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Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams is a technical director at Mojang Studios who worked on Java Edition,[7] and its launcher. A member of the Bukkit team, Adams was hired by Mojang on February 28, 2012 to develop the mod API.[8][9] His first day at the Mojang office was March 27, 2012,[10] shortly before the first development snapshots for version Java Edition 1.3.1.

A common trope attributed to Dinnerbone is that he is commonly displayed as being upside-down.[11][12] His Twitter avatar is flipped[13] and his user model, as well as any mob named "Dinnerbone", is rendered upside-down.[12]

In October 2015, he announced that he would be "taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months."[14] Later, in February 2016, he further elaborated that though he would continue on other projects at Mojang, he had left the Minecraft team.[15][16] During this time, he worked on the 2017 native launcher. On February 6, 2017, Dinnerbone confirmed he had rejoined the Minecraft team.[17]

Biography

Nathan Adams is originally from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom.[18] He says he learned programming through creating MSN bots at age 10.[6][19] After finishing secondary school, Dinnerbone was rejected from college,[20] so he found a job with a tiny web development company, but was made redundant after a few years. Shortly after starting Bukkit, Dinnerbone was hired by Curse where he worked until joining Mojang.[21] Aleksandra Zajac (MissMarzenia) is his fiancée.[22] He announced on August 24, 2016 that he and Aleksandra were expecting a baby boy.[23][24] The baby was later born on October 2, 2016.[25]

Trivia

  • Dinnerbone is red-green colorblind, the most common type of colorblindness.[18][26]
  • Dinnerbone's username is a tribute to an old friend of his named Teabone (T-bone).[18][27]
  • Dinnerbone's favorite color is blue, his favorite foods are lasagna and pizza,[18] and his "guilty pleasure" is milkshakes.[28]
  • Dinnerbone hates fish[29] and ketchup.[28]
  • Dinnerbone does not drink alcohol.[30]
  • If the player names any mob with a name tag with the name "Dinnerbone", the mob will flip upside down. This naturally extends to himself. A similar effect is applied when naming a mob "Grumm".
  • Dinnerbone can sometimes be found on Mindcrack with other famous YouTubers.
  • Dinnerbone was a member of the popular Hermitcraft server during its early days.
  • In Minecraft's Java, Bedrock, and Windows 10 Edition, the player can change their username in the settings, if the player changes their username to "Dinnerbone" their character is upside down.

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References

  1. Special:Diff/454363
  2. https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits
  3. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1108770001660579841
  4. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1058396032000770048
  5. "Achievement get: First person to have multiple Minecraft games on his Mojang account. dinnerbone.com/media/uploads…"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, July 16, 2013
  6. a b https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce4xre4?context=1
  7. https://www.reddit.com/r/MCPE/wiki/devs
  8. https://www.mojang.com/2012/02/minecraft-team-strengthened/
  9. http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/bukkit-the-next-chapter.62489/
  10. "Arrived at Mojang HQ and did the awkward handshake dance with @notch and some other mojangsters"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, March 7, 2012
  11. a b "So I'm thinking it's time for me to actually have a real Minecraft skin, and not this silly upside down one. To the pixelmakingmachine!"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, September 30, 2012
  12. a b https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce4vtm7/
  13. "Things I've learned this week: Turn your avatar upside down, and you'll get lots of messages from helpful people pointing it out to you."@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, September 13, 2013
  14. "After that I'm taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months. I will be focusing on the new launcher & other cool projects!"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, October 15, 2015
  15. "@half_decent I don't work on Minecraft anymore :)"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, February 19, 2016
  16. https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/46o3j1/i_dont_work_on_minecraft_anymore_dinnerbone_on/
  17. "Spent today moving desks at Mojang... Oh hey, I'm rejoining the Minecraft PC team! It's been so long, so much has changed!"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, February 6, 2017
  18. a b c d http://dinnerbone.com/media/uploads/2013-02/screenshots/twitch_faq.png
  19. http://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2014/02/20/chatting-with-nathan-adams-and-erik-broes-of-minecraft/
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce5pwb1?context=1
  21. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s0pqt/i_am_nathan_adams_aka_dinnerbone_developer_of/c4a68cn?context=1
  22. "@Evangeder @KebabuTurka My fiancee, @MissMarzenia, is polish :)"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, May 7, 2013
  23. "Lots of people asking why I won't be going to Minecon. It's because I'll be too busy learning how to use these!"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, August 24, 2016
  24. "(It's gonna be a boy. If it were a girl, it'd be "Wednesday Adams" no question.)"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, August 24, 2016
  25. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/782527672010276864
  26. http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/future-updates/384441-1-5-new-blocks-items?comment=11
  27. "@XxzJackozxX I once, long ago when I was new to the whole interwebs thing, knew a cool guy named Teabone. I took this name in respect to him"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, September 19, 2012
  28. a b "My guilty pleasure is milkshakes. I love milkshakes. Today I went to go get a nice strawberry milkshake at this new place that opened near me. They accidentally used ketchup instead of strawberry jam and oh my gosh do I hate ketchup. What a mistake to make! 🤢"@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, December 1, 2018
  29. "@PoiPoiChen Just minecraft fishing mechanic. Not real fishing! I hate fish. :("@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, August 4, 2013
  30. "@DisBeJosh I don't drink. :("@Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, February 22, 2014


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