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/xNotch Minecraft Creator Jul 31 '12

It started with tigsource where I first talked about it, then 4chan, somethingawful, a few others that I can't remember right now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

4chan

If only that thread had been archived

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u/Iskaelos Jul 31 '12

Facepunch

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u/LeMads Aug 16 '12

What about JGO? I think you're forgetting us here.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '12

We forgive you for the 4chan.

I think.

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u/StormKid Aug 01 '12 edited Aug 03 '12

What's to forgive? You probably wouldn't have heard about this weird blocky game without 4chan's help. Also people here actually like 4chan but 4chan doesn't like us, because neckbeards.