Searge
Michael "Searge" Stoyke (/sɑːrdʒ/ SARJ[7]) is a technical lead[8] working at Mojang Studios. He has been working on Minecraft since January 2, 2014;[9] his employment at Mojang Studios was announced on November 2, 2013, at the "Future of Minecraft" panel at MINECON 2013.[10] He is most well known for founding the Mod Coder Pack, as well as being the founding member of ModJam and his "secret feature" game where he would add secret features, mainly command block ones, to the game in secret and wait for users to find them and report them on Twitter. On February 13, 2015, Searge announced on Twitter that the "secret feature" game would stop when snapshots were released for Java Edition 1.9, claiming that it was getting "a bit old".[11][12]
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| Real name | Michael Stoyke |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Technical Lead |
| Nationality | German |
| Languages | English, German[1][2] |
| Known for | |
| Reddit name | Searge |
| X (Twitter) handle | @SeargeDP |
| Bug tracker profile | Searge |
| Twitch channel | seargedp |
| Minecraft names | Searge Searge_DP |
Michael "Searge" Stoyke (/sɑːrdʒ/ SARJ[7]) is a technical lead[8] working at Mojang Studios. He has been working on Minecraft since January 2, 2014;[9] his employment at Mojang Studios was announced on November 2, 2013, at the "Future of Minecraft" panel at MINECON 2013.[10] He is most well known for founding the Mod Coder Pack, as well as being the founding member of ModJam and his "secret feature" game where he would add secret features, mainly command block ones, to the game in secret and wait for users to find them and report them on Twitter. On February 13, 2015, Searge announced on Twitter that the "secret feature" game would stop when snapshots were released for Java Edition 1.9, claiming that it was getting "a bit old".[11][12]
Trivia
- During the snapshots for Java Edition 1.9 there used to be a written book in the End ships. It reads "We will have something else here soon", referring to elytra, and was signed by Searge.
- There is a secret signature for him, JAPPA and Chiwi in the Armor Stand texture.
Gallery
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Searge's official Mojang avatar from 2016-present. -
Searge's current Twitter avatar. -
Searge's skin in Minecraft. -
Searge with some other developers. -
Searge's Twitter banner.
References
- ↑ " Learning swedish is harder than expected, but eventually I'll grok it." – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), March 4, 2014
- ↑ "I'll stick with English on twitter and not use Swedish or German. Because reasons." – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), March 4, 2014
- ↑ "I can already see many cool uses for my latest change in the /tp command. How would you like to be able to specify rotations? Now you can :)" – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), January 13, 2014
- ↑ "The change should work for all commands that can take NBT tags. Also, try to spot the hidden feature in this picture: twitpic.com/ds9kkn" – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), January 14, 2014
- ↑ "Last time nobody found the hidden secret feature in my screenshot, so I'll try to make it easier in the future. i.imgur.com/j5cjw8G.png" – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), January 19, 2014
- ↑ "I made something: /title <player> title|subtitle <raw json title> OR /title <player> times <fadeIn> <stay> <fadeOut> http://t.co/mnEGwhprWh" – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), May 12, 2014
- ↑ "Searge is pronounced like Sarge, I changed the name a bit because in most cases the correct version was already taken as a nickname." – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), November 4, 2013
- ↑ "Minecraft Credits" – Minecraft.net.
- ↑ "Just arrived in the Mojang office. First day. Very exciting. So, what should I start with? http://t.co/TljJfSIVh7" – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), January 2, 2014
- ↑ "The Future of Minecraft MINECON 2013 Panel" – Minecraft on YouTube, December 27, 2013
- ↑ "Not sure how soon we'll have the first 1.9 snapshot ready, but I'll keep putting in hidden features, "secret frid... snapshot updates" ftw." – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), February 13, 2015
- ↑ "There won't be public hunts for secret features anymore on twitter, that's getting a bit old, so I'll come up with something else." – @SeargeDP (Michael Stoyke) on X (formerly Twitter), February 13, 2015
