# Share your Minecraft experiences **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 2, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869 "2010-10-02T21:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/141 "2011-02-05T05:21:09Z")
A lot of those instructions may have been from before any texture pack support was put in. I have not done it, but the thread here [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=46173](http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=46173) makes it seem pretty reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/142 "2011-02-05T06:03:42Z")
Has anything changed since the Halloween update? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/143 "2011-02-05T09:22:16Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Has anything changed since the Halloween update? Yes, there’s been further changes. You can read of them in the [version history](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Version_history) on [Minepedia](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page). Some new blocks, new critters, various changes. The useful ability to turn wood into charcoal, which can substitute for coal. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/144 "2011-02-05T18:55:26Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Hope nobody minds me bumping this thread. > > I finally finished my skyscraper 🙂 … > Here it is before I put the glass in at the top - [notails.com - photography - Isle of Man](http://notails.com/minecrafttower.jpg) > > Here is a video of the finished tower - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKYKUf6ZV4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKYKUf6ZV4) Pretty sweet, and it won’t fill up with mobs because the floors are basically all glass. Torches at the edges on the cobble should be sufficient. It would extra fine if you put some lightstone blocks in at the centre of each floor. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/145 "2011-02-06T18:09:09Z")
> [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](#): > > Pretty sweet, and it won’t fill up with mobs because the floors are basically all glass. Torches at the edges on the cobble should be sufficient. It would extra fine if you put some lightstone blocks in at the centre of each floor. Thanks. I don’t know how to get or make lightstone, but I’ll google it. I recently applied the high res textures mod (since making that video/screenshots). Not sure yet whether I like the differences… One thing I do like is actually being able to see much more stuff through more than a single layer of glass. For instance I can see the upper ‘back’ door through the glass when I’m stood on the ground floor. ETA: My one minecraft video is proving more popular (i.e. number of views in a set time period) than any of my call of duty videos! I might post more. (but then I’d have to do more impressive stuff in minecraft to make videos of 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/146 "2011-02-06T18:12:14Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > A lot of those instructions may have been from before any texture pack support was put in. I have not done it, but the thread here > > [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=46173](http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=46173) > > makes it seem pretty reasonable. Thanks. I used those instructions, then got a high res pack from one of the posts in the same thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/147 "2011-03-21T02:19:40Z")
Hope it’s ok if I bump this thread? I couldn’t see another minecraft thread in the game room. Anyone here got a good mp server they go to? I have been to two so far that I found on reddit ([noparse][www.reddit.com/r/mcservers[/noparse]](http://www.reddit.com/r/mcservers%5B/noparse%5D)) 208.86.251.52:25565 184.95.38.10 also, made some quick videos (quick being the operative word) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8A2LUoPXq9E/maxresdefault.jpg "Minecraft. Doing nothing much - speeded up.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A2LUoPXq9E) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V_i4mjKfAPo/maxresdefault.jpg "Minecraft. Doing nothing much - speeded up - 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_i4mjKfAPo) I intend to do something more substantial. One problem is fraps doesn’t compress what it records (I guess to allow for better performance while recording), so just a few minutes of footage translates to some pretty massive files (ten minutes of recording generates a file about 4 gigs in size, and that’s recording at half-size screen 30fps) ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/148 "2011-03-21T03:00:23Z")
I love the death on the first one. At high speeds it’s just CREEPER-BOOM-DEAD! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/149 "2011-03-21T18:32:19Z")
Me too. It was an added little bonus of speeding it up. You can see the creeper through the tree then less than a moment later boomdeadrespawn. And the thing about creepers is - _they creep up on you_, so you don’t know they’re there until it’s too late a lot of the time. ---
**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 21, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/150 "2011-03-21T21:06:15Z")
[“Sequential Art” webcomic takes on Minecraft.](http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=678) I’m guessing the “giant stone penis” is a Creeper statue. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/151 "2011-03-21T21:18:14Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [“Sequential Art” webcomic takes on Minecraft.](http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=678) I’m guessing the “giant stone penis” is a Creeper statue. Or, typically, just a giant stone penis. This one kind of reminds me of my own experience - [Sequential Art](http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=682) (build an awesome tower, only to find that people have built something one hundred times more awesome in multiplayer) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/152 "2011-03-22T02:00:44Z")
I built my house in Minecraft blocks. Then i built the local bar, Taco Bell. Dairy Queen and the gas station. I am now building Tiger Stadium. It is half size but still huge. Walk out 890foot basepaths and than picture 312 feet rt fld line 325 right field line. Them seats and concessions. ---
**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 23, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/153 "2011-03-23T14:20:08Z")
Start a new world with 404 as the seed number. Find a large gravel patch next to a small pond. Dig in gravel. Watch your step! ---
**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 23, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/154 "2011-03-23T15:07:37Z")
Seed #665822145 is likely to spawn atop a mountain. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/155 "2011-03-23T15:56:32Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Start a new world with 404 as the seed number. > Find a large gravel patch next to a small pond. > Dig in gravel. > Watch your step! holy crap! [![](https://i.imgur.com/NBe7p.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/NBe7p.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/156 "2011-03-23T16:10:08Z")
I tired of digging for diamonds, which is what the game starts off to be. Instead I started building stuff. I built my house. Then I build the Taco Bell down the street. Then a local bar, the Dairy Queen and a gas station. Now i am building Tiger stadium. It is a huge undertaking about 3/4rs done. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/157 "2011-03-23T16:16:25Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Start a new world with 404 as the seed number. > Find a large gravel patch next to a small pond. > Dig in gravel. > Watch your step! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AoGx-zbA6MI/maxresdefault.jpg "Dangerous gravel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoGx-zbA6MI) **gonzomax** for me, diamonds are a side bonus not a main goal (in fact I never really have a single ‘goal’ as such. I just potter around and occasionally decide to add or change things to my house) ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/158 "2011-03-23T17:15:01Z")
Just got the game a few days ago. So far, I’m in a pattern of[ul]establish a small home in a cliff.[li]dig! Dig! Dig![_]collect a bunch of stuff.[_]get lost.[_]die.[_]lose my stuff.[_]start a new world.[_]establish a small home in a cliff.[\*]repeat.[/ul]I have those map programs but don’t know what to do with 'em.[/li] At least now I can use [this](http://mc.42nex.us/) to get the seeds for random worlds I like and start again. ---
**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 23, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/159 "2011-03-23T19:17:07Z")
Part of the problem is, I could never remember to build a chest for my stuff before I go exploring. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869/160 "2011-03-23T19:40:36Z")
I’m starting to get into playing Multiplayer. In Multiplayer I can’t decide what is safer - keeping as much stuff as possible in my inventory (so that when I log off, it logs of with me) or keeping it in chests (so that when I die I still have the stuff in chests) It seems to depend how well maintained and griefer-managed the server is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-minecraft-experiences/555869.md?page=9)