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Neville Park

@nev@status.nevillepark.ca · 3 weeks ago

Introducing my sister to Minecraft, the thread 🧵

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Neville Park

@nev@status.nevillepark.ca · 3 weeks ago

The latest from me and my sister's Minecraft realm: I got around to crafting us leather boots so we could scale mountains and not freeze in the powdered snow. We climbed two of the continent's three tall mountain ranges and were in sight of the third when it got late and I had to log off. We visited a small patch of Pale Garden, which was lovely, I hadn't actually visited one.

We're in Peaceful mode so I'm always like, "This cool place is normally home to terrifying hostile monsters but we don't need to worry about it"

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Minecraft screenshot: a small ring of steep, snow-covered mountains with tall spruces on the lower slopes. A dramatic waterfall cascades from one of the mountains into a balmy little flowery meadow in the centre, which has one tall oak tree with a honeybee nest on it. On the right side, the roof of a village house can be seen through the trees.

A wide-eyed white fox with frosty blue accents sitting on the snow at the top of a different mountain (the one near our home village).

My sister's Minecraft character, with torch in hand, looking upwards in a Pale Garden, a type of forest with eerie ashen grey-tinged trees, moss, and flowers. (There is also a cow in the background with exactly 0 thoughts in its head.) Beyond the trees is a snowy mountainside.

The view from the Pale Garden's canopy shows another tall snowy mountain ringed with more Pale Garden, surrounded by a sea of dark oaks interspersed with giant red mushrooms. The sky has a misty grey tinge.

Neville Park

@nev@status.nevillepark.ca · 2 weeks ago

Introducing my sister to Minecraft, cont'd: beyond the mountains from the last post, I glimpsed a Woodland Mansion. Sent her a screenshot asking, "Did you do some building when I was offline?" (She didn't buy it.)

We explored every room of the mansion and freed several allays (little blue glowing fairy-like creatures) imprisoned there, and emerged with inventories packed with loot. A river nearby led through a lovely taiga (with a village in it!) on the way back home.

Revelations from my sister:

I told her she could tell the compass directions from (among other things) the sun. She said she didn't think the sun in Minecraft set in any particular direction. Note: it has visibly set in the same direction every day. (I do get her point though, there is no reason it should set in the west like on Earth)
She informed me that many of the stones and minerals from Minecraft are actually from real life. Yes, I am absolutely looking forward to when she mistakenly assumes that some thing made up for Minecraft is real, or vice versa.

(For context, she is 2 years younger than I am and we are both in the 35-44 age bracket)

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In Minecraft: Just the corner of a vast Woodland Mansion made of cobblestone and dark oak, rising out of a thick dark oak forest dotted with red giant mushrooms, looming out of eerie grey mist.

My sister's player character (pale with short dark brown hair and dressed in white) with enchanted pickaxe in hand, at the door of the Woodland Mansion. Inside the floors are richly carpeted in red, and a shadowy stone staircase leads up to the second floor.

The view from an upper floor of the Woodland Mansion by night, showing a snow-capped mountain in the distance beyond a sea of dark oak trees. The lower slopes of the mountain are forested with Pale Gardens. A large lavafall is flowing down the side of the mountain.

A shallow, grassy river winds through spruce taiga, low hills of acidic green-brown-speckled dirt forested with big tall spruce trees, stretching as far as the eye can see. Ferns, mushrooms, and protrusions of mossy cobblestone dot the undergrowth. Salmon and squid swim in the river.

Neville Park

@nev@status.nevillepark.ca · 6 hours ago

Update from my sister: "I really didn't anticipate how much falling to my death I'd be doing in this game"

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Neville Park

@nev@status.nevillepark.ca · 60 minutes ago

Tonight I finally finished the railway between spawn and our home village! It has several steep slopes which give it a rollercoaster-y feel at times. This was my sister's introduction to minecarts!

And, apparently, also learning what iron and gold are useful for… 🤦

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Minecraft screenshot of me (point of view) and my sister (just ahead) travelling in minecarts on a simple ground-level railway across rainy plains towards a tall, steep hill topped with pink cherry trees. The railway goes partly up the slope and then disappears into the hill.

My sister, in chat:
"bro"
"broooo"
"it fast" — Minecraft screenshot of me (point of view) and my sister (just ahead) travelling in minecarts on a simple ground-level railway across rainy plains towards a tall, steep hill topped with pink cherry trees. The railway goes partly up the slope and then disappears into the hill. My sister, in chat: "bro" "broooo" "it fast"

Cropped screenshot of Minecraft chat, with usernames painted over and re-labelled (my sister in purple, me in teal).

my sister: can we make rails...everywhere???
me: uhhh
me: yes
me: but they do take a lot of iron
sister: high speed rail. just like in japan
sister: which one is iron again
me: the silver coloured ones
me: also if you're going uphill you need powered rails which use gold instead of iron
me: and take more to make
sister: if only you had a cohabitant who spends all her time in caves!
me: lol
sister: I've just been walking past all the iron and gold
me: alkdjfaldjf;alwkefj;k
sister: well I didn't know it was that valuable — Cropped screenshot of Minecraft chat, with usernames painted over and re-labelled (my sister in purple, me in teal). my sister: can we make rails...everywhere??? me: uhhh me: yes me: but they do take a lot of iron sister: high speed rail. just like in japan sister: which one is iron again me: the silver coloured ones me: also if you're going uphill you need powered rails which use gold instead of iron me: and take more to make sister: if only you had a cohabitant who spends all her time in caves! me: lol sister: I've just been walking past all the iron and gold me: alkdjfaldjf;alwkefj;k sister: well I didn't know it was that valuable

Neville Park

@nev@status.nevillepark.ca · 57 minutes ago

She now wants a railway to the savanna in the north, which is at least twice as far. Obviously part of the appeal is the scenery on the way, but…it's probably time we went to the Nether.

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