Minecraft fans have a long history of making memes online. Ever since the game was made public in 2009, it has had a dedicated community online which sparked countless YouTube careers and small businesses making Minecraft merchandise. The memes were the most prevelant due to their accesibility: almost anyone can make a simple meme.
When Minecraft really started to gather steam and get going in the public market, more and more time was dedicated to free updates that added new concepts to an otherwise simple game. While many of the additions are fun and/or helpful, Minecraft veterans love to reminisce about the good ol' days.
10 The One True Bed
Beds are one of the things that Minecraft has changed substantially over the years. At first, they were only there so the player didn't have to wait the night out with nothing to do. Then, the bed became the player's respawn point. Finally, in 1.2, more bed colours were added. Up until that point, a bed would always appear with red sheets.
There are a lot of practical applications for unique bed colours, especially with more than one player in a world at one time. Plenty just stick to the original red, though — there's something comforting and familiar about the look of it.
9 Too Much Of A Good Thing
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The Minecraft franchise has expanded outward in endless directions since its launch. There are Minecraft guide books at children's Book Fairs, the game is now available on consoles and phones, fans can buy official merchandise — the list goes on.
However, even the Minecraft community — which is already used to bizarre new content — was a little bit shocked by Minecraft Dungeons. This game is a top-down third-person dungeon crawler (not unlike Diablo) that released in early 2020. Needless to say, fans are divided.
8 Old Isn't Always Better...
This meme tells a story as old as time: the new is good, but the old was the best. There is tension between the part of a veteran fan who enjoys the new features — such as the Axolotl seen in this meme — and the part of them that misses when Minecraft was simple.
Dogs were a critical part of the early Minecraft experience. It was practically a rite of passage to figure out how to tame and keep one of your own. They're slightly less exciting now, when one can put them up next to foxes, parrots, turtles, rabbits, and pufferfish.
7 A Fascinating Backstory
This meme is referencing the story of how creepers were born. It used to be a common fun fact about the game but, as the community has grown and older gamers have aged out, it has faded into obscurity.
The story goes like this: one day, while working on Minecraft, creator Notch accidentally swapped the height value of a pig's model with its length value. The resulting disaster, with huge feet in front and back, a long torso, and no arms, ultimately inspired him to invent Creepers.
6 A Tragedy In The Making
Minecraft mechanics are notoriously... confusing. One would expect they'd be able to paddle their boat over an innocent-looking lilypad without issue — but they'd be wrong. Of course, these little quirks just add to the fun of the game, but several of them have lived on longer than they should have in the form of memes.
If anything, it's just amusing to imagine what it must be like to be Steve and Alex, who live in a world where crashing into an iceberg is as annoying as a lilypad.
5 Is It Worth It?
Veteran Minecraft players look back on the old loading screens with fondness. You hardly needed more than a moment's notice before you were logged on, already chopping down trees to your heart's content.
Of course, as with any game, updates come with more and more content to load in at one time. Minecraft is still a game that people could run even on a bad computer, but it isn't quite as quick to load as it once was.
4 It's Been A While
Not every veteran fan has played Minecraft consistently since its release. Indeed, most gamers left the game and returned every few months or years to check back for a comforting hit of nostalgia.
Each time, these fans would be confronted with the disturbing reality that they now don't know as much as they thought they did about Minecraft. New content is abundant and it's fantastic that developers are still putting so much love into the game, but... could they slow down for a minute?
3 A Sense Of Direction? Where?
These days, there are more sensible ways to figure out where you're going and where you've been without relying on a very thin mountain of dirt. Items like compasses, maps, and beacons have ensured that.
Yet, these towers of dirt were familiar sights in early Minecraft worlds and fans are all too familiar with the feeling of finally finding their way home again just as day turns to night. Besides, sometimes what's new doesn't always need to be better — even newer players have built a block tower or two in their day.
2 The Calm Before The Storm
In Minecraft, entering the caves means putting yourself in a lot of danger: enemies can only spawn in the dark, which means the player is safe as long as they get home at dusk... but the caves are always dark.
The "tsssss" sizzling sound of a Creeper about to explode is burned into Minecraft players' brains, so there's no hope trying to fight it if you're caught unaware underground. Instead, a moment of pure tranquility and acceptance washes over the player as they realize what's about to happen.
1 We Love To Congratulate Ourselves
Finally, veteran Minecraft players love to congratulate ourselves just for being veterans. It's true that the Minecraft experience has changed a lot since the time of its release, so there's lots of old content that lived and died with the hype of that era. But there's nothing wrong with getting in on the fun later, either.
Minecraft has done an uncountable number of fans an uncountable amount of good. If it continues to do that, the original purpose and heart of the Minecraft experience will live on.
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