The Unfortunate Truth of Minecraft's #1 Texture Pack 

Thank you for making this video and getting the word out! Also many thanks to the community

Wow, this was some insane Minecraft journalism. Never would have thought the texture pack was technically stolen. Kind of scary how easy it was for those logs to be faked and accepted. 10/10 video

As somebody who has used Faithful for so many years now, I am really saddened to hear about all of this. But on a brighter note, I'm happy to use the Compliance pack since it's gotten Vattic's approval.

Ladies and Gents: FHLX here. I just wanted to say that as of 12/29/2021, the Emulated Vattic team has completed a renaming process to be now referred to as the Classic Faithful Team. All logos, repositories, listings, and packs have been re-named to Classic Faithful. This will be our new name moving forward and should be much more recognizable than our previous name. Thanks everyone that sees this.

Never knew my favorite pack has this much history to it.

Vizzy: Oh, I thought you were dead. Vattic: My death was... greatly exaggerated.

11:00 I really appreciate you highlighting the names of these founders. Villains don't deserve infamy, but heroes deserve fame!

I knew a moderator on faithful and he told me he was always suspicious of Vizzy. He never gave proof that he had permission to update the pack and I'm very happy that he got caught. I hope legal action is taken against him for these last couple years.

I never knew that there could be much story behind a texture pack. Things like this really makes you want to think what’s really going on behind the scenes of other things.

Damn, I knew something was off when I first saw faithful on the minecraft store. Vattic was not mentioned even once but I was under the impression that he gave permission to these guys to continue the project. Turns out that one person claimed ownership without the permission from Vaticc and even made money from it. I appreciate him trying to continue Faithful but trying to take it as his own, proffiting and even lying about it is downright shameful. I will no longer support his, but will look for alternative Faithful packs instead. Huge props to Antvenom and the team in making this expose possible.

I was wondering why "Faithful" hadn't been updated in a while and now I suspect it's a direct result of everything hitting the fan. The process of looking at their issue tracker led me to Vattic's post and this video. I had no idea any of this was going on... thank you for enlightening me!

Vattic: "This is my texture pack" Vizzy: *"OUR texture pack"* Vattic: *"N O"*

when vizzy said "no democracy" and basically went on a power trip, I instantly got vibes of wheatley from portal 2

Thanks for this great video! It's good when more people learn what's going on with Faithful

Had to revisit this video while looking for a copy of Faithful to try out since I could remember that the pack had been stolen, but couldn't remember any more details than that. It's nice to have access to a resource like this at times.

I personally prefer the default textures over Faithful, but I never expected this.

Hopefully legal action is taken and he can acquire the rights to sell his own texture pack on the marketplace.

*Note:* xMrVizzy has changed his name to Kraineff! So if you don't want to further support Vizzy, don't support Kraineff!

Moments like this make me so happy, community looking out for other community members, no matter how long the ride has been even now, this truley is amazing to witness

Faithful is always my go-to texture pack for Minecraft. Everything looks clean and the builds still look good to people using default... Not to mention I don't have to keep going "Oh yeah that is THIS block" xD great video!

I just realized this isn't just on Vizzy either, it's on the people running the Minecraft store, how the hell did they accept the *fake* faithful pack without even properly checking the intellectual rights? Disgusting lack of effort.

Glad to see this story is finally public. EM and Compliance deserve all the positive attention they can get

I love how involved you are in this, I remember playing with faithful so long ago and wondering why I couldn't download an updated version. I had no idea that there was a massive scandal involved!! Great Video, Beautiful message!!

I know it’s been a while since this happened, but holy crap, that’s horrible. I hope Vattic and the other affected individuals are doing better now.

If I ever had to buy skins or texture packs on the Java Edition, I would commit nether sleep

When vattic returned it felt like when the main character disappear’s then returns even stronger with a new power up

Hi, recently Microsoft released a recreation of the Ather mod on the Marketplace without Gilded Games knowing. Could you do a video about this topic?

ive been using this texture pack on bedrock since 2016, i justgot hooked into it because of simplistic of the texture, doubing the resolution, but not changing the textures base design itself(note that im not into higher res packs than 16x), but i didnt knew there was a backstory hiding behind this masterpiece. Anyways, Vattic, keep doing this epic piece, Ily.

As someone who's hobby is in a creative field, I can confirm that *proper crediting and ownership is EVERYTHING* to someone who works in said creative fields. It's the lifeblood that draws in more people who might want to work with you, and spread your name further in a good light. Don't try and take credit and sell something you don't own, people. Because whether you like it or not, a DMCA or a legal lawsuit aimed right at you might just be how it ends.

About the minecraft marketplace section, it is sadly notoriously known (at least in the modded scene) for often completely enabling people to profit off work or ideas that are not theirs and never done with permission from the original creators of said projects while microsoft, mojang or whoever the team handling the marketplace side are, typically do absolutely nothing about it

I hate how it's always the creatives who get screwed over, the originators who make stuff like this in the first place.

That message at the beginning can be said to many people on the internet for a lot of situations

I'm gonna be honest with you: I always thought of you as an "average content creator" who makes content for a young audience. When I actually watched your videos though, I started to appreciate them, but I still never thought of them as singular. This video really changes my mind about you. Well worded, documented and extremely reasonable while talking about a topic you definitely have an opinion about. Excellent video!

One of my friends is a moderator for compliance, Fred figglehorn. He's had his artwork stolen by vizzy for over a year now. Feel free to ask questions if you want.

I feel like Vizzy continued the project without malintent at first (maybe for a bit of internet fame) but when money got involved things change very quickly :/

I remember when faithful started, as it was around the time I started playing Minecraft. Was one of my favorite packs. Thanks Vattic for your great texture pack! Glad to see your back on the scene. Can't wait to see what's in store for your future and your pack!

Wow, great work! That was very thorough. The whole situation is much clearer now, thanks for making an explanation for it. I was working on keeping Faithful 32x up to date with modern Bedrock versions (I mostly worked on missing UI textures), back before it had to be taken down in early 2019. I was sharing it on MCPEDL so other players could use it also, and the team at MCPEDL let me know that xMrVizzy required all Faithful packs had to be taken down, because of the new copyright. It's a shame that's what happened, but I am relieved that the right things are happening now! 😎

HARAG0N here, manager of Compliance for 64x resolution. This video is very important for me and thank you for what you did AntVenom. For anyone who likes 64x resolution here, Compliance 64x is for you. Love

I adored this texture pack! I used it even more than the default textures!

great video it explains to me what happened during these years with this texture pack. but i want to ask a question what shaders did you use for this video

Dude falls on hardtimes, and goes homeless. So what does homie do? Take his work and sell it! What a true friend

Ugh, Vizzy being Russian explains a lot. Trademarks are granted on first claiming in Russia, even if there's proof someone else made the IP. If he's filed a trademark there is an extremely long and one sided legal battle ahead. SCP Russia is currently going through the same thing. Markiplier made a good summary video on this event as well.

"Out of options and desperate for some sort of resolution, they knew what they had to do." I love this video.

In my Minecraft days as a kid I’ve always been a very big fan of the faithful texture pack. I’m saddened to hear about the hard history of the pack but it’s really nice to see all these great artists care so much about this. I barely play Minecraft anymore, I’ve moved on to other games but I’m very proud to see the kindness of this community ❤️

this is such a great video ant, i’m proud to have been a fan of the channel for years. sending tons of support to vattic!

Speaking for the Russian community, I am so sorry this hideous incident happened. I am utterly disappointed that our community is portrayed in such a terrible light ... again. I fully support Vattic and the people who contributed to this journey. I hope the action will be taken and Vizzy will get what he deserves!

Excellent informative video, I have been using Faithful since I found it, to me is the look of Minecraft, I do like the greener greens instead of the grey greens, I kinda like vibrant colours in the game. I am glad Vattic is back and his life is better it would have been a great loss for Minecraft not coming back.

I remember that Texture pack from a Minecraft Knockoff game and some OG Minecraft youtube videos

I remember using Faithful like 7+ years ago and it was great. I didn’t realize how crazy of a story this pack had once you dig deeper. Fantastic video Ant!

I used to use Faithful all the time, but after seeing Toycat's video and doing a small amount of research on my own, I stopped using it entirely. I am very happy that this story has a happy ending now.

Being someone who has personally witnessed similar events in other communities, I hope things go well Vattic! And that the new packs succeed! (And perhaps for the other guy to end up actually making his own texture pack instead of theft like this).

Amazing video on the history of the pack its crazy to think that all this was going on behind the scenes

Side stories like this that have years of background always get me thinking about what other stories are out there that have yet to be told. There's gotta be a bunch of good ones out there that someone has yet to come out with for one reason or another. If just Minecraft, one game, can have so many community backstories imagine everything were missing out on.

The thing about Russian copyright/trademark is it isn’t apart of the global market, that’s why there is a Starbucks chain not owned by Starbucks in Russia and why someone put a request for a Copyright on all SCP related stories/images

It’s been so many years watching your videos and my brain still says the same thing every video… thank god for his mother or this beautiful man wouldn’t exist!

crazy, i love these documentary type minecraft videos

I hope this video will help to spread awareness about this whole situation. I am one of the founders of Compliance and previously was a Faithful contributor for many years until Vizzy lost his mind. Can't wait for the future of Faithful. I'm so thankful I'm on the good side of this story.

Stealing from a homeless guy to sell his stuff for a quick buck is one of the most depressing things I've heard in a while. Makes that insanely high price even more scummy. And it's not like these things ever make a ton of money, but it could be the difference between _having food_ or not.

7:20 Just when the people need him the most, _he returned._

Wow, I'm late but never knew that Vattic was back!!! I'm so happy!!

Vizzy: "Yes, I can finally make money off something stolen!!" Vattic: "Allow me to introduce myself."

i was in the faithful discord when this stuff happened with mrvizzy coming back and kicking people out a year ago and i proceeded to download compliance’s packs, join their discords, and vote on some of their textures, however after getting more into the minecraft speedrunning community, where texture packs have rules and faithful is a gray area (not to mention optimal game performance is key and increasing texture resolution is not good for this), i sort of lost track of it all. i’m in the compliance discord still but have never checked it. i knew vizzy was a bad person from his response to the “democratic” work on the pack but had no idea that he blatantly stole it. wow. this does just make me even more impressed with what compliance did though, rebuilding the pack over time from the ground up for every single texture in minecraft. thank you for covering this from someone who used to be a massive texture pack nerd and still sometimes dabbles in them. i’m really glad to see an update on this situation as well as a happy ending and i will definitely update my resource packs for when i play minecraft more casually

Man seeing your original survival world brings back a lot of memories

watching you build this world when I was a kid vs watching it used as a backdrop for journalism now is giving me a real adult moment, feels good and bad man

It’s interesting. Everyone always says “It’s not worth it” or “Don’t bother”. But for an event of this scale, all I can really say is, “How can one know it’s not worth it? Has someone tried?”

Hey Ant, I’m from the Compliance team and I want to say thank you for supporting us and EM through all of this. You’re the man!

damm i missed faithful glad to see an informative video about where it went. cheers :D

Cant believe a video like this is so interesting. Glad things went out well!

Mullak is bae, Mullak is life. Thank you Antvenom for all of the information and hard work you’ve put into this video and the faithful packs!

Never thought a resource pack would have a story worthy of a Hollywood film. Or that that pack would be the beloved Faithful. Insane. Great work Ant!

I didn’t even realize I was watching AntVenom until he said his channel name 😂 The recommendation rabbit hole is REAL

Wow, I remember this all happening years ago. Totally forgot about it.

I was never aware of such a narrative that existed just because of a texture pack! If I end up using a texture pack, I'll make sure to steer clear of Faithful for now and use Compliance or Emulated Vattic instead. Thanks for the fantastic video and phenomenal story-telling.

Hey. As a primary contributor to Emulated Vattic Textures 32x32 (EM32D), I am happy to see that you covered this controversy. It means a lot to me and I'm sure it means a lot to everyone involved at EM and Compliance. So I just wanted to say,... Thank you.

I just started watching you and I love the content ❤

Very interesting information about this texture pack. I've seen it on the marketplace and I've thought about getting it multiple times. However my personal favorite is the PureBD texture pack so I'll probably always stick with that one.

Always love seeing the Peaceful Map featured in newer videos

Unfortunaly, people are going after Vizzy. Even after you made this video, as we speak, we got some "retribution seekers". Again, do NOT go after him. It's a waste of your time, and he's not worth it.

revisiting this video is weird. As an original user of the "Faithful" texture, I hope that the proper legal action was taken. I had made a reply here a year ago, but that was on an old account. Still glad Vattic is around

It's still so many player using that pack that's the first ever pack in mcpe and java

I had a gut feeling that Faithful wasn't meant to be on the marketplace...

damn, never knew there could be drama even in the minecraft resourcepack artist community...

Why the hell aren't any of the alternatives on the marketplace yet? This whole scandal has basically resulted in nothing but bedrock players being screwed cause faithful isn't being updated anymore and the alternatives aren't on there from what I can see.

Wow I had no idea....I’m gonna download compliance and use that instead...I’m just shocked to hear the way things went down and how badly those involved were treated by one individual...

Even if this story is kinda sad, I'm very happy because I finally have an answer to a question that I had almost 6 years ago when 1.9 released: where's the Faithful texture pack? If it wasn't for this video I would still have absolutely no idea. Thank you for covering this Venom

11:48 why was i half expecting him to say “they booked a flight to Japan”? Maybe i’ve been watching to much Nick Robinson.

It was kind of funny how you said "The story would take a turn for the worst..." followed immediately by the text "The Minecraft Marketplace", lol

11:46 My poor boy Nick Robinson really thought you were booking a flight to Tokyo in search of answers.

This video is important not just to those involved with Faithful, but to all Minecraft texture artists. Hell, I would even say it goes further than that--that it is important to all Minecraft content creators and those creators outside of Minecraft as well.

The moment you say “move the resource pack to bedrock” and I immediately know it’s the marketplace and I thought “oh, no, so that’s why it is.”

minecraft logo but gamecube on the left? you earned my sub. we need more gamecubeeeeeee in laififfeee

This all makes me glad that I've got the official resource pack for my server announced publicly as a Customized iteration of Wolfhound by Thistlepack, and I'm pretty sure i also actually added a link for the customizer too XD

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I know it is not known or technically released but as someone who has worked on a resource pack for 2 years now mainly for personal use I could not possibly imagine having my entire pack stolen. I am completely disgusted that my resource pack used vizzys faithful as a foundation, mainly being the file names for textures. I look forward to a future where vattics faithful rules supreme!

I never used Faithful but I'm glad that Vattic got his stuff back

...Wow. I can't believe the most nostalgic pack (for me) was jacked by some guy. I'll do my best to support Vattic and the projects he has approved.

Great video as always AndVenom! Have you seen also the other similar case regarding the Aether mod? It got uploaded on the Marketplace without our (Gilded Games team, who develops the Aether projects) consent. From one side is a terrible and offensive thing for us, but in the other side is kinda funny since the original creator of the Aether mod, who is still involved in the project, is now a Minecraft developer!

Well this was nice and informative and I hope Vattic manages to put his own work on the Marketplace.

I remember watching youtubers using the Faithful texture pack back in the day and thought it was really cool. I didn't know it was stolen after 1.8 (I didn't even know it was available for 1.9 forwards lol), but it is nice to see it's in better hands now :)

I think CompliANT should be a spinoff of standard FaithfulVenom

When Sei (on a different server) was talking about working on a texture pack, I actually didn't realize that he meant this!