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Thanks! I considered maybe toning it down somehow... Usually I go with more symmetry in my builds.

So I am building a working ranch. It already has a barn/stable and a train depot since the server has a monorail system. I have a bunch of villagers locked away and I am going to redesign their little town to be ranchy themed. I got all the horses. So I have been working on my house. Everything is made of wood (and glass obviously when I get to that part). I am building this in vanilla survival. The house is very much NOT DONE. But as I work on it, I can't help but think I may be getting too into my head and now it looks like something PeeWee Herman would live in haha! Here are the screenshots of what I have done so far.





This is the front of my simple ranch house on my ranch Taco Rosa. I killed many trees. And yeah I have a tree farm going on for this.

Any place with nothing will be glass or will have a glass and wood design. (except the entrance of course).



This is the left side. Below the wood column things will be a glass greenhouse. Currently I have been building the wooden sides.



This is the right side. The X is going to be torn down. I redesigned it and that is all that is left of the original side. It will probably be something that wraps around the back when I work on that.



This is the roofing from the inside. This is also monster mob hangout since it is open and they can hide here.

So many trees...

He is a she first off.

And I was told that there was one and it was invite only and only 900 spots. I was disappointed since I felt I paid $150 and basically had to tolerate hoards of children. I have been to conventions before and there have been kids but nothing like this. It would have been nice to be able to hang out with other minecon attendees that were adults to chat about the game and I dunno... have a beer. Maybe listen to some music. NOT be surrounded by families trying to take pictures constantly of their kids. Not having to deal with kids bombarding the area looking for worthless autographs... I am sure you get the idea. When I go to PAX East, I meet lots of adults and have really fun conversations. Yes there are kids there. And PAX is hypocritically kid friendly. But there are also events coordinated with some of the big vendors that are 21+. Would it kill Mojang to create a convention that caters to more than kids and/or youtube watchers? There are like a bagillion bars and clubs in Orlando.

I loved the tree. Your mom did not seem to want to bring it back hehe!

No one managed to steal a rod, but right after I left the stage one of the wires came out so I was one rod down after the contest! And sadly the costume got a bit beaten up throughout the day. It looked better in the beginning.

It was great meeting you on the shuttle back Saturday. I was the Blaze with all the glow sticks in my hair hehe.

No but I know all the issues and things you can do with it. I don't have to run a server. We own a fantastic server with amazing talent running it.

However, I didn't realize you could not upload. That is kinda butt, but if you are running vanilla I don't see an issue. Only time we really needed to fix something was when an update would create a floating bedrock structure in the air. But that has not happened since 1.0 came out. Oh yeah we have been running it for over 3 years...


Anywho,.. It is clear that this is for the casual players or kids. And I think it is a great option. I just wish they were not the swag gift and we got another account to give to friends. We have no use for our Realms offer.

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I am sorry, but minecraft is a game aimed at children. Hate to break it too you but I happen to be very insulted by some of the things you say here. You were kids once, and not all children act like that. (I am a child and don't act like this, and I didn't go.) I came here to find out what it was like, and I get a bunch of ranting about children.

This game was never aimed at children. It was aimed at people that wanted to play a game in a sandbox where you build and survive. And I didn't say all kids act like that. But there were issues with kids there. Many were not behaving. And parents assumed that the people from Mojang were there to entertain their children. They were not. I wish they would go back to Vegas. I doubt as many kids would be there. Plus Vegas rocks!


And I did have a good time... It was kinda butt... But I did like it. There were too many tickets sold because the space to walk through was terribly tight on Saturday, and there just was not enough to do for 7500 people. It was just full of lines. Oculous Rift was awesome though.

Obviously The_Doctor_123 does not get who this is designed for. There are pros to this. First off for kids it makes it easier for their parents to be comfortable paying Mojang for the server. And for everyone, there is no maintanence. Mojang takes care of it. There are no forced updates or waiting for the server provider to get around to it. And from what I understand, you can download the world if you want to make changes to it off the server. If I didn't play on a private server that is owned by one player and maintained by another (my bf), we would be very interested in realms. The $10 is not just for the 20 people, but also for the ease of use, updates, and reputable company.

And why would they put console support on it? That is just super dumb. Games on the console version are saved on the client side. There are no servers on the console.

No... I went and kept falling asleep. It should have been titled "The summarized history of updates." It was very boring.

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This was my first Minecon, and overall I had a great experience though due to volunteering. I would totally agree and understand with some of the previous comments above. Yes, there were a lot of people there and it was very hard to get to a good panel. I volunteered and STILL have to wait in line like everyone else since we were told our Agent badges could not be used to cut the line. Although if you were schedule to help out with panel rooms you could catch them while working. A lot of complaints BEFORE Minecon was there wasn't enough ticket sold or I couldn't get a ticket well now this just proves that the more people you have the less quality of an experience you have. From the beginning my opinion on how many tickets should be sold was always at a minimum and that still holds true after the end of this year's Minecon. We had to cap Youtube autograph lines since they were so long and a lot of people couldnt get autographs, panel rooms were also limited to seating due to capacity allowances for each room under local fire codes, merchandise was quickly depleted by so many people buying although we Mojang has no control on inventory for each vendor so whatever the vendor bought is what they had, almost every line for anything was really long and you had to get there very early for the more popular panels. I don't see how selling more tickets would be beneficial for everyone in the future, in fact if they keep going higher with attendance allowances I really think it would be disastrous and many more people will get upset. So what should be a solution? Maybe offer regional Minecons kinda something like Pax Prime/East but have you seen the lines/crowds for those conventions?! Have a lottery to give everyone a fair chance at purchasing tickets? In the end I really think they should keep it a little smaller to have a better experience for all but I also understand it would cut out a lot of fans from going. There has to be a line drawn sadly.

I have gone to PAX East for the past three years and I am going in 2014. Still trying to get to Prime hehe! But I live in Boston so going to East is pretty easy for me. That being said, PAX isn't so bad. Yes the expo hall can be terrible with lines. But there is a lot of other stuff to do. There are many different panels that appeal to all different topics. There are all different competitions and game rooms. They also split the board game vendors, the various stuff vendors, the indie games, and the big video games. So it works okay. They have a lot more people, but they go to the BCEC which is huge. So they can support the lines. Saturday it was so hard being where the activities were due to 7500 tickets and not enough stuff to do. You have to have a lot of space for lines and more options if you are going to sell 3,000 more tickets. People that think they should sell more really don't understand.

I also feel there could have been more structured activities. For instance, they could have had timed signups for competitions that ran so many rounds and a final on the second day such as team builds, PvP, scavenger hunts, etc. I did a minecraft scavenger hunt in 2012 at PAX and it was so much fun! I love doing competitions. But all they offered was just PvP that was just going in and doing it like at home but on new maps. It wasn't really a structured competition, and I don't do PvP. Nothing offered there!

I left 45 minutes before the closing ceremony. I just couldn't take the kids anymore. And I knew the big announcement was going to be Realms and Twitch which really don't apply to me. The winners of the costume contest were already announced the day before so I didn't really feel I needed to stick it out.


I didn't have a bad time. It is really a one day event though. I think Mojang did what they did well. But it was very niche. I probably won't go to another because it does not appeal to all players. It is really a youtube kid fest. And why would anyone be interested in that who does not fit into at least one of those criteria at the price of the tickets plus expenses? I don't regret going. In fact I am glad I did go! And I hope people that went did have a good time.


And I want to say this about kids...

Kids may play a lot of Minecraft (especially after Xbox) but that doesn't mean adults that play don't have a place. It were the adult players that funded the game in Alpha and Beta. It would have been neat to talk to one or two of the people from Mojang about technical things or about other game industry things but they were so bombarded by kids I didn't want to bother them. There were multiple times I could have said something to someone but I didn't want to interrupt their kid break. And the kids at the Notch interview asking those questions... So inappropriate! And that girl with with the mental disability being sent by her father to shill for his server or whatever it was... I was speechless! There were so many questions that could have been asked that were not due to kids. And the fact parents refused to control their kids is horrendous! You think they never heard of manners.

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Oh man.. By the post here and the one on the topic regarding how a person was upset about not being able to get a ticket, I can tell you're spoiled beyond belief. The words you say look like a joke, seriously. It's really too bad someone else didn't get your ticket, after all, it doesn't seem like you enjoyed it.

First off I am not spoiled. I am not a child. I did have fun for the most part. I didn't have fun for about an hour after I used the Oculous Rift due to serious motion sickness. And being in costume with motion sickness is never fun. But it is still pretty cool. Did you go? I don't see how you can judge if you didn't. And I can see why people may not like you. You make dumb statements.

It is basically what others said. It is just a small server service ran by Mojang. You have a 30 day free trial of it. But if you and your friends went to Minecon, you can pool your codes together so you can have more months free on the same server. For instance if you have 4 codes, you can get 120 days free. This was told to people in a panel with Jeb.

They sold too many tickets. And there were too many children. It lacked structure in the activities. The Future of Minecon panel was more about the past. Realms is too niche so it kinda stinks as a promo gift. Costumes were cool. The artwork was fantastic. I loved the barn. Notch interview was fun. Children need to learn what a line is, and parents need to learn that you cannot bully another adult to let their kid cut in line (yeah that happened and it didn't work haha). Islands of Adventure was fun. But the after party is by invite only 21+ so that is lame because I really feel that being 21+ I should be able to go.

I don't regret going. I had an okay time. It wasn't worth $150 due to lack of stuff to do. This probably had more kids than the past MInecons. They also did not have enough Minecon shirts which I am sad about. I won't go again. It just wasn't good enough. I am not a child and I don't watch youtube videos. So it didn't really appeal to me. And that is kinda sad. It would have been nice if it had something for all different players. But if youtube is your thing I am sure you had a fantastical time. :-)

I wish. I think I am going to a place called World of Beer.

I think it is because no one likes a complainer. Not being nice to someone who is complaining and looking for sympathy is not going to make you public enemy. I have not been offensive. I haven't stated anything that is false. Maybe I could say things a bit nicer, but that is just delivery. I come to the forums when I am looking for a few minutes of escape from schoolish things (working on a PM masters). I also understand business. I am an adult and it is what I do.

People don't hate me in my life because the older you get the less drama you are willing to deal with. I am very dismissive so issues typically don't get to that point. Online, it is easier to get caught up in emotions because you read things in the context you wish. You even said earlier that you agree with me, but you make a point that you don't like how I say it. I understand that. Your point is valid and I will try to remember that going forward to be less dismissive in my posts. However, I think you were trying to call me something not very nice. And I don't see why.

People usually don't hate others for what they do (except situations like killing and stuff). Usually it is out of irritation. I am not you so I can't reflect on your good and bad points. But you don't sound stupid. And I don't hate you. So I offer that tidbit. :-)

No one hates me. :-D