The MafiaScum Minecraft Thread - AllTheMods 9!!! - NEW Vanilla?

[Chevre]

I've captured one alive, guys.

[RayFrost]

You should chuck food into it from the holes up top. What do creepers eat, anyway? Souls? Obsidian?

[UltimaAvalon]

What skin do you use, Chevre?

[Chevre]

piehole. I should seriously sig that lol.

[UltimaAvalon]

Oh, I thought piehole was the one that gave them baby faces

[Chevre]

He has something weird on the back of his head. It's like a crooked crazy smiley face. I haven't taken pictures of it because I never really had reason to (and I was embarrassed).

[esuriospiritus]

I hereby declare the lands in proximity to

-280, -280

to be mine for the making of a giant sandstone construct.

Not finished moving all my stuff to the new location, but -500, -500 was just way the fuck too far away from the spawn.

[Knight of Cydonia]

My tower is now linked up to the subway (cheers caranha) and the Skyway connecting the top of my tower to the (future) site of Untrod's house is finished, apart from the glass siding.
I've planted a fairly large (20 or so) forest outside my front door, since it's relatively near the spawn for newcomers. If you chop a tree down, plant one of the saplings that'll drop from the leaves.

[Claus]

YAY! I have finished the Claus-Kscope subway tunnel! It connects to a few natural caves on the way, so be sure to check out. Now I need to connect those using rails - Iron donations (any quantities!) are greatly appreciated!

Donations can be left at the box in either Kscope´s train station, or my own.

[Claus]

I´ll try to setup a launch station at your tower as well, KoC, as soon as I manage to get enough iron.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Cool. I have a few ingots and some ore to smelt when I'm next on, I'll chuck 'em your way.

[Supermouse The Rodent]

My wrists are giving me hell, so any building is going to be slow. I swear, I am actually jonesing for Minecraft.

[Chevre]

So I was in anthropology class, and we were discussing the features of a civilization. Through this, I determined that Minecraft cannot be one, while it gets close.

Writing: YES - we have signs that say real writing. Plus, it is possible to make bookshelves.
Animal Traction: YES - was unsure at first, but then I remembered saddles.
Wheel: YES - unless the minecart track is well lubricated...
Plow: NO - we have a hoe, but not really something we can attach to an animal. I guess we can hoe off the back of a pig as it moves...
Metallurgy: YES - we can change iron ore to iron ingots
Standard Measurement: YES - um, blocks, durr.
Sailboats: NO - it appears we paddle the boats/control them psychically. There isn't any wind anyways.
Maintained Surpluses: YES - they are possible. Especially since there aren't food/water requirements yet.
Irrigation: YES - we can make channels to irrigate our crops. 'Nuff said.
Math and Predictive Science: ??? - It's kind of there for us. What I'm thinking is we could wire redstone to a button, so that a light turns on when a mob is at a certain place. That's predictive.
Monumental Architecture: YES - The Giant Sand Wall to the Giant Sand God fits nicely.
Cities: YES - I'd say we have a true "city."
Long Distance Trade: YES - We could, if we really wanted to, I guess.

[KaleiÐoscøpe]

Sweet, I'll try to play some Minecraft tomorrow. I haven't played in a week, RL swarmed me.

[KaleiÐoscøpe]

YAY! I have finished the Claus-Kscope subway tunnel! It connects to a few natural caves on the way, so be sure to check out. Now I need to connect those using rails - Iron donations (any quantities!) are greatly appreciated!

Donations can be left at the box in either Kscope´s train station, or my own.

Oh, and you can grab some Iron out of my stash if you want. I think I still have 2 stacks of 64 left.

[esuriospiritus]

By the way, I found this a while back and thought maybe some of you could put it to good use:

Minecraft Circles Template.

I'm using it right now to aid in the construction of what will eventually be a giant sandstone dome.

[Chevre]

I'm sooooooo depressed by the multiplayer server. I think I just need my own space, which yes I'll admit I've taken over the spawn point, but I die like every third minute.

I was on my way to Clausland, but I logged off because it was night and I'm carrying some of my valuables.

[KaleiÐoscøpe]

Just make some iron armors, slaughter some pigs for meat in case you lose health, and carry a diamond sword and a bow. This way, I've never died on long trips

[RayFrost]

Or be like me and go naked at night and make holes in the ground with two space walls all around when carrying valuables. If you have torches, you can just keep on going by digging.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Or be like me, work out exactly how long a server night is, and log in and out to avoid it.

[RayFrost]

Or be like MME and simply not go out at night.

[Chevre]

Kaleidoscope: too much preparation. I like to get up and go. Plus, whenever I'm like, "Oh, I should stockpile on porkchops," the pigs magically vanish.

RayFrost: too boring.

KoC and MME: that's abusing the system, IMO.

And really, it's not like i'm dying trying to make long trips. It's like around my house, in my mines, etc. And then if it's night, I have to battle my way out of the spawn area even. It'd be nice if we could put up some sort of protection around the spawn area.

[RayFrost]

Alternatively, you can truly be like me and travel at night over the ocean to avoid the actual mobs / not care about dying and simply travel whenever you want (if you don't have ocean nearby, feel free to keep on dying).

[KaleiÐoscøpe]

The spawn area is annoying. Especially when you fall down in that hole.

[Claus]

So, the Kscope-Claustown subway is COMPLETE! Hop on a cart on either direction, push the button, and off you go in your merry way! No more need for dangerous, tiring tracks at night. The subway even ignores world holes - the cart just zip past through it.

If a cart is not at the terminus station, please put one there (with about 3 carts in each station chest, this shouldnt be a problem)
If the trigger gets stuck, just push the trigger cart again in the top until it aligns with the drophole (you´ll know when you see it).

I´ll make a break for mining/building, then make a similar train to MME´s town.

BTW, if you want to build a small house in my city - be welcome to! Even if it is not your main home, just so we can populate it. - just dont build near the shore/hills that can be seen from my place - I have some plans for those.

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Oh, BIG thanks to Socio, who donated most of the Iron used for the subway (12 blocks!). More iron donations are always welcome.