Do you recall the time when you celebrated your birthday for three weeks with a few million of your closest friends? When every single day felt like a celebration, and each breakfast was a cake, except for that one day when the cake unexpectedly ran out, forcing you to stack pancakes on top of each other instead?
No? You haven’t experienced that? That’s unfortunate. Let me share this with you because May seems to have just begun, and we were all set for festivities, but now it’s already coming to an end…
We kicked off the celebrations right at the start of the month. Our first gift was a free map from Blockworks. Next up was a contest, where the prize was a trip to the Seattle Museum. And of course, there was the classic game Minecraft, reminding everyone that happiness can be found in just 32 blocks, plenty of game lags, and endless room for creativity! Oh, and I almost forgot—dyed wool! So much dyed wool! But don’t just take my word for it; I highly recommend playing the classic Minecraft directly in your browser!
We thoroughly enjoyed listening to and reading the memories shared by the developers of Minecraft Bedrock, and afterwards, we shared our own, some of which were compiled and published here. We even had the chance to mention Talking Taco (one of the players who shared their memories) on our site. I can’t imagine when I’ll get such an opportunity again! Perhaps it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience…
And finally, there was the largest sale in the entire history of Minecraft. As far as I know, you can still purchase most items at a discount!
On Reddit, players were baking pies, writing letters (albeit virtual and in block letters), and even creating skins! They then compiled the best ones into a single list.
Someone took the initiative to tally all the Minecraft Bedrock videos released over the past decade, and they actually managed to do it! According to their calculations, players have watched others build or simply move blocks around a staggering 436 billion times! That’s an unbelievable figure! I still can’t wrap my head around how they accomplished this, but I am immensely grateful for their efforts!
In conclusion, we would like to share some exciting news. Since 2015, programming courses have conducted approximately 130 million lessons on game development! We were astonished to hear this. It gives us hope that people are finally starting to take an interest in understanding the structure of games and those pesky zeros and ones.
Happy birthday, dear players!
Happy birthday, dear players!
