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The Final Dakar · Oct 24, 2011, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

=I was playing through New Vegas again when my savegame became corrupted, next viable save was 15-20 hours before. Needless to say that game is shelved for the time being.

Aurghh

Not surprised it was that game, that it happened on.

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I submit to the will of the people on this matter.

sek929 · Oct 24, 2011, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

Aurghh

Not surprised it was that game, that it happened on.

No shit, in other news my friend let me borrow his NES a while back with Zelda, his original savegame from the mid-80s is still present and usable.

The Final Dakar · Oct 24, 2011, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

No shit, in other news my friend let me borrow his NES a while back with Zelda, his original savegame from the mid-80s is still present and usable.

The best part is I think they predicted those game saves would never last that long.

Jawbone54 · Oct 24, 2011, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Not at all, I vote yes as well.

I was playing through New Vegas again when my savegame became corrupted, next viable save was 15-20 hours before. Needless to say that game is shelved for the time being.

Yeeeeeoooowch...

Sorry about that. At this point, it's hard to be surprised by anything horrible that happens around that series.

sek929 · Oct 25, 2011, 06:58 PM

Two questions:

About when are we doing the relaunch, I'll need a few days notice so I can tell my lady friend important matters are at hand.

Secondly, will I need the prerelease 2?

BLAZE_MkIV · 07:31 PM

Secondly it's prerelease 4
Firstly I'm open to suggestions, sometime during fri / the weekend? We only need an hour or so to get started right?

sek929 · Oct 25, 2011, 07:11 PM

Being Halloween weekend means I actually may <gasp> go out and do things. Friday will probably be fine though anytime after 9:30, for I am a member of a bowling team.

Jawbone54 · Oct 25, 2011, 07:48 PM

Y'all just let me know when. We have a massive Fall party Saturday, but I'm only expected to be there for an hour or so. Of course, all my plans are subject to change, considering my loinfruit is to make his appearance at any moment.

sek929 · Oct 25, 2011, 08:30 PM

Loincraft™

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 25, 2011, 08:34 PM

Paint a changing table to look like a crafting table.

sek929 · Oct 26, 2011, 03:29 PM

So out of boredom I began a 1.9Pr4 survival game just to get my legs under me with the new what-have-yous.

Did a bit of mining at my diamond zone (y=12) and ran into a huuuuuuge ravine. Multiple lava falls and waterfalls, entire floor of the ravine is a huge lava pool and it is easily 40 blocks high by hundreds of blocks long. I'm digging this.

sek929 · Oct 26, 2011, 04:43 PM

Not long after I stumbled into an abandoned mine. Huuuuge amount of track for the taking and overall a completely enormous amount of exploring to be done.

As a group exploring underground seems like it is going to be way cooler and more intense.

Jawbone54 · Oct 26, 2011, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Loincraft™

Originally Posted by BLAZE_MkIV

Paint a changing table to look like a crafting table.

Maybe I just need a Minecraft skin that has baby feces all over it.

The experience, terrain, and behavior of the update is just different enough to make the game feel fresh. I share your sentiment, sek.

andi*pandi · Oct 26, 2011, 05:08 PM

I wandered around a bit on my own in a new singleplayer map, but it seemed very dull without you all.

sek929 · Oct 26, 2011, 05:29 PM

Jawbone54 · Oct 26, 2011, 05:32 PM

Is that Oasis? It looks very, very familiar to something I stumbled across on that seed.

Jawbone54 · Oct 26, 2011, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

I wandered around a bit on my own in a new singleplayer map, but it seemed very dull without you all.

Ha...I faced the same problem. It feels so horribly empty, and so much of the fun of the multiplayer was stopping by people's places every other day to see what they'd been up to.

sek929 · Oct 26, 2011, 05:38 PM

It makes the trifecta of Minecraft complete.

Mine, then build, then get bored with both and go check out what other people have mined and built.

sek929 · Oct 26, 2011, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Is that Oasis? It looks very, very familiar to something I stumbled across on that seed.

Nope, just screwing around I used the seed "battlefield3sux"

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 26, 2011, 06:44 PM

And that's the new "fog" you get underground not a waterfall.

sek929 · Oct 27, 2011, 08:31 AM

There's no more 'toggle fog' function, which is annoying because even at max draw distance you still can't see very far.

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 27, 2011, 06:12 PM

1.9p5 !!

sek929 · Oct 27, 2011, 06:29 PM

Good lord...

So far Jawbone and I are chomping at the bit, Dakar will go along with us, that only leaves Andi and you, Blaze, to voice your thoughts on what night we should designate for this party.

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 27, 2011, 07:23 PM

I'm good whenever, well maybe not early in the morning. I'm opting out of halloween this year they'll have to get their candy from someone else.

sek929 · Oct 27, 2011, 09:20 PM

Well then it's either Andi and/or the fruit of Jawbone's loins that have final say.

Anywho...

Now after playing the 'new' survival for a couple days I have a good feel for it. The hunger meter isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, however, healing over time is going to have a direct impact of the length and brazen-ness of our spelunking trips. Plus, now that chickens and cows give you meat (even zombies) you won't be dying to get your hands on a pork chop. One thing that bothers me is when your hunger gets to empty (or full?) you start taking damage, which I understand, but it bumps you around like regular damage...annoying.

I can't speak for the varied terrain, since my spawn point was a barren frozen wasteland. But frozen rivers look nice I suppose. No trees to speak of though... Really it's been the subterranean ravines that have impressed me the most. Their height is daunting and they are littered with lava falls, lava pools, and steep drops.

Creepers are apparently waaaaay more powerful. A close blast is enough to kill you with full health (no armor). Best story yet happened right after I took that screen above. Creeper got me in the midst of all those waterfalls and lava. All my items then proceeded down a conveyor belt of water into a pool of lava.

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 27, 2011, 11:14 PM

whats your difficulty set at. I've had 2 good hits from creepers and come out nearly unscathed.

Jawbone54 · Oct 27, 2011, 11:20 PM

Just name the time that's good for everyone else, and I'll be there.

andi*pandi · Oct 27, 2011, 11:28 PM

I'd love to play, but I'm a little busy with CostumeCraft:

saturday/Sunday night?

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 27, 2011, 11:53 PM

Since when did they add Jawas to minecraft?
Does anyone have a particular interest in footbal or is sunday ~8 ok?

sek929 · Oct 28, 2011, 12:15 AM

I'm game.

KCrosbie · Oct 28, 2011, 12:20 AM

Not sure if any of you care, but they announced that Minecraft will be Xbox exclusive for the consoles.

Jawbone54 · Oct 28, 2011, 01:16 AM

I'll be late to the party, but I'll be there.

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 28, 2011, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by KCrosbie

Not sure if any of you care, but they announced that Minecraft will be Xbox exclusive for the consoles.

I've always though that FPS were a bad fit for the console / controller paradigm. If you have to add auto aim or over-sized hit boxes your doing it wrong. That and Minecraft is an OpenGL monster, does the xbox even support opengl?

sek929 · Oct 28, 2011, 09:39 AM

FPSes work just fine on Xbox, but playing Minecraft on a controller seems like playing Sim City on SNES...

The Final Dakar · Oct 28, 2011, 09:41 AM

I'd like hotbar switching better on a controller, but that's about it.

As for the coding, I was under the impression they rebuilt the code for this version.

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 28, 2011, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I'll be late to the party, but I'll be there.

Define late, theres a bit of movement without keeping people up really late unless you don't care about the day 1 part.

andi*pandi · Oct 30, 2011, 10:28 AM

did you guys try it last night, or is tonight the night? after 9 I'm there. Wherever there may be...

sek929 · Oct 30, 2011, 11:51 AM

I believe tonight is the night.

How are we going to know when the new world is set? Meet up in the forums?

Jawbone54 · Oct 30, 2011, 02:34 PM

I'm back at work until around 8:00-8:30 CST tonight.

sek929 · Oct 30, 2011, 06:41 PM

I'll probably be on till around 12 or so, so I can meet with Jawbone when he gets on.

andi*pandi · Oct 30, 2011, 07:53 PM

Someone PM me with the new address or directions?

sek929 · Oct 30, 2011, 08:08 PM

I believe the addy will be the same, andi, but at this point you know as much as I do.

sek929 · Oct 30, 2011, 08:42 PM

I guess you might want to download the 1.9 Pre Release 5 update.

Jawbone54 · Oct 30, 2011, 09:52 PM

Tried. No go. Must not be up yet.

BLAZE_MkIV · Oct 31, 2011, 09:21 AM

The address would have been the same. I refuse to appologize for mother nature, god, or PSNH.
I'm chilling in the library ATM. My place is all the way down to 52.

The Final Dakar · Oct 31, 2011, 09:27 AM

Chilling seems like an ironic term.

Jawbone54 · Oct 31, 2011, 10:20 AM

Oooo, I read about that, and didn't connect the dots. That sucks for you, Blaze.

We're freezing down here too. It's a chilly 74º.

(and yet, somehow, we lost power for a bit last Friday)

andi*pandi · Oct 31, 2011, 11:03 AM

I have some friends in NH without power, even MA. Us we got lucky with just a few branches down.

Stay warm Blaze.

Jawbone54 · Oct 31, 2011, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

Stay warm Blaze.

sek929 · Oct 31, 2011, 12:42 PM

Brutal, thanks to the relatively warm ocean we only got a chilly rainstorm here. Hope you get power back soon blaze.