#Since. Copper is in Minecraft

[one-for-one]

I'm going so drive to Microsoft and shit in their water fountains. I've been bitching *for months* about how boring the endless parade of dweller mods are and now what does Microsoft do? Do they implement any backlog features that people want? Do they give functionality to items that lack it? Do they introduce a new structure or lore addition?

Nah, dweller mods are cannon now.

[emo-space-queen]

idk why my mom was so surprised to find out i’m a lesbian. i feel like people have been clocking that about me since forever.

what she SHOULD be surprised by is that i’m a fucking minecraft girlie now. i never thought the day would come, yet here i am. smoldering raw copper for 20 minutes gay.

[goqmir]

the minecraft 1.21 tricky trials update has gotta be one of the best updates in a very very long time.

incredibly cool new structure at its core that isnt too dangerous unlike previous new structures that also features a refined yet referential mechanic in trial spawners which rule.

plus two new mobs that look cool, reference old mobs (delightful), and give unique mechanics.

new potion effects that they didn't skimp out on power level with that enable next-level technical farms! they added something niche but actually useful instead of niche but useless!

WIND CHARGES. immaculate no notes

two of the best redstone components since the observer released simultaneously, the crafter and copper bulb

greatly expanding the painting system! giving old mechanics love :)

not every update can be this good but this one was good good. i could play in the tricky trials update forever and be happy i think. and coming off the heels of the incredibly mediocre 1.20 update too. just pawsome

[syn4k]

Old habits die hard.

Pixlriffs knows this because as soon as fWhip explains what the little copper coin he holds up in one hand does, shining under the sweltering sun of a humid jungle, he feels a little shiver run down his back.

"No lore," says fWhip, hand holding the coin still raised, gaze sweeping the crowd. Pix doesn't know if he's being serious or not. "We're all just friends playing Minecraft here."

Someone snickers. Sausage says something under his breath that might be a swear and might be an apology. fWhip flips the coin with one elegant flick of the thumb and with that, they're all off.

Pix can't help it. The rule is broken in half by the time the sun sets.

"And anyways," Pix continues, turning to the chicken that stands next to him with huge, innocent eyes, "if fWhip was being serious about that rule then he shouldn't have made this the premise and invited me, of all people. Like, come on. He was there for that. He should have known this was coming."

The chicken does not respond. Pix does not expect it to. He's just being silly while talking to himself, anyways. Chickens can't talk, the night has arrived, and he has one hell of a hole to dig.

He'd made up his mind about fifteen minutes in that he wasn't going to add Mending to his tools, he wasn't going to let them dissolve into dust, and he was going to try his damn best to continue to honor death as best he could.

Pix had taken an oath back in Pixandria to respect the dead and honor their memory as best he could for as long as his life lasted, and given that he ended up being immortal, he figured it'd be stupid to not at least try to carry that over on a server where death had been twisted into such an odd form.

Old habits die hard, especially for an immortal.

Pixl keeps to himself and tells nobody of his plans. If they ask what the huge geometric monuments ringing the edge of his circular perimeter are for, he'll gladly tell them. There's rules and then there's rules. fWhip can say whatever he wants, but Pix had it drummed into him from a very early age that if you give up the right to respect the dead, you give up the right to respect for yourself.

Besides, Owen and Eloise did him one hell of a favor bailing him out as soon as they did. The least he can do in return is promise to respect them in the best way he knows how when they kick it.

The sun's rising now, bright gold above the steaming jungle canopy. Pix glances at it for a bit, eyes shaded, before hopping back down into the now gaping hole in the landscape to continue digging. Ever since he was revived, he's tasted copper.

Pix takes that as a sign.

[otherside-wanderer]

Hybrid sorter hub and its three branches - read more about its structure, how it works, and the development process below the cut!

General Structure

For this survival world, my friends and I decided to split up our resources in three different branches, all connected by one central hub. The fourth "branch" is an access hallway (not shown) that contains minecart rail stations. As of now, only one station is built, but the hallway also contains a room where any unsorted items flow out to - this room also contains its own sorter input!

You might notice redstone bulbs in the copper pillars along each hallway - activating these will reveal both a crafting table and stonecutter at the base of the pillar for easy crafting access. Also, the three branches have their own quirks since they were each organized and completed by a different builder - see if you can spot any differences (aside from the items being sorted)!

Redstone & Underbelly

During development, we decided that the sorter didn't need to be fully automatic like our last one - instead, we wanted a way to combine automatic and manual sorting, hence this hybrid design. Only the top rows (and about a dozen barrels in the middle and bottom rows) along each branch leverage automatic sorting - this was to simplify the sorter design and allow for better scalability. This is also why some of our most plentiful items are placed on the top row. We love Minecraft updates, but adding new blocks and items to a sorter can be tough!

Including manual sorting allows us to store unstackables as well as different kinds of items in the same barrel. Although there are some great designs out there for unstackable or multi-item sorters, we wanted this build to be our own and not have to worry about chunk alignment, minecarts, or having to construct it with build assist tools. If you're interested in the redstone for our automatic sorter modules, check out this post about our previous sorter! Our current one applies the concepts in similar ways.

Like our last sorter, @shewholistens has been doing an amazing job standardizing and decorating the Underbelly, which is still in progress. Having all of our sorter modules and hopper lines accessible (and good-looking) is such a boon, especially when doing work behind the scenes. Currently, the Underbelly is accessible via hidden doors at the end of each branch!

Development process

This was a big project. Since building our last sorter, we learned a lot about what works and what doesn't, and decided to carry that knowledge over to this one. In our new world, we put together a document detailing things we wanted in our sorter and how they would all fit together. These included item organization, a hybrid sorting system, input and output chests, crafting access points, a player-friendly underbelly, and - of course - decoration.

This prep work was by far the most important part of the sorter building process, and it allowed us to break the project into small, manageable pieces. It reminded me a lot of the work I do as a software engineer, and it was so exciting to see the sorter get built module by module, branch by branch.

Before I forget - huge thanks to @indigoforiver for convincing me that we needed a sorter! Our chest/shulker monster was... very bad...

[rgbstatic]

hate the mob votes man. my complaints are nothing special but their goal of “bringing the community together” and “building hype” for the next update just… it’s a good idea in concept

but the votes consistently tear the community in three, and it’s already fractured for other reasons.

most of the mobs within the votes come with useful or interesting features and so far when they’re not chosen, their features are shelved indefinitely.

like, even as far back as the one where we chose the phantom, the other two mobs, one would’ve resulted in alterations or new enchantments and the other would’ve added a stronger near boss like mob to the nether.

we haven’t seen those ideas remotely revisited.

the moobloom would’ve added more features for bees and potential farms. once again, no revisit. not even on the mob aspect but no features being revisited.

from more uses for copper to mobs in empty biomes, we miss out on features in every vote.

and now we have to chose between a mob that will give players an item they’ve been begging for since we were allowed to tame dogs, and two other cute and semi useful mobs, like. if the armadillo doesn’t win it’s likely we will never get dog armor. if the other two don’t win we’ll never get those features.

and the fans fight, and they get real mean about it. and it doesn’t bring people together it literally causes fighting among fans. i’d argue it doesn’t successfully build hype either because no matter what 2/3 of the playerbase will automatically be disappointed and be less excited for the game.

and i’m not going to say mojang needs to add all three mobs, even though yes they could, i’m saying that they shouldn’t shelf their ideas. if an idea doesn’t win it doesn’t mean the fans don’t want it.

i think mojang needs to rid the vote all together. the sniffer won by a landslide because the vote was practically rigged. the mobs competing had less information about them, less backstory/lore, and didn’t fit the theme of the update as well. i’d argue the same is with this vote. you have two animals with somewhat useful gimmicks versus an animal that will give players an item they’ve wanted for years and it spawns in a biome they’ve been asking for content to be added to. mojang already knows what they want to add.

they should do away with the vote and just reveal us the mob and it’s features. there are other ways to bring the community together.

it just blows and it’s not fun anymore and the fighting in almost every community up until the vote and new update for the last 5 or so years has been so tiring it almost just ruins minecraft to begin with

[valoisfulcanellideux]

More on the new SMP

Just listened to today's Spawn Chunks, and Pix gave us a teeny bit more about the new SMP:

"Behind the scenes I've also been gathering ideas for an as-yet-unannounced new server. Um, it's not Empires, but there will be copper. [laughs] And that's all i'm gonna say for now, watch this space, 'cause I still have some more ideas in the pipeline."

So, not Empires, so probably not a return for the Copper King as his original persona. Maybe a heavy focus on trial chambers, since they're filled with copper? Or it features Create mod? Or maybe there's a steampunk theme?

Or maaaaybe - and this is me just spitballing an idea because it's something I've been watching quite a bit of lately since it recently had a huge new update - it's not Minecraft at all, but Vintage Story. Because Vintage Story is like a much harder and far more detailed Minecraft, and yep; it contains copper.

It's unlikely to be that, and most likely will be Minecraft, but it's been turning over in my mind lately, especially given what i've seen of Vintage Story. I'd love to see Pix's regular group play that.

ETA: fWhip has confirmed it's not Empires, but it is Minecraft.

[tiredfoxtf]

This mcyt shit is crazy I'm never leaving

Manhunt, hundred days, Dream has just revealed his face, Accusations, twitter wars, Captain Sparklez has cursed, MCC, Buildfight, SMPs and pranks, Doxxing, bullying, death threats Civil wars, November the 16th, Technoblade never dies, Mojang has promised fireflies TCG, Decked Out 1 and 2, Twitch Rivals, Caves and Cliffs Speedruns, Minecraft telepathy Parkour Warrior, Buildmart, Philza died in 5 year Hardcore world, Vanilla purists, "why you are bored" "Minecraft tiktoks will turn your brain to mush" Welcome to Boat Rush!

We didn't start the fire, It was always burning, since the world was turning We didn't start the fire, No we didn't light it, is there a point to fight it?

Potato wars, Life series, Vault shard Animations and fanart, "modding is hard" JONO, Hermit Gang, Derivakat "RPF is bad", "Filter tags" Fandom discourse, exploitation, labour laws Flanderization, Hate anons, First to five wins, media comprehension skills Mod loaders, mob votes, megabuild Perimeter is now a field Wolf armour, Create, custom horns Cheating scandal, new records 15th Anniversary, archaeology Copper lamp, "consistency" and Bedrock New boss,"Is Minecraft hard?" Content thieves, originality Petty drama, "like and follow for more" I can't take it anymore!

We didn't start the fire, It was always burning, since the world was turning We didn't start the fire, No we didn't light it, is there a point to fight it?

[saintjimmeh]

This one took me awhile since I managed to break the pack not once but twice, but it's finally done! Pack is tested and it works with 1.21; I haven't tested it in any other versions but it should be backward compatible at least with 1.20.

I made quite a few changes to translations; a few of them were to make things sound less clunky but ALSO since we have a lot of new animal names from FoP, I'm going to try to name all the animals after their closest Pandoran equivalent rather than just giving them descriptions. (Plants will unfortunately have to be in a future update... most of the FoP plants with Na'vi names don't resemble anything in Minecraft, and I haven't seen any Na'vi names for the trees in game. Shame because the Clouded Forest pines would be perfect for spruce trees.)

Specific changes I can remember off the top of my head under the cut:

-Some of the copper blocks have been changed around: Exposed Copper is now Tuna Fngap Atsewtx (Dirty Copper) and Oxidised Copper is Tuna Fngap a Sleru Ean (Copper that is turning blue/green... yeah still a bit awkward but there really isn't a good Na'vi equivalent for metal stuff.)

-Some tools have been re-translated as machines (txawnulsrung). Pretty much if it uses redstone in some way, like dispensers, it's now a machine.

-Axolotl: changed kenten to wuwuk. I know it's still not a lizard but I feel like a general word works better than a specific land species that flies.

-Allay: changed tireatsyìp to nrrtsyal. They look like little glowy bugs ^^ (if Mojang decides to add fireflies back in I may have to change this one back but eh)

-Wandering Trader: changed sopyu (traveller) to lanteyu (wanderer). Surprising that Na'vi has no word for trade yet.

-Shulker: changed tì'ì'atxkxeyä mawup (End Turtapede lol) to kinamtsìng. I figured it resembles a bug that jumps really high and floats more than a turtle.

-Turtle: changed mawup to mawuptsyìp, now that we have an actual word for earth turtles.

-Frog: changed rusola ioang (singing beast) to wuwuk le'awtu.

[xmyheart-hope2dye]

GUYS!!!

LookwhatImade!!!!

His name is Planter :3

He's a six-eyed Enderman that likes carrying flowers on grass block and wearing a potted cactus on his head.

Very friendly when you don't stare into his eyes for too long (longer than normal Endermen) and..!

He has a tail!

I love him sm, you don't know how hard I want to squeeze him.

(Rant below)

Originally, I was going to put a flower on his head. Then I changed it to an Eye of Ender, decided it looked too much like a music disk, and changed it to the hilt of the worst sword I've ever drawn.

I ended up going back and forth on his tail design because, while I CAN draw tails, squares and circles are the bane of my existence.

This guy's all squares, so I only had to face one of my enemies tonight. The heart, surprisingly, was the easiest thing to draw and took only one try minus the bottom where I erased a spot to add the point.

He's got the two big eyes, having rectangular ones below those and square ones above.

His blush is eight little squares put in diagonal groups of two. His mouth was entirely based off my memory of a hostile Enderman (I don't look at Endermen often, nor play Minecraft daily).

I almost gave him fingers, decided drawing rectangle fingers sucks, and just gave him nubs.

He might be shorter than the typical Enderman, but only because I wasn't paying attention to just how much paper I had below where he is.

I drew him on a whim because I didn't want to draw my current digital project more today. I don't hate drawing digitally, but I definitely prefer paper because I can get small details without it looking like shit.

Literally was sitting in the living room, watching Minecraft "I turn your drawings into mobs" (or something like that) videos, got the idea, turned to my step sibling, and said "I want to draw an Enderman".

As you can see, I drew more than just some boring (but still loveable) Enderman. I... got a little carried away, but love the outcome!

His name was going to be Ender Pot (don't ever make me write in that font on paper again), but... uhhhh... I didn't want him to be associated with bad stuff.

So I changed it to Planter.

I've been playing Minecraft since 2013-2014(ish) and I love how much the game has changed since then. Some of the updates suck (I miss taming ocelots) in my opinion, others were pretty cool (still don't like copper).

Creepers and spiders used to be my enemy in that game, now it's everything but Creepers and Endermen.

I'm tired now, though jacked up on Pepsi and ice cream, so I might not sleep tonight. Whoops.

[stormbreaker101]

Humans are hard to draw so I made the Color Gang + Purple from AvM in Wizard101 instead.

No actual gender headcanons for any of them, I just wanted to mess with the different models. Making them all the same gender in-game would be boring to me. plus, I havent messed around with the masc models as much, since all the characters I play on are girls.

I did put thought into their schools, names, and outfits though :3 All under the cut

Second's ability to make living drawings instantly led me to either Life or Myth for them. I chose Life for them because they have a rather chill disposition and is often the one cleaning up or otherwise dealing with the shenanigans that their more energetic friends get into. Also their supersaiyan powers in are consistently green, and green is the main color of the Life school. Lastly, Second is the first one to use music as a way to communicate with others (in the Warden EP), and Life magic is closely tied to the concepts of music, as it was canonically derived from the Song of Creation that made the Spiral. "Seth" as a name is really close to Second while also being a regular name, and "Museborn" is a reference to the fact that they were hand-drawn as c!Alan's character, AND that they were made in the image of another muse of his, Chosen.

Red strikes me as someone who was originally a conjurer (Myth), but later their magic shifted to necromancy (Death). Red's primary interest is in animals and creatures, often spawning them in with spawn eggs. This ties very closely to one of Myth magic's primary mechanics, summoning minions. Their magic became Death after being possessed by Herobrine multiple times, because I for one love when a person's magic changes thanks to the trauma they endure. Both the schools of Myth and Death are rather tanky but hard-hitting schools that can opt for an all-offensive playstyle rather easily, which fits Red's combat. "Beastwhisper" is a reference to their aptitude for working with mobs, and I just picked "Aidan" as a firstname because it sounded cool. The yellow band on their hat is for the headband they got in the Monster School episode, and the blue trim on their robe is to represent Herobrine, and the continued influence he has on them even when not in Minecraft.

Yellow reads peak Balance wizard to me. Balance is in-canon considered to be one of the more advanced schools of magic, and was intended by the developers to be one of the best support schools, able to buff any of their teammates. The "technical difficulty" aspect of Balance fits Yellow's expertise in tech, coding, & command blocks, and I've noticed that while Yellow certainly is a competent fighter on their own, they tend to use their command block staff to support others and not just themself. "Amber" as their firstname for the color, and "Copperweave" for their surname as a reference to actual computers being made with copper wires. The red on their robe is for redstone, I imagine their clothes are often stained with it.

Green is quintessential Diviner (Storm wizard). Like, they're not just a Stormie, but a Wolf Stormblade at that. Storm is THE glass cannon of Wizard101: strong and bright and flashy and the center of attention, but also fragile and flighty and prone to be blindsided. Additionally, Storm is seen as the magic of creativity, which perfectly fits with Green's skill in buildbattles and their musical interest. Their surname "Goldensong" represents this musicality, but also their constant struggle for perfection. "Jaden" as their first name because it sounds close to the color jade. (There really aren't any good masc firstnames in Wiz that start with G, sorry guys). Their robe is green and yellow because that was a preset outfit, but also it fits their name well.

Blue reads as a pyromancer (Fire wizard) to me primarily because of how Fire magic works in-game. Fire's primary mechanic is dealing gradual damage over time, which is the best way I can translate Blue's tendency to fight at a distance into Wizard101 logic. Additionally there is a Fire school spell that features a magical archer, a Fire Elf in particular. Fire magic also has the connotations of crafting and cooking, which fits Blue's expertise as the potionsmaster and chef of the group. I chose "Chelsea" as their firstname because the sea is blue (I first made these sticks while farming a boss over and over, slowly falling asleep and losing my mind :p), and "Glassarrow" to represent the two main ways they fight (potions in glass bottles & archery). Also, I enjoy playing around with connotations and expectations. Glass is fragile, but its shards are sharp and dangerous. Blue is definitely the most sensitive and emotional of the Color Gang, but they can certainly whoop ass. Don't underestimate them.

Purple is a character who is above all else resilient and a survivor by any means necessary, which I read as being very Ice. Ice is meant to be the tankiest school, able to withstand everything that's thrown its way, but it struggles with dishing damage back. This makes many people who play Wizard101 consider it a "weak" school and turn a blind eye to its best attributes. This fits Purple's arc to a T to me: someone who could never fulfil Navy's standards of being 'strong', but survives regardless and finds a new group of friends who can begin to appreciate them for them (yknow, once they start to be honest). Plus, in old Wizard101 lore, Ice magic was made by the Giants who ruled the skies, and Purple is an incredibly skilled flier. I picked the firstname "Patrick" because it was the best P name out there, and "Steelwing" for their steel-gray elytra and because steel carries the connotation of strength and resilience. They're primarily in the lighter shade of purple available in Wizard101 to represent their closeness to Rose/Orchid/Pink, and the dark orange band on their hat represents their closeness to Mango Tango.

[hepbaestus]

The books from the qsmp members pt.2 (with descriptions)

Bagi: (Do tell me if I have an incorrect translation in the description below)

Etoiles:

BadboyHalo: (Gift was a skater hat)

Tallulah:

Empanada: (Gift was a clover)

Pomme: (Gift was a blue backpack full of flowers and TNT)

Chayanne: (Gift was some cake, sweet berry cupcakes, apple pies)

Dapper: (No letter, only a gift of a Copper Golem)

[Start ID: Eleven screenshots of Minecraft books all addressed to Fit from different members and eggs on the QSMP:

Bagi; Hello Fit! First of all, Happy Birthday!! I'm very happy to be able to celebrate with you :D. In my first days on the island you were very kind to me and helped me with many things, and I am so grateful for that! I'm so glad to see you and Pac working out! He's my family and it's great to see you both happy! I wish you all the best in this very special day <3 -Bagi

Etoiles; Hello fit, I hope everything works well in your life it's been a pleasure hanging out with you and I hope it's not too difficult for you to carry this gigantic cock. Take care and continue to love people you love!

BadboyHalo; Happy Birthday Fit! You're another year older, hopefully another year wiser. And another year balder, I mean stronger. I hope you have a great birthday and a great 2024! -BBH

Tallulah; February 1, 2024. Tio Fit! Feliz cumpleaños (Happy birthday) <3. I hope you had the greatest time with the people that loves you. You've been there since day one (literally) and you always looked after me when my parents are not around and I must admit I love spending time with you. Hopefully we can go in adventures more frequently and keep learning from you and learn from your brave and courageous personality. Thank you for taking good care of Ramon. I am pretty sure he loves your company, you're just fucking badass :D. I hope you ate lots and lots of cake and had a blast! Te quiero mucho <3 - tu sobrina (your niece) Tallulah

Empanada; Happy birthday tio Fit!! I hope you have a good day and that you feel as loved as you are. You are really cool and strong and always protect me, but sometimes you should let yourself be protected!! We love you :D - Em

Pomme; Hello Fit! We don't get to see each other very often, but it is always a pleasure to come across your way! You're a very nice and kind person, I hope you had a great birthday and a great time in general! <3 Happy birthday!! :D <3

Chayanne; Dear Tio (Uncle in Portuguese) Fit, I wish you a very great birthday! You are part of this family, you have taken care of us so often and I appreciate it a ton. I hope that you are able to just relay and celebrate today. Thank you for everything! I hope this next year will bring you lots of good memories and a lot of success. You deserve it! Yours, Chayanne (I made you some cake, because I don't have much cool stuff yet. Hope that's okay)

/EndID]

[thecoolerliauditore]

shaking your hand shaking your hand. wild life spoilers below

i dont think i liked this one. im not sure im the biggest fan of the mechanics this season in general, since both of the last two episodes havent left them much time to do anything but... run around, scream, and die for most players. first episode was fun, they had time to do things. i dont feel the same about 2 and 3. people still dont even have bases? going in to the fourth episode? really?

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in all fairness with the base thing, joel+gem, skizz+mumbo+grian and bigb pretty much have finished bases. I'd still count Bigb's base as his base despite him joining GGGG just cus of the psychological impact it had on me. The parrots aren't exactly a base but them + the cute little meeting area Scar made this episode I would constitute as base-y enough.

BET would've had bases by now if Etho wasn't serious about the copper thing and Scar didn't burn Tango's tower down. And GGGG + Bigb moved away in the middle of building theirs.

Don't get me wrong the gimmicks are definitely doing a number on their productivity overall but they're not. Thatttt slow imo I reckon we'll get finished bases next episode for sure unless Bdubs blows up eight times.

That being said. Yeah.

The food task I did enjoy because I didn't feel like it crossed a line in terms of intrusiveness, once you trial and error'd your way into a safe food you were pretty much good to go. It was also balanced better imo so the RNG didn't feel too awful.

The snails though? No way to deal with them other than to give them your full attention or even slow it down in any meaningful way. I wish they just like. broke through blocks a little more slowly or something so that you could theoretically trap them in a hole and have the peace of mind to do something else for like a minute or two.

The balancing is also just. yeah kind of gross to watch. Lots of those deaths felt unfun and at worst frustrating. If I was Bdubs or Bigb I'd be a little bit annoyed.

I've been saying this since LimL/SL that I'm not the biggest fan in the world of the direction the series has taken from a more slow-paced survival series to being more gimmicky but I also respect it cus I understand why Third Life 2 wouldn't have the most hype behind it. Still though sighs. I miss the Stanford Prison Experiment In Minecraft days I really do.

[andersam5]

have you never played minecraft before? or just re-buying it for whatever platform you're on? either way enjoy the craft friend! simply curious

Believe it or not, this is my VERY FIRST TIME playing minecraft! Seems pretty dangerous to, since I'm on the spectrum and this game is like catnip to autistics. I'm gonna have to be careful to manage my time in it and not get addicted lol I've been enjoying it so far!! I have zero idea what I'm doing but I have a lot of copper and I figured out how to grow crops!!

[the-chessboard-is-personal]

since I've seen people do this I'm also going to. if I made the minecraft movie, it would be:

completely animated except for one guy in a cosplay greenscreened in (he is not important to the plot and appears for like three seconds)

steve. is. B R O W N . like he damn well SHOULD BE.

universe kind of thing where the different planets are different servers (implied there's another universe with all the singleplayer worlds) (implied that herobrine is a curious astronaut in the singleplayer universe)

people dream of modded worlds

every couple decades an update happens and the world shifts

uhh okay story. main plot is that continents are shifting. rivers are being closed. something happening EVERYWHERE and cracks in the ground are slowly appearing and spreading all over the planet.

endermen are scarce, and they seem to be targeting specific blocks when they do show up. beacons, netherite, end rods, redstone and copper

they'll even stay out in the rain for a bit to get these blocks sometimes. it does hurt them but they power through when they can

getting a close look at one a character notices its hands end in gnarled, sharp claws that endermen didn't use to have. their spines are lined with small gray spikes and their eyes glow more intensely than before

there's something in the distance

the endermen all seem to leave in the same direction, they're going towards something. "should we go there?" asks someone. "it seems...dangerous" the people answer

interplanetary communication is invented. they immediately get a message from someone dealing with a demonic red hivemind plant

"I dunno, have you tried fire?" "YES IT DOESN'T WORK!!" "..soul fire?" "oh shit thanks"

are those eyes in the fog? there's something in the distance. there's something in the distance. th

eventually someone goes to the end. the dragon is gone. the egg is gone. the endermen are gone. the portal home is unlit. the island itself feels changed

new rumors and stories of something called The Eyes of The World appear, where seeing twisted towers full of eye-shaped holes heralds attacks none who witnessed would survive

someone mines into a cave and sees intricate but almost natural-looking tendrils of deepslate and tuff snaking through a cross-section of where it opens up. dozens of bright purple eyes are the only light in this place and suddenly-

a large city comes under attack from none other than the Ender Dragon. those that aren't panicking are wondering how it got to the overworld. they fend it off and someone follows it back to its new lair

it roars and something spreads. the cracking of ground is deafening and drowns out even the dragon's cry. something's wrong with the dragon

"hey, one of our satellites is detecting a change in the planet. what the fuck is that"

ice at the pole, gone. structures, gone. heightmaps, going crazy.

they fly planes out into the unknown, with powerful cameras in the noses

one gets attacked by the dragon. then another. then another. only one ends up being able to record what it's guarding before it too gets destroyed

satellite report. it's expanding.

they see what's out there and think the camera might have malfunctioned. they hope the camera malfunctioned. it didn't.

the endless expanse of confusion, that which the dragon and the endermen are bringing upon this overworld

it looks like something out of a nightmare. a massive fault in the land that encircles the entire planet, the far lands are slowly closing in on what's left standing.

is the dragon's tail supposed to be that long?

strange machines line the top of the far lands, made with redstone, copper, netherite, end rods and beacons

someone gets a flashback of killing the dragon. there was something watching them in one of the towers. they left without the egg

eventually the world's armies gather together to take down the dragon. what they find may look like a dragon but it does not move like one

they realize no one has ever seen the end of the dragon's tail, it goes all the way into the far lands

the dragon is eviscerating the armies, this is the world's last stand and it's falling quickly

that is not a dragon

a group of adventurers (detectives? soldiers?) find their way into the far lands, but now the dragon always knows where they are

they can never rest or slow down here. they sleep on flying machines in small tunnels as the monster tries to follow them

eventually they make it to the place it started spreading from. there is a massive alien palace with a design that makes it look like its blueprints were generated with one of the first ever AI art models (before everyone started hating them, think this[blank]doesnotexist websites)

the dragon's tail leads inside

one of the adventurers severs the dragon's tail from the palace. back at a city where the dragon is it starts disintegrating from the tail. sure it's dying but that could take a while so the battle's not over yet

back to the palace. there's a gargantuan creature that really can't be accurately described

it lost its planet and needed a new one with landscape fit for it so it decided to replace the world with far lands (its native home)

classic story where an eldritch monstrosity gets defeated by a group of like 4 people /hj

oh yeah and

Don't Put Piglins In The Fucking Overworld

maybe a few in some nether hazmat suits but any that aren't or didn't put them on properly WILL ZOMBIFY !!!!

end poem is like. religious texts or something idk I never read it

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

played minecraft again for the first time in ages--I had a phase where the nostalgia was uncomfortable, and the worlds all felt overwhelmingly large yet empty, but I've swung back around to the nostalgia feeling good while I'm also able to enjoy all the new features the game has gained since I last played. There are lush caves now! there's glowing cave lichen! the river by my first base is overflowing with salmon to eat! that feeling of wonder and discovery is back...

I don't understand copper though. I have so much copper. what is it good for. you can't even use it to make tools if you haven't found iron yet.