Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Today's Seeds: May 29, 2013

Hey all. Not a whole lot of selection and I'm sure some of you have noticed that "pestleandmortar" had and abysmal score and yet somehow made the list. Well, that's because I found a "black cave" that I simply could not ignore. So, just for the sake of the photo, he made the list.

  • [20.5] quatrefoil
  • [18.8] knothole
  • [17.3] magic8ball
  • [11.3] tollgate
  • [5.9] pestleandmortar

TU9 Seed & Map: quatrefoil

Total Score
20.5 / 30.0 ( 68.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 7.2 INT 7.8 MAG 5.5


Rating

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • ++ Advanced ++
  • Expert
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: -126 469 4154
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Derived from Latin, quatre means "four" and foil means "leaf". Although used chiefly in architecture, the word can also be used to describe a four-leaf clover.

Notes

This is a really nice level -- despite the obvious lack of surface to work with. The keys are all unique and really interesting while the peninsula is the place to go for resources and adventure.

Villages

  • None

Underground

  • [296.30.-309] abandoned mineshaft, dungeon, spider
  • [-48.39.-155] ender portal, x2 eyes

Above Ground

  • [-213.65.-122] medium ravine
  • [-367.67.-377] lava pit
  • [-247.66.-373] cave system
  • [316.71.-363] deep dead drop
  • [284.81.-178] medium mushroom island #1
  • [255.85.248] medium mushroom island #2
  • [129.89.221] medium mushroom island #3
  • [-176.98.193] crazy mountain island

TU9 Seed & Map: knothole

Total Score
18.8 / 30.0 ( 62.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 4.0 INT 8.7 MAG 6.1


Rating

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • ++ Expert ++
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: -368 525 496
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

The wood of a tree isn't the tree -- that's the dead part. The living part is the bark. When a tree branch gets yanked off, the bark of the tree will grow around the wound. This becomes a knot. Once the tree is turned into lumber, sometimes these knots will fall away, leaving a hole.

Notes

I found a half-library with a dungeon attached to it. The nether is really sweet on this one.

Villages

  • [68.73.323] village, x4 buildings, water well
  • [-235.75.52] village, x9 buildings, water well

Underground

  • [108.27.380] x3 gold in cave at end of deep ravine
  • [236.59.299] suicide hole, experts only
  • [256.18.281] x4 gold
  • [231.41.305] x2 ravine, t-shaped
  • [410.12.220] x2 diamonds, x3 gold
  • [-13.33.209] half library with dungeon in it, zombie, x2 chests, gun powder, red stone, x2 music disks
  • [5.29.218] ender portal, x2 eyes

Above Ground

  • [-195.84.286] shady bay
  • [-87.86.346] dark waterfall
  • [-54.64.381] lava pit
  • [368.72.213] expert-level cave, follow lava fall to water fall for abandoned mineshaft and then follow waterfall to lava cave
  • [172.65.-337] medium flat desert with lake
  • [-77.83.-326] huge dense snow forest
  • [-340.70.3] hole, down for cave and long thin ravine
  • [-204.81.144] lava pit
  • [-283.90.287] crater
  • [-225.82.363] small cliff-side bay
  • [-146.78.371] small valley, medium crater, small overhang
  • [-81.66.136] hole, waterfall, down for cavern
  • [126.67.120] danger: dead drop into lava
  • [133.69.72] medium cave, Y=30
  • [70.75.-258] pumpkins, abandoned water well
  • [-168.64.-139] lava pit

TU9 Seed & Map: magic8ball

Total Score
17.3 / 30.0 ( 57.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 4.1 INT 7.1 MAG 6.1


Rating

  • Beginner
  • ++ Intermediate ++
  • Advanced
  • Expert
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 153 390 4042
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

It's an icosahedral die floating in tinted blue water.

Notes

This site has some rare but amazing extreme mountains.

Villages

  • [356.70.-236] village, x10 buildings, water well, blacksmith, guard tower
  • [255.70.-418] village, x8 buildings
  • [85.74.-219] village, x2 buildings, water well, guard tower

Underground

  • [-349.52.267] under the water glitch, pitfall cave into deep cave
  • [27.55.283] x1 chest, spider dungeon
  • [-36.15.-56] nice underground lava cave and ravine
  • [117.42.246] stronghold
  • [106.35.220] ender portal

Above Ground

  • [-58.65.342] dead drop into long ravine
  • [374.63.175] land bridge over cove, cliffs
  • [244.75.387] pumpkins
  • [383.74.-289] pumpkins
  • [298.78.251] small crater
  • [246.100.194] triple land bridge
  • [93.66.-298] medium flat grassland
  • [-326.71.-171] lava pit

TU9 Seed & Map: tollgate

Total Score
11.3 / 30.0 ( 37.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 3.7 INT 5.5 MAG 2.1


Rating

  • ++ Beginner ++
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • Expert
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: -106 891 6602
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Notes

The southwest corner has some alright hills, but the big draw of this seed are the large deserts. I found a really cool ravine that was split into two by a hunk of land in the middle and the ender portal stronghold is another one of these broken affairs.

Villages

  • [4.74.-219] village, x13 buildings, guard tower, water well

Underground

  • [1.15.-7] x2 chests, x1 diamond
  • [22.19.50] ender portal

Above Ground

  • [207.68.187] dead drop, Y=29
  • [277.65.-50] divided long ravine
  • [273.65.-176] small tunnel
  • [12.65.-342] medium flat desert
  • [164.71.-127] pitfall with waterfall
  • [-42.67.-141] open air dungeon, spider, x1 chest, gunpowder
  • [241.90.-372] tiny floater
  • [-277.68.393] pitfall, follow waterfall down/dig through gravel for gold and red stone
  • [-5.69.249] lava pit, flat desert
  • [-12.60.91] dead drop v

TU9 Seed & Map: pestleandmortar

Total Score
5.9 / 30.0 ( 19.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 3.3 INT 2.5 MAG 0.1


Rating

  • Beginner
  • ++ Intermediate ++
  • Advanced
  • Expert
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 205 097 5997
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

The drug industry was originally random guys -- known as apothecaries -- standing around grinding animal bones and other such nonsense into dust using a bowl (mortar) and a heavy club (pestle) so that sick people could dissolve the "medicine" in water and drink it. Most of the mummies that were buried in the Egyptian desert were lost in this way -- dissolved in water to "cure" the superstitious.

Notes

Normally, this seed would never have made the cut, but the black cave I found was something I couldn't ignore. Aside from that, this seed is standard patchwork boredom.

Villages

  • [292.71.20] village, x11 buildings, water well
  • [117.70.-188] village, x10 buildings, guard tower, water well, blacksmith

Underground

  • [367.19.329] cavern of blackness
  • [377.43.378] cave down to cavern of blackness

Above Ground

  • [-332.65.35] pumpkins
  • [305.65.-95] large flat desert
  • [27.82.179] huge thick forest, mostly snow

Monday, May 27, 2013

Video: "xbone"

Hey, all. I made a little video showing off the massive hole inside of the seed "xbone".

You should have a look because the photo in the post below doesn't really do it justice. And while you're there, if you could tap the subscribe button for me, that would help out a lot. Enjoy!

[TOS] "xbone" (XBOX Minecraft TU9 Seed)

TU9 Seed & Map: xbone

Total Score
25.9 / 30.0 ( 86.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 6.4 INT 9.5 MAG 10


Rating

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • ++ Advanced ++
  • Expert
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 113 852 220
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

You know when you're launching a brand new video game console and you forget to register the domain name for said console -- then someone from England registers the name and holds it hostage for a couple thousand dollars? Yeah, neither do I. But Microsoft does. Henceforth, such monumentally obtuse feats will be referred to as "pulling an x-bone".

Notes

A stunning level. There are some killer extreme hills, a few great old-school overhangs, a massive flat expanse of desert, and a large ravine/cave system with tons to see and do. Not to mention two villages with enough free obsidian in their chests to make a nether portal. All-in-all, a great seed with a little something for everybody.

Villages

  • [276.75.324] village, x6 buildings, guard tower, blacksmith, water well, x6 obsidian
  • [-154.70.261] village, x12 buildings, water well, guard tower, blacksmith, also has x6 obsidian

Underground

  • [-23.21.85] the waterfall library
  • [-37.19.61] x7 gold, large ravine with lava floor, obsidian
  • [-56.13.60] x8 diamonds
  • [7.25.77] ender portal, x1 eye
  • [-63.59.-115] stunning massive crater/ravines
  • [20.61.62] dungeon, spider, x1 chest, music disk #13
  • [-190.27.348] t-shaped deep ravine intersection, x3 gold

Above Ground

  • [199.70.350] pumpkins
  • [374.69.379] lava pit
  • [334.70.188] massive flat desert
  • [257.65.-83] land bridge, small waterfall
  • [106.116.-320] excellent large butte
  • [140.105.-268] large overhang, small land bridge
  • [-60.89.-348] small overhang
  • [31.63.-408] lava pit
  • [-123.69.-230] dark medium ravine
  • [-371.62.42] wide ravine
  • [-58.66.314] lava pit and forest fire
  • [95.69.167] pumpkins
  • [139.73.139] x2 lava pits
  • [-146.64.170] cool medium ravine

Friday, May 24, 2013

TU9 Seed & Map: shellacked

Total Score
26.9 / 30.0 ( 89.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 9.1 INT 10 MAG 7.8


Rating

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • ++ Expert ++
  • Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 5999 9928
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

I was playing Call of Duty yesterday and I went 34-1, with the final kill coming in the last ten seconds of gameplay from a lightning strike. That was what we in the industry refer to as a shellacking. Past tense: they were shellacked.

Notes

"shellacked" is, without question, one of the most stunning and amazing seeds I've found in the TU9 era. Above ground, there are some amazing gorges, cliffs, and extreme hills. Below, there are ravines piled on top of each other and mixed with caves in such a way that you can't discern which are is ravine and which is cavern. The nether has one of the biggest nether fortresses I've ever seen. All the way around, this one is a must play.

Can't Miss

"The Blue Cave" is a stunning and confusing place. Basically, it's the convergence of four ravines and two separate cave systems, all of which have dug out the bottom so it's just a vast expanse full of waterfalls and lava floors. It's beautiful, but you can easily get lost in this thing, so brings signs or something to help you. I picked the entrance that is the least confusing and used it as the coordinates below, but there are dozens of ways to get into this thing -- some of which break through directly onto the surface.

Video

Villages

  • [-139.70.308] flooded village, x3 buildings, guard tower, water well

Underground

  • [326.41.-200] medium underground ravine
  • [-324.29.-149] x7 gold
  • [-315.15.-187] One of the entrances to "The Blue Cave"
  • [-14.37.-113] large underground ravine
  • [44.31.24] library
  • [29.34.1] ender portal, x1 eye

Above Ground

  • [-170.65.271] large ravine
  • [-241.113.-353] tall mountain
  • [-160.90.-317] tall waterfall
  • [-116.114.-331] epic cliffs
  • [152.66.-337] lava pit
  • [270.64.-316] stunning lava fall cave
  • [224.65.357] expert level cave, two pitfall, head down for ravine with lava floor
  • [-26.65.75] lava pit