Why Minecraft Removed These Controversial Splashes 

The fact that “sexy” is considered “moderately attractive” by Mojang is just great

Wow, he went an entire video without saying “the oldest anarchy server in Minecraft.” I don’t know if I’m disappointed or impressed…

The one Notch related splash that should have been kept in is "made by Notch". Even with his controversies, he still needs to be remembered for making Minecraft in the first place.

I was once watching my brother load Minecraft while eating a cookie. His splash text at that time was "put that cookie down". Another time, the power just came back from an outage. The splash was "online". Ironic

I'm sad they removed "huge tracts of land", because it's the perfect example of a joke that's inappropriate if you get the obscure adult movie reference, and otherwise totally innocuous - Minecraft *has* huge tracts of land.

Bethesda should somehow sue themselves for naming a game the exact same title as another game after suing Mojang for “Scrolls” being too similar to “The Elder Scrolls”

I wasn't aware just how sterilized Minecraft had become. The splash text isn't game breaking by any stretch, but it does add a lot of character. This was inevitable after the Microsoft buyout, though.

I find the "Switches and ores" to be absolutely hilarious. I'm sure that it would go over most people's heads, it took me a while to get it, and you were specifically pointing it out, too.

I think they went overboard about the team making the game more family friendly by not just the splash text but everything else. But relating to the splash text, I think its okay to remove some to avoid lawsuits and whatnot.

Can't believe the "Technoblade never dies!" splash text was actually implemented. Rest in peace, technoblade.

Honestly it's really sad in my eyes they removed "Happy birthday, Notch!". Say what you want about the man or what he posts, I feel like that tiny bit of credit of having a splash on his birthday would still be an extremely respectful move. It doesn't matter much but just something I thought about.

Yeah, as a russian I can admit that mojang did it. It wasn`t software leaving my country, wasn`t many popular shops, wasn`t half of my friends losing jobs. Nah, it was the impossibility of seeing "Привет, Россия!" in my game that made me think it`s all that. Yeah, mojang totally nailed it.

My theory/hc: "Undocumented" referred to the source code. One guy at Mojang decided to go in and document every part of the source. After months (or more likely: years), they let him proudly remove the splash.

The removal of the splash text "Undocumented!" was truly undocumented.

I think some of them should stay in the game, like some notch references and the Привет Россия, I mean yes its a bit controversial because of the current situation but it's not like the splash text is showing support to the war or something. This is especially critical when the same company has a whole China edition. So yes don't get why those were removed.

As for Undocumented, Mojang had taken steps to make the game's source code more easily accessible, so that may be related.

I guess the splash "Undocumented!" was a joke about when Notch initially developed the game he didn't create a proper manual. But by that time, the game was pretty extensively documented. Something professional software developers would take pride in. I have also seen people talking about it being because of "Undocumented" immigrants which also isn't entirely implausible.

Honestly I think making the game more family friendly by removing certain splash texts is completely unnecessary as children won't tend to get the joke or reference anyway. Plenty of games have quiet jokes that adults get immediately yet doesn't make the game any less family friendly

Undocumented actually has a really good reason for being removed, however the developers at Mojang believed that they should be true to the splash text itself, and thus the circumstances were forgotten

I think they went too overboard trying to make things friendly. Also, I am heavily against the removal of things related to Notch. I don't care who owns the company and/or the game, if it wasn't for Notch we wouldn't have this gem.

Most seem understandable Huge Tracts of Land is kinda stupid to get removed Undocumented getting removed in secret is pretty funny

I'm okay with them trying to make the game's UI more family friendly but again, the censorship of words in servers should be regulated by the server staff, not Microsoft.

It’s kinda sad they had to do Notch like that :( I mean, love or hate him, he’s the one who started Minecraft. At least give him that!

We still waiting for Minecraft to include the song “Dupe - International “ in the game 🥶🥶

If Mojang tends to remove controversial features like certain splashes, here's hoping that they'll remove chat moderation.

With a few years in the software industry, I’m pretty sure any that are removed for no reason is because a manager with a little power had things removed just because they didn’t get it and thought that was reason enough. But, I don’t really care if any removals are justified or not. It’s just a fun little feature, and I think ideally most of them would be retired as they age and as new ones are added.

I literally came here just to see Essex at 8:02

When I make a resource pack, I will make sure to bring back those texts, especially with happy birthday Notch.

the removal of "hello russia" in russian kinda rubs me the wrong way. The people of russia, their language, their culture, has nothing to do with the acts of the government. Makes me feel like they removed these things purely because they care about optics, not because they care about morality.

"The phrase "Undocumented" was taken out with no reason given" You could also say... that it was Undocumented.

I’m Welsh and I saw the ‘Helo Cymru!’ Splash once and I was so surprised

The one that pisses me off the most is "toiled friendly" WHY WOULD THEY REMOVE THAT, ITS AMAZING

I remember as a kid reading “SOPA means LOSER in Swedish “ and actually believing it; I remember jokingly calling some SOPA and them being really confused 😭

I am okay with making the main face of the game more family friendly. What I do not want is for individual third party non-realms servers to be told they must be family friendly. There's features for parental locking, so they should be utilized. There can exist both family friendly servers and adult servers and one can easily find both. If parental locking exists, then the said account could not connect to adult rated servers. I want Minecraft to be for everybody, truly, not just for kids. There are possibly as many adults playing Minecraft as there are kids. The approach can be that these are third party servers unaffiliated with Mojang or Microsoft, therefore it does not represent their family friendly approach and you are entering at your own risk (Similar to the previous message we had before). The splashes being removed are not a problem I don't think, and they've added plenty others in their place.

i swear, i saw the ones that were removed before they were removed, but i was looking at the list of texts still in the game and i swear i havent seen like 75% of them and ive played for over 11 years

the Splash Text "Undocumented" Has an Undocumented Reason of Removal, nice

removing the russian text was stupid, as if alienating an entire country of people from minecraft will fix the military-specific issues in the first place, but the language itself doesnt really pay much of a part in the invasion of ukraine

I can't believe I just watched a Fit video without the line "the oldest anarchy server in Minecraft"

I love FitMC thumbnails because out of context, they look hilarious

How I feel about these removals? I feel like making a mod that will let you see only the removed splashes and nothing else.

That's the first time I've heard about Notch using /v/ to show and announce the game. And it's definitely sad that it was removed seeing as it was a big player in making Minecraft the game it is today.

it's sweet that they actually added technoblade never dies as a splash text

The "Better than Prey!" message was actually removed out of courtesy with Arkane Studios. They've kept a pretty good relationship with Mojang over the years.

"Undocumented" was there because minecraft lacked a manual, but since the game has become so popular and there are tons of tutorials on it, and even in-depth explanations of its mechanics Microsoft removed it. 2nd explanation is that the removal is a joke-it is undocumented why it was removed

Disgusting how the corporation that is Microsoft is taking out some of the splashes just because they don’t like them, and especially the latest removals are extremely controversial decisions.

Minceraft is one of the rarest text error and is so hard to notice these things make Minecraft feel more human and makes the experience different every time.

I really don’t like the things Notch has said, but I feel so bad they removed any references to him entirely. He still created the game, ya know?

1:08 Ahh shit,here we go again

And we're back at it again with some Minecraft history with FitMC!

I think its kinda scummy that they removed references to Notch, as he is the creator of Minecraft and if it never existed, than Microsoft couldnt make money out of it. Or just have it in general (because it wouldnt exist)

I feel like 90% of these removals were comparable to me going through old Facebook memories of posts I made as a 16 year old and being like “ooooo yea that gtg”

You unlocked many childhood memories with the Bomberman 64 tracks!

Minecraft is being micro managed and it really shows with some of these removals let alone the recent decision to implement report and chat moderation features, slowly they'll force all Java players onto one homogenous version with more limitations and microtransactions than Bedrock edition.

Microsoft: removes "hello russia" Putin: *stops war immediately*

I was playing minecraft and I got yellow text on the main screen saying "Did you do your homework yet?"

Hey fit your content inspires me and when I’m having anxiety it helps because you make me so happy for them see you like one of the best RU-vidrs when I found you out I thought this is a cool RU-vidr and I watched you and dude you help me out so much dude

Honestly I just think that it's really interesting how much Minecraft has changed since the acquisition by Microsoft. I feel like it would be a very different game had Notch not sold it. It went from an unfinished game advertised on the message board of a fringe internet forum site (for the time 4chan was definitely considered fringe) to the most downloaded video game in history, and there were so many people that have contributed to the continual development of this game since its inception. I think that's what makes Minecraft stand out, that it's a community built game, and it's cool to see how Mojang have gone about continuing that legacy, for better or for worse.

I don't care about by far most of them, but come on, the "huge tracts of land" is an iconic and classic line, that nobody in their right mind could get pissed about.

The work and dedication you put in these videos is actually amazing. I have been watching every single video and never stepped foot on 2b2t even once. You are a real historian for this server. Thank you for what you do

I think, there may be some inapropriate splashes but (if you are a minecraft or 2b2t veteran (like fit)). It brings great nostalgia to you.

it’s cool seeing the context behind the Sopa one !!! I remember seeing it back in the day, my brother and I actually thought it was a literal translation, it was also funny since as a native Spanish speaker it also means soup

0:01 *FitMC:* No strangers to- *Me: LOVEEEEEEEEE*

9:09 it says hello south Korea because Mojang knows North Korea cant play, I laughed so hard

Pro tip: don’t use VPNs that are highly sponsored by RU-vidrs, like Nord, Express or the like. Use Proton for streaming and whatnot, and or use Mullvad for true privacy.

I think the "/v/" reference should have stayed, because erasing them when you don't need them anymore is kind of an unkind move Plus, it's part of Minecraft history

Minecraft should add "The Oldest Anarchy Server in Minecraft" as a splash text.

7:20 I remember see this one in game and being surprised it wasn't removed due to being inappropriate. I guess it just took them slightly longer to remove it

man, this is the first time ive heard about SOPA since 2011, that takes me back lol

"Undocumented" being removed feels like a tongue-in-cheek joke from programmers at Microsoft.

The reason for "undocumented" being removed could be that it has connotations to illegal immigration. I don't think it was actually referencing that, though. It's a shame ones like "huge tracts of land" got removed, that one is just hilarious, and while some of these are somewhat risqué, children will not be able to catch on to them anyway. The Russian text removal also feels like an overreach.

Dear Fit, Do you plan to do more livestreams in the future, as looking at both your RU-vid and your twitch it has been some years since it was streamed. As someone who recently started getting back into Minecraft, I have enjoyed your content the most out of any RU-vidr, and plan to become an “amateur” Minecraft historian, be it on 2B2T or other servers. I also feel many people in your current fanbase would enjoy them as well. I do understand the problems with such things as equipment failure and getting stream sniped being very annoying( in fact some of the small streamers I have watched quit because of such things), I still have hope for the future.

As a Russian, i think that the removal of the "Hello Russia" splash is kinda stupid

The "Undocumented" splash text was probably removed because minecraft is most certainly documented

The pussification of Minecraft

You could say that the removal of the Undocumented splash is Undocumented.

I love your Bomberman Hero music!!

They definitely went overboard on the "family friendly" aspect, and a lot of the "controversial" splashes like Woo, /v/! will not be understood by many people.

I don't think any of them should have been removed. Except maybe the duplicate.

Microsoft: "we want to be more family friendly!" *proceeds to add BLM propaganda to the splash texts*

It's not just Minecraft, entire world is being slowly...."pussified"

I don't like that they removed all references to Notch from the game. The creator of Minecraft deserves some recognition

I hope they never remove the techno acknowledgements, it's a sweet gesture. After all they never removed Toast the rabbit!

A great video! Good job FitMC, I love watching your videos.

Down with O.P.P! I don't know how many got that one but, it's a great reference.

it is very bad that because of politics we are losing historical splashes, rip "Привет Россия"

They should bring back the "/v/" one and the "made by notch" one, they're important relics of the games history!

Watching this when it's 2 days old.

The point where you say "from here on out, this is where the removals start to get controversial" is well chosen as I'd say the removals before it make sense while the ones after it are petty and uncalled for.

Also I love the use of Bomberman music, the N64 era was great for the series actually and I really like the music of that period in the series :)

I want switches and ores back. I get the removals but I really hate the notch reference removals. Just feels like a game made by a company with lawers at the top rather than people who just love gaming.

I just realized what "switches and ores" meant and..... I wish that splash was never removed

2014 Me playing Minecraft: **sees the splash word "Sexy!"** Also 2014 me: " What does that even mean? How are cubes sexy?"

"Switches and ores!" THAT IS BRILLIANT. I wish they kept thay in lmao

I hate how sanitized and sterile the internet is becoming. None of us chose this, it was FORCED on us and those who will grow up with it will know nothing different.

only the real ones know the thumbnail used to say ''LOSER'' as the example splash text

0:18 Mojang does a little trolling.

I'm definitely adding some of those back in with a resourcepack.

Microsoft taking the soul out of a game is no surprise.

I'm mostly mad at the ones that are removed not because of the copyright risk or not making sense anymore, but because of the censorship! That is so stupid and adds a very vile feeling to this game!

90% of these had no reason to be removed. Kinda upsetting, in a menial way