wow, that almost seems fake, who can work together and form a community on a smp server? did you tell them to form a community? if I were on that server, I would work as a "fence" for the griefers but I would make my prices really high.
I want to see what happens when you confine a group of that many people to one chunk, maybe they survive... a few minutes.
if you do this again, you should take some take some images of settlements and just the entire map in general every day that passes and put them into a video that shows how the civilization slowly destroyed itself.
Well, at first when I saw the huge wall of text I was going to only look at the pictures and move on. I saw the first reply where the guy said he read it all, so I decided to do the same. I will tell you, it was well worth my time. I don't know why and I can't think of what to say right now other than the fact that I am extremely fascinated by this experiment that you set up. You should try more, however I don't know what they should be.
This is literally scary. Not scary in a creepy way; Rather a sort of, "I just realized, we're ****ed, and there's nothing we can do" sort of scary.
You'd be perfectly correct about human nature here, it's how we function, essentially.
We form 'clans', or nations. Resources are collected, and they eventually become scarce once used.
'Clans' declare wars over resource scarcity, and the resources are used to 'fuel the fire' of the war.
In the end, there is no winner, and there is only depleted resources. Eventually, the resources run out...
if you do this again, you should also have "death bans" and a specific set of white-listed players and tell them to survive as long as they can, also in the generic scientific process you are supposed to test more than once because very small things can mess everything up.
This is absolutely amazing! I have always wanted to do something like this, but never had the time. My idea also involved a mod to create a huge threat, so that is out.
Good experiment though. I'd like to see what happens if you were to open the world, but I guess that is the next epic social experiment.
Well, at first when I saw the huge wall of text I was going to only look at the pictures and move on. I saw the first reply where the guy said he read it all, so I decided to do the same. I will tell you, it was well worth my time. I don't know why and I can't think of what to say right now other than the fact that I am extremely fascinated by this experiment that you set up. You should try more, however I don't know what they should be.
I was reluctant about the huge wall of text as well, but, like you, I read it all and enjoyed it very much.
I would believe it 100% if it weren't for that pic of a giant absolutely symmetrical square mine with no way out, and also the way they mined everything looks like an explosion occurred.
Maybe they just spent an obscene amount of time making those massive square holes, and then somehow getting out. I don't know.
I find it hard to believe they mined that much but you can't see any shaft mines. If your on a map with limited resources and it's hard to get wood I doubt your going to waste you picks strip mining. Also why does no one repair the portal you can see that there's plenty of lava and water that you could make a frame with. Why would the griefers base be safe you said there were two of them. It wouldn't have been hard for the other groups to just build a 1x1 pillars straight up and outnumber them. Also why would they mine out the land below the griefers base it looks like they dug out maybe the 30 or 40 top layers. Why wouldn't they mine at diamond level if there going to strip mine.
I find it hard to believe they mined that much but you can't see any shaft mines. If your on a map with limited resources and it's hard to get wood I doubt your going to waste you picks strip mining. Also why does no one repair the portal you can see that there's plenty of lava and water that you could make a frame with. Why would the griefers base be safe you said there were two of them. It wouldn't have been hard for the other groups to just build a 1x1 pillars straight up and outnumber them. Also why would they mine out the land below the griefers base it looks like they dug out maybe the 30 or 40 top layers. Why wouldn't they mine at diamond level if there going to strip mine.
As for the portal....i think they ran out of iron used it on armor and swords.....so they couldnt make buckets
o.O
If I were one of those...
I'd join with the Griefers.
But I'd be rogue and not technically part of them.
So I could steal stuff LIKE A BAUS
Oh, and if no iron or diamonds are available? I guess I'll use stone.
I want to see what happens when you confine a group of that many people to one chunk, maybe they survive... a few minutes.
if you do this again, you should take some take some images of settlements and just the entire map in general every day that passes and put them into a video that shows how the civilization slowly destroyed itself.
You'd be perfectly correct about human nature here, it's how we function, essentially.
We form 'clans', or nations. Resources are collected, and they eventually become scarce once used.
'Clans' declare wars over resource scarcity, and the resources are used to 'fuel the fire' of the war.
In the end, there is no winner, and there is only depleted resources. Eventually, the resources run out...
make it a map, that is an epic idea, see the carnage in minecraft!
also, It's funny how the criminals prevailed in the end with their grassy base with plenty of trees.
Good experiment though. I'd like to see what happens if you were to open the world, but I guess that is the next epic social experiment.
I was reluctant about the huge wall of text as well, but, like you, I read it all and enjoyed it very much.
Maybe they just spent an obscene amount of time making those massive square holes, and then somehow getting out. I don't know.
As for the portal....i think they ran out of iron used it on armor and swords.....so they couldnt make buckets
If I were one of those...
I'd join with the Griefers.
But I'd be rogue and not technically part of them.
So I could steal stuff LIKE A BAUS
Oh, and if no iron or diamonds are available? I guess I'll use stone.
Interesting.
I've never heard of that book. I should check it out some time!
Eh. It's very long and the first sixty pages are just explosions and profanity. I'd try some shorter books of Stephen King's first.