Microsoft bans Notch from Minecraft's 10th anniversary event

On April 29, 2019, Microsoft confirmed that Notch, a.k.a. Markus Persson was uninvited to the 10th Anniversary celebration of Minecraft ' s development, citing that his views "do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang". The decision was heavily criticized by gamers and Minecrafters around the world, with many criticizing the move as "cancel culture" and being disrespectful and ungrateful towards a figure who devoted his whole life working hard on that game.

What Happened?
The controversy stemmed from his sociopolitical opinions and bias he tweeted about years ago, and had expressed regret for. Among said views include referring to feminism as a "social disease", calling Zoë Quinn out for "acting like a cunt" and mentioned that those who are against the concept of a heterosexual pride day "are complete cunts" and "deserved to be shot". Facing massive backlash from critics and fans, he deleted those tweets, but not until he mentioned "It's Okay to be White", much to the NPC media's dismay. He also believed that privilege is a "made-up metric used to silence and repress" and blasted the QAnon conspiracy by saying that Q is legit, but the straw that broke the camel's back is when he mentioned that transgender women aren't women but feel like they are in response to the "transgender women are women" meme.

Aftermath
An update to Minecraft in March 2019 silently removed all references of Notch from the title screen. Although Microsoft never specified any reason, the timing made people speculate that this was done in response to the negative connotations mentioned above. Those controversies led to the "Hatsune Miku created Minecraft" meme which was created by fans of the game in order to show support for Minecraft while distancing themselves from Notch due to the large queer fanbase of Vocaloid. Finally, Notch was rendered uninvited to the party two months later as a culmination of all the negative impressions he left.