Looks a bit pixelly - you should check the screen settings.

That was just from the camera, it's actually very clear.

I did, and I'm not even playing yet. :(

 

Also, I think there are three threads, almost certainly longer than Cracked My Ball between them.

I count five actually. :P

The "Minecraft" + "Teh Mine" ones are the two "big" ones though - and yes, together they do beat your dad's cracked ball, without needing any help from the others.

msg:37760.0 => 477 posts
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msg:38165.0 => 93 posts
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But then, this one alone is looking pretty likely to grow longer than it - guaranteed to be a fair bit of discussion spawned when beta 1.8 comes out.

But yes, congratulations for reading them all. (nod)

Why aren't you playing yet?

Because I'm poor. :((

<3 Matt, sorry for whinging.

 

Can I be whitelisted pwease? Oscarvarium :>

A wild Oscar appears.

:O

Added.

I did some things! I dug a couple of mines, but both times I ended up hitting lava and it looked things were about to kick off so I got out of there. I went down a mine that was already there and found Obsidian but it was over lava and so burnt as soon as I mined it. I suspect I was being trolled. :-@

 

I built a house out of cobblestone, which looks like a giant grey brick right now but I promise I will make it prettier and/or move it.

 

I get very lost underground.

Obsidian is formed from lava, and I think can only ever be 1 deep (naturally) - so if the original lava was more than 1 deep (it often is, except perhaps at edges) then there will be lava under obsidian.

So in summary you'll need to replace the lava below it with something else before mining it - place a solid block and it removes the lava in that square.


Use torches and/or signs to mark your way underground, and help keep track of where you are.

Though some of the cave systems are so large and sprawling you'll still get lost, but that's half the fun sometimes. :P

It is, we've already had the conversation!

Thanks. :)

I'm playing again, anyone else coming on?

I found a room underground with a load of mossy stone, which I thought was rare, but there were also two chests containing a few little stacks of random stuff and a pig spinning in a cage (really). Is this normal?

That, sir, is a dungeon. If we weren't playing on Peaceful then that weird thing in the middle would be spawning monsters. It is called a spawner. It has a pig in it, rather than a monster, because we are on peaceful.

The chests (and the stuff in them) are your reward for finding/neutralising it!

If it weren't on peaceful, you can stop a spawner from spawning by placing torches near it after fighting your way in.

And yes, they are quite rare :D

Then I shall plunder its bounty. :]

 

You should see my new house, it is significantly less cuboid.

I shall do sometime soon. I want to get back into Minecraft.

You better, I'm back later today.

wtf, you're still in foreign?