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[RANT] Stop the 8x8's and Simple packs :|

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Level 72 : Legendary Baconator
Posted 04/29/12 1:47:27 am
04/29/12
Heyy guys, 

heres a little rant i have about 8x8's and simple packs...

I am a texture pack maker myself and i find it really annoying watching the amount of "simplistic packs" that get onto the front page. Texture packs take a lot of time, especially when your making a 16x or 32x. But seriously? these guys put down solid colours, no shading or detail and get onto the front page. 

Perhaps its the minds of all the 8-13 year olds that play minecraft and go "oooh, pweety colors :3" that make them popular. But I just dont understand why all the awesome really detailed texture packs go neglected whilst these simplistic, 8x8 packs get front page and all the hype. 

I know i might sound like a sook, but its just my opinion that they need to stop, you can only make so many patterns with a 8x8 it'll be soon enough before they all look the same.


So yeah, just something to think about before you guys make a 8x8. or a simplstic pack. Its a lot more rewarding if you actually put a bit of effort into a 16x, and use some detail,

GUYS -_- I am not attacking you all personally with the 8-13 year old part. Its called an example, or an idea. If you take offence to it, you are showing your as immature as I've said.

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P1gtails
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Master Blob
April 8, 2013, 7:52 am

Blame OCD.
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MakeMeToast123
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Apprentice Toast
April 3, 2013, 6:21 am

They only make the front page because people think they reduce lag, when they don't.
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N8TLAW
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Expert Spider Rider
March 16, 2013, 5:49 am

OCD isnt 8x8 but does that count because that is one of the most popular texturepacks
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
March 16, 2013, 7:40 am

8x8 AND simple packs. emphasis on the bold. OCD is a simple pack mate. 
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N8TLAW
Level 20
Expert Spider Rider
March 16, 2013, 7:47 am

But are you ranting on OCD
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
March 17, 2013, 2:22 pm

Did i name any texture packs in this post? no. Go away now.
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Kaduu
Level 22
Expert Engineer
February 6, 2013, 12:00 am

Personaly I don't like those ,,32x.'' textures. The texture pack that I don't like at all is DokuCraft. It's even not finished and it's like the most faumous ever! But I don't like those ,,1x.'' packs. It's like... Hurting my eyes too much.
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Panfish5
Level 13
Journeyman Ninja
January 13, 2013, 11:16 am

I dont think they should be removed because people who have slow computers mat need to use a 8x8 texture pack or a simplistic pack.
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
January 13, 2013, 1:26 pm

thats a gross fact and its not true one single bit. Infact i've seen people do tests and when they used the default they had more FPS then when they used someone elses 8x8 pack. 
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Squirrelock11
Level 47
Master Pixel Painter
February 13, 2013, 2:26 pm

yeah , I tested the theory that hd pack increase lag.
the results were 56fps with 128x128 and 57fps with 16x16. So its 100% not true...
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Panfish5
Level 13
Journeyman Ninja
January 13, 2013, 4:00 pm

Ok but some people actually like simplistic texture packs and it lets people have a shot at texture packs that are not experianced or some people like simplistic texture packs like me and i dont even have a slow computer.
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Daisy Rose
Level 33
Artisan Princess
January 4, 2013, 3:56 am

I like 8x8, but there pretty annoying when there on the reel. In on working a 16x16 for my first pack.
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Im_feeling_UnLuCky
Level 33
Artisan Pixel Puncher
January 2, 2013, 12:15 am

I agree with you, my first 8x8 texture pack was 8x8 because it was my first ;P
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owetre18
Level 27
Expert Architect
December 25, 2012, 6:55 pm

I am currently making an 8x8 pack, and I think it looks pretty good. I want the feel of an 8bit game. I want the feels of playing the old Nintendo with my cousin. But I respect your opinion, and the bucketfill packs are more annoying than an outdoor diner with good food on a rainy day.
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RedstoneCreeper100
Level 1
New Crafter
December 23, 2012, 1:07 am

Half agreed, Half disagree. Yes those 8x8 , 4x4 or 1x1 stuff is Really annoying, But at least clear and fast graphics. Some of the 8x8 things are still cool, styled, not for those 8x8 sized default MC TP.
However, too much. The texture packs are made for a use, but that "use" have been used a million times --> Fast rendering, good for slow CPU.
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mattwabkit
Level 15
Journeyman Dragonborn
November 27, 2012, 2:13 pm

I 100% agree with the 8-13 year old thing. I have met kids who will tell me ridiculous things about Minecraft and act like they know everything about the game. For example: "Texture packs are a feature that has not yet been added to Minecraft. The button is just there to show that the feature is coming soon." I think the reason that these packs get so many diamonds is that they don't require mcpatcher. There are some good 8x packs though. For example, this deserves a diamond in my opinion, but This does not. 
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UnoWild
Level 47
Master Technomancer
October 20, 2012, 1:24 pm

I agree with what you stated here. Id also like to see the site policy change so that people need to reach a certain 'level' before being able to hit the 'report' button on packs or at least do some work and show 'proof'. I'd hate to think what the Moderators have to go through on a daily basis... wow, just wow.

Oh and by the way, whats a 'sook'? :-)
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
October 20, 2012, 2:14 pm

Its australian slang that essentially means someone who is complaining and acting like a baby :)


"sook"
"Newfoundland term for "cry baby" or "whiner".
One who sulks.He is a big sook. She is a sooky baby. He sooked off somewhere when he didn't get what he wanted."

- urban dictionary
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UnoWild
Level 47
Master Technomancer
October 20, 2012, 2:41 pm

Oh nice. I now know a new word, thanks. :-)
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
October 20, 2012, 3:11 pm

Tehehe enjoy :D You can use it on people and say its Australian :D
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UnoWild
Level 47
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October 20, 2012, 4:27 pm

Heh, so now I speak American English, Spanish (Spain) and a few words in Ausy, lol X-)
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CheeseManFuu
Level 27
Expert Pony
October 19, 2012, 12:20 pm

MY opinion: Let people have what they want, but truly, I think between 16x and 64x packs are the best, especially when they have quite a bit of detail, yet don't look as though they do- Take BDcraft for example, it's high-res, yes; it's detailed, yes; Doesn't look too detailed, yes.
My point is, these people who make 8x8 packs, I can understand if they like the old-school game feel, or are just making their first pack, or if there are like 20 of them, but if they're literally making 100's, that's when it's irritating. People have rights, yes, but people need to know that too much of something gets annoying, irritating, even aggravating, even if it is pretty epic looking, even if it has Mod support, even if it has the most epic user in all of the Minecraft community, it just spams the reel of texturepacks, it's like those stupid Free Minecraft things from freekeys.com or whatever of all the yogscast videos.
These people who make 32, 64, 128, 256, and 512 resolution packs (usually) put so much work into their texturepacks, and they just get buried under these newbie's work(rather crap than work), because their freaking lazy to do something that actually looks good.
My main idea here is that I think people may be entitled to their opinion, but some people's opinions are the most retarded things ever.
Also, here's some irony for you: I'm actually being a bit lazy to change my texturepack's reeds, leaves and tall grass.
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
October 19, 2012, 12:31 pm

Well yes, this post was posted in a time of PMC when every single texture pack was a simple pack or a 8x8 pack or 4x4 or even a 2x2 :L

It was really bad for people who put loads of time into 16x 32x and 64x packs because the hype of the simple packs would take over, and the detailed packs would go both unnoticed and neglected. 

I actually feel as today there is a lot of realism packs that are made using googled images. Those packs in my opinion are worse then the simplistic packs because atleast the simplistic artists used a bit of pixel art to make there texture packs
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jda15
Level 10
Journeyman Pokemon
May 9, 2013, 11:49 pm

Like the LB photo realism...
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Miru
Level 43
Master Enderdragon
September 24, 2012, 6:13 am

Not all 8x8 texturepacks are bad and effortless, for example Niko's Meatballcraft or Leostereo's Tiny Pixels.
But overall I have to agree with you, there are many effortless simplistic texturepacks (today a new on the front page).
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
September 15, 2012, 12:30 am

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, and I respect that. But please consider that this post is 4 months old, especially before you insult me and my writing. 
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_nimbus
Level 10
Journeyman Cowboy
September 14, 2012, 11:45 pm

Well, I have a lot to say about this. First of all, simplistic texture packs aren't all bad. Just take a look at MaxPack by Maxin. It's very simple, but a lot of work went into it, and I can say that MaxPack is my favourite pack out there!
Second of all, you can't say that certain styles are rubbish. Sure, monochrome blocks are just plain lazy, and I think they're stupid, but some people actually like that style, and don't know how to make texture packs as well! But I do agree that we only need one monochrome pack.
Finally, not every 13 year old is a 5 year old. Think before you blog.
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Armour
Level 3
Apprentice Creeper Hugger
September 14, 2012, 11:45 pm

Wow... really? You're saying 'Stop the 8x8s'... people like them, they look good to some people. Personally I hate high resolution terrain packs. This is a silly rant, please... shut up.
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Pancake slayer
Level 19
Journeyman Architect
December 11, 2012, 9:47 am

Your a silly rant
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
September 15, 2012, 12:28 am

Your 4 months too late dude haha, 

As far as I know, you weren't in this community when the constant spamming of 8x8, 4x4, and 2x2 packs was happening. I pointed out things in this blog that were apparent at those times. Going on a blog thats 4 months old and out of date, and telling me to "shut up" is complete stupidness. please consider both when the blog was made, and also the writers feelings before posting hurtful, and rude comments.
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GonzaloVera
Level 32
Artisan Geek
September 14, 2012, 7:42 pm

Fudge ya, I <3 8x8 texture packs...
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
September 14, 2012, 7:06 pm

I'm getting suspicious.
What's with the white highlight?
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
September 15, 2012, 12:29 am

pasted in from my Word processor, :)
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Coliinexx
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Apprentice Explorer
August 12, 2012, 11:38 am

rants are rude i hate em, now check out mine! jk
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
June 29, 2012, 6:27 am

DONT U NO SIMPLE TEXTURE PACKS REDUSE LAG!?!
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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
June 29, 2012, 2:50 pm

DONT U NO MINECRAFT NO LAGG FOR MY CHEAP COMPUTER?
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
September 14, 2012, 7:06 pm

And it's spelled LAG not LAGG.
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
September 14, 2012, 7:05 pm

Oh and one more thing.
It's not like minecraft never lags...
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
June 29, 2012, 2:53 pm

oh they dont reduse lag. i was mistaken. BUT
there are some people (like me) who like these texture packs.
but if they were all removed,
people who want a simple texture pack but dont know how to install but when they find out how but by the time they find out all of them are gone and this is the only MC website they know, 
they would be angry
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Red_sash
Level 2
Apprentice Ranger
June 26, 2012, 10:34 am

i agree completely, my texture pack is 64x64, but i am 12 and find it kinda mean to say kids cant apriciate a good high def texture pack, but i do agree with you
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Sabo
Level 49
Master Miner
June 25, 2012, 6:25 am

I agree, but I only made one becuase I was bored out of my mind XD
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
June 29, 2012, 6:28 am

well if you want to reduse lag, use it.
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Brianlee
Level 23
Expert Spider Rider
September 14, 2012, 5:06 pm

LIES!
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
September 14, 2012, 7:04 pm

Ok, so I got that from another minecrafter. You think IM the one lying?
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hedzup456
Level 1
New Miner
June 13, 2012, 6:05 am

I so agree. My favourite texture is Dokucraft, which is the total of hours and hours of work. The 8x8 texture packs, I find boring and uninteresting, and I feel that anything under 16x16, other than maybe one or two SimpleCraft textures, is a waste of time.
Thanks for reading,
Hedz~
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Azogpaleorc
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Apprentice Skinner
June 10, 2012, 2:05 am

Personally, my favorite is Painterly (Yogbox Edition).
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Smasher200
Level 29
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June 10, 2012, 3:04 pm

That's 16x16.
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Azogpaleorc
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Apprentice Skinner
June 12, 2012, 4:48 am

I think I may have gotten a bit off topic by stating my favorite texture pack on a rant about 8x8 texture packs.
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Slendertron
Level 25
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June 9, 2012, 11:18 am

However much I agree with you; I am not surprised that simple packs get into the reel. There are a lot of HD packs, which take a long time, and of course there are 16x16 packs which take a long time, but it all depends on style of game-play, people have different preferences. If im playing creative, I love to use simple packs, whereas if I'm playing serious, I'll use a more detailed pack for the experience. Some people may just prefer simple packs in general, and find them more appealing. Some may have the performance of their MC enhanced by simple packs and so diamond for appreciation; There's a whole spectrum of reasons, but to narrow it down, you have a whole community. A lot of people will share views, being that in this situation they might prefer simple packs, if these people all find the same pack it gets popular.

~Tight
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LuisGoldacre
Site Moderator
Level 44
Master Pokemon
June 6, 2012, 10:41 pm

I'm not against the packs but against the sheer amount of them, like the OCD pack is the base and the only one we need, all the rest is spam. And 4x4 and 2x2 packs are becoming just like simple packs. The first 2 were something new but now there are so many and they are all the same!


PS Some 8x8s are very complex, so don't hate them
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jda15
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Journeyman Pokemon
May 9, 2013, 11:56 pm

Ive seen a pokemon master but not a master pokemon! XD
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ChezPlz
Level 20
Expert Artist
June 5, 2012, 5:51 pm

I think people who aren't members of Planet MC never see the MASS amounts of simple packs posted every day. 8x8s are less of a problem, but still annoyingly popular.
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xXDO0MXx
Level 32
Artisan Artist
June 4, 2012, 9:05 pm

I need help fixing a texturing problem with my particles of my pack. Ill pm you
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xXDO0MXx
Level 32
Artisan Artist
June 4, 2012, 9:03 pm

agreed.
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SargentGriff
Level 3
Apprentice Miner
June 3, 2012, 12:15 pm

the reason i use them is i dont no why but im quite fond of them i think its because i can fined the best of all of them then i can change it to my likes so quick and it makes my minecraft  not crash but the day it came out i hated it i thought is was stupid until i found out wat i liked about them
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Ultra Spoon Walrus
Level 1
New Miner
June 2, 2012, 11:34 pm

Totally agree, it's just the fact that Disco made a good 8x8 texture pack everybody thinks "I know I am so unoriginal and can't make things so I'll just copy Disco's texture pack and change it slightly."
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BomberMan13371234
Level 8
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June 4, 2012, 4:04 am

... discos is 16x16...
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xXDO0MXx
Level 32
Artisan Artist
June 4, 2012, 9:04 pm

lol.. hes a noob. faill
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BomberMan13371234
Level 8
Apprentice Pony
June 4, 2012, 9:12 pm

I know right.
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Ultra Spoon Walrus
Level 1
New Miner
June 5, 2012, 11:45 am

Alright, so the rant itself is a fail because half of these Simple Packs or Clean Packs aren't 8x8 there's just more of one colour on each block like instead of having different shades of Red on a Red wool block it's just one colour.
Oh and by the way don't call me a fail if you can't spell it.
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BomberMan13371234
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June 5, 2012, 1:12 pm

Me? I spelled fail the right way..
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Ultra Spoon Walrus
Level 1
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June 7, 2012, 12:37 am

No, xXDO0MXx, why would you ask if it was you when you didn't even type fail in your comment...
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BomberMan13371234
Level 8
Apprentice Pony
June 7, 2012, 1:24 pm

I don't know, that's why I asked the question.
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NubNoobNewbMC
Level 35
Artisan Blob
June 2, 2012, 7:40 pm

i hate 2x2 tps
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Koca_Cola
Level 8
Apprentice Toast
June 2, 2012, 3:34 pm

OOOOOO PWETTY COWERS!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 11 lol ur sooo right
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Poppyman99
Level 34
Artisan Pixel Painter
June 2, 2012, 12:58 pm

I hate it when people make those
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Loris29
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Apprentice Skinner
May 30, 2012, 9:36 pm

I hate mondays AND 8x8 texture packs
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Smasher200
Level 29
Expert Pixel Painter
June 12, 2012, 9:42 am

Mondays in Minecraft.......
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hellhoundguthix
Level 20
Expert Spleefer
May 30, 2012, 8:56 am

can you get 1x1 texture packs? if you could it would be epik

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Jyles
Level 72
Legendary Baconator
May 30, 2012, 12:14 pm

someone made one and uploaded it, it got removed however, theres really no point in it.

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