Revisiting DanTDM's Lab - A Decade Later

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26 күн бұрын

Are you nostalgic for DanTDM's mod reviews, or mod adventures, or just Grim and Dr Trayaurus. In this video I revisit and create a deep dive on DanTDM's lab from a decade ago. In this funny but also challenging and even scary Minecraft video we'll be exploring the forgotten lab of DantDM.

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@mistycomet9760 22 күн бұрын

Once as a kid, I lost my way in a minecraft world. I couldn't find where my house and expansive property had been. This had happened once or twice before and I was very upset. I had made many builds and created many friends there from mobs. An island, a wolf adoption sanctuary based on Stacy's from One Life, a checkered house, a playground, a long railway all the way to a nearby village...I had a villager I called my mom, a little guy with a pumpkin head I called my daughter, just pretend games and stuff. I was overjoyed when I eventually found my main area again! However, I was shocked and upset when I looked at my builds and realized, after such a long while of being away, eyes reset from all that time, that my builds were ugly. None of them were as good as I remembered. I didn't play much after that, but I'll always be grateful for the good memories I had building and pretending and expanding my large estate. Even if the builds weren't actually that good, heh heh...

@BazilBuildBases 17 күн бұрын

yeah, right? i did manage to worldedit all of my worlds together, and there was one particular base from 7+ years - castle what i covered with a mountain. it is a complete mess. mob spawners, not ended lines of defense, crammed to the outer dirt wall village, endless random stairs. at the time it looked great. but also, there was the top of the original mountain with the rare broken 1.12 villagers, nice cozy houses(because previously they all was living in a dirt barracks and i felt guilty), huge 4x4 taiga trees alley and a glass/smoothstone wall. there was my past. the base itself was recreation of the long lost mountain base that i even struggle to remember now, the terrain - so plain and barren - was the place from which you can see the size of the build. nowadays we have an amazing pre-generated mountains, caves and hills, which are making your impact on the world is so insignificant in comparison. i kept it. i barely remember how to get there, but it is there somewhere. it is with me. keep your memories, my random internet friend. say hi to the wolves for me, haha.

@irelandchamongus737 16 күн бұрын

I'm happy to see people not trying to yell or hit each other for once.

@nicklerick 16 күн бұрын

old bad builds have a charm to them. Non of your old builds will look good, when new building techniques come, the 1.14 texture update, new blocks, alot of old builds will stop looking good, take dan's old lab, the fround area is a mess, iron isnt a grate building material, the testig chamber had the old glass texture which sucked, and over all, isnt that good, but we love it because it's charmingly bad. It's like a pug, it's an ugly creature, but it's so ugly that it gives it it's own charm. another example is the old villages, they are bad, but scince they are so bad they become fun to walk through, they are charmingly bad, that or bad builds give a nostalgic feel.

@O111e 12 күн бұрын

I used to have so much patience for large and unneccessary builds and playing in flats worlds and such, playing in creative. I remember an absolutely massive jungle wood box treehouse on jungle trees me and my brother made that had like 4 floorswith hallways wrapping all the way around and inner rooms, rails that went everywhere and into a nearby desert village, and had paintings, secret rooms, piston doors and escape railways, etc. Now I have no patience to build anything, creative or survival, with people or alone. Shitty designing and worse redstone, but I still miss it.

@YourLocalDemocracy.Officer 6 күн бұрын

@@irelandchamongus737 exactly, good always bring good

@commander_eaa2862 22 күн бұрын

DanTDM’s lab I feel like in my mind, is about on the level of iconography of a building as something like Spongebob’s or Squidward’s house. They are simple, very rough, but have a cartoonish charm to them that allows for a sandbox of chaos in each time its featured

@ivoryquills 23 күн бұрын

My first memories of Minecraft were watching DanTDM videos and, not realizing they were modded even though they obviously were (I was young!) trying to go recreate whatever he had done on my laggy Minecraft pocket edition. I miss that.

@BazilBuildBases 17 күн бұрын

true, true. you did not experience the Minecraft in full if you never tried to do the Aether/Twilight Forest portal, haha =)

@zenphir9051 9 күн бұрын

I did the exact same thing

@darkreflection9087 13 күн бұрын

DanTDM’s old lab will always hold a special place in my heart and mind

@Gn01717 13 күн бұрын

Agree

@andresfurious8302 24 күн бұрын

I never saw dntm as a kid I was mainly stampy, ibxtoycat, Jack Frost miner and many others but i watched him a little recently from like a decade ago and i could tell it was special for many kids

@PseudoShork 15 күн бұрын

i watched all lol

@gurin3702 8 күн бұрын

I thought everyone's forgotten about Jack frost miner

@andresfurious8302 8 күн бұрын

@@gurin3702 many have not forgotten he inspired me with his buildings and he sounded very genuine and cheerful I remember coming home every day and watching his new episode watching him again gives me nostalgia

@beyondthehiddenbth5764 16 күн бұрын

The original lab felt like part of the channels identity, and when I learned that it was getting replaced, I was just overcome with despair and couldn't bring myself to watch anymore.

@twinzzlers 4 күн бұрын

Same, when I revisited his channel I just left since the old lab is gone

@Rainbow_dash67. 2 күн бұрын

@@twinzzlerswell the old lab is abandoned

@grape3587 23 күн бұрын

I think I stopped watching DanTDM around the time that the secret treasure room area became a thing because that was around the point that mod showcases interested me less but the lab itself is still incredibly nostalgic to me. I think I'll forever have its layout memorized in my head, as well as that pesky button to the entrance they would always joke about Dr needing to replace it with a pressure plate.

@mrmid7285 24 күн бұрын

i still watch his cafe management video every once in a while, his stuff in genuinely timeless

@Matt_The_Epic 20 күн бұрын

I can tell the camera man had a lot of fun with these shots

@angelic_aether 12 күн бұрын

It's wild to me that I was like 6 years old when I watched Dan's videos. The world has changed so much since then, it's wild. The old lab and its treasure room, the new lab and the short time-frame it was used in, everything from that era was awesome, and even though I miss it, I'm glad that he's moved on to new and different content since then.

@randomjester9836 22 күн бұрын

I still remember the video I first watched of him, I don't remember the name but at the beginning before he played his intro I remember "Don't squish me, don't squish me. Aww he squished me." He had said it in such a goofy voice it made me laugh and make me watch more videos of his

@lillyw1 24 күн бұрын

It feels like so long ago, watching a DanTDM videos after school, or with a friend. I am 21 now, turning 22 in a couple months. I cannot believe it's been 10 years already since I was watching Dan. Thank you for this video. It brought a lot of nostalgia back. I am definitely rewatching some mod showcases :)

@minebrandon95264 17 күн бұрын

They already discovered the seed to his world, 5021019576385777538 on java release 1.6.1, so why do people keep on checking out his lab in the incorrect world?

@cherry__Soda 5 күн бұрын

Wait fr??

@thealandude9146 14 күн бұрын

I really do miss his modded adventure most, I understand that it takes a lot of effort to create but that was one of the best era of modded minecraft that I love

@darkreflection9087 13 күн бұрын

I miss the old days

@Gn01717 13 күн бұрын

Same

@North_Poley 23 күн бұрын

A very nice video but that constant camera movement, specially tilting from side to side it just make things feel so dizzy

@alchemistlemming 22 күн бұрын

Wanted to comment about it, also it feels like the camera shots were filmed before the script(don't fill there purpose). But the script is pretty good.

@thenaysays 11 күн бұрын

was going to say this too. at least slow it down a bit😵💫

@Dwayne_LaFontant 12 күн бұрын

The new lab is very underrated. We just like the old one because we all have good memories of it.

@sugnagaming 19 күн бұрын

my first memory of watching youtube at least the earliest one is watching a dantdm video i had long forgotten. from what i remember is that he is my first ever window to game i had never played at the time and never heard of. he watched his videosso young when i first heard of minecraft i was so intrigued by this game that i binged him nonstop for the entire day. i used to believe all of his mod showcases are just mods, not what vanilla could do. i loved and still do watching his videos, even if he uploads once a month, a year i will still go back to watch his videos.

@shedjr_ 7 күн бұрын

Oh man! I remember trying to recreate both Dan's Lab and Stampy's bedroom in every old creative world I had. Good times...

@johnnieedwards3171 5 күн бұрын

Does anyone know if Dan has stopped doing KZfaq completely or just taking a break. He hasn't uploaded in a while.

@asymetricalart 3 күн бұрын

Probably taking a break he's a dad now so he's quite busy these days @@johnnieedwards3171

@krispyiii6786 2 күн бұрын

@@johnnieedwards3171 I think he posts but not that much anymore. He has two kids so I think he's focusing on his life more than KZfaq now.

@johnnieedwards3171 2 күн бұрын

@@krispyiii6786 Understood. I was just unsure if he completely stopped or not. It's still crazy how much has changed. I'm so proud of him and what he has accomplished.

@Nobody-ue5qs 19 күн бұрын

I grew up on Dantdm,I was a super fan until around 2019ish I wanna say,everything you said in this video sums up everything perfectly. Nothing beat binging Dan videos on the weekends and on breaks,Dan was one of those KZfaqrs who stood out from the rest,he felt like an actual close personal friend if that makes sense.

@Myne1001 13 күн бұрын

I don't think you can call the original lab "forgotten" since there's dozens of parodies of Dan & Trayaurus committing various crimes in that lab

@sus-rh6tw 11 күн бұрын

“dr trayaurus! stop burning down the pride flag!”

@ShadowHawk24Real 7 күн бұрын

"DR. TRAYAURUS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

@Beep1945-_- 3 күн бұрын

One of my favorite lines is “It may look horrendous but it was memorable”

@jamesconlin5099 6 күн бұрын

I will never not miss Dantdms christmas count down series

@ryanlally8116 4 күн бұрын

Beside the odd long pauses and live redoing of lines without editing, this was a nice video to look back on DanTDM with

@takebacktheholyland9306 2 күн бұрын

Dan's old lab, Pat's arena, and stampy's lovely world has aged quite a bit

@crayyoni_i 23 күн бұрын

the nostalgia is real argh its been 8 years since i started watching dan but wow it feels like so much less than that!! awesome video!!!

@calebeaster375 7 күн бұрын

I love this Lost period of my life, old music with Dan's lab map make me feel bitter-sweet.

@TOAD69500 17 күн бұрын

That comment on how someone who watched Dan back then would be 18 now really made me realize how long ago that was. Since I am that child, and soon I'll be turning 19, it's crazy how time flies. Another story I have related to DanTDM is that I was such a big fan that I ended up making a world just to rebuild his lab. I spent a good few minutes just trying to find a similar spot in the desert. The build was even more janky then the original but that's to be expected seeing as I was around 10 years old. I also added Grim and Dr Trayaurus although I'm pretty sure I spelled his name wrong on the nametag. Either way I still have a lot of great memories from old MC and DanTDM. And although Dan wasn't the one who got me into Minecraft he did get me into mods. (Although it would take a long time before I'd actually figure out how modded MC works)

@thesharpshooterking9963 3 күн бұрын

This one hit hard man i watched these when i was getting into gaming and a year or so later every world i built had a lab of my own of some sort or another always inspired by the OG DanTDM Lab

@mfintank2704 24 күн бұрын

memories bro

@TheGamer-rp7rz 13 күн бұрын

the references that you put in the script are amazing

@ray010 19 күн бұрын

this video is so really made me feel so nostalgic like i used to secretly watch danTDM behind my parents back as it was so cool it really made me love Minecraft also you deserve more subscribersas this video layout and presentation is absolutely amazing

@Scorchlette 12 күн бұрын

I'm 22- 23 by the end of this year. I remember vividly those days when I would come home from school, and my first instinct was to hop on my dad's PC (and eventually my own), load up Internet Explorer, and check out what new adventures Dan and Dr. Trayaurus would get up to. They were a wonderful reprieve from the tedium that came with homework and overdue assignments. I've... frankly, never really been one to let myself be driven by nostalgia, but- just this once? I think I can leave that aside and just... remember, you know? Remember the fun of it all- the poor writing that always made us laugh, the wacky hijinks we'd get to witness first-hand. The ups and downs, highs and lows. Oftentimes it really felt like I was part of the adventure. The Lab and the many memories it holds, while diluted and a little worn around the edges by time, will always have a special place in my heart- right alongside Rendog's at this point utterly ancient original Survival series. Details may grow fuzzy over time, and things my fray a little around the seams, but... I doubt I'll ever forget.

@SpacklerStudios 22 сағат бұрын

I still remember watching the reveal of the new lab with a then friend of mine when it was still brand new. He was actually crying for the departure of the old one.

@EH0975 2 күн бұрын

It was a struggle to not cry while watching this, and adding C418's music just wasn't fair. Watching DANTDM was basically my whole childhood, and I remember loving his Herobrine mod video. It just breaks my heart knowing how fast we and Dan had grown up.

@mothman20 20 сағат бұрын

The thing about the design was how simple it was and the memories with it

@nocharge7189 14 күн бұрын

Really cool video! I can tell a lot of effort was put on the camera angles, but the camera twisting continually for a long time does induce motion sickness pretty easily...

@Pat12379 5 күн бұрын

It's crazy to me that he's lab was just a quick build he made for 1 video and now it's more iconic than some historical figures

@OppositeHall 17 күн бұрын

This is very high quality! You deserve more subs!

@suddenlythatenderman5800 5 күн бұрын

the old lab.. so good.. so many memories... a simpler time..

@bellabluerose3212 17 күн бұрын

I loved watching Dan's old Minecraft videos as a kid. They will always make my first experience in watching KZfaq videos the best

@ryanjahansir7577 10 күн бұрын

I remember recreating this build block by block from memory alone when I was a lil one.

@Silver_Spectre 7 күн бұрын

I remember as a kid I spent a whole night trying to recreate the lab in my own world, the nostalgia was so strong

@RaiJolt2 10 күн бұрын

I think my biggest problem with the new lab was how it didn’t feel like something the average Minecraft player could build (yes I know iron blocks in survival are expensive but scale wise still reasonable). The new lab is too big, and far more complex than the old one. Granted it looks GREAT, but the old one felt more Minecrafty in a sense

@arkkestral3659 9 күн бұрын

5:00 Random ultrakill music just starting. Perfect

@Articbear 7 күн бұрын

My favourite Minecraft series ever. No one ever topped Dan in terms of Minecraft content for me.

@Ryuu28_voidgames 18 күн бұрын

10/10 video, i LOVE dantdm (and popularmmos) they were some of the best youtubers i knew at the time. I LOVED watching both of their videos when i was little.

@harvesterofsubs5561 18 күн бұрын

Good video, but that camera work boutta make me nauseous.

@adamantshadow7753 4 күн бұрын

I’d love to see a mod that adds this lab as a in-game structure. Would make so many players nolstalgic stumbling across this in a modpack.

@mario_master1 22 күн бұрын

very good vidio but why dident you biuld the lab in the actual world? like we know what world/seed the original world was made in so why not have the lab there and it will be EXSACTLY the same as all the biomes are corect

@darkreflection9087 13 күн бұрын

Nostalgia is beautiful yet also painful

@mirekasukukurayuki430 9 күн бұрын

My main 3 creators I watched when I was younger were Dan, Stamps and iBallisticSquid. I miss those days. I wish those days would come back.

@Samjb09 17 күн бұрын

this video inspired me to go back to the old minecraft days and relive them myself.

@E3AloeLi 3 күн бұрын

DanTDM’s old lab was my childhood, him, Stampy, and Squid was my childhood

@burnsteel2nd 4 күн бұрын

I never forgot that lab

@the_phantom_cat7912 19 күн бұрын

I didn't even know there was a treasure room 'till now

@jamespierce2223 11 күн бұрын

I absolutely loved his diamond dimensions series It’s so weird how long it’s been

@yamagawa9830 12 күн бұрын

I still remember watching his videos, like…. Man, what a legend

@thebrokenrail5011 6 күн бұрын

Was the new lab ever actually used? I haven't watched DanTDM in years, but I remember that it being introduced also coincided with him switching to playing mini-games instead of mod reviews.

@suddenlythatenderman5800 5 күн бұрын

don't think he ever did..

@natalie022 10 күн бұрын

Oh man! This video hit me like a train, a nostalgia train carrying a decade of Minecraft memories

@jeocarrillo8656 9 күн бұрын

Back then when I was a kid I made an exact replica of the classic lab. I used only his videos as reference and followed it perfectly. Good times.

@cozy_blue4807 16 күн бұрын

Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy you were there to experience it

@mrdoor12323 19 күн бұрын

The algorithm gods have blessed me with another great video

@smallforfun2465 15 күн бұрын

" ...So we back in the mine ... "

@Lavalord1160 5 күн бұрын

2:43 can you spot the legs Hint: it’s behind a triangle window that’s upside down… and you have too zoom…

@noelwilliams8615 15 күн бұрын

Yeah there's a lot of good memories and that's history lots and lots of History

@Arelated 8 күн бұрын

The fact i remember the layout of dantdms labs after a decade goes to show how much dan tdm has made our childhood

@nogoodatpvp 3 күн бұрын

I feel like Dantdm’s lab is more iconic than Mario to me.

@thedoglovinggamer5825 3 күн бұрын

I miss it man.😔✊ 3:14 Villagers in Minecraft might not actually be humans. But it is still pretty dark.

@Daveistired 10 күн бұрын

i remember trying to build dan's lab several times , only for it to look even more crooked , but i was so proud with myself

@chriscreeper8560 12 күн бұрын

I remember the very first youtube video i ever watched was dan being a firefighter. Good times, good times...

@kingcarterpro 3 сағат бұрын

😢 man time flies

@GamingPixel28 18 күн бұрын

I remember when villagers have plain coloured clothes

@_ElectricBoogaloo 15 күн бұрын

Dude, I feel every bit of this. I used to watch Dan when I was like a teen and all of this just makes me miss one of the things that I grew up with for Minecraft and that is the tutorial world on the Xbox. I never missed a building more Than tutorial world 😭😭😭😭😭

@angelquefirestar 11 күн бұрын

I was three at the time his videos were popular (2013), and I watched him constantly. I never thought at a mere 13 years old (almost 14), that I would feel nostalgic for such a time, but I do.

@Wal-MartBag420 3 күн бұрын

Just realized I miss watching the old Dan TDM on the outdated version of KZfaq on my Wii.

@tablespook 20 күн бұрын

you deserve so many more subscribers oh my god

@ThatsMox 18 күн бұрын

legendary history

@RAMDER007RED 19 күн бұрын

i think where the new lab went wrong was by being way to big and detailed and very generic feeling

@RAMDER007RED 19 күн бұрын

i think instead of getting a fully new lab dan should have gotten a redesigned version that resembled the original lab

@THE_SONICSTER 13 күн бұрын

Someone should make an overgrown version of DanTDM old lab.

@diamondplayz2145 2 сағат бұрын

The nostalgia is real

@Bighugesausage 24 күн бұрын

After 80 years of no uploads, my favourite KZfaqr returns

@FlameWheelYT Күн бұрын

I remember knowing how to build dantdm’s minecraft head perfectly

@thepicketpocketer 12 күн бұрын

Im glad you made this video and im gonna leave a like but if a finish this ima fckn cry 😭

@braviansamuelpanderaja5723 8 күн бұрын

Childish innocent, though I miss it, it still lives on regardless.

@NaviWolffe 11 күн бұрын

Honestly I barley remember the new lab as the old one is so nostalgic

@speed55555 3 күн бұрын

The villager has been waiting for a long time, he misses dan (probably)

@zwodderVA 10 күн бұрын

I remember making the og lab when i was younger

@Gn01717 13 күн бұрын

Damn i feel old when i seeing dan's old lab

@mcgcast 13 күн бұрын

I still remember the first mod I watched from Dan: Minecraft Comes Alive mod

@Sillimant_ 7 күн бұрын

I only hope the new lab brings as many happy memories for the new generation coming in as the old one did for us

@cooltellow2739 13 күн бұрын

Hey this is a really nice video. I will say though you got real trigger happy with replay mod that is a lotta swooping lol.

@reeeeffoT 19 күн бұрын

Come to think of it, this's the first time that of instead of "son in mom's basement" trope it's the mom in the sons basement funnily enough

@RightBoyKA-POW Күн бұрын

Has it been THAT LONG?!?!

@tyrrell203 9 күн бұрын

As a person, who didn't watch Dan, but the old lab makes me remember my old builds, thinking i could mine diamonds with every pickaxe, thinking i was very cool for not building a dirt house.

@marsshhman 10 күн бұрын

i watched him before i knew how to read and every time dr tray spoke I had to try to figure it out from dans response

@smilingp0tat044 5 күн бұрын

For having so little subscribers This video is amazing.

@dnmgaming4558 9 күн бұрын

I remember seeing him make a portal to a candy world where he made the ultimate candy recipe

@promaster424 12 күн бұрын

Neither the lab was good looking, nor did some videos age well but it thought us to be more creative and helped us develop good memories and good friends.