Talk:Splash/Archive 1

New Splash
So there was a new Splash, "Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig", added with the most recent version 1.2.3_02. There is actually a background to this; it was auctioned off on Desert Bus for Hope by Notch himself. I'm curious if a special note should be made of this. -- 15:54, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Also, there's an anti-SOPA one that reads "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!"

19:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * That's been on the page since shortly after the release of the version of Minecraft it was added in. 「」· 22:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Also, the splash "Danec!" Isn't on the page. 05:03, 29 May 2013 (UTC)


 * There is no "Danec!" splash, verified in 13w21b and 1.5.2. Did you mean the "Let's danec!" splash? That is listed.  05:05, 29 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I can personally vouch that every splash present in splashes.txt as of snapshot 13w21b and release version 1.5.2 is also present on this page. I've run through the entire file at least twice in the past while working on this page, and make it a point to check for changes to it in every new version. There are no missing splashes here, period; any that appear to be missing are one of: added by mods (which aren't documented here), special splashes (which are documented, but don't appear in splashes.txt), misidentified splashes (as is the case with your report), or simple oversight (as is the case with anon's report above). All four of these have happened, as a perusal of this talk page will show. 「」· 07:09, 29 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh sorry, I must have forgotten some of the splash. I meant the lets danec splash. :) 03:29, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Consummate V's
This phrase comes from Homestar Runner, so I was bold, went ahead and added a link. -- 13:51, 20 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I added a link to the wiki. &mdash; 00:55, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Table instead of a list?
I think the splashes need to be placed into a table with columns for details and explanations. Quite many of these splashes are non-self-explanatory running gags or insider stuff, so it could be required to understand their meaning. I'm not quite sure if it's enough to simply create links for the lines... -- 16:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree. On a related note, what does "SWM forever!" refer to? Urbandictionary gave me Single White Man.-- 04:34, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

There is a Swedish gaming community called Swedish Maffia with the address www.SWM.se and it is likely that it that group he is referring too. -- 18:08, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * This would greatly help the page, yes. I've transformed the list into a table now, feel free to add references you might spot. Those empty cells look sad. And Single White Male would be correct, though this could be one of the tougher ones to explain. -- 02:23, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't we make the removed splashes into a table too? I see no reason why not, and as the game grows (and when it leaves Beta), there will undoubtedly be more that get removed. -- 15:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks for bringing it to attention! -- 16:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Missingno
So, I was bored and attempted to edit my Splash.txt file, and replaced the current Splashes with some of my own, and when I started MineCraft, I got an "ERROR" when trying to log on [but not an internet error], and the MISSINGNO splash was used, which I did not put in splash.txt. Reloaded again, still Missingno. So, I'm guessing that if the Splash.txt is modified, MISSINGNO is displayed?

Anyone else want to test this too? -- 20:04, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * That's been there for quite some time actually. I was going to add it yesterday but didn't have time. Today someone put it under "Removed" but it is in fact not removed so I just added it under "Special" splashes. 21:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete META-INF.-- 10:04, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

"Kiss the Sky"
"Impossible because there is a barrier stopping you from moving more than 128 blocks above bedrock; also a reference to the lyrics from Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix "

I'm fine with the Jimi Hendrix part, but according to Wikipedia, "in the sky are clouds", which to me means that at Cloud level, one IS in the sky, and thus the "Impossible because there is a barrier stopping you.." is false. -- 17:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)


 * This confuses me, as the "sky" is only vaguely defined irl since there is no definite boundary to outer space. Thus having any boundary whatsoever would constitute an impossibility. I'd just let this one go on a technicality. 22:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect Capitalization of Spongebob
The description for "Lives in a pineapple under the sea!" is: Refers to the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Which is correct, though improperly capitalized, as Spongebob is one name, as is Squarepants. The correct capitalization would be: Refers to the animated series Spongebob Squarepants. -- 05:01, 12 March 2011 (UTC)


 * The name here is capitalized the same as it is on . This is also the capitalization used on its official site. If this is really the battle you want to pick, I'd start in those two places, not here. 「」· 06:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

A new one
Someone on the "moon" discussion page, said they found one that said "that is not a moon!" –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 06:31, 13 March 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * There's a text file somewhere in the game's files that lists all the current splash messages in the game (or, rather, the game uses the splash messages listed in that file). The file needs to be directly checked for new or changed splash messages (on that note, I need to find just where the file is). 「」· 13:39, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * "That's not a moon!" is already in the list. -- 13:48, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Exclamation marks implied!
As every splash ends with an exclamation mark (as far as I've seen), is the exclamation mark implied and added by Minecraft, or part of the splashes.txt file? Does Minecraft run something like this:

Object PASCAL: AssignFile(SplashesFile, 'splashes.txt');

Reset(SplashesFile);

MaxLines := 0;

While not EOF(SplashesFile) do

Begin


 * ReadLn(SplashesFile, FileLine);
 * Splashes[MaxLines] := FileLine;
 * MaxLines := MaxLines + 1;

End;

Splash := Splashes[Random(MaxLines)] + '!'; QuickBASIC: OPEN 'splashes.txt' FOR INPUT AS #1

MaxLines = 0

DO


 * INPUT #1, Splashes$(MaxLines)
 * MaxLines = MaxLines + 1

LOOP WHILE NOT EOF(1)

PRINT Splashes$(INT(RND * MaxLines)); "!" BASH: I=`rand -M Lines in file`

S=`cat splashes.txt | cut -d '

' -f $I-$I`'!' if [ "$S" = '' ]; then echo 'missingno'; else echo "$S"; fi I know that Minecraft is written in Java, not PASCAL, QuickBASIC or BASH, but this is just an example. -- 02:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Nope, they're all right there in the splashes.txt file. I considered adding a comment in the lead about how all the splashes end with an exclamation point when I added the line numbers last night, but forgot about it when I was reviewing my changes prior to saving. 「」· 02:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)


 * OK. Also, look at the BASH version of the script. Could that be where missingno comes from? -- 02:28, 15 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Probably not. If the splash routine is properly coded, the first thing it would check for is that the splashes.txt file exists and is readable; if not, that's when the "missingno" message would be displayed. I've never looked at the decompiled code for Minecraft, though (and probably wouldn't be able to make much sense of it if I did), so I don't know how it actually works. 「」· 02:38, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It is possible that it stores a hash of the file, and checks against that. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 11:41, 15 March 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * Excellent guess, Dinoguy. The splash text is initialized as "missingno", so that will be displayed if reading splashes.txt fails for any reason. Interestingly, it will not pick a splash whose hashcode is 0x77f432f - which is #232 ("This message will never appear..."). The article says it does in fact appear, but this dates to when it was added in Beta 1.8 . Can anyone confirm seeing it in 1.2.5? -- 10:17, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I guess the first (and fastest) way to find out would be to check the splashes.txt. If its not there, then it won't appear on the main menu. 18:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Has anyone else gotten the splash "if not okay return end" with no exclamation mark or capital letters?

Possible Reference
Could "Wow!" possibly be a reference to the fact the Minecraft is Awesome? If so, should this be added in the description? -- 06:15, 15 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Not really a reference, seeing as you are already playing Minecraft, but it`s either


 * It`s just a general greeting of amazement/surprise, and maybe the game is "surprised" that you came, or is "amazed" that you`ve made such great things.


 * It`s just a random/extremely obscure reference.

14:24, 23 May 2012 (UTC)psycodragons

Descriptions
Are the descriptions for the minecraft splashes actually official, inferred, or random guesses? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 05:03, 24 March 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * They're all inferred, though several of them are drawn directly from Notch's comments, and many of the rest have some pretty solid logic behind them. If you know of any descriptions that explicitly disagree with something Notch has said about the corresponding splash, though, feel free to change the description (make sure to provide a link to Notch's comment, though, so others can confirm it as well). 「」· 05:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Speaking of descriptions, the description for splash #218, "Information wants to be free!" Is incorrect. Most likely, it refers to Anonymous, a hacker group. They want online information to be free. if they think that you are a good prospect for their group, they will send you a survey, and one of the questions is, "Do you belive that information should be free?". 02:04, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I do not believe Notch, or whoever added that from Mojang, intended to reference Anonymous. It lines up more with Notch's belief that things like NDAs and patents/copyrights are detrimental to development and advancement of any kind, which they are.  02:08, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

'Scary!'
Perhaps this is referencing the Herobrine. This is the only scary thing I think about MineCraft. I myself often think I see him so now i keep render distance at far so i don't get scared (with lag) 07:56, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Could be. Could also be linked to the ambience sounds, some people find those scary, or mobs, like Endermen. 19:04, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

#34 - That's not a moon!
I´m pretty sure the phrase goes "That´s no moon" and not "That's not a moon!". Could someone check and, if so, add a note just as in "Superfragilisticexpialidocuous"? -- 17:40, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * It is indeed 'That's not a moon!'. -- 09:30, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Upside Down
umop-apisdn! - The phrase "upside-down", upside-down. I don´t see how. Could someone explain it to me? -- 09:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Either turn your monitor upside down or stand on your head. You can also use a mirror, or ultimately take a screenshot, paste into paint, go to Image -> Flip/Rotate -> Rotate by 180 degrees. If you still don't see it, consult your optician. (or lawyer) 14:42, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I didn´t actually try viewing it upside down because it didn´t occur to me that so many letters could look like regular other letters if viewed upside down... well, now I know. -- 17:51, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No prob. It's just like with "370H55V O773H" :P (NOTHING personal, just showing an example) 20:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)


 * @GALAKTOS or with some computers you can press ctrl+alt+down to see it. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  01:08, 29 October 2011. Please sign your posts with

åäö in Languages
I find the text "These characters are not part of the standard 26-character Latin alphabet, but are used in the Swedish alphabet (many Scandinavian languages use such extended versions of the Latin alphabet)." for the Splash "Now supports åäö!" somewhat misleading. I propose: "most European languages use an extended version of the Latin alphabet" Other Scandinavian languages use one or the other character that Swedish uses but never all three together -- Danish and Norwegian, closely related to Swedish, use å, æ and ø (and more rarely é) and Icelandic, another North Germanic language, uses æ and ö (amongst other accents, such as á). å is definitely a clear indicator for a Scandinavian language as no other languages, except for minority languages or some dialects of German, use this character. But ä and ö are used in German and Finnish as well, ö is in fact used in Turkish and Hungarian, too. Thus, we can say that the accents ä and ö are used in a wide range of European countries. I understand the author of the game is Swedish, but wouldn't replacing "Scandinavian languages" with "European languages" be a bit better / more accurate? No language uses all three accents which Swedish uses, but many non-Scandinavian languages do have one (or two in the case of German) common accent with Swedish. -- 19:11, 21 April 2011 (UTC)


 * It's more general than that, really; many non-English languages that are written with the Latin character set use at least one character not found in written English (beyond certain loanwords or archaic forms, perhaps). A better, and far more concise, description of this splash could be written if someone could confirm that Minecraft is Unicode-compliant, in which case this splash would refer to the point at which Notch added such compliancy to the game; the description could then be stated simply as something like
 * "Minecraft features support; the characters 'å', 'ä', and 'ö' specifically are all used in."
 * 「」· 08:20, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Or we could just use everything after the semicolon (less the word "specifically" in the above description. And, for the OP's benefit - this isn't a linguistics wiki - we could add a link to a resource discussing that information in intimate detail, but it's really not relevant to the splash comment or Minecraft in general, except in the broadest of terms.  09:20, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Spiders everywhere
I think this could be a reference to an imageboard script that, if user uploaded an image without any comment, it filled it out with phrase "D**KS EVERYWHERE". –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 08:56, 22 April 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * OR it is just stating that there are spiders EVERYWHERE in Minecraft. 19:11, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

PC Gamer Demo
Removed a spare "Shown" in the occasion -- 17:26, 11 May 2011 (AST)

Polynomial
May be Polynomial also refers to Polynomial the game? http://dmytry.com/games/ –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 14:57, 16 May 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * I rather doubt it; that splash has been in the game for quite a while, whereas Polynomial was just released October of last year. 「」· 19:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Polynomial was in fact released in late 2008 as fractal editor, then sometime in early 2009 as a game beta and finally in October 2010 as finished game on Steam... tbh i dunno if it really is a reference, but it has a related game concept, it has gone through the editor, game beta, and final product phases, and there's overlap in userbase, so it is not too far fetched. –The preceding undated comment was added on 00:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * Aah, I didn't know that (this is the first I've heard about the game that I'm aware of). In that case, I think it wouldn't hurt to add that as a possibility (something like "Possibly refers to the game Polynomial"). 「」· 18:12, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

"Almost Never" is an interesting concept!
The description of this splash seems to be incorrect: wouldn't it be more likely that Notch would be talking about how 'never' is an infinite descriptor (which is negative), and how one can never be close to an infinite? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 02:02, 17 May 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * That depends on how you define "close" - there will always be usable definitions, regardless of the scale being used, that allow one to get "close" to an infinite. That said, the explanation of this splash referring to "almost never" as the counterpart to "almost always" is just far neater than what you're suggesting. 「」· 18:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Kaneda and Tetsuo
I recently played Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. At the end of the second-to-last mission I had to tap a discussion of a guy with some Japanese. The discussion escalated, and just before they started shooting, there was one guy screaming "Kaneda!" and another one answering "Tetsuo!" (Check out this video at 16:20). Could both splash texts also be a reference to Splinter Cell...? 16:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Not without Notch explicitly stating so, considering that is itself a reference to Akira. 「」· 17:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

"Haunted!"
To whomever keeps changing the description back to a blatantly non-Herobrinist point of view (blatantly saying that Herobrine is a hoax): Please stop! There are some people who believe in Him, and being one of them, I would very much appreciate a more open-minded description here! Also, please note that I have changed the link so that it will now direct whoever clicks on it to a Herobrine video that still actually exists. 22:21, 30 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, the truth is, Herobrine does not exist. This is not speculation, but a confirmed fact. It's true that Herobrine is a hoax, but if someone is vandalizing the page in a way that makes it say that when it shouldn't, it's punishable. Herobrine being a hoax does not belong on this page, rather a page about Herobrine. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 22:56, 30 June 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * Herobrine is a hoax; there is nothing to "believe" here. Edits suggesting that it is not a hoax will continue to be reverted. 「」· 02:37, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Or not, since that particular bit has been "locked" by the admins (though in name only). 「」· 02:42, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Aye, it's true. Herobrine is not much more then a joke made up by 4channers. I would LIKE him to be real, that would be cool. But he just isn't. 18:42, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Don't quote me on this, but I could swear I've read about a mod that actually adds Herobrine to the game... you may have some luck searching on the forums. 「」· 04:50, 2 July 2011 (UTC)


 * There are several mods that do that. However, Herobrine is not a feature in the vanilla version of Minecraft. 17:50, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Octagon/Oh man a Jack Black reference?
Could both of those be a reference to this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jpz_55EdM

(This is a meme, and "Oh man, I totally forgot to bring an octagon!" is one of the lines most used by YTPMV makers) 08:29, 6 July 2011 (UTC)


 * "Oh man!" is possible (but very much a stretch, considering the genericness of that phrase), but "Octagonal!" is right out, since Jack never says "octagonal" at any point in that skit. 「」· 16:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Menger sponge!
It is not possible to build the Menger sponge in Minecraft, as it is a fractal object of infinite complexity. You can only build it up to iteration level 4. For 5 you would already need a world 243 blocks high. -- 18:03, 17 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Now we have worlds 256 blocks high. Thingy-ma-jigger granted! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  18:35, 3 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

Omnipotent
In my opinion, "Omnipotent!" may also refer to redstone being Turing-complete and thus capable to calculate anything a "real" computer can. -- 12:17, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It's doubtful that the "Omnipotent" splash refers to anything in particular. People just like reading way too much into stuff, and apparently can't stand seeing empty spots in the table. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 03:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

"Jason! Jason! Jason!"
Couldn't this equally be a reference to Rhys Darby's stand-up act? Especially considering the Flight of the Concords one being there. 02:21, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

This also could refer to a videogame "Heavy Rain", which has a scene where the player is given option to spam a "Jason!" shout.


 * The reference is from Scream for me, it's in the opening scene. 19:40, 16 April 2012 (UTC+1)

The newer splashes
Unless I'm mistaken, there wasn't 260 Splashes when it first went to beta (I started right at the end of Alpha, so I don't know exactly when they started and whatnot) However, I was thinking that it would be cool to list what patches specific splashes were added. (That was they could viewed in a time-line like style). Alternatively, add a Trivia or something section that just says what patches added splashes and how many. Thoughts?-- 18:04, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I've been thinking about it for a while; I'll probably add an "Added in" column to the table at some point. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 00:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Let our battle's begin!
I noticed this one was empty, so I Googled a little and found this: angryflower.com / plural.gif Could it be the source for the splash text?

Also, it is impossible for an unregistered user to submit a link. After previewing and submitting, the "antispam filter" shows up and asks for a 16-7=?. However, after that you have to "use preview first" again, so you never get to pass the antispam test. Catch 22? 09:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Some of these are really a stretch
And some of these really don't need an "explanation".

21:08, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree. I hate to read redundancies in encyclopedias. Descriptions should be as short and descriptive as possible, not bloated with words just to make the page look filled. Those description you listed should be removed entirely.-- 21:51, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Definitely agree, some of these "explanations" are pretty redundant and stupid. 21:52, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * ALL descriptions should be removed. After Notch left, who knows about these? 19:26, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Why? Even if some descriptions can't name a source and maybe are totally incorrect supposings, it's very interesting to know whtat the individual splashes mean. Also, this post is pretty old so back then in 2011 the page was at a way more incomplete state than it is now. Also, Notch has not implemented all Splashes, I assume that about the half of these was added by Jeb or another developer. Also, sometimes the meaning is pretty clear. | 19:44, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

"Don't Bother With The Clones," or some kinda rubbish like that.
Yeah, I believe that this splash IS in the text file, but the description for it as of now- no. Just... no. "Basking in minecraft's glory?" The hell? Because THAT'S NOT BIASED AT ALL DX

Anyway, with your permission, could I just change this to something a little less biased? Not sure what, but I'll happily discuss it with you guys. kthxbai 22:28, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Pumpkinhead
I recall it was the name of a horror film, so I added that in. -- 16:42, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Tyrian would Love It
Originally said that it presumably referred to the game Tyrion, but in that game Tyrion was the name of a place. Rather I think it's more likely a misspelled reference to Tyrion Lannister (The Imp) from the "Song of Ice And Fire" novels by George R R Martin. IN the book "A Dance With Dragons" Tyrion and Penny (another dwarf) perform a mock joust. Penny rides a wolf and tyrion rides on the back of a pig, as in Minecraft. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 20:17, 13 October 2011. Please sign your posts with

Missingno.
Can someone confirm this? When I modded my .jar without deleting meta-inf, I didn't see it. 01:47, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * You need to modify the splash.txt. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  10:42, 13 November 2011. Please sign your posts with

Portal Reference?
Splash #203, Don't look directly at the bugs!:

This is also a reference to Portal, where the player is told to not look directly at the operational end of the portal device.

In no way, shape, or form did Portal create the "don't look directly at it" phrase. I don't believe this is a Portal reference and so that sentence should be removed. Comments? --undefined 01:07, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

119 - "sqrt(-1) love you!"
Electrical engineers use the letter 'j' to represent the square root of -1, because 'i' represents electrical current in most equations. "j love you!" makes little sense, so my fellow EE's and I (knowing full well that I speak for all of us, without exception ^_^ ) are feeling left out of this joke. 16:34, 8 December 2011 (UTC)


 * This is something I've read about several times before; it probably wouldn't hurt to specify that the splash references the mathematical constant rather than the EE one. =) <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 17:17, 8 December 2011 (UTC)


 * In mathematics the letter is i, giving i love you, which makes sense. I didn't know electrical engineers used j. Maybe you could change it to _'sqrt(-1)'eb or something.  00:56, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

288 - Pumpa kungen!
"Pumpa kungen" is NOT Swedish for "pumpkin king"! "Pumpkin king" in Swedish would be "pumpakung" (one word), "THE pumpkin king" in Swedish would be "pumpakungEN" (still just one word). The splash "Pumpa kungen!" (two words) actually means "Pump the king!" in Swedish, and nothing else. Does that phrase make sense? No, it doesn't, really. My guess is that it's a spelling error. It's a very common mistake in Swedish to separate a joint word into two words (the Swedish term for this phenomenon is "särskrivning", which means something like "separation writing"). The splash might also be spelled this way deliberately as a kind of joke ("särskrivning" is often joked about in Swedish). 21:47, 15 December 2011 (UTC)


 * |en|pumpa%20kungen Google Translate says that it does translate to "pumpkin king", though it also (now) asks if I meant "pumpakungen" (it didn't when I originally checked what "pumpa kungen" translated to, and Google Translate could also be wrong about this - it would hardly be the first time, and it certainly wouldn't be the last). If you're sure about your explanation, feel free to update the description on the article. =) <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm sure about it. I'm Swedish and very fussy about spelling. :) The reason I didn't update the article right away is mostly that I wasn't sure about about how much information I should add. I'm very long-winded when it comes to writing text. I'll try to add something short and reasonably explanative... 09:31, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

merry xmas
i think it should be added since i first found it strange since i never had it before then i kept having that splash every single time i started minecraft. then i went to erase all the splashes in the title folder and then it still showed merry xmas then i updated minecraft to be sure it wasn't a part of a mod and no. and i can't get rid of it. not that i don't like christmas it's just that i would like to add my own and make them show up instead of merry xmas. and why is it the same one over and over again? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 17:29, 24 December 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * there is no way to override this splash short modding Minecraft. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 17:44, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

okay now you guys need to add. "happy new year" to special splashes –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  20:10, 1 January 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * It's already there; it's been there for a long time. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 21:33, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

#225 - The sky is the limit!
This may refer to the, which is actually the sky. — () 09:34, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

#278 - Got your nose!
This may refer to the well known asdfmovie youtube video made by TomSka, where in the first scene the Dad say "Got your nose!".

See also: http://youtube.wikia.com/wiki/Asdfmovie and http://www.asdfland.com/ — () 09:44, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * No, it far more likely refers to how a person will go up to (usually) a little kid, pretend to take the little kid's nose, and say "I've got your nose!" - this is far older and far more widely known than some random YT video. If you want the video connection added, come back with a source where Notch or Jeb explicitly state that's what the splash refers to. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 18:04, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

"150 bpm for 400000 minutes!"
400,000 minutes is 9.132 months or 39.68 weeks, almost exactly the length of a human pregnancy. 150 beats per minute is an average fetal heartrate. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 16:40, 11 January 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Cool, I never did have any idea what this splash might refer to; feel free to add it. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 18:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Huh, I thought it may have been a reference to the Heavy from Team Fortress 2. In the video, he says "It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds" –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  02:09, 13 January 2012‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with

Randomly generating splash text?
I was bored and flying to the farlands in the nether. After reaching 29220 (In honour of Kurt J Mac's far land or bust) I gave up and went to the start menu. The splash text was text being randomly generated around every 100ms in the format of ##### ###! (Not sure about the exclamation point, but knowing Mojang...) This seems to be a mighty special splash, considering spashes.txt can't do this.

Anyone else experience (And maybe screen cap) this? 22:50, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * That's splash #303, and it is in splashes.txt. The original text says "FUNKY LOL". <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 23:46, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks for clarifying. 19:48, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

"How did this get here?"
A random splash I found 19:42, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * In what version of Minecraft? <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 20:39, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Custom Splashes Through Texturepack?
I was just wondering, is it possible to get custom splashes without editing minecraft.jar, but through a texturepack instead? I've been making one and want to give it to my friends but I want to customize as much as possible, without having to change minecraft.jar. -- 06:24, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Not that I know of. Personally, I've thought for a long time that it'd be awesome if texture packs could customize sounds as well; thinking about it more now, I don't think it'd really be that much more work to expand the texture pack functionality into a full-blown mod system capable of changing many in-game features and adding new ones, but this comes from someone not intimately familiar with the game's architecture, so there are almost certainly complications I'm not aware of that prevent this. Still, I think it'd be interesting to see someone attempting a mod to turn the texture pack feature into exactly this (or is there already one?). =) <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 19:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, MCPatcher (the client mod to fix HD texture packs) adds "new" mobs to the game by allowing a single texture pack to put multiple mob textures into the game, so, say, on my JohnSmith texturePack I am able to see zombies with visible skulls and zombies with hair. Kind of off-topic, I know, but--there are mods with built-in texture packs and etc. -- 20:11, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

New splash?
I've heard of a new splash called "The secret makes Minecraft 20% more important!" Any confirmation for this? --☺ undefined 14:54, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Nope, there is no such splash in the vanilla splashes.txt file. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 18:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I already knew it because the English wiki is always very to date. But I wanted to be really sure. --☺ undefined 18:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * No problem. =) <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 18:42, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Also Try VVVVVV!
Should I make a page for VVVVVV? After all, it IS a related game and Notch claims to have played it. I have a full article written up plus some images if anybody gives me the okay. -- 19:04, 27 March 2012 (UTC)


 * /me approves this, but you should wait that other people and eventually admins give their opinion. <font color="Blue">C <font color="Orange">ali <font color="Purple">nou - ×  » 20:19, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * A page for VVVVVV in this wiki? Is VVVVVV a part of Minecraft or in any other way related to Mojang? --☺ undefined 21:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * (since apparently I have to use this voting template >_> ) Notch has played a lot of games; 30 minutes searching through his Twitter feed could easily turn up dozens of titles. As for "related", how so? You could easily say any number of games are "related" to Minecraft for one reason or another; we don't even have an article on  , and that is a game that has a documented (i.e. confirmed by Notch and the game's devs) reference to Minecraft. Why, then, should VVVVVV get its own article? <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 21:53, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, in the rules it says no articles about other games should be made unless they are officially referenced by the Mojang Team or Minecraft itself. -- 19:04, 27 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Are you referring to ? That rule is specifically about SMP minigames that are played within Minecraft (such as ). <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 20:26, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Who put it there? #299
Could this possibly be an allusion to endermen moving dirt and gravel to weird places? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 18:30, 20 March 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * It's a possibility, certainly. However, there's nothing about the splash tat makes it much more likely than any number of other possibilities; if you want to add this, first get Notch or Jeb to confirm that's what the splash references. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 18:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Who put it there?" (now splash #300) has the same source as the next splash (#301) "You can't explain this". See this video at 00:54.  11:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

A skeleton popped out.
who says it isn’t obvious? it is very obviously this shitty creepypasta. ‒ 23:51, 21 March 2012 (UTC)


 * The real question is whether the creepypasta predates the splash. The page you linked to was created on August 19, 2010, which is far later then the introduction of the splash with on June 29, 2010. UrbanDictionary has an entry dated May 17, 2010, and a cached copy of the EncyclopediaDramatica.ch page suggests the creepypasta could date back as far as December 2009. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 01:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Yep, I think you've proven that the creepypasta predates the splash. Not only that, there's really nothing else it could be. We don't seriously believe the creepypasta was based on the splash, do we? Go ahead and add it in the main article. -- 23:28, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * This is still one of those things where we need a direct statement from Notch confirming the reference. You can try asking him on Twitter, though I wouldn't recommend holding your breath for a response. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 05:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Sortable table?
The splash table used to be sortable, but where did the sorting go? I like sorting the splashes by order instead of alphabetically. -- 22:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)


 * The markup to make them sortable is still there; it looks like a problem with the wiki. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 22:57, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

...!
There is a comment saying that no description should be added to this splash unless "sourced directly to Notch or Jeb". Why? I think it's pretty clear that this refers to all other splashes ending with an exclamation mark, or not? --undefined – Win8βx64, Java7x64, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 11:19, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * It is not at all clear that this splash refers to that, as your own "or not" shows. While it may be obvious to you, other people may have a wildly differing opinion of its meaning, because there isn't really anything to it that context can be tied to. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 15:13, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

1.0RC1 and 11w50a
I believe that these "versions" should be excluded in favor of official Mojang releases. 1.0RC1 should be renamed "1.0" and 11w50a should be merged with 1.1. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 04:01, 5 April 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Why? What, exactly, is the problem with documenting release candidates, prereleases, snapshots, etc. here (all of which are "official Mojang releases", BTW)? <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 04:11, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

a unlisted splash?
i got a splash that was too small to read. i could only read the first word which was "hidden". I was playing the 1.2.5 version of minecraft on PC 22:18, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * This is probably the "This text is hard to read if you play the game at the default resolution, but at 1080p it's fine!" splash. -- –The preceding undated comment was added on 12:35, 5 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

Strange Scramble from End Poem
I got my brother off of Minecraft because I wanted to play, but when I got to the title screen, i saw this scramble of characters possibly from the End Poem. I got a screen shot:

Sorry for the texture pack. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 02:21, 5 June 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * This is the "§kFUNKY LOL" splash, and has nothing to do with the End Poem. -- –The preceding undated comment was added on 12:38, 5 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

Drr Drr Drr
Are we sure we're talking about Creepers here? I'd think "Enigma of Amigara Fault" would be more likely used as an analogy for the origin of Endermen than Creepers. 20:13, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's from "Enigma of Amigara Fault" -- 04:26, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Lies!
The 'Complete List of Splash Texts' is not complete! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 08:32, 16 June 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Care to tell us what's missing, then? -- 10:17, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

do not look directly at bugs. 19:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)


 * That's in the list. I know it because I translated a big part of the splashes to German. --☺ undefined 19:32, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

i just checked and it wasn't 23:26, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

now i checked again and it was there 23:32, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Mmmph, mmph!
I think it's from Team Fortress 2 ,the pyro's voice. But I'm not sure whether there're other explanations …--（） 13:43, 4 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I also believe that it is a reference to the pyro from TF2. Anyone else agree with this?-- 07:36, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * It is not a matter of how many people agree or disagree. This splash cannot be 100% proven it has come from there, and is too generic. Mojang must confirm where this splash comes from. Consensus here will not change that splash's blank explanation.  10:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * How is it too generic? Notch has his own hat in TF2, it only makes sense for him to make a hint at the game itself, and there's no better reference line than the pyro's muffled voice. In addition to your statement on being too generic, how often do you see that line on the internet and it NOT be a reference to the pyro? 20:10, 5 August 2014 (UTC)Doppio_Octagon


 * Anyone can say "Mmmph, mmph!", it could have been a devolper's childhood phrase. Unless a mojang employee confirms the source, we do not list it here. -- ( 14:14, 6 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I did notice they have a few doom references in the splashes too. Ever wonder if it's in reference to the doomguy going mmmph when you get hurt or try pressing the wall to find a secret passage - SubtleStatue30

SWM Forever
So I tried google search and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ywGtM22YjU

Could that be what SWM Forever references to? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 13:21, 28 October 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * I googled swm and i came up with single white male. I think it is a joke refering to notch being a nerdy white male who will always be single. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  at 09:04, July 14, 2012 (UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * Well, he is married so this theory is refuted. --☺ undefined 12:51, 14 July 2012 (UTC)


 * "swm" was also a free type of WindowsX thing, mabey it could have something to do with that? 17:35, 20 November 2012 (UTC)


 * It's possible, but still unusable speculation without a comment directly from Notch. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 17:46, 20 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Also, the "Gargamel plays it!" splash came about near a time where a particular seed named "gargamel" became wildly popular on the Xbox 360 version of minecraft and could possibly be the reason for the splash. 19:43, 19 March 2014 (UTC) Nick

"Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere!"
I think this splash is wrong. Minecraft world is homeomorphic to a 3-ball, not a 3-sphere. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  at 10:30, July 9, 2012 (UTC)‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with

Crash splashes
Do you think there should be a page listing the "splashes" found on a crash screen? 21:59, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not familiar with these splashes. Could you point to an example (an image we have, or one you upload to the wiki or an external hosting site)? <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 02:46, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * The complete list of witty comments in 1.4.4 is:

Who set us up the TNT? Everything's going to plan. No, really, that was supposed to happen. Uh... Did I do that? Oops. Why did you do that? I feel sad now :( My bad. I'm sorry, Dave. I let you down. Sorry :( On the bright side, I bought you a teddy bear! Daisy, daisy... Oh - I know what I did wrong! Hey, that tickles! Hehehe! I blame Dinnerbone. You should try our sister game, Minceraft! Don't be sad. I'll do better next time, I promise! Don't be sad, have a hug! <3 I just don't know what went wrong :( Shall we play a game? Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that. I bet Cylons wouldn't have this problem. Sorry :( Surprise! Haha. Well, this is awkward. Would you like a cupcake? Hi. I'm Minecraft, and I'm a crashaholic. Ooh. Shiny. This doesn't make any sense! Why is it breaking :( Don't do that. Ouch. That hurt :( You're mean. This is a token for 1 free hug. Redeem at your nearest Mojangsta: [HUG] There are four lights!
 * If something goes wrong in choosing a comment (which seems impossible, looking at the code), a backup is used:

Witty comment unavailable :(
 * It might be more relevant to list these at, instead of h.re. -- 04:50, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Are these hardcoded in one of the source files, like splashes used to be, or do they have their own file, a la splashes.txt? And yeah, they should probably be documented on, with a short section and main here. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 05:11, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Hardcoded; MCP calls the file CrashReport.java . -- 06:15, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Cool. I say, document away. =) <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 06:44, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I never get these when Minecraft crashes :-( --☺ undefined 16:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Apparently they only appear in the text versions, unfortunately.  05:05, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

309 - Swords for everyone!
Could it be a reference to Baldur's Gate? Minsc: (when made party leader) Magic is impressive, but now Minsc leads! Swords for everyone! 10:10, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Plausible, but needs a source. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 17:16, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * How do you get a source for something like this? 02:05, 30 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Ask Notch or Jeb. Your best bet would probably be to do so via Twitter. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 02:53, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Missing splash
one of the splash in splashes.txt is "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?" I don't know if this needs be added to the list.-- 17:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC)


 * It doesn't need to be added to the list as it's already there. <span class="nowrap">– ᐸ <small style="display:inline-block;line-height:1em;vertical-align:-0.4em"> 18:11, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Today I saw the splash "Happy Birthday, OptiFine!" Anyone unlazy enough to add it to the list? :D – 0m1k 23:36, 7 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Not to be rude or anything, but one would think that was obviously a splash from OptiFine, not a vanilla splash.  23:40, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Absolutely no memes!
This is false, because the achievement "The Lie" refers to the "The cake is a lie" meme. I wanted to add that, but I saw I need a reference from Mojang.

19:13, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The "Absolutely no memes!" splash dates back to in 2010, long before the addition of achievements. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 22:45, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

"This message will never appear on the splash screen..."
I've removed the note claiming this line does appear because it was false. I edited splashes.txt down to just two lines and launched Minecraft twenty times; this line was never used. The odds of this happening by chance are worse than one in a million, so I'm 99.9999% certain that statement was incorrect. The source code supports this as well: when choosing a splash to display, it compares the chosen line's hashcode to 0x77f432f (which is the hashcode of "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?"), and picks another if it matches. If that line is the only one in splashes.txt, the game hangs in an infinite loop. Mojang's choice to compare hashcodes rather than string literals obfuscates the code slightly, but has the side effect of preventing all strings with that hashcode from being displayed on the splash screen. (Of course, finding any other such string – let alone one with semantic meaning – is a nontrivial problem.) -- 03:46, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

New splashes in 1.6.2 unlisted?
There are a couple hidden splashes in 1.6.2 not in splashes.txt. They include the names of players of the Mindcrack server and "Go check out TheGTRacer97's youtube channel!" Also "Finland FTW" seems new also. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by ( • )&#32;02:10, 22 August 2013‎&#32;(UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * These aren't in splashes.txt or hidden anywhere in the source code. Make sure you're using a vanilla, completely unmodified minecraft.jar . -- undefined 02:18, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Pocket Edition exclusive splashes
Since Alpha 0.7.3 added splash text, I have seen 2 splash screens not listed in the page. I have screenshots of both of them. Link 1 Link 2

Anyone have an idea on how to include them in the page? -- 23:14, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

I can't edit my Splashes!
I open minecraft.jar in Notepad, but it's all in "Coding Language" or "Dingbat Coding" I call it. -- 17:14, 29 September 2013 (UTC)MCPC12184726MinecraftPodcast

Try opening your minecraft.jar file with WinRAR, 7Zip, or any other type of archiving tool. I use WinRAR to open it, and it works just fine. -- 17:47, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Staretta
I noticed that there seems to be a new splash in 1.6 or so, with just Staretta as the splash. Though it may be dokucraft resourcepack (unlikely.) 21:53, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

"Dinnerbone's Death"
"See Easter eggs#Dinnerbone's death for more details."

No such section exists. 01:07, 11 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Some random editor removed it back in July citing that splashes are explained here, even though that section explains much more than just a splash and is referenced from this article, as you pointed out. }}  03:40, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Don't Say the U-word!
Hello everyone first post. I think I've found an explanation for the splash "Don't Say The U-word!". I've been the one trying to fill it on the page with "A reference to an attempt in 2011 to censor the word Uterus" but that was reverted a couple of times so here's my proof: rhrealitycheck.org/article/2011/04/05/uword-exposed-antichoice-movement 20:19, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


 * While that is a reasonable explanation, it should still have a citation from Mojang saying so before it is added to the page. -- undefined 21:11, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Just to be clear, we're not trying to discourage you or anything, it's just that this is a rather obscure reference and we need confirmation that it's right before adding it. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 21:54, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


 * fair enough and how do we get a citation?  08:36, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * You'll have to ask a Mojangsta and hope they answer you. <span style="white-space:nowrap">「」· 09:04, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Reply from Dinnerbone -- ( ~ ) 13:44, 4 December 2013 (UTC)