The Story of Minecraft’s Forgotten Author…

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  • An important but mostly forgotten part of Minecraft's History is the End Poem. But what's the story behind the story? did Notch write it? did C418? This is the story of how Minecraft almost lost it's ending and how an artist lost a friend.
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  • @CashierThatLikesBeanz
    @CashierThatLikesBeanz 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +153

    didnt know that the "I know the player you mean" poem had so much LORE!!!

    • @walmarp
      @walmarp 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Tbh I’d figured it’d’ve had more

    • @TopatTom
      @TopatTom 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      MatPat that you?

    • @CashierThatLikesBeanz
      @CashierThatLikesBeanz 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TopatTom maybe, but thats just a theory, a youtube comment theory!, thanks for reading

  • @rayman2902
    @rayman2902 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Bro, this man probably could’ve gotten away with suing Microsoft for the right of the poem and gotten a lot of money for it, but just decided not to and instead, just give the poem away to free for anyone who wants to use it that’s amazing

  • @YetiYes
    @YetiYes 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +77

    When you sent me the first 30 seconds of this video I knew it was going to be phenomenal. But I was absolutely wrong this may be the very best Minecraft video uploaded on TH-cam so far.

  • @The_Turtle_One
    @The_Turtle_One 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    I thought this was from a channel with like 50k subs, but goddamn bro you got some great editing and video skills

    • @kodekYT
      @kodekYT  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Thanks! First time trying a more serious tone

  • @BarnesReal
    @BarnesReal 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Yooo cool to see my video in here! Great research, good things coming for u mate

  • @Crashidan
    @Crashidan 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Well, I knew that the conversation in the poem was between two people, but I didn't know it had this much depth. Thank You for telling us about someone important, but unknown. It does suck that everyone involved with Minecraft is being screwed over at some point, it only matters when.

  • @Bouncy_Skittles
    @Bouncy_Skittles 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    This is 100% one of the best videos ive seen in a while.

  • @SpookyGhostpeppers
    @SpookyGhostpeppers 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    How does this only have 2k views and 300 likes? Very well researched and edited video, short enough where it doesn't beat around the bush and gets straight to the point. I really hope you get the attention you deserve!

  • @fireworks4life838
    @fireworks4life838 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    People should throw at least a little something generous his way. He put the cherry on top for Minecraft's ending.

  • @RexTheReindeer
    @RexTheReindeer 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    I hope this blows up!! I love the video bro, sooo good!

  • @thepriestgodneverpayed
    @thepriestgodneverpayed 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    ive always seen the end poem as overhated but at the same time in the wrong place
    but i can respect it more now,,,

  • @guest_4416
    @guest_4416 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This video is very well made and edited! I never knew the story behind that poem and you explained it so well. Hope your channel gets recognised by the youtube algorithm because you deserve 100k subscribers.

  • @doomer17o
    @doomer17o 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    This is such high quality! Great job, man! Hope this vid gets more views!!!

  • @MSMelodyYT
    @MSMelodyYT 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Yall this vid got recommended to me and it will blow up! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @Damglador
    @Damglador 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Awesome story, thanks for telling it to many, and me. I hope this video will get more views, because 1k is just unfair.

  • @Lax-qh8pv
    @Lax-qh8pv 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Amazing video, this is definitely gonna blow up

  • @Thestrawberrycat_
    @Thestrawberrycat_ 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Breh i thought this video has at least 1000 views

  • @redshot9616
    @redshot9616 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Really amazing video

  • @iternity4425
    @iternity4425 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    this was incredibly well made.

  • @YellowCatMC
    @YellowCatMC 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Another banger from kodek

  • @Elgi72
    @Elgi72 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I remember that the End Poem is public property.

  • @LBoomsky
    @LBoomsky 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    u asked in the 4jstudios content channel about this video :O
    pog this video is very well done

  • @trustytrojan
    @trustytrojan 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    you deserve more subs 💪

  • @dorian51.
    @dorian51. 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow really cool video man , thank you for this !

  • @bluepolar4565
    @bluepolar4565 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I never even thought of who wrote the poem, and this video was awesome!

  • @creeperplayzz
    @creeperplayzz 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh damn, great video on this

  • @NostalgiaArtist
    @NostalgiaArtist 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cleannnn editing

  • @land3021
    @land3021 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5:49 6:30 The villain was Microsoft?
    7:22 7:27 Woah
    9:32 "And the universe loves you, because you are love"

  • @tyrone1736
    @tyrone1736 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    high quality af

  • @DoggoDoesStuff
    @DoggoDoesStuff 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing video

  • @Sopsy_Hallow
    @Sopsy_Hallow 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i dont think its right to say that he never got anything out of it, esp since he was literally paid 20k
    as for the situation with him not being included with the money split of the small team of contributors, its probably since he was significantly less close to them as a friend and as a collaborator. i think he got a reasonable pay regardless
    its fine to reminisce about what could have been and be weary of unfinished business, but at some point you have to embrace the past to continue your life. which he seemed to have done by the ending of this video

  • @prodauxccord
    @prodauxccord 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Wow!

  • @KingOskar4
    @KingOskar4 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Minecraft, Pokémon, and Star Wars , 😅 ALL HAVE creators that are... Human... 😅 Like they have flaws, they make mistakes when creating.❤

  • @darealzinc
    @darealzinc 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    W video Kodek.

  • @YetisBlessedWorld
    @YetisBlessedWorld 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Underrated

  • @Lucky_Pony1
    @Lucky_Pony1 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1:21 minecraft xbox one edition 😢

  • @kgoblin5084
    @kgoblin5084 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am honestly NOT at all sympathetic to Gough...
    1st of all, standard practice for any creative contribution to a collaborative project is it's work for hire, & thus owned by the business entity which commissions the work. If Gough had other expectations, he should have sorted it out ahead of time with the contract. I most certainly DO NOT buy that he didn't know about work for hire, because of just how ubiquitous a standard practice it is, in literally every creative industry.
    Second - categorizing himself as one of the 'original collaborators' is a bit of a damn stretch. Not to demean the value of his work... but comparing one poem to ALL the music in the game at the time? And ALL the in-game paintings (not just the ones for the End zone content, all of them... and this was well over 10 images at the time in question), and ALL the development work by Jeb is frankly asinine.
    Furthermore, while he contributed to the 'final' commercial release, that's a bit misleading in MC's case... the game had already been available for purchase & was a cultural phenomenon for years at that point.
    About the only thing I can actually fault Mojang for in this case was not getting the contract sorted out properly BEFORE he did the work for hire... and even then it was them who were insistent that he get properly paid for his contributions

  • @FaceCreeper
    @FaceCreeper 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    we are love

  • @doggoner
    @doggoner 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    whats the song @2:42

    • @kodekYT
      @kodekYT  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Credits are in the description 😗

  • @fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257
    @fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    damn i cried :(
    because of the end poem not you >:(

  • @Cheddy
    @Cheddy 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    !

  • @sdkdb
    @sdkdb 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    20,000 for a peom is pretty fair tbh

  • @Hashtag_Playz
    @Hashtag_Playz 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    SECONDDD

  • @MonerLaine
    @MonerLaine 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    The fun part is how he was overpaid (the rate he got from it was far more than the usual for commercial work), then the game became the biggest game ever and got mad because nothing else he writes has ever become a 1% as popular as Minecraft, which caused him to go full on petty and asking for more money even though he was given a flat rate and never signed a contract in which he would get themselves some royalties. Why didn't he do that? Easy, he thought Minecraft would stay a small indie thingy.
    The lesson with this man should be "Never underestimate anything in which you participate".
    He doesn't deserve a penny from either Notch, Microsoft, Mojang or anyone. Even if they could give them millions and still have more than enough money to burn.
    No one who bought the game ever bought it for the poem, 98% of people don't know that it exists in fact. Tomorrow they could even delete it from the files and still Minecraft would still be the biggest game in current gaming history. And yet the guy in every occasion he gets likes to act like he is the sole reason the game is so big. It's disgusting to see how people want to create sympathy for some delusional arrogant dude who can't sell much of his work (because he ain't good, right now there's so many great poets out there getting a lot of money because they are actually resonating with people; even people from the third world such as myself are living nicely of our work because right now there are an incredibly huge demand. If he can't sell shit, is because no one wants to read his work) yet we see him going on and on about his small contribution to something greater than whatever he will accomplish in life. It's disgusting.

    • @kodekYT
      @kodekYT  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I definitely wouldn’t call Julian the hero or “victim” of the story but he certainly wasn’t a bad person, he simply didn’t realize what he was getting himself into

    • @Sopsy_Hallow
      @Sopsy_Hallow 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      thats an extremely harsh way to put it and id argue too much, he's probably not some evil hack thats just angry that he didnt get more out of the biggest game, but i do agree that he isnt really owed much anymore. he's been paid, even if he didnt sign a contract, and even if its less than it couldve been, but its not like he got nothing out of it
      i think its fine to reminisce about missed opertunities like that even if it might come across as petty, but i think its more important to accept and embrace the past and learn to move on, which, by the ending of this video, he seems to have done