Today's Seeds: July 17, 2013

Hey, all. Today my seed names are inspired by the movie Clue! Little known fact: the movie was released in 1985 in theaters across the country. However, each theater had been given reels with one of three unique endings. So people who had seen the movie were having arguments about who killed Mr. Body because the movie they had seen at a different theater had a different ending.

Today, if you buy the DVD, it contains all three endings and you can either pick the one you want to watch or watch all three in sequence. I highly recommend you do just that.

• [ 25.6 ] mrbody
• [ 24.4 ] mrswhite
• [ 21.8 ] mrspeacock
• [ 19.4 ] pfplum
• [ 17.9 ] mrgreen
• [ 16.9 ] missscarlet
• [ 14.1 ] colmustard

Today's Seeds: July 6, 2013

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Today, I was in the mood to look into the most dangerous snakes in the world. Here are a handful of seeds that had some bite to them.

• [ 24.6 ] pitviper
• [ 20.1 ] bluekrait
• [ 19.8 ] blackmamba
• [ 19.3 ] deathadder
• [ 17.0 ] taipan

Top Rated Seeds: June 2013

The seeds I'm working on now will be for July, so thus endeth June. Here's the list of the top scoring seeds from the month.

• [ 24.9 ] 99999999999
• [ 24.3 ] mjolnir
• [ 22.4 ] eastandwest
• [ 22.4 ] stenograph
• [ 21.6 ] hardyboys
• [ 20.8 ] corpsdeballet
• [ 20.8 ] crissandcross
• [ 20.4 ] blackandblue
• [ 20.4 ] chronograph
• [ 20.3 ] abutment
• [ 20.2 ] soubresaut
• [ 20.2 ] 3sheets2thewind
• [ 20.1 ] nauticalbynature

Also, there were two seeds that received a lot of repeat traffic even though they weren't as highly ranked as the others. That's usually a good sign that I may have missed something awesome:

• voussoir
• satyagraha

Today's Seeds: June 29, 2013

Today's offerings are all about graphs -- except of course for the one that made the top of the list which was me just fooling around and it happened to work out. I also found two fun landmarks: The Penguin and The Sewing Machine. "lithograph" has five free diamonds in a blacksmith shop, "autograph" has a large village with thirteen houses, and the eleven 9s seed has so many ravines you can't run from one side of the map to the other without falling into something.

Now, "myograph" is a special seed that you can't actually play because it has no trees. At least, it didn't have trees for me. Now, I don't know if tree generation changes each time you try the seed, so if you dare to play this one because -- you know -- you're INSANE, let me know in the comments either here or in the post if you had trees. With zero trees, the game is unplayable. I always suspected seeds like that existed, but this might be the first confirmed sighting.

• [ 24.9 ] 99999999999
• [ 22.4 ] stenograph
• [ 20.4 ] chronograph
• [ 19.9 ] myograph
• [ 19.7 ] autograph
• [ 17.9 ] phonograph
• [ 12.1 ] lithograph

Today's Seeds: June 16, 2013

Today's seeds are all about pairings. Once again, it turns out at the end of the day that many of these are food related because I get hungry while playing XBOX. I don't know why that happens, but there's something about all those chickens and mooshroom cows wondering around that gets my microwave going.

• [ 22.4 ] eastandwest
• [ 20.8 ] crissandcross
• [ 20.4 ] blackandblue
• [ 19.2 ] nightandday
• [ 17.5 ] baconandeggs
• [ 16.9 ] sweetandsour
• [ 16.1 ] platoandsocrates
• [ 15.3 ] lemonandlime

Today's Seeds: June 11, 2013

Today, I have a series of seed names that were based on the ballet and a few that were based on geography. I plan to have more this week, so stay tuned.

• [ 20.8 ] corpsdeballet
• [ 20.2 ] soubresaut
• [ 15.7 ] tropicofcancer
• [ 14.9 ] hortensia
• [ 13.6 ] entrechat-quatre
• [ 12.7 ] pirouette
• [ 12.2 ] westofgreenwich

Today's Seeds: June 1, 2013

For the love of James Lipton, it's June 1st. Where has this year gone? It's already half over! This is simply awful. I had so many plans. So many dreams. Time, like water through a ravine pours --

-- wait a minute. Now that I think about it, July 2nd is the midpoint of the year. My bad. Alright, nobody panic. We've still got lots and lots of time before we have more lots and lots of time.

Here's another motley assortment of mundane words and phrases that produce extraordinary results if you secretly know where to use them.

Oh, an I found a seed so heinous that I had to create a new classification called "nightmare" to describe it.

• [ 24.3 ] mjolnir
• [ 21.6 ] hardyboys
• [ 19.3 ] raspberrypie
• [ 17.2 ] linguist
• [ 16.8 ] drat47
• [ 16.4 ] satyagraha

Today's Seeds: May 29, 2013

Hey all. Not a whole lot of selection and I'm sure some of you have noticed that "pestleandmortar" had and abysmal score and yet somehow made the list. Well, that's because I found a "black cave" that I simply could not ignore. So, just for the sake of the photo, he made the list.

• [20.5] quatrefoil
• [18.8] knothole
• [17.3] magic8ball
• [11.3] tollgate
• [5.9] pestleandmortar

Today's Seeds: May 21, 2013

Today's theme: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Two greats of the early cinema, they did a bunch of movies together. I picked my four favorites and tested them out -- with great results.

• [ 24.4 ] thebigsleep
• [ 22.3 ] darkpassage
• [ 20.7 ] bogieandbacall
• [ 17.6 ] keylargo
• [ 15.9 ] tohaveandhavenot

Video: Awesome Cave on At85

So, here's a quick video tour of the awesome cave I found on At85. Hope you enjoy!

Look Up ↑ Two New Pages!

What's this? Two new pages.

Page #1 - Make Friends

New to Minecraft and looking to meet people who play it on XBOX Live? Need some instructions? Want to organize a game of Hunger Games or just goof around building a castle? Want to invite people to an "open house" of your grand castle? Want to reign arrows down on unsuspecting Minecrafters while standing on the bastions of your castle?

Post a comment on this page with your XBOX Live name and the message of your choosing so other people can find you and join your game.

Page #2 - Your Seeds

Why should I be the only one having fun? I get seeds all the time from people who, like me, enjoy rooting around the dark recesses of their minds to come up with interesting yet quirky seed names and then trying them out. Sadly, I never know what to do with these seeds because I only post unique seed names.

Until now!

This page will be the unrestricted seed post for all other humans: which means that anyone with a decent seed title can post their seed names here and why they think that seed rocks.

Hope these two pages help you in your Minecrafting.

Today's Seeds: May 11, 2013

Hey, all. I was a bit hungry when I started today, so the theme of these seeds is "food glorious food". chickenmarsala had this one island that was really cool so I included it. The other three were all-star finds. The three holes in steakdiane brought it awfully close to legendary status.

• [ 27.1 ] steakdiane
• [ 25.7 ] bananafoster
• [ 20.9 ] lobsterbisque
• [ 13.9 ] chickenmarsala

In case you haven't been on in a while, there was an update two days ago. Nothing big, just some fixes. Also, they just launched free skins to celebrate the one-year "Birthday" of XBOX Minecraft. So, just in case you want to change the way you look in Minecraft I figured I'd mention it.

Today's Seeds: May 6, 2013

Today was a great day for villages. Similar scores, but for vastly different reasons. None of these seeds were standouts, but that could be because of the mega seed (iodicacid) I spent my weekend playing. "privateiii" is a great little island seed and each of the others have one or two really cool things I thought you might like to see that helped them make the list.

Each of the seeds on today's list were hit songs from the 1980s.

• [ 17.7 ] privateiii
• [ 17.5 ] dangerzone
• [ 17.2 ] rightround
• [ 17.0 ] walkthisway
• [ 14.4 ] 8675309jenny
• [ 13.4 ] goonies

Today's Seeds: Apr 15, 2013

The above image just proves that Minecraft is getting weirder and weirder. So, my first all-star suicide level (morphshock) came out of the box today. Still looking for my first legendary seed. Hopefully, this weekend I'll be able to go on a tear and maybe do like thirty seed names to find the golden snitch of Minecraft seeds.

• [ 23.7 ] flyswatter
• [ 19.4 ] morphshock
• [ 18.5 ] reca49
• [ 13.3 ] 1ofus

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Video: This Old Seed, Ep 9

Here's a little video I put together for the seed "c27j83". Hope you enjoy!

Today's Seeds: Apr 12, 2013

Here's the list of the newest seed names. Enjoy.

• [ 24.0 ] 4pu889
• [ 23.6 ] c27j83
• [ 20.0 ] pleasantvalleysunday
• [ 18.0 ] woodchuck

Welcome Facebook Users

I just wanted to welcome all of you who are visiting from my Facebook page. It's really cool that all of you joined up this week.

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Today's Seeds: Apr 7, 2013

So, another successful batch. I've got four this time. The first one (2jj8h) is a very exciting, beautiful expert level that I highly recommend. For those of you who like trees, it turns out "forest4thetrees" is a great one for whatever you do with dark forests.

• [ 25.2 ] 2jj8h
• [ 20.2 ] forest4thetrees
• [ 14.1 ] muggsybogues
• [ 13.0 ] erudite

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Today's Seeds: Apr 6, 2013

Here are the seeds for today. I found two solid seeds and another one (matchmaker) that was worth mentioning because it has a really nice The End level and I found this killer huge open cavern.

Frankly, I waged a battle in my head over whether or not to call 4b2a1 "legendary" -- but decided against it at the last minute. I will however say that it's one of the best I've seen and there are plenty of mountains and waterfalls and cool nooks to experiment and build your fortresses in. Highly, highly recommended.

• [ 26.5 ] 4b2a1
• [ 19.8 ] starladder
• [ 14.4 ] matchmaker

The End/Ender Portals

So, I've decided to (occasionally) take screenshots of The End from way up in the air so you can see the layout, since I've been able to determine that it's slightly different every time. More importantly, I'm going to try to find the Ender Portal and it's stronghold in each seed (every seed has one) using the eye orbs.

Now, it turns out that eye orb divining is not an exact science. If I get frustrated or it starts going longer than half an hour of searching, I'm just going to ballpark the coordinates and let you finish the search on your own.

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TU9 Seed & Map: 4b2a1

Total Score
26.5 / 30.0 ( 88.3% ) Awesome!
RIM Scores*
REAL	7.8	INT	8.7	MAG	10

*Each rating has a maximum value of 10.0

Rating

• ++ Beginner ++
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 5099 3716
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

My Review

The mountains on this level are very, very cool. At one point, I threw my hands in the air and was like -- there's too many waterfalls. I give up. Then I saw another one and I was like, "MINE!" This level has probably one of everything. I found a lagoon, a mushroom island, lava pit, pumpkins, at least a half-dozen lava falls, and who knows how many waterfalls. It's crazy and gorgeous all at once.

The southeast corner has these great keys out in the water.

Can't Miss

My first can't miss of TU9. So exciting! What can it be? It's a pit full of waterfalls. That's it. Really cool hole in the ground -- probably something you're not going to see again for a while. Coords are 106.65.-293 -- just don't go diving into it without a way to get back out.

The Nether

Wide open. It contains a fantastic nether fortress -- full of bridges. There were some great lava falls and the whole "horizon" was just swimming with bad guys. If you decide to go, seriously consider building your portal at 79.100.-80, as that dropped me in a prime spot.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [4.29.142] dungeon, spider, x2 chests, iron, red stone, gunpowder
• [19.20.153] ender portal

Above Ground

• [-361.71.50] pumpkins
• [-344.106.-5] tiny floater
• [-388.91.-180] medium floater
• [-363.65.-228] pumpkins
• [-290.64.-329] dig down for safe landing on ledge between massive cavern, medium ravine, tall waterfall, and tall lava fall
• [-36.71.-279] small land bridge
• [-19.71.-383] lava pit
• [372.68.-329] lava pit
• [327.100.366] mushroom island
• [199.65.276] one really cool shortcut cave through island
• [-98.65.175] lagoon
• [-233.67.136] lava pit
• [-137.88.-141] cool overhang, land bridge, tall waterfall
• [-191.66.-152] tall lava fall
• [-231.65.-245] medium flatland
• [-34.67.-258] medium split waterfall (see photo)
• [106.65.-293] can't miss: waterfall pit
• [51.82.-51] awesome pitfall
• [188.72.-26] peninsula
• [79.100.-80] good spot for your nether portal

TU9 Seed: matchmaker

Total Score
14.4 / 30.0 ( 48.0% )
RIM Scores*
REAL	5.5	INT	3.2	MAG	5.7

*Each rating has a maximum value of 10.0

Rating

• Beginner
• ++ Intermediate ++
• Advanced
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 187 761 9103
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

My Review

This is an okay seed. Really, this one was all about two things: first, a massive cavern that I found that was, frankly, beautiful (see photos) and The End was actually pretty well laid out and easy to get over to the dragon. So I figured I'd throw it in here. The southwest corner of this map is all super swamp; avoid unless you need clay or something.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [305.52.-123] beautiful medium lit cavern
• [-127.23.121] stronghold, chest x1, ender pearl
• [-143.19.129] x4 lapis lazuli
• [-126.24.86] ender portal
• [-295.46.60] dungeon, skeletons, x1 chest, saddle

Above Ground

• [-300.93.45] dig down in this spot exactly (so you don't die) for great large ravine
• [-21.83.-342] mushroom island
• [249.81.-400] medium floater with trees
• [349.70.193] pumpkins!
• [-251.116.65] flat top mountain, highest point