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|title          = Erik Broes
|image          = Grum.png
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|real_name      = Erik Broes
|date_of_birth  = December 2<ref>{{tweet|grum|407620298838908928}}</ref>
|occupation     = Software Engineer
|nationality    = Dutch
|languages      = English, Dutch<ref>{{tweet|grum|397718568751480832}}</ref>
|website        = 
|known_for      = [[mcservers:Bukkit|Bukkit]]
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|reddit         = _Grum
|twitter        = _grum
|github         = grum
|bug_tracker    = Grum
|minecraft_names = [https://namemc.com/profile/Grumm.1 Grumm]<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s2oqp/i_am_erik_broes_aka_grum_developer_of_minecraft/c4amg41</ref>
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'''Erik 'Grum' Broes''' is a software engineer at [[Mojang Studios]]. He was originally hired to develop the official [[Mentioned features/Plugin API|modding API]] and maintain the ''[[Minecraft]]'' server. In August 2012, his duties were broadened, to include general game development.

Broes has been actively involved with the ''Minecraft'' community, and has joined with many prominent ''Minecraft'' figures, such as appearing in SethBling's channel on YouTube,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSpuMDtyUU</ref> a popular and well-known channel regarding ''Minecraft''.

Broes was also previously an admin on the Dutch ''TweakCraft'' server.<ref>http://www.tweakcraft.net/admins</ref><ref>{{tweet|grum|398402348504322048}}</ref> While not active in-game, he was mostly active on the server's IRC channel and mainly worked on the server's plugins and coding.{{citation needed}}

== Trivia ==
* Grumm, in-game, has been hidden in most of the "cover pictures" of snapshots starting with [[Java Edition 13w19a]].
* Starting in Minecraft 1.6, most mobs named "Grumm" or [[Nathan Adams|"Dinnerbone"]] (or the players themselves) are rendered upside-down.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Mojavatar grum.png|Broes' official Mojang avatar.
Eric Skin.png|Broes' Minecraft skin.
Grum Melons.png|Broes holding melons.
Upsidedownmobgrumm.png|An example of an upside down mob by renaming its egg "Grumm"
</gallery>

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