Minecraft Map tips

Hello everyone! I'm writing about minecraft again! Today, I am going to give you tips on making a good minecraft map!

step 1 : plan

To have a good map, you have to know what you're going to do. For large scale maps, it helps to have a sketch, but if your map is smaller, you're probably fine with just a mental model.

step 2 : find the right area to build. If you're building the world from scratch, it takes longer but you get a better area. If you use the default world, you get the world pre-built, but it may not be what you're looking for.

step 3 : storyline

this is completely optional. If you write a storyline, you can invite friends into your world to complete puzzles.

Building

commonly, good maps will have many buildings and structures to work with, but always start with one to see what you think.

Things to do on minecraft

If you don't know what to do in Minecraft, I have a few ideas for you!

1. Renovation!
a. if you find a naturally generated structure, such as a village or woodland mansion, you can give it a renovation so that it fits your style!
b. if you have an older world, you can renovate a build that you created and make it better

2. Survival
a. I know this sounds like something everyone would say, but if you spawn in an interesting area, and you can actually survive there, it's fun to try a new world!

3. World building
a. build a fantasy world based on a place you've seen in a movie
b. create an entire country
c. build a real life place

4. Every achievement
a. get every single achievement
b. get all the nether achievements
c. get the end achievements
d. get all the overworld achievements

Minecraft Challenges

So, today I'm going to be writing about challenges you can do in Minecraft. Most of these are in survival

Hardcore challenge - this one's pretty self explanatory. you set your gamemode to hardcore and try to survive at least one day.

Nether challenge - start on creative, build a nether portal, and go instantly to survival mode, break everything, and try to get back to the overworld

Mountain challenge - this works well in worlds with mountains. Go to creative, fly to the top of a mountain, and change to survival. It is a challenge because supplies are limited on mountains, often having few trees.

Ender dragon - this one is very self-explanatory.

Things to do during quarantine

Almost everyone in the world is in quarantine right now, and probably bored out of their minds. That's why I found some things to do during quarantine.

1. Read books
1. Re-read some of the books you haven't read in a while. Maybe you'll notice something new about them!
2. Watch movies
1. Watch movies on Netflix, Hulu, or just any type!
3. Craft something
1. With so much time on your hands, you could make a masterpiece!
4. Do Art
1. Same as above, except 2 dimensional instead of 3
5. Go on a walk (away from other people)
1. Go on a walk into a forest or somewhere similar, where it's not as likely to see other people. Just don't get lost!
6. Look at quarantine memes!
1. No explanation needed
7. Play games
1. Any kind! Board games, video games, mind games, you name it!
8. Hang out with your family

That's all I can think of right now!

Maybe i'll make a part 2

~Natali

Ice show (part 2)

So, in one of my earlier posts I said I was doing the ice show, and yesterday I found out what my synchronized skating theme is, and it is amazing! I'm doing star wars for the theme, and the costumes look like storm troopers! Also the music is the star wars main theme.
~Natali

Swim meet

I have a swim meet this weekend at St. Kate's. I am swimming two races, 100 breast & 100 back crawl. I am probably not going to place very high, but I still like trying. Last year, my team drew with permanent marker on each other while we were waiting for our race. I hope I have a good race!

Alice in Wonderland - Drama update

So, as you probably know, my school is doing Alice in Wonderland for their spring musical, and I'm the mad hatter. We worked on a few scenes yesterday, and I think that the play is going well. My favorite song is 'The Unbirthday Song' because I get to sing it. My sister is one of the royal cards, and she is happy with her part. I think that the cast is making progress. There are a few people that could improve more than others, but mostly it's fine.

That's all for now!
~Natali