Usually when I get addicted to something, obsessing over it for a week or two is enough to get it out of my system. My Minecraft addiction has been going strong for a month and a half, though, with [no] signs of abating. The time I used to use to daydream posts has instead been turned to testing the best design for a lava blade or roughing up a flexible design for a mountain home in Blender.

When pondering what to do about the situation, though, I realized something: I’m a noob, but not a complete one. Yes, I can say “mob grinder” with a straight face, but I’ve also died tonnes of times in order to establish my base. I still don’t have any enchantments, I can count the number of iron bars I own on one hand, but much of that tardiness is because I’ve been more focused on finding the right location for a home. I’m not bragging about my amazing builds or redstone skillz, but I’m also not flailing around either, and I haven’t seen a lot of Minecraft players with that intermediate skill level.

I figure it might be watchable. And if I’m putting in the hours, I might as well try my hand at streaming the game. And so, I have. I’ve currently got five videos up, in fact, though I hear Twitch deletes old videos unless you fork over cash. If videos start disappearing, I’ll archive them on YouTube.

Until that point, here’s a quick overview of what I’m hoping to build and the constraints I’ve placed on myself, then four more videos where I start executing on it. Looking back on the series, I’m still a bit amazed at the pace of improvement, on a technical level. There’s no way I can keep that pace up, but at least I can always craft more mines.