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How Minecraft/PMC Changed Me
Hey guys, it's been awhile and this might not get much attention, but I really wanted to make this. Needless to say, from when I first started Minecraft and PMC I have changed so much. I started playing Minecraft in Alpha which was around 7 years ago now and it is honestly so bizarre to think about. When I first started playing minecraft I was 7 years old, and I had no idea what I was doing. My dad and brothers had started playing it so of course I had to jump on the bandwagon, but I had no clue what I was doing. I built mostly dirt houses and for awhile I was too scared to venture out to try and find a mine, so I had no torches and waited the night out in my dark house (Alpha didn't have beds).
Over time though, I got braver, I travelled and explored mines and slowly but surely convinced myself to start fighting the monsters. I made better houses, started putting some creativity into it, and really made Minecraft a safe place for myself. Some of my best childhood memories are tied to my old games, one of which I had made this town on the water and had this massive treehouse. Instead of playing with dolls and making them hang out with each other, I created the houses and made up my own characters and made them go on adventures and create things.
In another game, I cut down all the logs from a giant forest and replaced it with wood so I ended up getting tons of wood (this was before tree leaves naturally deteriorated so sadly now this wouldn't work), and I built bridges connecting the trees and made this cute tree town. In another game when maps first came out, I used my map as a guide and just all over the globe put buildings, hidden rooms that only I knew how to get to, and in the center of the map there was a desert so I made an empire there. It looked stupid, but I had all these houses for villagers, a humongous golden building (I made it just because I wanted to see it on the map), and in a lava pit I put an underground empire with a history behind it. None of it looked amazing and wasn't planned out at all, but it was fun to create and I enjoyed it so much.
Minecraft lets you bring your creativity out and make whatever you want, and at the time that was really what I needed. Then in early 2012, I discovered Planet Minecraft. I started out wanting to make a variety of projects and skins, and I honestly sucked at both. I kinda drifted away from playing Minecraft because I was so focused and determined to make my skins better. My first skins were awful and my very first skin isn't even still on here because when I updated it I didn't post new skin (My updates still weren't very good though). And let me just tell you, the first time I tried to shade it was a complete disaster (I might make a blog later just showing my skin growth). When I started making blogs they were short, pointless, and full of errors in every possible way you could think of, and I honestly have no idea how I was proud of it and posted it. It's so embarrassing to read them now, but at the same time seeing my growth and progress is beautiful and I'm glad that I can. Believe me, I know I'm not saying that now I'm some master writer, I still make many errors. My writing is nowhere near amazing, and probably at best mediocre. But from where I was before, it's amazing and it's nice to see how things can change.
The same with my skins, I'm still learning and trying new shading techniques and my skins really aren't that great, but they're extremely better than they were before. And most of all I enjoy doing it. I started on PMC as a 10 year old girl who was bored all the time and didn't know how to express herself. I didn't really have any friends at the time and was extremely awkward, but PMC was there for me learn. I made so many friends through the chat, forums, and other ways including The Skinning Wars which still holds a close place in my heart. Yeah, I haven't talked to most of them in a very long time, but they helped me grow. It's not always the huge moments that define you as a person, it's the small choices and places you surround yourself. I'm nowhere near perfect and I'll never claim to be because I never will be, but I'm so happy with where I am now and how I got here. I know this might a bit of a weird blog since I haven't been here in awhile, but I'm gonna work on it and continue to express myself here and learn. It not only changed me by being a home to me, but I learned so much and got explore things. For example, I never really knew how to write before and while I was learning it in school I had a place to practice it here. Making skins taught me to experiment with different photo editing software, and it was one of the reasons I started experimenting with graphics. Yes, I'm still very much improving on that and I'm really not that proud of this thumbnail, but it's been something I very much enjoy and will continue to do.
I hope you all enjoyed this blog if you took the time to read it, and if you did be sure to give it a diamond or favorite! Feedback is always appreciated, and bad days are just days that are bad so stay positive <3
Over time though, I got braver, I travelled and explored mines and slowly but surely convinced myself to start fighting the monsters. I made better houses, started putting some creativity into it, and really made Minecraft a safe place for myself. Some of my best childhood memories are tied to my old games, one of which I had made this town on the water and had this massive treehouse. Instead of playing with dolls and making them hang out with each other, I created the houses and made up my own characters and made them go on adventures and create things.
In another game, I cut down all the logs from a giant forest and replaced it with wood so I ended up getting tons of wood (this was before tree leaves naturally deteriorated so sadly now this wouldn't work), and I built bridges connecting the trees and made this cute tree town. In another game when maps first came out, I used my map as a guide and just all over the globe put buildings, hidden rooms that only I knew how to get to, and in the center of the map there was a desert so I made an empire there. It looked stupid, but I had all these houses for villagers, a humongous golden building (I made it just because I wanted to see it on the map), and in a lava pit I put an underground empire with a history behind it. None of it looked amazing and wasn't planned out at all, but it was fun to create and I enjoyed it so much.
Minecraft lets you bring your creativity out and make whatever you want, and at the time that was really what I needed. Then in early 2012, I discovered Planet Minecraft. I started out wanting to make a variety of projects and skins, and I honestly sucked at both. I kinda drifted away from playing Minecraft because I was so focused and determined to make my skins better. My first skins were awful and my very first skin isn't even still on here because when I updated it I didn't post new skin (My updates still weren't very good though). And let me just tell you, the first time I tried to shade it was a complete disaster (I might make a blog later just showing my skin growth). When I started making blogs they were short, pointless, and full of errors in every possible way you could think of, and I honestly have no idea how I was proud of it and posted it. It's so embarrassing to read them now, but at the same time seeing my growth and progress is beautiful and I'm glad that I can. Believe me, I know I'm not saying that now I'm some master writer, I still make many errors. My writing is nowhere near amazing, and probably at best mediocre. But from where I was before, it's amazing and it's nice to see how things can change.
The same with my skins, I'm still learning and trying new shading techniques and my skins really aren't that great, but they're extremely better than they were before. And most of all I enjoy doing it. I started on PMC as a 10 year old girl who was bored all the time and didn't know how to express herself. I didn't really have any friends at the time and was extremely awkward, but PMC was there for me learn. I made so many friends through the chat, forums, and other ways including The Skinning Wars which still holds a close place in my heart. Yeah, I haven't talked to most of them in a very long time, but they helped me grow. It's not always the huge moments that define you as a person, it's the small choices and places you surround yourself. I'm nowhere near perfect and I'll never claim to be because I never will be, but I'm so happy with where I am now and how I got here. I know this might a bit of a weird blog since I haven't been here in awhile, but I'm gonna work on it and continue to express myself here and learn. It not only changed me by being a home to me, but I learned so much and got explore things. For example, I never really knew how to write before and while I was learning it in school I had a place to practice it here. Making skins taught me to experiment with different photo editing software, and it was one of the reasons I started experimenting with graphics. Yes, I'm still very much improving on that and I'm really not that proud of this thumbnail, but it's been something I very much enjoy and will continue to do.
I hope you all enjoyed this blog if you took the time to read it, and if you did be sure to give it a diamond or favorite! Feedback is always appreciated, and bad days are just days that are bad so stay positive <3
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