{"id":988,"date":"2020-10-16T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minecraft-tutos.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2020-10-16T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:27:44","slug":"would-the-default-minecraft-skin-steve-be-based-on-tommy-vercetti-a-gta-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minecraft-tutos.com\/en\/would-the-default-minecraft-skin-steve-be-based-on-tommy-vercetti-a-gta-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Would the default Minecraft skin (Steve) be based on Tommy Vercetti, a GTA character ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Grand Theft Auto and Minecraft are unquestionably two of the largest video game franchises, but could it be that they share more than we think ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, GTA and Minecraft may simply have a lot more in common than we originally thought. A fan theory has emerged that claims that Steve (Minecraft&#8217;s default avatar recently arrived in Super Smash Bros Ultimate) is actually based on Tommy Vercetti, the water-hating star of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YuushaEX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuusha<\/a> user who made the statement on Twitter. He claims that Minecraft Steve is actually a low-poly version of Tommy from when Notch was developing a GTA-style game. A bit hard to swallow at first, yes, but when you look at the two characters side by side?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fun fact: Minecraft Steve is a lowpoly placeholder model of Tommy Vercetti from when Notch was thinking of making Minecraft a GTA fan game. Not even joking. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lR0PKL9WY0\">pic.twitter.com\/lR0PKL9WY0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Yuusha (@YuushaEX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YuushaEX\/status\/1316920638146306058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To back up his point, Yuusha then directed fans to<a href=\"https:\/\/notch.tumblr.com\/post\/107611170\/exhausted-but-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> an old blog post from 2009<\/a>, written by Notch about Minecraft development. Here&#8217;s what it says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Graphics and character modeling have already been done for one of my previous discarded projects (a China Town Wars-GTA-like rendering in pure java). I realized that their block design would fit very well in this game, and the low resolution of the textures means that each player can have a totally unique skin, downloaded to other players when he or she joins the game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This theory was rather flawed but still caused a reaction on the networks, so much so that even Notch expressed himself on the subject :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">0% intentional reference to tommy afaik. I just picked some colors.<br>There might be some subconscious thing going on since I indeed was super into GTA Vice City, but I can&#39;t confirm that. Heck, I&#39;m not even sure the timelines match up.<\/p>&mdash; Notch (@notch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notch\/status\/1317076517827059712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, the answer to our question, &#8220;Is Minecraft&#8217;s default skin based on Tommy Vercetti&#8217;s?&#8221; is simply no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/technology\/gaming-minecraft-steve-is-based-on-gtas-tommy-vercetti-20201016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-center kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;988&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5 \\\/ 5 - (2 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Would the default Minecraft skin (Steve) be based on Tommy Vercetti, a GTA character ?&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;118&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score} \\\/ {best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; 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