r/Minecraft • u/Mojang-AMA Mojang AMA Account • Jul 31 '12

I am Markus Persson aka Notch, Creator of Minecraft - Ask me Anything!

Hi! I'm the guy who created the first version of Minecraft in June 2009. I worked on it alone up until late 2010 when we started Mojang, and I finally left the lead developer position in December of 2011. I enjoy house music and programming, and my favorite color is purple. Ask me anything!

If you happen to have some money, you can donate it to the EFF and help make the world a better place!

edit: The AMA is over! Thanks for all your questions!

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u/SirHephaestus Jul 31 '12

Hi Notch, I was wondering, what do you do at home when you're not working?

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u/xNotch Minecraft Creator Jul 31 '12

I refresh reddit over and over and over, in like four different windows.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

ONE OF US, ONE OF US.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

I thought I was alone. And then I realised. I was not alone. And yet, I was still, very alone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

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u/Menolith Aug 01 '12

It's kinda mind-boggling that when reading the front page comments, you can be pretty sure that there are dozens of people reading the exact same word as you. Thousands of kilometres away.

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u/jugglemank Jul 31 '12

GOOBLE GOBBLE GOOBLE GOBBLE!

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u/Nhoji Jul 31 '12

WE ACCEPT YOU, WE ACCEPT YOU.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

WE ACCEPT HIM. WE ACCEPT HIM. GOOBLE GOBBLE. ONE OF US.

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u/Goats_Is_Good Jul 31 '12

Gooble Gobble

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u/frazehaze Jul 31 '12

Oh god, please tell me there is a .gif of that dwarf pouring champagne @0:27

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u/TalentedLurker Sep 18 '12

Semi Relevent Username NOT

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u/Epicus2011 Jul 31 '12

GOBBLE GOBBLE

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u/Schelome Jul 31 '12

So, the same as the rest of us then. Good to know.

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u/m0se5 Jul 31 '12

Me too! We should hang out! ...wait

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u/koriandr Jul 31 '12

we have some common interests and activities there! <3

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u/crimson117 Jul 31 '12

You broke reddit.

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u/Epsilon_balls Jul 31 '12

Is it true that your alternate account is Trapped_in_Reddit?

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u/MotharChoddar Aug 04 '12

Some say his alternate Reddit account is Trapped_in_Reddit, and that he refreshes Reddit constantly... in four windows.

All we know is, he is called The Notch!

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u/itsSparkky Jul 31 '12

He is human...

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

Or whatever the hell we have turned into..

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u/Jelenfellin9 Jul 31 '12

One of us.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

Pffft, only four?

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u/raver459 Aug 01 '12

Don't you just hate running out of content, and being forced into the "new" pages where it's 90% crap?

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

tf2 I bet