Author Topic: Minecraft (Read 278864 times)

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1050 on:** March 07, 2012, 23:46:31 PM »

You fellers are obviously hardier than me. Both you and Lanky have complained about losing high levels but I… I don't live much past 4. Are you making an effort to attain high levels for enchanting purposes? I really need to get into it. It sounds very interesting.

Superman · « **Reply #1051 on:** March 08, 2012, 01:57:22 AM »

Yeah. Enchanting has reallygiven me incentive to stay alive a lot longer. I like it.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1052 on:** March 11, 2012, 15:29:35 PM »

Notch recently stated in a discussion with Chris Hecker (creator of Spy Party) that he regrets ever adding half blocks to Minecraft. What do you think?

Quote from: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/07/notch-talks-minecraft-development-regrets-and-piracy.aspx

Notch regrets adding half-blocks because all it did was double the amount of verticality in the game and undermined the overall cube aesthetic. He also regrets not beginning work on multiplayer earlier so the process could have been smoother

I don't use half blocks a lot but I would definitely miss them if they disappeared. I use them for a nice design aesthetic. There is a mod that allows you to split blocks into smaller pieces (8 mini-cubes per normal cube). I thought that mod would allow for some excellent designs.

Superman · « **Reply #1053 on:** March 11, 2012, 16:54:52 PM »

I agree. Multiplayer is the heart of the game. It's too bad it's still so buggy.

I get where's he's coming from on half blocks. I personally like them, but I agree that it sort of changes the base of the game.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1054 on:** March 13, 2012, 01:56:17 AM »

Someone printed their Minecraft town.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWlbqEhx9xs&feature=related

Superman · « **Reply #1055 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:02:38 AM »

There's a site that will make those for you. I thought you posted it here.

The one on that site weren't anywhere near that big and there only pictures. That thing is amazing.

Superman · « **Reply #1056 on:** March 23, 2012, 05:03:38 AM »

There's a big 1.2 bug fix that came out today. I'm going to go ahead and update the server to 1.2.4.

lanky · « **Reply #1057 on:** March 23, 2012, 16:04:11 PM »

Superman · « **Reply #1058 on:** March 23, 2012, 18:31:35 PM »

Ha! I backed up and forgot to update. I'll get it tomorrow. Don't want to kick Lanky off.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1059 on:** March 23, 2012, 20:36:33 PM »

On my current Minecraft agenda are:
— signing off on my own design for the 5k point I staked out (east of spawn)
— creating an adventure for you guys
— finishing the story and pictures for the adventure that Superman created for greensteam and myself.

Not to mention the completion of the temple… I'm going to have to pull some serious time fetching sand again.

Superman · « **Reply #1060 on:** March 24, 2012, 05:54:41 AM »

Ongoing projects:
Road
Spawn
Temple mountain destruction
Sand delivery to temple
Amusement Park Phase II
Nether Road to 5k
Miscellaneous Nether roads (Throw a request in the nether thread and I'll get to it eventually.)
Village 1
Village 2
Villager distribution
Spawn area tree houses
Lighthouse Island
Bring back mushroom cows

Planned projects:
North 5K Point (I think I want north)

lanky · « **Reply #1061 on:** March 25, 2012, 18:14:12 PM »

I'm building up an arseload of supplies for everyone to use if anyone is out west of the Temple...

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1062 on:** March 25, 2012, 20:14:07 PM »

We are all doing things. This is a most awesome game.

Superman · « **Reply #1063 on:** March 26, 2012, 18:09:34 PM »

My cousin and I have gone even further south (and I think east). He brought me some hand drawings of some buildings he wants to make. I guess there's something innately more fun about starting something new. Hopefully building this far away will help teach him a little more about what it takes to gather the supplies for large projects. I might hold off on extending the nether road out to there.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1064 on:** March 26, 2012, 21:19:17 PM »

Quote from: Superman on March 26, 2012, 18:09:34 PM

My cousin and I have gone even further south (and I think east). He brought me some hand drawings of some buildings he wants to make. I guess there's something innately more fun about starting something new. Hopefully building this far away will help teach him a little more about what it takes to gather the supplies for large projects. I might hold off on extending the nether road out to there.

Yes, yes and yes. Your cousin is now sketching drawings for his Minecraft ideas. Yes!

Yes, there is just something special about starting a new project. It has the potential to be fantastic. Sometimes we get it right.

Yes, it's best for your cousin to fend for himself (at least a little bit. I dunno, the youngens might not be interested in fending for themselves.) I let Lanky do his own hard work. I didn't want to rob him of the pleasure doing new Minecraft things for himself. E.g. I could've brought him seed for his new farm but instead showed him how to get seed for himself.

Superman · « **Reply #1065 on:** March 28, 2012, 06:06:26 AM »

Someone put together a cool Minecraft production tree.

Superman · « **Reply #1066 on:** March 29, 2012, 16:10:32 PM »

We're currently digging a giant pit that will serve as the foundation for whatever it is this kid wants to build. It turns out that we're on wolf island and the pit getting getting flooded with them. Yes, of course I hit one and just barely made it out of the pit alive.

Superman · « **Reply #1067 on:** April 24, 2012, 04:14:30 AM »

Holy crap. There are a lot of people playing now. Usually when I play it's just me. Yesterday when I logged on, I ran into three different people while playing. Awesome.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1068 on:** April 24, 2012, 23:22:30 PM »

The mine I'm currently working out of is also situated in a wolf biome. I love it.

While I was sick I met Vaati. Likeable. I also run into lanky and bx83 a bunch when playing. Not literally, though. I'm seven kilometres from them.

Superman · « **Reply #1069 on:** April 25, 2012, 03:48:53 AM »

Vaati has built a mob grinder near spawn that would give enough gunpowder to take down the Temple mountain in a few days. It's pretty awesome.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1070 on:** April 26, 2012, 23:37:16 PM »

I saw it when I passed spawn on the way back to my mine from Casa De Lanky. It looks like the same design used by the kids we banned. Have you seen the tree? Who's building that? It looks amazing.

Superman · « **Reply #1071 on:** May 09, 2012, 04:32:30 AM »

Quote from: Poopyhead pianoman ♫ on April 26, 2012, 23:37:16 PM

I saw it when I passed spawn on the way back to my mine from Casa De Lanky. It looks like the same design used by the kids we banned.

I just saw on the map what you were talking about. That thing is disgusting. Why do those idiots have to build that ugly shit right on top of spawn?

He does have a really kick ass underground one right next to that. That's what I was talking about, not that big ugly thing.

Someday, when they're more wrapped up in other things, I'm tearing down all of that ugly cobblestone crap.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1072 on:** May 12, 2012, 20:48:23 PM »

Quote from: Superman on May 09, 2012, 04:32:30 AM

Someday, when they're more wrapped up in other things, I'm tearing down all of that ugly cobblestone crap.

Thank bleeping crap. I hate it.

Superman · « **Reply #1073 on:** June 02, 2012, 09:26:17 AM »

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1074 on:** June 04, 2012, 03:05:45 AM »

Superman · « **Reply #1075 on:** June 04, 2012, 13:57:47 PM »

Remember that one time we tried to use Gchat to talk while playing Minecraft and we couldn't figure out the settings? The same thing happened today... turns out my headset was muted. Gchat is a go for Minecraft communication.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1076 on:** June 06, 2012, 08:34:46 AM »

Gchat worked fine for me... but my Minecraft suffered horribly

I'll give it another go, though.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1077 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:54:18 AM »

Quote from: Poopyhead pianoman ♫ on March 23, 2012, 20:36:33 PM

On my current Minecraft agenda are:
— signing off on my own design for the 5k point I staked out (east of spawn)
— creating an adventure for you guys
— finishing the story and pictures for the adventure that Superman created for greensteam and myself.

Not to mention the completion of the temple… I'm going to have to pull some serious time fetching sand again.

I have yet to complete any of these things.

Also, I just set off without any tools, blocks—anything—save for one loaf of bread. Hooray!

Superman · « **Reply #1078 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:08:09 AM »

Ongoing projects:
Road - Still working on it. Lots of work down heading east and west.
Spawn - Tons of work done. Further from done than other. The more I do, the more I think to add.
Temple mountain destruction - Oh crap. I forgot. I want to build a mod grinder into Spawn to collect enough sulfur. Oh crap. Another thing for Spawn.
Sand delivery to temple - The system is (was) set up. Need to repair the rail and just do the hard work now.
Amusement Park Phase II - Started then promptly abandoned for the time being.
Nether Road to 5k - Roughed in. Not sure how much exactly, but needs a lot of work. You should be able to get to all 8 5k points though.
Miscellaneous Nether roads (Throw a request in the nether thread and I'll get to it eventually.) - Still willing. I think I have everything I wanted done.
Village 1 - Meh. Done with it.
Village 2 - I'll add more to it when I think of more ideas. Right now there's just some major landscaping I'm in the middle of.
Villager distribution - Success! Villagers are at Spawn and ready to be delivered anywhere the rails run.
Spawn area tree houses - Nothing done sine I made this list.
Lighthouse Island - Ugh. Still a lava mess as far as I know.
Bring back mushroom cows - Success!

Planned projects:
North 5K Point (I think I want north) - Not even close to starting.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1079 on:** August 30, 2012, 22:29:08 PM »

Sand delivery system! I completely forgot where we found the biggest desert on the map. I'll go there instead.

You have done a lot.

Superman · « **Reply #1080 on:** September 13, 2012, 08:16:18 AM »

Conan O'Brien plays Minecraft.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1081 on:** September 15, 2012, 11:51:07 AM »

Hah. Glaucoma World.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1082 on:** January 19, 2013, 07:45:10 AM »

I bit the bullet and tried Minecraft on this computer yesterday. It didn't run well. It was jerky even set to the shortest viewing distance. I'll try reducing some more settings, but I might not be able to play for a while—at least, until I get a gaming computer.

Superman · « **Reply #1083 on:** January 19, 2013, 07:53:12 AM »

I still want to do some major fixing when I get my new computer up and going too. You're not missing out on any activity right now.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1084 on:** January 24, 2013, 19:03:03 PM »

Dear Minecraft,

I miss you. I just thought I'd let you know. I think it's a good idea to communicate when you're in a long-term relationship.

— pianoman

Superman · « **Reply #1085 on:** May 18, 2013, 09:29:07 AM »

Four years.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1086 on:** May 18, 2013, 10:31:02 AM »

Haha. At first I thought I was looking at a new game, and then a realised it was Notch replying to the questions. How delightful!

And how long have we been playing? 2? 3 years?

Superman · « **Reply #1087 on:** May 22, 2013, 04:56:12 AM »

According to my email, I got an account in Dec of '09.

We've been running our shared map since January of '11.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1088 on:** May 22, 2013, 14:42:48 PM »

I think I started a year after you, around October 2010, then. Wow. I've never played any game this much. There's something awesome about playing a fresh game with other people. I think I should get off my butt and buy the parts for my new computer. Then you won't be able to resist the lure of Minecraft, because you'll be so jealous that I'm having all the fun.

Superman · « **Reply #1089 on:** May 23, 2013, 02:58:37 AM »

I do spend fairly little time in front of my computer. Little has changed except for you not having a computer. Your hypothesis seems valid.

greensteam · « **Reply #1090 on:** October 26, 2013, 07:36:39 AM »

Minecraft 1.7.2 update. Lots of new things added.

https://mojang.com/2013/10/minecraft-1-7-the-update-that-changed-the-world/

Superman · « **Reply #1091 on:** October 26, 2013, 08:57:40 AM »

This one looks awesome.

I'll probably wait on it for a while. It looks like it might have been a little rushed. I'm wary of bugs.

greensteam · « **Reply #1092 on:** October 26, 2013, 09:39:00 AM »

Lots of flowers, and all sorts of things added and bug fixes.

Superman · « **Reply #1093 on:** October 26, 2013, 10:48:42 AM »

The colored glass, sand, and clay is pretty awesome.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1094 on:** November 02, 2013, 09:13:05 AM »

It looks amazing. When will you be updating the server super?

Also, hi!
Sorry for my long absence, I've had a load of other things occupying my time.
I find the minecraft bug creeping on me once again.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1095 on:** November 02, 2013, 15:33:24 PM »

I wondered where'd you'd gone..

Superman · « **Reply #1096 on:** November 03, 2013, 03:04:00 AM »

Hey hey, good to see you.

Umm, my "good" computer is taking a break. I can probably do a back up on here. I'll try to get it this weekend. Have they patched the release yet? I like to let them get a patch or two out of the way, and they usually have a couple right away.

lanky · « **Reply #1097 on:** November 04, 2013, 20:57:14 PM »

I updated too so can't play now..

Superman · « **Reply #1098 on:** November 05, 2013, 02:40:47 AM »

I don't think it works that way anymore. I'm pretty sure you can set it to any version you want. I think what you just described happened far too often.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1099 on:** November 05, 2013, 07:19:41 AM »

It's nice that they coded that in.

lanky · « **Reply #1100 on:** November 05, 2013, 09:37:30 AM »

I was toying around with the new launcher thingy, it does appear to do as you have described. Yay.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1101 on:** November 05, 2013, 18:20:44 PM »

Who broke my castle door?!

I'm going to rebuild the mechanisms, it's too fragile in it's current form.
Using the lever twice too quickly, or even a badly times lag spike can break it.

And yeah, you can launch essentially any version from the launcher, that's fantastic!

Also, there are always going to be bugs.
I want the new stuff! =D

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1102 on:** November 05, 2013, 18:57:14 PM »

Haha. True, but I understand Superman's reluctance. Some bugs have crashed our server or deleted part of our map.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1103 on:** November 05, 2013, 20:47:59 PM »

Yeah that's fair enough. There's so much that's been built and half-built....it would be crushing to loose it.

Superman · « **Reply #1104 on:** November 06, 2013, 03:53:36 AM »

I'm just backing up at work. Hopefully no one will notice.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1105 on:** November 06, 2013, 07:03:29 AM »

So far i have found tall ferns and orcids. woo!

gumstitch · « **Reply #1106 on:** November 06, 2013, 07:17:00 AM »

And poppies and lilac and Super Dense Forest with very thick trees. And now i'm late for work.
Ack.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1107 on:** November 06, 2013, 12:55:01 PM »

Minecraft is work. It's the best work. Can we get paid to Minecraft?

Quote from: Superman on November 06, 2013, 03:53:36 AM

I'm just backing up at work. Hopefully no one will notice.

I once downloaded a 3GB game at work because I'd run out of bandwidth at home.

lanky · « **Reply #1108 on:** November 06, 2013, 13:56:37 PM »

Quote from: Poopyhead pianoman ♫ on November 06, 2013, 12:55:01 PM

Minecraft is work. It's the best work. Can we get paid to Minecraft?

Quote from: Superman on November 06, 2013, 03:53:36 AM
I'm just backing up at work. Hopefully no one will notice.
I once downloaded a 3GB game at work because I'd run out of bandwidth at home.

Only 3 gig? I think in one day I've pulled down over 25 gig of stuff through a work connection. It was all vaguely work related, mostly ISOs for various Operating Systems that I was interested in trying out.

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1109 on:** November 06, 2013, 20:20:09 PM »

Quote from: lanky on November 06, 2013, 13:56:37 PM

It was all vaguely work related

Haha, that sounds like rationalisation. I'm sure your work was interested in testing some obscure strain of Linux.

lanky · « **Reply #1110 on:** November 06, 2013, 21:08:13 PM »

Well yeah, we did do some Linux testing of various things

gumstitch · « **Reply #1111 on:** November 20, 2013, 16:09:43 PM »

Whenever anyone jumps on next, my castle is undergoing some massive additions. Also i will be fixing the front door soon. Building a more reliable, less easily broken door.

Also i need tnt. shit loads of tnt.

Superman · « **Reply #1112 on:** November 21, 2013, 07:50:11 AM »

Hmm, join the club. I still have that stupid mountain in the middle of the temple to blow up.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1113 on:** November 29, 2013, 07:53:13 AM »

Expansion of my fort is continuing at a good pace.

Super, are you able to do a new map capture of the world? the current one is from last year.

Superman · « **Reply #1114 on:** December 03, 2013, 04:04:16 AM »

Yeah. There was something broken with our map and it screws up the process. As soon as I get a computer up and going, I'll try to fix it and render it again.

Superman · « **Reply #1115 on:** January 28, 2014, 02:48:21 AM »

I have a computer again.

lanky · « **Reply #1116 on:** January 30, 2014, 13:37:52 PM »

Quote from: Superman on January 28, 2014, 02:48:21 AM

I have a computer again.

Yay! Now go and buy Starbound too.

Superman · « **Reply #1117 on:** February 01, 2014, 04:12:25 AM »

Wait, there are even more video games?

gumstitch · « **Reply #1118 on:** April 12, 2014, 14:52:06 PM »

Hey, back again. Gonna be hitting up the server again after a brief hiatus. Lots of stuff going on at home getting in the way.

Anyway, yay!

Also, when will the server be updated?
And did we ever get that new map capture?

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1119 on:** April 13, 2014, 02:46:51 AM »

Yay, welcome back!

My hiatus… has been a year now? However, now that my fiancee has recently finished up her casual work, we are both unemployed and I figure it's a good time to spend up big and build a computer that can run Minecraft.

For the time being, I've been playing FTL.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1120 on:** April 15, 2014, 14:16:57 PM »

You gotta come back, it's kinda lonely, wandering the deserted roads and seeing the deserted buildings and farms left to ruin...
It's kinda like a post-apocalyptic land, long after everyone has died and nature has reclaimed most of it.

Well no more!
My castle is going swimmingly, and it will soon make the jump to citadel. Very exciting!

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1121 on:** April 16, 2014, 21:26:35 PM »

Citadel? Fancy. That sounds very grand. Post some pictures?

Quote from: gumstitch on April 15, 2014, 14:16:57 PM

You gotta come back, it's kinda lonely, wandering the deserted roads and seeing the deserted buildings and farms left to ruin...
It's kinda like a post-apocalyptic land, long after everyone has died and nature has reclaimed most of it.

Haha, I'm sorry… I didn't realise I'd been gone for so long. It's almost scary to think that I started playing Minecraft about 4 years ago. It would be extremely cool if nature actually started to reclaim our constructions. I miss my temple. It was my grandest vision and I feel guilty that I never completed it. I spent a LOT of time harvesting sand for that thing and it's not even one fifth complete.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1122 on:** April 18, 2014, 08:16:53 AM »

yes yes you must come back!
I find when i have a huge project, other people being on the server drives me on to complete it.

Often my ideas outstrip what's feasible for one person to complete quickly. But you gotta dream big!

Poopyhead pianoman ♫ · « **Reply #1123 on:** April 18, 2014, 09:28:02 AM »

The temple was a far bigger dream than anything I'd previously done, and I found that I would wander off to do other smaller constructions, like when I worked on the Nether base.

My first adventure was the most fun one. I set off, before Minecraft had compasses or beds, with some building supplies, and seeded a bunch of watch towers. It was a lot more hair-raising when the prospect of death and getting lost meant you might never find them again. I actually was approaching death at one point, and I was lost in the snow. I had headed off in the vague direction I thought was home, but I wasn't recognising any of the landmarks. I tell you, when I saw Superman's snow tower loom up at me in the distance, it was probably one of the finest Minecraft experiences I've ever had.

It was perhaps the most relief I've felt in a game.

gumstitch · « **Reply #1124 on:** April 18, 2014, 10:54:37 AM »

I've had a few such moments.

Minecraft is full of little moments like that.

In fact just recently, i went through the nether trying to find the right portal to get to Spawn Temple from my base.
I clearly went the totally opposite direction, because when i emerged from the portal i was in an unlit cave. Did a little exploring, found diamond, coal, gold, iron and redstone. Found my way to the surface. It turned out the cave was under a vast ocean. juuuuust made it to the surface without dying from drowning. There was a mountain in view so i swam to it. I was fairly sure i wouldn't survive the swim back down to the cave.

Made it to what i thought was a mountain island, turned out to be an outcropping overlooking valleys of stone.

Stupidly i had neither compass nor a map, and night was rapidly approaching, so i dug a hole in the side of the mountain to wait out the night.

As morning rose it became apparent that there were a dozen creepers outside. Yay.

I dealt with them and thought i would trudge in-land to see if anything was familiar. I wandered until night was falling but all i found was empty fields and a savanna. Harvested some of the new acacia trees to make torches and such, since it seemed i would be here a while. At least, here until i could get the materials to make a compass and find my way home.

In my little hole in the side of the mountain, waiting out the night, i decided to make a boat and try crossing the ocean to find home. I was fairly sure i knew which way was home based on the position of the sun.
So the next morning i set off in my new boat, with a supply of boats just in case.

That is possibly the largest ocean i have ever seen in minecraft. I traveled for a good 15 minutes in one direction without ever seeing land. I gave up on that idea and turned back. Eventually i hit land again near the mountain.

I figured heading in-land was gong to be my only hope but i decided to try a different direction.

20 minutes, many nights, and dozens of monsters killed later i saw some cobblestone: Civilization!
Best feeling ever!
Turned out to be a far out-lying road with no rails yet. followed it a while, found my way home.
Phew!

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Author Topic: Minecraft (Read 278864 times)