I would agree Glucan, but Ath built the Castle so close to spawn. Being built out of so much obby makes it resistant. I just figured since the wall was passing by I would make it complement his build.

Baron you can use this if you want when we meet.

Command block command for chest load of netherack

I have dedicated the sanctioned rebuild with a flaming, obby delight at Atheods house.

LoL

Its cool Baron. I prolly should have realized everything written above. As I said, I actually found the challenge engaging its not lost time I had fun. Next time we are on together I will take you up on the offer to get the netherack back. Tping back and forth was actually the biggest pain in the ass.

Whats funny is we have "boarders" all around spawn. When Im done we can tell new players..."Make sure you build beyond the Netherack wall, everything closer to spawn than that gets removed"

Now that I know your not gonna nuke it out, I'll have fun feathering it into the landscape, and making it look cool with a catwalk, and stairs. The Great Wall.

I did Crafty. The rule we tell every new player is, "Dont build anything less than 1000 from spawn or it will be removed". I built at 1000 +1 on purpose. At first, it was because I was bored and saw no point in finishing Paradise in Hell before 1.9 since I would most likely be disappointed at having to abandoned it to play in the new 1.9 world. But then I discovered a challenge in crossing entire ocean bottoms, and clearing paths through Jungle. I met some locals Atheo for 1 and made arrangement to pass his house. His section will be in Obsidian. I started to see so many people patrolling the wall that I decided to make it a proper wall with a walkway, and towers. But just as I was finishing the 1st pass with an average height of 70, and stated on the towers I logged in to see it mostly gone.

Im not trying to be obstinate. I understnd your point. Of you say please just dont, I wont. Im just trying to kill time here as apposed to anywhere else. I know staff has better things to do.

Ok, my newest build just started as something to do expecting 1.9 to come out asap. I started building a netherack wall at 1001 around spawn. I had it nearly completed, and was about to start building towers at the corners, make it 3 wide because it was a fun path to run, and set it on fire. I had a stupid reason, but know am into the challenge of building it.

BUT, and im not accusing anyone, I suspect someone with special powers or abilities removed it. #1 because in running the whole 8000 block loop there are 0 dropped netherack items. Thats 18 inventory loads of netherack. Someone mining and waiting for them to despawn would have to stand somewhere 5 minutes every app 240 blocks. Thats almost 166 minutes of JUST waiting for despawn, not including mining. Thats about 32,000 netherack, requiring about 6-7 Inbreaking 3 diamond picks. Ive mined 1.4 million netherack myself, I know it inside and out.

#2 I Painstakingly tucked the netherack into every nook and crany of hillsides and under water, and into holes using much meat and water breathing potions, and speed pots. It is removed as though it was done with a replace command. Blink-Blink. Not 1 extra block is touched.

So I ask... Who is removing my work? Im impressed that you removed in less than a day what it took me and 2 other person 4 days to make. How did you do it?

P.S.
Who ever it is... Thanks for the challenge. I only have like 57,000 more netherack to play with till 1.9 so...

Yea, im remembering what a bug fest 1.7 & 1.8 were on release. It seems to my memory 1.6.4 ran so good for so long. Even though the calender says 1.8 is the longest running version. To be honest... We deserve this... Mincraft is the paramount example of a product produced and released by comity.

Something else important. I imagined after waiting more than a year, " 2015 (was) the first year where a major update to Minecraft (wasnt) released" That 1.9 would be released almost imediatly in 2016.

Dumb ass Dinnerbone had stated in October "We are aiming to get Minecraft 1.9 feature complete at end of this month" So by my maths they are 3 months behind schedule.

Then jack ass Jeb says, "Minecraft 1.9 will not be released this year. We want to fix more bugs before release, and keep the game stable over the holidays"

SOOooo... As far as i can tell, it could be 3 days, or 3 months before we see a 1.9 release. Why do i say that? You may ask.... Well the 2ND snapshot of 2016 was released today. 16w03a[1] is the fiftieth snapshot released for 1.9.

MINECRAFT SNAPSHOT 16W03At

Thanks for that Crafty. If anyone thinks you can just open a 1.8 server world in 1.9 and just go on playing as if merging onto a highway you would be in for a shock. Most casual players never experience world corruption, or have any idea how wrong a game of minecraft can go. I trust you.

Oh, and I found this to kill the time while we wait.

SHOCKING interview with Mojang. Mod API?

FYI JSYK. This video was made for parody purposes

This is exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks. My problem with "waiting" is in every aspects of life i equate waiting with killing time. Eg reading a magazine in a dentist office, watching tv while I wait for people to come home, going to the movies between kids soccer games. Its never productive.

And thats the rub. How do i wait for 1.9, while playing 1.8 at craftymynes, and have it be fun and fulfilling ?

To echo pand a bit "Please don't mistake my questions for impatience" at least with you Crafty, and or your server & staff. Yes at first I felt like you were keeping from us what your plans were. I understand why. But on top of that I realize that you have to deal with the same "unknowns" as we do. And im sure your doing the best you can, and i can appreciate that the stakes are higher for you.

I am shocked at how little conversation we are having about 1.9.