History Headscratchers / Minecraft

* Is there more than one Enderdragon? I can assume that Jean mated with a male Enderdragon, but of course, she's the only known member of her species (minus her baby). While I can assume that she reproduces asexually, the Ender'''men''' have an equal possibility of being the ones who mate with her.

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* Is there more than one Enderdragon? We can assume that Jean mated with a male Enderdragon, but of course, she's the only known member of her species (minus her baby). While we can assume that she reproduces asexually, the Ender'''men''' have an equal possibility of being the ones who mate with her.

* Is there more than one Enderdragon? We can assume that Jean mated with a male Enderdragon, but of course, she's the only known one in the game. While we can assume that she reproduces asexually, the Ender'''men''' have an equal possibility of being the ones who mate with her.

* Teleportation is available to every Ender-based creature so far, such as the Dragon egg and the Endermen. The only non-teleporting Ender-species is the Enderdragon. For gameplay reasons, they likely ditched the idea of a teleporting dragon, but InUniverse, this makes no sense. When in battle, does teleportation just never comes to her mind?

* Teleportation is available to every Ender-based creature so far, such as the Dragon egg and the Endermen. The only non-teleporting Ender-species is the Enderdragon. For gameplay reasons, they likely ditched the idea of a teleporting dragon, but InUniverse, this makes no sense. When in battle, does teleportation just not come to her mind?

* Teleportation is available to every Ender-based creature so far, such as the Dragon egg and the Endermen. The only non-teleporting Ender-species is the Enderdragon. For gameplay reasons, they likely ditched the idea of a teleporting dragon, but InUniverse, this makes no sense. When in battle, does teleportation just not come to the mind of the Enderdragon?

* Teleportation is available to every Ender-based creature so far, such as the Dragon egg and the Endermen. The only non-teleporting Ender-species is the Enderdragon. For gameplay reasons, they likely ditched the idea of a teleporting dragon, but InUniverse, this makes no sense. When out of battle, does teleportation just not come to the mind of the Enderdragon?

* Is there more than one Enderdragon? We can assume that Jean mated with a male Enderdragon, but of course, she's the only known one in the game. AsexualReproduction is also a strong possibility. The Endermen are probably the ones mating with her, though...

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[[WMG: On the Enderdragons]]
* Teleportation is available to every Ender-based creature so far, such as the Dragon egg and the Endermen. The only non-teleporting Ender-species is the Enderdragon. For gameplay reasons, they likely ditched the idea of a teleporting dragon, but InUniverse, this makes no sense. When out of battle, does teleportation just not come to the mind of the Enderdragon?

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** The Endermen probably classify as cryptids. Mythological beings are sometimes known to be unable to cross rivers. So perhaps this is the same case for the Endermen. So when they end up in a body of water, it just hurts them. Snow and ice does not count as being water.

** The Endermen probably classify as cryptids. Mythological beings are sometimes known to be unable to cross rivers. So perhaps this is the same case for the Endermen. So when they end up in a body of water, it just hurts them.

** Gold mines blocks faster than anything. Golden Carrots are the best food in the game, on par with honey, and golden apples are the only way to obtain Absorption; either is also needed to breed horses, donkeys, and mules. Minecraft does not

** [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Because it'd be beyond annoying if they kept going out, exposing you to monsters and making it impossible to keep track of where you've been.]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen There actually were plans to make torches temporary and require you to craft "Lanterns" for a permanent light]], but the fan reaction was against it. (Lanterns have since made it into Minecraft, but their only advantage over torches is that they are a bit brighter and more asthetically pleasing.)

** Plus, redstone works more similarly to binary than electricity. To the extent that you can make logic gates.

* Why are Ghasts programmed to aim at the camera, anyway? It just makes it so that they can't hit you if you're in third person mode.

** Regional differences. What would a US speaker usually call an explosive? In other English languages it is referred to as "Dynamite".

** Maybe they don't have lungs, but still need oxygen and take in in through pores in their bones.
** Water is a purifying element, disrupting their unholy magics.

** He ''can'' punch everything! Tools just make it go faster, since it's a more refined instrument than just a blocky fist.

* How does any life survive in the Nether if there's no water (water instantly evaporates when placed)? Where do the Zombie Pigmen obtain gold? How do they make Netherbricks? What are Ghast Tears made of? What are ''Ghasts'' made of? Resource-related FridgeLogic actually makes anyone's head hurt a bit.

*** All forms of organic life require water to survive, because the chemical reactions that make up the basis of organic rely heavily on water's presence as a solvent and reagent both. Water bears being able to live in total vacuum is largely a myth -- they are not capable of living in it, they are capable of ''enduring'' it, an important difference. Their ideal conditions are the same as most lifeforms' -- when things get too harsh, they stop moving and go into a state of suspended animation that can endure almost anything. When conditions turn favorable again, then they "come back to life" and start moving and doing things again.

* Why is the 360 version of Minecraft like that of Beta 1.6 (no hunger, Endermen, not even the new map generation mechanics, meaning the "Glacier" seed still works)? Is it for more casual gamer's on XBLA? Or is the .XNA or .XLA limiting the Java scripting?

* Since it seems the new buildings in the game were added to make the Adventure Update more fufilling, how exactly are you supposed to use Pyramids? You have to break a block to get in, and then place blocks to get out. Neither of these things can be done in adventure.

** Wouldn't you be be a bit upset if someone started staring at your dick too?

*** A Tumblr fan blog posited the theory that Endermen have the ability to find the "seams" (the edges of the blocks) of the world, giving them their ability to move blocks like you do, and that water (and lava) hurts them because they're liquids -- they don't have any "seams". Ice and snow are solid enough to count.

* Obsidian, why on Earth is it one of the hardest material in Minecraft, in RealLife its quite brittle, and you can't make any other tools from it like diamonds.

* Anyone find it ridiculous that there's a crafting recipe for mossy cobblestone, but there's still no recipe to make saddles?

*** [[StateTheSimpleSolution Endermen are harmed by water. Snowballs are water. Ender Dragon is an Ender creature, therfore, is hurt by snowballs.]]

** It may not be destroyed instantly, but you're not going to survive sticking your hands into lava to grab around for it, making the bucket effectively gone.

*** It's a potion to make the user fire resistant not the glass itself. Besides when the glass melts away the liquid would merge with lava.
** Since Minecraft is doesn't follow real world rules, it seems that items act differently whether or not they're in vulnerable states, such as stone not melting when touching lava, but still being destroyed when in the vulnerable "dropped" state.

* Bedrock usually consists of hard stone like granite and flint. However, since both are already materials in Minecraft, what exactly is minecraft bedrock supposed to be made of?

* Why did Mojang go with the realistic version of gold, rather than typical fantasy super tough gold. It doesn't add anything to the game and, if anything, it just makes gold, which is hard to find, useless, save for making golden apples. (Which could be substituted by easier to make potions.)

** Counterquestion: why would Mojang have had to go with the "typical fantasy super tough gold" instead of having it act like it does in real life? There's no reason for why they would have had to do that beyond it being the same mistake everyone else was making.

** It is likely that some do exactly that. Likely others share a reasoning for not doing so now: it robs you of one of the fun aspects of the game. It can be a lot of fun to go from nothing more than a fist strong enough to punch down a tree, making your first tools, building a base, finding some iron, growing strong enough to challenge monsters, finding DIAMONDS!, enchanting your equipment yourself, exploring (and eventually conquering) Hell, then seeking out greater challenges still; all this after starting with basically the shirt on your back. The same could be said of making grand creations in Survival: from nothing to palace without any shortcuts, mining and placing every piece yourself. It gives a greater sense of accomplishment that way.

** Because they kill Villagers, whose villages have carrot and potato gardens

* On the SeriesMascot page, why are Creepers labeled as "Non Cute" mascots? Those things are ''so freaking'' '''ADORABLE'''.
** Well, yeah... except for in the middle of the Minecraft night, in Survival mode, when one is a minecraft ''centimetre'' behind you... Then, they're kinda terrifying.

* Why was the Wither added to Minecraft: Pocket Edition before the Ender Dragon? Doesn't she came first?

* The first thing you do is punch a tree to get wood. So many questions arise. How do you even punch the tree without getting a splinter, or sore knuckles? Why isn't the wood broken into tiny pieces like it realistically would be if someone actually went through the pain of punching it until it breaks? Why doesn't the tree fall down? What mess of physics is allowing trees to stay in the air, just... floating there?

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* More like a question than a headscratcher, but on which type of ships the "shipwrecks" are based off?
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* If sleeping is [[TheSleepless optional]] for Steve and Alex and they don't seem to get tired, then why does the Phantom only come when you don't sleep? Also, how come cats can see them even though logically, if they're cats, they should sleep a lot?
** Cats can see ghosts, or phantoms.
** Just because Steve/Alex might not ''seem'' tired doesn't mean they aren't tired at all. So they might be tired, but are really good at not showing any symptoms of it. As for the cats, they're known for being quite active at night in real life, which might reflect in the game as to how they can see them.
*** Even if they're stoic, if you're tired, you're ''physically unable'' to run fast when it gets past a certain point. Also, you seem to be a bit unsure about whether it's tiredness or simply being active at night that sets the phantoms off, because cats are active at night but they still get enough sleep...

* How is it that both a silent ActionBomb that can kill players in an instant, and a flying undead manta ray that eats insomnia for dinner be terrified of something as mundane as an ordinary cat? Both seem like they could kill a feline in less than a second if they wanted to!

*** Maybe the fact NOTCH SAID SO HIMSELF. Also, her name is Jean.

** [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Because it'd be beyond annoying if they kept going out, exposing you to monsters and making it impossible to keep track of where you've been.]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen There actually were plans to make torches temporary and require you to craft "Lanterns" for a permanent light]], but the fan reaction was against it.

** The skeletons are being crushed by the sand/gravel. As for the water, I'm not sure.

* How does any life survive in the Nether if there's no water (water instantly evaporates when placed)? Where do the Zombie Pigmen obtain gold? How do they make Netherbricks? What are Ghast Tears made of? What are ''Ghasts'' made of? Resource-related FridgeLogic actually makes my head hurt a bit.

** I'ma say a little joke so don't get mad. Endermen are feminists. They don't want people to stare at where their fissure is supposed to be even though they dress the way they do.
*** Goodness gracious me! They're in their birthday suits! Scandalous!

*** I think what they were trying to say was: if you drink a Potion of Fire Resistance, then you can survive looking for a bucket that was dropped in lava. Not sure why what happens to the glass bottle matters.

** Counterquestion: why would Mojang have had to go with the "typical fantasy super tough gold" instead of having it act like it does in real life? There's no reason that I can see for why they would have had to do that beyond it being the same mistake everyone else was making.

* Why doesn't anyone else use the [[EasierThanEasy Creative Mode shortcut]]? Like, when someone makes a new world in Creative, then they give themselves tons of food, a crafting table, crafting materials, anvils, armor and tools, enchantment tables, a shelter, a bed, chests, furnaces, and then load the chests, decorate the shelter, enchant their armor and tools, load the furnace, load the enchantment table, and switch to Survival? Is it because this feels like too much cheating or disproves that they're good at the game? I used to just normally play the game before I found out about these inventory editors for Pocket Edition.
** It is likely that some do exactly that; I have. Likely others share my reasoning for not doing so now: it robs you of one of the fun aspects of the game. It can be a lot of fun to go from nothing more than a fist strong enough to punch down a tree, making your first tools, building a base, finding some iron, growing strong enough to challenge monsters, finding DIAMONDS!, enchanting your equipment yourself, exploring (and eventually conquering) Hell, then seeking out greater challenges still; all this after starting with basically the shirt on your back. The same could be said of making grand creations in Survival: from nothing to palace without any shortcuts, mining and placing every piece yourself. It gives a greater sense of accomplishment that way.

* Why is the Wither going to get added to Minecraft: Pocket Edition before the Ender Dragon? Doesn't she come first?
** Point taken, and probably tech limitations. However, the Ender update is coming this Christmas, which will feature Jean, though she was not in the trailer. And hey, PE is not an exact copy of computer edition, such as how beetroot was in PE first.

*** Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact NOTCH SAID SO HIMSELF. Also, her name is Jean.
** Also the fact that she lays an egg when killed

* The first thing you do is punch a tree to get wood. So many questions arise. How do you even punch the tree without getting a splinter, or sore knuckles? Why isn't the wood broken into tiny pieces like it realistically would be if someone actually went through the pain of punching it until it breaks? Why doesn't the tree fall down? What mess of physics is allowing trees to stay in the air, just... floating there? I just want answers, guys. [[RealityIsOutToLunch Actual]] [[MST3KMantra answers]].

** I thought a question ''was'' a headscratcher.

*** Even if they're stoic, if you're tired, you're ''physically unable'' to run fast when it gets past a certain point. Also, you seem to be a bit unsure about whether it's tiredness or simply being active at night that sets the phantoms off, because cats are active at night but they still get enough sleep... I'm confused.

hat'* Why is the Wither going to get added to Minecraft: Pocket Edition before the Ender Dragon? Doesn't she come first?
** Point taken, and probably tech limitations. However, the Ender update is coming this Christmas, which will feature Jean, though she was not in the trailer. And hey, PE is not an exact copy of computer edition, such as how beetroot was in PE first.
*** where did you get that it was a she?
*** Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact NOTCH SAID SO HIMSELF. Also, her name is Jean.
** Also the fact that she lays an egg when killed