This blog will cover the positive and negative influences Minecraft has on Creativity.
Thank you very much for taking the time to look at this blog, enjoy yourself, Aspergers and non-Aspergers alike!

Pros of Minecraft for Creativity

Ideas by bailey0799
Scripted by ultimatemegaman

1.) Minecraft is a sandbox game, so naturally it's a very creative game.
This one is obvious; building houses and structures (or towns!)
Or pretty much just building in general. Minecraft has so many
blocks to work with and so many ways of producing so many things...
It's baffling! You can experiment with different styles, and if it doesn't
work out, you know what not to do next time. It's a massive journey
of self-discovery! It inspires new career choices! Architecture FTW!

2.) It helps spark your imagination! I trust some of us Aspergers out there
have Eidetic Memory (Photographic Memory).
But a lot of us have good colour co-ordination, plain and simple!
I shouldn't have to explain in any detail how imagination helps creativity.

3.) Once you're on, you're going to have to find or make yourself a skin.
You can't go around with Steve strapped to you!
Skins are another way of being creative in your decision making or
your pixel-by-pixel adjustions and design choices!
Colour palettes galore! Styles! See? Creative!

4.) You get a default texture pack upon starting Minecraft.
That's a boring texture pack. Everyone's seen it, everyone's
switched it. This is a lot like skinning; finding a new texture pack
or making your own! There's a lot more work this time, though!
Don't we all love the oCd pack?

5.) Guess what? Minecraft teaches you life skills! But only broadly.
Get wood. Take shelter in cave. Make torches from coal and sticks
you collected from the trees! No campfire? Oh well.
Minecraft - Teaching you creative ways to survive dying at the hands
of kamikaze shrubs since 2010.

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Cons of Minecraft for Creativity

Ideas by ultimatemegaman
Scripted by ultimatemegaman

1.) There are far too many people on servers that hate, troll and
insult people. When I say that, a lot of you will know what I
mean. As a result of this, this lowers self-esteem;
which kills any chance of being creative and instead begins a
massive flame war. It turns fair people into ravenous monsters.

The only thing that improves because of those devils is our
ability to fight back. Which, given the context, is quite a bad thing,
considering HOW you'd be fighting back.

2.) There's no doubt that Minecraft is a 'sitting down and clicking a mouse'
kind of game. Fun though it is, creativity is an all-round practice;
new activities can show you new ways to approach problems.
You know about Scribblenauts, right? It's completely about
brainstorming creative solutions to solve problems!

To further reinforce my point, imagine a scenario.
A cat is stuck in a tree. What do you use to get it down?
If you do a lot of sport, your first thought might be hitting it down
with a football (cruel though it is, I see very few nice sports people).

If you're a fireman (or a pyromaniac), you could use a ladder
(or a flamethrower) to get the cat down (by burning the tree or whatever).

What I'm saying is that your interests influence your decisions.
In other words, by doing nothing but Minecraft you're limiting
your creativity. Go do something else! Enjoy yourself! :P

3.) Being awake when you don't want to be awake isn't nice.
I'm sure a lot of you know what I mean - You've just finished
working on that one Minecraft project until 1 in the morning
and now you're hella' tired.
In addition to breakfast, sleep helps your brain work well for the
day. We all know that. Sleep-deprivation means you won't be
able to work productively, therefore be less creative.
But it's only for one day. Maybe.