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So much stuff to do in so little time, what was the revised edit (proper grammar) all about?? Read it and there are still numerous grammar mistakes. Not taking a dig, just wanted to know =D.

viscous/viscosity has to do with 'how fluid' a substance is, for example:

It takes longer time to move, sink, or rise through (and harder to swim through) a thick fluid environment (like molasses) than is does to move through a less viscous environment (like water).

Water in Minecraft has 10 basic types of blocks (that I know of), a water source block, a water fall (downward flowing) block, and 8 levels of water flow blocks from high stream to low stream before the water runs out of run (distance of 8 blocks from the source).

The same concept could be applied to this marsh/bog block for water saturation

Level 8 saturation (fastest sink/swim rate, ie. a little slower than downward flowing/current water) if:

1. it is next to or above a water source block
2. any level of water block is directly above the marsh/bog block
3. there is a mars/bog block above that has a saturation of 7 or 8

Level 7 saturation (a little slower than Level 8 for swim/sink rate) if:

1. it is next to a level 8 water flow block (ie. 1 block from a source flow)
2. it is either next to or above a level 8 saturation marsh/bog block
3. it is directly below a level 6 saturation marsh/bog block

Level 6 saturation, if:

1. it is next to a level 7 water flow block (ie. 1 block from a source flow)
2. it is either next to or above a level 7 saturation marsh/bog block
3. it is directly below a level 5 saturation marsh/bog block

Level X saturation, if:

1. it is next to a level (X+1) water flow block (ie. 1 block from a source flow)
2. it is either next to or above a level (X+1) saturation marsh/bog block
3. it is directly below a level (X-1) saturation marsh/bog block

The idea is that if you stand in a boggy area and start to slowly sink, you will sink faster and faster as you go further down, but you will find it harder to get out as you try to swim up, and it is directly related to the water available and around the bog/marsh blocks. the water saturates the boggy/marsh blocks in a similar way that farmed dirt blocks are hydrated by nearby water supply.

Why is it that I can no longer see which topics I've posted in? The forum is literally unusable for me in it's current state, because I have no idea which topics are relevant to me.

I actually can't believe you went to all the trouble you did to post this when, instead, you could have just gone to the second tab (tools) in your crafting interface, scrolled through the various columns until you found "map" (which is in the farthest right column BTW) and then, following the instructions at the bottom of your screen, click X to get either a description or a list of ingredients (or just even looked at the symbols in the crafting table). That would have told you right away that you needed 8 paper and a compass. By repeating the scrolling action, you would have found the compass in the crafting interface just one item above the map (which would have told you that you need 4 iron and 1 redstone to craft that item). Paper is found under the "painting" tab - you need 3 sugarcane to craft 3 paper. Far quicker than even looking it up in the PC edition Wiki (which is also an option for you since the recipes are the same) and FAR FAR quicker than posting a question here.

I already own an Xbox One, I bought it on launch day, and I plan on getting Minecraft the second it is available for it.

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Actually, none of your things will pass over if you switch from 360 to One. Even your worlds, people are asking 4J if they could please write the code like 360, but no one has heard any news yet.

Your worlds, texture packs, and skins (with a few exceptions on skins and textures) will transfer to the Xbox One.

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I wouldn't classify that as being griefed though because after my friends destroy something or cause an issue they resolve it afterwards whereas traditional griefers I imagine break stuff/be annoying and then leave.

I'm just curious to know why it is so hard for people to make a game that is invite only or simply only allow trusted people to join.

I am not trying to take a stab at anyone I am simply just trying to understand how people get griefed so often without doing anything about it.

Well if you play single player or only play with people you know and trust that is fine. For my specific situation and others I know that just doesn't work. I'm a landlord and have lots of time on my hands. I enjoy playing with people. The people I know in real life don't play minecraft or stopped. Several because of being griefed after putting loads of time into a project others got deployed, had babies, going back to school etc.

So if I want to play with people I usually meet them here. I have met good people here but again some of those have left. I have joined many different servers. The biggest issue there is the game being unplayable due to lag and of course griefing. I have run 24/7 servers. So the issue is you invite people to minecraft with and it's a mixed pot. You get some that are great to play with but you don't know until you have minecrafted with them for weeks or months and you can't find out if you have trust players turned off. And the worst griefing isn't someone that comes in and starts griefing it's the people that join a game build a house and then days later get bored (or I don't know what) and decide to destroy many hours of work.

Since there is a turnover rate with good people in order to have people to minecraft with you need to keep bringing in fresh people. For someone like me that may minecraft 10 hours a day that typically means I need 30 or more people to minecraft with.

So if I'm going to play with people knowing that there is a constant turn over rate I need more people to play with so I invite people on a regular basis. Every single bit of advice I get, about dealing with griefers, on here has failed in one way or another. Some worse than others. And this is not only me with this issue. I am more vocal than others but I know for a fact that it is a ongoing issue. I have joined several servers just in the last few weeks, from the multiplayer section, and several of those have stopped due to griefing.

Sales of minecraft and players of minecraft are two different issues. Minecraft is popular and will likely continue to do well in sales but having a loyal customer base means more than making a new sale. There are some fixes that are used on PC and could be included in all versions. I would be wiling to pay additionally for real anti-griefer tools. Like property rights: that is where you stake a claim like 100x100 blocks and no one else can mine blocks or do anything in that area. Or a time stamp for 24/7 servers so you know who was on the server and when.

Like I have said before I have my property griefed in real life and that is not as irritating as having it griefed in minecraft. In real life I have called out the sheriff, sued people, evicted people etc. So there are real world punishments for griefing but in minecraft kicking someone off a server is meaningless. Griefers expect that to happen anyway and they'll just go to someone elses sever.

If you are running a server it also becomes a maintenance issue. I do hard drive saves and a daily zip drive save but before I do a zip drive save I have to check everything to make sure I'm not saving serious griefing. I have spent 30 minutews to an hour just checking stuff like - have the blaze spawners been destroyed, has someone killed all the villagers, has someone poured lava over the houses built across the map, etc.

And even when you check everything there are issues. This has happened several times where I have checked the map and found a house destroyed or some other major griefing so I have two real options. 1-I can go back to the daily save. I have done that and had people leave because they lost an entire days work on their house. or 2- I can save the griefing and just help the person that was griefed rebuild. Now typically when I have mentioned this issue before people give the same lame advice to 'just kick the griefer'. So before someone says that same stupid comment obviously I don't know who the griefer is.

The people even more affected by griefing are new players. They get the game build something nice, invite friends over and it gets destroyed. They loss interest in minecraft but statistically minecraft has made a sale so on paper it is growing at a steady healthy rate.

The minecraft is unique and has enormous potential but it won't get there with a sales only oriented strategy. And when I say potential I'm not just talking about making money.

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Thanks for the information, I was unaware that the Pocket edition was such a big seller.

With over 100 million registered PC users and only around 16 million copies sold does this mean that around 84 million PC users downloaded the game for free?

I haven't played the PC version of Minecraft for a while now and didn't really take too much in on how the account work so I'm just curious how there can be 100 million users but only 16 million sales.

That's simple - Included in the 100 million are people who registered in order to play the demo version. A person has to register for at least the free account in order to play the PC demo.

My opinion on this is that if you missed it, then you missed it. It's not their fault that you missed it, no matter your reason. It had advertised dates for when it became available and for when it would no longer be available.

Tough luck.

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So when it comes down to purchasing a hard copy does anyone know how this will work because I did read that 4J was going to also try and apply the discount for hard copies as well but I hadn't heard any more details about it.

Yes, they stated that if you have 'played' it on the console you can get a discount if you use a disk. It just needs to be in your history of played games on the 360. They may change the definition later though.

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It's just a waiting game....any day now we'll get all of this.

Wait..... 4j has just confirmed that they will be adding everything on the pc in a new update!!!!! It comes out tomorrow! That includes everything on the list!!!!

You suck!