Joel Zimmerman
| Real name |
Joel Thomas Zimmerman |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
January 5, 1981 |
| Occupation |
Record producer, DJ |
| Years active |
1998–present |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Languages |
English |
| Minecraft roles |
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| Website | |
| Discord server | |
| X (Twitter) username | |
| YouTube channel | |
| Minecraft name | |
| Pronunciation |
"dead-mouse" |
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Joel Thomas Zimmerman, known professionally as Deadmau5, is a Canadian DJ known for his distinctive mouse head.
In the Minecraft franchise
At an unknown time, Markus Persson took notice of Zimmerman's interest in Minecraft, gifting him a unique skin featuring his signature "mau5 ears." Later, he would attend MINECON 2011, hosting a segment called "Into the Nether." At one point, he and Notch beheaded a model chicken with a golden sword.[1][2]
Ears
With the addition of the cape, Notch also added ears for the player deadmau5. The ears are "vanity items and are worn in addition to the player's skin", with the texture contained within deadmau5's skin. deadmau5 cannot disable his ears, as a translucent part of the skin is automatically converted into a black color. His name tag is also programmed to render ten pixels higher to be above the ears. The ears are set to show up based on the username, rather than the UUID of the player, meaning that if deadmau5 were to change his name, he would not keep his ears.
As a side effect of this easter egg, any entity with the name tag "deadmau5", including named mobs, has its name tag render ten pixels higher than a normal name tag.
Trivia
- Deadmau5 lacks any knowledge on structural engineering apart from Minecraft's building mechanics.[3]
- At one point, Deadmau5 gave away free gift codes to play Minecraft on social media.[4]
Gallery
Renders
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Blue version of his skin -
Red version of his skin
Screenshots
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Screenshot of red Deadmau5
Textures
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Texture of his skin -
Template for his skin
Other
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Minecon 2011 after party flyer.
References
- ↑ "Deadmau5 and Notch beheading a minecraft chicken" – miranbresic on YouTube, November 20, 2011
- ↑ "die minecraft chicken!!! DIE!!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=RUR92lSY2ys inb4 PETA." – @deadmau5 on X (formerly Twitter), November 22, 2011
- ↑ "oh i dont know, we contract architects for that kinda stuff. i dont know structural engineering outside of minecraft" – @deadmau5 on X (formerly Twitter), May 15, 2016
- ↑ "unused minecraft gift codes! first come first served! enjoy folks!
v7l2-b7c5-a5x8
b3g6-v7p4-j8e3
l9j8-s6n7-j7a8... http://fb.me/RTulqxyF" – @deadmau5 on X (formerly Twitter), January 8, 2011
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