There are a lot of mysteries hidden within Minecraft. From the existence of the living dead, to Enderman, to the discs being the most realistic, technologically advanced thing in the game, the End, and more. When you think about almost anything in Minecraft, almost nothing adds up. This is thanks to Minecraft's lack of a story- or rather, lack of a rigid one. There are hints sprinkled about, but nothing to allow us to figure out anything concrete. This leaves most of the speculation up to the player, and allows you to give each world your own story.
I've always had the idea that the world of Minecraft is some post-apocalyptic world, taking place after a total collapse of civilisation. It explains the relative lack of modern technology in the game aside from Redstone, which in and of itself, has some major limits in comparison to real-world electricity. It explains why the world is so empty as well, aside from some small villages filled with people that barely look like people. As far as i know, this isn't an uncommon theory but it's less recognised than anything about Herobrine, that's for sure. We may have evidence to support such a theory, sure. But the question is- What happened? Well, i believe the answer lies in Disc 11.
Disc 11 is an enigma. We've researched it, analysed the contents since its addition, yet still, we know nothing. The closest things we've had to actual "theories" are just cop-outs for kids either being too lazy to research it, or just kids being obsessed with Herobrine. Otherwise, nothing. So i decided to look for a link between Disc11 and something else in the game. The best connection i could find was the Enderman; The eleventh mob added to the game. But how could this be connected to the end of the world?
I believe the contents of Disc 11 took place before the end of the world. This explains the decrepit state it's in. I believe this due to a sound effect in the track that i can only hear as someone loading a gun of some sort- which as you know, don't exist in the world of Minecraft after the end of the world. This leads me to believe that this was before the end of the world. One of the defining features of the track is the sound at the end- Distorted screaming that seems to be layered with static. This fits the Enderman perfectly. I believe that the Enderman snuck up on an unsuspecting miner and killed him. Assuming the miner did attempt to fight back, we can assume it was with the gun he loaded- which would have proven futile, due to the Enderman's ability to teleport to dodge any ranged attacks.
I believe this was essentially a recording of the beginning of the end; the first appearance of a monster resistant to all modern weapons. However, as civilisation had grown accustomed to modern technology, it's likely that it would never have occurred to them to use swords or other melee weapons- and most who did attempt to do so likely were defeated due to the Enderman's strength and ability to teleport around them. This reliance on modern technology proved to be their downfall, and resulted in the destruction of mankind.
Things seem to be in MC do to the "Rule of Cool" as applied to sandbox creation, rather than any straight jacketing adherance to a coherent world concept
Not a bad plot sketch if you want to develop this as fanfic, although you're hand-waving a hugh amount of tech & infrastructure vanishing… (And laser dodging Endermen would need precog, which ought to make being able to smack one impossible….)
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"Why does everything have to be so stoopid?" Harvey Pekar (from American Splendor)
WARNING: I have an extemely "grindy" playstyle; YMMV — if this doesn't seem fun to you, mine what you can from it & bin the rest.
I'm talking, like, nothing futuristic, but more like the technology we have today. Basically, we have the world as we know it today, the Endermen invade and kill everything. This leads to Steve being guided to defeating the Ender dragon, but if you wanna reach a bit, it could essentially be a projection of the player- the world of Minecraft is their dream, and when they play the game, that's the "dream" the universe mentions at the end. Steve is a projection of the player, guided by some god-like figure, and is there to avenge this other universe. And when you do, the universe tells you to wake back up to your world, a world where civilisation still exists.
There are a lot of mysteries hidden within Minecraft. From the existence of the living dead, to Enderman, to the discs being the most realistic, technologically advanced thing in the game, the End, and more. When you think about almost anything in Minecraft, almost nothing adds up. This is thanks to Minecraft's lack of a story- or rather, lack of a rigid one. There are hints sprinkled about, but nothing to allow us to figure out anything concrete. This leaves most of the speculation up to the player, and allows you to give each world your own story.
I've always had the idea that the world of Minecraft is some post-apocalyptic world, taking place after a total collapse of civilisation. It explains the relative lack of modern technology in the game aside from Redstone, which in and of itself, has some major limits in comparison to real-world electricity. It explains why the world is so empty as well, aside from some small villages filled with people that barely look like people. As far as i know, this isn't an uncommon theory but it's less recognised than anything about Herobrine, that's for sure. We may have evidence to support such a theory, sure. But the question is- What happened? Well, i believe the answer lies in Disc 11.
Disc 11 is an enigma. We've researched it, analysed the contents since its addition, yet still, we know nothing. The closest things we've had to actual "theories" are just cop-outs for kids either being too lazy to research it, or just kids being obsessed with Herobrine. Otherwise, nothing. So i decided to look for a link between Disc 11 and something else in the game. The best connection i could find was the Enderman; The eleventh mob added to the game. But how could this be connected to the end of the world?
I believe the contents of Disc 11 took place before the end of the world. This explains the decrepit state it's in. I believe this due to a sound effect in the track that i can only hear as someone loading a gun of some sort- which as you know, don't exist in the world of Minecraft after the end of the world. This leads me to believe that this was before the end of the world. One of the defining features of the track is the sound at the end- Distorted screaming that seems to be layered with static. This fits the Enderman perfectly. I believe that the Enderman snuck up on an unsuspecting miner and killed him. Assuming the miner did attempt to fight back, we can assume it was with the gun he loaded- which would have proven futile, due to the Enderman's ability to teleport to dodge any ranged attacks.
I believe this was essentially a recording of the beginning of the end; the first appearance of a monster resistant to all modern weapons. However, as civilisation had grown accustomed to modern technology, it's likely that it would never have occurred to them to use swords or other melee weapons- and most who did attempt to do so likely were defeated due to the Enderman's strength and ability to teleport around them. This reliance on modern technology proved to be their downfall, and resulted in the destruction of mankind.
Things seem to be in MC do to the "Rule of Cool" as applied to sandbox creation, rather than any straight jacketing adherance to a coherent world concept
Not a bad plot sketch if you want to develop this as fanfic, although you're hand-waving a hugh amount of tech & infrastructure vanishing… (And laser dodging Endermen would need precog, which ought to make being able to smack one impossible….)
I'm talking, like, nothing futuristic, but more like the technology we have today. Basically, we have the world as we know it today, the Endermen invade and kill everything. This leads to Steve being guided to defeating the Ender dragon, but if you wanna reach a bit, it could essentially be a projection of the player- the world of Minecraft is their dream, and when they play the game, that's the "dream" the universe mentions at the end. Steve is a projection of the player, guided by some god-like figure, and is there to avenge this other universe. And when you do, the universe tells you to wake back up to your world, a world where civilisation still exists.