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🌍 The PMC Weekly February 20th, 2021chrome_reader_mode
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Happy weekend! This week's weekly is short and sweet, featuring a mob skin, blog, a massive project, and more! This week's interview is with long-time member who's become a developer for a very popular YouTuber... a must-read!
 OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS |
| 2 DAYS LEFT! Love comes in many forms and we'll accept poetry about any type of love! Food, pets, hobbies, scents, colors, or seasons are a few examples of what you could create your love poem about. Sweep us off our feet with your word wizardry. Make us laugh. The tone you set is up to you. Deadline: February 22 |  |
Yay! It's another FUN seasonal quest put together by CaraRose! In this quest, you'll solve some puzzles and explore a custom, cozy Valentine's map in search of items and clues on the PMC Server! If you have any questions, be sure to visit the official thread to discuss anything relating to the Valentine's Day Quest Click HERE to start! Deadline: March 14 |  |
We're in the final phase of the RTX Event and Maze Making Contest! Head on over and check out some of the amazing entries in both!
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 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS |
Just a reminder that there's still time to enter Stubbs1's Vehicle Contest! Your task is to create a manned vehicle. Aka. Unmanned drones and stuff alike, do not count! Real or fake, spaceship or old car. Just something which you would consider a vehicle. PRIZES include STEAM credit, a special badge, as well as being "Featured Build of the Week"! Beep Beeeep!
Deadline: March 1
| We couldn't find any new Community Contests or Events this week. If we somehow missed yours, please head over to the Community Event Calendar and provide the Name of your Contest, a Link to it, and the deadline! If you're interested in hosting your OWN contest and not sure where to start, this tutorial by DinowCookie is an in-depth guide that consists of very useful information including how to organize as well as format the layout of your contest (prizes, rules, etc). In addition to that guide, she also made a tutorial for creating your very own contest banner! In the meantime, if you're looking for some contests to participate in, below you will find some that have deadlines approaching in 1 week. You can see a FULL list of all community-run contests and events here. |  |
COMMUNITY CONTESTS AND EVENTS ENDING SOON:
| 📰 (Writing) Type | Title + Link | Host | Deadline |
| Themed Contest | Love Poetry | PMC | February 22 |
| 😁 (Skins) Type | Title + Link | Host | Deadline |
| Themed Contest | Gaming Month! | The PMC Sheep | February 20 |
| Palette Contest | Color Wheel Contest | oPots | February 27 |
| Prompt Event | Fem February | Lane the Turtle | February 28 |
| Themed Contest | Nature is All Around Us | LadyBerry | February 28 |
| Palette Contest | Pride Month | BlossomRuna | February 28 |
| Reshade Contest | Angel Skin Contest | Mellie | February 28 |
⭐OTHER HIGHLIGHTS |
| FEATURED SKIN Who's been keeping up with NASA's Mars rover mission? In case you missed it, NASA's Rover titled "Perseverance" safely landed on Mars just a couple of days ago! The rover will look for signs of past microbial life, cache rock, and soil samples, and prepare for future human exploration [source]. Perseverance carries a robotic helicopter called "ingenuity" which has just been confirmed today to be working as expected. It relies solely on solar panels for power! How cool! m0cchi was inspired by this historic milestone and created Perseverance using the snow golem mob model. We think it came out excellent! If you're interested in keeping up with Perseverance, be sure to visit NASA's official site: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance |  | ||
FEATURED BLOG HD Skin specialist and pixel perfector Nitgo just released a blog containing 9 total new HD skins he's created, and any pixel art he made for them! Below are just two of the several pixel art he's included in the blog.
Vol.1 - Vol.2 |  |
FEATURED PROJECT
IHOU 2 is BuildersCommunityJapan's second massive, chaotic and cool creation. Their first one can be seen here and was submitted about a year ago. Both builds are a result of an hours long event. The first map was created by 145 people in 72 hours. Their second one by 300 people in 74 hours. From airships and helecopters, to castles and clocks, whales and dragons, you could play a fun game of "I spy" with this map!
INTERVIEW TIME
This week's interview is with......
Eastonium! Eastonium has been a member of Planet Minecraft for nearly 10 years! Over the course of almost a decade, they've submitted a total of 107 submissions spread through different categories. You'll also notice that nearly all of their submissions have impressive stats with over 100,000 views and 30K + downloads on some of their more popular submissions. They're still an active member even after all of these years and we just had to know more about them!
Minecraft/Personalized Questions
How did your Minecraft experience begin?
Like most, it started with a friend telling me about this cool sandbox game called Minecraft. That was back in Beta 1.1… and it hooked me instantly. Haven’t stopped playing yet.
Do you still play Minecraft for fun (outside of creating data packs, etc)?
Sometimes. I find creating datapacks to be fun… but don’t have much free time to actually play the game. Every couple of weeks I might play a bit of survival though for fun.
Most of your submissions are data packs. Tell us how you got into making data packs and what you enjoy most about them!
I got into datapack making due to map-making. At first, it was simple stuff using command blocks, but it slowly grew from there. My quite popular map Zelda Battle Arena was the first really big project I made with command blocks, which I eventually converted into functions… which became my first 5 or so datapacks.
You have several “WASD” Packs. Can you explain what “WASD means? Out of all of your WASD packs, which are you most proud of and why?
The WASD Build Team is the name of my build team that I used to lead. I make all of my YouTube videos under that name, so the name just makes sense for that series of packs.
Yeah, so this is where we get to an interesting note. Due to this Planet Minecraft account being a team at one point in time, we had multiple members. Eastonium (who the account is named after) made all the mods and doesn’t currently have any plans to continue them.
Looking through your submissions, it seems almost all get a fair amount of views, downloads and comments. How do you promote your work? What else do you think attributes to the success of your submissions?
Multiple factors definitely add to the success that the content gets on PMC. A big one is simply having high-quality thumbnails for the posts. If the picture “sells” the content well, then people are more likely to actually view it.
Another big thing that has helped my datapacks is not being too creative. That might sound dumb… but because I add things like new swords or pickaxes… people already know what those are and are more likely to be willing to download it.
….Alright, so after searching through your YouTube we discovered that you’re a full-time core developer to Logdotzip. How cool! Tell us how that happened, how you’re enjoying it, and what sort of things you do as a developer for logdotzip!
Well, they found my datapacks on Reddit, specifically the working BOTW Guardian. It was a very complex entity to code, so they reached out and offered me a part-time job. Long story short, as I kept working with them it became more and more serious and now it is a full-time job.
As for what I do, I oversee the production of videos as well as make some of the datapacks that we use in our videos across the multiple channels.
Do you know any programming languages and if so, which ones?
I don’t know any programming languages and haven’t taken a single computer science/programming class, but I am currently teaching myself Javascript to better be able to make datapacks.
Are you working on any Minecraft projects?
Yeah, I’m always working on Minecraft projects… unless you meant builds/worlds.
How has Minecraft influenced or changed you in real life?
Minecraft has completely changed my life trajectory. I dropped out of college to pursue a job in Minecraft, and hopefully, it continues to be the path forward.
PMC Questions
How did you choose your PMC Username? What inspired your PFP?
The Username is my name… if it was an ore. And the Profile Picture is the most popular skin that is on my profile.
What PMC submission are you most proud of? Why?
Zelda Battle Arena - It is a massive project I put almost a year's work into. Got me into datapack making and overall is decently polished and balanced. Good builds, datapacks, textures, and models… a complete package.
Moar Swords - 18th most download datapack on PMC. According to my website, it has gotten 130,000 downloads, which is definitely something to be proud of.
Zelda Clawshot - The code behind this one was really cool and it visually is probably the best datapack I’ve made. It is a bit buggy… but overall very proud of this one.
Moar Pearls - Moar Pearls has some really creative ender pearls that all work pretty much perfectly. A very polished and clean pack, with some clever code behind it.
What do you enjoy most about Planet Minecraft?
Planet Minecraft probably does the best job of sorting the content on the website in a way that makes it easy to find good work by the amazing people that post here… Except for the datapacks section that mostly has single recipes “datapacks”.
Do you have any goals on the site (subscriber goal, perhaps win a contest, host another contest etc)?
Getting Moar Swords into the top 10 most downloaded datapacks on PMC would be pretty cool. Besides that, I’m not particularly interested in subscribers on PMC.
Is there a specific member that inspires you or you look up to? Who/Why?
I can’t say I’ve interacted with many people on PMC
You’ve been on the site for a long time. In fact, you’re approaching your 10 year PMC anniversary. Congratulations and thank you for being a dedicated, long time member! During your time here, there have been several changes and updates. What has been your favorite update?
The addition of emeralds for people’s comments has been a pretty nice update.
Fun Questions
What genre of music is your favorite? Do you listen to music while you’re creating in Minecraft?
Yeah, music is very important when creating datapacks. I don’t really have a specific genre of music that is my favorite. I mostly listen to covers of songs by people like Kurt Hugo Schneider and other YouTube musicians.
Describe yourself in 3 words!
Dedicated, Nerd, Honest.
Do you have any pets?
Nope
Are there any hobbies outside of Minecraft that you have?
I’m a boring person that doesn’t have time for Non-Minecraft hobbies :P
Is there any new skill that you’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t had the chance to yet?
Generally, when there is a new skill I want or need to learn, I just go and learn it… That said I would like to get better at Javascript but have yet to put a ton of time into learning it.
Favorite quote or words of wisdom for the community? OR Do you have any advice for new members of PMC?
My advice for new members of PMC (but this also applies to YouTube) is to keep at it. Most likely your first work won’t do very well, but don’t let that discourage you. Keep at it, keep learning, keep improving, and you will likely end up where you want to be.
Anything you'd like to add?
Thanks, PMC for being a great website that helped get me into this strange Minecraft community.
Minecraft/Personalized Questions
How did your Minecraft experience begin?
Like most, it started with a friend telling me about this cool sandbox game called Minecraft. That was back in Beta 1.1… and it hooked me instantly. Haven’t stopped playing yet.
Do you still play Minecraft for fun (outside of creating data packs, etc)?
Sometimes. I find creating datapacks to be fun… but don’t have much free time to actually play the game. Every couple of weeks I might play a bit of survival though for fun.
Most of your submissions are data packs. Tell us how you got into making data packs and what you enjoy most about them!
I got into datapack making due to map-making. At first, it was simple stuff using command blocks, but it slowly grew from there. My quite popular map Zelda Battle Arena was the first really big project I made with command blocks, which I eventually converted into functions… which became my first 5 or so datapacks.
You have several “WASD” Packs. Can you explain what “WASD means? Out of all of your WASD packs, which are you most proud of and why?
The WASD Build Team is the name of my build team that I used to lead. I make all of my YouTube videos under that name, so the name just makes sense for that series of packs.
As for most proud of datapack, that would have to be Moar Swords. The sheer scale of it… adding 51 (and counting) new unique swords to the game is something to be proud of, even if it isn’t my most complicated work.
One of your most popular submissions is your Kirby Enemy Mod that indicates that it’s only 20% completed; after all of these years of being untouched, do you have any plans to revisit this mod and complete it?Yeah, so this is where we get to an interesting note. Due to this Planet Minecraft account being a team at one point in time, we had multiple members. Eastonium (who the account is named after) made all the mods and doesn’t currently have any plans to continue them.
Looking through your submissions, it seems almost all get a fair amount of views, downloads and comments. How do you promote your work? What else do you think attributes to the success of your submissions?
Multiple factors definitely add to the success that the content gets on PMC. A big one is simply having high-quality thumbnails for the posts. If the picture “sells” the content well, then people are more likely to actually view it.
Another big thing that has helped my datapacks is not being too creative. That might sound dumb… but because I add things like new swords or pickaxes… people already know what those are and are more likely to be willing to download it.
….Alright, so after searching through your YouTube we discovered that you’re a full-time core developer to Logdotzip. How cool! Tell us how that happened, how you’re enjoying it, and what sort of things you do as a developer for logdotzip!
Well, they found my datapacks on Reddit, specifically the working BOTW Guardian. It was a very complex entity to code, so they reached out and offered me a part-time job. Long story short, as I kept working with them it became more and more serious and now it is a full-time job.
As for what I do, I oversee the production of videos as well as make some of the datapacks that we use in our videos across the multiple channels.
Do you know any programming languages and if so, which ones?
I don’t know any programming languages and haven’t taken a single computer science/programming class, but I am currently teaching myself Javascript to better be able to make datapacks.
Are you working on any Minecraft projects?
Yeah, I’m always working on Minecraft projects… unless you meant builds/worlds.
How has Minecraft influenced or changed you in real life?
Minecraft has completely changed my life trajectory. I dropped out of college to pursue a job in Minecraft, and hopefully, it continues to be the path forward.
PMC Questions
How did you choose your PMC Username? What inspired your PFP?
The Username is my name… if it was an ore. And the Profile Picture is the most popular skin that is on my profile.
What PMC submission are you most proud of? Why?
Zelda Battle Arena - It is a massive project I put almost a year's work into. Got me into datapack making and overall is decently polished and balanced. Good builds, datapacks, textures, and models… a complete package.
Moar Swords - 18th most download datapack on PMC. According to my website, it has gotten 130,000 downloads, which is definitely something to be proud of.
Zelda Clawshot - The code behind this one was really cool and it visually is probably the best datapack I’ve made. It is a bit buggy… but overall very proud of this one.
Moar Pearls - Moar Pearls has some really creative ender pearls that all work pretty much perfectly. A very polished and clean pack, with some clever code behind it.
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What do you enjoy most about Planet Minecraft?
Planet Minecraft probably does the best job of sorting the content on the website in a way that makes it easy to find good work by the amazing people that post here… Except for the datapacks section that mostly has single recipes “datapacks”.
Do you have any goals on the site (subscriber goal, perhaps win a contest, host another contest etc)?
Getting Moar Swords into the top 10 most downloaded datapacks on PMC would be pretty cool. Besides that, I’m not particularly interested in subscribers on PMC.
Is there a specific member that inspires you or you look up to? Who/Why?
I can’t say I’ve interacted with many people on PMC
You’ve been on the site for a long time. In fact, you’re approaching your 10 year PMC anniversary. Congratulations and thank you for being a dedicated, long time member! During your time here, there have been several changes and updates. What has been your favorite update?
The addition of emeralds for people’s comments has been a pretty nice update.
Fun Questions
What genre of music is your favorite? Do you listen to music while you’re creating in Minecraft?
Yeah, music is very important when creating datapacks. I don’t really have a specific genre of music that is my favorite. I mostly listen to covers of songs by people like Kurt Hugo Schneider and other YouTube musicians.
Describe yourself in 3 words!
Dedicated, Nerd, Honest.
Do you have any pets?
Nope
Are there any hobbies outside of Minecraft that you have?
I’m a boring person that doesn’t have time for Non-Minecraft hobbies :P
Is there any new skill that you’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t had the chance to yet?
Generally, when there is a new skill I want or need to learn, I just go and learn it… That said I would like to get better at Javascript but have yet to put a ton of time into learning it.
Favorite quote or words of wisdom for the community? OR Do you have any advice for new members of PMC?
My advice for new members of PMC (but this also applies to YouTube) is to keep at it. Most likely your first work won’t do very well, but don’t let that discourage you. Keep at it, keep learning, keep improving, and you will likely end up where you want to be.
Anything you'd like to add?
Thanks, PMC for being a great website that helped get me into this strange Minecraft community.
If you could travel to ANY Planet which one would it be and why?
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cybertron or mobius lol
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Planet Minecraft of course!
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the moon because when jump whee am high up :o
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also why not
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alright tell me how you are gonna "visit" a gas giant
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Simple. You get to visit it for about 2 seconds before you get evaporated-
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HEY MPC Subscribe to me please???
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satern, to explore the rings
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uranus because how it rotates, its ice, its curios small rings, and much more, #nomars
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I dont know why EVERYONE wants to go to mars. The moon is closer. SO THE MOON YOU GOON.
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uranus because funny name
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Uranus is really big :o
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H m m m m
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Hmm
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venus already has a breathable atmosphere, surprisingly
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I want to go to mars as scientists believe it was once a planet with life like our earth. If i can find anything interesting, i would be very happy to see it.
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The moon, specifically with my boi pigman defense attorney
takin over the dark side of the moon and blaming Russia pog
takin over the dark side of the moon and blaming Russia pog
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If you wanna go to Venus or mercury, that is a litteral deathsend due to the heat
(Not an insult, just some plain facts I wanna tell :3 )
I also finnished a 747 yesterday :)
(Not an insult, just some plain facts I wanna tell :3 )
I also finnished a 747 yesterday :)
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Anyways i can't wait for the participation medals for the Love Poetry Contest!
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i wanna go to da moooooooon
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Dwarf planets for it'd be funny to see planets inhabited only by small, bearded, thick men and women.
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i want to go to uranus because it has a funnee name ;)
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It is named so after the Greek deity of the sky Uranus because of it's colour
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Planets are named after the Roman gods.
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Wait! Here's a fun fact about Uranus!
The first planet found with the aid of a telescope, Uranus was
discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, although he
originally thought it was either a comet or a star.
Interesting Facts About Uranus
- Uranus is known as the “sideways planet” because it rotates on its side.
- Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.
- Uranus was the first planet found using a telescope.
- Uranus is an Ice Giant planet and nearly four times larger than Earth.
- Uranus has 27 known moons, most of which are named after literary characters.
- Like Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune, Uranus is a ringed planet.
The first planet found with the aid of a telescope, Uranus was
discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, although he
originally thought it was either a comet or a star.
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kewl
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hAHa uRaNuS
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What is the server adress of the Planet Minecraft server?
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play.planetminecraft.com
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Yeet
ive been noticed! :o
ive been noticed! :o
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Makemake for my other dwarf planet vote :)
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dwarf plaent: eris
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am i the only one who wants to burn up (MECURYYYY)
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Wait! Here's a fun fact about Mercury!
Mercury is the smallest and closest planet to the sun in the Solar System. Its orbit around the Sun
takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the planets in the Solar
System. It is named after the Greek god Hermes (Ερμής), translated into
Latin as Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce, messenger of the gods, mediator between gods and mortals.
Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within Earth's orbit as an inferior planet, and its apparent distance
from the Sun as viewed from Earth never exceeds 28°. This proximity to
the Sun means the planet can only be seen near the western horizon after sunset or eastern horizon before sunrise, usually in twilight.
At this time, it may appear as a bright star-like object, but is often
far more difficult to observe than Venus. The planet telescopically
displays the complete range of phases, similar to Venus and the Moon, as it moves in its inner orbit relative to Earth, which recurs over its synodic period of approximately 116 days.
Mercury rotates in a way that is unique in the Solar System. It is tidally locked with the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance,[16] meaning that relative to the fixed stars, it rotates on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions it makes around the Sun.[a][17] As seen from the Sun, in a frame of reference
that rotates with the orbital motion, it appears to rotate only once
every two Mercurian years. An observer on Mercury would therefore see
only one day every two Mercurian years.
Mercury is the smallest and closest planet to the sun in the Solar System. Its orbit around the Sun
takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the planets in the Solar
System. It is named after the Greek god Hermes (Ερμής), translated into
Latin as Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce, messenger of the gods, mediator between gods and mortals.
Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within Earth's orbit as an inferior planet, and its apparent distance
from the Sun as viewed from Earth never exceeds 28°. This proximity to
the Sun means the planet can only be seen near the western horizon after sunset or eastern horizon before sunrise, usually in twilight.
At this time, it may appear as a bright star-like object, but is often
far more difficult to observe than Venus. The planet telescopically
displays the complete range of phases, similar to Venus and the Moon, as it moves in its inner orbit relative to Earth, which recurs over its synodic period of approximately 116 days.
Mercury rotates in a way that is unique in the Solar System. It is tidally locked with the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance,[16] meaning that relative to the fixed stars, it rotates on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions it makes around the Sun.[a][17] As seen from the Sun, in a frame of reference
that rotates with the orbital motion, it appears to rotate only once
every two Mercurian years. An observer on Mercury would therefore see
only one day every two Mercurian years.
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jupiter ill fall right through like obito
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Uranus because haha
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my dark side: bcuz its ur a-
my light side: ok, ok
my light side: ok, ok
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Thank you so much for featuring my Perseverance skin!
