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Again, good for you. All I am trying to get at is some people want an established, and some people prefer a fresh start, make their own history.

Your right and your wrong ProspectorCrouch, most people want to join an established server, but there's others who want to start on a fresh one and possibly make new history and not deal with going onto a wasteland to get spawn killed and find no resources.

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1. Avoid Dell/HP like the plague
2. You're not getting 50-60 fps on a $250 PC. More like 20-25 fps

Get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883266602
It will run probably at 50-60 fps

Edit: Wait your in Vietnam. That changes a lot.
Do you have any online tech store or anything you know of?

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Hi Guys,
I just bought a server from BeastNode and I got everything working. I decided to check out my ranks and i noticed that the Default one cant build or break outside of spawn. I dont know what to do at all. Assistance?

Argon 32x v4.0.0 (MC1.13)

Resource Pack Downloads:

Argon 32x for MC1.13 (via Dropbox)

The complete Argon 32x resource pack for vanilla Minecraft 1.13, including custom textures and models.

Argon 32x for MC1.12 (via Dropbox)

The complete Argon 32x resource pack for vanilla Minecraft 1.12, including custom textures and models.

Argon 32x Optifine Features for MC1.12 (via Dropbox)

Add-on pack for Minecraft 1.12 with Optifine, includes connected textures, custom colors and lightmaps, and better skies. Apply this pack on top of "Argon 32x for MC1.12" in the resource pack selection screen.

Features:

• Block, item, and entity textures
• Support for all potion levels and enchantment levels from 0-128
• Custom models for many blocks including rails, doors, and fences
• Over 800 custom splashes

Some screenshots to feast your lenses on:

The goal:
This pack is about the same style as the default, but is not a default edit or an upscaling. The goal of this pack is to create a smooth look without bucket-filling, and to keep an all-around look that can fit many styles.

Please post any constructive criticism in the comments section below. I can't always judge the textures myself, right?

Help spread the word by pasting into your signature:

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Do not distribute. Duh. All non-default textures were created by kwerti.

My Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyI0MhoFM0QtPSCR1vzF3MQ

A quick Note from the Author (29-10-2013): Hey Guys Sorry this thread hasn't been updated in the last couple of months. I have been travelling. Will add some stuff now

Also as I was editing there was an error so there may be some mistakes and weird stuff throughout the post. I think i fixed most off it

Introduction:Hey everyone I am BearKind and this is my guide to YouTube. Now quickly, note that right now I do not have a YouTube Channel but I would if I could (Internet Data Limit...). But these are tips, tricks and general advice to what I think can help you achieve YouTube success. I hope it Helps! Million's of people each day are uploading videos to YouTube. In 1 Single Minute a total of 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. That is 103,680 hours a Day. There are over 1 billion unique users per month.So lets be honest, the odds are against most of us. But it isn't all bad news, 4 billion hours of video's are watched every month, millions of subscriptions happen each day and since 2011 YouTube has over 1 trillion views or over 140 views per person in the entire world.So there is an huge audience as well as a huge amount of competition.

To Business:

1: Now Lets assume you are posting for these step Minecraft LetsPlays or any other Minecraft related content. There are 26,700 YouTube Channels that are doing Minecraft Exclusively and around 11,000 more doing it frequently! What you have to ask yourself is what makes my channel stand out against this flood of content? What can I do to set aside my channel from the rest? Try and think of new features to put into your LetsPlays, do something different! This is why originality is key. Don't try and copy anyone! But copy is a loose term. I'm not saying you shouldn't do Minecraft Letsplays just don't copy there personalities or Special Features. Special features being Jerry the slime (Captain Sparklez), BARRELS (Pewdiepie). Two things I have seen other channels copy and its horrible. Basically Be Inventive!

2: Bringing me to my second point! Be Yourself! No one wants to see a new channel and take time out of there day to watch 'SethBling 2.0'; or 'Pewds the Second'. Be inventive! Create your own characters and make your own personality become the YouTube personality that other channels will want to copy.Now lets be honest, there is no guide or book that can teach you this, just try to be confident in yourself, your own opinions and in what you are saying. But don't be a 'try hard'. Don't plan out your episodes. This is one of the reasons the Yogscast is loosing popularity. People feel everything is scripted!

2.5: Now when I say be yourself I'm not saying you can add some flare to it! I highly doubt YouTuber's like IIJERiiCHOII walks around his house talking exactly how he commentates. What I'm trying to say is add some personality and feel into it. Using Jericho as an example he is very outgoing in his videos. Etho make sure that he is very methodical about everything he does (which you can probably imagine is apart of his personality) but again with Pewdiepie, he makes in animate objects animated (remember to invent your own!)

3: Consistency is another important thing. Regular uploads and more importantly a schedule. A scheduled timetable of pre determined releases shows people you are organised and also lets people see what to expect. Pre record your videos a week or so before so you can stick to this schedule. Your audience will feel like they are watching a committed and professional YouTuber.

3.5: Consistency in what I just said is good. But another area would be in how you begin your commentaries and how you finish them. Perfect examples Yogscast and Pewdiepie (Intro: Hows it going bro's, my name is Pewdiepie's Outro, *Brofist*, Every time.

4: Just a quick one which probably should have been number 1. Make sure you are ENJOYING Posting content. YouTube can be a very tough game. You open yourself up to public scrutiny which on YouTube the are notoriously bad for (in some cases)

5: Professionalism is another key factor! The finer details of making a video is what sets the amateurs from the professionals. The finer details include things like recording in high quality, using voice editing software to get rid of the sharp s' and things like that, Intro's/Outro's, thumbnails and channel backgrounds. Get the best software and make sure the quality is high!

Professionals Have Standards:• Be Original• Be Professional• Be Your Own Audience

5.5: Thumbnails and Intro's are both important but they can be abused. Don't make them irrelevant. Try keep the Thumbnails stream line and Simple, explicitly giving a brief overview of the video and its contents. Now with intros, obviously introduce yourself but more importantly and I can't stress this keep it short sweet and relevant! For Minecraft LetsPlays don't play filthy Dubstep during the intro, play simple nice Minecrafty music, For the images perhaps use your character or a Minecraft landscape, Not a dark feel like that of the game 'Amnesia'. Short Simple and Relevant!

6: Networking is something that I believe is very very important for any sort off youtube success. People might have the best content around and only have 20 Subs, Simply because how is there deserved audience going to find them? Networking, that's how.Networking (In Short) is linking up with other YouTubers and playing with them (bigger or smaller). Post blogs and update regularly (perhaps in Minecraft forums). Maybe even play on a YouTube Minecraft server. All these things will increase your channels exposure and not only these show people that you are committed. Facebook, Twitter are just a few more things that spring to mind!

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Do mod reviews of mods on the forums. Have the mod owners advertise those videos. You will gain subscribers as well as viewers for other videos.

A Great Suggestion ^
Also

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Hey Bear, perhaps you could add a small guide on how to add the subscribe button on Minecraft Forums?
For those who want to advertise their channels in their signatures, etc.
You just need to use the following code.

[youtubesubscribe] Youtube Username Here [/youtubesubscribe]

7: Personalize it: Use words like We and our. Remember those English class' were they taught persuasive language? (I do, Even though I'm terrible at English) and it is important to use this language. Inclusive language in particular. Also try and personalize it by telling your audience things about yourself, stories, facts or what's going on in your life.

Your Additions and Ideas!

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---- A channel, especially when it is grown, is neither the creator's, nor the viewer's - it is an interesting interaction between the two - as the creator, you need the viewers for your content as much as they rely on you to create it. Don't ever forget that. It is not your place to lead them, to force them, or to control them, it is your place to create content that you enjoy creating, that they enjoy watching, and that is responsible and in context with your channel's goals and personality. Another note is that, no matter how open or private you are, people will learn things about you, that you didn't want them to know, but at the same time, they will generally only know a limited perspective of who you are - your public face, some private hints, but never the entirety of you - to assume otherwise, can be dangerous to the health of your channel.

Feel free to Suggest Something! (Credit will be given)

The Video Break Down [For A MineCraft LetsPlay]:

Early Introduction:
Now an introduction doesn't have to be a clip of any sort, but I would recommend being consistent. If you use a video intro or not you should always have an opening statement that stays the same. Pewdiepie, (I know I have used him as an example a lot but the stat's show that he is one of the best) he starts his videos off with 'How's It going bro's, my name is Pewdiepie'. Its not as simple as it sounds. As any of his fans may not he calls them his 'Bros'. This makes all his subscribers feel as if they are apart of something and anyone new to his videos want to be apart of something. So I would suggest trying to think of something similar. For example for my name, BearKind, I could say 'Welcome Cubs' or something along those lines.If you are going to use a video intro either make it the same simple intro through out your videos or make it relevant and video/series specific. Make sure whatever you do that it is interesting and that the audience doesn't get bored. Keep it to maximum 10 seconds.

Start:
Every video will have a start, middle and end (obviously!). The idea of any intro is to reel in your audience, interest and captivate so they continue watching your video. This is the second barrier (the first being the early intro) and once you get them here they will most likely watch the whole video.Now, at the start of each video try and outline a few goals of what you are thinking about doing through out the episode, make sure these are exiting or interesting, NOT 'today we are going to do terraforming...and that's it'. Perhaps outline something special to do with the channel as well.

Middle:
By now you should have your tasks under way. Be careful when doing things. If it is redecorating a room then then cut the tedious block changes out and leave in parts that can be used for discussion for example 'I like a fence here or perhaps we should do this...' Make sure to keep it interesting and if you start to struggle with things to say you should rap up the task your doing and move on to the next one, 'we can get back to this later'. Its super important to be detailed, alert and thorough through this section as missing obvious things ,like dying or missing a dungeon whilst mining.Keep them with you by cutting out the boring bits!

End:
When finish off the video quickly summarise what you achieved during that episode. Then pose a question to your viewers or like 'Etho' does answer some questions that your subscribers have (personal or private).These thing will spark conversation in the comments increasing your videos chance of being recommended.Then do your outro phrase (or action, *Brofist*), similar to the intro and finally finish with a closing screen leading to other videos. The videos should be the next episode and a recent upload or the first episode of another series.


Getting Partnership With Minecraft Videos!

Basically what the new youtube partnership is monetization of videos. To get the partnership features you must have 1 or more videos become partnered and get all the features that come with it. Now to get partnership you must either send youtube a message with your proof of ownership or simply put it in the description!Proof of ownership. Say something like 'I own all the content in this video. I have permission from the Minecraft developers as stated here in the 'Terms of Use' (https://minecraft.net/terms). It says 'Other than commercial use (unless specifically authorized by us in our 'brand and assets usage guidelines' - for instance you are allowed to put ads on your YouTube videos containing Minecraft footage), you're free to do whatever you want with screenshots and videos of the game, but don't just rip art resources and pass them around, that's no fun'. Post that as a 'Disclaimer'; in your video description and you should be right.

Partnership Features! Why you want them!
There are a number of features that only partners receive which greatly improve the overall look and quality of your channels. Here are a few!

Scheduled Uploads.

Scheduled publishing allows partners to schedule a private video to go public at a later time. The video will remain private until the specified scheduled publish time as shown below.

This allows you to plan out a week of videos if you are going away. Or simply be more organised!

Custom Thumbnails
To get custom thumbnails you must allow monetisation on your videos!As explained in the steps above it greatly improves the quality of your channel and makes it look much more professional. So Make sure you allow monetisation!

Merch Annotations
Merch annotations provide partners a way to promote their licensed merchandise directly in their videos. Merch annotations are only available to participants in the YouTube Partner Program. This is probably for when your channel grows big enough to warrant T-shirts. But you may have merchandise that you are trying to sell anyway as some sort of donation/competition.

Live Streaming
To get the ability to live stream you must be monitised. As well as have at least 1,000 subscribers, is in good standing, and you've set up SMS verification for your YouTube account, you can apply for YouTube Live access from within your Account Features page. Access to YouTube Live will be granted gradually.

Hangouts on Air
These are basically Google+ hangouts being live streamed. This feature is great for Networking with other YouTubers!

Starting a channel!
So how to start a channel. Well first you need to know what your in it for. If you want Internet Fame and money only then you should quit now. But if you find enjoyment in entertaining people then youtube is a perfect outlet.The reason I say this is that YouTube is NOT easy. Countless channels begin posting videos regularly and eventually within a couple of weeks begin stopping. This is because they either get bored or that they had unrealistic expectations of there channel growth.So make sure your in it for the right reasons!What are you going to need?
-A screen capture program like fraps-Sound Editing software-A capture card for your TV-A capable computer-Video Editing software-A large internet data plan.-Good upload speeds-What can you guys think of?

A massive thanks to Alzorath for supplying some much more detailed Information than what I had above!Here it is below!!

Quote from Alzorath

Just some notes on the what you need list

-A screen capture program



---- FRAPs and DxTory are the 'standard' that most major youtubers use, some other alternatives are things such as Bandicam, Playclaw, and there are even a handful of hardware-dependent options. Generally speaking: FRAPs is the most plug'n'play friendly, DxTory is the most flexible - the rest fall between these two extremes.



-Sound Editing software

---- Audacity, without any second thought, is going to be your best option starting out. You can upgrade to other options, but for Let's Plays and most things you'll encounter on a gaming channel - audacity will always be more than strong enough.

---- A hard point people miss here is microphone - cheap microphones being 'good enough' is the exception, not the rule... expect to spend at least $45-60 on a good mic. Personally I use the Blue Snowball that I got on sale, there are better options (usually more expensive), and there are some equivalent cheaper options out there, but you'll be hard pressed to get a good audio rig for under $50 (even if you go the modmic route, you'll need headphones)-A capture card for your TV

---- Only necessary if you plan to do console gaming videos. (considering good ones will run in the $200 range, this is an expenditure that can be skipped or postponed)



-A capable computer

---- A powerful gaming computer, can be a terrible recording computer - the 2 places most computers fall short is in their processor and in their harddrives. Simply put, to build an economy recording rig, I would say look for these minimum specs:- "Multi-core processor, 2.5ghz+" (better to have a quad-core 2.5ghz, than a hexa-core 2.0ghz in this case - to give a rough example)- 8+gig ram- video card capable of running the game at a stable 50+ FPS. (I have recorded minecraft on a 5800 GT 512mb before, just fine... so yea)- 2 Internal HDDs - the most common being 2x 1TB drives. (an alternative if you're not buying a new rig - is connect an external HDD through an eSATA or USB3.0 port... USB 2.0 is too slow though)

-Video Editing software

---- Best balance of 'cost/power' is Vegas Movie Studio, which is Vegas Pro's little brother. (runs around $50 USD). There are free options (VirtualDub) and insanely powerful options (adobe suites, Vegas Pro, etc.)

.-A large internet data plan

-Good upload speeds

---- Depending on region, you may not have 'data plans' per se, but you will use a lot of bandwidth. Generally speaking, you need an upload speed of at least 0.25 mbps to make uploading even reasonable. at least 1mbps for streaming. You will definitely want to talk to your ISP about the AUP, they use, some service providers, even if they have no 'data limit', can throttle or cancel your service if you use an unreasonable amount of bandwidth per month. A basic youtube channel will usually push 50-100 GB per month in and of itself, not counting your other usage. I know currently, I use 200+ GB/month.

Much more insightful thank you Alzorath.

Thanks To Koumus for Supplying the Link to the The Free Software List and to Forbiden1 for compiling the list! Use this if your on a budget!

Make sure your First upload is as good as what any professionals is! A strong start sets the trend!Other notes: Try and have a back log of videos to upload. Make videos a week in advance at least so then if something comes up your set!

Any other Ideas let me know! (Credit will be Given)

Ultimately if you enjoy making videos you should keep going and maybe you will achieve what is one of the more difficult task on the internet!
Thanks Everyone for reading and good luck with your YouTube Endeavours!Anything you want me to add or think I should add let me know! Also let me know if I helped you out!Basically Suggestion/Feedback would be greatly appreciated!-BearKind
If you found this helpful please reply so this thread doesn't get lost!.

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The "Idiot's Server" is looking for Let's Play Commentators. We're a small server looking for around 5ish people to grow our ranks. We have weekly OPTIONAL colabs on Friday nights, and the world is fairly new. We started in August, and only have 5 players now, so land is plentiful.

I have applications here:https://docs.google..../viewformWe are in 1.7.2 and have easy access to 1.7 land in the form of a nether tunnel (and a completed nether hub!)

Ok, so I had an idea, and I searched for Slime, got about 3 related results in the whole listing, the rest were just random. Also: The full editor is stupid, it deletes all the empty lines, like you'd never pressed enter, to I have to put those back every time.

• So here's my (first) idea: Slime slabs and panes

When the player right clicks a block with a slimeball, it places a slimy green semi-translucent block, about the size of snow (not snow blocks, but the thin snow), it slows the player down and can be broken to give a slime ball. It is most easily harvested by hand, and occurs naturally in slime spawning areas. Also it can be placed on a wall where it will become a Slime Pane.

• My next idea: Slime caves

My next idea is a new generated structure, called a Slime Cave, the slime cave looks a series of caves that stay rather flat (not going very much higher or lower at any spot than any other spot). These caves are often covered in slime slabs and slime panes, with slimes spawning here excessively, and other mobs having a much lower chance to spawn.In addition, there would be a room with slime spawners and a giant slime for a "boss" of sorts, he wouldn't drop anything special though, he's just a very large slime who would split into 4 large slimes.New: May contain some of those new slime blocks that they're adding in 1.8, not really sure how that would work so post ideas.

• My Third idea: More Slime colors

(Currently the most liked idea in the poll.)More slime colors: So, you're probably thinking "well what if I don't want it to be green" (well, you're probably not thinking that, but still) so, I have a solution for you: Slimeballs could be dyed (crafted with dyes) to make another color slimeball, and therefore another color slime slab.But it doesn't stop there, Slimes will actually have a 5% each chance of spawning (40% chance total) in the following colors:

• darker Green
• red
• orange
• yellow
• blue
• pink
• black
• white

This really has no effect other than aesthetics, and one can die them into ordinary Slimeballs using lime dye.New: The player can also dye slimes directly, you want all your slimes you spawned green? just right click the slimes themselves with lime dye.This would also allow map makers with custom resource packs to re texture a certain color of slime, for example: A map maker making a partially undersea level could texture yellow slimes to look like sponges, then spawn in several slimes, and color some yellow to make the look like sponges while dying others blue to blend in with the water and a third group green for enemies on land.Example two: A map maker could texture red slimes to look like dirt, yellow ones to look like stone and white ones to look like diamond ore, then spawn slimes in various locations and dye them into a camouflaged color to ambush the player on their map. The Slime blocks would also be dyable. Also, name a Slime jeb_ for a rainbow slime.

• Magma cubes

Per request of Roundninja, I'm putting this section here.Magma cubes, like slimes have their own equivalent of the ideas I've proposed for slimes. Magma Cube Panes and Slabs currently have no differences from their Slime equivalents other than appearance.Magma cubes would have Magma Cube Caverns, covered in Magma Cream Slabs. Magma Cube Caverns are larger and more spacious than Slime caves, but lava often generates inside of them.Magma cubes can also be died, but they can only be died certain colors:

• Red (They look brighter red)
• Orange (They look similar to lava)
• White (Look brighter than they were before)
• Black (Look like their original form)

I know this is short, but I already explained how these things' Slime counterparts function and work, and the Magma Cube versions are the same unless specified otherwise..Other

• rarekwiebus suggested bouncing off Slime blocks' sides

Notes

• White Slimes look a slightly pale blue tinted clear color, and are much more translucent than other colors.
• Please view this, it's sort of a forth idea of this suggestion: http://www.minecraft...th-a-new-twist/

Gallery Slime Slab, made with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Here's a banner, please put it in your signature to attract more readers: make sure to post the URL elsewhere in your signature so people don't just get horribly lost looking for this post.

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