The search

"**The search**" is a video on the Minecraft Alpha 1.0.16 Versions channel. It was the third video uploaded.

## Summary

The video shows "xorcist6898" and "dj\_p155" playing on Minecraft Alpha v1.0.17 in the world first seen in "Entry point" during nighttime. "dj\_p155" stands still outside the house, which has now been upgraded to have its walls made of bricks, while "xorcist6898" climbs down the hill and begins walking through the bridge. The two then converse while walking to the neighboring island and reaching the point where "xorcist6898" encountered the "entity", during which their in-game chat log can been seen with the following messages visible:

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> `<xorcist6898> It might be
> <xorcist6898> It is quite old
> <xorcist6898> This is my save loaded right?
> <dj_p155> yeah it is
> <xorcist6898> With this fog
> <xorcist6898> Can't find my house
> <dj_p155> oh i see it
> <xorcist6898> Okay lead me then
> <dj_p155> alright,let's go
> <xorcist6898> So this is where i saw the black thing
> <dj_p155> uhuh, i see
> <xorcist6898> And that's what we're looking for
> <xorcist6898> I haven't shown you that video yet
> <dj_p155> got it
> <xorcist6898> But basically it's like
> <xorcist6898> A black player sking
> <xorcist6898> skin*
> <dj_p155> so that's what we're looking for huh
> <xorcist6898> Yeah
> <dj_p155> idk man, we've been playing for what, hours
> <xorcist6898> You wanna give up now?
> <xorcist6898> After all the shit we've done to
> <xorcist6898> Block the update and all?
> <xorcist6898> And the server setup?
> <dj_p155> don't think so, really
> <dj_p155> but i don't think we're going anywhere
> <xorcist6898> I mean there has to be something we're doing wrong
> <dj_p155> maybe, it's our irst try on this
> <dj_p155> first*
> <xorcist6898> You set the fog to short like i told you?
> <dj_p155> yeah fog on short
> <xorcist6898> Then i don't know any more
> <dj_p155> that's the tree right?
> <xorcist6898> yeah
> <dj_p155> seems like a normal tree to me
> <xorcist6898> But i don't want to give up now after all this time
> <CONSOLE: Stopping the server...>`
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The server is then abruptly stopped, upon which "xorcist6898" opens their Skype conversation with "dj\_p155", with one message already visible:

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> `**jose.gonzales.210**
> server is open, you can join`
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The following messages are then sent:

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> `**LORD\_OF\_THE\_FLIES.1998**
> did you stop the server?
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> **jose.gonzales.210**
> yes`
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## Video description

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> `Just like the previous videos, the date here is unknown as well.
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> Shows two players trying to find the aforementioned entity, however they can't.
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> Video could potentially prove that they're not present on a mismatched version.
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> "We try to find the thing from a previous video. We couldn't find it."`
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## Notes

* This was one of three videos uploaded on August 1, 2021, following "Entry point" and "Version 01".
* The *Minecraft* version listed in this video, Alpha v.1.0.17, is currently considered to be lost, with no archives of it publicly available.
	+ "xorcist6898" has 64 fences in their inventory, which all players started with in this version.

## References

1. ↑ "Java Edition Alpha v1.0.17" on the Minecraft Wiki.

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