Mojang to Collaborate with LEGO®?

LEGO® has come up with a new project called LEGO® CUUSOO, which is a project in which people can create ideas for LEGO® models and submit them. If they get 10,000+ supporters, they'll be made. According to this Minecraft Forum article , Mojang has submitted some models. Support them here! (requires lego.com account)

Pre-Release Tests

Would you like me to test Pre-Releases and post about them (maybe with a video if I can get a good mic)?
Please comment!

Notch Steps Down; Jeb Leads Development

02 DECEMBER 2011: Notch posted on his tumblr page that Jens Bergensten ("Jeb") is taking over as lead developer, and Markus Persson ("Notch") is stepping down.
You can see the post at the link above or here.

According to this Minecraft Forum article , Jeb said:

Until January I will be the only developer on Minecraft, so things will have to be slow initially. But my absolute main priority now is to create a mod API, because there is no way in hell I will be able to add as much content as the whole internet can do. The game needs an API, so end users can obtain the mods without hassle. I'm not going to do it all by myself though. We have a new programmer beginning in January, and we are talking to existing mod API teams, such as Bukkit, Minecraft Forge, and Minecraft Coder Pack.

Hopefully, this will open up modding to beginners and make modding your client easier. Minecraft is a very community-oriented game, and this move (the new modding API) is very good for the game, the community, and mojang's popularity.

Bad news... AND GOOD NEWS.

Going in chronological order, we'll start with the bad news... though it is sort of good but in terms of the season it is bad.

Aaaanyway..
On Saturdays, some of my friends and I hang out at one of my friend's houses. I thought we'd be hanging out just a couple of hours, but we stayed all afternoon and most of the evening. I was actually tired at like 8:30... so I didn't want to record.

GOOD NEWS
The RAM for my Dell Dimension 4700 (the 6 year old desktop computer that used to not work) arrived and is installed. We also re-imaged it with Windows XP Professional SP3. I should soon be able to record on it if I buy a mic.

Sorry I haven't recorded this week!!! I hope I'll have time today!

I should have time today to record! I really hope this doesn't become 1 video per week! Maybe I should record as many as I can on Saturday and then upload 1 per day until I'm out of videos to upload.

RAM Upgrade

The RAM has started shipping and should be here by the second Tuesday from now at the latest. I expect it to be here Tuesday or Wednesday.

Between the Double Homework ALL THE WAY....

Well, Since I missed school yesterday, I have double homework all the way. *so intense*

But... on the bright side, I bought 4GBs of RAM for my old Dell Dimension 4700 (which surprisingly has a Pentium 4 processor, which surprisingly clocks out at 2.8Ghz, even though it is single-core) It should ship in 5-8 days.

Also! If I get some new subscribers and a few youtube views and blog pageviews, I'll make a tutorial on making songs with note blocks in minecraft! I've made a 3-instrument Loop Machine already!

Feelin Sick. Might record...

I'm feeling a little sick, but I don't sound sick. So, I might record episode 3.

S1 Ep2 is up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF597HLhmgo

I don't know what is going on with my video quality. I might go back to Windows Media Encoder for video and use Audacity for sound.

Uploading S1 Ep2

Episode 2 is being uploaded. I will probably record the next episode either today or sometime during the week when I have time. If I can't, expect a new video Saturday.

Season 1 Episode 2 - Link Coming Soon

RECORDING...

Hey I just recorded episode 2. I'm not much of a fan of it because it started raining during the video and I realized my house is above a large cave. Off camera I think I am going to prepare for a good ol' cave run!

Season 1 Episode 2 to be uploaded Tomorrow, Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. If not then, it will be up on Saturday. I apologize if this series becomes a once-weekly thing.

S1, Ep1 of Bman's Minecraft Blog is up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5jY-6aSqc
There's the link! I don't know if I'll embed it or not, because of size the width and height of the player.

Restarted the Series

I am uploading the first episode of the first season RIGHT NOW. Hopefully I can have a regular schedule of an upload every Saturday and maybe on Wednesdays and Fridays if I have a video ready.

S1 Ep1 of Bman's Minecraft Blog. Video link and embed coming very soon!

Waiting... waiting....

Hopefully, I will soon be the 100% owner of the laptop I currently share with my mom (I'm 13) and that she uses for work. If she gets an iPad or other tablet device (probably an Archos G9 10.1 www.archos.com) she will probably barely use the better laptop. Then, I can use this here old Ubuntu machine for typin stuff... idk whatever. And I can use the newer laptop for MINECRAFT!

UGGH This Old Laptop!

Does anyone know how to play minecraft with only half a gig of RAM and not lag like crazy? Can I get 20 FPS at least with only 512MB RAM? Hopefully I can figure it out and I'll make some videos. I'll probably restart the series.

I Make Minecraft Skins!

I make custom MC Player Skins! If you want me to make you one, please send me a request via email (bman214@gmail.com). Also, you can view my work on Facebook at the page Bman214's Minecraft Skins. You can also send a request there by posting on the page's wall. If you make a request and I decide to make it, I'll post it on the page and put in the caption that you requested it.

My current work:
(001) Lumberjack - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/lumberjackbman.png/
(002) FC Barcelona #0 Home Kit - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/imageijy.jpg/ OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/fcbarcelonabman
(003) Chelsea FC Didier Drogba - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/199/imageswp.jpg/ OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/didierdrogbabman
(004) Chelsea FC #0 Home Kit - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/691/imageozo.jpg/ OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/chelseafcbman
(005) FC Barcelona Lionel Messi - Not on Imageshack, Dropbox, or my iPod (oops!)
(006) Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers (no helmet) - not on Imageshack
(007) Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers (with helmet) - not on Imageshack

Brohoster Goes Under, A Friend and I Explore Server Options

In case you didn't know, the popular server hosting service "Brohoster" has gone under. Brohoster is the company that hosted my server. So that means no server for me.

BUUUUT!! On a better note, a friend and I are exploring the options we have for hosting servers and might host a large server and hope to earn some cash from donations, player upgrades, clans, clan upgrades, etc.

Also, does anyone know how to run Minecraft smoothly on an old computer? I recently took my old laptop and loaded Ubuntu 11.04 on it to breath new life into the dying machine. It runs better, but I still cannot run Minecraft easily. So I'll still have to use the newer computer that I share with family. Hopefully I can post to this blog more from this old computer, though.

Bukkit Troubles...

UGGH! Okay so I totally hate how much you have to figure this all out yourself.... I'm trying to install permissions, but if I want colors on the names I need iChat I guess? This is so confusing. I'm screwing it up I bet. Why can't this be simple. Can someone help?!!?

Sorry for the wait! Got a server! Gonna record videos!

Hey! Sorry for the wait. Seriously. This whole minecraft blog thing isn't taking off so well.

BUT!

I got a Minecraft server, and one of my good friends is upgrading his graphics card. SOOOOOO..... We should be doing dual-comms soon! We should name the series........... umm.... Bman's Minecraft DUALCOMMS with Weisling (that's his username).

Gonna start recording Episode 2!

Hey! I'm just about to record episode 2 (and maybe the next few after that!)

I'm hoping I can upload one or two videos every weekend. Stay tuned!

Episode 2: 1.4 and 1.5 Update Reviews + House Upgrading COMING SOON

Very soon (hopefully), I will make a video containing three main parts:

- The 1.4_1 update (and wolves!)
- The 1.5 update (and stats and achievements and weather!)
- Upgrading your 6x6 starter home.

Stay tuned!

Episode 1 REDONE

I apologize for the failed audio/video of the previous video.

Episode 1, Survival Guide

I know the sound is a little odd, but I'll fix it in the next few episodes.
--TUTORIAL--
Once you spawn, find some trees.
Chop down some trees until you have 16 logs.
Craft half the logs into planks.
Craft half the planks into sticks.
Craft a workbench and place it.
Make 2 stone pickaxes.
Get 11 pieces of cobblestone.
Craft a Furnace.
Burn the logs into charcoal.
Gather a lot more logs while you do that.
Build your house.

Welcome!

Welcome to Bman's Minecraft Blog! I will be posting here very often, and I well help you figure out everything you need to know about Minecraft. By the way, my in-game-name is Bman214, but you can call me Bman!

--Plans--
• I plan to create a new map in Minecraft and label it "Blog Map" so I can start from the beginning with you!
• I am planning on hosting my own Minecraft Server for me, some of my friends, and maybe some others!
• I will hopefully post video tutorials as well as text-based tutorials (with screenshots, of course!).