Shayzis

who cares about illager vs squid when we finally have a cave update?

happy first birthday to my greatest video:
 

Here's what I think the Revenge Reanimated Collab did wrong, just for future reference for you potential collab hosts in the future. I'm not here to call out the hosts or anyone participating, just to point out what went wrong throughout.
First of all, there was an extremely frustrating lack of communication. There were no Discord mentions ever from either of the collab hosts when they told us very important information, such as:
Switching collab hosts Nearing deadline There are still people who need to submit an entry Hosts don't know who still need to submit This lack of communication caused my problem. I submitted both my entries to the first host months ago, which he confirmed, and I assumed I was safe. Check back into that channel for fun in late September, and I find out the host is switched and the new host doesn't think I even submitted anything. If I had never checked in, my part of the collab would be completely missing. If the deadline is that close and has been delayed so many times, you need to tell people instead of blaming them for being lazy. The deadline was missed so many times because people either forgot the deadline or thought they were fine. I don't know how many people finished but weren't in the video, but judging by the fact a third of the final video is just the original, I can't be the only one.
You can't just assume people will constantly check back on the channel. Please tell people things. Also, manage your entries better. I don't know how my entries were lost in translation, nor how many others were lost.
Secondly, the editing wasn't the best. There wasn't a huge effort to sync stuff to the music. I get that it was rushed, but again, it didn't have to be rushed. The video itself feels scrambled together. When watching the video you can tell there were huge problems in the development of it. I get that the host editing it probably felt overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. In the host's mind at the time, half the people who entered are totally flaking out and not submitting their entries. That's not the case for most of it, but all of this would have been solved if the hosts kept constant communication with their entrants. Delay it again if you have to, just never leave blank spots in a collab. It's absolutely messy and completely takes away from any positive aspect of the video.
Also, I wasn't tagged in the topic, even though I was in the video. Not a big deal, I just don't know why that happened or what went wrong. Maybe they were using an outdated list, maybe it's partially for the same reason they didn't have my submission. Either way there was something to be handled better there.
Again, no disrespect towards either of the hosts. They didn't realize what they were doing wrong and didn't know what to do in certain situations. I'm not here to chastise them, just to point out what can be handled better in future collabs. I know from personal experience that both hosts are cool and talented dudes. Mistakes were made along the way, which is okay! But they're worth talking about.
That'll be all, thank you.

I just tried Beta 1.3 of Minecraft and I gotta say, it is way more brutal, and I like it. You can't shift-click which makes looting chests slower, but strangely methodical and satisfying. You also can't sprint, which means you really can't run away from enemies without building, which isn't anything special but I actually like how it changes combat. It's also much darker, torches don't light up as much and you don't have a brightness slider in your settings. It makes exploring caves and night time spookier.
But also, the terrain generation is much better in my opinion. While there are some impressive bits in modern Minecraft, Beta feels much more varied. The generated caves are so much cooler and more fun to navigate. While I love ravines in modern Minecraft, Beta's caves feel much more like caves, rather than linear tubes you just walk down, which are often what I find modern caves to be. In the couple hours I played today I also found some genuinely cool bits of cave and overworld terrain, and I haven't had that feeling of "Okay, that's pretty cool" in a long long time. In fact, I would love if cave generation shifted back toward that of Beta, while keeping all the new stuff they've added (ravines, ores, monsters).
Idk, you should try it and tell me if I'm wrong. Not saying Beta is better than modern Minecraft entirely, but I think it's interesting the direction they took Minecraft, away from brutal and difficult survival mechanics and more toward exploring biomes and finding new animals.

I believe I have been chosen.

what is that it is my birthday haha happy birthday everyone

I finally figured out how to do this.

Today news:
Stan Lee Passed away at 95
Toy story 4 trailer
Pokemon Live action trailer came out today
 
Rest in Peace Stan Lee

So apparently people are laughing about how gen z is complaining about class presentations, and saying things like "Wow, they can't even read analog clocks or speak in front of the class? They can't do shit nowadays." Listen, I also think public speaking is an important skill to have. And the analog clock thing I also kind of agree with. However, presenting in front of the class never once helped my social anxiety. Anyone who actually has social anxiety knows that having someone else force you to put yourself out there does not help your anxiety. If anything it makes it worse. Social anxiety requires your own methods. You need to be the one to figure it out. Everyone needs to be able to present eventually, yes. It is an extremely important skill to have. But presenting in front of the class does not help.
And I think the problem is it's a complex issue that's being unjustifiably oversimplified. I love sharing my work, absolutely. I like talking about my opinions on certain matters, especially if the topic is something I care about. But what gives me anxiety is the act of standing up in front of a big group of people, and personally explaining my project to them. I go to school with these people, if I mess up I'll feel awful for weeks thinking about what they thought. Obviously they might not have even cared if I did mess up, but that's kinda why anxiety sucks so much. Sure, standing up on this proverbial soap box on a Minecraft animation forum is totally fine for me because I know if I say something stupid, I can always take my time, think about what I said, what they said, and say something better next time. A presentation is a one-time deal. If you mess up, you're screwed. The fear of that happening only gets magnified ten-fold with social anxiety like that. Like I said, being able to handle that is an extremely important skill to have. But when you have social anxiety, that problem suddenly turns into something different that we're not really trying to fix properly.
Listen, from the almost 3 years I've been on this forum, I've learned the importance of constructive criticism. Criticism is the only sure-fire way to succeed in my book. When you give a presentation in front of 30 mindless teenagers who just want to leave, you don't get that. Not even from the teacher. Sure they might give you a score written on a piece of paper, but that's not real criticism is it? How am I supposed to be better at giving presentations if the only sign I'm doing something wrong is a number on a transcript? "This presentation sucks" does not tell us how to improve. And it really sucks that the current mindset that a lot of people have is that forcing you into that system will actually help you. It doesn't. Trust me, I know. If we want to actually help people improve at public speaking and to actually be able to use that skill in the real world, why don't we teach public speaking? There are a few schools out there who have it as an option, but being so important I think it should be required.
thank you for coming to my ted talk

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Rest in peace, Stefan. You were always number one in my eyes.

Friendly reminder that we treat others on this forum by what they say, not by what they've said.

yey

I'm rendering the Freefall Collab right now. Time to finish my show while I'm waiting. It says it thinks it'll take an hour and 15 minutes but the number keeps rising so we'll see.

wowie i feel so accomplished

This is so sad. Can we hit 960 downvotes?

I need some criticism on this F.N.A.F. Molten Froody I made.
I understand that some people may not like it because it's a FAD, but whatever.
I just want to know what I can improve on it.
Here's a video of the rig:
 

I got this to work in 1.1.3 now. It is no longer (completely) broken.

I am disappoint that this no longer works.