[T] Minecraft

[Abstract Debauchery]

And so it begins...

I've been on about Minecraft for ages now. I love this game. It was developed originally by one person, Marcus Person who is otherwise known by his fans as Notch. This game launched him into a millionaire. Here's the kicker, the game has sold over one million copies, and it's not even finished yet. It's still in beta.

It's a sandbox game, and has no story. You do what you want, when you want, however you want to do it. Explore, build, and survive (monsters will spawn to fuck you, and your creations up the ass).

Anywho, I'll be using this thread to write down my adventures in Minecraft, and take suggestions from you guys on what I should build. (Possibilities are endless.) Hopefully, some of you guys will be interested enough to buy it, and I can set up a Tantalus server one day. One can dream, damn it.

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My current adventures begins on this wonderful map. I started out on a small beach with not a damned thing in my hands. So, what do I do, I start punching trees to get wood. FUCK YEAH. That's how manly men get wood... Innuendo not intended.

As you can see, the world is barren and empty. It's just waiting for me to get off my ass and build it to how I see fit.

More screens of the world generated out in front of me.

Above, you can see that there is a dark cave. All I have is wood. With no torches, I won't be going far at all. Before I can return here, and plunder that cave (innuendo optional), I'm going to need some torches.

In order to make torches, I'm going to need some ore. That should be simple enou-

Fuck. Time to go exploring up in this bitch.

While I'm looking for some ore, I captured a few more screenshots of the lovely little (bullshit, the world is 8 times the surface area of Earth) world.

Fucking amazing, isn't it?

AHA! Found me some ore. Now I'm going to be making a wooden pickaxe and grab that shit. Ore is your best friend in this game. Without torches, you're pretty much fucked, bro.

Shortly after I got the ore, I noticed the sun was about down. At this point, it's time for me to find some shelter for the night. Lest I get eaten by zombies or spiders, or shot with arrows by skeletons, or blown up by a creeper. FUCKING CREEPERS ARE THE ULTIMATE TROLL ENEMY OF ANY GAME, HANDS DOWN.

Tiny, but good enough. This should do.

A while later, when I went out to search for that cave shown earlier, I got side tracked by this huge ass hole. So... what did I do?

I went in, of course.

I now have torches, so I can explore this place. Caves and caverns are a great source of... well everything, really. I can find iron ore, red stone dust, and I have a shot at... DIAMONDS if I go in deep enough. (Also gold, but gold fucking sucks.) I can't stress how amazing diamonds are in this game. They're strong, last forever, and are really, really, REALLY, rare.

Fucking dark up in this bitch.

It's a hidden cave... IN A CAVE. Holy shit.

This was taken much further in. There were two paths here. I pulled a Jesse, and I went left. I found out later it curved, but at this point I had found more coal for torches and what not.

This was taken after I fell into a huge ass hole. I am now EVEN DEEPER than I was before. I was going to take a picture of the view at the top of the hole, but I forgot. I'm going to have to build my ass a ladder to get out of here.

EVEN DEEPER is some lava. You have to be careful at this point. Lava is damn near instant death. However, you can typically find diamonds around it. It's dangerous, but it pays off if you can find some diamonds.

That was the last screenshot I took before I had to go. Any questions? Recommendations? Requests? Feel free to post below.

 

[Marcus]

Ohh man i which my laptop was up to running this, but I know it wouldnt be from what i have seen on youtube and such minecraft is awesome, and for it too still be in beta and do so well is freaking amazing.

I hoping to have a desktop pretty soon and will eventually be purchasing this game as well.

As far creations why not try to create some FF characters. like Terra and Locke from VI as they do seem creatable in Minecraft

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

Actually, your computer should Minecraft Creative mode just fine. I'm currently playing Minecraft Survival (that your computer probably won't do well on, and you have to buy the game to play it.). Creative is free to play, so feel free to try it out. You may like it.

However, as for making FF characters, that would be pixel art, and I suck at it. Plus, pixel art is much better suited for creative mode, rather than survival. However, if you wanted me to build an airship, or a building from a FF game, that I could try.

 

[Marcus]

Tried playing it for a little while last night and for half an hour or so it worked. But as I suspected my computer then realised what I was doing and shut my computer down for feat of exploding

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

Damn, that sucks.

Shame, it's a great game. On a slight update, I was goofing off on my other map last night (I've been playing this one for a while). I kind of want to take some screens of it before getting back to adventuring in that hole I was in on my new map. In my old map, I have a huge mountain base that actually goes above the skyline. It looks pretty awesome, and I never really appreciated just how massive and just how much work I put into it until I left the base, and looked up.

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

MULTIPLAYER SHENANIGANS

Below is HardFart, and he just discovered something we all felt was funny as shit.

You see, there are these monsters (kind of), called Slimes. They spawn in groups, and if they manage to attack you in a pack, you're fucked. End of discussion. Below is a shitload of them, more than I've ever seen at once trying to get to us, but we're above them while they're trapped in a hole.

After a while, another person on the server decides to charge in there and try to take them out. There were so many that it was lagging our game.

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Back to single player shenanigans :

Back to my single player game... I left off after falling in a massive hole near some lava. I continue my adventure here.

MOAR FUCKING IRON!

After snatching that shit up, I mined a little bit more into the wall just to discover more lava, and not much else.

I have a ways to climb up.

Once there, I noticed that there were no torches (except for the one I put up for the screenshot). I am now lost in my caverns. Fuck.

Oh well, time to explore and go get some more... IRON!

Holy shit, I'm finding this everywhere. This is awesome.

A little ways further, I find the exit. Time to climb my ass out of this cavern and find a good place to set up shop.

In the distance, I see an awesome ass mountain. I know where I'm going...

FUCK YEAH, I KNOW WHERE I'M BUILDING MY HOME!

Once there, I find a small opening in the mountain.

>Go in
>Look up
>See this
>Now know I've made the right choice in coming here

After I climbed the mountain, I looked down:

Different view:

Afterward, I carved out a small cave in the side of the mountain, and set up shop. There is my crafting table, next to two smelting tables.

Then, I made an engine, two of them... but for what? You'll find out later when it's done.

Then, a look at the moon before I'm done for the day.

What I plan to do next, is start working on two things: My main base, and the secret thing I need the engine for.

My base is going to be suspended in between the mountains, connected by bridges. I may make it a large tower. However, one thing is sure, I will be building it up into the clouds. Seeing as how I'm in a mountain, it won't be very far. Then, once my secret thing is finished, I'm going to start building a floating base, connected by a bridge from my tower.

In my head, it looks fucking amazing. I'm down for this.

To be continued.