Why ExplodingTNT Abandoned His Audience 

sorry fam but i ate explodingtnt

I do hope he makes a grand return sometime, but we all agree, he was a good part of our childhood. Whatever he's doing now is for the better.

ExplodingTNT was one of my favorite channels back in the early MC days (alongside itsjerryandharry and CraftedMovie)! Hope wherever he is, he’s out enjoying life

This guy was my favorite RU-vidr during 2016-2020. His videos made me so happy and all the life that was put in to all the characters in his videos like Notch, Bacon Craft, Pink Sheep, Purple Shep, and Failboat. All of that was great and I miss it so much.

this guys humour still lives within me today, while its sad that he burnt himself out, im glad he knew that he was more than his channel and took strides for his own health. so long, king.

ExplodingTNT, Pink sheep and purple shep were what turned me from being mildly interested in Minecraft to loving it. I never forgot what I used to watch back in 2016-2019 up until his first break. After his temporary return I continued to watch him until he quit again and has disappeared completely. Where ever he is now, hope he’s okay and living the best life he can.

Once of ExplodingTNT's lead actors and Discord admins once told me in mid 2021 that his hiatus wasn't due to his channel not doing as well, but rather some sort of illness his doctors (at least at the time) couldn't diagnose that somehow impeded him from making vids. I'm not sure if it's a chronic condition that's still afflicting him or what. His 2020 hiatus was also largely owed to him wanting to take a break, but Covid coming not too long into it largely made his plans to do things outside RU-vid in that time go awry (as mentioned in his return video). It's possible he wanted to make up for what he missed out on in his first hiatus with his second one. And lastly, in a late 2010s Q&A, he promised to do a voice reveal at 5 million subs and a face reveal at 10 million. While the former happened a while ago, the chances of us the face reveal at this rate rate are quite low. Before Dream came along, he was arguably the most famous Minecraft RU-vidr who notably kept anonymous.

I ain't even mad that he quote on quote "Abandoned" us. At some point a legacy must be put down. Honestly, it's nice to know that he's doing Alright instead of some controversy regarding possible Pedophilia or such (Like many *OTHER* Minecraft RU-vidrs have gone through). A homie of childhood dreams that ain't gone through such routes is truly a Certified Individual.

I accidentally clicked on this video but now I’m grateful I did

Oh man, seeing his store with the wayback machine, that brought me a sudden memory. I was the one who originally designed the "Mouse" Tee Shirt, from the inside joke spread in his videos. He came across my DA upload, loved it, asked me if he could get someone to redraw it for a Tee, and I'd get one of those for myself. The artist behind the redraw was called "BinofTrash" or something like that at the time. Unfortunately, I never got that Tee I was promised. Not mad about it, after all, my concept wasn't completely original, and it's an undebatably better redraw that was sold ( the original being on traditional paper as I was still young and not very experienced in art. ) At another time I sent TNT a world download of a big town I had built in survival on a server and simply saved the chunks locally. He ended up using one of the neighboring homes that were abandoned by their builders way before I settled my town, as one of his filming locations for one episode, during his 2017 peak. If only I knew who originally built that little villa! Now it's just forgotten history.

This guy is honestly very nostalgic for me during the past few years. I remember watching his videos everyday. I was sad when he stopped uploading, and then I just forgot about him until now. Sad he doesn't upload anymore.

ExplodingTNT was practically the _only_ RU-vidr I watched back in 2016-2018. After that, I forgot about his videos, until I saw his video from 2020 where he said he was leaving, and I honestly never saw the video where he came back. It's kinda sad that he hasn't uploaded in a while and that we don't know when he's coming back, but I can understand, as he's been making RU-vid videos for nearly 9 years. I hope that he's happy doing whatever he's doing.

i honestly entirely forgot about ExplodingTNT and PinkSheep, those 2 main channels basically raised me during 2016-2020 when the pandemic hit and i switched interests, during that time, i literally remember watching him everyday when he used to upload everyday (or every week, idk i forgor), ExplodingTNT has made such a big impact on my life that i continue to have the channel's humor even without realizing it. im glad ExplodingTNT quit for his mental health, and i really hope him the best, rest well king. 👑👑

I haven't played minecraft i while bug ExplodingTNT was one of my all time favourites for the time I watched him. Hope he's enjoining himself.

That had me concerned for a second. His videos were absolutely hilarious in the older years of 2015ish-2019ish. Pink Sheep was a funny being. Whatever ExplodingTNT is doing now, I hope he is well. All the good times were greatly appreciated

I remember these on my childhood. His "friend" failboat is on skipthetutorial's channel. That's why when I saw failboat in skipthetutorials videos I went back to nostalgia.

I have been watching ExplodingTNT for a long time and it made me wonder about what happened to him, I am patiently waiting for his next upload... Though he may or may not come back, I could at least thank you for finding the answer for us.

He's probably just moved on. Making Minecraft content for a decade can't be easy.

I remember my friends and I would watch explodingtnt constantly back in 2016. Minecraft machinimas in general, but his channel was easily one of my favorites. Heck I remember waiting for him to upload once I got out of school. It’s funny knowing a lot of other people watched him as much as I did back then. Honestly his channel was one of the things that got me close with my one of my best friends. I hope he’s doing well wherever he is, he really was part of my childhood

Just noticed that Explodingtnt's friend Liz has disappeared too, but his other friend Failboat is still uploading videos.

ExplodingTNT was a minecraft legend that made millions laugh and I hope he is living his life to the fullest cause he deserves a break

im sad that this guy didn't own over 500 more channels, great video tho, do one on why mrbeast dissapeared for 4 days

Please use a new text instead of “I couldn’t do it anymore” 😭

This guy’s audience has probably replaced itself 3 or 4 times by now. In my twenties now and I binged this dude’s videos/frequented his server all the way back in elementary/middle school. Respect to the people who have stayed in the game this long.

The true sad thing is that after his peak, his fame just vanished. I watched his squid game skit and its still good but doesnt feel like the old days. Its very sad to revisit these old youtubers like tnt and see that they lost nearly a tenth of their fame.

Realistically the pink sheep accounts are run by a friend and TNT is either completely off the internet or goes by a different name.

Some important info you left out is: He has Discord nitro which is a paid subscription. He also has the coder badge. Thus, he is still active on discord maybe?

It's a shame we won't be seeing any new content from him, at least for a while. But anything to keep his mental health stable!

wait so pinksheep is explodingtnt

explodidng tnt is a legend hes the definition of nostalgia back in the old glory days of mc sad to see him go

This guy was a true legend, I used to watch him a lot and watch his vids everyday, I hope he’s enjoying himself now, he was a legend, and it was fun to watch him

finally someone covered his story, 4 years ago he was my favourite youtuber, its nice to see yusuflows grow too tho. Ive been here since the beginning too, i hope you get 1 million subscribers in a few months!

Crazy how people can just disappear like that out of nowhere

I went through such a big ExplodingTNT and Pink Sheep Phase in middle school.

This was peak content to watch while eating cereal

The strong feeling of nostalgia hit me when i realised it was the the youtuber i loved to watch in 2018

There is only one little bit of ExplodingTNT that runs with me nowadays. Whenever I play Minecraft, I always have to go make an "I give up hole" whenever I get the chance. Just a block of lava and throw whatever (or myself) in.

Honest, i gotta say explodingTNT was truly the childhood, of everyone in this Platform, so i kinda miss him.

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Interestingly, just a couple days ago, I saw his Pinksheep account on Hypixel.

i used to watch explodingtnt and ill continue to be subscribed to him until the end of his account, but i used to play on a server called MCOrigins which was owned by explodingtnt, so maybe you can find some more info there

I remember watching him years ago. Absolute legend in the mc community. It really is a blast from the past to see this lol.

he is probably losing subs from account deletions. most of us were subbed to him back when we were kids and we weren't exactly that good at keeping our accounts secure, so the accounts simply either get hacked and turned into some botnet, or they get deactivated from being no longer used, and they get purged by youtube most people dont consciously unsubscribe from old creators

Can’t wait for this channel to hit 100K! You’re killing bro the growth boutta be insane

Im going to miss this guy, he made all of our childhoods 😭❤

He’s pretty much the guy who started low effort MC content. Still probably more effort than the low effort cash farming done today.

Bruh😂

this dude deadass left my subconscious even though i used to watch him religiously remember dudes like pink and dead bush king

i remember watching him post videos also remember him doing the 5mil voice reveal and being hyped for the 10 mil face reveal especially since he was growing at a decent rate and looked like we would see his face in a few years i rememember seeing him post that he will take a break and while randomly loking him up a year later i saw the im back video that was uploaded less than 2 days back then then he stopped and i mean its sad but hope he is well idve been nice if he made a good bye video like matpat said there are 2 ways to stop uploading eyther you leave it cold turkey or you make a video about leaving tho i hope he is enjoying life

blud casually added JustVurb 💀 But seriously TNT is the goat, hope he’s doing well in life ❤

hey so are you gonna come up with a new video format or will you try to hunt down other forgotten youtubers and explain why they abandoned their audience, even though the reason is literally the same every time?

I've always had a theory that TNT, PinkSheep and PurpleShep were all creations of Failboat, and Failboat is still around but is doing other content than just Minecraft now, so if I'm right, then it's because Failboat wants to spread his content to other people

It’s been my whole life and i literally just found out pink sheep was made by explodingtnt

I learnt about Failboat because of him. I really loved his vids.

Exploding tnt, purple shep, pink ship are the best RU-vidrs during 2016

Really high quality video ! You deserve more subs :)

ExplodingTnt literally taught me how to read. (I’m not joking)

I swear I remember him having 10m+ subs man I miss him, he made my childhood

When I saw this in my recommendations, I barely recognized them but I was hit by twelve trucks of nostalgia

That website is actually now a parked domain. You'd have to buy a website and host it on the domain to get rid of that page.

Some say he uses his left over tnt to explode orphanages…

Bro this man helped shape my childhood

Core memory unlocked!!! How could I forget this guy!?

Isn’t ExplodingTNT just Failboat? I might be misremembering but I remember that being a thing. In which case he’s still around, playing Nintendo games and what not.

I haven't watched his videos yet, but I had no idea this kind of stuff would happen.

What his website is now is what shows whenever you go in a domain that used to be owned but is no longer owned. It's there to encourage people to buy it.

I missed him so much, he was my favorite RU-vidr ive seen.

One of the videos with the most useless information:

Wherever he is, I hope he’s doing well. I remember watching his videos everyday after middle school. Even Pink Sheep and Purple Shep. I think after doing this for so long, he deserves a bit of rest. Maybe he’ll come back one day, but that’s his decision.

I used to watch his content on my Wii U! Super nostalgia. Sad that he left

I had a nostalgic feeling when I saw his channel in this video. Will I guess that every good thing must come to an end sadly

I'd recommend doing one about SethEverman. At least he announced he was going to do it.

00:30 Hey, it's me!

"Did someone say private anime Discord?"

i forgot this guy even existed, i used to watch him a lot

This video is 4 minutes of cyberstalking. I clicked on this video thinking you got in contact with him or something.

People need to stop using the word "Abandoned" to describe these types of situations. It not like he was a father of 7 and he just left them in the middle of a forest alone.

i remember wen i was younger i used to watch his videos A LOT his vids are still amazing

It’s good to finally to see what he is doing currently, I used to always watch him then he disappeared

I don't miss the guy because he smells like cheese

chances are TNT's subscribers just aren't as active on RU-vid anymore and the RU-vid devs deleted some of those accounts, causing a landslide of subscriber drops. This is not an isolated incident, and I believe what we are seeing is a combination of that and what Yusu mentioned in the vid.

Is this the theme now? Videos of "Why [insert name] abandoned his audience!" With the same fricking quote " i couldn't do it anymore". Peak of laziness!

I never even knew he left, I haven’t watched him in years

fun fact: Playing on ExplodingTNT's Minecraft server is what inspired Hypixel to start their server!

ExplodingTnT is one of the pure definition of "Minecraft RU-vidr in 2016"

bro i don't get it why do people even bother to unsubscribe. I have over 400 subscribtion and the ones i don't watch anymore doesn't appear on my home page. i don't get it just leave it subscribe its not disturbing you

who runs pink sheep's channel who uploaded a year ago and also commented on this video? just wondering if that is exploding tnt since we know he has a computer generated voice

Can you do a video about where Sandiction went?

Bro, I watched this dude back in 2016-2017, one of my favorite RU-vidrs

OH MY GODDD I REMEMBER THIS GUY AND PINKSHEEP! Rip to his channel though :(

I thought about this guy earlier today for the first time in YEARS, and now I see this. Scary!

tbh I cant blame him, he had been active with this kind of content for 9-8 years which is nearly a decade with him solely coming up with ideas.

a classic guy and the only person related to him that still uploads is Failboat actually i dont know but try asking failboat if he has any answers

BRUUHH I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM

It seems explodingtnt is still alive in the form of pink sheep. @PinkSheep you still hate purple shep or what?

Blud really wasted our time thinking there was a special reason as to why tnt left other than "im just living" 💀💀

This man was my childhood

I use to watch him A WHILLLLLLEEEEE AGOOOO when i was like 14 I feel bad rn...

"pink sheep is a fictional character" YOU DON'T SAY...

I don’t care if he left us I’m still gonna leave my subscribe to his channel and keep the bell on