Minecraft

[somnolentPhilanthropist]

"Minecraft is a game about placing blocks while running from skeletons. Or something like that.."
-Notch, on Minecraft

As most of you already know, I've been running a Minecraft server for our little group, so I figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to make a thread about the game. You can discuss things related to the server here, or talk about Minecraft in general. It might also be helpful to have some useful links gathered in here for newer players. I'll cover that and explain some of the basics below.

As a new player, the first thing you'll want to know is how to craft tools. This page here has the full list of recipes and is updated when new ones are added.

I hand out operator privileges to most people after having them play normally for a short while, so I should also discuss the op commands I'm okay with you guys using. Those would be /give and /tp.

/give is the command to spawn blocks and equipment. The proper format for a /give command is this:
/give [Your name] [item DEC ID] [quantity]
For example, saying /give Reidar 57 64 would give a player named Reidar 64 blocks of solid diamond. The full list of data values for the /give command can be found here.

/tp is the command for teleportation. The proper format for a teleport command is this:
/tp [name of person to be teleported] [name of teleportation target]
Saying /tp Reidar DizzyK18 would send Reidar to Dizzy, for example. You can see everyone who is currently online by saying /list. I believe you can issue the /list command without being an operator.

Regardless of your operator status, you may also return to the spawn point at any time by saying /home.

I only have two rules regarding the use of operator commands that I make every new op swear to uphold. Never spawn bedrock or fire, and get my permission before spawning TNT or lava.

I keep the server offline until somebody asks me to set it up, but I am always happy to oblige. The easiest way to contact me about this is through Steam. I'm Reidar in our Steam group. If I happen to be in the stream it's perfectly okay to ask me there, as well. I'd rather not post the IP for the server here, but again, you can ask for that info through Steam or in the stream.

If you like to play single player here are two tools you can use to change things up a bit: INVEdit is a pretty simple utility. You can use it to add or remove items from your inventory. It's good for experimenting with different items or just blatantly cheating. MCEdit is a little more complex. You can use this to edit the maps in your save files. You can get a little more creative with this one, removing certain types of blocks, replacing them with others, importing stuff from other maps etc. I mostly use it for putting out wildfires and removing bedrock. :V

In closing:

[golgothasTerror]

The sweet bro statue.

The heralding mark of the pinnacle of civilization, the creation to end all creation.

It's a hotel too. Go figure.

[WaywardVagabond]

BOY

JUST A FEW DAYS AGO I MUST HAVE COMMENTED TO NO ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT IT SEEMED PRUDENT THAT WE HAVE A MINECRAFT THREAD SEEING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THIS GROUP OF CHUMS SPEND PLAYING IT.

THIS IS QUITE PLEASING TO ME

[carcinogeneticist]

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I BUILD THE BEST SHIT. I ALSO FOUND A PRETTY AWESOME MAP EDITOR CALLED ZOMGEDIT.
I'LL HAVE TO POST IT IN HERE WHEN I GET THE CHANCE.

[somnolentPhilanthropist]

It turns out the Minecraft wiki's server is in ruins, so I'm going to list alternate pages for the item data values.

Blocks
Tools

[hellajeef]

its ass[/color

[magmaExploiter]

So there I was, leaving my fort,
When I saw a creeper; what sport!
I leapt into action, in my hand a bow
When his buddy did something really low:
Snuck up behind me, no explosion was greater,
Left in the earth a really big crater.
I yelled out in such frustration,
Then I sent the other one to damnation.

[cognizantApotheote]

Gotta love the 'craft

[WaywardVagabond]

I CAME TO A CONSENSUS ONE FINE MORN THAT I SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO TRAVEL TO HELL

I SPENT HOURS ATTEMPTING TO CRAFT THE NECESSARY PORTAL, EXPERIMENTING IN THE WAYS OF MAGMA CASTING, FOR ALTHOUGH I HAD DUG DEEPLY, I WAS POOR AND LACKED A DIAMOND PICK

FINALLY IN THE DEPTHS OF MY FORTRESS OF PARLIAMENTARY SOLITUDE I FINISHED MY OBSIDIAN ARCH AND STEPPED THROUGH INTO THE FIERY DIMENSION

BUT AS SOON AS I HAD DONE SO I FOUND MY ACHIEVEMENTS TURNING TO ASH IN MY MOUTH. I WAS ILL-PREPARED AND MY TWO STONE PICKS WORE THEMSELVES OUT WITHIN MINUTES. TO FURTHER MY HORROR, THE PORTAL I HAD BUILT NO LONGER LED TO MY HOME. REPLACING IT WAS AN ANONYMOUS CAVERN, FILLED WITH GREAT MINERAL RICHES THAT I, WITHOUT MY TOOLS COULD NOT HARVEST.

DESPERATE I CLAWED MY WAY TO THE SURFACE WITH MY BEAR HANDS. I CLIMBED AND CLIMBED AND FINALLY AFTER HOURS, DESPERATE AND STARVED I PUSHED MY WAY TO THE SURFACE, EMBITTERED BY THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES I READIED MYSELF TO FACE HELL AGAIN AND IN THIS ITERATION I WOULD COME PREPARED WITH IRON AND DIAMOND

THEN I PUNCHED A TREE