ZylonBane on 24/8/2010 at 21:21

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Using those takes twice as much space though.

Renzatic on 25/8/2010 at 02:30

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Magic waterfall lifts? The fuck you say! Rad! :D

Anyway, I've had an interesting week. But since things are about to get nice and boring again, I'll be able to play a little more. I'll join on a succession game or two here in the next couple.

Renzatic on 25/8/2010 at 04:09

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Safe from everything but creepers. None of the monsters can open doors (unless you're stupid like me and put a button outside), but creepers can blow them up (if you're stupid like me and smack one then slam the door in its face).

ZylonBane on 25/8/2010 at 14:57

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Unfortunately (and I'm hoping Notch considers this a bug), skeletons can occasionally fire arrows through closed doors.

Assidragon on 25/8/2010 at 21:14

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So. After the spectacular failure of my Flooding the World (tm) project, I decided to sail to new waters and try something new. And by "new" I mean a big honking water fortress. I can't seem to give up on ideas concerning water.

So, as a first step, I was mining sand and cobblestone like crazy. At that point the only thing more impressive than my hoard of useless junk was my death counter. Damn spiders camping at my respawn point. :mad:

But once I had enough materials, I began Project Refuge. A huge fortress in the middle of the deepest ocean I could locate, it's far from literally EVERYTHING and is as secure as a place possibly can get. It also served as a good starting point for my mining operation, which now puts Moria to shame and also netted me a lot of goodies, including roughly ten thousand pieces of cobblestone.*

The next step was taking my paranoia even further, and constructing an underwater base which can be accessed by a sub-sea train from the fortress. At this point I'd like thank Notch for breaking the water system, I'd have drowned like twenty times if not for the friendly water. :cheeky: Still, making an underwater base is pretty hard construction (compared to the rest) and takes a lot of patience. And thousands of temporary blocks, as there is no way to erase water other than putting a block onto it. Yaaaay.

After having the base ready, I set my sights on the next target: the shore. First things first: I built a sturdy bridge with two train rails, then established a forward supply depot. After bulldozing the terrain flat (two damn hills got in the way)* on an area that dwarfs my own home city irl, I finished making a defensive perimiter and flooded the entire place with light.

*I'm getting suspicious my coworkers notice I'm acting weird at work.

Anyway! Pictures!

(http://ravenlord.strangled.net/content/temp/minecraft/bluemesa_m0.jpg) Overview map of the area with big, foreboding hills.

(http://ravenlord.strangled.net/content/temp/minecraft/bluemesa_m1.jpg) Overview map of the area, without hills and with a much nicer city.

(http://ravenlord.strangled.net/content/temp/minecraft/bluemesa_8.jpg) Soon-to-be-city-scape, with a fountain. And torches. Metric tons of torches.

(http://ravenlord.strangled.net/content/temp/minecraft/bluemesa_2.jpg) Underwater base...

(http://ravenlord.strangled.net/content/temp/minecraft/bluemesa_5.jpg) ...and the view from said base.