FTB vs Real Life

[Lambert2191]

Okay, first off, as you can see to the left here, I'm currently living in Ireland (English expat)
One of the things that is very common in rural Ireland is burning turf in a stove/fire/etc for heat and cooking and stuff. (still have electric, and can still have central heating but that stuff costs a lot so is supplimented by turf)

Another name for turf is peat. And peat comes from a peat bog (see where I'm going eh?)

Today I was down at the peat bog and was thinking about FTB, so decided to take some pictures.

Firstly, for reference; The Forestry peat bog (both old and new versions)

and now for what it looks like in real life...

as you can see, quite a bit different XD

so what else is different? and huge differences that are quite humourous?

 

[Sprung]

A lot is different in real life. For starters the valuable minerals are not evenly distributed like they are in the game and at least in my country I don't even necessarily own the ones under my house.

Also, in the game if you don't like your neighbour you can just move and claim new land. In the real world it is all claimed.

The biggest similarity to the real world is that once you mine something and use it, it is gone forever and your children will not be able to use it.

 

[Poppycocks]

Oh man, that is way cool

A lot is different in real life. For starters the valuable minerals are not evenly distributed like they are in the game and at least in my country I don't even necessarily own the ones under my house.

Oh yeah, and let's not even get into the geology of ores. That shit's complicated, things like copper or iron ore are weiiiiird.

 

[Guswut]

so what else is different? and huge differences that are quite humourous?

In MineCraft, you can punch trees to drop wooden logs. In real life, punching a tree will get attacked by hippies, hurt your hand, and not get any wood at all (except maybe a stick or two dropped on your head by an angry squirrel).

 

[Lambert2191]

lol no need to get intensely serious, i know the differences are huge

 

[Guswut]

lol no need to get intensely serious, i know the differences are huge

In the offline world, people get serious about peat farms, geology, and punching wood. In the minecraft universe, the only serious thing is a six pack of creepers.

 

[RampantPanda65]

If you can, can you maybe resize some of the bigger pictures?

Just because some of the pictures are a bit too big.

 

[Guswut]

If you can, can you maybe resize some of the bigger pictures?

Just because some of the pictures are a bit too big.

After reading that, I remembered that the forum automatically resizes them in strange ways. Deciding, against my better judgment, I clicked on the last one. Peat bog as far as the eye can see.

Doesn't the IMG tag support the SIZE command? Maybe not using XenForo, perhaps. That is too bad, if so.

 

[Lambert2191]

If you can, can you maybe resize some of the bigger pictures?

Just because some of the pictures are a bit too big.

better?

 

[Golrith]

Wait, what is this "Real Life" you speak off?

 

[Guswut]

better?

They look better to me. If you can, though, I would suggest wrapping the IMG tags with URL tags to the full size ones, but that may just be something I enjoy doing.

Wait, what is this "Real Life" you speak off?

"Real life" is an erroneous way of defining the offline/analog world. And yes, I know you are joking. But I am not. Dun dun DUN.

 

[RetroGamer1224]

In real life, slaughtering a lot of animals and then giving two wheat, weeds, carrots does not work and will probably have people after you where in Minecraft it is acceptable.

 

[Captain Neckbeard]

Wait, what is this "Real Life" you speak off?

Meatspace, where you can't make a computer by shoving red dust in rock box with a window.

 

[Poppycocks]

Speaking of real life... and peat bogs...

I really want to build one irl now.

 

[RetroGamer1224]

Meatspace, where you can't make a computer by shoving red dust in rock box with a window.

This^^^ is full of so much win. I am cracking up here at work.

 

[Lambert2191]

Speaking of real life... and peat bogs...

I really want to build one irl now.

lol, well your only way to do that is to bury some heather, apply lots of pressure and wait about 10,000 years

 

[Poppycocks]

lol, well your only way to do that is to bury some heather, apply lots of pressure and wait about 10,000 years

Maybe if I applied a LOT of pressure and also some heat?

Then again, that'd waste more power than produce....

Oh crud! Thanks for crushing my dream budy! <_<

 

[Guswut]

Maybe if I applied a LOT of pressure and also some heat?

Then again, that'd waste more power than produce....

Oh crud! Thanks for crushing my dream budy! <_<

if you apply enough energy, you can likely distort spacetime to allow for a great deal more temporal passage within a small area. But you'd likely need to build at LEAST two Ultimate Hybrid Solar Panels for that.

 

[RetroGamer1224]

Or go to a Mystcraft age where there is some effect that increases pressure.

 

[Captain Neckbeard]

Ultimate Hybrid Solar Panels

Let's just Dyson Box the sun. That'll do 'er.