.i m= i'e la tsani mu'o=A0

On 23 August= 2012 14:05, triliyn <trillionalyssa@gmail.com> wrote= :

I would love to participate in this at least= occasionally! I just got a microphone too, so I'd even be able to voic= e chat!

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:28:01 PM UTC-4, Jo= nathan Strickland wrote:
I've be= en playing minecraft regularly for about 2 years. I played on the lojban.org minecraft server wh= en it was up. I've been playing with other lojbanists since that server= went down, and I know there's a lot of lojbanists that play minecraft = (or have purchased minecraft and don't play anymore) that might be inte= rested in starting to play together again.

Minecraft is by far the most social game I've played, and I feel th= e lojban community could get a lot out of it if we started taking advantage= of it again. I propose a once-a-month minecraft server that goes up for a = week (probably starting friday night) where players can work together while= speaking only lojban and try to beat the game.

Minecraft has come quite a long way since the old server was up, and I = think hosting a server once a month, with a new map each month, would encou= rage people to work together, speak and learn lojban, and grow closer as a = community while having fun. There's lots of things to do, regardless of= how you like to play. Collecting resources, farming, writing books, fighti= ng monsters, and building is the closest to lojbanistan we can get right no= w :)

One of the problems with the old server was that people would join, bui= ld things, and then not come back as often until they stopped coming back a= t all. When a server gets to be large and there isn't that much to do b= esides sustain what there already is, it's not as interesting. I think = starting a new map each month would give people the opportunity to feel inv= olved from the beginning, and keep people from being intimidated by having = to learn everything that's already been done and built. I enjoy minecra= ft the most when starting out in a new world and working with others, start= ing equally naked and helpless, and I know a lot of other people do as well= .

I also think a community wiki, with a glossary of terms and a descripti= on of how each world went and how different people contributed might be fun= . Placing maps of the worlds we've made and downloads would be trivial.= We could also post transcripts of the chatlogs, or only parts of them that= parse as valid lojban.

The biggest and most important change minecraft has had is the inclusio= n of an overarching goal.=A0 Yeah, you can actually beat minecraft now. Get= ting there is a long and open-ended process, but instead of just building t= hings that look cool, we'd be actually trying to do something! :D

If you aren't familiar with how to beat minecraft, here's how i= t works:

1). Collect obsidian by mixing water and lava.
Collectin= g obsidian usually requires a diamond pickaxe, and diamonds are one of the = rarest items in the game.

2). Build a frame with the obsidian, and light the frame on fire, openi= ng a portal to the Nether.
The Nether is a hostile, hell-like dimension.= It's much more dangerous than the Overworld, so bringing food, weapons= , and armor is important.

3). Locate a Stronghold in the Nether.
Strongholds are massive, comp= licated dungeons that have items needed for progression inside. There are s= trongholds in the Nether, and strongholds in the Overworld. Finding a stron= ghold in the Nether is usually much easier.

4). Find a blaze spawner, and collect blaze rods by killing blazes.
= Blazes are one of the toughest enemies in the game, and can rapidly shoot p= rojectiles that will light you on fire. Collecting blaze rods is usually a = team effort. They can be placed in a crafting grid to get blaze powder, or = used to craft a brewing station for potions.

5). Combine blaze powder with enderpearls to create eyes of ender.
E= ndermen are tall, dark mobs that are passive unless you look at them in the= face. They pick up blocks and move them around the world, and can teleport= . If you make them hostile, they'll come straight at you and teleport a= way after attempting to hit you for a while, coming back in a different dir= ection. Killing them drops enderpearls, which is combined with blaze powder= to create eyes of ender. Killing endermen is necessary to proceed in the g= ame. Endermen are the strongest mob in the overworld. They also take damage= when it's raining or when they're touching water.

6). Throw eyes of ender into the sky and follow where they land until y= ou reach a stronghold in the overworld.
Strongholds in the overworld are= generated underground. They generate different rooms than Nether stronghol= ds, and they have chests filled with valuable things. They're also the = only way into the End.

7). Find a portal frame inside the stronghold and place eyes of ender i= nto each of the slots.
In (most) strongholds, there is a frame of 12 blo= cks above a pool of lava. The blocks are only generated in strongholds, and= create a portal when an eye of ender is inserted into each slot. This port= al leads to the End.

8). Kill the Enderdragon, and win.
The End is the only finite map in= the game. You spawn on a large floating mass of land. Only endermen can sp= awn in the end, and they spawn in large quantities. There's also a big = dragon flying in the sky, attacking you. Once you enter the End, there'= s no way out unless you beat it. The enderdragon has a lot of health, and t= akes either a concentrated attack effort or a very prepared player with a g= ood amount of time. There are large obsidian towers with gems that heal the= enderdragon, and killing the enderdragon results in a rain of experience a= nd a portal to return to the Overworld. It also spawns the Enderdragon Egg,= a trophy to take home to show you beat the game.

That's how you beat minecraft. It takes a lot of skill to do alone,= but it's much easier (and much more fun!) when working together as a t= eam. There's also a lot of things to translate and document; if we want= ed to, we could try to create a lojban translation of the minecraft wiki (<= a href=3D"http://minecraftwiki.net" target=3D"_blank">http://minecraftwiki.= net), but that's a...large and comprehensive wiki.

Anyway, I really look forward to social events, and I'd love to hav= e something to look forward to with lojban. I don't know of any monthly= lojban happenings that are going on right now, but I think this might be a= great thing, and I'd be willing and happy to take in the lead in makin= g this happen if enough people are interested. I was probably most actively= learning and speaking lojban during the time the server was up; I'd li= ke to be more active again, and this is a great incentive for me, at the ve= ry least. I think that would be the case for others as well. I have a few q= uestions:

1). Are you interested in something like this?
2). Do you think the = once-a-month new world format is a good idea?
3). What times work best f= or you?
4). Do you have any suggestions for ways to make this better?
Having a voicechat server while we play is also a possibility, but that= would exclude people who don't have microphones or have to play in qui= et areas. If enough people can do that and want to do that, though, feel fr= ee. There's no reason to feel intimidated by the game; there are severa= l experienced players (including myself) who would be happy to help if we g= et this thing going. There's always something to do, even if you're= not the best builder or especially good at videogames.

Thoughts?

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