Minecraft

buMitch333 · October 4th, 2010, 12:09 PM

any minecraft fans here? just started playing about two weeks ago and i am definitely addicted lol

post up some pics/vids or some tips/tricks if you have any

currently working on making my "house" two stories right now

Bramsy · October 4th, 2010, 12:13 PM

what is it about that game?? so elementary but so fun!!

i dont have it personally, but watched a guy play it on Justin.tv for hours!!!

buMitch333 · October 4th, 2010, 12:14 PM

i agree completely! so simple, but so fun! i have watched tons of videos on youtube prior to buying it and loved it before playing

Jammy · October 6th, 2010, 02:16 PM

I love it

Currently, I'm trying to extend my "house" out to where I spawn, which is taking ages :/

Rota · October 6th, 2010, 06:59 PM

I've been playing for a few months. The game is incredible. It's so simple on the surface, but once you get into it, it can get insanely complicated.

Xyro · October 6th, 2010, 07:01 PM

It's awesome

Heard about the Halloween update?

Thefoodman52 · October 6th, 2010, 08:36 PM

I'm buying this game, now!.... or as soon as paypal processes my transfer of funds over... (never hardly use it, and my bank doesn't allow for 'international purchases'. >.>)

buMitch333 · October 6th, 2010, 08:38 PM

o wow hadn't heard about that update sounds pretty wild! lookin forward to it for sure!

Xyro · October 7th, 2010, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Thefoodman52

I'm buying this game, now!.... or as soon as paypal processes my transfer of funds over... (never hardly use it, and my bank doesn't allow for 'international purchases'. >.>)

Say goodbye to your free time for the next week

Thefoodman52 · October 7th, 2010, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Xyro

Say goodbye to your free time for the next week

Hell, goodbye to whatever leftover free time I have left until I ship out December 14th!

Going to Walmart on my way home tomorrow to get a pre-paid card for paypal so I can just buy the damn game already, it's been 4 business days, and they've yet to transfer my twenty bucks to my account.
-sigh-
You gotta do what what you gotta do.

Also, it almost feels like overkill to be using my new RAT 7 mouse with this game... even with the little windowed free version that lets you just build stuff on hosted multi player servers. I almost feel obligated to use my web mouse while playing it... but the game's well... a game... and I have a... gaming...mouse... conundrum.

buMitch333 · October 10th, 2010, 03:05 PM

ahhhh just found an amazing cave with tons of diamonds but accidentally fell into lava and died.....

Xyro · October 10th, 2010, 03:08 PM

I feel your pain.

God damn skeletons ganged up on me...

Jammy · October 16th, 2010, 07:02 AM

This is my house as of now

Post yours, I need some inspiration

howetechnical · October 16th, 2010, 09:34 AM

Dang, that looks pretty sweet! It's got 8-bit graphics architecture and everything! The water is so realistic

Hah, I know it's the other stuff that makes it fun for you all. I used to play a horrible game that had the best MMORPG community around, so I stuck to that aspect. Maybe I'll give this a try. Think my NVidia GTX 480 can handle it?

Xyro · October 16th, 2010, 09:42 AM

I know the graphics are poor, but it does demand quite a bit more from your pc than I expected.

Jammy · October 16th, 2010, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by howetechnical

Hah, I know it's the other stuff that makes it fun for you all.

The game would be terrible if the graphics were good ^_^

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Originally Posted by Xyro

I know the graphics are poor, but it does demand quite a bit more from your pc than I expected.

Yeah, but I'm sure a GTX 480 will be just fine

gallandof · October 16th, 2010, 11:26 AM

so what is this game anyways? I dont have access to youtube right now but Ive been hearing tons about the game.

buMitch333 · October 16th, 2010, 12:21 PM

its a randomly generated world that you can acquire materials and build tools and structures and just about anything else you can think of lol

Xyro · October 16th, 2010, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by buMitch333

its a randomly generated world that you can acquire materials and build tools and structures and just about anything else you can think of lol

Whilst being attacked by zombies.

gallandof · October 16th, 2010, 01:02 PM

is it similar to gem miner or something like that. Ill probably buy it any ways new games are always fun

Xyro · October 16th, 2010, 01:35 PM

Not really. Yes, they both involve mining, but it's otherwise completely different.

I know you said you don't have access to youtube at the moment, but when you do.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaMTedT6P0I

gallandof · October 16th, 2010, 02:01 PM

bought it, wont be able to even try it for a while but at least I have it for when I do wanna try it. looked fun (forgot I could youtube on my phone)

buMitch333 · October 16th, 2010, 02:48 PM

that trailer is so epic lol love it

o and you won't regret your purchase!

gallandof · October 16th, 2010, 06:18 PM

so tried to run it on my laptop, too much hassle with the controls and it lagged surprisingly for the graphics. quick question, how do I know what I can and cant combine?

Xyro · October 16th, 2010, 06:33 PM

Crafting - Minepedia - The Minecraft Wiki!

Jammy · October 16th, 2010, 06:40 PM

That is one epic trailer

Almost finished making my structure completely glass

Jammy · October 17th, 2010, 02:43 AM

Mostly finished...

Mined all the way to the bottom and got some diamond and redstone

Also, I failed at making an automated cactus farm

Pryomancer · October 17th, 2010, 06:23 AM

I've been playing it for a few weeks now, I'm addicted. So are all my friends from uni, we play it in lessons, lol.

My main map is a snow world, it's pretty fun. I found two mob spawners and set up traps for them.
I spent ages looking for a cavern, only to stumble across an enormous one, it seems to be endless. Awesome.

huntleth · October 17th, 2010, 06:42 AM

I absolutely love this game haha. I've been playing a fair while and only have 1 world in which I have a network of huge interconnected glass treehouses and a couple of 4-5 story 'mansions' made of brick. I've yet to find the time to do anything really inventive like this though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y40hI9YW26Y

(Takes a few minutes to get to it)

Pryomancer · October 17th, 2010, 10:39 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94

It's real, I've been on the server to help build it, I'm actually a mod on the server. :P

Rota · October 17th, 2010, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pryomancer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94

It's real, I've been on the server to help build it, I'm actually a mod on the server. :P

It may exist but he didn't build it in Minecraft, he used an editor and imported it.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/09/the-true-story-behind-the-amazing-minecraft-enterprise-d.ars

Pryomancer · October 17th, 2010, 07:21 PM

Yeah, but just the frame was imported, all the decks and rooms need to be manually put down.

Bramsy · October 18th, 2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Pryomancer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94

It's real, I've been on the server to help build it, I'm actually a mod on the server. :P

on my nerd...... pretty cool

gallandof · October 18th, 2010, 11:47 AM

now that ive gotten the hang of the game im trying to build a house, just cleared out a bunch of space as a foundation.

is there anyway to make water flow upstream? i want to make a waterfall in my house but dont want to relocate the house if at all possible.

Xyro · October 18th, 2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by gallandof

now that ive gotten the hang of the game im trying to build a house, just cleared out a bunch of space as a foundation.

is there anyway to make water flow upstream? i want to make a waterfall in my house but dont want to relocate the house if at all possible.

Make two metal buckets and use them to scoop up still water (not running water). Then dig a 4x4 hole in the ground, one layer deep. Use the buckets if water in opposite corners of the 4x4 hole and you have..... infinite water

You can scoop up as much of that water as you like and it will always refill.

And every time you dump one of those buckets of water, it will act as a water source and spread out. So place a few on a mountain and you have a waterfall.

gallandof · October 18th, 2010, 12:03 PM

this game is great, ive actually got a few friends to play through my facebook updates. theres just so much to do in this game its great.

buMitch333 · October 18th, 2010, 12:16 PM

if anyone has a multiplayer server going on post it here and maybe we can all get in on it together, haven't played multiplayer yet but looks fun

Jammy · October 18th, 2010, 12:42 PM

Tip for everyone: In the update at halloween, torches are going to need to be relit every so often using flint and steel. There will also be lanterns, but I've heard that these will be quite hard to make.

All of the torches you have currently will be automatically transformed into lanterns, so make as many torches as possible while they're still easy!

TheCompBoy · October 19th, 2010, 11:59 AM

This game is soo simple and awesome.

Just a note.. The guy who made this game earned 16 million cash!

Pryomancer · October 19th, 2010, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Smultron

This game is soo simple and awesome.

Just a note.. The guy who made this game earned 16 million cash!

I don't think it's that high just yet. My friend worked out he earned about £2million since game launch, based on how many paid accounts there are.
That was about 3 weeks ago.

So he's got more now, but probably not 16 million, not even in euros.

Jammy · October 22nd, 2010, 02:05 PM

Oh god...

Minecraft Halloween Update preview: meet the Ghasts | PC Gamer

TheCompBoy · October 22nd, 2010, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pryomancer

I don't think it's that high just yet. My friend worked out he earned about £2million since game launch, based on how many paid accounts there are.
That was about 3 weeks ago.

So he's got more now, but probably not 16 million, not even in euros.

He comes from sweden and he got 16 million sek (swedish kronor) that is like 8 million dollar i think around that.. I don't know how much in euros.

Pryomancer · October 23rd, 2010, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Smultron

He comes from sweden and he got 16 million sek (swedish kronor) that is like 8 million dollar i think around that.. I don't know how much in euros.

I worked out yesterday based on the amount of sales he has, that he's earnt about £3.6million.

Xyro · October 30th, 2010, 06:59 PM

The Halloween update is out

The Word of Notch

Jammy · October 31st, 2010, 12:26 PM

*sigh*

I made hundreds of torches before this update so that they'd turn into lanterns ^_^

Got myself a nice portal though

Bramsy · October 31st, 2010, 09:58 PM

anybody got screenies???

TheCompBoy · November 1st, 2010, 05:15 AM

Is this game worth to buy? from the free single-player it isn't so fun.

gallandof · November 1st, 2010, 07:38 AM

I found an app the other day, its essentially a minecraft resource tool that allows you to view recipes etc, through an app, essentially its the Wiki in app form, i find it really useful since im still growing in the game and have troubles killing enemies at night. So i hoard my self up at night and plan out how im going to build next day.

Bramsy · November 1st, 2010, 10:28 AM

List the app silly... don't keep the miners in the dark :-)

Xyro · November 1st, 2010, 10:48 AM

Minecraft Canary - Android app on AppBrain