

As someone who got in linda late, do you think playing the versions i got into at First sometime would help recreating that feeling too? It was, like, post 1.7 at least, began playing more at 1.14 times

[@BenGi551]

@@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller I can't say it for certain but at least you can try :) But I do think it is on another level for OG players that go back to very old versions, since those are the barebones versions of MC

[@niicespiice]

@@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller yeah i also got into the game later on - i joined in like 2015-2016 and played a lot in 2017-2018 too

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

@@niicespiice I found out about it in 2014 or 2015 and was already a big fan, but 2017 is when i began playing.

[@jout738]

No point to play like that, when you got much nothing to do, when updates give stuff to the game and you aint experiencing it for first time, so it aint that fun then.

[@stegosaurus0611]

I started playing in 2011. This video gave me a nostalgic feeling for the old days of minecraft. I feel like the game itself grew in complexity as I grew up.

[@x4dam]

Minecraft is a block game. But it has a good gaming chair and its built different. The only game full of nostalgia

[@darreldarrenman3334]

It's always fun hearing about people's personal experiences of the game's early years. I played completely on my own for those years since I had no idea how to coop play and never knew people to play with. But it still somehow feels comforting to hear about these old worlds and their stories. And I also agree with the ideas against speedrunning the game. People try to be so practical and efficient as if it does anything but make them more sad and deprived of stimulation. The best way to play games like mc is slowly, messily with lots of mistakes and personal experiences.

[@sentox3910]

I remember playing minecraft 7-8 years ago with my best friend on his ps4, because I only had a Wii. I was 8 years old back then, and the experience of not knowing how the game and the mechanices really work was priceless. I'd do anything to experience that time once again.

[@magma_fire_bagwan]

Yeah. Honestly, why must games be so good that the only way to truly experience them again is to wipe your memory and restart? (I.E. Outer Wilds. If you know, you KNOW)

[@AceTechn0]

I feel like I know too much about Minecraft, I’ve been playing it for the past 8 years. It just feels bland now, I always end up getting some iron, making a shield, some iron tools, and then losing interest and making a new world. The only thing I still enjoy about Minecraft is modpacks and multiplayer, at least those are still pretty fun.

[@magma_fire_bagwan]

@@AceTechn0 I've never thought about it like this but we're somehow legit cursed with knowledge

[@lorraineharding4072]

I also think the memories we had when we were younger playing minecraft are such fond memories for us is because it was in a time period where we had nothing to worry about, we were carefree and hours of free time every day. We didn't have jobs back then or rent to pay and other bills and expences they were all paid for by the already grownup adults in our lives. I will forever miss the days when I was in primary school playing minecraft by myself and with my siblings and then as a teenager playing minecraft with my friends and among us.

[@glennfordsolinap8606]

i used to play Minecraft since 2014 and have made memories with quite a lot of people. I never knew that when 2019-2020 came, it would really mark the sort of change that he said in the video...it really saddens me but yes though, i really relate exactly to the part where he mentions revisiting the worlds and it gives me this warm feeling of memories, a flashback if you may, the things me and my friends have, and the part where he mentioned where those people may have gone, what they were doing, it really hit me as well because i also think of things like that, i just not talk about this to my friends or family, the moment he said, everything changed now, it just made me more sad, but i guess that is life, we really all reach a certain point and there goes another point of our lives, to some people that might know me and might see this, i hope you guys are doing well, even if we don't talk like before...😇😇😇

[@menyatarigeny6833]

I really needed this right now, thank you. the last time I truly enjoyed this game was back in 2014, this was before I was living with my dad and this game was our only way of spending time together at the time. every time I play the game I try to find what is missing, why I don't feel happy anymore when I play the game. as you've said, everything changes, things aren't like they were and the gameplay loop has changed. I'll have to try just laying some bricks without a predetermined goal in mind, see what my hands can do when they're free. maybe I don't need to look to find what I've lost but close my eyes and rest along side what once was.