Poll: why do creepers exploded?

[Erana]

They are the manifestation of all younger siblings' inner desire to destroy their older siblings' legos.
Also, explosions. Kiddies love explosions.

But yeah, many cultures have the notion that "ghosts" are, in fact, the manifestation of a specific emotion or desire. Notch is just channeling it.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

They're Mutant Pigs filled with Gunpowder.

You think I'm kidding, like everyone else, don't you? Well I'm not. That's literally where Creepers came from. A failed attempt by Notch to make Pigs for Minecraft. Have you ever wondered WHY they have four legs? Well now you know.

 

[Atticus89]

Creepers are green.
Nitroglycerin is seen as green in cartoons.
Nitroglycerin is an ingredient in explosives.
Nitroglycerin is also used to treat heart failure.
Therefore, creepers have nitroglycerin overdose-induced heart attacks that makes them spontaneously explode because they have green skin.

You're welcome.

 

[Tartarga]

I'd be much more interested in how those stupid skeletons keep getting bows and arrows.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

They are like the Al-Qaeda of Minecraft, they just have to ruin other peoples lives

 

[Argonian alchemist]

They're Mutant Pigs filled with Gunpowder.

You think I'm kidding, like everyone else, don't you? Well I'm not. That's literally where Creepers came from. A failed attempt by Notch to make Pigs for Minecraft. Have you ever wondered WHY they have four legs? Well now you know.

Hmmm... that actually made sense... wait... logical reasoning... in- in... minecraft? AAAAARGGGHH!!!

*universe implodes*

 

[Risingblade]

Only the creepers that are terrorists explode

 

[Hamish Durie]

the best answer i could think of is why shouldn't they explode

 

[Laser Priest]

Creepers are beings of pure love that are so lonely that when they come across someone, they become so overjoyed that they destructively burst.

 

[Risingblade]

Only the creepers that are terrorists explode

Damn! If only I had shown up a few minutes earlier! That was my obvious joke!

You snooze you lose

 

[Phishfood]

Its simple - they have bad gas.

 

[Sigma Van Lockheart]

maybe they just like the idea of exploding and taking all your hard earned diamond items with them.

 

[Raognerrrm]

I think...

A. You play Minecraft too much, go outside
B. Go outside

But... there are creepers outside :O

Anyway...
They explode because Notch made them explode.
It's either that or everyone's computers are conspiring against us to destroy our marvellous creations.
That, and creepers do not 'exploded'.

If you want an in-game reason: Creepers got annoyed that they failed as being pigs and so decided to use their wonderful abilities to punish anyone who looks even remotely like the being who made them fail.

 

[LostTimeLady]

Spoiler

No clue what any origin would be, dream up a fanfiction on it.

I like this.

On topic: from a gameplay point of view they add conflict. It's fine having baddies that kill you so you potentually loose all your stuff but without creepers there's no theat to the things you biult (apart from the odd misplaced lava moat. I burnt down half a biulding yesterday with that mistake).

In game, I dunno, they are actually highly inteligent life forms with a rich and complex history and socity that have thrown off the shackles of possessions and roam the world seeking to convert others to their way of life by any means nessisary.

 

[C95J]

they only want hugs :3

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Spoiler

No clue what any origin would be, dream up a fanfiction on it.

That would work...unless...

Herobrine makes them deep in below the map, in hopes that he will be able to take over the surface one day and rule with an iron fist!

lol

I think we're onto something here...

 

[Creator002]

Ever seen their face? They're so depressed they kill themselves.

 

[Zeema]

You see they explode as a sexual release

thats right its a Metaphor

 

[funguy2121]

ok so me and a friend where trying to come up with a reason for creepers exploding and this is what we think: creeper a walking seed pods that spread their seeds by exploding that then form more creepers. what do you think?

to PlasmaFrog(and any others that this may apply to)
ok, you do know this is all just in good fun right? i like to make explanations of the unexplained and/or illogical. it not just minecraft, this is just what me and my friends do when we talk on the bus. so go away troll.

It not just Minecraft.

Wow.