Minecraft:Minecraft store

Template:Joke feature The Minecraft store was a joke site created by Notch for April Fools' 2011.

Accessing the store

File:Locked Chest Message.gif

Message displayed upon attempting to open the chest.

Upon Template:Control on a Minecraft:locked chest in Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4, the prompt shown to the left would appear, and clicking on the "Go to store" button would forward the player to the Minecraft store at https://minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp.

Store features

Twelve items were "sold" in the Minecraft store (jump to section), often humorously named.

Upon clicking on the "proceed to checkout" button, the site would trigger a jumpscare in which a Velociraptor from the movie Jurassic Park growled proudly and flew across the screen. Once clicked, the "Proceed" button also changed its display name to "Fiddlesticks!!!1".Template:Sic

Entering items totaling over $10,000 into the cart caused to screen to start flashing. This was later changed to add a window pop-up that would ask if the visitor was prone to seizures, and clicking "Cancel" would prevent the effect from activating.<ref>Originally there was no seizure warning, as seen in this video: Template:Ytl</ref>

The store page also used the font tf2build.ttf from Team Fortress 2 which is downloadable from here.

History

On April 2 (the day following April Fools), the store had the addition of a multicolored banner which read "♥ April Fools'! ♥",<ref>Welcome to the Minecraft Store! (archive) – Minecraft.net</ref> accompanied by a MIDI instrumental of Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. Minecraft:Tobias Möllstam stated that this was "the best script he's written to date."<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

The Minecraft store was later removed, and now is a 404 page. An archived version of this page can be found here.

Items "sold"

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The "Minecraft store"

Twelve "items" were "available":

• File:Mcafdkey.png Steve Co. Supply Crate Key ($3)
• File:Mcafdkeys.png Steve Co. Supply Crate Key 5-pack ($18)
• File:McafdMinersHelmet.png Miner's Helmet ($21)
• File:McafdNameChange.png Name Change ($99)
• File:McafdCreeperSaddle.png Creeper Saddle ($42)
• File:McafdSecretGrieferIdentity.png Secret Griefer Identity ($155)
• File:McafdEnlargementPill.png Enlargement Pill ($2)
• File:McafdResponseFromSupport.png Response from Support ($494)
• Three "coming soon" items (priced at $75, $7, and $1499)
• File:McafdRegularPadlock.png Regular Padlock ($8)
  • Used the same image as the "coming soon" items.

Trivia

• The store, as well as the locked chests which link to them, are a reference to the Mann Co. Supply Crates<ref>Mann Co. Supply Crate on TF2 Wiki</ref> from Team Fortress 2. These crates, obtainable through the item drop system, require a key to open; said key must be purchased for $2.49 in the in-game shop called Mann Co. Store in order to open the crate.<ref>Mann Co. Supply Crate Key on TF2 Wiki</ref>
• This may have been what Notch was talking about in his Twitter post about a "silly secret project".<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The 5-key pack is actually $3 more than 5 single keys, the difference worth a sixth key.
• The archived page is available in reduced functionality here.
• The script that caused the Velociraptor to appear contains a reference to the Konami Code:

<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript"> // Determine Entrance if(options.enterOn == 'timer') { setTimeout(init, options.delayTime); } else if(options.enterOn == 'click') { _this.bind('click', function(e) { e.preventDefault(); if(!locked) { init(); } }) } else if(options.enterOn == 'konami-code'){ var kkeys = [], konami = "38,38,40,40,37,39,37,39,66,65"; $(window).bind("keydown.raptorz", function(e){ kkeys.push( e.keyCode ); if ( kkeys.toString().indexOf( konami ) >= 0 ) { init(); $(window).unbind('keydown.raptorz'); } }, true); </syntaxhighlight>

Gallery

• The store after it goes to "seizure-mode"
  The store after it goes to "seizure-mode"
• The window popup about the "seizure-mode" as it appears in Internet Explorer
  The window popup about the "seizure-mode" as it appears in Internet Explorer
• How the store appeared after April Fools'
  How the store appeared after April Fools'
• Velociraptor jumpscare
  Velociraptor jumpscare