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Re: Minecraft
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:00 pm
by Thire
I've been working on something pretty sweet. Through the random level generation, I found a large valley not far off from my spawn. I've been working with that and I've created a giant bowl/fortress. It's pretty awesome because each cliff has a waterfall coming off of it and into a large pond in the middle. When I'm done I'll make a video to show it, and post it here.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:46 pm
by Moving_Target
I'm back. I haven't read all, but it looks like Minecraft is quite popular here. Haha. I too enjoy it. Can someone summaries what's going on?
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:18 pm
by Darth_Squoobus
Thire wrote:I've been working on something pretty sweet. Through the random level generation, I found a large valley not far off from my spawn. I've been working with that and I've created a giant bowl/fortress. It's pretty awesome because each cliff has a waterfall coming off of it and into a large pond in the middle. When I'm done I'll make a video to show it, and post it here.
Reminds me of my landscaping adventures. Just recently I connected my home to an outpost nearby via my "man cave".
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:08 am
by Grev
Lol, sounds awesome. Post pics you guys, I, and I assume everyone, would be interested in seeing the GT community creations.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:51 pm
by Twilight_Warrior
While I don't play Minecraft, myself, and I haven't really looked through this topic, I thought you guys might like this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... -Minecraft
Warning: This video review is mainly British humor, and is rather raunchy and not the most appropriate review for children.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:11 am
by Dohnutt
I've been thinking about buying a server.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:34 am
by Grev
They have to be bought? I did not know that.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:47 pm
by Thire
Actually they don't have to be bought. You just need a dedicated PC with a decent amount of ram. You can download the server software
at the bottom of the download page here. There are tons of tutorials around for doing it.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:36 pm
by Grev
Makes sense. It'd be interesting to have a GT server up. Maybe make a few videos of that.
Speaking of videos and shameless advertising, I reorganized my vids in a playlist:
LeaderGrev's Minecraft Adventures!
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:55 pm
by guru
Churning it around still on Linux or windows server and costs... will update once I have all data together. I guess 4 gigs ram on 2 procs would be ok-ish. Would people want modded classic or ?If I set this up I will end up creating a gametoast minecraft site of course hehe
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:07 pm
by Thire
I'd vote classic because I get pissed off when I'm building something and have to stop to deal with hostile mobs. However the hostile mobs do add quite a bit of tension, which is half the appeal for lots of people.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:52 pm
by Fluffy_the_ic
I would do Survival, though probably on Peaceful. Classic IMO is extremely boring.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:45 pm
by Grev
Survival no doubt. With mobs. It'd just be so much cooler- the aspect of community would be lost in classic/peaceful.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:50 pm
by GangsterJawa
Awww man. You guys sure you don't want to spare 20 bucks, for a pseudo-friend whom you've never met but may or may not have seen in pictures on Facebook?
Because I'm flat-busted broooooooooke...
CURSE YOU LACK OF CRYING SMILEY ON THESE BOARDS!
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:40 pm
by AQT
GangsterJawa wrote:CURSE YOU LACK OF CRYING SMILEY ON THESE BOARDS!
Off-topic:
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:52 pm
by GangsterJawa
AQT wrote:GangsterJawa wrote:CURSE YOU LACK OF CRYING SMILEY ON THESE BOARDS!
Off-topic:
Ah. True. Don't quite know how I missed that one.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:53 pm
by Fluffy_the_ic
Grev wrote:Survival no doubt. With mobs. It'd just be so much cooler- the aspect of community would be lost in classic/peaceful.
In Peaceful it wouldn't. Of course, in the server I play on, everyone knows each other and everyone is an admin/op.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:16 pm
by Grev
Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Grev wrote:Survival no doubt. With mobs. It'd just be so much cooler- the aspect of community would be lost in classic/peaceful.
In Peaceful it wouldn't. Of course, in the server I play on, everyone knows each other and everyone is an admin/op.
It would be. We'd build stuff, but there would be no thrill in the exploration. Perhaps as a community we could
build something, but an aspect of adventure and thrill would be lost. Exploring caves as a group would be a bore. Imagine: you're exploring an enormous cave with some GT bros, and you find diamond. Would it be cooler to:
a) just mine it (hint: mad boring)
b) battle the spawn of the deep to with your friends to reap the rewards of the underground (hint: mad legit)
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:31 pm
by Fluffy_the_ic
Grev wrote:Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Grev wrote:Survival no doubt. With mobs. It'd just be so much cooler- the aspect of community would be lost in classic/peaceful.
In Peaceful it wouldn't. Of course, in the server I play on, everyone knows each other and everyone is an admin/op.
It would be. We'd build stuff, but there would be no thrill in the exploration. Perhaps as a community we could
build something, but an aspect of adventure and thrill would be lost. Exploring caves as a group would be a bore. Imagine: you're exploring an enormous cave with some GT bros, and you find diamond. Would it be cooler to:
a) just mine it (hint: mad boring)
b) battle the spawn of the deep to with your friends to reap the rewards of the underground (hint: mad legit)
Well, IMO building is the best part of Minecraft. Online with my friends, nobody every actually searches for materials, we all just use the /give command and just screw around, trying to lure each other into traps, or trying to build the awesomest house, or just travel looking for an awesome place to create a huge explosion to make room to build a massive house under-the-radar, then upon finishing it, creating a stargate to link it to the rest of the world. Cuz our server has Stargates.
Re: Minecraft
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:19 am
by Grev
Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Grev wrote:Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Grev wrote:Survival no doubt. With mobs. It'd just be so much cooler- the aspect of community would be lost in classic/peaceful.
In Peaceful it wouldn't. Of course, in the server I play on, everyone knows each other and everyone is an admin/op.
It would be. We'd build stuff, but there would be no thrill in the exploration. Perhaps as a community we could
build something, but an aspect of adventure and thrill would be lost. Exploring caves as a group would be a bore. Imagine: you're exploring an enormous cave with some GT bros, and you find diamond. Would it be cooler to:
a) just mine it (hint: mad boring)
b) battle the spawn of the deep to with your friends to reap the rewards of the underground (hint: mad legit)
Well, IMO building is the best part of Minecraft. Online with my friends, nobody every actually searches for materials, we all just use the /give command and just screw around, trying to lure each other into traps, or trying to build the awesomest house, or just travel looking for an awesome place to create a huge explosion to make room to build a massive house under-the-radar, then upon finishing it, creating a stargate to link it to the rest of the world. Cuz our server has Stargates.
I used to do that with my friends in Classic. We were justice mete-ing builders in the Freebuild.net server. Then my friends and I bought survival, and we forgot all that.