Man was so depressed, he became ultra motivated and gained meaning. He looped back around.

About a year and a half ago, I went on my first hiking vacation. Plan was to walk up a mountain and take the cable car back down, but as soon as I arrived and actually saw the mountain, I immediately realized that there was no way for me to actually get up there. The next morning, I decided I'd just go as far as I can and turn around as soon as the trail gets too dangerous. But the instant things got rough, I decided to ignore all precautions and push on. Eventually, I arrived at the cable car station near the summit and had achieved something that I dismissed as impossible less than 24 hours ago. When I went back down, I had the entire cable car to myself and got the most amazing view of the nearby villages as I descended into the valley. One of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Please don't quit bro. You've already made it so far. Just imagine the satisfaction knowing that you have created possibly the most gigantic and ambitious project in the entire decade of Minecraft's history.

The progress in such a short time is absolutely amazing! The cooperation of so many people into making what is in my opinion the greatest Minecraft build project of all time. Can't wait to see it in a few years.

1.5 years ago I was telling my grandma about this. It was the last conversation I had with her before she died.

43:01 made me cry. That plaque is a metaphor for the BTE project: "It isn't enough to have just a few righteous people talking about preserving buildings in Minecraft. We need a lot of them." This project has been built with an ungodly amount of hours of volunteer labor from countries all over the world. The amount of passion and work I have already seen from this project is mind melting and insane. The amount of motivation you guys give me as well as many others is a feat in itself. Every single person that has been apart of this project no matter how little they have built should be proud as it's something most people can't do, including me. I can't wait for what is to come as this this group as already done so much so far. People saying that this project is impossible to complete are completely wrong as I have seen it become possible with my own eyes. So to everyone on the team thank you for making the impossible, possible.

21:45 literally made me cry. This is truly beautiful. You are an absolute madman pippen.❤

Must be very lonely building the world

Ty for the kind words, I might've changed the event/project's trajectory but in the end you're the only one who's finished it and completed what you had set yourself to do, congrats on that massive achievement and I'm excited to see what you'll produce going forward👏

7:41 "but I dont know how to quit" the commentary and edits are spectacular, props for working on this for so long, impressive dedication

Youre a pioneer dude, this is a huge project that shows off worldwide collaboration. I know you can do it

Might be the best videos you've ever done. The fact that the event is ultimately a "failure" makes this so much different than your other BTE videos. I enjoyed the more sentimental and retrospective tone of this one, it's a change of pace (not necessarily an objectively better or worse one mind you) compared to the triumphant and motivational tone of the others. It felt, more.. honest? should I say. As they say, we learn from our mistakes and this video was a clear example of that. I didn't expect this to be the tone of the Build it 1:1 finale but nonetheless it wasn't a disappointment in the slightest. Out of the 5363 buildings built in Minecraft Seatle, I finished a whopping total of one (1), so it would be impossible for me to even comprehend what you and others have done in this project. I admire your constant perseverance PippenFTS, your style of speaking is truly unmatched within the Minecraft youtube space. Anyways, Godspeed Pippen with all your endeavors and godspeed to the entirety of Build The Earth! also watching you climb that mountain gave me so much second-hand exhaustion lmao.

Pippen, the effort is insane. We've had some troubles in discord and minecraft because of the fall of b1:1 and the rise of Hometowns but props to you man. You did it, Seattle is done and bte is still somewhat active. We share an interest in a minecraft project that I would have never been exposed to if you hadn't invited me to build las vegas on Jan 4th, 2021. I don't play cod, valorant, or fortnite anymore. When I want to relax I hop on the server you put me on and I build my city and the hometowns of others. Kudos to you man for making my time online a really nice experience. I look forward to seeing what you do in the future, pce

This man needs to give a Ted talk

Holy shit the Seattle vid was 2 YEARS AGO?! What the fuck?! This is an earth shattering revelation for me.

The first 20 minutes are strangely exactly what I needed to hear. Good work man keep on keeping on.

This video was powerful and probably one of if not the most motivational video you've done. Also I liked the bonus mountain hike at the end.

I was sitting here, thinking “man, Pippin, you’re getting really deep really fast” and wondered if it was too much for being barely an hour awake. But I kept watching, and feel I’m better for it.

Viewers: Take the time to receive the rewards of this video. Deeply spiritual and mentally empowering. This can be fuel to launch you into the next world (or at least your next adventure). #SelfEmpowerment

Man took even "touch the grass" as a grand challenge

This is a pretty sick apology video.

Oh damn, been a while since I’ve heard from this project.

I know it’s hard but all of you guys really did a outstanding job on BTE

Countless abandoned projects of mine purely from laziness, and just that feeling of it not being good enough. And what inspired me to get back to said projects is a series of videos about building in minecraft. beautiful world we live in. thank you BTE

35:15 “I’m going to be a statistic” might be one of the funniest jokes I’ve ever heard someone say whilst filming

Building 50% Motivation 50%

I subscribed to this man for Build The Earth, but I watched and stayed for PippenFT's motivational speeches like this.

pippen is underrated

I love how strangers stop to have a chat on hiking trails, most socialization I've had in years.

Pippen : spends 1000 hours on his project also Pippen : I feel like I'm not doing enough

awesome how much i related to your hiking experience, pippen. i once went up on the Peak of Love *near* lake Baikal here in Russia. it is 2km tall which is a quarter of everest (although that doesnt represent difficulty at all). we went up there with my family and her fitness group. it was a ~4 hour hike up there. at the beginning, the first 10, 20 minutes it felt awful. infinite, even. but when my legs were at my worst, i saw the 25% sign. my mother, to whom i have been complaining, has told me to go down and take a rest. she thought i was done for good. but i had the biggest second wind ever. i went up. and up. and after a while, i saw the 50% sign. and then the 75% sign. the last ~10 percent were forestless. it looked very similar to the peak of your mountain. it was killing my feet. but the drive of proving my mother wrong, accomplishing a monumentally difficult task for me and the feeling of the inability to turn back puched me up that mountain. it was saddening at first. as we got up, the fog was everywhere and we couldnt see anything. it was underwhelming. but as we sat down to catch our breath, the fog cleared up. we saw everything. other mountains, the city below, the 25% peak mountain and everything. it was worth it. this video reignited the desire within me to go hiking again. to go for bigger goals. thank you, pippen. i wish you well.

Sorry, I couldn't finish the video. The speech you gave resonated with me and snapped me out of this destructive torpor. I damaged my vape and carts, which are now in the garbage. And I got outside for the first time in years feeling comfortable. Now comes the hard part of keeping it going. not only telling the truth but acting on it. Thank you.

I agree with what you’re saying. Society limits us. It blinds us of our potential. This might be a hard message for some people but it’s true. You have to individualize yourself to wake up.

I normally don't watch 50 minute videos fully, but this was surprisingly motivational, and you cannot stop watching. Good Job! :)

I can relate. I didn't have time to watch a 47 minute video, but about 15 minutes in I was hearing things that I needed to hear. Thanks for sharing.

first 5 mins in, you're literally describing any KZfaqr SMP i've ever played on lol. Welcome to Dramaville

I came here expecting a Minecraft video and some cool things, I didn't expect a motivational video that actually resonated with me, what a funny thing to find, thank you Pippen for speaking and proving what you say is true, I needed to hear/see this.

OCD is one hell of a drug. You’re doing great! I’m proud of you

This realization of self-actualization before grinding yourself on a project where you're in way over your head is the healthiest thing possible for both the project and your sanity. I know of another youtuber with a similarly ambitious (although completely different) project that, rather than enter the grind of management and motivation fully, he decided day one to have no involvement (aside from setting the foundation) beyond advertising it as a sort of official PR personality. He still does his regular content, he just adds on progress updates for that project to keep the hype up every once in a while. Both he and his project have been healthy, and the content is great for those who enjoy it. That you are considering that model has me relieved for your sake, if a little saddened at the end of an era for Build The Earth videos.

This is amazing, huge props to all the builders and contributors for this project, it turned out magnificent! All the effort put in really payed off, gg man, gg.

You have so much wisdom in your words. Thank you for sharing your self discoveries with us as you also discuss your progress on this project of yours. You are absolutely one of a kind. Big respect towards you.

my thirst has been quenched for one of your videos. i was literally checking 2 days ago if you uploaded and i missed the notification, and i was surprised you hadn't uploaded. also, i thought that you would announce a larger comeback to the forever world, or possibly streaming. *coughcough*. i guess you did a little bit, but whatever. it's all fine. i'm not going to stop watching you, even though the survival world is what i came for in 2019. i've watched every video since the endstone one and i will continue to for some amount of time. (the bill wurtz edit was nice) ------sidenote for a sidenote----- 39:50 - i went to poland for a vacation since i have 99% of my family there, and i heard something like that aswell. i had no clue what it was and it lasted for like 6 minutes. i thought we finally got nuked by russia, and i'm not trying be discriminatory against russia or it's people in any way. beautiful country which is currently in a horrible amount of turmoil.

did I seriously just watch a video of a grown man crying about minecraft

every time a video of yours came up over the years you became my new favorite youtuber and then i slowly forgot about you again but this time your words and wisdom have made such an impact that i'm sharing them with other people like you and i

I was randomly thinking about your videos a couple of days ago. As I hadn't seen a new one in a long time, glad to see you are still around. Stay hydrated.

Imagine if 2b2t players joined the build the earth project

for some reason I never realized he was ‘special’ until now

i only watch pippen for his beautiful philosophy lessons and amazing motivating words. i dont even play minecraft

You are an extremely descriptive speaker, very entertaining :)

This speaks to me a whole lot. Especially the socializing part. Lost lots of friends cause of my stubbornness, but i get to be more free. Nice work!

I'm silently waiting for a BTE top 100 builds video ^-^ pls...

solution : use all the buildings made in build the earth so far to train an ai to finish the rest

Speaking to the hike portion of video -- I've hiked a few peaks at Mt. Rainier, including Tolmie Peak (less elevation gain but high average elevation) and it's no small feat what you did - for an avid gamer who is normally somewhat shut in. I am proud to see it.

Never thought a single Minecraft building video could be so inspiring but here we are

One of, if not the most amazing video I have ever watched. Truly inspirational. Thank you.

In regards to BTE failing, it would be "disgraceful if, in this life, your spirit should fail before your body."

Thanks for the reminder and the motivational speech. I always enjoy hearing people's perspectives on things and hearing you simply enjoy being alive is something I've never quite heard before. Keep doing what ever it is you want to, or need to. To keep on living.

The amount of dedication is amazing 😅

To be completely honest, the last quarter of the video I forgot I was watching a Minecraft video lmao

My grandfather went on a lot of hikes. He has bipolar, and I didn't get to know him all that well, but I did get to go on a number of those hikes, along with the rest of my family. I probably haven't been at the top of a mountain in well over a decade, this makes me want to do it again.

i really needed to here this, the hike at the end really solidified everything for me 👌

Your condolences, this man deserves more achievements that he had built the whole this time of the entire of advices that motivating us. YOU'LL NEVER LET US DOWN !!!

I made a block from my home town and part of the downtown. That shit was so hard to stay motivated. Good on you.

Yo this is like legit art, like there is a compelling plot and lore lol

This is both completely insane and completely insane can’t wait to see more dude

33:25 Usually, you would step off the trail and do it in some bushes where no one can see you

This guy has some mad dedication, but I kind of see it as obsession. And this video is a little creepy to watch in a sense. Some kind of manifesto…over Minecraft. Mad props, but damn man.

you really did make the whole climb both ways in six hours

i completely admire the amount of struggle and perseverance that went into this story. The artistry contained in this videos writing is insane. i can totally understand his thoughts, emotions, and investments about this story. this is about more than bte. its a window into this mans life and his struggle. i have nothing but respect for the emotional commitment and philosophical effort that obviously went into pippens insane motivation.

Bro, it’s greatest event in gaming world ever. Please, don’t stop. It’s great idea

the mountain climb is the best part of the video

This group laid the groundwork for my future and I am eternally greatful to the great man in pink. Thank you pippen for everything.

at first i thought this was impossible a while ago, but soon realized how quickly people were able to finish a city to 1-1 scale. id absolutely hate to see this project fail or given up on, as its the only thing in minecraft that really catches my interest anymore. wish i could support with helping or donating but im broke and not the greatest super detailed builder either lol

What makes this even more impressive is that he made a 47 minute script while building all this

this is amazing that you guys have built even just this

Beautiful, incredible cosmic work you are an inspiration to a generation

Now imagine how prople must feel while climbing everest. Everything you just experienced, in extreme Cold and surrounding conditions paierd with steep, snow covered trails and decreasing oxygen

You need to find a way to robotize this. You will either need thousands perhaps tens of thousands of very motivated people (why is just.. you cant find so many motivated just like that) or you will have to find a way to robotize this whole process in order to make all of these 4 billion buildings. My take on this is go talk to people who make AI, go talk to intelligent people and ask for as many ideas as you possible can. Ask smart people about how they would approach this problem of building billions of buildings in a video game. You arent meant to fix all of the problems this project discovers. Ask scientists about how they would go about this.

Pippen i just subscribed to you because of this lovely video. I had heard of your works and seen a little about it but had no idea the world was resting on your shoulders. Im glad i stumbled across this video as I can subscribe and get you back to that 5million sub track, but also you have done an amazing job at encouraging me to better myself for myself but also for others by becoming myself. I know that doesn’t make sense but it does to me so thank you for all of your “words” in this video. I know its going to take time, but I will become that person I need to be and not what I see myself becoming. Again thank you

this generation needs this brotha ty actual inspiration its awesome

is this guy ok

At least your accomplishments didn’t take 700 years like WALL-E did vertically stratifying all those towers made of trash

I kind of want to climb a big mountain now. I've climbed a mountain before but it wasn't enough to really challenge me or feel any sense of fulfilment or empowerment, I imagine it would feel nice to do it by myself as well.

I understand. I feel the same too. You're doing so well, keep doing what you like!

Pippen, you will hear from me in a few months. I still have that project I was talking about that I've been working on, and it's huge

This video was special to me, There is something so unique that the video brought to me in the past 48 minutes, of my life. The message was very inspiring and your the most dedicated person I know of. This just felt like a roller-coaster where everything was carefully made in a amazing way; the time-lapse, the speech, the hike. Thank you for this, feels like it came at the perfect time. We can do anything. I know in your lifetime you will see the earth, 1:1 scale, in Minecraft. 🗺 Unbelievable work bro

big project takes sacrifice I totally relate to that, sometimes every aspect in your life have to be neglected.

whats with pippen and perfectly conveying deep philosophical thoughts and questions we all have

I cried watching this thanks for your words I love you and your content sincerely

I love this project!!!!!!

thanks for the push to finally get myself to get my homework done

29:16 "So we're going to... In another video." 🤣

Pippen, have considered the possibility of training a generative large language multi-modal model or AI on all the buildings that have been built on Build the Earth. I don't know how much training data would be required but I know you guys have built a lot! Just imagine how much we could do just two papers down the line!

Bro hit the top g sigma mindset in minecraft

This is a motivational video not only for you, but us, or at least me. Thank you, just thank you.

Thank you for your efforts! I discovered your mission about a year ago. Absolutely amazing what you all have done. And you are an inspiration. 💚✌️

when life gives you lemons, make lemonade: the movie

Some things are impossible. I agree, dont take what someone says about something being impossible at face value or let it discourage your goals. They aren't you. The only reason I say this, is because it is a lesson ive had to learn, the hard way. Some things are impossible, and I never recognized that. I always wanted more from myself. I always set insanely high goals for myself, and fail them constantly, because in most cases, my expectations of myself were too much. And now. I am in a place where my repeated failures have beaten and killed my motivation and purpose, because i hate myself for not being perfect. And now I'm having to learn how to just put one foot in front of the other and try and look at what little actions i do take as progress instead of not good enough. All because i wanted to will myself to be perfect

They say an expert is someone who knows where to cut corners. Oliver is an expert.

thats a really healthy way of thinking didnt expect that from this video, but thumbs up