“Killed by [Intentional Game Design]” is how Minecraft reports a bed exploding in the Nether or the End, where sleeping is not allowed. In Axolotl SMP Season 1 it became a meme.
The server’s chat bridge first logged it on 14 July 2021: “_Grimwatch_ was killed by [Intentional Game Design]”. 1 Five days later, Grimwatch was at it again during the first dragon fight. Both he and SNAKE_EYES_7 died to the same message in the End within moments of each other. 2 3
The deaths came during the friends’ first dragon fight (see The First Ender Dragon Falls), and the label stuck as an in-joke about dying to the game’s own rules.
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\_Grimwatch\_ was killed by [Intentional Game Design]
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\_Grimwatch\_ was killed by [Intentional Game Design]
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SNAKE\_EYES\_7 was killed by [Intentional Game Design]