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From: Mouse 7 Jun 2011 09:48
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 1497 of 3934
Oh right yeah, you joined on Christmas day.
From: Mouse 7 Jun 2011 09:48
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 1498 of 3934

Aye, more coffee I think.

 

Tea? I'll leave it on the window sill.

From: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 7 Jun 2011 09:49
To: Mouse 1499 of 3934
Eeeeeee y're a love. Ta.
From: koswix 7 Jun 2011 11:47
To: ANT_THOMAS 1500 of 3934
I was on last night a little and it was night a lot.and raining a lot :(
From: JonCooper 7 Jun 2011 12:46
To: koswix 1501 of 3934
it rains way too much (IMO)
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 13:00
To: JonCooper 1502 of 3934
Definitely.

It's always heavy rain, never light, and always falls for over 24 hours, never less.

Both of which are fucking annoying, completely unrealistic, and don't in any way make the game more fun! :@
From: Mouse 7 Jun 2011 15:06
To: ALL1503 of 3934
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 15:16
To: Mouse 1504 of 3934
Why?
From: Mouse 7 Jun 2011 15:18
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 1505 of 3934
I don'y really want to do it, you're so tetchy today.
EDITED: 7 Jun 2011 15:18 by MOUSE
From: JonCooper 7 Jun 2011 15:18
To: Mouse 1506 of 3934
no

you didn't finish your last project

and the eden thing hardly got started
From: Mouse 7 Jun 2011 15:18
To: JonCooper 1507 of 3934
What was my last project?
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 15:33
To: Mouse 1508 of 3934
A replica of the Earth basically just means you don't need a map (assuming you've got a basic knowledge of the globe) and things are distributed in annoying ways that don't make for enjoyable gameplay compared to a generated map.

I would like to combine Minecraft with Mount & Blade, so we could all have our own nations and raise armies and have big huge battles, but we have to find/raise horses first and craft our own weapons and all the other Minecrafty things.

That would be excellent.
From: JonCooper 7 Jun 2011 15:49
To: Mouse 1509 of 3934
can't remember the name, some city/arch thinger?
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 7 Jun 2011 16:59
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 1510 of 3934
That would be pretty sweet!
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 17:10
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 1511 of 3934
It would be more than pretty sweet! :@
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 17:11
To: JonCooper 1512 of 3934
Paris. La Defense.

(No idea what that is, but that's what he was building at some point.)
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 7 Jun 2011 17:41
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 1513 of 3934
What would make it different than say Civ or those other types of games? Making your own stuff?
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 18:06
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 1514 of 3934
Huh?

It would be exactly like Minecraft is now, but with these additions:
* A "forge", which is a larger crafting bench (grid of 5x5 or 8x8 or something).
* This would allow a greater variety of weapon patterns, so not just sword, but dagger,longsword,lance,battle axe,etc too.
* A "horse" animal, starts wild but tameable (like wolves) and then given a saddle to let them be ridden. There'd be different types (like sheep), and different roles they could have (e.g. packhorse,warhorse,etc).
* Land can be claimed by a player placing border flags, which have a radius they apply to (similar to torches) and if they form a circle the inside of that circle is also claimed (unless it contains other player's flags).
* Once a player has a certain amount of land, a new "animal" type of "peasant" is generated randomly, and if given weaponry they turn into a "soldier" that will fight for you and your allies.
etc.


It'd be completely unlike Civ - there'd be no tech tree, no city centres, no taxes, no special effect buildings.

Wonders would be whatever you wanted, and be a simple matter of respect/coolness, showing that you're so well defended that you've been able to gather resources and build this big cool thing.

Expanding your empire involves removing enemy flags and/or placing your own flags, but of course with enemy soldiers patrolling borders that would involve battles first - unless you mine your way past their defences - but you'd have to make sure to avoid the traps they're certain to set (like a hidden moat of lava, or a "trip wire" of redstone that, once broken, sets off alarms, etc).

It'd be far more unpredictable, because everyone can build their own bespoke systems of defence.

It'd be awesome.
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 7 Jun 2011 18:09
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 1515 of 3934

Didn't put much thought into did you? :)

 

That does sound pretty fun.

From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 7 Jun 2011 18:14
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 1516 of 3934
Actually, no, all that required very little thought/effort. :P

Words take a lot more effort than thoughts - I could have written twice as much as there is there, but it takes too long translating ideas into words and then getting my hands to transcribe them. :(


But yes, it would be a lot of fun. I just need to find someone to make it as a mod then we can all play it. :D
EDITED: 7 Jun 2011 18:15 by BOUGHTONP