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Mort08 Pirate AND writer! from Oklahoma Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Pirate AND writer!
#43701: Sep 10th 2014 at 12:35:42 AM

...I didn't put down any markers.

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BlackRevolver Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
#43702: Sep 10th 2014 at 12:44:42 AM

Really? Nothing like always making sure to put torches down on your right?

Rotpar Always 3:00 am in the Filth (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Always 3:00 am in the Filth
#43703: Sep 10th 2014 at 12:50:56 AM

[up][up]

Get out with your swag and consider this an important lesson learned. tongue

Also, it's Minecraft. Take whatever dirt and cobblestone you have and start digging up. Not straight up, that's how you get killed by gravel or creeper, but build a crude switchback staircase to the surface.

I used to mark my paths with a pair of planks and a torch. Slap a plank on the wall and a torch on that, stick the second plank on it in the direction of out. Until abandoned mines were added you knew that the planks weren't natural and they stick out in the grey.

edited 10th Sep '14 12:52:02 AM by Rotpar

But don't give up hope. Everyone is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you.
BlackRevolver Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
#43704: Sep 10th 2014 at 12:59:52 AM

I personally just use torches and put down two in a row in the direction of the exit if I ever come across multiple paths.

KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#43705: Sep 10th 2014 at 1:02:13 AM

I use cobblestone pillars with torches on every available surface - the texture pack I use really makes them stand out. They're all renewable resources, so why not?

edited 10th Sep '14 1:02:32 AM by KyleJacobs

ZheToralf Floating Advice Reminder from somewhere in Germany Since: Dec, 2009
#43706: Sep 10th 2014 at 5:18:22 AM

So there are rumors about Microsoft planning to buy Mojang.

You lost!
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#43707: Sep 10th 2014 at 6:44:46 AM

Usually I can find my way back out of a cave system, but if it's particularly elaborate (Or if my inventory is full and I want to come back later to where I left off) I'll just hollow out a small room and build a staircase going up out of it.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
bennusmagnus Absolutely not a furry. from Right behind you! Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Absolutely not a furry.
#43708: Sep 10th 2014 at 7:40:02 AM

I block off any cave hall that is a dead end so that I won't wander into the dead end again. This usually results in caves eventually becoming simple to follow.

Two guys walk into a bar, the third guy ducked.
NotSoBadassLongcoat The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24 from People's Democratic Republic of Badassia (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Puppy love
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
#43709: Sep 11th 2014 at 9:23:33 AM

[up] Well, not if you get the idea to excavate the dead end further for some reason.

"what the complete, unabridged, 4k ultra HD fuck with bonus features" - Mark Von Lewis
pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
OMG NO NOSECONES
#43710: Sep 11th 2014 at 11:32:08 AM

So the Bukkit thing: I have a friend that is running a 1.8 server with Bukkit. Lots of the usual mods. He also runs a purely vanilla server (not that those are hard). But unless you're dying to use the new block types in SMP, Red's server is still up. PM redwhitenblue for the IP and junk (since I can't remember it).

In any event, I think that there were mistakes made with the Mojang/Bukkit thing.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
Medusa Since: May, 2013
#43711: Sep 11th 2014 at 7:25:30 PM

I didn't understand how addictive Minecraft truly is, until I glanced at the clock and realized I'd been playing for 2 hours straight!

Quiz time! I went exploring farther than I've ever been before. Found a bunch of iron, and generally had a good time, until I got lost. And then wandered aimlessly until I realized it was getting dark. Did I:

a)Use any of the 2 full stacks of wooden planks I was carrying to build a shelter and wait out the night?

b)Switch to Peaceful mode until I figured out where home was and got my little ass indoors?

c)Panic and run all over the desert like a complete twat, get mauled to death, and lose everything in my inventory?

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#43712: Sep 11th 2014 at 7:26:32 PM

I'm guessing D) Had a Staring Contest with an Enderman, and then proceeded to get Creeper'd to death.

BlackRevolver Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
#43713: Sep 11th 2014 at 7:32:22 PM

Hmm. I dunno, I think you did the sensible thing and dug up a shelter. [nods]

bennusmagnus Absolutely not a furry. from Right behind you! Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Absolutely not a furry.
#43714: Sep 11th 2014 at 7:37:29 PM

E)Dig down 3 blocks and cover the top til morning.

Two guys walk into a bar, the third guy ducked.
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#43715: Sep 11th 2014 at 7:38:00 PM

Your stuff should be there still, if you can go back to collect it. Items despawn after five minutes, but only if the chunk they're in is loaded.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Medusa Since: May, 2013
#43716: Sep 11th 2014 at 7:54:02 PM

Time's up! Unfortunately, it was C. Luckily I'd already made a bed, and had a few basic tools on a chest, so I didn't have to start from complete ground zero. Or respawn in the middle of a mugging.

As for picking up my stuff, that would have depended on being able to find my death spot, and as I said, I was lost.

So far I've managed not to look at any Enderman. Or fall off any cliffs. Or into lava. Or accidentally hit any of the wolves that just come from no where to run in circles around me while I'm trying to chop down a tree. Or drown. Or suffocate my self whilst digging in sand.

Damn. There's a lot of ways to die in this game, huh? [lol]

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#43717: Sep 11th 2014 at 8:04:15 PM

Even better, there are various quotes in the ingame chat which depict your death, one for nearly all of them.

Here, take a look!

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
BlackRevolver Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
#43718: Sep 11th 2014 at 8:04:57 PM

It's always interesting to come back alive after an encounter with a skellie or two and see how riddled with arrows your avatar is.

Cheshire Since: Jan, 2010
#43719: Sep 11th 2014 at 8:32:12 PM

Question: why shouldn't people dig straight up? If you are putting in a ladder as you go and you keep your head at the highest ladder block as you go, shouldn't you be ok for anything but a creeper? (And even then, if you've decent hearts and armor, it will probably be ok)

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#43720: Sep 11th 2014 at 8:36:39 PM

Ladders are fine, but it's more for people who pillar their way up, just filling the ground in below them.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
BlackRevolver Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
#43721: Sep 11th 2014 at 8:48:02 PM

I'd imagine that ladders wouldn't be able to protect you from lava. Unless I'm mistaken on that.

Swampertrox Since: Oct, 2010
#43722: Sep 11th 2014 at 9:11:24 PM

They used to, but it might have been changed. Signs definitely do though, so I think it's still the same.

KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
Medusa Since: May, 2013
#43724: Sep 11th 2014 at 9:36:23 PM

Or having a Creeper fall on top of you and explode.

bennusmagnus Absolutely not a furry. from Right behind you! Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Absolutely not a furry.
#43725: Sep 12th 2014 at 12:49:55 PM

As far as I know, ladders and signs take up part of a block so Lava flows can't occupy the same space. Same goes with water blocks.

Also, signs and ladders don't burn.

edited 12th Sep '14 12:50:53 PM by bennusmagnus

Two guys walk into a bar, the third guy ducked.

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