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Lets Play Minecraft - 10,000 TNT City

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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 1d

Today, user RazorKnight uploads a video of a TNT city exploding, with over 10,000 blocks composing the skyline down to bedrock. Thanks to their powerful computer, the end result is attained, but is somewhat underwhelming due to all the water...
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Minecraft AutoMap -The definitive Minecraft navigation tool! - Discussion - Minecraft: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 2d

Today, Minecraft AutoMap is publicly released, software that automatically updates and displays a 2D map of a Minecraft world.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 3d

Today, user colorfusion ports Minecraft to Scratch! It's "very glitchy and slow", not to mention 2D, but features both mining and crafting, so it qualifies.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 4d

Today, user Cnaff observes a glitch in world generation. It appears to be a chunk border between a winter world and a regular world. Some users wonder whether biomed have been added, but there hasn't been an update.
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It's like Two-Face in map form!

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Minecraft Tutorial : Animal Farm

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 5d

Today, user Kiershar uploads a video on a passive mob farm (that can also serve double duty as a hostile mob farm during night. Kiershar has been uploading a number of videos on more complicated aspects of Minecraft recently.
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Minecraft : Tutorial to find diamonds

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 6d

Today, a physical comic about Minecraft is published in the University of Victoria's campus newspaper.
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A comic strip depicting one college-age man shouting about Minecraft to another

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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 7d

Today, Kiershar uploads a tutorial on how to find diamonds, the most powerful material in the game
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Minecart Interstate V3.0 [MineCraft]

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 8d

Today, the first image of the new dimension is revealed on the dev blog:
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A massive cavern filled with lava, fire, glowing stone, and reddish rock. It's very dark, with no ambient light. This is what would be known as The Nether

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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 9d

Today, user brt5470 uploads Minecart Interstate V3.0, a high-quality video of a lengthy minecart track through a Minecraft world.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 10d

In other news, the first glimpse of the Halloween update's content is given in the form of a texture for a new block type in the Hell dimension.

A texture for a new block (soul sand). It's dark brown, with the appearance of sad faces within the sand

TS 01: The Journey Begins | Dead Workers Party Network

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 10d

Today, a new Minecraft podcast is launched, titled "The Shaft". Hosted by Brent Copeland, Wilson, and Eric Fullerton on the Dead Workers Party website, and sponsored by Mynecraft (a Minecraft server hosting service), the inaugural episode introduces the format, hosts, and game.
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Minecraft Gigantic Titanic

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 12d

Today, user Richlarrousse uploads a huge build of the Titanic in Classic. Clocking in at over half a kilometer long, it's significantly larger than the real life ship (269m).
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A script improving the UI (Item moving, diablo belt, more!) - Discussion - Minecraft: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 12d

Today, user RiskyChris shares their quality-of-life inventory script. This mod allows users to quickly transfer items and stack of items, saving Minecrafters from carpal tunnel.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 13d

Today, Vareide makes another trailer for Minecraft, this one shorter and showing off various large builds.
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Minecraft Fanmade Teaser

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RandomCraft: (Pilot) a.k.a. Chuck's Murderer

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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 14d

Today, in a new development, Minecraft's first pre-announced update is revealed! The Halloween Update promises to be by far the largest update so far, featuring new gameplay mechanics, better multiplayer, new blocks, and even an entirely new dimension to explore.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 15d

Today, Bobby Yarsulik (creator of "The Minecraft Songs") uploads a gameplay video of his own. Not wanting to add to the torrent of Let's Plays, however, he takes a different approach with this short video.
In other news, The Winnipeg Sun carries a page dedicated to Minecraft.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 16d

Today, an update is given on Mojang: the search for an office continues as they wish not to commit to a 3-year lease as a brand-new startup. 2 artists have been scoped out as potential new employees for when accommodations are settled. Company-forming and hiring continues to go smoothly.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 17d

Today, Minecraft gains its millionth registered user. Of these users with accounts, only 30% have actually bought the game, but that still makes for almost 300k Alpha players, and that percentage continues to grow.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 18d

Today, user H K posts a waterslide video, similar to one that went viral a few weeks ago
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Endless Waterslide

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Minecraft - 9001 TNT Explosion

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 19d

Today, user ArmInfect posts a video of over 9000 TNT exploding in a survival multiplayer server. The TNT was hacked in (otherwise it would require killing an army of Creepers), but it was placed manually
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 20d

Today, another "megaobject" is built in Minecraft. Similar to the last in scale, it's also very different, as this is possibly the largest redstone machine ever built. It consists of miles of wire in complex patterns, forming a computer inside of Minecraft that must be seen to be believed
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Building Megaobjects in Minecraft

15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 21d

Today, user Halkun shares a 1:1 skeleton model of the USS Enterprise from Stark Trek, made in Classic. The model was largely constructed using maps of the starship, google earth, and importation into a Minecraft world. Filling out the decks will be a community-involved undertaking.
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 22d

Today, a YouTube video is shared of a supposed UFO in Minecraft. Some say it's just an animated edit to a video, but the X-Files music playing makes a compelling argument for some.
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Minecraft spotted UFO

Where did you first hear about Minecraft? - Discussion - Minecraft: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum

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15 Years Ago in Minecraft @15yearsinminecraft.bsky.social · 23d

Today, user Palegothic makes a thread asking where the community first heard about Minecraft. Origins vary from the TIGSource forums in the opening days of development to YouTubers, reviews, and word of mouth right up to the free weekend.
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I first heard about it from watching SeaNanners on Youtube. I <3 SeaNanners !

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