About Me :)

So I have posted 13 blog posts (oooh spooky! :P) and I never really introduced myself. Now I know you didn't come here to read about me... lol. But since I have all this time, and I never did this, I might as well do it now. I am going to limit myself to my Minecraft life, because my personal life is personal. (One personal detail... I am 20. A lot of people think on Minecraft that I am some little kid, but like I said before, I am in college) :)

So my Minecraft name is greeniegirl0506. I bought Minecraft right after it came out in Beta. My younger brother got it in Alpha and he was playing it all the time. We were also watching the original Yogscast minecraft series at the time. I really wanted to play and not just watch, my brother wouldn't let me build on his, and I had a job, so I got my own.

My current skin - Just changed it recently. Also has headphones on the side and the hood is also part of the hat :)

I am an avid player of adventure maps, and I also like to free build solo and with friends. I sometimes also like to make skins for girls, and I have a whole computer file folder of them. I also love the idea of the Hunger Games servers, but I am not good at finding things and I often try to use my charm to stay alive and offer friendship to others. I played once with ChimenySwift, which was probably the coolest thing ever (next to getting to play with Lewis and Simon if given the chance). I used to play on ImDiety, a multiplayer server. I  unfortunately gave in to my brothers offer of an x-ray mod/hack/whatever it was, and looted a ton of diamond stuff I found buried in the ground by someone and let's just say I don't play on there anymore :P It was unfortunate, and I regret cheating and I only play on vanilla now because it is the right thing to do and I have no idea how to get mods. I also tried tekkit for a while and I can do some things but that was way over my head for the amount of time I have to play each day.

Now I am really into Minecraft capture the flag (IP: mcctf.com). It is sooooo much fun. 99.9% of the time I play as an archer and I don't want to brag but I am a really good sniper. I play at least a few games a day so if you are looking to find me look there. I also do the parkour on omega realms and I sometimes go on minecraft paintball and I have a captain rank.

I also play a TON on a towny server called Haven (IP: havenmc.com). It is a great server. I own a town called WinterTide and I previously owned a town called Melai, which I sold and since renamed Troy. I also won a real-life Minecraft pick from the server (Like the foam ones they sell) and I think that it is really cool that you can advance so far and also win real stuff. So if you ever need a good server to play on, go here and /msg greeniegirl0506. You are even free to join my town!

I also watch a lot of Minecraft on youtube. I subscribe to and almost religiously watch Lewis&Simon, Duncan, Hannah, Sjin, Sips, and Nilsey from the Yogscast. I also sub to ChimneySwift. Check the other yogscasters and Chim out if you haven't already! They are really funny and entertaining!

So that's it. If you see me on Minecraft anywhere feel free to say hi!

Karpath or Verigan's Map?

So out of anything in the series this is the one gaff that has bothered me the most. Really there is no way for it to be corrected. But in Part 16: A Beacon of Hope, Templar_Adaephon mention's that there is no hope of saving the world unless they had Karpath's map. Luckily they found part of it; and so their quest continued to find the other three pieces. All is fine and dandy. But after they recovered the second fragment in BBQ Bay in Part 25: Visions, suddenly Verigan appears as a spirit and tells the heroes quote, "Heroes! Time is short. You have found a piece of my map... and by touching it, I can communicate with you!" So now the map is Verigan's? What about Karpath? Now many may not care about such a small detail, and ever since then, they have made Verigan the main focus of the map from the rest of the series. But it is just a thing of consistency and for those that have never seen the series before, are a younger viewer, or are easily confused it may seem strange at first until they realize they are the same thing.

Now the Yogscast wiki tries to make it all fit by saying it is called Verigan's map but was written by Karpath.   It also says it is the path Verigan took into the desert during the Sand War. Now that makes the name switch more reasonable. Karpath documented the journey his father took, and named it after the great adventurer. Also, Verigan's ability to communicate through the map can be connected through his death and magic and also the fact that it was is journey. I really like this rationalization, and maybe I just didn't notice the connection like that. I think maybe that was something that needed to be explained a bit better in the series.

Skin Changes!

I don't plan on sleeping tonight since I have to get up at 5am EST, so I think I am just going to add a bunch of posts here tonight. So, again browsing the Yogscast forums... there is some funny stuff on there. But I came across this post first and then was redirected to this thread that was a bit earlier. It was posted on March 9th and is about Simon's changing skin.

Here is what his skin normally looks like

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And here is what a Yognau(gh)t found

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Some people have been saying that they don't think this new skin change has anything to do with the SoI series. Personally I think it does. It is one of the earlier hints that have been coming up recently, and it is obvious by all the references that SoI is at least on their mind, if they aren't working on it now. I'm not saying that this skin will necessarily be seen in Part 43, but I think that at some point Honeydew will become this bloody demon zombie thing.

What I am really curious about is what will cause Honeydew to look like this? Many of the replies on the thread also mentioned other characters like Swampy_Bogbeard and Nilsey_ having skin changes to zombie-like creatures and clones of Pirate_Tinman. The first thing that comes to my mind is Part 25: Visions where Verigan_Antioch comes to show the heroes what could be if they fail. There were not any zombies, but just the vision of the hoards of Tinmen (or Tinmans :P) sparks my mind.

What do you think? Feel free to drop a comment below :) And I am going to try to stay off the forums... I have been taking a lot from there recently. There is a bunch of new hints coming up all the time, and I tend to miss some and catch up on all the latest gossip there. I have some good SoI content based posts started, and I plan to finish one or two tonight ;)

More Hints for New SoI Episode Coming Soon!

So I was browsing the forums and there was a post by apayn (his forum username) that said to watch the end of "Trucking Tuesday - Spin Tires" and that there is a hint to the possible emergence of SoI. Personally I do not watch the Trucking Tuesday videos or some of the other non-minecraft ones, but I checked it out... and if you watch at 12:29 on the video you see Israphel between the trees. Here is a pic:

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I'm not sure if this necessarily means that SoI is coming back, but having Israphel in a non-minecraft game would hint that SoI is at least on the minds of the Yogscast. Also Israphel was used for the "Slender Trucker" bit they did, and it many have just been an issue of not being able to put the real slender man in the video and used their own creation to avoid any copyright/legal issues. I may just be skeptical because I do not want to get my hopes up of a new SoI and be disappointed... they did put Israphel in there for a reason.

What do you think? Is it really a hint for SoI's return in the near future or is it just a comical ending to a video? Feel free to comment below :) And if you find any other cool SoI stuff you would like to share, feel free to comment with that as well.

Here's the Trucking Tuesday vid if you want to check out Israphel for yourself. He is seen at 12:29. Also click here for the forum post about the Israphel sighting.

SoI Part 43... well sort of.

Check out this video by TwoGuysOneBlock on Episode 43... It is soo funny! Make sure to watch all the way until the end; there is good stuff until the last second of the video.

Do you think they are too critical of the Yogscast or do you agree with what they are saying? Feel free to drop a comment below!

And if anyone knows where to find the Daisy video (if there is one), Please comment with the link. They talk in the video as you will see that they "found" the Daisy specimen. I know there are Youtube comments asking about it, and if there is one it would be fun to see. Checked their channel and couldn't find it.

New Episode coming soon?

So I know we are all eagerly awaiting the 43rd part in the SoI series. With little over 6 months since Part 42: The Oasis (Published to Youtube July 27, 2012), it has been a LONG while since we last saw our heroes. Will they get back to Proffesor_Webley? Will KP rise from the lava? How many days are actually left to save Daisy? So many questions and so few answers...

There may be some hope based on the past. The Yogscast began each year's set of episodes around this time, with the first episode published on January 27, 2011 and the first episode in 2012, Part 36: The Last Letter, sent out one year ago today. So if there is any indication of a rough starting point, it would be around now.

Also in between years there was also a period where the Yogscast would play various adventure maps and doing mod reviews while I assume they were filming episodes and editing them for upload. This is all speculation, but if true this could be some evidence of a return sometime in the near future seeing as they have been recently playing maps such as Fallout, Zombie Apocalypse, The Flood, and various episodes of Yoglabs.

Finally, their Tekkit videos have slowly stopped. I know they met their intended goal of building a jaffa factory, but there is still so much to do on Tekkit and they were still working on the shipping part. I think the postponing of this major project is suggesting something else of equal effort is taking their time... maybe returning to SoI?

Once again, none of this is actually confirmed. I just looked for patterns during the break periods between the prior sections of SoI and looked at their recent upload patterns in terms of Minecraft videos. If anyone finds anything else that may be a pattern or something confirmed, feel free to drop a comment. :)

Youtube - This is what I am watching right now while writing this :) SoI Part 19: The Pirates of BBQ Bay

Valentine's Day SoI Couples

In honor of Valentine's Day, it seems appropriate to discuss the love relationships in SoI. These relationships provide a great source of humor to the episodes, and some even drive the plot of the series.

Honeydew and Granny_Bacon 
        This couple probably provided the most hilarity throughout their episode arc together. After realizing Daisy_Duke was taken by KP in the first series, Honeydew was in need of a partner. Although she was a little older, Granny_Bacon seemed to like the robust dwarf and reeled him in. She fed him well, and right away they hit it off. A few food related sexual innuendos later, and they were an inseparable pair. Granny_Bacon came to the aid of her lover when he was in need of a golden apple to help heal KP, and Honeydew was quick to his love's aid when she was taken by the cult of Israphel. Unfortunately, death did part this happy couple. Granny_Bacon turned to the dark side, and the heroes had no choice but to kill her. Broken down, Honeydew knew that he must continue on the path of heroism regardless of the loss of his love. But all hope is not lost. Madame_Nubescu told Honeydew that more bacon will await hi at his journey's end.

Honeydew and Isabel_Peculier
        She may be a rebound girl or it may be true love, but there is no denying the chemistry between these two during their short arc together. Their relations were rocky at first, but slowly the dwarf was able to win her affection. Having to save Minecraftia and piratey adventures set them on their seperate ways, but only temporarily  They still need to go on out for that drink...

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Skylord_Lysander and Skylord_Jasper

        This pair is super adorable. At the start of the series it seemed as though they detested each other, with Lysander insulting Jasper and Jasper being a complete jerk. But after Part 26, it was known to the world that  these two share a special bond. There have been times before hinting to their sexuality, but now they are finally open with their love. They are a perfect couple.

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Knight_Peculier and Daisy_Duke

        This couple is the backbone of the SoI plot line. If Daisy hadn't been taken by Israphel, then the reason behind this epic quest to save her would be a lot less meaningful. It has been known that KP and Daisy have had a "thing" ever since KP went to live in the tiny town of Terrorvale. He fancied her, but I don't think he ever had a chance to profess his unending love. And if that weren't hard enough on KP's heart she is taken away and it is unknown if she is dead or alive. Will those two ever be united? If they are, will it be in the real world or the afterlife? 

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