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🌍 The PMC Weekly January 23rd, 2021chrome_reader_mode

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We hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! This week's weekly highlights some official contests that have deadlines approaching. We reached a HUGE milestone this week as well. We also feature a couple of skins, some impressive supersized mob statues, a data pack, a sssssuper awesome build, and interview and more!


OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS




We're hosting our first event crafted for Minecraft Bedrock Edition players! It's your time to shine by showing everyone what is possible in Minecraft with RTX ON. Java Edition players, you can still enter but be sure to read the details under How to Enter.

TWO artists will be selected by NVIDIA to receive a Geforce RTX Graphics card!

Deadline: February 15

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You have just under 1 week left to work on your entry for the Skin Contest, 2121!

Show us the future - but not next year, next century! Your task is to predict what life will be like in the year 2121. There are no wrong or right answers here. Dazzle us with your favorite futuristic fiction - post-apocalypse, sci-fi, dystopia, cyberpunk, and so on. Or enthrall us with some speculation of your own - will we be a space-faring civilization with alien friends 100 years from now? Or will we return to primitive society instead? Or perhaps humanity will be entirely replaced by robots.

Deadline: January 29
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We've teamed up with Gheppio to bring you an exciting and unique contest, Maze Making Contest, powered by his latest brilliant Minecraft machine...Maze Maker Deluxe!
MazeMaker Deluxe is a machine that will easily allow you to generate and customize your mazes or challenge tracks! Your task for this contest is to build custom maze tiles and use the machine to generate a unique entry. You get your own lab with 20 slots to build custom maze tiles, 4 special interface packs to help you layout your maze and limitless
options to generate.

Deadline
: February 15

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Steps 1, 2, 3 of Make Maker





...and in case you missed it, on January 21st we reached 3 MILLION Members this week! On 1/21/2021 Blackm0on joined at 11:05 AM EST and became the 3 millionth member!

We found a couple of submissions celebrating PMC's Milestone (shown below). If you'd like to comment or share anything you've done in celebration of this big milestone, we created a 3 Million Member Forum Thread! You can also visit the TIMELINE and sign our guestbook!


by noot12234
3 Million users cape Minecraft Skin
by Eventlesstew



COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS



PMC Survival Server - 1st Elytra Race - Community Hosted Event
This SUNDAY @ 20:00 UTC
Contestants and Fans Welcomed
play.planetminecraft.com

*must be level 5 on PMC to join

Click the banner below for all of the rules, details and.... the epic prize pool!






NEW!
In this 2 day event hosted by Inro, the end goal is a collaborative GIF that spells out "YOU MATTER". You select a letter from the gif and create a custom version of it! There's specific information regarding size, colors you can't use and other rules so be sure to visit the thread for more information if you want to participate!

Deadline: Today
In this contest, your goal is to create a skin to mimic the textures and bounciness of an inflatable pool toy/bounce house just like the cool duck in the photo! The goal is to make the skin look as inflatable as possible! Player AND Mob skins are allowed, however, HD Skins are not.
Deadline: January 31


COMMUNITY CONTESTS AND EVENTS ENDING SOON
🏠 (Projects) TypeTitle + LinkHostDeadline*
Themed Contest
Christmas House Decoration Contest
CaraRose  
January 25 ⚡
😁 (Skins) TypeTitle + LinkHostDeadline
Palette Contest
Rogue's Palette Contest
InsanityWaffles
January 24
Reshade Contest
The Offical Bloopins Re-shadeChaotic Stupid
January 25
Reshade Contest
Jυвιlee || rc ♡ 400 ѕυвѕ!F I N N L E Y
January 25
Themed ContestMC Rock Festival! 🤘TW15T3D5H4D0WJanuary 27
Reshade Contest
New Year Reshade contest
CactiFern
January 30
Themed Contest
Lily in the Water Skin Contest  NoodleRat
January 30
Be sure to check out the Community Event Calendar for a complete list of events & contests!

Results from lovfallande's Medieval Mayhem Skin Contest have been announced! Congratulations to the winners! You can see all 21 submissions in this collection


1st Place


"augustine lancaster" by retrospective

2nd Place

"Cockatrice" by nerdyy
3rd Place

"Bald Knight" by SatinNewt


OTHER HIGHLIGHTS


FEATURED SKINS
One of our favorite skins this week was this HD robot skin by SolarSimonDM. The mechanical masterpiece may look familiar to you, especially if you've ever played Ratchet & Clank! The submission states:

"It took Ratchet almost 19 years to finally upgrade Clank to a more chrome-based alloy. Hey, better late than never.

"SolarSimon included just about every detail of this quirky bot! He also made a Ratchet skin this week which can be seen here.
Clank - Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart [High Resolution] Minecraft Skin
Has anyone else been enjoying the Bernie Sanders' memes this week?

Havingfun_ISKEY took it to the next level, creating a Minecraft skin based on the infamous photo of Bernie at the Inauguration that happened this week. This skin is titled "This Could've Been An E-Mail" is complete with gloves that were made in his home state of Vermont, a green Gore-tex Parka, and the appropriate medical mask, this skin is prepared for the coldest of winters (and inauguration)!



SUPERSIZED STATUES
For the past couple of weeks, Boscawinks has been creating MASSIVE statues (1:2 Scale) of various mobs including the Iron Golem, the Wandering Trader and Phantom. This week, he created all four variants of the Llama Mob as well as the various assets such as the different carpet decorations, sets of chests, and the trader llama decorations for a total of 144 possible combinations! Bosca included all of the combinations pre-assembled in a single Minecraft world for you to pick and chose (see photo below)

He has a total of 10 statues made, all of which you can see in this collection!




all variations of the llama mob statue



FEATURED DATAPACK
One of the top data packs this week is by GoldenGizzmo. Their pack "Gizzmo Mobs" adds 12 new mobs, 13 new items and new loot tables. The submission states:

"This is a datapack that aims to add more mob-based content to the game while still keeping with the feel of Minecraft, as if these mob could fit in as just an update you've missed."

With this pack, you can create several variations of Syrup that all have a different effect, Hostile Honey, jelly and more with the items that the new mobs drop. Our favorite mob in this pack is the Cave Bear!

Interesting fact - Gizzmo has been a member of PMC since 2012 and this is their first ever submission!
SLITHERY SUBMISSION
How colorfully cool is this organic by SpruceVMC?! Medusa is a submission for a contest being hosted on a Server. The textures, colors, and detail are impeccable! This build is full of life, it's almost as if you can hear the snakes hissing.



We encourage you to click here and scroll through the submission photos; some are up close so you can see all of the details. They've also included some progression photos which are equally interesting to see!
SNAPSHOT REVIEWS
A new snapshot came out this week that included the new mob Glow Squid! In case you missed it, a couple of our members created review blogs highlighting the major additions! Hipercreative blog particularly highlights the Glow Squid and Glow lichen - what they do, what you can do with each of them and more!

If you prefer snapshot reviews in video form, be sure to check out Shireen's Snapshot video here. She dives deep in the ocean to show you squid and crawls in the caves to show how you can use glow lichen as your light source!



INTERVIEW


This week's interview is with....
kimandjax! We remember Kim's first ever PMC submission, Keil Cathedral - we knew at that moment she would do great things and we weren't wrong! She's been featured by Mojang in a couple of articles for her outstanding work, and has partnered up with one of the largest tech companies - NVIDIA! Surely, all of these successes take dedication and drive. We wanted to know more about this unstoppable creator and thought an interview would be the perfect way! What did we learn? For starters, she's pretty funny and bubbly. Just read and you'll see!


Minecraft/Personalized Questions


How did your Minecraft experience begin?

Well, in 2014 I’d finished playing Skyrim on the Xbox 360 and I was pretty upset that it had finished. A friend suggested I try Minecraft, so I bought that and never looked back!


When did you start streaming Minecraft full time? Do you stream Survival or Creative? What do you like most about streaming?

Streaming full time is a new thing for me! In May 2020 I was made redundant after 5 years with a great company that had to restructure due to Covid. So, with the country recovering from a national lockdown and no jobs available, I decided to take the plunge and stream!

Sometimes I am allowed to stream the commissioned Minecraft builds I am working on, but my most recent focus is trying Minecraft Hardcore as we are making Twitch Partner! It’s fun beause I am a creative builder, and learning Survival in Hardcore is.. Well.. Hard!


Do you have any tips for someone who wants to start streaming?

Absolutely! Whatever happens, please do not give up or be discouraged! Streaming is like a marathon, not a race! It takes time to build community and it takes time for you to find your rhythm. Keep at it, you’ll get there.


You create such large, beautifully detailed builds. We absolutely love “Who stole Grandma’s Cookies?!” and “Piglin Fortress”. Tell us your creative process, and how long something like that takes!

Who Stole Grandma’s Cookies was so much fun to make! It is a real labour of love to make an adventure, there are no shortcuts when you make a map! It took me about 5 months, and in the end I had to pull in a few friends to help me furnish all the buildings before Christmas!

The Piglin fortress only took a few evenings. It ended up going viral on Reddit, that day also happened to be my birthday!


Piglin Fortress is a Nether Themed build. Is it more of a challenge to build with this specific theme?

Actually, no! I was so inspired by what the team at Mojang had cooked for us I had to whip something up and it was put together very quickly. I love how they keep adding new blocks, it keeps us on our toes and continues to expand what is possible in the game.


How do you think your building skills have improved over the years? What are you hoping to prove upon?

Drastically. And it is exponential! I am always learning new ways to use colour palettes and figuring out ways to bring what’s in my head onto the screen. We all start somewhere, I’m confident no one started out making mega builds on day one! And my early builds were, well, let’s just say “practical” rather than beautiful! I would like to improve my organic building, I find them the hardest to make.


You’ve been featured by Mojang a couple of times! Tell us how that felt!

So cool! Even my mum thought it was cool after she asked who Mojang was. The Kiel Cathedral was spotted by a Mojang staff member here on Planet Minecraft! If I hadn't had the courage to complete the project and publish it, I would not have had the privilege to tell my story on their site. This once in a lifetime opportunity happened twice, and I am very blessed! My octopus build was also featured in their header for the “Build it with Lapis” article!


Kiel Cathedral: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/kiel-cathedral/
Build it with Lapis: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/build-it--lapis-


...and you’ve also done work for NVIDIA! How cool! Tell us about that!

So cool, right! They’re a really awesome company to have worked for and I would happily do so again. I had a lot of fun and made some solid friendships! I was recommended to them through a YouTuber, and when they approached me with the projects they wanted done for RTX I said yes! I spent two weeks per build, and provided a Java & Bedrock world for each of the three maps made. And the best bit? I had to keep it all a secret for months!!!!!


Which NVIDIA project was your favorite to work on?

I love how well the Burj Khalifa turned out! Ironically, it was also the hardest to make! It took teams of incredibly smart architects and designers almost a decade to build in real life, so to condense these talents into a 256 build height limit was not easy! But I think my favourite will have to be the Pirate Island RTX showcase. I was given the pirate theme and left to my own imagination! I do not have permission to publish this map, but I was told by a little birdie it may

RTX Pirate Island: http://www.kimandjax.co.nz/2021/01/01/2020-nvidia-rtx-showcase/



Can you give us any hints as to what you’re working on right now?

I’m currently the lead builder for the Iskall85dev team and together we have made a cool modpack called Vault Hunters! Season one is being played now on Twitch by CaptainSparkles, Hbomb, RenDog, Stressmonster101, AntonioAsh & Iskall85!


Your profile says you're a qualified professional chef. Is this what you went to school for? What’s your favorite dish to make?

I did! I studied full time for two years and had a hefty Student Loan afterwards! I left the industry having made my way up to Head chef in 2015. It is very hard work and takes a lot of dedication to make your way up the kitchen ranks!


How do you take your coffee?

In a cup, preferably!

Haha, I’m kidding! STRONG. VERY STRONG! Espresso, no sugar thanks!



PMC Questions

How did you choose your PMC Username?

My PMC username is my Minecraft IGN! My name is Kimmy, and my old cat was called Jax! Kimandjax!


What PMC submission are you most proud of? Why?

I believe my Kiel Cathedral submission is the one I am most proud of. It was a build competition I had entered that was being hosted by Docm77 and my motivation to build was compromised when my Jax cat died tragically. I was given the schematic to finish in my own time, and it was bittersweet to do this. I am proud I finished a build that I associated with a horrible time in my life. It was also my first submission to PMC, so it has a sentimental home in my heart ♥


What do you enjoy most about Planet Minecraft?

The diversity! We have maps, blogs, skins, tutorials, competitions and cute little seasonal pets to adorn your site header with!

Another thing I prefer to do is publish my work with Planet Minecraft first because it gives my work a timestamp! If someone tried to claim my work as their own, I know I can dispute them because I have released it on PMC first!


Do you have any goals on the site (subscriber goal, perhaps win a contest, host another contest etc)?

I can not wait to achieve the Grandmaster rank! But my real secret goal is to become a Legendary Terraformer!


Is there a specific member that inspires you or you look up to? Who/Why?

I would not say a specific member inspires me, but I do admire the staff of PMC. Whenever I have a special request, I have been listened to and accommodated. When I published the adventure map “The Greatest Egg hunt… EVER!” I asked for the PMCVIEW3D to be removed to prevent cheating - and it was! Another time I wanted to publish a Java and a Bedrock version of an RTX map and the lovely PMC team created a secondary link on my submission to help me do this! It is these small touches that make me respect the team and volunteers that help keep this amazing community safe and friendly. Keep up the great work guys!



The Greatest Egg Hunt… EVER: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/the-greatest-egg-hunt-ever/


Fun Questions

What genre of music is your favorite? Do you listen to music while you build?

Absolutely! I love chillstep, DnB, trap or house. I usually have other Minecraft streamers up on my second monitor, but if I need to focus a bit more I will put on something bassy!

Do you have any favorite TV Series?

Ooh! I really enjoyed the German sci fi series called Dark! It has time travel, nuclear mysteries, multiple generations of families and an outstanding plot! And yes, I watched it in German with English subtitles!

Dark: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_(TV_series)

Describe yourself in 3 words!

Let it be known, I asked my housemates for this answer. They said: “She’s thorough, detailed and always hangry”

Are there any hobbies outside of Minecraft that you have?

I love cars! Specifically Subaru’s! I have an obnoxiously loud 5 speed manual 2.0l twin turbo wagon. I’m sure the neighbours love it too (or so I imagine)

Is there any new skill that you’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t had the chance to yet?

I wouldn’t mind learning a bit more about WebDev and coding. I think I can hear all the people currently in that industry screaming at me to run away in the opposite direction and not to look back! But I’m curious to know more.

Favorite quote or words of wisdom for the community? OR Do you have any advice for new members of PMC?

Sure!

Sometimes life gets a bit tough and things may feel like they’re too hard to get through. But you can and you will! Stick with it, keep your head up high and don’t quit.

Life is awesome! You are valuable and the world needs you!

Anything you'd like to add?

I tried a Twinkie for the first time last week live on stream. (We don’t really have them in New Zealand!)

It was HORRIBLE!





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01/27/2021 5:30 pm
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50th emerald.,
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01/27/2021 5:25 pm
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I originally thought the glow squid would be useless, but at least it has some use. I would prefer one of the other mobs though.
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01/27/2021 2:30 pm
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The glowing squid is just a squid, but with lights, it cannot be carried into the caves, only its body is glowing and not around it.

SUMMARY: a squid with lights is just that, it doesn't do much of a thing
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01/27/2021 11:49 am
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I hate the glow squid tbh. Dream rigged the mob vote. I really wanted the Iceologer
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01/27/2021 2:31 pm
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JuanTMaster22
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We think the same thing
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01/26/2021 2:17 pm
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The incorrect spelling of "Bernie Sanders" by improperly including an apostrophe in his last name is somewhat disrespectful.

In the article, there is a reference to "Bernie Sander's memes", like they're the memes of Bernie Sander. Either disrespect has been given to Bernie Sanders intentionally by misspelling his name, or disrespect has been given him accidentally by failing at English grammar.

The phrase "Bernie Sanders' memes" is correct and affords the respect we all deserve. Please correct this error.
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01/25/2021 10:12 am
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cool interview and news!!
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01/24/2021 4:20 am
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MJ_mcMaster
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Hi... im know its not the best place to mention this but pls if u can join my contest pls join
www.planetminecraft.com/forums/communities/skinning/make-ur-self-skin-contest-625491/
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01/24/2021 5:51 am
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I joined!
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01/24/2021 12:25 am
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SpruceVMC
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Thanks for the mention!
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01/23/2021 2:40 pm
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Eventlesstew
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Thanks for including my 3M cape in here, also nice stuff too lads.
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01/23/2021 2:00 pm
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SouthDakotaGirl
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Aww, I won't get to watch the elytra race. I will be busy tomorrow. :(
Can someone please record it?
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01/25/2021 3:10 pm
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It has been recorded.
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01/25/2021 3:14 pm
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Thank you!
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01/23/2021 1:58 pm
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Interesting
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01/23/2021 1:34 pm
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@PMC


Can I have a shoutout plsssss?


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01/23/2021 1:30 pm
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I don't have a elytra, i can't join the race
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01/23/2021 12:10 pm
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:O Thanks for shouting out my mob statue projects!
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01/23/2021 11:29 am
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this week is awesome
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