"Share what's new..." oh where do I begin....? Whats new with me? I'm going into my junior year of college, and its beginning to all run together. As I get further and further into adulthood, I realize how much I miss my childhood. I miss the carefree times of getting home from school, and seeing my best friend next door. I miss riding my bike with him and going to the library with him. I miss how my biggest concern in life was how hard my school-work was during grade school. I miss the simplicity. I still remember the first time I joined a minecraft server, and I still remember what that server was. It has long since closed, but the friendships I had made there are still going strong. I remember joining a Lord of the Rings server, because I thought of how cool it would be to have a server that actually made sense to have medieval weaponry. I remember how I learned to master the bow there. I remember I learned how to work as a team there. I remember I began to fit in there. I would rush to finish my homework, just so I could spend some time, any time, on that server. I made close friends there. I found people who were just as good with a bow as me, or better, and I would have glorious archery battles. I would die... ALOT... but it didn't matter. I was having the time of my life. Then I grew up a little bit. I wasn't in middle school anymore. I was in high school. What a change that was. The classes were harder, the school work was harder, the friendships were harder. I finally understood where everyone was coming from when they said "your homework isn't hard, enjoy it". Looking back, life was still easy. I still was on top of my school work. I was still able to enjoy myself. I would finish my homework as soon as possible, I would go hang out with my friends, I would have time for Minecraft and play the only game mode I knew how to play... Skyblock. Now, I don't know how many people here have played Skyblock before, but its a challenging game mode. Even more challenging when its your first crack at Minecraft. The Skyblock itself wasn't challenging, no, it was the changing from being in a game mode where every single block was important, and you saved everything you ever had because it was rare, especially dirt, to then going to play survival or kitpvp, where dirt and weapons are as common as air is... But I digress. After playing on the servers, I moved onto making the servers. It first started on realms, building a command block kitpvp, then moved onto free server hosts for building maps, then moved onto paid servers for running skyblock servers. We would always have a grandiose plan, and we would always try our hardest, but it would always fail. Somehow, someone would lose interest, the server would miss a payment, there wouldn't be any people to play, the server would die. The point is, I've played a lot of different modes now, from Skyblock, "The Walls", Hunger Games, LOTR Kitpvp, factions, and everything in between, and what I've learned is that Minecraft isn't just a game... I know what you're thinking... "this guys a weirdo who is obsessed with Minecraft". No, I'm not. In fact, that's why I'm telling all of you this. I don't really play minecraft anymore, which most of you already know, since you never see me on any of the servers I used to be a regular on. I'm telling you this because I miss the old days. The days when your biggest concern was "someone griefed my base" or "JohnDoe123 is hacking". Those were the good times, when you could message your friend on skype and make a plan to play and you could all meet up. As you get older, you get busy, and more importantly, your friends get busy. Making plans gets harder and harder. Getting online gets harder and harder too because the servers you use to play on, are all closing down. I consider this post to be my first post, because, in my eyes, it is the first wall post I have made that actually means anything to me. Most of you won't read this, and a large majority of people who see this won't even remember who I am. I don't mind, because sadly, I probably don't remember you either... To my friends from MineLeague, the first Minecraft server I ever joined and the first server I was ever staff on, you will always hold a special place in my heart. To my friends from Empire War, the second server I ever joined and the place where I mastered the bow, "A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day." To my friends Mike, Drew, Pit, and Skater, who most likely won't even see this, you are the best friends a guy could have, and I know we have our differences, but I also know we have each others backs. I want to keep playing Minecraft, but time is a commodity that is far too rare now, and when I do have the time, the energy or will is no where to be found. I'm not sure what I want to do anymore with Minecraft. I watch a movie or show and see something that I would really want to build, but then I try building it and lose interest. I think of a gameplay that would be really fun to do, but then I have no one to play it with. The best thing about Minecraft is the fact that it has so many possibilities which, unfortunately, is its downfall for me. I cant decide what I want to do... I need to stop typing now, because its getting really long and I have to go to work, but if someone wants to message me on skype to have some of the good old times I was talking about, I'm ready and willing.
Skype: bobby.turek
Skype: bobby.turek