Darkora - Nik's Blog

Water, Carbon, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphorous, Salt, Saltpeter, Sulfur, Fluorine, Iron, Silicon, and trace amounts of 15 other elements.

I can do it.

I’m going to make myself a girlfriend using alchemy. 

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when did you start playing minecraft?

October 2010 - back when Minecraft was only 10 euroes

how did you find out about minecraft?

Mostly through Owlet (a friend of mine) and after I watched a video he put up on youtube I knew I had to give it a go...

what was the first thing you built on singleplayer/multiplayer?

I built a castle on singleplayer - I've only recently starting playing smp and I don't tend to do so very often

what is your in game name/username in minecraft?

they call me darkora... *dramatic chords*

what was the biggest thing you ever built?

I'm currently in the process of building a huge trading post which will easily be the biggest thing I've ever built

what is your next project/creation?

I have no real idea... whatever strikes me next I guess...

what do you mainly build in minecraft? (for example: treehouses, minecart systems, etc.)

I couldn't say I build one thing more than any other, I guess if pressed I'd say bases, a variety of them...

which do you do that most: explore, kill mobs, or mine?

I build mostly really, though I do enjoy sperlunking trips... except when I run out of torches

last thing you built involving redstone?

I use redstone a lot, though I do tend to cheat because I use Ali4z's Wireless Redstone along with Feanorith's Redstone Advanced - last big thing I built with redstone was a gate system (several times) for my trading post 

favourite ore and why?

I like diamonds the most - mainly because there's the whole adventure of trying to find them

least favourite ore and why?

hmm I suppose Gold is my least favourite ore, it doesn't seem to be anywhere near as useful as the others

do you often go to the nether (or aether if you have the aether mod)?

recently I've started going into the nether more and more - since Better Than Wolves gave Netherrack a host of uses, I've more reason to go there

what mods do you enjoy using?

Better Than Wolves is my favourite, though I tend to use an absolute ton - I think my current homebrew modpack involved something like 25 mods - I won't list them all here but if anyone wants to know they can drop me an ask

favourite texture pack?

I tend to switch through several - I like the stylings of the painterly pack but I also love Carlotta4th's Modified Portal textures - I plan to make my own at some point, but that may have to wait.

favourite mob and why?

Wolves, definitely would have to be Wolves

least favourite mob and why?

gorram creepers, they need to stop destroying my stuff

name some of your favourite minecraft blogs/websites

I only really use the minecraft wiki and the yogiverse along with the minecraft forums

who is your favourite minecraft commentator on youtube? why?

I'm not sure if they count as commentators but I follow the yogscast quite closely - I'm definitely a yognought though I also follow Etho

what are you looking forward to the most in the 1.8 update?

I suppose it would have to be the added depth to the game that notch puts into most updates, I'm glad to see the game expanding

what are your thoughts on minecraft being available on the xbox?

I think it should be good, not sure exactly how it'll work (and I daresay I won't buy it myself) but I'm glad that minecraft is getting the attention and expansion it deserves

sum up minecraft in a five-worded sentence.

"get excited and make shit"

a minecraft survey!

As requested, I have made more tokens!

If anyone else has ideas for more tokens they'd like to see, feel free to drop me an ask or just reblog this post with the request...

31careypricefan1:

I am Dave! Yognau(gh)t and I have the balls! Repost if you’re a Yognaut or Yognaught!

what a deal.

Welp, Tumblr’s dead.

Apparently, the problem with Tumblr isn’t the unchecked festering shitpile of a nazi community that this site brazenly shelters, nor is it the tons of spam bots, nope it’s the adult content, seriously? Would it genuinely be too much work to program in a safe mode that works? Instead, you have to punch your users in the face. Good job @staff you just turned this site into MySpace II, you’ll be able to count your users on one hand in the new year.

Last one out, turn off the light.

A better, more positive Tumblr

Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.

Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).  

Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.

So what is changing?

Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.

Why are we doing this?

It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.

So what’s next?

Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.

Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.

Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.

Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.

Jeff D’Onofrio CEO

my irony meter just exploded... she's paying for a replacement

siriku:

Win.

Holy crap... too awesome for words