Minecraft Multiplayer Fun

"Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" is a 2010 YouTube video, noted for being the oldest video available for viewing on the PewDiePie channel. The video was uploaded by Felix Kjellberg, the owner of the channel, on 2 October 2010. Also featuring Xebaz, a friend of Kjellberg's, the video shows the two playing Minecraft, a sandbox video game. "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" has been viewed more than 17 million times as of December 2020.

Minecraft Multiplayer Fun
StarringPewDiePie, Xebaz
Release date
2 October 2010
Running time
2:03
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish, English

Background and release
Felix Kjellberg (pictured in 2019) released the video in 2010.

Kjellberg registered his current YouTube account on 29 April 2010, after forgetting the password to his old YouTube account.[1][2] His first YouTube upload was a different Minecraft video, which he deleted and no longer has access to.[3][4] Nonetheless, "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" has been cited as Kjellberg's first video by various outlets.[5][6][7] Kjellberg described his commentary at the time as 'shy', and stated "it was so weird to me, sitting alone in a room talking into a microphone. That was unheard of back at the time. No one really did it."[5]

Released on 2 October 2010,[8] the video is Kjellberg's oldest available for public viewing.[9][10] The video was released while Minecraft was still in its alpha stage of development. The video's description reads: "My friend was going to show me something inside the building, somehow a zombie had spawn waiting for us in his minecart." Indeed, the video featured "what sounded like a young man laughing heartily at an unlucky zombie that had gotten stuck in a tree."[11] The video featured mainly Swedish off-screen commentary from Kjellberg and Xebaz, although there is occasional swearing in English.[12] This is in contrast to the English he has primarily employed in his later videos.[11]

Reception and legacy

"Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" has been viewed over 14 million times as of May 2020.[8] The video itself has been cited as one that turned Kjellberg "into [a] huge YouTube star" by Business Insider, as well as one of the "10 most important videos in YouTube history" by Observer.[6][10]

Despite Minecraft being particularly notable within the Let's Play community, which Kjellberg helped to popularize, he did not upload playthroughs of the game during early periods of the game's popularity.[13][14] He stated in a video that "it felt like people were playing it just because it was popular, and not because they were actually [having fun] doing it."[13] However, in 2019, Kjellberg began to regularly upload Minecraft gameplays on his channel; Polygon wrote that he began to play the game, in part because, "he feels that he is flexible enough to not have the game define his channel."[14] The Verge cited one content strategist stating that Kjellberg was the top creator for the Minecraft keyword.[13]

See also

References
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  2. This account would briefly serve as a 2nd channel from 2012 before it was later abandoned during 2014.
  3. Talking about some stuff Ive never talked about. PewDiePie. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020 – via YouTube.
  4. Marshall, Carla (3 October 2013). "Throwback Thursday: The First Videos From YouTube's Top Stars". Tubular Insights. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. Parker, Laura A. (16 December 2015). "The Cult of PewDiePie: How a Swedish Gamer Became YouTube's Biggest Star". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  6. Moss, Caroline (17 December 2014). "15 Videos That Turned People into Huge YouTube Stars". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. Bassi, Isha (13 January 2020). "27 Side-By-Sides Of YouTubers in Their First Vs. Last Video That Will Make You Gasp". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. Minecraft Multiplayer Fun. PewDiePie. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020 – via YouTube.
  9. Orselli, Brandon (7 December 2019). "Minecraft Becomes Top-Watched Game on YouTube Again, Thanks to PewDiePie". Niche Gamer. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  10. Taylor, Jordyn (13 February 2015). "The 10 Most Important Videos in YouTube History". Observer. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  11. Hernandez, Patricia (20 December 2014). "What People Get Wrong About PewDiePie, YouTube's Biggest Star". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. Cunningham, Stuart; Craig, David (2018). "Chapter 4: Authenticy, Community, and Brand Culture". Social Media: The New Intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. New York University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9781479890286.
  13. Alexander, Julia (7 August 2019). "Minecraft's recent surge on YouTube proves that the 'PewDiePie Effect' is still real". The Verge. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  14. Hernandez, Patricia (1 August 2019). "Minecraft is having a big comeback in 2019". Polygon. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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