Minecraft -

Phylum · #**481** 06-10-2011, 05:30 AM

My dad bought me Minecraft. After about 2 hours of technical difficulties that in hindsight are probably blogworthy because they were just relentless and fucking stupid, he bought it on the account he made rather than buying a gift code.

I'm a bit annoyed, but I'll just have to be lovelaceiii rather than Phylum.

Dynamithix · #**482** 06-10-2011, 05:48 AM

"lovelaceiii"? Hah.

Manco · #**483** 06-10-2011, 06:47 AM

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My dad bought me Minecraft. After about 2 hours of technical difficulties that in hindsight are probably blogworthy because they were just relentless and fucking stupid, he bought it on the account he made rather than buying a gift code.

I'm a bit annoyed, but I'll just have to be lovelaceiii rather than Phylum.

Why would your dad have an account called "love lace"?

Gwan-Thwei · #**484** 06-10-2011, 10:30 AM

I found out that creepers cannot blow up obsidian. So that'd be good to make your house out of.

Havoc · #**485** 06-10-2011, 10:37 AM

Yeah, you go mine enough of that stuff to build a decently sized house.

MeechMunchie · #**486** 06-10-2011, 10:55 AM

Do you get volcanoes in Minecraft? You should.

Wings of Fire · #**487** 06-10-2011, 11:21 AM

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Yeah, you go mine enough of that stuff to build a decently sized house.

Not actually that hard, just takes an age and as I've discovered leads you wide open to Slime attacks.

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Do you get volcanoes in Minecraft? You should.

It's on my to do list.

MeechMunchie · #**488** 06-10-2011, 11:22 AM

I was thinking if there was a way of getting lava to the surface naturally you might just be able to carve chambers into it.

enchilado · #**489** 06-10-2011, 02:47 PM

You can build things out of obsidian with a mould, like I did for my ice house; fill each layer with lava (so preferably near a portal to the Nether) and then tip water on it. If you have enough buckets it'll be much quicker than mining it all.

You can find lakes of lava on the surface, but they're not really volcanoes.

EDIT: I always thought using Minecarts was rather fiddly. But this is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZB-...eature=related

Phylum · #**490** 06-10-2011, 03:44 PM

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Why would your dad have an account called "love lace"?

My dad's online name is Lovelace the third. He made the account specifically to buy me Minecraft.

The name's actually growing on me.

DarkHoodness · #**491** 06-10-2011, 04:18 PM

Not quite as good as "Soggymuff the Third". :P

Phylum · #**492** 06-10-2011, 07:07 PM

I was exploring a large cave system earlier when I was confronted by 2 creepers and a zombie. I managed to fight them off, proceeded down dark, windy corridors and killed 2 more creepers when I reached a fork. I went right, but I soon hit a wall. I then went back and killed 2 creepers that had appeared at the fork. I then started down the other path and was confronted by a creeper. As soon as I killed it, 2 more came down and attacked me. I killed them and took a few steps before I was confronted by yet another now dead creeper. I'm too terrified to continue down that path, so I've just blocked it off.

If I didn't know any better I'd say that there's a creeper spawner down there.

Spooce-aholic · #**493** 06-10-2011, 10:53 PM

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I was exploring a large cave system earlier when I was confronted by 2 creepers and a zombie. I managed to fight them off, proceeded down dark, windy corridors and killed 2 more creepers when I reached a fork. I went right, but I soon hit a wall. I then went back and killed 2 creepers that had appeared at the fork. I then started down the other path and was confronted by a creeper. As soon as I killed it, 2 more came down and attacked me. I killed them and took a few steps before I was confronted by yet another now dead creeper. I'm too terrified to continue down that path, so I've just blocked it off.

If I didn't know any better I'd say that there's a creeper spawner down there.

You can try peacefull difficullty. I use it because I play to build, not to kill/get killed.

Phylum · #**494** 06-10-2011, 11:24 PM

But creeper encounters are fun. I'm going to sit back and figure out how to get into that cavern and enjoy myself doing it.

Ridg3 · #**495** 06-11-2011, 03:23 AM

I have a love lace for you... in my pants.

***Nate*** · #**496** 06-11-2011, 05:22 AM

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lovelaceiii

Is it a reference to the world's first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace?

Phylum · #**497** 06-11-2011, 04:20 PM

Possibly.

My dad had heard the word somewhere and liked it.

It could have been inspired by Linda Lovelace, the porn star.

STM · #**498** 06-11-2011, 04:32 PM

I found a mushroom forest yesterday...growing in a forest...some of them growing on leaves, which is odd.

enchilado · #**499** 06-11-2011, 04:47 PM

No it isn't. They often grow on leaves.

DarkHoodness · #**500** 06-12-2011, 09:01 PM

EDIT: Actually wait, it's just occurred to me that the only reason I find this funny is 'cause I'm tired. Ah well.

Havoc · #**501** 06-13-2011, 01:13 AM

That was actually pretty funny. The creeper was awesome XD

Havoc · #**502** 06-15-2011, 03:26 AM

OH SHIT!!

I'm going to have so much fun with this.

Crashpunk · #**503** 06-15-2011, 03:37 AM

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OH SHIT!!

I'm going to have so much fun with this.

That is pretty awesome, I could see some well made traps made from them.

E'l Scrabino · #**504** 06-15-2011, 03:39 AM

Instant crushing action! That looks super-cool.

Havoc · #**505** 06-15-2011, 03:42 AM

I'm going to make hidden doors all over the place!

Phylum · #**506** 06-15-2011, 04:18 AM

Fuck. I'm going to go all Aperture Science and have dynamic rooms.

Especially since Creative is supposedly getting reintroduced in 1.7

***Wil*** · #**507** 06-15-2011, 04:23 AM

New cobblestone texture!

Oh, a some piston things.

Manco · #**508** 06-15-2011, 05:21 AM

Pistons look awesome, but they'll probably occupy my time about as much as redstone contraptions do (never).

I'm interested in seeing Creative Mode back though.

STM · #**509** 06-15-2011, 06:14 AM

I really can't wait for survival and capture the flag the most.

enchilado · #**510** 06-15-2011, 01:39 PM

Chests, furnaces and so on can't be pushed? Does this mean mob spawners can't be either?!

They're fairly cheap though, so I'm going to be able to make my planned auto-harvest system for my farm pretty easily.