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Here are the facts though:

PVP does not focus on the original scheme of the game. The original scheme was to be creative. There is very little

creative thinking when you are busy hacking and slashing.

I have to disagree. While I enjoy the creative aspects the most, Minecraft is what I like to call a "Hedonist Game." The idea's that the game lets you do whatever you like within it's limitations. With all do respect, I feel trying to proclaim one aspect of this game is the entire point is a massive injustice to it.

To further my point, in 1.9 the cooldown system was introduced. Many thought it would end pvp but instead others chose

to evolve and be creative even if only to get an edge in battle. This means that the devs saw what pvp was and how stale

it gets doing nothing but spamming just to see the animation of a character fall down with an accompanying text that

so and so killed whoever basically.

In response, devs chose to try and force a bit of creativity in. Efforts that could have been spent elsewhere.

But if creativity's being forced into the game's combat system, doesn't that make it match up with the whole "creativity was the original scheme" speech you had only moments earlier?

On a personal note I do not pvp. I've tried it and it became stale. There is nothing entertaining about watching animated characters

fall down. Not to me anyways. I was pretty good at it but it just felt flavorless. You look at all these really cool builds that are

produced to host pvp sessions. The creations are excellent. Then you get a bunch of people together, not to enjoy the build,

not to gain inspiration, just to beat each other.

I don't like PvP either, but if it's just one part of a much larger sandbox game, than those amongst us who don't like PvP can just not PvP. No real sense being so drastic about a harmless portion of the game, especially since it's completely optional.

How many build contests occur anymore? How many redstone contests? Even though I was introduced to minecraft on console

I still feel minecraft should have stayed on pc. Every mega build I had seen was on pc. Every enormous redstone project, pc.

Now those inspirations of genuine creativity are dying due to all the attention focused on pvp.

I'm sorry, but what does the console version have to do with PvP? Also, I have to ask; did you actually look? Because I've seen tons of build projects on MCF, Planet Minecraft, and YouTube.

New players don't want to waste their time learning to build or how redstone works. They want hack and slash. This isn't Gears

of War or GTA. Minecraft was created to be creative, to be competitive and to learn a thing or two. Now all I see is pvp this

and pvp that. FNAF even brought some creativeness in as any popular game does but after a few weeks it became FNAF pvp

arena and FNAF hunger games.

Tons of people build and do redstone. The "Maps" section of the forums is pretty much dedicated to these. Even the PvP maps usually have ungodly amounts of redstone for things like scoreboards and special effects. Also, the PvP's such a big deal right now is because of the 1.9 combat changes. Once this all blows over, the PvP conversation will likely drop back down to normal levels.

Some people say that minecraft is dying, even in the long shot that it actually were, ever wonder why? And how many times

have you spent days or weeks building something and felt the satisfaction of completion? Did it feel like minecraft was dying

then? Or did you just not win a few rounds of pvp? Never learning to build nor enjoy the game, just swing and jump.

What if they enjoying swinging and jumping? Again, Hedonist Game.

I tell you. For me, you come on my server and take a swing. You'll find yourself blocked and banned. Pvp does not belong

in minecraft. It belongs in games built to cater to that and if that is what you find enjoyable then go enjoy it on those games.

Don't ruin minecraft for those who just want to play and build and be creative. Don't waste the devs time, force them to

try and make minecraft into something its not.

You can just disable PvP. Non-PvP servers and servers with duel systems where both sides have to agree before combat can take place do exist. I know this is a form of the "don't like, don't read" argument, but I feel it's appropriate here. You and I know we don't like to PvP, so going to servers or play custom maps that center around PvP makes no sense, since we already know we won't like it.

That is why pvp is and will continue to ruin minecraft. Don't believe me? Just look at 1.9. Over half of it is based around pvp.

They're enhancing a feature so that people who like it can enjoy it more. Those of us who don't use the feature to begin with are unaffected.

If you like Minecraft (or at least the idea of Minecraft) but wish it were more action oriented, then yes.

Otherwise, move along.

Fell in lava and died.

It's a tie between Plains and Forest.

Forest means all the oak planks I'll ever need, but plains are generally easier to build in.

What's that? Waterfall gettin' ya down? WELL, SWIM UP IT!

Anything by DiGi Valentine.

...That's not a song title. I actually mean 'anything.'

By default, it's a sorta ginger-brown type deal.

Right now, it's red, because it's one of the few colors my hair absorbs properly.

Game Boys with full batteries and a random game in each one.

"But they'd all br-"

Dude. It's a Game Boy. Nothing short of the total erasure of all matter in the universe will break those things.

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Oh, boy. You mentioned Roblox. Get ready for the condescendence.

Okay, first, calm down. I had to read your post three times just to make out what you were saying.

Second, from what I've heard, the most common software used by LPers is Fraps. I've used it, and it's kinda laggy. One piece of recording software I like is screencast-o-matic, which is free, but requires you to do some shenanigans in order to record game audio, and you can only record for fifteen minutes at a time.

The Enderdragon isn't hard; he's just really tedious.

Killing the Wither, on the other hand, is slightly easier than bringing peace and reason to a YouTube comment thread.

If you really want bacon in Minecraft, all you need to do is make a resource pack that changes the cooked porkchop texture into a piece of bacon and changes the pork's name accordingly. I mean, you already have a perfectly good bacon texture, so you're already halfway done.

It won't have the speed thing, but that's honestly for the better.

All of them.