Minecraft Day 1

     I’d like to preface this entry by stating that I have played Minecraft before, though never online and never with any mods applied. I have broken dirt, stone and wood blocks and made them into shelters and shuddered inside whenever I heard the hiss of a creeper. These past experiences never even scratched the surface of what seems to be the expansive experience that is the world of Minecraft. My first time really playing Minecraft, with the other members of my group, involved finding servers, downloading mods, and playing game modes that I never even knew existed, such as capture the flag and a modded PVP mode with guns.

         
            
    We booked a study room in the library for our first play session, one member couldn’t make it but since we were playing online, she was able to join in from home and communicate via Skype. Our first step was to find a beginner friendly server, a task that is not quite as easy as it sounds. Many of the servers that we looked at only featured specific game modes such as creative or round-based minigames. Many also featured PVP, one feature that we were all nervous about because of our combined lack of experience. We experimented with a few but never quite found one that suited all of our needs. What I personally was looking for involved a similar experience as the single player adventure mode, but one that would be accessible for our entire group so that we could cooperate and overcome the challenges of surviving the dangerous world.