The History of 2b2t's 10k Spawn Monuments

8:41 there's definitely something in the symbolism of great guardians protecting a lava cast.

While I don't actually play on 2b2t, I love hearing about its history through videos like these

I like how they even erode like real monuments, with people taking pieces of them over time. Throughout history whenever people needed stone or stuff to build houses they would get it from ancient forgotten temples and structures and these monuments seem to be no exception to people with a diamond pickaxe

I like how Sal keeps the vibe that it's just a block game, unlike Fit who makes 2b2t looks like a second life for the players.

I love the analogy of sand castles. There are Tibetan monks that would spend hours creating beautiful sand drawings just to destroy them in seconds. What fascinates me about 2b2t is the organicism where player literally build their own RPG world. It also enlightens a philosophy in life I think that offers a lot for people to learn from.

I love the creativity of some of the mega builds on 2b2t I struggle to get the motivation to finish huge projects like that as it is, I think I'd be even less motivated if I knew everything was 99.9% guaranteed to get griefed 😅

I love how the server's spawn has been in full entropy for most of its life

I'm into archaeology and paleohistory in general, focused on the processes which produce history as we are able to observe it. I find it fascinating how the defacing of the 2b2t monuments mirror the historical repurposing of monuments in ancient history. For example, it was not uncommon for ruins or monuments to be used as "quarries", reusing the stones to build new structures (see the Roman colosseum). I also find it funny how the looting of the beacons from the 2b2t monuments mirrors how the white and gold top layer of the great pyramids had be almost entirely looted from their creation to modern day.

3:54 woahhhhhhh! that program that shows where to place the blocks looks sweet!

Even if it's mostly because they're such resilient blocks, obsidian combined with beacon lights is legitimately beautiful.

I'm genuinely surprised a server like 2B2T chose to build obsidian crosses instead of a pentagram.

I'm actually more interested in learning the history of 2b2t than the history of the world

Thank god we have you and Fit on telling some crazy stories about 2B2T, you two always one upping each other every single video about 2B2T, but both of you are amazing, this build tied up with the New Argonath and all the massive builds in the server.

i remember flying by the monument at 10k +x a few years ago and thinking it was really cool, had no idea you had been a part of building it

Building near spawn is like trying to paint street art in some big city. So beautiful yet so ephemeral.

I can only dream to build something as impressive as those 4 builds

It's kind of cool though, almost like they're ancient ruins of structures with history that you won't even begin to uncover. Beautiful builds

Stuff like this is why I love the concept of 2b2t, completely emergent gameplay, structures that you don't maintain slowly crumble to dust, much like they would in real life. The one thing that I fear is that Microsoft will soon just send cease and desist to 2b2t because people say stuff they don't approve of in the server chat. That and the server just being super lax on everything. After recent updates I can tell that Microsoft does not approve.

Another highly produced SalC1 Video!

Ain’t no way sal is still using the old world png that still has the spawnmanson logo intact