As do I. Hi.

Hey people and everyone else.

lol she did pop on the server once then we got distracted with spirit tales

Was she terribly disgusted?

no she just has a short attention span

I am trying to get into minecraft but get bored after five minutes so log out.

I play on my friends private server, no cash shop or anything like that, Which suits me.

The new update >w< <3 I love the redstone block omg

>w> I'm trying something awful to build with the quartz and the redstone block while not making the two colors a eye sore DX maybe i'll use cobble or stone bricks

The update is generally just a pain in the ass for me considering it broke half my server xD

Well yeah... xD I know your pain seeing as hubby runs a bukkit server now. So we've been like ok this is fixed and this .. xD

We have over 50 different plugins on our server, and a lit of then like to break for no reason, even without an update.

Server is starting to earn too much money though xD averaging out at $300 a month and I have no idea what to do with it.

keep the money for the server fees

Server fees are about $40 a month at most. Were on the top package as well, so there's no option to upgrade to a more expensive one.

wow 300 a month o.O I wish we could make our server flourish like that.. i know what I'd do with it Dx part for server upkeep and the other for moving funds so the baby can have a safer place to live other then here .-.-;

lol, my server doesn't flourish at all, just some players have far to much money. we average out at about 8 players online, going up at maybe 15 in a peak time. still a very low-key small community thing.

Wow then xD I wish i had money to just throw around pff... I'd already be starting a college savings for the baby xP

Oh, there already is a Minecraft thread. Well, I command thee to LIVE!

Yay, a minecraft thread!

So what does everyone do while they are on minecraft?

Do you guys build, explore, farm, grief or all of the above?

Currently I'm playing a survival-mode game with my wife in the snapshots so we can go check out the End Cities and an End Ship.

My son likes blowing stuff up. Fortunately, I've taught him to blow stuff up far away from buildings.

Ludicrous mine cart rides.

Before it shut down, the old server I used to play on was where I housed all of my machinations. Massive fully automated stations that automatically placed and retrieved carts, carried players to places, and hosted scenic routes. The scenic bits alone took over 10km of track.

...It's all I ever did.

You should check out SethBling's infinite minecart track. XD

@Coda
How old is your son?
It seems like Minecraft is the popular wishlist item for Christmas this year.

@Salone
Those mine cart rides sound pretty cool! :o
Exploring the world without having to walk sounds like my type of thing. XD

He's 8 now, been playing Minecraft for around a year and a half.

Minecraft is all the rage with kids.


I used to maintain a minecraft server, but I kind of lost interest in it, so I gave someone else the world data, and let them maintain it instead.

I've got a private server or four running on one of my computers, and Jason just discovered that a chunk error wiped out part of a nice theater I built. :( I'm going to have to see if I can recover it from backup or if I'm going to have to rebuild it from scratch.

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Actually, we prefer reviving old threads instead of starting new ones, so the new conversation gains the benefit of everything that had been talked about before. So I merged it for you, free of charge, no strings attached!

What's up with using such a small font after commenting on the avatars being so small? XD

I haven't played Minecraft in a while, but I've been thinking about picking it back up. My son just got the New 3DS version for Christmas.

Honestly, my favorite thing to do in Minecraft is Hardcore Mode.

Okay! No worries Coda. ^^

And hey!!! I don't know, I've always used the small font haha. What's hardcore mode like? I haven't played on that yet.

I was kidding with you, it's really not a big deal. (The rules say you can't use formatting that makes it hard to read, but your text is still black on white with an easy-to-read font so the size on its own isn't a problem.)

It's just like normal survival mode, but if you die your save file is deleted. It gives you a reason to play more defensively because you can't just quickly recover if you get in over your head.

I am still doing my best to try and solo beat the Ender Dragon in Hardcore mode. I keep dying in the nether, farming Blaze Rods.

I was super proud of myself when I managed to pull that off. The fight has gotten harder since then. I kinda want to try again.

But as far as Minecraft bosses go... I... uh... I overdid it a little when I went after the Wither in Hardcore mode. >.> I was scared of it. So I prepared.

I made a bunch of potions and four iron golems, then I made an obsidian prison to spawn the Wither inside. I planted the last Wither skull, ducked and covered, and then there were a bunch of explosions and a couple seconds of chaos and then the fight was over before I even got to do anything more than drink a potion to heal from the initial blast.

After the Wither died, my golems all collapsed from withering damage. I only survived because I used a potion of regeneration to keep up with the ongoing damage.

So... the hardest fight in the game, should have been a big epic difficult fight, reduced to a couple seconds of lag and a mad scramble to not die afterward.

I feel like that's just a prerequisite though. You have no one else to help mitigate the agro and you can only do so much while getting shot at and ran into by the Wither.

Did you go and conquer a Sea Monument as well?

They didn't exist at the time. I went in with a friend in one of the snapshots when they were new -- in a non-hardcore world -- and we died quite a few times in the process. (The Depth Strider enchantment wasn't a thing yet, so it was a major slog.)

Tip: Stick fenceposts on the wall or ceiling to make air bubbles. Doors are also good ways to make air bubbles. Remember to bring lots of glowstone.

Why not just use night vision potions instead of Glowstone?

To keep enemies from respawning once you've cleared a room out.

Ohhhhhh yeah that'd be helpful haha.