# Anyone playing Minecraft anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 13, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761 "2012-02-13T23:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/81 "2012-03-09T21:38:49Z")
I can imagine The Wall taking a lifetime to build, even in Minecraft! ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/82 "2012-03-10T01:25:02Z")
Hi. Just paid my 26 bucks for this game. I can’t harvest trees for the wood, nor any terrain blocks. My punches seem to do no damage. I can, however, kill the critters with my punches. Please advise. How do you split a stack in your inventory? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/83 "2012-03-10T02:12:41Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Hi. Just paid my 26 bucks for this game. > > I can’t harvest trees for the wood, nor any terrain blocks. My punches seem to do no damage. I can, however, kill the critters with my punches. Please advise. > > How do you split a stack in your inventory? > > Thanks. 1. hold down the button. 2. right-click ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/84 "2012-03-10T07:51:11Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > 1. hold down the button. > 2. right-click Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/85 "2012-03-10T17:30:51Z")
[This series of short videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdEFmxRmNE&list=SL&feature=sh_e_top) by Yogscast is the very best introduction to how to play. It’s a little outdated now, but essentially still great. These guys unintentionally launched Minecraft into the stratosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/86 "2012-03-11T03:50:34Z")
I spent a few Minecraft-days clearcutting a bunch of Jungle, looking for Ocelots. On the latest trip, bam! tamed three, though one disappeared! Happened across a herd of about 5 of 'em, all spawned on recently cleared Jungle. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/87 "2012-03-11T03:57:26Z")
I haven’t touched this game in forever. I should probably hop on to see what’s new. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/88 "2012-03-11T14:50:45Z")
Wonderlust, my project is done. 🙂 Are you going to be around tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/89 "2012-03-11T17:21:42Z")
Butch and Trudy, and new kitten Lisa: [![](https://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11_093655.png) ](https://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11_093655.png) Joe ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/90 "2012-03-11T18:30:07Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Wonderlust, my project is done. 🙂 Are you going to be around tonight? I’ll try to pop in. Congratulations! > [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Butch and Trudy, and new kitten Lisa: > > [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11\_093655.png](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11_093655.png) > > Joe Zomg I want! I explored a jungle area but never saw an ocelot, darn it. I was mostly tree-walking. Why did you clear-cut your jungle? That seems awful! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/91 "2012-03-11T19:05:10Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > I’ll try to pop in. Congratulations! > Zomg I want! I explored a jungle area but never saw an ocelot, darn it. I was mostly tree-walking. > > Why did you clear-cut your jungle? That seems awful! Just as an illustration, I copied the seed into creative mode, and flew into the air for this pic: [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11\_115854.png](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11_115854.png) I only cut the front area of the jungle - the four-5 large trees closest to the crosshair at the center of the picture. The rest of the jungle extends far into the distance. EDIT : I went into my actual game, and made a tall column, and took a pic of what the area looks like now, from about the same vantage point: [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11\_120708.png](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/2012-03-11_120708.png) Incidentally, I have found that while I love looking at jungle, I hate hacking through the leaves to get anywhere… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/92 "2012-03-11T20:44:02Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > I’ll try to pop in. Congratulations! Thanks. There’s a very high likelihood that I’ll be on at 9pm EST tonight. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/93 "2012-03-12T16:29:56Z")
Does anyone have any recommendations for a website that has building plans/schematics/parts list for nice looking above ground lairs? My googling only brings up player screenshots. 🙂 Minecraft has reawakened my fear of the dark. (Full of Grues, doncha’ know.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/94 "2012-03-12T16:50:00Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a website that has building plans/schematics/parts list for nice looking above ground lairs? > > My googling only brings up player screenshots. 🙂 Try [Minecraft “floor plan”](http://www.google.com/search?q=minecraft+%22floor+plan%22&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ASleT6uyN8TW0QHA3_CnDw&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1374&bih=870). ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/95 "2012-03-12T17:08:29Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Try [Minecraft “floor plan”](http://www.google.com/search?q=minecraft+%22floor+plan%22&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ASleT6uyN8TW0QHA3_CnDw&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1374&bih=870). Thanks, I’ll poke around some more. I’m finding this game really addictive. I dug down (making a spiral staircase, even installing “stair” blocks) until I hit Obsidian, but I can’t mine through that. I notice the little smoke puffs warning me that there’s lava near by. Heh. I’m building my first sprawling hilltop castle, but I want a good manor house for it. (I can’t believe how much resources this is eating up!) Damn creepers blowing holes in my construction doesn’t help matters either. I seem to have been placed at the edge of an area were frost builds up on the ground, and lakes freeze. (It seems to be right next to a jungle biome, too.) Will crops grow in this area, or do I need to plant them in a warner area? ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/96 "2012-03-12T17:57:05Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a website that has building plans/schematics/parts list for nice looking above ground lairs? > > My googling only brings up player screenshots. 🙂 > > Minecraft has reawakened my fear of the dark. (Full of Grues, doncha’ know.) [Planet Minecraft](http://www.planetminecraft.com/) is full of schematics and screenshots. I think you need to use a mod to read the schematics. You can also download maps (worlds) containing the builds. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/97 "2012-03-12T18:34:24Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > [Planet Minecraft](http://www.planetminecraft.com/) is full of schematics and screenshots. I think you need to use a mod to read the schematics. You can also download maps (worlds) containing the builds. Ok, thanks! Edit: I can plant wheat and make bread. Can I make an _animal_ farm? (Say, a pig farm?) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/98 "2012-03-12T21:53:28Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Ok, thanks! > > Edit: I can plant wheat and make bread. Can I make an _animal_ farm? (Say, a pig farm?) Yes. Make fenced pens. If you have a piece of wheat in your hand, animals will follow you anywhere. Lure two to a pen. right click on each animal (in multiples of two animals), with wheat still in your hand. they will start to nuzzle each other, and a baby will appear. After a while, the baby will grow to adulthood, and can reproduce. Adults can reproduce every 5-10 minutes. [A great recource](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki) [Breeding colored sheep is fun](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Sheep). Joe ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/99 "2012-03-13T02:27:51Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Yes. Make fenced pens. If you have a piece of wheat in your hand, animals will follow you anywhere. Lure two to a pen. right click on each animal (in multiples of two animals), with wheat still in your hand. they will start to nuzzle each other, and a baby will appear. After a while, the baby will grow to adulthood, and can reproduce. Adults can reproduce every 5-10 minutes. > > [A great recource](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki) > > [Breeding colored sheep is fun](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Sheep). > > Joe Wow! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761/100 "2012-03-13T19:01:04Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > [Planet Minecraft](http://www.planetminecraft.com/) is full of schematics and screenshots. I think you need to use a mod to read the schematics. You can also download maps (worlds) containing the builds. You can use (and make) schematic files without modifying Minecraft. There’s third-party programs for this such as [MCEdit](https://github.com/mcedit/mcedit). With MCEdit, one can download a building like \[this skyscraper](http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/skyscraper---candler-building-nyc/)\, and drop it into your own city. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-minecraft-anymore/612761.md?page=6)