Is the Minecraft Community Toxic?

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[@mollieestep4613]

“Everyone is a genius. But if you spend your time judging a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend the rest of its life thinking it is stupid” one of my favorite quotes.

[@callanfrankland7845]

Couldn't agree more. Who's it by

[@NoZiaL]

Lol I’m literally reading the book with that quote rn.

[@D1reL0ck]

not everyone is a genius

[@mushroom_cow_]

​@@callanfrankland7845 albert einstein I thought

[@benrex7775]

Some people are better than me in everything I'm good at. And they just do it casually. I think the lable genius should be reserved for them. And some are worse than me at everything they're good at. But I understand the idea. I personally prefer "Don't assume some skill is an easy skill , just because you are good at it."

[@kiraonline1083]

I think a ceiling aquarium sounds best for the map castle

[@clowny3605]

Wouldn't connecting a ceiling aquarium with the wall aquarium be kinda fun too? Or is that too much Thanks for letting me capitalise of your likes btw

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

Ceiling aquarium with dolphins in it.

[@NantucketJackson]

@@clowny3605 that was my immediate thought as well. If it's an either or proposition, ceiling wins IMO. But a ceiling aquarium that is connected to four wall aquariams could be rad

[@pnkeo]

As someone who draws frequently, the one thing that angers me the most is people telling me "just do better" when I ask for advice. Like HOW do I do better?

[@Kleph.]

It's not ideal, but something you can do to make use of others' feedback when it's... not good, is to ask for which thing stands out as not working or as working well. Oftentimes another person's critical perspective reveals the weak and strong areas but not always they're weak/strong. So then take that area and experiment, pushing it to different extremes to see how react to it. Especially if you're doing digital creations, you have the benefit of copy+paste, so you can iterate on one aspect and see if it improves or worsens the outcome. Hope this encourages you to make use of feedback!

[@SexiestPenguin]

I find one thing that is helpful for me is, turn the drawing upside down. When there's something about a drawing that just seems off to you, but you can't put your finger on what it is, look at it upside down. Often the bit that needs improvement will be more obvious that way. Putting the piece aside for a few days and then coming back to it with fresh eyes can sometimes have the same effect, but is time consuming. If there's a specific area that's a challenge for you, there's lots of good tutorials available online, just google "how to draw hands" (or whatever your area of concern) I also like to make copies of the work of other artists, as practice.

[@AtramentumCraftworks]

Look at all these interiors says Fwhip, don't look in any of the other buildings though, no reason just don't, says Fwhip

[@fWhipTwo]

absolutely no reason to open those doors. nope don't do it... please

[@MegaTigertime]

Just do a sausage - have doors that lead into a wall XD@@fWhipTwo

[@cutloose7963]

"Ok maybe not look at Bdubs build. His texturing is next level." Had me rolling!

[@featherofajay4667]

How about option number 4: central pillar aquarium? I think it could be really cool to have a fat cylinder in the center of the room with all the fish swimming inside.

[@marissabrown2768]

Or an hour glass with an upside down aquarium dome and another dome with the smokey purple glass stuff

[@Doolaidman]

ceiling 100% for the aquarium, i think it would be really cool if you inverted the dome down instead of up too, so the aquarium slopes down into the middle, lit up with end rods or something like the rim around one of the circles is a circular chandelier

[@OliviaPortune-Solano]

Ceiling aquarium and thanks for the building advice!

[@user-fz7uo5xm3u]

yk what would be so cool? a dead spruce tree biome. like imagine an acre of dead trees, with podzol and huge boulders, and coarse dirt patches. hey, even an upgraded abandoned village with maybe a lumbermill and town hall. in the other side, there could be a murky creek, and a gushing river with a waterfall and a cliff. maybe even a spooky hall, like spruce version of the woodland mansion. that would be so cool.

[@animalind3738]

First, I'd say a ceiling aquarium would be really interesting to see Second, a lot of good point in this video, thank you for creating a space to talk about stuff like that, and essentially pushing empathy

[@aidanvenki8834]

Even without watching the video, I feel the answer is a solid Maybe. Because it’s not the entire community that’s toxic, but a loud minority IS. And it results in new features like the Bogged and Wind charges being downplayed by toxic members who aren’t appreciative of anything.

[@3lli0]

They're the ones who started playing with the big updates like village and pillage and caves and cliffs. They expect so much from the developers without appreciating the simplicity of the game and it's humble roots.

[@aidanvenki8834]

@@3lli0Exactly!! Like as an old player I actually appreciated the husk and stray, so the Bogged is a welcome addition im excited to interact with in game!

[@3lli0]

@aidanvenki8834 I've played since 2011. I started off with minecraft pocket edition lite (couldn't even save it), then I moved onto PE, and I've played java since 2022. I really love seeing how far this game has come and all the new additions. Of course, there are things I would love added, but none of them are so big or time-consuming additions.

[@H.Hippo_]

I think a lot of toxicity comes from people expecting more bigger updates from mojang, forgetting that we’re lucky to be getting free updates at all after 15 years

[@squaeman_2644]

I don't think Mojang helps when they kind of put the community against each other with mob voting... And honestly who asked for chat reporting or account migration? I do appreciate the continual updates tho

[@tyrant4492]

The best advice for learning anything is don't be afraid to fail. Fail again and again and just try to learn something new each time. Keep a positive attitude about it and you'll gradually improve

[@yannisalt]

As someone who was trying to learn more terraforming abit ago to others struggling now, use a math grid book in your spare time and sketch out the curves you want to mimic either from a top down view or from a side profile and just practice making the line look as nice as you see fix in the grid book. I know how overwhelming it can get in game when shapes don’t look the same as they do in your head but when you’re sketching out ideas for a block game, grid books are amazing!

[@WhatIsMyPorpoise]

Oh! You’re basically mimicking topological maps. Could you study those to learn how to mimic real terrain?

[@wrighteously]

Hey fWhip, i commented on your main channel video, but i have some suggestions for world building. instead of like they said magical trees, add some big roots that protrude from the ground that belongs to the big tree next to areas with magic, to maybe help explain how they source their magic. I think that could be cool and also link together your world a bit. Also along roads, maybe add milestones to tell travelers how far away the towns are along the roads. Those are jsut some small suggestions, i absolutely love your world, it has become so beautiful!

[@nathangrimberg5989]

The idea of having the minor magical trees would be awesome! It would be totally elden ring lol, where you have the major erdtree right in the center of the world and all the minor erdtree's that surround it.

[@retsu4262]

They are pretty far away though and only very few. But those could make for awesome landmarks in fwhips world!

[@GalactiCadet]

⁠​⁠@@retsu4262there's like 12 of them I think, they're pretty common, and they're all connected to the erd tree so they arent really that far away, their roots run through the lands between

[@retsu4262]

@@GalactiCadet yea but those trees are not inside the royal city, and there is only very few per zone. You can’t see 2 at the same time anywhere. There is none in direct proximity to the erdtree, iirc there is one at the south peninsula of limgrave, one in the forest of limgrave, and the next one is already in Caelid

[@ItsMeSlip]

As a teacher, the way you explained your thoughts behind how to build was really well done!

[@AxelleNobody123]

the thing that got to me about the comment is it was also abit ablist. I have Adhd and Vision problems and hand disabilities . My ADHD makes learning very hard and unless i am very interested in something its hard for me to learn. I love watching your videos and it has helped my building, but my ADHD comes with the comparison of "He did this better" just staring at references doesn't help ether cause I can not visualize how it would work. Then my vision problems. I need specific resource packs to see things like Ores, or Gravel vs stone. and those dont look good for building, I struggle with specific shades of blue and my natural eyesight is blurry with with glasses. and i cant dedicate as much time to learn due to pain. This is my experience with learning how to build, Id rather run around the world and make hobbit holes because of it. Thank you for addressing the comment and discussing the problem with "Just get good and learn"

[@midnightwolf96]

i don't think i've heard a better description of why i hate learning games on my own. it's not that i don't want to, i need someone to guide me a little, to give me a little start and with games like lol i would definitely prefer to have someone explaining to me how they managed to memorize which key does what and how to keep your hands from moving away from them while playing. i could 'study' how other people play but i won't *learn* how they play from just watching someone. just.. watching someone and receiving a few pointers on how to memorize things on my own with how it works, like, that would be enough for me. i really want to get into various games but without knowing someone who plays them or who i can fail at the game with i keep giving them up because it is so exhausting to enjoy a game with a clear and open mind while also constantly pulling myself out of that mindset to check where my hands are on the keyboard/controller to make sure i'm doing the right thing. like, after an hour of that i'll be so drained from it that i view the game as boring and won't pick it up again

[@benjamindolak]

I like how Ur walking around in this video, I've bin watching Ur main series the whole time, and I cant get my head around where everything is with u suddenly flying off with ur elytra it was really cool just watching u walking around the world. Love u fwip❤❤❤

[@retsu4262]

Same

[@jonnylake3rd]

Kind of related to this situation. I've had insomnia since I was a little kid. My dad used to just tell me " Just go to sleep. You just close your eyes and fall asleep." Oh wow thanks that was very helpful. Smh. It's the same thing with learning. Great video dude. I enjoyed this.

[@retsu4262]

I think the copying other stuff and making it your own is fantastic advice. There are so many great tutorials for builds on KZbin where you learn that some elements are very often repeated. For example basic principles of building roofs like adding stairs on the under side of the roof, making it over hang, putting logs on the corners. Then you can add on that by learning window designs, more roof designs, more foundations etc. And once you are solid at that, you can start breaking those principles to create unique builds, like you often do fwhip. We don’t use logs at the corners consistently anymore, many different roof shapes, many colors apart from the „starter“ palette of spruce/oak wood together with stone/deepslate variants. Recently me and my friends including my girlfriend started a new SMP. Among us I have the most experience in building, and I try to help them wherever I can. My girlfriend is very new to the game and I introduced her to basic principles, which she has now adapted together with using KZbin tutorials to create unique and fantastic builds, after only playing the game for a few weeks total. I love to see them all grow as builders. I just wish I could get them more into appreciating the breaking of certain rules aswell as generally enjoying architecture and experimenting with real life buildings/reference. For me Minecraft is a form of art afterall. I’d love to discuss about this more, it’s a very interesting topic.

[@riuphane]

Great rant! Thank you for running with it

[@lauriewhite8153]

you have 4 wall segments, maybe 4 separate aquarium/terrariums. 3 aquariums and like a lush cave type structure for your axolotls?

[@RANDAMULOL]

best aquarium is the panoramic one (4 corners + ceiling, like if ur in a tunnel)

[@marting9112]

That was great advice and a good talk. It is so easy to get discouraged by rude people online. My advice for getting better at building, is to keep practicing, but don't force yourself if you don't feel like it. Look at the things that inspire you and see if you can make it your own in Minecraft. And if you get stuck with a build, just take a break, do other things, play other games. Or go outside and set your mind on other things. Something that I often do after completing a build is take screenshots, and look at it for a while at a later time. And then sometimes, after having looked at it for a while, I suddenly see what I could change or add (or remove if I really don't like it). Also, don't be afraid to admit it to yourself if you don't like what you've built and start over.

[@PenguinEmpress87]

Fwhip, thank you so much for having this conversation. I’m into bicycling and in the bike community there are so many people out there who give the most toxic, condescending, sarcastic, unhelpful answers to beginner cyclists who are just trying to figure out how to maintain their bikes. I got a lot of those answers from people myself when asking questions. It really makes you want to quit trying and to rely on bike shops to do everything which is expensive. If people are willing to learn a thing then people should either be willing to give them actually helpful answers or they should keep their comments to themselves.

[@cappared]

Do a pillar aquarium all the way from floor to ceiling in the center. You can try to collect all the tropical fish variants in there and just absolutely cram it full of fish with a fun coral sculpture at the bottom

[@Darth_Nugget69]

You could do a roof and floor aquarium with a tub in the middle connecting both of them then some fish murals on the walls ??

[@CPTXD]

actually for the aquarium, I think all the rooms should be aquarium and build a tunnel to link all the room together it will be mythical experience and cool video or short ❤

[@lizardlink5130]

I absolutely loved watching this because it was so nice to just see you wander through the world. The whole point of your series is to create an immersive world and these kinds of videos where you just wander about really show that off. Great stuff. Also I think wall aquariums would work best, and then you could continue the purple rifts in the floor and do a nice ceiling, as I think a ceiling aquarium would be easy to miss and difficult to really look at, especially as you couldn't do any floor with sand and coral and whatnot.

[@cassiew.2487]

I love the idea of an aquarium in both the walls, and the roof.

[@adamrobinson7842]

I’ve been playing Minecraft as long as I can remember and I finally within the past year started looking at the blocks as something different then what they specifically are as in looking at spruce logs as something more then spruce logs and you are a big part of that.

[@christianstragliotto9570]

Fwip you are SO RIGHT Like I played Minecraft for a lot and I tried to learn how to build and after like half a year practicing every day I was getting good with it (I thought). So I went in a server and Started building and people threw me so off with the comments about how bad it was etc etc. That now I just quit but I am sure once I get a new pc I will start back practicing and getting even better (U made me realise that I can do it)

[@Jimmy94411]

I can’t believe people did that! I would not want to play with them anyway if that’s how they are!

[@lychordia]

Well said. It was a good ramble. Also... I think a center tube aquarium would be cool with tunnels to help keep the views might be cool.

[@itsstillfrosty9426]

fWhip, you can add an extinguished campfire with used ground for temporarily camp somewhere in the forest as if someone spent the night in it. Rouges, thiefs or just travelers. I think that would add to the world as if people really travel through out the world from place to place.

[@miasage35x45]

Totally with you on this! Streamers talking down to chat with simple things really makes me mad too.. encouragement is king

[@yllwClusterduck]

I think in general people are getting more and more thoughtless on the internet. People just want to hear themselves talk, so to speak. Whether the advice is actually helpful, if they get likes on their comment or it gets upvoted at all they think they're a genius, when in reality they are just being kind of rude. I'm the same way with games in that I like to explore and get used to controls solo and having someone just "oh, you'll get the hang of it if we all do a group play session," is really discouraging. My advice as an okay builder, is find tutorials for a build style you like. follow the tutorial and pay attention to how blocks are coming together to achieve x, y, or z. tweak the result to see how it looks if you did this or that differently, build it on your own in a different palette of blocks to see how that looks and see what you retained. Keep doing that with different tutorials and that's what helped me. I did this with redstone too, and I am still a bad redstoner, but I can follow a tutorial to make an easy farm and I roughly know what all the parts do. I just can design a redstone contraption or freehand a tutorial because bits always get mixed up in my head.

[@rebeccaharbison1742]

I've taught college. Teaching people how to learn is really hard and a thing I've attended seminars on (and still don't consider myself good at). There's a process going from 'can follow a recipe' to actually starting to solve open-ended problems, and getting there for some students can be challenging. (Especially because often the best way to do it is one-on-one conversations... and that doesn't always work in a college classroom. Or on a Minecraft KZbin video.)

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

And that's why online course don't work like attended ones. Being in the same room with your teacher is a different experience.

[@rebeccaharbison1742]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7tw And the other students. A lot of what I did in large lecture halls was to get the students interacting with their neighbors to get two-way interactions that didn't depend entirely on me. (Which is a suggestion for people who need to take online-only courses, especially ones that aren't even live (like, it's not the same as in person, but a streamed lecture is better than a pre-recorded one)... take them with a friend or friends, and work together.)

[@kestrelgaming554]

Thank you for the advice, very good rant 😊 I like wall tanks as you can do something different for each side + you can use the high.

[@MrEagleboy21]

An idea for the floor of castle Cartograph (name idea) you could make an aquarium floor that's also a mirror of the map room. Also, love this world. You're an inspiration dude.

[@witherking584]

I personally think that if we shared this video with the world, it would really change a lot. For instance. You will have a problem that's freezing progress and its frustrating, so you google it, and instead of there being only one reddit that shows you an obscure technical thing, there could be a hundreds of large article that teach a course on how the technical properties of the problem work so you can better solve related issues in the future. Also, people could actually show me how to sheild in smash bros or slide cancel in C.O.D. if we get people to learn this error and iron it out, I have a feeling there I going to be a huge, and revolutionary content boom in the next couple decades.

[@bartekkrzysik7730]

I have a question. Are you planning remaking lumbermill in next update? I think that place need some love, because now it is only storage, not lumbermill, but if in 1.21 crafters would be available you can make some "farms" like auto-crafting trapdoors or place where you put logs and get back planks or sth similar? And you could add then place for cherry wood

[@cattootler]

Fwhip I think your advice is so good. I am a music teacher irl and there's a lot of cross-over with what you say here, especially about how every student has a different way of learning, and about studying what others have done in their different styles. I consider myself a student of Minecraft and I believe I shall always be learning about building.

[@autumnpearce8177]

I think another great way to help someone trying to improve their building skills is to "chase inspiration". One of the greatest things about minecraft is that there is such an incredible amount of creative liberty. Recently, I was inspired to build a church. I knew what kind of style I wanted but had no idea how to execute it. So I googled reference pictures to get an idea for a shape so it wouldn't look just like a house and then I just did what I could in minecraft to translate it. I ended up with something I was so proud of. So chase your inspirations and don't let fear of failure stop you from finishing what you start. Even if it isn't coming out the way you were hoping for, you learn from the process and, if you keep at it, I promise, you will get somewhere that feels like progress! :)

[@stormewolfe4565]

I really loved your forest video! It turned out so well. Thanks for responding to my comment; I didn’t expect that. I hear where you’re coming from. You’re totally right about the proportions thing, I didn’t think about that! I’m looking forward to seeing what you do next. Thanks for all the thought and effort you put into your videos! 💚

[@avriel.swiss7246]

i can def relate to the ramble because when i wanted to get into d&d, one of my friends sent me a playlist of like 50 videos of guides to each class and race and mechanics. it was so overwhelming that i didn't even get started. a year or so later, i tried getting into d&d again with a new group of friends, and three different people actually sat down with me and explained each and everything thing as i discovered them on my own. every question i asked was answered, and to this day, i STILL ask questions and they still answer them side note: i do enjoy rambles, even if you end up in New Papyrus 😆

[@ViolettaVie]

You have a great group of friends. ☺

[@lraihly]

Your talk of trees reminds me of Scar building small things around his volcano to force a perspective that shows it as bigger. It works!

[@JackHamm3rMC]

Love the rant and the advice you give in this one, and love the 2nd channel. I feel like this is a reasons for the need to have a branched channel like this adn i hope more creators follow suit, I'd love to hear some of sausages opinions on some topics you've covered f9r example. As a 32 year old that picked up MC in 1.17 using channels like yourself for gameplay and satisfaction, bluenerd for building and teraforming basics, and pixlriffs survival guide for gameplay mechanics has helped me enjoy a 4000 hour world. Keep up the good work 🎉

[@DaniRijo]

Wow. a lot of what you were talking about was really hitting me. I remember when I was asking for help as a younger kid, I got shut down for "wanting to be spoonfed information" and that made me want to stop asking questions forever. It sucks being seen like you can't understand things and it's such a struggle to catch up and learn on your own, especially when you have trouble learning how to do things properly in the first place. :(

[@andreaissys828]

I really love the idea of ceiling aquarium! I also like the idea of the floor too- and my brain also conjured the image of like. Little floating water spheres in the air could be cool too. The small magical trees also sound really cool!

[@willowrakiahcreager123]

Ceiling aquarium sounds cool asf!!! The wall aquariums have been done a lot. A dome shaped ceiling aquarium would be SO DOPE in that transition space!! That would also leave space for cool patterns on the walls

[@aiden_rock]

i forgot how much you have built in your world. watching you walk through really helped me understand the sheer scale and dedication your world has taken!!

[@maodebo3301]

I've never tested it but with that foggy purple cracks in the Map room, if u make a giant crack with that purple fog trick, is it possible to make silhouettes of big aquatic creatures in the circular room? so above u see a real aquarium and on the floor you see shapes of creatures swimming in the purple fog

[@itsViirtueYEAH]

i love beinging interiors to life by adding relevant items to chests or barrels. like in a fishing hut i leave a few salmon in the barrels maybe a fishing rod in the chest, aome ir9n bars in the chest at a blacksmith or some coal. things that would make sense that they kinda attempt to do with vanilla structures oland adventure maps

[@PhoenixBunny456]

Hey Fwip, I see you switch out with your chestplate and elytra manually a lot. I have found a mod that as long as it's in your inventory, you can toggle to switch it back and forth with a keybind. It makes things soooo much easier! Love your videos!

[@gavingould5158]

You should make the aquarium reach from floor to ceiling in the center of the room! Like a big cylindrical one that you can walk around!

[@eliseschwendinger5082]

Hey fwhip I’ve been working on a medieval village in my world and was wondering how you are able to combine different builds in cities to feel more crowded but still show a divide between buildings. I tend to do each building separate from one another creating a more spread out city and can’t quite figure out how to combine buildings in a smooth and aesthetic way especially when it comes to roofs.

[@mobattles1429]

I love the idea of the ceiling fish bowl, that just seems so magical! -

[@ktgaming2266]

I think it would be really cool to have an aquarium floor with like cracks going down instead of just glass with water under it. Like continuing the cracks that you made in the other section but filling them with water and putting seagrass down there instead of the layers of glass. And you could keep the froglights at the bottom for a cool look I think

[@Farzypaws]

I think you should put the ceiling aquarium 11:39

[@MagnoliaFawn_01]

I will just staright up copy a build a few times, then I'll go make a few changes. I'll also just build specific segments 10 times each with something slightly different. I have loads of images on pinterest that I study. Using lego is also fantastic when way to get my head around a build.....i mean minecraft is basically virtual lego. Sometimes having a physical representation, in block form, of what I want to build is so helpful. I just piece together all those techniques and hope that I improve. I'm very much like impluse with the symmetry and geometric shapes. Trying to teach myself to also build like you, scar, gem etc.

[@RedisFun2]

Creativity can't be taught because creativity is uniquely individual, But it can be nurtured. I struggle with this. My creativity is not in art but in other things, so how do I "learn to build" Exactly as you said, I look at details I like and try to copy it, to better understand how the blocks work together. Little by little my storage rooms are not just flat and square, but have some layers & depth. I'm learning to hide my square builds with depth, and details. I'll never be a "builder" like the Scar's, Bdubs, Gems, and Fwips, but I'm begining to build things I am proud of because I know how much I've improved! And one more tip..... Be kind to your own creations.... You will know if you are improving so give yourself credit!!

[@Teachofsci]

Wall aquariums would be neat. Have four different collections of fish in each would be awesome. One could be "dangerous" fish where you put puffer and the lion type fish. Another could be bright ones. Another could be common tropical fish. This would also allow it to be more of a focal point. Having it in the ceiling requires a viewer to look up and takes away from the ambiance of seeing the aquariums in relation to the maps.

[@jc_illustrates_]

10:50 funnily enough I'm an illustrator, and I've also been a part of mc build teams and I agree! I've definitely taken alot of skills from art into minecraft like composition, colours, lighting, shadow, etc. A big way I've improved is getting reference, working with others and playing on servers like bakery or yours to see how others do a build and learning from them.

[@loganfrankland4658]

Have you ever thought of building a nether tree show the dimensions are conectid by big magic tree

[@Luc.Hewett]

For an 'origin' of where the World Tree came from it could be interesting to do something sort of far away that looked like the Crystalsong Forest zone from World of Warcraft

[@chubbyghost]

The best advice for learning how to build in Minecraft is the same for learning to build in the Sims, which is to treat it the way you would treat art and study the world around you. When you're passing by houses and buildings, look at the shapes they make. Doing this in person is also important to get a sense of scale you can't really get from photos you study. Learn about perspectives and how to play with them, like you're building a set. Just because the art is in a different medium doesn't make it any less art :)

[@md_sq3068]

I would love the aquarium to be a glass pillar that goes from the 3rd circle on the ceiling to the ground 4:16

[@juulbaardmans]

In general I agree, and I think you pointed out a lot of good ways to help people. I would just like to add that maybe some responsibility should also be on the one asking the question. Short vague questions elicit short vague answers. If someone asks "how can I build better" without context, you can type 4 pages full with building tips or answer with "just build more". I'm just saying that if you are more specific with your questions, people will see that you put in more effort and will find it a lot easier to give a helpful answer. The best way to answer is probably to ask a few clarifying questions, but it's really nice if the context is already in the question. The more info you give the better the help you'll get. Now, to be clear, even if you ask a short, vague question, that doesn't warrant any toxicity from anybody who answers, I completely agree with @fWhip there.

[@ViolettaVie]

This is my daughter. She is young and will ask vague questions. So I ask for specifics and that helps her figure out what she is really asking. If someone really wants to help, it's easy to probe a bit.

[@WolFixcz_512]

wall aquariums with different bioms (coral, cold...), and maybe even build a little ship and octopuses...

[@lemuryellowtail4819]

For building I like to follow tutorials. I used to have such a hard time with roofs so I just went into my creative world and would build buildings to get the hang of different types of roofs.

[@lilalulaberry]

i love you the rant about advice was so good thank you also ?!?! BOTH ceiling AND floor aquarium ?!?!?!?! ive been hyperfixated on fish/aquariums/coral reefs for a hot minute and just finished one of my own aquarium builds and its soooooo fun highly recommend

[@WhatIsMyPorpoise]

Oooh what if you had bright coloured fish in the bottom less lit aquarium and the ceiling aquarium was better lit but had darker coloured fish

[@mommybat2941]

I played video games when I was younger and then as I got older I never had a computer or etc for probably ten years. I finally treated myself and got myself a pc to game on if I let people make me feel bad about how bad I am at games I would have stopped playing a long time ago. I just want to hang out and laugh and play games with my friends and now I’ve gotten pretty decent at a couple games. It’s wild to me how nasty some people are playing games online and then they probably wonder why nobody wants to play with them. It’s just a game quite literally and I hate to see such gatekeeping with new people coming into games sometimes.

[@MasterRobbe2021]

First of all, I love everything in this world and second, how do you make your buildings flow together. Mine always feel so out of place.

[@LostDamnedSoul]

You're right that everyone has different levels, and learn either really fast or are slower at learning. Myself, I don't do well at fighting games or shooters. I get my ass stomped. So I'm not a competitive player, I found I liked playing solo in minecraft. Whether it's survival or just building in creative.

[@AnnChaLeChatdencre]

i'm fully convinced that there is never a dumb question. My catch on this topic is that it's better to look stupid because you asked a question than feel stupid because you never asked... It applies in soooo many situation and we know what the Darwins awards are... If you don,t just google it and you,ll discover how not asking a question can be the end of you life. My point here is that a game is never toxic, people are. And bringing awareness and kindness to the internet will never transform it in a unicorn world but at least put some hope on making this infinite place more safe... I love you pov on this Fwhip and thank you for talking about it ! Here in France our minecraft community can be overly toxic and I wanna create some content to make players realized that being kind is not a bad thing (yeah here we are...) So thank you again for being the human you are and thank you for the level of inspiration you can offer us through your content ! ❤😊

[@2slins]

I really love your AFK balloon, are you interested in putting a ‘flotilla’ (pun intended) of balloons?

[@StellaGaming]

yus! I agree 100% How I learn personally is by going to pinterest. Seeing what others have done e.g. colour schemes/roof styles/ 3d building/ etc etc and then disect them in my head. I think about what I like and dont like about particular builds BUT here is the important part! ya dont have to tell them that ;) and then using those factors in builds! That is how I have started to really kill my roof designs! I can now use bright colours and interesting roof choices to create cool builds that I like! It is all about learning! Also a big one I know alot dont mention is using inspo art! I use fantasy art/sketches/models to build ! as I struggle at visualizing houses! and it is great for then seeing how things fit together!

[@kaftiel2905]

The comment about Bdubs texturing... being there, not acoomplished. So funny. Thanks fWhip!!

[@kordellcurl7559]

I think a good way to learn to build is keeping it simple to a few blocks like for example the first few items that you get from the world (oak, birch, stone) or find a build style that you like. Also find pictures of different kinds of buildings to give you a better idea of how the structure is put together. I say I’m a good builder when it comes to the simple things like houses and trees.

[@Kleph.]

Absolutely agree about not doing more trees around the giga-tree's base. I think more magical trees would actually take away from the big one. Could the big tree maybe get some more diverse terrain, though? Like patches of coarse dirt + podzol, and small bushes or flower patches? Just a small amount, because having a dense environment would take away from the tree too. But I think it looks empty of context right now because there's a very vanilla-looking environment next to a very custom design. It could even be something weird like using the nylium colors, as if the tree has its own micro ecosystem? Curious to hear any other suggestions.

[@NathanCameron-gc3sm]

Do you think you could build a city that appeared from a different time, maybe like a futuristic or cyberpunk world?

[@gilrain841]

Aquarium, walls connecting to ceiling? as in make it a dome of aquarium with the walls as legs let the "legs" have kelp to help point up, and then from the Ceiling of the aquarium you can have some corals as well as the back walls

[@mushroom_cow_]

Insyead of buildings, you might can but some caves with ores in the mountain, to still have something their but not overschadowing the tree

[@BaddHabytzz]

The community I play with and am familiar with are some of the most wholesome people I've encountered. But, on the other hand, social media has (or more specifically, the unsupervised children on social media have) an unquestionable dedication to toxicity; They find humor and an illusion of ego belittling others behind the protection of anonymity. Their words ought carry no weight to those of sound mind (of course, says the guy who isn't subject to a consistent influx of countless troll comments.)

[@barborahutova6091]

Hii, I have a question. Do you think when someone is a good builder in minecraft, they should study architecture? Because I really love building and designing stuff and I'm thinking of studying architecture but I don't know if that would be something I would enjoy studying in general. Also I love your videos and I find your builds very impressive!

[@alainabrown3270]

Ceiling aquarium! Along with your idea of bringing the purple crack into the floor!

[@argoswaits2084]

Yeah the stuff bout helping ppl is so real. In the Star Citizen community there’s a lot of ppl who fr will help you out with learning the ropes. First time in the game random ppl gave me 2 million credits and helped me get my first ship

[@zatherail7370]

Firstly ceiling aquarium would be fantastic. Secondly I agree me and my server were just speaking about this the other day. We have players that have just started in the last year and then many of us that have had minecraft since the beginning. Luckily many of us are teachers and coaches of sport or instructors in music so we have been able to help and guide our newer members who s progress in their personal build style has skyrocketed. I find the trouble comes for older players when they see this and very humanly become jealous subconsciously. Because I have fond memories of building and progressing and changing rapidly seeing obv progress now I struggle and feel like every build I make must be the best of my ability and when it comes short it can be frustrating. I am still wanting to change and develope but have hit a ceiling. And have had people say build more. I then show them my builds and they quickly stop saying that 😂.

[@constermonster0599]

Hey fwip I think it would be a cool idea if you made a sanctuary type build like the eldergleam sanctuary from skyrim with the "mystical tree" idea

[@erinhm0404]

Wall, floor or ceiling aquarium? Yes. Jokes aside, when you were talking about that it just took me back to your villager trading hall in HC2 which I loved so much

[@NoThoughtsJustVibes93]

Whole room aquarium in the round room but then arches/tunnels that you can walk through to each of the map rooms.

[@VeryNaughtyKitty]

So what I like to do when it comes to building.. I look up tutorials on styles I want to build yes it's a block for block blueprint. I practice multiple different builds in the same style I like.. Another thing I like to do is look over the things that I've built. I pick out the different aspects I liked about those certain builds and try to put it together. then play around with color pallets and different textures. Sometimes it works out amazing and other times I have to go a different route. you can always get a little bit better every time you try

[@justifiedgold]

Yes. I’ve left several live streams and twitch chats because they’re just a little too toxic. Including your streams because of the community. If the chat is belligerent, it makes me not want to watch the stream.

[@Mushyz_]

Do you have any tips for landscaping and making custom trees? im trying to have fun in a server and im getting very bored cause i have no ideas and learning landscaping will change alot!

[@willhowarth6141]

Your map room should have an aquarium going through from the ceiling to the floor.

[@linley5184]

I feel the ceiling aquarium sounds AMAZING! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ChaceScarberry]

I would like to see a ceiling aquarium love your videos ❤

[@samuelbarrow5502]

Another tip I found helpful is taking breaks. But not like cold turkey. Think of it as exercise. If your goal is to get stronger you should have days where you really push yourself and days where you just lightly work out to more or less thoroughly stretch your muscles. Same with really any skill your trying to improve. Some days you should really push your limits. Others you should just stretch. For me I'll really put my all into a dock warehouse build. Then the next day I just texture the road and maybe throw some bone meal around. Do some mining and even teraform. Then I throw my all into say a ship build. Then to "rest" I watch some of fwhips old or new videos so I'm not actually playing the game but I'm still stimulating that part of the skill I'm trying to improve. I've found that it's very helpful for my learning style and hope it can help others. Sorry if I botched trying to explain it lol.

[@sherwinlaguidao6103]

hey fwip, do you have plans creating create mod series? i wanna see your build in that mod pack.

[@nytherolynx]

i think ceiling aquarium or maybe central pillar aquarium would be really cool