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i have a huge mansion but i never get credit for it because people keep thinking i duped it. i hate the duplication glitch, it makes people think wrong... i wish that they would get rid of that stupid glitch

I like big builds if they are creative. If someone just makes a huge skyscraper that looks really plain with little to no interesting architexture, then I think it looks bad. Same goes for any structure. I don't care how long you spent making, how much of whatever block you put into it, if it doesn't look nice or interesting, I won't like it.

Bad buildings

Good buildings...

Its all about each person's taste, if you don't like skyscrapers or mansions or castles - dont build them... If you dont want to see other people's, dont open their threads, its quite simple really. But it doesnt make them any less of an accomplishment to those who built them... If they like them and they are proud of them, do you really think they will give a flying f... about what you think?

What impresses me personally about a building is the detail that goes into it, for example you can have 2 skyscrapers that look exactly the same from the outside, but one can take endless hours of work on the inside and one can be an empty shell... For me personally, building my buildings is the easy part, it might make me 2 or 3 hours to build a skyscraper, but I spend a good week or 2 weeks decking it out inside, designing and furnishing every single floor and making it as realistic as possible... Things people dont see when they just walk past and go "ohhhh thats tall" and keep walking without going inside.

Bottom line is, nothing is truly a good or bad build in minecraft, it all comes down to the eyes of the creator, if they are happy and proud of what they have built then thats all that matters... Who the hell are you to tell them their building is overated? How can a single player based sandbox game have any set restrictions or rules on what is good or bad.

Build what makes you happy and to hell with what anyone else thinks of it

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I like big builds if they are creative. If someone just makes a huge skyscraper that looks really plain with little to no interesting architexture, then I think it looks bad. Same goes for any structure. I don't care how long you spent making, how much of whatever block you put into it, if it doesn't look nice or interesting, I won't like it.

Bad buildings

Good buildings...

I'm building something similar to that last photo. Thanks for giving me an extra idea.

Im building a castle all legit and its been over 2 weeks of mining and building and im only 1/4 of the way done i have mined out a 400x100 block tunnel my mob trap has supplied me tons of tnt but alot was done through actual mining and has taken forever i laid out a foundation of dirt and built on it little by little i build on it 2 hours a day seems maybe another month and i will be done with it lol and its only 15 blocks high 32 blocks long and 75 blocks wide but it is all done with no help on single player and i still wouldnt classify it as epic

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So, it seems like every body is plastering their pics of their latest mansion or sky skyscrapper and expecting people to marvel at the sheer size of their game wang wongs. It doesn't impress me one bit... especially knowing how many use the dup glitch to make these guady buildings. "Look wat I bileded! 40 foot monster cazzle wid lava windows N stuff! SO BIG Epic!" Great! Good for you. We know you dupped. Pat yourself on the back and move on.

Now, I'm not here to bash creativity. Dupping and building big piles of poop is not being creative. Any 5th grader can do it... and every 5th grader seems to be doing it.

I do really enjoy small buildings that do their job, yet pack a punch and cram so much into so little. It takes brain work to make things work like that... instead of simply building a tower to the clouds for the sake of it. These epic loads of crap are getting old. They are truly overrated. Creative mode will be raped for this reason. I too long for legit towns that aren't obviously over dupped. We'll see if that ever happens.

Example 1: Super Epic Mayan Pyramid
I believe this build got to a point of over doing I do say especially with the gold and glowstones.

While I agree with the look here posts..

Not all big builds are duped.

Wow, Not sure how to respond to this post. I understand what you are getting at. I, often, see large buildings that fall into the expected categories that are just shells. Great big impressive shells with nothing inside of them to give them a little character. Let's face it, Minecraft has it limits when it comes to creativity and there is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to getting creative with it. <-And I'm no exception to this. I built a smallish castle out of common blocks in a world that isn't sprawling. Some would say I lack imagination because I have nothing "epic" and what I do is have is a collection of little "villages", with little furnished houses, that tell a story to me and my kids who play in that world. I'm pleased with how it's come along and that's enough for me.

Everyone wants what they do acknowledged. MC is a game that consumes large amounts of time, even in duped builds. People want to show off what they've done to others. You don't care for it and that's okay, I'm sure other people are simply ga-ga for it.

Just as an add on.......I've seen a fair amount of what 5th and 6th graders can do in MC, as well as 16-18 year olds. Yes, huge empty (or sparse) castles, skyscrapers, ect dot the landscape. (And, yes, it's often duped.) Sometimes it's decent and sometimes I have to wonder just what they were thinking. Then I remember that MC is a game where patience is required and "on the job" experience happens. They'll learn. In the meantime, compliment what you like and offer constructive criticism on what you didn't.

i dont know why your complaining its not like their huge builds are hurting you are going on your world why complain its all about there taste if someone thinks a huge spacious mansion is awesome and nice then whys it matter its not like someone else is complaining about how you made a cozy little log cabin saying you need to make your builds bigger more epic whats it matter i like both are your going to cry about how i need to chose one
my 1st map i made a huge mansion which i loved i didnt dupe either
it had 2 floors a huge corridor (under the glass arch) with doors on the side leading into diffrent rooms and 3 floors into the ground with a huge mine i loved it but it was huge

http://sphotos-b.xx....103036155_n.jpg

on my 2nd world i filled a valley full of small buildings with gravel path ways each buildings had its own purpose or just for decoration
i didnt build anything big but i still liked it

(sorry i dont have any pics right now i will when its done)

so dont complain about other peoples taste and the people that liked that huge pyramid liked huge epic builds so what you like small compact and neat creations its not like someone is like eww you need some space bro they dont care as a matter of fact they probably have built stuff like that and enjoy it but like me they enjoy to build huge epic things too

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And that's true, but these kids are what? 14-16 years old some even younger. That seem to use the word so loosely, they literally have no understand of the word.

I have to admit when I was that young I found many things "epic" only because I grew up in a poor house. Getting my first GB Color was an epic moment to me. But now that I look back on those times I notice that things weren't so great and have redefined my meaning for the word it self. Basically were I'm getting at, is that people have different meanings for the word, and not everyone will be able to meet your expectations.

So just chill, and let them do what they do. Who cares if they dupe or create such dull creations. It's only on the person who finds it annoying.

But I do understand your feelings, seeing as how I hate when people do mediocre work and get praised while others do back straining work and get little to no acknowledgement.

Totally agree, plus my first gaming station was a color as well

Quote from Mustache_Guy

I like big builds if they are creative. If someone just makes a huge skyscraper that looks really plain with little to no interesting architexture, then I think it looks bad. Same goes for any structure. I don't care how long you spent making, how much of whatever block you put into it, if it doesn't look nice or interesting, I won't like it.

Bad buildings

Good buildings...

Those are some fine examples, sir.

Quote from hakata

So lets put it this way... If I want a city and I supposed to make every single building one floor just because somebody doesn't like that a building is tall. It should be about quality not quantity. Big or small what matters is the content. Even if 99% of the building is empty, it creates a city look. I have a large city map and even though theres no purpose for making buildings, since it's singleplayer, I am proud of what I've done and I haven't seen much people take as much time and dedication into building something. If any 5th grader can do it, then everyone needs to step up to the plate because the truth is not many people have the motivation or creativity to carry out a large project. Sure not everything in the city of mine is a skyscraper, I also have a slum region in which I have tightly packed homes and microapartments, as well as some industries.

You went overboard saying every 5th grader can do it. Every 5th grader can make a small home, just as easily. Some people make some truly amazing mansions that surpass most and are definitley more than an average 5th grader could make.

thank you my friend for saying this. This explains everything i could say.

Quote from hakata

So lets put it this way... If I want a city and I supposed to make every single building one floor just because somebody doesn't like that a building is tall. It should be about quality not quantity. Big or small what matters is the content. Even if 99% of the building is empty, it creates a city look.

Empty epic buildings are nothing but cookie cutter material. There needs to be a soul and a purpose inside of it.

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thank you my friend for saying this. This explains everything i could say.

You're welcome!

I don't think the original poster is a hater, just frustrated. I feel exactly the same. It's almost always obvious when building materials have been duped, and at that point I expect more creativity. A gold block road to your mega "Love Shack" is not cool, or impressive, and I'll make fun of you for cheating to make a pile of poo. However, take all the duped gold you can and build a 3D lion's head that is 30 blocks tall and I will express your awesomeness to anyone that will listen. Plus the majority of major builds I see don't seem to have any thought put into the process (much like my first build). It's like you just excreted cobblestone in a random pattern and put a door on it.

This seems to be more about how you play the game. I started the game on the "Normal" setting as a total noob and died dozens of times but refused to quit. I lost my map, and spent countless hours lost in the wilderness making random shelters and learning to make trails of flowers to find my way back. Months later, my world has a farming community, a military style ocean bunker, a hand-poured obsidian "Black Lodge", and countless other unique towns and buildings that all started as an over-night makeshift shelter. I have roads paved with gravel where my flowers used to go. To me, my world is awesome, I've seen it grow gradually and organically. However new friends often find it less impressive. They put the same amount of time in one small area of the map building a HUGE building that I think is an eyesore (and a little part of me is annoyed they could work through the night when I'm forced to shelter or spend half my time watching for creepers).

Allow me, as usual, to play the Devil's Advocate. You say being able to work with red stone speaks more of the person. Well, anyone who has an inkling of an idea how to use red stone, act like they work for NASA and their ego simply can't stop them from telling us how great they are at it. How about a good mix of the two? Building/design AND red stone. In the end, it's all about having fun. HOW YOU WANT to have fun. If that means chasing sheep all day, who cares?

Quote from awsomeguy52

i have a huge mansion but i never get credit for it because people keep thinking i duped it. i hate the duplication glitch, it makes people think wrong... i wish that they would get rid of that stupid glitch

Having a large community of good builders who visit my world, we have created A LOT of detailed buildings as well as other attractions (race track in progress). People who come in for the first time start yelling, "DUPE DUPE". Then I show them the Quarry and our other mines. That puts and end to that. So, yeah, show them your mine. Those materials had to go SOMEWHERE.

Ok bro first of all you shouldnt care about the dup glitch because when creative mode is released your gonna hear a lot more of this crap. And plus that castle your talking about there is a good chance they didnt use the dup glitch. Stop getting btichy about people using the dup glitch. People like you **** me off. Personally I think playing fare and square is the way to go. But I'm not gonna go critisise or go hatin' on people cause they use the dup glitch. If they want to thats fine let them. If it makes you feel any better there is a good chance this will be patched in the future. And also you say a 5th Grader can build mansions with dup glitch well your acting like a 5th Grader you whiney F**K!!! Deal with it and Get Over It Before I Find you and F**K you up.

In Conclusion SHUT THE F**K UP!!!

F**K YOU TO THE SAN FRANSISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT!!!
F**K YOU TO THE F.B.I!!!
F**K YOU TO THE C.I.A!!!

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Ok bro first of all you shouldnt care about the dup glitch because when creative mode is released your gonna hear a lot more of this crap. And plus that castle your talking about there is a good chance they didnt use the dup glitch. Stop getting btichy about people using the dup glitch. People like you **** me off. Personally I think playing fare and square is the way to go. But I'm not gonna go critisise or go hatin' on people cause they use the dup glitch. If they want to thats fine let them. If it makes you feel any better there is a good chance this will be patched in the future. And also you say a 5th Grader can build mansions with dup glitch well your acting like a 5th Grader you whiney F**K!!! Deal with it and Get Over It Before I Find you and F**K you up.

In Conclusion SHUT THE F**K UP!!!

F**K YOU TO THE SAN FRANSISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT!!!
F**K YOU TO THE F.B.I!!!
F**K YOU TO THE C.I.A!!!

I'm still trying to figure out who you directed your post at. C.I.A, FBI, San Fran??? Huh?

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I'm still trying to figure out who you directed your post at. C.I.A, FBI, San Fran??? Huh?

um yeah that was actually from a song. I'm not sure why I posted it. It just seemed to be the right way to take my anger out without punching a hole through my computer screen.

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um yeah that was actually from a song. I'm not sure why I posted it. It just seemed to be the right way to take my anger out without punching a hole through my computer screen.

I don't care about the dup glitch. I dup the hell out of everything when I need to. So what? Nothing to brag about. Also not fair to brag about anything big while dupping. Just sayin bro.