Minecraft for Dummies: Combat Part 2
We have already covered sword and bow combat in the last edition of Minecraft for Dummies. But there is more to combat in Minecraft, and it is about harnessing the elements of nature to cast fire and...
View ArticleSurviving in Minecraft
Ever see those videos online where someone gets caught on fire and does everything BUT stop drop and roll? Well, it’s tough to say if we would do the right thing in such a stressful and terrifying...
View ArticleMinecraft for Dummies
Day 1: Welcome to Minecraft. Prepare for night. Get some lumber by punching trees down. Use the lumber to make some planks and some sticks. Use the planks to build a crafting table. With the crafting...
View ArticleMinecraft for Dummies Lesson 2
Day 3: Find a place to settle. Get your gear together and set out on an adventure! Some things that you will want to bring with you are food, a pickaxe or two, a shovel, torches, flint, and a bucket of...
View ArticleWheat Farm Efficiency
Sethbling, who is a popular Minecraft video content creator, posted a video onto Youtube today that explored wheat farm efficiency. In the experiment, created many farm plots, each that featured a...
View ArticleTheory: In Creative Mode, You Are Herobrine!
Think about it. Many, MANY people choose to just go around and build seemingly random and often symbolic structures. Most of us have a decent grasp of redstone and therefore build lots of traps. There...
View ArticleEver Been In A Situation Like This?
A friend made his first server and hired me to be on the build team. I’m not as amazing as some people, but I can hold my own pretty well. When I load in, it’s the most garish thing I’ve ever seen: an...
View ArticleWhy Is MineCraft Slow?
It has always been my understanding that Minecraft was slow because it’s written in poorly-optimized Java. But I recently took it upon myself to learn otherwise. It is slow because it has to keep track...
View ArticleIn responce to the recent invisible player hitbox issue
To start off, let me remind you that someone that is comfortable with cheating using F3 + B, or some other debug cheat wouldn’t have a problem installing a hacked client. In fact, they probably already...
View ArticleFireworks! (and still no mod API)
Looks like the newest addition to Minecraft will be fireworks. Jeb just announced on his twitter the addition of fireworks with the tweet “Preview of fireworks: http://i.imgur.com/LHpLq.jpg (colors,...
View ArticleWhat shameful Minecraft habits have you developed?
So, I tried creative for the first time on a survival map. It was horrible, I suddenly felt like a hobo grabbing at free food and technology unaware at how crushing the sudden lack of challenge would...
View ArticleVaried Dispencers Fire Distance Varied by Redstone Signal Strength
Someone recently approached me with an idea to make it so it is possible to aim with the dispensers. Basically his idea was that the distance a dispenser throws something depends on the signal strength...
View ArticleMinecraft for Dummies: Combat
In the ongoing series of Minecraft for Dummies, we have covered the steps that you will need to take in order to attain survival. Now we will cover some of the skills that will be necessary to improve...
View ArticleMinecraft for Dummies: Combat Part 2
We have already covered sword and bow combat in the last edition of Minecraft for Dummies. But there is more to combat in Minecraft, and it is about harnessing the elements of nature to cast fire and...
View ArticleSurviving in Minecraft
Ever see those videos online where someone gets caught on fire and does everything BUT stop drop and roll? Well, it’s tough to say if we would do the right thing in such a stressful and terrifying...
View ArticleMinecraft for Dummies Lesson 3 Part 1/2
Let us say that you have already gone on your adventure to find a place to build a base. At this point, getting a more reliable food source will be the next order of business. There are two types of...
View ArticleMinecraft for Dummies
Day 1: Welcome to Minecraft. Prepare for night. Get some lumber by punching trees down. Use the lumber to make some planks and some sticks. Use the planks to build a crafting table. With the crafting...
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