After 14 Years, the True Story of Steve Was Just DISCOVERED…

Steve is perhaps the most recognisable character in all of gaming. But up until now, nobody has known his true origins...

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0:00 – Intro
0:36 – The Mob
2:44 – Diving Deep into Minecraft’s History
4:51 – The Discrepancy
8:21 – The Wrong Steve?

Music Used:
1. Tom Fox - Expat
2. C418 - Haunt Muskie
4. Scott Buckley - Escape Velocity
5. Scott Buckley - What We Dont Say

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[StuffandThings_]

I wish Mojang still added stuff based on the random whims of the community like they used to. So many iconic things in the game began this way.

[ludovicsasseville]

7:31 the guy who said "please please no rule 34 on steve"💀

[kizzycocoa]

Hello. I'm the guy who added the entries to the wiki, being a very active and eager 16 year old wiki moderator at the time, as well as the guy who managed to get Cake into Minecraft via the Quest for Cake campaign about 15 years ago.

The whole situation is strange, and so is how the names came about. I know we would have tried to verify the names. Though back then, these names were so ubiquitous, we simply just, knew what they were. For us at the time, it was simply common knowledge of their names.

I still don't know how or why, but the whole name situation is kinda fascinating. The community effectively brainwashed itself into believing the name was so, to the point that a year after they had been added and removed, in our archival attempts, I would make the pages for them and simply add their accepted "official" names.

It's quite a fascinating Mandela effect we all slipped into. A big lesson for other wiki editors too. Be sure of your sources. We seemingly did not dig deep enough at the time, and no doubt the wiki page only circulated the community misunderstanding further, to the point that it's now too late, these *ARE* their names now.

[stevelin]

I (a Chinese guy) chose my English name as Steve because I liked Minecraft so much, I'm glad to see the origin of his (and my) name explained :)

[rustedx]

steve was a zombie, and now fights the zombies. crazy

[gorilla_gorl]

In Bedrock Edition's character creator, Steve's beard is in the facial hair section and the mouth section, labelled as "Steve's beard?" and "Steve's mouth?" respectively.

[hypersonicxx]

To think that Steve went from being a base model / zombie - like hybrid to an actual character with who's so iconic he's in one of the biggest crossover games ever and has crossed over with many different universes including Sonic, Tetris, Mario, Angry Birds, Star wars & more just shows you how far he's come.

[GalaxVerse]

1:29 so Steve was a Zombie before that makes sense for zombies look like Steve

[def-meditext]

So steve was just a community name all this time? Wow, thats really sick tho.

[thegamemaster]

Calling things and characters Steve was VERY common from 2006 to 2010ish...

Blame over the hedge. A scene has the squirrel saying " let's call him Steve" and the internet at the time did just that... To everything. That and gir hoodies.

We named things weird back then. Lol

[JJJCM]

Steve is such a well known character, it's awesome to see him finally recognized for his amazing story! Another great video, keep it up!

[StuffandThings_]

7:25

They predicted the horrors of knockoff "monster school" videos

[SnowmanIRC]

Wow, this video certainly brought back some memories. I'm the Snowman from the IRC you showed. Who knew my 15 year old messages would be dug through and brought up again. Anyway, I still remain resolute in the fact that the Minecraft character is NOT called Steve, that was just the Dock models. However, the confusion with it all has meant that I am in the minority, as it basically is used as his name nowadays.

Anyway, great to see other familiar people from then in both the video, as well as the the comments here. And yes, I do remain consistent in the fact that I do not want rule 34 of Steve.

[NinjaDude]

Dude talking to his grandkids in the future " oh im the guy that gave steve from mine craft his name me and notch used to share memes about neckbeards" grandchildern in unison " sure grandpa whatever you say"

[thewhitetophat]

Are we going to talk about the fact that some random dude named "Cial" literally coined the name of the most recognizable character in all of human history? (yes i do believe that most people nowadays recognize steve more then historical figures)

[romlegend]

"Please, no rule 34 on steve"💀🙏 7:30

[FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's Fact: The first exoplanet, a planet outside of our solar system, was discovered in 1995 orbiting a star called 51 Pegasi.

[j.corbygaming]

7:28 Boy would Snowman be disappointed now.

[ChrissieBear]

I thought his name was Steve? with the question mark as part of his name. Just like Jean? is the name of the dragon.

[Villager_Nerd]

at least he grew his beard back in his new texture