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The first time I played Minecraft was in mid 2011. I think it was beta 1.6.6. I remember I had watched a random Minecraft video on Youtube some time before this, so I decided to try it on a whim. I snapped it up from the pirate bay (yes, I was a pirate - and still am) and played it.

Keeping true to my tradition of jumping into new games completely blind, I didn't look at any references, save for the one or two videos I had seen. I am thankful I made this decision, as it was the best way to experience it.

I don't remember my first day so much. I think I wandered around, and the first thing I picked up was a flower (forgot which one). I managed to punch a tree down, make a crafting table, and a wooden tool. I don't think it was a sword.

Night came. I soon became bewildered and terrified. I ran across the plains, dodging the pursuing skeletons and zombies. I tried killing them but I quickly fell to the skeletons. I think I wandered around for a bit more but I got frustrated and bored. I switched to Peaceful.

I remember staying up the entire night, exploring the game on peaceful. The thing I remember most vividly was a mountain I found, with lava flowing out from the side. I dug into the mountain, trying to reveal the source of the lava (I was unaware of a thing called source blocks). I placed blocks in the lava to try and direct its flow, but I ended up making a gigantic mess.

After that, I created a proper world to survive and thrive in. I bought Minecraft shortly after. To this day, I still can't remember or find the seed/world that I had as my very first world.

new server ip:37.59.84.29

My first night was not so interesting. I didn't punch something, I was walking around on the ice (I spawned in Taiga). Then the moon appeared and I began to watch different angry mobs which didn't try to kill me (don't know why). I saw a creeper. I knew that was a creeper (I knew it from my friends) but I didn't know him can kill me. I went to him then BOOOM and then was morning))).
It was 1.4.2 version.

When for the 1st time I've ever heard about Minecraft I was kind of "WTH of this game? Blocky and awkward, and people don't stop talking about it all the time"... thanks to lets-players like JJ5x5 and his I changed my mind.

I kept watching letsplays for a long time to learn about the game. Then, I stumbled upon . Because of the music and the feeling of the game environment (it was beta), I finally decided to get MC.

But 1st I tried the classic demo.



This is my very 1st night:

I spawned in a sand beach by a long and large lake. I didn't know how to punch trees, after a few tries I figured out I needed to hold down the mouse button. I looked away and thought it would be a nice idea to build my 1st shelter on a tree so hostile mobs couldn't get me.

Lots of things I wasn't aware of. I didn't know I could make planks out of tree logs, I didn't know that creepers didn't burn on sunlight like zombies and skeletons, no weapons, no torches, I had set the fog level to max accidentally, the list of mistakes goes on... After the 1st sunrise, I looked at the creepers outside and waited uselessly for them to burn away... after a long wait, all I did was to jump off the shelter I built on a tree and run down the hills.



... I played on peaceful for a month.

Jeez, that was a while ago. My first night in MC, at the time it got out of beta, and I knew tha basic stuff: Controls and how to make a wooden pic, but nothing about the difficulty setting. So basically a noob got owned hard-core by skelletons snipers. No one likes snipers. Even when I play TF2 I hate snipers.

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This news article is unfair and exclusionary, there wasn't night time when I started playing!

BTW Mind = Blown

Yea, I started playing Minecraft with my brother on the X-Box soon after it came out. Spent all Mother's Day on it. So the first things we did -as extreme noobs- was dig down. My brother fell into lava after wonder why this dirt (gravel) fell but the other dirt (dirt) didn't. We concluded that if you dug down long enough, it was instant death. I took up punching Bedrock, as it looked as likely as ever to drop flint. It even looked like it! And then, it happened. We saw a message, "Hit those fireballs back at the Ghast!" We found a Skeleton on fire and concluded that THIS was the mysterious "Ghast." The we also tried to climb to the clouds (and the Sun) by making a dirt stairway. I also wondered why my pants where so short (I was Tennis Steve) and we made to worlds: A beautiful mountains and Taiga and a Desert. The Desert world we made a Nether Portal -which still crashed the world back then- and a sandstone house and mine. On the mountain snow work we built a nice, snowy, wooden noob shack. Which we lost.

I started in 1.2.5 and i was a mess i stumbled around punching tree's and i felt like the best gamer ever when i made an iron pickaxe first night and when monsters came i had no weapons so i had to run!

but that is all i can remmember

New player here.
I started playing Minecraft since 1.8.1 I knew this game because one of my classmate plugged his notebook to LCD Projector and opened Minecraft. He made some sort of roller coaster and such. I asked him what the game was. He didn't want to tell it to me but I then knew the name by his desktop icon.

tl;dr
I played Minecraft but I started with Creative Mode. So I didn't really have problem with first night. I've built a house near a river with some Lapis Lazuli and glass block. Then I built a railway through the hills and built a wooden tower at the end of the railway.

If I continue my story, you'll poop rainbows.

Seriously long story, but it's true and a testament to my love for the game

I learned about Minecraft during a 'best of' vote on JayIsGames.com, which I was led to because of Spelunky. Looking through the other games I found Minecraft which was under the browser games catagory I believe, so didn't really know what kind of game it was. What I played was what is now known as "Classic" the (old) free build version of Minecraft. It was interesting and fun to build a castle (don't act like it's not the first thing everyone tried ) but there wasn't a lot else to the world.

I came back a few times and played around with my castle, which was more of a movie set since it had hardly any guts, just a big face, but it didn't really grab me all that much.It was a few weeks later that I found a video on Youtube of someone showing off a tower they built in the water and some of the new features added to the game, mainly farming. Wait a second, I thought you just run around and build? What is this?!? That was the point I looked closer into the game and pretty much bought immediately. So yeah, farming, not crafting or mining sold me on this game.

Since I hadn't really read anything about it outside of the few things mentioned on Minecraft.com (where you had to load the game at the time, no download launcher) the only things I knew were; bad things spawned in darkness ("even under your bed"), you could farm, mine and build. At the time I believe the game was in the "Indev" stage, not sure exactly what version or anything. Worlds, if you could call them that, had a finite edge and you could see clear from one side to the other. You were also blessed with a nice woooden cabin that generated just by your spawn point.

My first day I began by looking around a bit, I can still see the entire map in my head (seriously, they were small). Just in front of my cabin were some hills, to the right of which a little stream ran under and into a small cave. behind my house was some flatland with another cave and further back was a much larger mountain. The other side of the map was basically just flatland with a bunch of trees, which was my main source of wood later on.

As I started to play, I began, as you do, by punching down a tree. I must have seen or read this somewhere as I remember it being quite obvious. However, after that I could only figure out how to turn logs into planks. No sticks, no craft table, no tools. I remember punching stone for a minute or two then being baffled as to why I got nothing from it! So I had to cheat a bit, and honestly I've had to look up recipes for pretty much everything in the game. I wasn't good at figuring them out, and I don't enjoy it, it only frustrates me and I have to go look them up anyway. This is one thing I would like to have different, but that's another discussion.

Finally I was able to come back and make tools! With that I set off and filled my pockets with glorious valuable resources such as rocks, dirt, and yes even more wood! Pretty soon it started getting dark, and if you were around in those days you'll remember, not only were there no beds, there were no doors either. So the first night (and basically every night) consisted of piling up dirt in your doorway to block the passage of brainthirsty sub-humanoids. I discovered a neat trick! I could get rid of the bottom dirt, then dig a hole in front of it to chop at the enemies' feet! I believe Zombies only dropped feathers in those days, but arrows also cost iron (if they were even craftable, can't remember), which I was far from getting at this point.After surviving the night easily with my little trick, I focused on building up my house. I had tons of stone lying around so added a second floor, eventually building a staircase leading up to a little throne room on the edge of the map as an homage to Dracula's tower from Castlevania.

From there it was pretty standard; mining and hauling resources. I found a bit of coal in the mountains behind the house, but they were some distance, and one night I found myself with resources I didn't want to lose, but without the patience to wait for dawn. I figured if I sat around something would eventually find it's way in and get me, so I thought my chances were just as good making a run for it.

As I passed through the field with zombies on my heels, I saw one ahead of me and out of reactionary fear jumped out of bounds. And this is where I made the discovery that I could leave the level boundary, but the MOBS could not! Gloatingly I walked without a care in the world all the way back home, and soon the sun was up, there was nothing to fear. "HA! Outsmarted you fools didn't I?!", I boasted, leaving home to haul another pantload of goodies with my newfound invulnerability. As I rounded the corner of my house, who do you think got the last laugh? Yes, everyone's favorite 'first night star' created a huge crater next to my home as well as tearing down most of one of the walls.

Newly humbled I learned then never to underestimate Minecraft, and it still amazes me how humongous it has become since. I'm so glad to have found this game in such a random and early way. Even if I did have to spoil most of it to learn how to play, I can't count the hours I've played or how many times I've started new worlds to find update stuff (oh god I miss secret Fridays too).

Thanks so much to Notch for starting this enormous thing, and thanks to the rest of the Mojang team, and all the fans, modders, youtubers, and streamers for keeping it alive. And thank you if you actually held your interest long enough to read all that, you deserve a high five. Go ahead.

The first time I played minecraft was not on mcpe it was on Xbox 360 at that I know nothing I was walking and breaking stone with my fist

It was TU8 on Xbox, probably 1.4 on computer. It was actually Christmas 2011. On my first night, I was having the crap scared out of me. It was on Xbox, but just the same. I had taken 2 hours to finish the tutorial because I had no idea what to power a furnace with. I actually had to call a friend to ask what to do. After I finished, I went into the castle to see what to do. Minecraft was recommended to me by a friend- I had no frickin' idea it was a sandblock game. I was just sort of waiting for instructions. Then night fell, and I looked out the window and saw the terrors of the night. I quickly barricaded the door with dirt. I had a lot of dirt. I ran upstairs, hearing the then-terrifying moans of zombies. I blocked the door to my bedroom too, but had no idea what to do. I couldn't figure out how to get into bed! I kept punching it! The zombie noises sounded like they were getting closer, and I half expected to see one come out of nowhere. Finally, after about 7 minutes, I was able to rest. I got up, went downstairs, and looked around. Everything was great. No monsters, just beautiful morning sun. Then I looked to my right and saw a giant spider, screamed like a little girl, walked inside, and barricaded up my house again.

I remember my first few days in Minecraft. I was 11 when I first started playing. I was more of a Roblox person in those days, and while my brothers were watching me play, they made a bunch of comments saying how Minecraft was much better than what I was playing at the time. I had no idea what Minecraft was, so I searched some videos up on Youtube. They were mainly videos of cool things people built in Minecraft, like roller coasters and pirate ships and the like. About the time I started watching videos, one of my brothers bought Minecraft. They jokingly told me it was the sequel to Roblox, but I knew he was just kidding. My brothers eventually asked me if I wanted to play, and I said yes. I played on my brothers' account, and they told me how to craft simple tools and the basic controls and jist of the game. They also told me that these scary monsters came at night and that if I wanted to survive, I would have to build a shelter. They suggested that I play on Peaceful mode since I was new, but I didn't do so. I dug out a hole in a tall mountain with my newly crafted pick, and once night came, I blocked off my cobblestone 'door' (my brothers forgot to tell me how to craft a door). I waited till morning, breaking the cobblestone occasionally to check if the sun was out, and quickly blocking it off again. When I saw that the coast was clear, I walked out. I spent the rest of my day exploring. I had discovered animals, and I wanted to farm them for meat. I tried to build a pen out of wooden planks, but it was difficult getting the pesky animals in there. I had to push them in, as I didn't know about wheat to lure them in, but the 'pen' was only one block tall, and the animals would just jump out like it was nothing. I don't remember what happened after that, but I remember my first death, which was kind of pathetic. It was night, and I couldn't find my shelter. There were mobs all over the place, so I dug a small hole in a cliffside. I blocked it off and waited there until sunrise. Unfortunately, I ended up getting crushed by gravel when I dug a hole in the ceiling to make more room. I respawned at the bed I had crafted recently, and was distraught to see all my items were gone. I told my brothers about it, and they told me about Creative mode. That's where the fun began...(sorry this is so long...)

My first night I just dug a hole straight down with my fist until I fell into lava. Then I looked up how to play.

Quote from citricsquid

This news article is unfair and exclusionary, there wasn't night time when I started playing!

thats your own problem. tell us about your first 10 minutesThe day:it was mainly normal. the usual noob mistakes of: y no break when me click, or ooh pretty green thing, or what should i do first!
THE NIGHT: it was weird really. first I saw a zombie, and then I rage quit. came back and a creeper decided to bombard me, though I only lost everything, which was nothing lol.

NOW A DAY: I go out and hug creepers in full blast protec diamond armor all night

Haha, seems almost everyone has trouble in their first night of survival being new.

My experience was slightly different, however.

When I joined MC and found out about MP servers, I immediately started running them. This of course caused a lot of my free time to be dedicated to them, forcing me to play much less another game I had played for 8+ years!

I have strayed away from Minecraft a bit now, but it is still a great game for how simply made it is.

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A LOOK INTO THE PAST

We don't talk enough, you and I.

Yes, I mean you! Let's face it, we all come here for the same thing (Minecraft stuff), and it's a pretty safe bet that we all like Minecraft stuff, right? With Minecon 2013 rapidly approaching, and the massive 1.7 update looming on the horizon, I thought I'd take a minute to look back on the history of Minecraft, and how it affected me personally.

I started playing this game back in 2010, right on the leading edge of the Alpha/Beta transition. Remember Minecraft back then? Quite a different game, wasn't it? The ability to throw eggs was a new thing. Tools were (until Beta 1.0) self-repairing, if you threw them on the ground. Tool-tips were brand new. There was even a brief period where . Hard to believe, right? Seems like an eternity since the days before beds, colored wool, and a million other things (both massive and minuscule) were added to our favorite game.

ANCIENT HISTORY - MY FIRST NIGHT

My first time in Minecraft was like many people's first time; wander aimlessly, try desperately to figure out what to do without any clear instructions, give up with that and start punching things until it makes sense, get wood from randomly punching a tree, and accidentally figuring out how to make my first tool. As I remember it, the first tool I accidentally made was a wooden shovel. Incredibly proud of this accomplishment, I named my shovel "Ted". Not the most useful first tool, but it would prove to be my saving grace later. What I wouldn't have given for item frames back then.

It was at this point where I started experimenting rather heavily with crafting. Doors are an easy thing to stumble across when spamming wood planks in the crafting table (which I also found by accident), so I excitedly made a fresh new door, still covered in scratches and dents from my pathetic attempts to craft it with a shovel. Now, what is a door without a home to put it on? Not yet savvy to house-building, I figured my only option was to put this masterpiece of entryway technology in the opening of a cave I'd been digging into for a good part of the day, with my splinter-prone pickaxe.

Then, night fell. Those of you around before beds were introduced know how this part goes. If you're already tired of reading, I'll cut to the chase and say there was a lot of screaming.

NIGHT FALLS, NEW FRIENDS ARRIVE

So yea, there was a lot of screaming. My first zombie visitors weren't as big a concern as other games had led me to believe they should be - none of them were running at me on fire, or screaming about brains, that I could tell - and Ted was sufficient for knocking them off the cliff-side I'd installed my masterpiece door into. Somewhere in my excited daytime tunneling, I'd forgotten about a cave system that I had opened up from my amateur room-carving expedition. Deep in the recesses of that horrible place spawned what would be a lifelong nemesis of mine, and no doubt many of the builders among you. Facing outward from my cave home, batting zombies off the cliff with Ted like some kind of crazed cricket player, I didn't notice the silent danger creeping up behind me. Even when it started hissing, the panic hadn't yet set in.

Then, suddenly, I was gone in an explosion. So was most of my cave. Worst of all, my masterpiece door got blown somewhere I couldn't reach, and it was lost forever.

Good thing I was able to find Ted. He was the real hero in the end.

AND NOW, YOU

I've been taking up a lot of space reliving my first terror-inducing night in Minecraft, but now, I want to hear YOUR story! What were your first memories of Minecraft? When did you first start playing? Can you remember your first night? Let's hear about it!

as for me. i havent played the game until beta 1.6. when i did. i went crazy punching flowers and trees. killing pigs with sticks (didnt know how to make a sword untill the 3rd night) then as dusk struck, i panicked, and started making a house out of wooden planks (i had alot of wooden planks from the crazy spree of punching) then the spiders came in, i climbed to the roof as they followed me, i mananged to kill off 3 spiders until 1 struck me down. so i went back to my unfinished house, made an axe, and killed off zombies and spiders untill morning

My friend introduced me to Minecraft with, what he called, "These two British guys." I started playing right when Beta 1.4 came out. I spawned near a gentle seaside mountain. I built my first house, which was more of a hole, under a tree. I think that was the update that introduced beds and wolves, but it was ages before I started punching sheep for their wool. It was such a different game back then.

My first night was terrifying. I had ran around and had built a roofless doorless house in a field. I had played pocket edition so I new the basics.early on a creeper blew up in side my house leaving me dying and in a hole. I looked up out from my hole over the wall of my house when I saw something. I saw a figure that was unclear because of the blackness of its body but I could see the eyes. those two white and purple eyes staring at me. I thought it was a skeleton getting angry as it opened its mouth. I watched it as its gaping mouth hung open, then it happened the thing flew straight into my face in an instant. I screamed and died.

It was fun.

Ohh survival test for my first night of minecraft. I remember when giants were still naturally spawning and zombies were worth 80 points a kill. Those were the days of weird oak and coal textures and flashing blocks on the ground. I was deathly afraid of zombies and my house consisted of randomly dug out sections of dirt and stone. Those were the days.....


I still wish there was a generate new world button still.....

I remember my first night back in the merry ol' days of Alpha 1.0.4, back when the trees were neon green, there was still no sound due to a bug and you punched sheep once to get wool. My first night was frankly extremely boring. Once the sun set I bunkered myself inside the leaves of a tree wondering "What kind of ­ty game is this anyways?".

3 and a half years later and i'm still here.