My near death experience in Minecraft was when I went mining for diamonds in a ravine. When I finally found some, I got too excited and fell into a lava pit, managed to get out, panicking, fell into another lava pit, yelling, OH GAWD, OH GAWD, OH GAWD, OH DIAMONDS!! Because I saw some more in the lava pit. I ended up finding 17 diamonds and getting killed by a creeper coming down my water elevator while i was going up.
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