Blog + YouTube Updates!

Hey minecraftians!


Mario here again, back with some more Minecraft news!


So, yeah, I am uploading a couple of new series now:

• Survival Games - as seen on Machinima Realm
• Spleef World Cup 2012 - Spleef to your heart's content!
• Minecraft Paintball - Throw dem snowballs! (coming 24 June)
• Minecraft: DOTA - Defense of the Ancients in Minecraft! (coming soon)

And then, we WILL have a blog update soon: a whole page telling you about everything in Minecraft, what it's for, how you use it, what type of block it is, what it will come back as as an entity. Everything! Stay tuned for that, my friends!

Snapshot reviews will begin after Minecraft 1.3 is released, because most of the snapshots at the moment (close to 1.3 release!) don't have much content.

-Mariobros980

Obsidian Miner

Snapshot 12w08a!

Hi minecraftians!


Mario here with a few quick updates from the world of Minecraftia.


First up, the new Weekly Snapshot has been released! Indeed, there is now a way for you to go adventuring away from an NPC Village without worrying about the poor villagers getting eaten by zombies! 12w08a includes:

• Added the Iron Golem to defend NPC Villages
• Added upside-down stairs (or arches)
• Many changes to the world and lighting systems

You can get the snapshots by clicking on the links in the sidebar!

I will soon be doing a video every week for every snapshot! The snapshots are now getting shorter as Jeb is getting ready to release Minecraft 1.2!

Are you looking forward to Minecraft 1.2? Let us know in the comments!

Ciao,

Mariobros980

Snapshot 12w07b, New Survival Series and more!

Hi minecraftians!


Mario here again with a few updates from the world of Minecraft!


So, the 7th snapshot of the year has been released! It has many more added features, including:

• Block height increase to 256 (was 128)
• Villagers can now repopulate the village with 'testifikids'
• Zombie attacks on NPC Villages at night
• Added the Redstone Lamp
• Decreased the chance of rare mob drops even FURTHER!
• All animals now use the new mob AI

You can get the client here, and the server here!

So, next update is the new YouTube series I am doing! It is a survival series, and the first episode is already up! Check it out below!

I am going to TRY and post one of these vids every day! It just depends how long they take to upload! I have gone back to my old recording software, Screencast-O-Matic, because my other recording softwares were lagging my game out and then speeding the vid up x2!

Anyways, I will soon be doing mod reviews as well as Survival, Server Xperience and more! I know people take quite a big fancy to the Clay Soldiers mod, which I might have tournaments with...but I would need to come up with a twist or it's not as awesome. 

Anyways, let us know in the comments what you guys think!

Ciao,

Mariobros980

Obsidian Miner

Snapshot 12w06a!

Hi minecraftians,


The latest Minecraft snapshot has been released today! It is the snapshot 12w06a! This features:

• Minor bug fixes and tweaks.
• Doors have been updated to properly detect if they are open/closed. Map makers will need to update double doors.
• Villagers will move indoors during rain or night, and socialize with each other.
• Zombies break down wooden doors on hard difficulty
• Added cat sounds
• Better movement for mobs in water
• Added rare mobs drops

Anyways, you can get the client here, and the server.jar here! Do you like this new snapshot? I love how zombies can now break down doors, it will make hard mode more hard! Let us know in the comments!

-Mariobros980

Obsidian Miner

YouTube Update, Snapshot 12w04a and more!

Hi minecraftians,


*THIS IS AN IMPORTANT UPDATE. IF YOU ARE A REGULAR YOUTUBE WATCHER, YOU NEED TO READ THIS!*


Well, it's been a very busy month. In case you didn't know, I've been very busy adding extra stuff to my Club Penguin website. Anyways, I intend to give all the Obsidian Miners out there more content as I have been VERY lacked on content over January.


Well, Mojang released a new snapshot, 12w04a. This includes a new mob (Ocelot), which are tameable with raw fish. You can breed ocelots as well. Just feed raw fish to 2 ocelots and they shall make a Babby Ocelot. When wild, they look like leopards, but when tamed they look like a pet cat. Also, Jungle Tree Saplings have been added. Place them in a 2x2 square and it will grow into a Big Jungle Tree. Skeletons now have new AI, so when they set on fire in daylight, they will run under any nearby trees to shade themselves. They added a new item to the game called Fire Charge, and is a fireball when dispensed. Dispensers have also been reskinned. You can get the snapshot by clicking here!

Also, I have A LOT more stuff to report from ObsidianMiners' YT channel.


First off, I know you guys LOVE the PvPZone server I found. I want you guys to know A LOT more about it, so I want to set it up as a whole series. What do you guys think? It can get a little boring, JUST playing Capture the Flag, but they have added a Builder World (donators+ are the only ones who can build) and they are waiting for the Spell Plugin to become compatible with Multi-Worlds so they can add a survival world.


Also, I will be doing more server reviews, in servers such as SuperFunTime, Super-Earth and JusticeCraft!


I know I have been focusing on multiplayer servers a lot, but the singleplayer aspect will be coming soon, One of my favorite YouTube series of all time is ChimneySwift11's Minecraft Files, so if you guys want a building series, I will most definitely take inspiration.


Well, that's all for now!


Ciao,
Mariobros980


OH YA! Also, congrats to our new YouTuber, dranoso! I don't know if he will help tons, but he is a great new add

Weekly Snapshot 12w01a, What's To Come and Coming Soon...

Hi minecraftians,


Hope you're enjoying the new year! Minecraft looks like it has a lot of potential this year!


The first official update of 2012 is happening THIS MONTH! You can check out the latest updates by downloading the latest pre-release snapshot! This week:

• All new language translations
• Slightly smoothed colour transitions
• Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds
• Reduced the randomness of the Enchantment Table
• Changed colour of the mob-spawning eggs to represent the mob they spawn more
• Added world-type options (either normal or super-flat)
• Made biomes slightly more varied (hills added in forests, beaches added)
• Removed the collision box from ladders
• Updated the fence gate collision box to align with fences

You can download the client and server options of the snapshot by going here!

So, what is to come this month for Minecraft? Well, Mojang have announced that the next version of Minecraft will be released this month. The Mojang team have also announced that the mod API is being worked on! They quoted:

We are currently still preparing work for the mod API. The API is going to take some time to implement properly, so we ask for patience :) Also, Jon is currently working on improving the AI for mobs to make it easier for us to add new behaviors. The first goal is to add breeding support to wolves, and then move on to more useful / interesting villagers.

So, it looks like Mojang have a lot of things planned this month! So, you may be thinking why I did this post? Well, to catch up with what I have to cover, and also to announce a new map I am going to be creating.

It will be a puzzle map, with a hint of parkour, but it will be mainly aimed around puzzle with quite a bit of redstone used. I have not yet started to make it, but I have thought of the storyline. This is all I can reveal, but I will be posting screenshots on here and also making a post of the full version on the Forums. The storyline is the basic 'facility' story, except the bad man is called Bob (:O), and he is your lifetime arch-enemy.

So, are you excited for Minecraft this month? Let us know in the comments!

Ciao,

Mariobros980