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(All images taken from my Minecraft server – 1.8-1.0 images)

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- Map of my world:

Probably isn’t much to those with more active servers, but this is quite large for those on my server. I tried filling in those holes but it was just too big for me to find. Ah well. We play in survival mode while using resources from the land itself, not creative spammage. If we do go into creative mode then it is only to add Busou Shinki statues.

Isometric keeps crashing.

- Top-right: Nas’s town.
- Far-left: Persocom’s city, towns, and villages.
- Bottom-right: My farms, cities, and similar.

(Link – MySite) – Labeled with cities, towns, and outposts.

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- Related Articles:

- Part 2:
http://ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/ArcticuMinecraft/?p=132

- Part 1:
http://ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/ArcticuMinecraft/?p=94

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- Christmas Tree:

A Christmas tree which was ready for the winter festivities, however various kinds of situations put off filming annd festivities. This tree will most likely stay up for next winter’s Christmas.

(Link – MySite) - Bex jumping onto and off of the tree.

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- Arcticu Apartment Complex:

With limited land-mass I was forced to build an apartment complex for my fellow players. doesn’t look like much at the moment, but hoping to fancy it up as time passes. Still incomplete when I type this.

(Link – MySite) – The back.

(Link – MySite) – The front.

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- Arcticu City Bank:

I created a bank in an attempt to work with Bukkit’s bank plug-in. If not now, then maybe sometimes down in the future. Of course it’ll hold funds, record them in between moves, and similar. This bank is also based on the incomplete Busou Shinki center I created on another server.

(Link – MySite) – Construction still in progress.

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- Arcticu City Mall:

A few more improvements to what I want to turn into a hub for all items being sold which were found on the map. This mall had it’s roof improved by adding a garden, a basement, while finally having a selling portion on the first floor. This mall relies on both showcase plugin and trade-o-mart from IC2. Been considering making it taller to store more.

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- “Observatory”:

Unsure what this is, I’m simply going with my “creativity”. Who knows what this might be or how it will end up. I do plan it to have water flowing down the center.

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- Arcticu Airport & Train-station:

This structure finally saw some improvements, if minor. Added glass around it, gave it reinforced pillars, and even made it more visually pleasing. What isn’t shown is a runway to plane’s mod aircraft to take-off and land. This structure is messing with my mind, I’m unsure how to complete it.

(Link – MySite) – What was once sand is now dirt.

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- Kitsu – Spawn Town:

After being ignored for quite a while Kitsu was looked after once again with some few improvements. Kitsu and Arcticu are the two main hubs so it would only be natural for both Kitsu and Arctic city to both improve.

Added a water tower to feed water into the village and to view the surrounding areas. Who knows, maybe I’ll use it in a future video or similar.

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(Link – MySite)  – Might be out of place, but you got a nice view when looking down.

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- Kitsu – Renge’s and Gab’s face Display:

Also added both Renge’s and Gab’s face as a memorial-statue type thing. Me and my fellow blogger are the two individuals adding the most. Nas? He also helps out, but he doesn’t have one skin making it hard to add a face on it – the big three. One of the few things built in creative mode….the faces at least.

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- Kitsu Airport:

With my interest in Flight Simulator X & planes mod this airport was made in response such. Even if it didn’t serve a purpose, it would be there to show my interest in aircraft. Maybe used as portals to get to and from places, at a cost of money.

Hanger and planes not in view….I forgot.

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- Kitsu Power Station:

Can’t forget to IC2 Kitsu now that the server has it. This station is mostly run by water mill towers in the deep part of the ocean. It has around 7 battery boxes to contain all the charge gained, basic devices, and even a basic industrial storage-furnace set-up. If you want to smelt stuff en-mass, you may do so at Kitsu. Keeping it in basic form, though it could be upgraded if others wanted it to be upgraded.

(Link – MySite) – Mini-factory working.

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- A’K's Outpost 1:

In need of resources I built out and created an outpost. Who knows what I may do with it or how I may build it in the future. I do have tons of ideas to mess around with. This outpost is also very close to some Industrial Craft 2 resources.

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(Link – MySite) – Only a few seconds outside of the outpost heading to Arcticu City.

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- Arcticu City’s Powerplant & Factory:

After being displeased with the distance travel between Arcticu and my outpost I moved it to my capital. Might not be much currently, will improve it overtime when I gain more resources and time. The input and output right now suits with what I need. Planning to have the power-plant area to gather energy via solar-panels, the factory next-door purely smelting and the other non-existent building to store all my stuff before it heads to the main storage building I built earlier. May also place lava, oil, and water storage into the storage area on the industrial platform.

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(Link – MySite) – All temp set-up; Need to gain more resources!

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- Gouka – Persocom’s main city:

Fellow blogger on my blog with his main city based on Gab from Busou Shinki. Construction and progress on his end is gradually continuing.

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(Link – MySite) – Perso’s Industrial, Buildcraft, and plane sector.

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- Halloween Town – Greetings Tower:

A tower I made on Persocom’s land to greet people into the Halloween town. Also, for some odd reason, I had numerous deja vu’s as if I saw this exact view somewhere.

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- Gouka City – Gab’ Statue:

Persocom wanted to build a Gab statue in response to my Renge statue (below these images). My favorite Shinki is Renge while Persocom’s is Gab – Hellhound. I did say that I wouldn’t be posting Japanese onto here, but this is minor.

(Link – MySite) - GAAAAAOOOO!~

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- Arcticu City – Renge Statue:

Common now! I like Busou Shinki Renge, my avatar is of such, and a city of mine without an avatar of myself isn’t my city at all! I did say that I wouldn’t be posting Japanese onto here, but this is minor. When she was completed I kept freaking out because I thought another player was on the server. From the corner of my eye and from afar that Renge statue looks real. Also, she was crafted in creative mode sadly. I have lots of wool, but not that much.

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Muuuuu~

- Renge – Merry Christmas (Santa) version:

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- Selket -Graffias Statue:

Selket is a desert NPC village turned into a player one by Persocom. Graffias is the statue placed there due her type being scorpion….desert scorpion. Fitting. Persocom appeared to have out-done me at my own game….Bastard! But nice

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- Random Images:

Just some randomness and some fun that I couldn’t fit elsewhere. Probably did share a few images here, but what is worth sharing is worth re-sharing I guess.

(Link – MySite) – Trio-creepers attempting to ruin my progress.

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(Link – MySite) – Minion’s grave.

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(Link – MySite) – Flying squid with no plug-ins or mods. Didn’t disconnect either.

(Link – MySite) – AFK Obsidianed shelter in Perso’s hardware store.

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(Link – MySite) - Bex: “Three derplings derping around” (Or worded similar). I say three stooges.

(Link – MySite) – My floating outpost/embassy above Nas’s Sky Haven town.

(Link – MySite) – Volcano from Redpower 2, this one being very massive.

(Link – MySite) – Tallest oil fountain seen by anybody from the server. Beat that Texas?

(Link – MySite) – Accidentally ditched a plane in Gouka’s lake.

(Link – MySite) – Oh, hello there….

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I have more but I’ll save those later. Lots of things changed and things moved around, Probably may share more in another few months?. This was to mainly update my fellow players on the server.

Peace!

(Link – MySite) – Second dragon encounter near Solitude.

(All images taken in Elder Scroll’s Skyrim – PC Game. Images taken using Fraps.)

I left Solitude and was going to head roughly to Morthal. I wanted to check out the dungeon but instead, I swam across across to a little camp and raided it. Short after, I continued through the swamp and encountered what looked to be an abandoned bandit camp. As I was examining the camp the dragon snuck around and made its presence known by a loud roar….

Me and my Lydia (NPC companion) took arms with our bows and attempted to strike it down with arrows. Constant misses on my end. It kept flying around and appeared to be roasting local wild-life in the area causing me to bounce around in various streams….It returned, finally paying attention to me and Lydia. I used the healing spell on myself and my trusty two-handed blade to slice its head to bits. Even had a lovely finishing move which would of been awesome for screens. Sadly, my victory wasn’t recorded due to Fraps being a prick.

I did a poor reenactment of my battle.

(Link – MySite) – Poor reinactment of my dragon battle

(Link – MySite) – Sure, I got roasted a few times, but not this badly.

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-> Placeholder for Dragon corpse. Went searching but the corpse was gone so my proof may be gone.

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After the awkward victory I fast-traveled to Whiterun, even though I said I wouldn’t. I actually don’t want to fast-travel but I was full on lootage and didn’t want to deal with any bandits along the way who would full up my inventory full of dragon material.

I stored my loot, purchased home expansions, and made myself more at home than I did before. I stored 36 books and the rest in adjacent cupboards. Who knows, I might get bored and read the lore later. Also ended up displaying two “rare” (what I think is rare anyways) swords for other people’s viewing pleasure.

(Link – MySite) – Tons of books and two semi-neat blades.

(Link – MySite) – Good for winter-time.

(Link – MySite) – Just cooking me some food for my trip.

(Link – MySite) – Envoys from somewhere. Wasn’t really paying attention.

(Link – MySite) – Hmm? Was going to deal with some bounties.

(Link – MySite) - Random.

(Link – MySite) - Scouting my bounty-zone quickly, even though I was seen.

(Link – MySite) – Bye bye bandit.

Game crashed so I had to re-make my way back to the bandit camp. Encountered a suspicious individual along the way who just ended up being a thief…lovely.

(Link – MySite) – Pfft, No way! You’re insane.

(Link – MySite) – So, what were you saying?

Now back to the Bandit camp…….

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Hmm? I saw something happening in the background so I took a peak. I saved of course just so I could see what I was missing.

(Link – MySite) – Fireballs going left to right.

(Link – MySite) - Damn…..I know I’m doomed.

Decided to raid the Bandit camp’s interior just to see what they had in store.

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Killed the bandits within and took all the loot to be sold at Whiterun. Another assassin was assigned to wipe my character clean from the world of Skyrim, not happening! Am I really that unwanted?

(Link – MySite) – Seriously? Why?

(Link – MySite) – Second failure for an assassin.

Raided the camp behind Whiterun. I mean, its just under it so I might as well make the people feel safer a bit. Once I did reinforcements came and tried to clear us out from there.

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(Link – MySite) – Even though I was behind Whiterun I was full on lootage so I stole their horse that they stole from someone else. Wish Lydia could jump on.

(Link – MySite) – Forgot to read the note I looted and it looks the same. Damn! Who wants me dead?!

Quickly went back to the bandit camp behind Whiterun and the mine to get some ores. Disappointed you can’t keep re-mining similar to cutting wood. Ah well. Maybe you can, but it probably takes ages?

(Link – MySite) – *Insert diggy diggy hole tune*

(Link – MySite) - Two traps visible in one image….Mammoth skull and fire-bomb.

Returned to Whiterun to deposit and sell more loot. Soon after (next real day) I went back out to venture to Solitude. Instead, I ended up raiding a fort on the hill….Distractions…Even if you don’t want to get distracted you still do with the amount of detailing in this game.

(Link – MySite) – Some traders from a very sandy place.

(Link – MySite) – Awesome sunset.

(Link – MySite) – Slain horse?

(Link – MySite) – Killed merchant? Ya, this doesn’t look good *on alert*.

(Link – MySite) – Forsworn mini-raid? Saved a Peddler.

(Link – MySite) – Was spotted at the fort so time to get all Nord and upfront.

(Link – MySite) – All cleared – In and out.

(Link – MySite) – Hired Thug? What do you want…..

A bit on the tough side I see.

(Link – MySite) – Oooook? Thief Kitsu? Huh? Who did I steal from and why you after me?

(Link – MySite) – Good Morning and Imperial Guard recruiting with random rabbit corpse.

(Link – MySite) - Random female Orc came to attack me a bit away from Whiterun.

(Link – MySite) - Huh? Stay dead and go back to the damn tower!

(Link – MySite) – Well, you look dead. Lightweight or was there a heavy windstorm?

(Link – MySite) – They’re leaving already? Just one night? Sold them half the stuff I looted.

(Link – MySite) – If you say so.

Everybody I seem to meet is all so high and mighty…..arrogant. Went to raid untouched dungeons that were around my “level”. Decided to go into a family grave area to kill Vlad.

(Link – MySite) – More undead.

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(Link – MySite) – What you looking at?

(Link – MySite) – There is that same dragon flying around again.

(Link – MySite) – The first dragon dug himself down into a grave? Nice, but random.

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(Link – MySite) – Two groups of Imperials taking prisoners.

(Link – MySite) - A female Merc eh?

(Link – MySite) – Uh….Why do you want a Redwood gal that badly? 0_0

(Link – MySite) – Nice bridge.

(Link – MySite) – Another Orc? Hostile race.

On a small ring pond on a small island sitting alone and unconscious? Probably dead?

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Of course….was too quiet. One thing you need to learn that if it is too quiet then there is something wrong.

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(Link – MySite) – Ya, very very quiet into two ambushes.

(Link – MySite) – Third Assassin hit with 1 thug bounty? Seriously?!

(Link – MySite) – If you want a proper look at my would-be assassin. Placed her on a tree in respect.

Had a quest to do where I had to get a “Horn” so I raided a dungeon.

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(Link – MySite) – Neat.

(Link – MySite) – Imperial guard and a horse? Damn.

(Link – MySite) – Them again? They were just standing there and waltzing around in circles.

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(Link – MySite) – On the way to slay a dragon and a big cat wanted in.

(Link – MySite) – Dragon spotted, the same from beginning.

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(Link – MySite) – Dragon with the ability to spawn others? Oh boy.

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(Link – MySite) – Thanks! I needed that. Was getting quite chilleh up here.

(Link – MySite) - Slain after I roasted him and hit him with my blade.

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(Link – MySite) – I’ll do just that……Not even a Thank you for saving your village? >.>

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And with that – Happy New year! 2012!

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(All images taken in Elder Scroll’s Skyrim – PC Game. Images taken using Fraps.)

This continues off from part 1 (linked below) immediately leaving the shouting area.

Thought I’d venture back into Skyrim after hearing about co-op mod, Fate/Stay Night mods, and similar. They’re not done, but they did get me hyped that they made me play Skyrim once again just to quench that desire. As for the mods themselves, I’ll wait them out and wait when they’re “done”.

Just to be clear:  The mods aren’t installed, just mentioning them. Shall check out various Anime and non-Anime Skyrim mods once they’re “done” or ready”.

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Related Articles:

- Arctic Kitsune plays Skyrim – Part 1:
http://ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/ArcticuMinecraft/?p=144

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(Link – MySite) – That’s all? (They’re hidden within the fort and easily kill my character.)

(Link – MySite) – Weird….

(Link – MySite) - Fourth hidden outside. Easy as pie.

(Link – MySite) – So I checked all those I slayed and they were mostly females? Huh?

(Link – MySite) - Ouch..RIP…I didn’t roast “him/her”, I’m not that cruel.

Had a little buggish type incident where my saved file would loop in instant death because I left the “dungeon” with 1% health. My character was effected by an ice spell causing him to die once leaving the area, over and over and over again.

(Link – MySite) – What the heck are you doing?! A rape ritual? 0_0

I see I’m unwanted in the world of Skyrim…….An Assassin was hired to get rid of me, and I don’t even know why. The beep? Needless to say I slayed his rear-end and ruined his reputation for eternity.

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(Link – MySite) – I see I’m not welcomed into the Skyrim world….How cruel.

(Link – MySite) – This Assassin failed. Awkward moment….

Discovered another dungeon on the way but didn’t raid it. I also got startled by a dragon flying overhead and panicked quite a bit. I panicked so much I forgot to take an image. I was near Whiterun when it flew towards where I departed from, and stopped at in the last portion of previous article.

(Link – MySite) – Yup….Was a loooong walk.

Ended up considering walking west to slay some bandits in a fort, but they didn’t attack. Instead, I went further west to see what kind of scenery I have left yet undiscovered. Came across a thief that gave me a golden axe, allowing him to get slain by a shop keeper. What come around goes around .

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(Link – MySite) – Thief trying to flee only to get obstructed by a tree.

(Link – MySite) – Nice ruins or ceremonial site.

(Link – MySite) – Getting attacked by a random Argonian…

(Link – MySite) – Arrow to the neck and a blade through the chest.

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(Link – MySite) – Conclusion = picked a fight with the wrong adventurer.

I might be a new adventurer, but I’m that much of an idiot to get owned by a random swarm of bandits or hostile.

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(Link – MySite) – Um….So out of place.

(Link – MySite) – That explains it. Also not screwing with a troll, passive or not.

A bit outside of Rorikstead…..such an isolated village. Didn’t see any merchants so I went “quick” exploring. Ended up slaying some shaman after they became hostile to my presence, your fault. I only wanted to say hello you introverted fools.

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(Link – MySite) – Weird looking entity…..

(Link – MySite) – No wonder you don’t welcome strangers……..

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(Link – MySite) – If you’re hostile then this is what you get……I only wanted to say hello.

Ok, enough distractions….more exploring……Bandits appear near sunset hours, and needlessly to be said they were slain by me.

(Link – MySite) - Bandits!

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(Link – MySite) – Slaying the Bandits at a bandit camp. They won’t be tolling people.

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(Link – MySite) – Random abandoned camp.

(Link – MySite) - Slain female merchant….

(Link – MySite) - Mead drinkers asking me to drink.

Was on my way to Morthal to see if I could sell some loot but that didn’t go the way I wanted. I could of went to Solitude, though wasn’t aware that it was a bit better than Whiterun. Fast traveled to Whiterun and back after chesting & selling only to end up in Solitude much later.

Before traveling to Solitude I cleared out Fort Snowhawk and eliminated most or all within. Three of the remaining sorcerers attempted to ambush me only to feel the hard knock of the blade.

(Link – MySite) – So much for staying there for the night, time to fight my way to safety.

(Link – MySite) - I’d show you mercy if you actually meant to surrender.

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Arrived at Morthal only to be disappointed by it’s lack of hospitality. Ah well.

(Link – MySite) – I’m lost….Something happened and I don’t know what.

(Link – MySite) – Messing around with the throne while the main city hall folks snooze oblivious to my presence.

(Link – MySite) – Exactly! Nordy guards.

(Link – MySite) – Dead or undead, you’ll stay dead!

(Link – MySite) – They tried to ambush me, yet they failed.

(Link – MySite) – Proof they didn’t survive.

And arrived in Solitude only to witness this….

(Link – MySite) – Lovely…..How cruel and barbaric. People weren’t impressed.

(Link – MySite) – This one looks better than the rest ….but seems arrogant.

Ended up looting tons from the Inn only to come across a weird bug where someone ended up seeing me loot THROUGH the walls. Did it again just to be sure and ended up paying the bribe once again. This Inn hates me, and I lost some nice lootage I was going to save.

(Link – MySite) – Beautiful 0_0

(Link – MySite) – Ah…screw it. I’m getting owned now so I’ll just call it a night….

I’ll raid that dungeon that I didn’t in the first image….To be continued…..

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This game still deserves the hype and I still enjoy playing it. I’m loving the little things that come together as one to make this game feel nice. That Imperial outpost getting taken over, that Assassin, thief vs shop keeper, troll, bandits, and bull offering is awesome. I’ll actually raid dungeons once again now that I’m aware of my limits. Getting owned near Solitude which is telling me to go find lower areas to complete.

Hope you like these blog logs; shall share Part 3 shortly after since I’m in the mood. Peace!

(Link – MySite) – Imperials taking a Nord prisoner. Where to?

(All images taken in Elder Scroll’s Skyrim – PC Game. Images taken using Fraps.)

I absolutely love this game! It’s one of those games that I can truly get into. One of the few games with the hype that I can truly understand. The amount of detailing in both the little and major things just blown my mind! Sure, I played many RPGs, but they always did some weird shortcuts which would easily show how the developers coded the game. Skyrim? A bit harder to see through that.

Sadly, I’m a noob, newbie, novice – pick a word! – when it comes to Elderscrolls so I may struggle a tad. My friend did try to get me into Morrowind, but I never did due to PS2 games at the time…Anyways…

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- Who are you?

Kitsu – Male Nord who stole Imperial armor from Helgen.

- Wants to specialize in: Stealth and dual weilding
- Currently specializes in: Heavy armor and Greatsword.

I’m only at the beginning so do give me a damn break. I have yet to discover rare lootages somewhere in this world.

(Link – MySite) – Kitsu – Stolen Imperial armor at Whiterun.

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Ok, let me see here…..what would you prefer? I can log my adventures, I could do videos (with lag-spikes), and I could do both…If you could choose what would you want me to do?

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(Link – MySite) – Gorgeous!

(Link – MySite) – A bunch of asses these folks are…They got quite a rude attitude.

(Link – MySite) – I love it how there isn’t some modern digital text on that sign. You know just by looking.

One thing that irks me (in a good way) is how these shopkeepers and Inn keepers follow you around like some stalker making sure you don’t steal or abuse the place. Not saying this as a game’s con, but something that gradually irritates you because you need a bit more time before they enter. Their timing is perfect to make sure such a thing barely happens haha!

You basically go in, quick-loot, pretend you’re just browsing, and the door opens half-a-second later. Safe! Annoying, but rewarding. It feels bland without it.

(Link – MySite) – Oh, Hello there!….I’m….just browsing! May I see what you have for sale?

(Link – MySite) - It’s the little boy being bullied…..Girls, they’re scary! Some of them….

(Link – MySite) – Wow…get bullied as a kid and forced into decisions as an adult. Lovely world eh?

(Link – MySite) – Companions brawling one another. I didn’t know until I read the Wiki.

(Link – MySite) – Minor armor upgrades….

(Link – MySite) – Something that I can’t see due to light-pollution. Barely saw it when in Europe.

(Link – MySite) - Quite silent….I like how these NPC’s come out at set times instead of standing in one spot forever. They have lives!

(Link – MySite) – Night patrols….Not as silent as you thought eh?

(Link – MySite) – Was night so I decided to take a nap. Related to 4 above images.

(Link – MySite) – Next morning I see this fellow sleeping instead.

(Link – MySite) – Stop trolling me….I’m not stealing that!

(Link – MySite) – You sure you can carry all that? Three things enough to make something slip.

Well, I need to stop lollygaggin’ so I’ll go do the quests…Where to go? Oh! Let’s go to that dungeon we saw when fleeing from Helgen. Shouldn’t be that hard.

(Link – MySite) – Looks a bit like a dragon corpse.

Oh! Hello bandits! Time to see what I’m finally made of!

(Link – MySite) – Finish him!

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(Link – MySite) - Slice-and-dice! You’re on someone’s menu now!

(Link – MySite) – Nord zombies…You can finally rest in peace! Rest easy!

(Link – MySite) – Now I feel like a more serious Indiana Jones person….

(Link – MySite) – I was stuck here for a good 10 minutes before realizing the answer was on the Gold Claw.

(Link – MySite) – Music just got more intense….Boss fight? BOOST!

(Link – MySite) – Awesome! Learned a new ability.

(Link – MySite) – *Takes a very deep breath* – What a lovely night. A bit cloudy though. Not dumping my loot either.

(Link – MySite) – This bugger followed me and nibbled at my legs! It parted ways once it knew I was a Nord.

Once I reached the shores I thought I was going to get attacked….I came across a loud shouting female Orc that was selling Moon Sugar. I sold some stuff but I didn’t buy any of that….Moon Sugar. On to Riverwood! Going to be a long ass walk!

(Link – MySite) – Fox! For those that know of my main blog would now why I shared this image.

(Link – MySite) – Ooo! A campfire! Wonder what that is… *explores*

Bah! They don’t take kindly to strangers. They appeared to be a couple eloping, telling me “That is far enough!”

I sold my loot, was still full, and headed over to Whiterun to finish my damn mission. Nice to see that the Golden Claw belongs to the trader in Redwood. …..Now then,…….SHIT! I don’t want to fight a dragon now! Time to suck it up and get this over with *sighs*….

*10 minutes later*

(Link – MySite) – *Please hit! Please hit! Please hit*

(Link – MySite) - What? It…it…disintegrates? What….

(Link – MySite) - Ah! The one from the trailer. Got ya!

(Link – MySite) – Nice skeletal corpse.

(Link – MySite) – BOOST!~

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What? I heard a loud……shouting….when I got back to Whiterun’s gates. It shook the Earth….Oh! The Graybeards were summoning me.

*Later that day*

I was granted the title of Thane and given a lovely follower/companion called Lydia. Awesome! I needed to do business in Redwood though…I need to sell my dragon loot and get some cash…Sadly, I ended up only making money by cutting logs. Sorry Lydia! But watching me cut logs for 2 real hours, you sure had patience. Poked around Twitter at that time.

(Link – MySite) – Me and Lydia waiting for the trader to sell, which I didn’t. I want full price!

Now to cut logs for the next two real hours……

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(Link – MySite) – All this just to buy the Breezehome house in Whiterun, I need storage!

House purchased! Items stored! Now let us get back to the damn adventure….Forgot to take pictures of my home from my excitement of purchasing it, will share in Part 2 with before and after upgrade images.

(Link – MySite) - Bandit tower conquered! Bounty complete!  Now let us head over there!

Passed by an Imperial fort, nearly got killed by a Tiger-bear thingy, encountered a troll that we pushed to the nearby village, and then we walked up some steps…..

Quite a snowstorm/blizzard. My character literally starts shivering when idling around.

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Ended up coming across a damn snow troll that just wouldn’t let us pass….After a few retries I finally roasted that damn bastard alive and headed to the Graybeards hide-out. Time to learn the way of the voice! I hope I looted his corpse so I could sell its annoying corpse to a trader, regardless of price.

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Now I need more training……Until then, part 2 will have to wait until I have more to share! Such an awesome game. One of the very few hyped games I can actually be happy with. The rest that I got that were hyped left me greatly disappointed. All those minor details adds to the whole picture making this game awesome as a whole. The music is just beautiful!

I truly wish this game had co-op. Might throw off the difficulty, but at least it would please some or half of the gamer-base? If not on Skyrim, then in some alter dimension or something…..Add-ons? Mods? Just something to make it work. Double the spawn rate? You have a companion anyways so I don’t see what the problem would be haha.

I’ll leave you off with this beautiful track from the OST

Thanks for viewing and hope to share more parts!

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(All images taken within Minecraft 1.8 – my smp server. Article is image heavy with images kept in .png format.)

Been awhile and slow progress with Minecraft due to everything being worked at all at once. I’ve been Minecraft, figure reviewing, figure photoshooting, game playing, game reviewing, and all the good stuff which means less time to update this and that. When I did end up playing Minecraft I ended up having to level the terrain, gather resources, and basically organize how the world fits or what plugins should work. Fun.

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Related Articles:

- Minecraft – World of Kitsua  – SMP – Part 1:
http://ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/ArcticuMinecraft/?p=94

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- Arcticu Train Station:

One of the first things I built while pillaging the abandoned NPC village here. It has barely been worked on since moving to other structures, but it does serve it’s main purpose well. I expended on it slowly, very slowly, but it is getting there.

This train station currently links up with the farming sector of the city which then links up to Kitsu (spawn & starter village). The current expansion has a lower level which heads east to an outpost I’m attempting to reach and build at.

It’s sheltering ability right now is quite low and is prone to creeper explosions.

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- Renge’s Pyramid of Worship:

This one was simply done as an elaborate long-running prank for my fellow blogger who plays the game. In his absences I built this pyramid in creative mode while trying to make it look NPC like as possible by adding cryptic signs, a nice looking garden, NPC street lamps, and random dungeon-style loot. A pyramid NPC like? It works in theory when you consider how many times Minecraft was updated in the 1.8 version state.  This prank mostly worked until “he” saw my character’s face in the hidden top floor.

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(Link – MySite) – Perso linking his city with an underground station to the pyramid. Cacti = mob barrier.

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- Persocom’s Rail-Network:

Quite basic, but it does what it is needed. Because others were helping me I had to help them out, and thus, I helped Persocom build his railway network from his city – Gouka – to the pyramid and an NPC village named Selket. An curious peaceful Enderman decided to drop in and say hello.

I put the Enderman in the cart because I was curious as to how they would sit in it….They hover-sit apparently. The ceiling needs to be three blocks high or they will turn invisible. They won’t die, but turn invisible.

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- Renge’s Shrine:

If you haven’t guessed, Renge is my avatar and what I’m about to show you is her shrine. Who is Renge? A ninetailed fox themed 15 cm tall battle robot made by Konami. Renge is based on a nine-tailed fox spirit with a superior attitude who loves lecturing and wants to be with you almost all the time.

This shrine shall basically hold Renge’s weapons – 9 blades – floating above the shrine area. It will get quite complex and take forever to complete.

(Link – MySite) - Four skeli’s attacking each other on Renge’s land.

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- Arcticu City – Government Tower (Name pending):

Version 2! Remember my 1.7 map? No? Maybe you’re a first time lurker…Well, my main city in 1.7.3 contained small buildings while now I’m trying to aim for a Tokyo-New York style skyline with skyscrapers. I ended up building the government tower first because that was what came to mind first. First four floors are public while the rest will be private floors with offices and such.

(Link – MySite) – The foundation.

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(Link – MySite) – Caged Persocom~

(Link – MySite) – I played a bit of Half-Life 2 and this reminds me of the Citadel….

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- Arcticu City – Office Buildings (Name pending):

If this is going to be the capital city of my region then I may as well add office buildings. Still unsure what kind of paper work or how to decorate it….

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- Second Office building built exactly the same.

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(Link – MySite) – I’ve been nicknamed “Death the Kid” from Soul Eater because of this.

(Link – MySite) – Looks beautiful during the night.

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- Sky Haven – Arcticu HQ:

My friend Nas’ is in charge of building his own tower to the city’s building regulation. Sadly, he is a slow builder which may be done around the same time as Renge’s shrine (as seen above) may end up being done. His tower will specialize in aviation technology.

(Link – MySite) – Squids raiding Nas’s fountain.

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- Arcticu City – Arcticu Mall (Name pending):

This is a place where you obviously sell your loot from across the land and various dimensions. First floor will be sectioned off containing my stores, second floor will be a food court, third floor is exotic goods sold from across the lands by various players, and fourth being the top floor’s garden area. It may, or may not, find find being expanded upwards and downwards.

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- Sky Haven – Nas’s City:

Just like with 1.7.3 Nas ended up being the “last” to build a city of his own. He always ended up helping me instead of focusing on his own city. This time around I decided to help him out for all the times he helped me out….Maybe by the third part he will have his floating city .

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- Christmas Tree:

Getting the jump on it before it disappears on me like Persocom’s Halloween did (image below). Upping a giant pine tree with glowstone, wool, presents, snow blocks, and maybe the fireworks plugin to celebrate Christmas with. Sadly, I have to build it through creative mode because doing it all legit would take me as long as Persocom’s Halloween patch.

Currently incomplete in the below images.

(Link – MySite) - Merry Christmas! Oh wait! Wrong month! I got confused with all the advertisements.

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(Link – MySite) – My host – Bex – jumping around the incomplete tree.

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- Memorable Images/Scenery:

And as always, some extra images that I couldn’t fit into their own section that I thought needed sharing.

(Link – MySite) – Was supposed to get this up by Halloween, was never finished in time.

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(Link – MySite) – Awesome! They look like ghosts floating around.

(Link – MySite) – Letting loose chickens in Perso’s Selket (NPC village) chicken farm!

(Link – MySite) – Pile of bones sitting in my office building…..

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(Link – MySite) – Nice! I like how the sunset’s lighting even reddens the buildings a bit.

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(Link – MySite) – Ravines are awesome.

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(Link – MySite) – Persocom’s little minion paying me back for all the damages done on their land.

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(Taken from Minecraft with video being made by Haasth. Mod = non-existent.)

That’s right! Minecraft meets Battlefield 3. And it all takes place in my favorite part of the battefield – the sky! Well, after you’ve camped around like a mindless moron for a few minutes  for a plane, helicopter, tank, jeep, or transport plane…..Maybe more if more mindless morons jacked your spot in the “queue” haha!

“Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!”

Ya, you can guess my role now…..I’m a mindless moron camping for a plane *sighs*. I’m guilty of doing that in Battlefield 1942, Vietnam, Battlefield 3, and even Battlefield 2142. I barely have enough skill to boast about being a good player………I’m quite decent at the game.

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- Random Rambling:

Had a bit of some trouble joining the server because of Haasth connection and my deep curiosity. What? I can’t be curious? I ended up exploring the tanker which had some nice rooms within. Wish they were within the video in some way, shape, or form….the aircraft carrier? That was nicely detailed as well. Not nice, no accurate, but they did have “rooms” that could of been taken advantage of, probably….

While waiting I ended up getting myself a diamond shovel while accidentally ruining the aircraft carrier’s flight deck. I was still in creative mode, whoops!

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Two “behind the scenes” shots, if you’re curious.

(Link – MySite) – USS – Sssss….BOOM!

(Link – MySite) – Created a sand & dirt pillar while waiting…..Ah! The jokes!

It’ll be awhile before I decide to pick up Battlefield 3 so this is as close as I’ll get to it. Funds are lacking; spread thin so ya….focusing on other things in the mean time! Thanks for viewing!

P.S – If you haven’t, subscribe to Haasth YouTube channel for more goodies!

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(Image and video taken within Minecraft and made by Haasth. Mod = non-existent.)

This one is quite a simple video, but a semi-amusing one at that. I basically got “created”, moved to the top right corner and swarmed to death by Silverfish. Yup! Just that simple….Better than nothing haha!

- Random Rambling:

Basically spent a good 30 minutes to an hour getting prepared for this video. I explored the server, Eifoz built some worshiping pillar thingy, and Haasth was planning things out in a comical manner. After a bit we later gathered together spawning as many silver-fish as possible before they were burnt off………I had a few tries acting as a unit within the Starcraft game…Awkward…….After a few tries we got it done. Sounds boring? Maybe it is, but eh…Memories!

(Link – MySite) – Burning swarms of silver-fish.

The Nyan-fish was an interesting touch. Random, but amusing!

So ya, short as the video, see you in the next video! If you haven’t already please subscribe to Haasth’s YouTube channel for more Minecraft related videos, or others….

P.S: Hit me with a “Stop! Grammar Time” emot’ or comment and I’ll end up roasting you instead!

(Link – MySite) – Snowman/Snow Golemn Madness! They decided to spread out.

(All images taken from Minecraft’s Pre-1.9 version – Leaked.)

Just like the Pre-1.8 Pax version that was leaked, Notch willingly leaked pre-1.9 for feedback purposes. What new features are given?

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If you want to play with it yourself check this out:
-> http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/230-19-is-out/

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- Features:

- Snowman/Snow Golemn: Don’t have a proper use for your pumpkins or snow? Make an army of snowman!  Just grab two snow blocks and place them ontop of each other by finishing it off by placing a pumpkin! Now watch them roam the world! Make them as your mobile sentry gun that does 0 damage, yet distracts your foes ease. Do note that they’re VERY suicidal, if you care for them protect them! They don’t listen to you and do as any other mob would, wonder around.

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- Blaze Rod: Basically a stick textured bright yellow that are dropped by the new fire mob in the Nether’s strongholds. It currently has no use.

(Link – MySite) – The blaze rod stick!

- Mushroom Biome and Mooshrooms: Nature can get quite nasty when left to its own, these being no different. Giant mushrooms now grow into massive ones, they infect nearby cows, and the grass in infected turning it into a brown pile of shroomy mess. Don’t like it? It’s very rare! And how to cure the mooshroom? Just shear them clean of mushrooms! They were so rare that I couldn’t find them in my two hours of flying around in creative mode .

- Testificate – NPC Monks: Bored of NPC’s being abandoned since 1.8? Lonely? No longer must you feel spooked by its abandoned atmosphere! Testificated monks shall keep you company! Feeling sadistic? No pleasure here for you as they don’t make sounds upon death, nor do they drop anything. They’re just there to keep you busy with their pacifist ways.

- Nether Strongholds & Two mobs: Much love has been given to the Netherworld! You may now spot fire slime, Fire spitters, and even rare nearly abandoned strongholds! Nether warts and Blazing rods maybe acquired from said strongholds.

- Swamp biome upgrade with lilypads: Swamps have now been darkened, water given that more swampy look, and have lily-pads that you may pick up. Apparently you can place them, but I haven’t tried due to being in creative mode.

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- Snowman mayhem!

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(Link – MySite) – Invading throughout the night! Hearing creeper blasts all night long.

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- Testificates – NPC village monks:

They only appear in new chunks that are from 1.9, not pre-existing ones that players pillaged. They may look weird, but they’re a nice addition. To those annoyed with how they look, this is after all a pre-release. Simply wait for the full 1.9 where changes will actually be more polished and complete, as well as more NPCS…..if you did spend the time requesting and not whining .

(Link – MySite) – Many mentioned that he looks like Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants; Hive-minding sucks.

(Link – MySite) – They love roaming around aimlessly.

(Link – MySite) – Their big heads and noses attracts the most attention, as with the genital remarks. Silly perverted people.

(Link – MySite) – They occupy every home, sometimes in pairs in the bigger ones.

(Link – MySite) - They’re not great farmers, and I let loose the snowman.

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- Swamps and Lilypads:

Instead of being light-green they’re now dark green! Nice addition with the lilypads, may we have more food farming options or crafting abilities with those? Frogs?

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(Link – MySite) – They turn gray when picked up.

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- Nether Strongholds, Fire Slime, and Fire-Spitters:

During my time flying in creative I only found two-three in an hours time. Some are massive while others are broken or eaten by the terrain. They don’t seem to contain any loot, just a new fire-spitters and fire-slimes.

(Link – MySite) – Partly ruined using Netherbricks.

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- The Fire-Spitters (not their official name) can be seen “powering up” their shots with flames growing around them. When they do “power up” they shoot a volley of fireballs before needing to regain the spent energy. They fly around with their golden spirals orbiting around their body, with the ability to out-maneuver you, a land walker.

(Link – MySite) – Stronghold, Pigman, Fire-spitters, and the spawner and they also appear to be using a modified Steve head.

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(Link – MySite) – Fire-spitters joining me at the nearest lava pool.

As for the Nether Dungeons/Strongholds themselves…..

(Link – MySite) – Nether warts – Sounds quite nasty…..They grow on soul-sand and may be found in strongholds.

(Link – MySite) – Whoever built these wanted to rule the Nether properly. Each one I found had twisting and long-winded tunnels that looks professionally built.

(Link – MySite) – A nice look-out/balcony for the guards, Pigman, Fire-spitters, overlords, and etc.

(Link – MySite) – Those that disobey orders get a nasty drop into the following.

(Link – MySite) – Nether disliked it’s own stronghold and ate this one.

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Fire slime! These behave like the normal slime, yet have a few blocks to appear as if its body is extending.

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(Link – MySite) – They still multiply when hurt…..

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- Mushroom Biome and Mooshroom:

I wasn’t able to find any in my 1-2 hours of exploring, but my blogging buddy did! The biomes are basically on islands to prevent spreading, and are MASSIVE!

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I think it’s about time that I declared war on the Nether for all those mob attacks. I declare war! Time to claim thee for the Fox spirits!

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(Link – MySite) – Typical! Every army has their fair-share of clowns, as does mine.

(Link – MySite) – Both sides suffered heavy casualties…..

(Link – MySite) – Pigman now drop rotten flesh instead of cooked porkchops.

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And that should be it? Think I missed something? Let me know! I’ll look into it!

Peace! Happy Digging! And praised be the fox spirits!

(Link – MySite) – Bread-barfing Dei. Tell how hungry we were?

This 1.8 world basically had me and Dei (fellow forum buddy) start on mini-islands that had no trees. We swam for quite a bit hitting land a bit west from where we originally started, spotting an abandoned NPC village where we took refuge for the night. The first few days were obviously rough with me gathering wood and building up defenses against the massive hordes of creepers, zombies, Enderman, and the skelis.

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Map:

Well, Sadly I have to render it in “normal” mode because Isometric keeps crashing. Ah well….And because we’re on a new world there isn’t much to see at the moment, except for small-builds for necessity stuff.

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Well, might as well post the first few days worth of images first as structures came a bit after…..

(Link – MySite) – Two skeletons attacking one another on the first night.

(Link – MySite) – First Enderman contact.

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- NPC Village – New Kitsu:

The village me and Dei discovered was swiftly claimed as ours and named “Kitsu”, after the first spawn village from the 1.7 world. This is now a TRUE trading post due to my forum/blogging buddies making cities of their own in the northern half while I’m on the southern half. Kitsu places itself nicely in the middle for me to ship supplies to and from it.

Dei (fellow forumer) claimed the forgery, I claimed a nice spacious hut, Persocom (fellow blogger), and a few others claimed their own little homes. I copied a few buildings to allow people to live in Kitsu for trading reasons.

(Link – MySite) – Creepers at the Gates (Enemy at the Gates).

(Link – MySite) – Enderman messing with my home….I don’t mind.

(Link – MySite) - Waltzing around without a care.

(Link – MySite) – He took that block from the top-back of this home, above the glass-pane bit.

If you note the background of this below image: This NPC village was on the edge of a massive sand mountain that me and my fox minions leveled. Took us a whole day, but we managed. It’s now leveled and mostly safe.

(Link – MySite) – I’m pretty sure he killed himself there….

Imported the “Archives” from 1.7.3 into 1.8 that shipped our items over using McEdit.

(Link – MySite) – Chest-Wolf inside zee Archive!

(Link – MySite) – Awesome! Nice view! And I see some new additions to the city in my absence while building my new cities.

(Link – MySite) – I accidentally aggro’d an Ender and was genuinely freaked by his teleportation assault.

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- New Arcticu – Farming Sector:

I decided it was time to expand & explore so I grabbed my boat and headed due south into the ocean biome. Took me a whole Minecraft night to reach my new land where I was greeted by a sand island with a small NPC village on top. Walk further south and you shall be greeted by a medium-sized pine forest, two lovely islands to inhabit. I decided to terraform the sand island as the farming village and built a rail network leading to the main capital city of my region while leaving the forest island mostly intact for exploration purposes & touristic purposes.

*Everything is basic being that it’s more for survival over elegance. Elegance may later be found at my capital city…hopefully.

(Link – MySite) – My new home & mirror-like glass panes. Never ending!

(Link – MySite) – The three stooges – Skeli, Zombie, and Creeper shoving each other side to side.

(Link – MySite) – On tree island – Tree sheep! After Persocom mentioning numerous tree sheeps, cows, and sometimes pigs. New species!

Enderman in this 1.8 official update are crazy! I mean, I like what they are doing but….they’re just grabbing blocks and vandalizing the terrain without actually making use of them! They just grab blocks and place them wherever they please. My temporary and poorly placed storage home (with my 1.7.3 items) was being constantly harassed by them, as with my rail network I built leading to the capital city.

I vote for Enderman building with the blocks they touch! I don’t mind them removing stuff from my structures, just make use of them! Do whatever you want with my structures, I’m surrounded and harassed by mobs anyways…….

(Link – MySite) – You crazy bugger! You ruined my outpost for a new farm village!

(Link – MySite) - New beginnings with a new rail-network and a blacksmith.

(Link – MySite) – Enderman’s sandbox.

(Link – MySite) – Spiders attempting to harass Persocom at my blacksmith.

(Link – MySite) – Melons and reeds! Probably not all that efficient, but I can still gather tons of it at a time.

(Link – MySite) – Squids still raiding my farm.

(Link – MySite) – Wheat to the left, two melon patches in the middle, and reeds to the right.

(Link – MySite) – I flipped when I saw this, what they did to my rail network, and my storage. I didn’t want them gone, but I wanted to relocate my stored items, though couldn’t with my 98% complete rail n etwork.

(Link – MySite) – First thing you see when boating to Arcticu (Left to right – train station, NPC village, tree farm)

(Link – MySite) – Eatery/bakery, Train network, Blacksmith.

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- New Arcticu – Capital City Sector:

Nothing there yet except for lots of sand, another NPC village, and insane mountain formations. I plan to start construction once my farm village has been properly linked with the airport and the supplies gathered for such a project. I want to take absolute care in construction.

Consider the following pictures teasers, if you want…..

(Link – MySite) – West of the city there is a patch of forest, and this poorly placed tree that caught on fire. Was worried about a forest fire.

(Link – MySite) – I thought I got lost, but I was closer to the NPC village than I thought; Rainy sunset.

(Link – MySite) – Rail-network tunnel linking Arcticu’s city sector with it’s farming sector.

(Link – MySite) – Satisfaction of seeing the tunnel near completion! Just inches away with glass and sand!

(Link – MySite) – Mostly complete, just needs 64 more golden rails….You’ll just have to walk that last inch to the airport.

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- Gouka – Persocom’s city:

Persocom’s city FAR west within the world of Kitsua. He wants to theme his city with Shinki related stuff like Gab’s gun, hospital for a Shinki Type doctor, and etc.  The city currently consists of three homes, storage, two farms, shrooms, and a few other unknown structures.

(Link – MySite) – Was a bit stressed so I added a mushroom tower in his city. Him and his little minion joined in on the fun .

(Link – MySite) – Persocom with Shinki Graffias skin and his home in view.

(Link – MySite) – We placed the shrooms and I offered to remove what I placed; this is his city currently.

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(Link – Persocom’s Flickr) – Mushroom tower with 10 being the max.

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- Unclaimed land/exploring:

And might as well share some scenic areas with you guys. Both ours and this world has awesome scenery!

(Link – MySite) – Somewhere east of New Arcticu, past all the ocean.

(Link – MySite) - Awesome scenery.

(Link – MySite) – Nice lava-fall.

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(Link – MySite) – NPC village near a possible location for Renge’s Shrine; one of the better looking villages.

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And thanks for viewing! Hope to see you in the next update when I get more stuff built!

Peace! Happy digging!

(Link – MySite) – Nas’s lighthouse for boats.

(All images taken from Minecraft – 1.7.3.)

In the end, me and my fellow Fox minions packed up and are slowly unpacking our stuff in the new 1.8 world. We toyed around in the leaked 1.8, experiencing major lagspikes from EXP orbs. We’ve now began settling in our new territory bringing over our stuff from 1.7.3 to a new world that I shall cover in another article. For now, I shall do one last article to remember my poor 1.7.3 map. Was necessary to start fresh due to new players abusing the starting area named Kitsu.

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- Map – 1.7.3 – Version 4 (Final)

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- To-do List – (Mine):

I noticed I forgot to post one last time, and that it got revamped with 1.8 compatibility issues meaning my list got altered. Here is how my list looks  right now for 1.8 and such. I shall also label my towns as “New-” for about a week up to a month to show that they are still the same city, just moved and altered into the new dimension, though it’s history frozen in time for quite a bit due to the structure movement.

- 1.7 ideas carried over to 1.8:

- Airport (Movecraft and roleplaying)
- Piston gates for Palace which is still under-construction. (Shall be reconsidered for palace in New-Arcticu.)
– Creeper Insurance Company – Green wool required for sky-scraper like structure. Building will be used to log creeper damages and to help repair damages.
- Open up a nether shop full of nether goodies.

- 1.8 To-do list:
- Copy sections of Arcticu into the spawn area while piecing it into a puzzle. Canadian tower will be placed in the city as well.
– Copy Gouka into Persocom’s new claimed territory. He didn’t want to part with his city so I shall due as he wishes and give him most of what he built, minus the underground.
– Copy Nas’s vehicles into New-Kitsua, and the submarine(s) into to nearby water-ways.
- Create a little city to spawn Renge-inspired creations, such as her armor, her gear, and hand poses.  Basically 9 swords circling the town, blade in the middle, two red blades at the entrance of the fox shrine, Her fox ears at the background when viewing from the shrine, and an outward hand formation as a statue.  (Side-note: I may take the fox shrine and place it in, or next to Renge’s fox shrine village. If not, I shall place it in the first snow biome I see.)
– Found a new capital city for “Arcticu” and start building a proper grand city. Once I find a perfect flat land it’ll all be a piece of cake.
– Explore, explore, explore! Need to organize and form numerous stuff!

 - Plans for New Arcticu – Capital city of The Nation of Arcticu.:
- Konami  Busou Shinki Battle center.
- Sharatang Concert Hall in New-Arcticu. I plan to add either noteblocks or insert a plugin for players to hear melodies.
- Creating apartment complex for in-city living and spawning. More of a convenience when doing projects in the city and such.
- Creating a new mall with a working subway & train network. Shuttling supplies and animals to other cities and such once breeding is implemented.
(and countless more, stupid Minecraft! Going to drain away all my time >.>)
- Towering shopping malls, scenic views, and luxury apartment complexes.

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- Video Tour of Arcticu – 1.7.3 map:

Here is my first TRUE attempt at making a proper video of Minecraft using Vegas 9.0 of Arcticu. Still with poor video editing skill though, bah! I made this video to remember what was once on my map, and to move on and build more grand structures using these as inspiration. Nothing lasts forever, not even servers. These structures shall join the 1.8 world, but will be treated as abandoned and won’t be fixed when damaged to keep it in a “ghost town” style and to remember it by. Also, the video is annotated because it isn’t a real episode, only to remember the past creations the current players built.

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- Server Back-story – Arcticu’s History:

One day, a young explorer was sent into a realm, tasked with only to survive. This young explorer pondered his existence, saw day turning into night so he ventured into the nearest cave, gained resources, struggled with rain and storms. Later, he was blessed with a visitor! One turned into two; two to three; and three to four! Village of Kitsu was born! A farm, a cafe, a home, a large wooden tower, and dirt mound was formed!

Later, a tower dubbed “Canadian Tower” (Has a Canadian flag in it) was erected and connected via a tunnel to and from Kitsua. The young explorer and his partner both wanted to seek a purpose, a role to live in this unknown and vast world. A thought had magically, and powerfully struck him that the lone explorer built a fox shrine for us “Kitsunes” to pray for good fortune, and survival. We are glad! Silly human! We shall grant you a small portion of our power! You shall turn into a Fox servant of ours – Renge! Serve us well!

- Silence –

A very lengthy silence was casted onto our world……We are not pleased!

- A few months worth of silence –

Nearing boredom our young servant has returned! Revival! Kitsua expands with the help of with the addition of two minions under his command. A mansion is formed under his name, yet abandoned.

The main city of Arcticu is now founded by our servant – Arctic Kitsune – who now uses the two minions to his advantage. Gouka shortly gets founded and expands just as fast as the main servant,  looking nearly as elegant as it’s main city. Though, not as elegant as it should be for us fox spirits!

Nascadia-Sky Haven barely founded, barely sees the light of day soon overshadowed by both Arcticu and Gouka city. Various vehicles spawn and travel across the land.

Darkness loomed shortly over the land, our servant shot with feared for the health of this land, the fateful evolution of our world! A choice was made shortly after – prepare to venture to the alternate new dimension via the Fox Shrine! Taking the old with the new structures to a newly evolved land of the old.

- History pauses, yet time still moves. The Capital of Arcticu ages, yet the archives do not with the assistance from us! Only so much can be done! Show us your true power, our servant!

*Note: My attempt at making a story and hope my past and presence tenses aren’t off. I tried, and hope it worked well! It’ll go more in detail in the library as well, and eventually in book form once notch adds the ability to write in books! I know there is a plug-in, but it looks messy.

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- Arcticu National Bank – ANB:

ANB is, or was, the main bank for the whole land of Arcticu. It served as the main bank to deposit and withdraw currency without losing it upon…mishaps. One would also gain interest on such deposited currency.

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite)

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- Reed Farm:

Just basic, but needed to be true to my “to-do List”.

(Link – MySite) – Yup, basic to the bone.

(Link – MySite)

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- Main Library:

This is the library I wanted to make for quite awhile now. It’s not all that special due to the rush of 1.8, but it as nice as I could get it within a very short period of time. Rush rush rush! And as stated above, I shall be adding Arcticu’s history of pre-1.8 into this library so for those wanting to catch up on the history may want to visit this library. May make a true archive building to do just that when I finally form my new capital.

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite) – Half-way to completion.

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- “The Archives”:

The Archives – container of all the loot to be transported to a parallel universe similar from this current one. Arcticu’s history will never be the same without the main motherland! The structure is floating, or lifted, on fence gates lining the bottom of the archives. Within the first floor contains general items like cobble, dirt, wood, and saplings for rebuilding of Kitsua. Second floor contains personal storage rooms storing all our precious lootage to carry over to the new world and the third floor contains living quarters, cafe, and a livingroom for living purposes for 1.8. Need food or sleep? Go to the third floor!

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite) – “Back-side” of the archives.

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- Nas’s flyable Twin-rotor aircraft.

Nas’ was itching to craft a an aircraft so this is what we have!. A lovely Twin-Rotor aircraft similar to that of the Osprey, or that Bell with a forgetable number code. Quite neat with movecraft actually!

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite)

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- Blacksmith:

Nothing special, just your local smith to sell mined resources turned into bars, basic iron armor, some swords. The store never really opened and only stayed to keep your tools in tip-top shape.

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite)

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- Abandoned Airport:

I tried to build a miniature airport but ran out of time to complete it with pre-1.8 being released. I may do some necessary touch-ups to allow landing on an abandoned airport by adding a runway and such. Of course in a damaged manner with the help of TNT and creepers.

(Link – MySite) – Main terminal.

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- Memorable Moments & Scenery:

And as always, more scenic and mostly amusing images from my world!

(Link – MySite) – Lava stream under Arcticu’s palace.

(Link – MySite) – Three creepers wanting to get a special hug from yours truly before exploding with extreme joy.

(Link – MySite) - One of the many underground natural shroom farms I found in Minecraft, this one having a lone creeper.

(Link – MySite) – Pumpkins? What pumpkins?

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite) – Don’t mind me, just filming away a somewhat decent scene!

(Link – MySite) – “Oh, hello there!”

(Link – MySite)

(Link – MySite) – And the canal when I was mapping my world, in vain. Couldn’t carry it over.

(Link – MySite) - Lovely lava fall that I shall miss.

(Link – MySite) – Renge looks amusing in gold armor – Nagereru texture pack.

(Link – MySite) – I would of loved to see this completed, but best to restart from scratch again.

(Link – MySite) – Beach-side view of the city-scape.

(Link – MySite) – When squids fly…….

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Want to see completed 1.7.3 buildings? Wait till the 1.8 update to see thinks closer to completion. Do expect to see more updates with the “Ghost towns” and the “new-beginnings” on this new map!

My 1.7.3 server was once hibernating, and shall see another longer one. Poor server. Though, structures from such shall be summoned into the 1.8 world; Both new and old members won’t be allowed to modify the “ghost city” structures in any manner. It’s there to serve as a monument, a reminder to what was in the past, the little bit that was built before it. It should be used as inspiration to new players onto what to build in their later-formed cities or nations.  With 1.9 admins would be able to give players “Territory flag-claims” so this will add to who gets what and does what where. I’ll put this to good use!

Thanks for viewing and hope you enjoyed this update!