Minecarting Let's Play Is Out!

Minercus has just posted his first two Minecarting Let's Play videos! You can find them by clicking here! Or you can go to youtube.com and search for "minercus" on YouTube and enter his profile!

-Nick

An Awesome Minecraft Server

6SidedWorld is an amazing server! This is a family friendly server, so your whole family can play, no swearing is allowed in any shape or form. There are tons of plugins to have fun with!

Rules:

-No swearing

-No griefing

-Killing is allowed

You can apply for whitelisting at 6sidedworld.com forums. Sign up couldn't be simpler. Just make a 6SidedWorld account using your IGN as your username. Then go to the whitelisting page and put in your IGN and where you play from! It's as simple as that!

And the 6SidedWorld experience always get bigger and better! If this server gets more people this server's faction server is going back online! The faction server has the best faction experience you can get, so make sure to check it out!

-Nick

Minecarting Let's Play Series!

We'll be making a Minecarting Minecraft Let's Play series. I'll be the player, voice, and everything. So we got one video up (just search minercus on YouTube), but we're going to remove that one since it's a test video that wasn't that good.

minercus will be our YouTube partner with this. Minercus is Nick from the blog, but soon he'll be doing other videos as well, so his Minecraft Let's Play will not be the only thing from him.

We hope to have our first real Let's Play video up soon, and I'll let you know!

-Nick

Get Your Minecraft LEGOs Today!

Minecraft LEGO has been a dream of many people. Well a few months ago that dream became a reality. LEGO Minecraft became a reality through the wonder of LEGO Cuusoo, a website where anyone can take their ideas and, if enough people support your idea, you get a chance to talk to LEGO and make your creation a LEGO set, and you earn a small percentage of the proceeds.

If you order today, your LEGO Minecraft Micro World set will arrive the week of June 11th (three days from this blog post). You can check the page out by clicking here.

-Nick

New Minecraft Accessories Available

You can get new Minecraft gear such as a creeper mug, creeper plush, Minecraft hats, and more, right now at J!nx!

Click here to go to the Minecraft J!nx page, or go to jinx.com to see all their great items such as WoW, Portal, and other great game merchandise.

-Nick

Snapshot Week 23 And Other News

Hello everyone! Back with some more Minecraft news!

First off, this week's snapshot isn't that big since they have added almost everything they wanted to in order to release Minecraft 1.3. Yes, that's right! We're going to no longer be in three digit Minecraft!

All this week's snapshot did is add Enderportal frame blocks to the creative inventory, made enchantment levels slightly exponential, and fixed some bugs.

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will be getting a massive update in the near future. The famous "Adventure Update" for the PC will be coming to the Minecraft for Xbox, with a few features missing. This update will add Creative mode (yes, now we can goof off with TNT without having to kill creepers for it), and so much more.

-Nick

Minecraft Becoming a Sandbox RPG?

It's no secret that Minecraft definitely has some RPG elements to it. But with the new "Adventure" mode possibly coming out within the next update (and that is a good chance since it is in the snapshot) will it become a technical RPG game?

In the past the "Adventure" mode of Minecraft was made to be like an RPG experience in Minecraft, which is awesome, but there's lots of RPG elements being added to the game (which to this author's opinion is a good thing). The new temples with Zelda-like puzzles definitely add some of that RPG exploring feel, which is a good thing for Minecraft, a game about exploring.

But how do you feel about these changes? Leave your opinions in the comments below (comments with swearing will be promptly removed).

-Nick

Update on the Update

So the new redstone generator is a trip wire which you attach string to two of these trip wires in between them in a straight line. The trip wire will then generate redstone current. Nifty for traps.

There are also desert and jungle temples now that feature these traps. Check them out now!

-Nick

Update

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.

Anyways a lot of things have happened in the Minecraft world. The new snapshots are bringing in old wanted features of the game such as trading with villagers (requires emerald, a new ore), writing in books, and adventure game mode, and more.

There's now a better Creative mode inventory that separates things into categories and, if you still can't find it, a search bar.

There's now a new redstone activating block, that I as of yet have not tried, but I'm about to and will post later on today.

The enderchest has been put in the game, which is unexplodable, and indestructible, according to the commercial by PoliteGamer, which you can see here:

-Nick

Mojang to Start Community "Holiday"

Moving announced that they are going to start releasing videos and other content in celebration of their community. The first Mojanga, as they call it, is in celebration of Minecraft:Xbox360. Think of a true name for the weekly celebrations and put it on their Twitter page. Winners will get MBLA codes. You can also put pictures of creations pertaining to the new Minecraft for Xbox.

Check out mojang.com for more details.

-Nick

An Explosive Mod

Everyone loves explosions. The very definition of Creative mod for some is "TNT contraptions." But sometimes normal TNT just isn't enough. That's why you need the TNT mod for Minecraft 1.2.5 (click here to download).

It adds several new explosives, such as:

Napalm:

This makes a pool of lava.

Fire Bomb:

Does as the name suggests (cow in fire not included).


Miner's TNT:

Leaves 100% of the resources instead of normal TNT's 30%. (This crater is from several Miner's TNT).

Nuke:

Sets a massive area on fire with a medium size crater. Turns sand into glass and coal into diamonds. Causes massive lag, use with caution.

Scatterbomb:

Leave a massive crater. This was done by just two Scatterbombs. May cause Minecraft to crash. My personal favorite bomb.

This wondrous cave was caused by just three Scatterbombs.

Installation is easy here's the (PC) steps:

1. Navigate your way to minecraft.jar. (start,run(optional),search %appdata%, roaming, .minecraft, bin).

2. Open minecraft.jar with 7zip or WinRar.

3. Backup your minecraft.jar.

4. Install Modloader if it isn't installed. Just search Modloader Minecraft 1.2.5

5. Open your TNT mod package and unload all the .class files and the TNT mod folder. It's okay if the .png and .txt file gets in there. Make sure the mod_properties doesn't.

6. Close minecraft.jar.

7. Go to .minecraft/mods and put tntmod_properties in the mods folder.

8. Enjoy!

This mod works best with Too Many Items for easy bomb selection.

-Nick

Hello all! Nick here keeping you guys updated on Snapshot series 12w!

The newest snapshot is 12w19a and we get a new world feature, a new plant, and names for different blocks!

Cocoa plants are now introduced into jungle biomes, so no more looking for cocoa in dungeons!

A new world type was also introduced, "large biomes." Not much was said about it, but from the name (I hope) we can figure out the biomes will be larger.

Finally names were given to the different kinds of sandstone and smoothstone blocks.

-Nick

Today is a great day for many a Minecraft fans and Xbox 360 owners. Minecraft for the 360 is now out. 

Minecraft for the Xbox 360 Arcade will feature online and split-screen multiplayer, a crafting system much like the Pocket Edition (gather materials for the recipe and then select what you want made), and all you love about Minecraft! 

Pick up your copy today!

-Nick

Blogger got a "new look" so the blogs may not be as neat as I want them to be. I'll try to figure it out soon  :)

So, Minecarting has been a little slow due to a thing called Monster Hunter Tri, haha. I'm addicted to it and can't put it down.

Anyways, it seems like we're getting some old Notch ideas now with the new snapshots.

Snapshot 12w18a will add custom books to the game. You can now keep a Minecraft journal or make your own stories, which I'm looking forward to.

They also added fixes to the silk touch enchantment and block picking. Wooden tools will also now fuel your furnaces.

And to help with job loss, villagers spawned from eggs will now get a random profession (I hope they like it :P)

Pocket Edition finally got crafting (woot!). It works a bit differently from the computer version. This time you just have to find the ingredients for a recipe and then on the crafting screen, press what you want to craft. The Xbox version of Minecraft also will/does do this.

You lucky Xbox users also get Minecraft avatar gear and gamer pics.

-Nick

Minecraft's New Enemy AI

Creepers exploding is nothing new to Minecraft, but zombies being smart is. In Minecraft 1.2, the baddies got some upgrades, so many of us are wondering what's next. I'm going to be taking a few (not real) guesses at that.

Here's the (not real) enemy update logs:

1. Creepers will now grab you from behind, gag you, pistol whip you James Bond style, then explode.

2. Two words. Griefer zombies.

3. Zombies and skeletons will craft umbrellas to shield them from the sun (after stealing the stuff from you).

5. Villagers will commit a few real world crimes (stealing, destruction of o.p.p, and mugging, to be precise :) ).

6. Voldemort himself will now magically avada-kedavra you.

7. Don't be surprised to come back to your home to find it spray-painted.

8. Anti-Notch will now appear and make Minecraft crash... before saving.

9. Did not remove Herobrine.

-Nick


Please note these are not real and are awful, horrible figments of my imagination. :]

My Favorite Minecraft Videos

I'm bored so I thought I would share them with you.

They all have to do with killing your friends in Minecraft. 

That's nothing to be worried about, right?

Made by CreeperMovie. Amazing job!

By minecraftdotnet. 

-Nick

Minecraft For Xbox360

Yes you heard right! Minecraft is finally coming to the Xbox360! It will be released this spring with multiplayer options. You can check out this video courtesy of gamespot below:

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As you can see it has multiplayer options, including a splitscreen mode. It is unknown yet if it will have PC server compatibility, but it does have Xbox Live compatibility with voice chatting. 

You can also grab some Minecraft avatars for Xbox360. 

Now I just want to see Minecraft for the PS Vita. :)

-Nick

Updates to the Blog

I've updated the Minecraftia Field Guide. It now has an updated fact list for NPC villages and a list of biomes.

-Nick

Yes, I Am Still Alive

Well... You probably did think I was holding out until June, didn't you.

I'd like to welcome our readers from Canada (and of course our regulars). I've never had any readers from Canada, so enjoy guys!

I've been super swamped with school and Duke TIP courses (which I'm starting another class tonight) and generally playing Minecraft... Okay a little Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, but mostly school... Okay... Mostly Monster Hunter.

Anyways guys in this addition I'm going to talk all about the new update, what exactly is new, and some ways to cheat in Minecraft (yes, it's possible).

Well the new update brought a lot of things, including some confusion on which version this Minecraft is (it's 1.2.3, by the way). So when looking for things like mods and stuff, make sure to see if the mod is for 1.2.3. If it just says 1.2, you ahead and look in the comments section (beware) and see if anyone has said it's for 1.2.3, if not ask away.

The new update brought a lot of cool things. Jungle biomes are amazing. Basically the jungle biome is, in one picture, this:

Jungle Biome

You can see a lake, which is common, and trees (though the ones shown are quite small for a jungle biome).

Also found in the jungle biome are ocelots which, with raw fish, can be tamed into cats. In Minecraft cats (NOTE: Nick has a general hatred towards cats. It has to do with childhood scarring... Both emotionally and physically) actually have a purpose: to scare off creepers.

Speaking of pets, wolves now attack creepers.

Here's a list of patch info:

-New world type: anvil. Makes the block limit taller.

-Zombies now break down doors on hard and hardcore.

-Zombies also launch raids on NPC villages, killing NPCs.

-Iron golems spawn in NPC villages to help protect NPCs.

-NPCs go in at night and when it is raining. They also "socialize" with each other (mainly by staring at each other). They also can have children (nothing is graphic) and little ugly caveman squidwards run around.

-Creepers now stalk you (yay).

-New lava sound affects.

-New items: fire charge and bottle o' enchantments. Fire charge releases a ghast-like fireball when launched out of a dispenser. Bottle o' enchantments give XP (only obtainable in Creative mode).

-Redstone lamps.

-Tames wolves can have puppies and can be bred with any sort of meat.

-Added rare drops for mobs (music disc if creeper is killed by skeleton).

-Zombies and skeletons look for darkness in sunlight.

-Removed Herobrine (:o)

Okay, when I said "cheating" I meant cool mods. Some you may know about, some you may not.

Too Many Items (TMI): Is an amazing inv edit that adds everything to your inventory (a nice little side bar) and even somethings you can't get in Creative mode (mob spawners, portal blocks, all the potions, etc.). It also can be used to switch between Creative and Survival and control the time (sunrise, noon, sunset, midnight).

TMI review: I personally use it and have fun. I only use it in one world since it does kind of remove the awarding sense of Minecraft. Installation does not require modloader (though you can use it) and installation is very simple. I give it a 5/5.

Humans+: This mod is simply wonderful. It adds other humans (AI grouped into good and evil and in those two factions many, many subcategories) whose teams you can join and fight against good and/or evil.

Humans+ review: I have had fun with this mod, but installation is hard. There's no way to get around such a massive installation process, but it is a bummer. It requires several mods and the whole ordeal can be troublesome. It requires modloader, but despite that it is an amazing mod that I give a 5/5.

Yes. I know that was short, but still, two great mods.

See you guys next time!

Nick

My Mistake (Minecarting Bloopers)

I'm not perfect. I've made tons of mistakes and this blog is no exception to that. I started this blog when I just got the hang of Minecraft. It goes even worse when I started playing on a server full of plugins , though I didn't know it.

So here are Minecarting's worse mistakes.

1. Plugins

Back then I thought this went for every server out there... I was wrong. Until I started dealing with servers I had no clue that they had plugins on them. So that talk about /home or /sethome or even /tpa*playernamehere* macro codes were completely off. That only applied to the server I was playing on.

Correcting it: Only certain servers have these plugins. You could suggest them for your server.

2. Wording mistakes:

My worst is probably this (talking about whitelist chat): "one being a type of chat where there is profanity or other things like that." You should know that whitelist chat blocks profanity, not allows it.

Correcting it: I'll take it upon myself. Just know that I meant there is no profanity.

3. Place Name Mistakes:

The irony of this one is I was correcting a name in this post. I called a cave a Stronghold. Well I corrected it and called it a Dungeon. In fact it was actually just a cave. It was also an Abandoned Mineshaft.