The Redstoner's Survival Guide 1 :: The Humble Hopper

[@Coletanimoses]

Digging the idea of a Redstone guide based in survival. Practical approach as opposed to feeling like school

[@PigPen_OFFO]

This is a great idea and I look forward to watching the series.

[@alyssah4611]

I really like the look of the normal copper grates over the warped stem blocks

[@PaulTales]

Seems like a bee farm is in order

[@beast7438]

why bro doesnt have 1M subscribers? just WHY??????????? this is good

[@PaulTales]

We gotta start somewhere! I'll keep doing my best to learn the best ways to create and maybe we'll get there someday!

[@merandasomnolentgamer8323]

Finally, a youtube who reflects my combat anxiety! (You're still better at it than I am.)

[@PaulTales]

You should check out @GoodTimesWithScar then! Great guy, scared of moving grass lol

[@slidingarchitecture]

Paul you're so entertaining man. Great episode

[@Jes7ix]

Fantastic first episode Paul! Laughing so much on your Nether trip and the way you put the skeleton farm together whilst explaining what and why you were doing what you were doing was so engaging :)

[@PaulTales]

I'm glad it was engaging! I was worried I was rambling too much

[@LOKIOLR]

Excellent job, Paul!

[@PaulTales]

Thank you Loki!

[@FenrirInFlowers]

I really love the style of this, mixing let's play with redstone lessons. The pace of the redstone lesson worked great for me. I think I'm going to go add a lock to my mini smelter now. 😅 I understand a little basic redstone, but my experience is more following tutorials than fully understanding how it works. I started playing on console so my main world is on Bedrock, but I'm also starting a Java world on PC. I know that some redstone works quite differently between the two. Actually understanding how things work on at least one platform seems like it would be very helpful for me when adapting ideas for the other.

[@PaulTales]

Once we start getting into the world of pistons and the wacky world of quasiconnectivity you'll really see where Bedrock and Java diverge. I'm still hoping for the day that I can push hoppers and chests with sticky pistons but for now I'll just have to be patient.

[@maisie3886]

I've tried learning redstone before but i can never grasp it. this series will defo help!! can't wait for next episode :))

[@PaulTales]

Already working on episode 2 :) Let me know if there's something specific you want me to cover!

[@VaanBoise]

Joseph Choppin is a great name for an axe.

[@PaulTales]

The real bet is how long that axe will last until I lose it in the nether

[@sam-yn5nx]

Just found this very entertaining You have gained 1 new sub

[@PaulTales]

Glad you enjoyed! Episode 3 is under way!

[@sebasiso]

looking forward to this as a series! much love. also as a small tip, maybe lower down the volume of the background music, that way your voice pops even more

[@PaulTales]

I'll keep that in mind as I work on episode 3!

[@timchrisman]

I really like the concept of this series but the first half felt more like a letsplay than a redstone series imo. Enjoyed the latter half once you got into the hopper/farm stuff

[@magentatime]

thats what its supposed to feel like

[@kapnhindsight563]

Sometimes I go in the backyard and cover myself in dirt so I can pretend to be a carrot.

[@GikamesShadow]

What could be cool to see is you take on a Cactus Farm + XP Smelter with an automatic eraser for the dye while also keeping some for storage. Yes its less so a component so maybe not for the first videos of the series :P This video itself wont help me specifically but I also wanna be sure to say that I fully agree with the notion that playing in survival can help you a lot when it comes to knowledge of how to do what in this game. Redstone being a keypart, building another. I see lots of people building stuff in creative and while what they can accomplish is great, it lead to a point where people put more stock into "how cool it is" over how functional it is in survival minecraft. A good example is epic builds. They look great but lack detail. Traverse them in survival and suddenly it falls apart. Its not meant to be explored, its meant to look pretty. And when it comes to redstone its often the same way. Its not meant to function well, its just meant to do its thing and screw balancing it out and making it compact to fit into your base. The moment I started my own multiplayer Server (selfhosted) is when I started to get more into redstone and how it all works. Experimenting and more. Needed to, to a degree. And the stuff it helped me discover is insane. Comparitor blocks + Crafters? That is straight up insane how well they work together and I had no idea they do in such a way that it makes a semi automatic circuit. You dont learn that in Creative. You dont learn that from a video. You learn that by experimenting. And then look up a video because all your experiments failed and you have your mind blown LOL. Yea ok some external knowledge always helps. Its Theory over Practice that will always give you more to do and experiment with.

[@PaulTales]

This comment has me grinning from ear to ear! I appreciate the support of the goal of the series which is to make Redstone seem far more down to earth and doable compared to the very entertaining but very daunting videos where someone has managed to code Minecraft inside Minecraft. Those videos are amazing but far beyond my capabilities at the moment lol. A cactus farm is in the very near future and I plan on revisiting the early farms to upgrade them as more components and circuits are explained. An XP Smelter farm is certainly on the list to do!

[@VaanBoise]

Also we love JoJo in this house.

[@ninj0seph]

What mods/data packs are you using, can we get a link?

[@PaulTales]

Absolutely! I use the Complementary Shader Pack and the Terralith world generation mod in unison to make the world absolutely breathtaking. Terralith: www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/terralith Shaders: www.curseforge.com/minecraft/shaders/complementary-reimagined And if I am correct, both Fabric and Forge should have versions of each of these so you should be covered if you use either of those modloaders!

[@skipper-studios]

I have built an entire house and not had replay mod recording before, I feel your pain. 😢

[@PaulTales]

It hurts so much lol

[@SlackerCast]

Bruh, where’s all that footage of you getting all that stuf?!?

[@PaulTales]

It was a bunch of boring strip mining and figured nobody would want to see me diggin in a straight line, but maybe some streams of that would suffice...

[@Marina_GG777]

I came for iron and found diamonds

[@backupminecraft2934]

install the nether portal fix mod, minecraft portal logic is weird and will do shit like that sometimes