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Me: First, to those who do not know who you are, explain who you are.
Brent: For those that don't know me, I am @brentcopeland, one of the hosts for the Minecraft show, The Shaft. A weekly podcast where we talk about minecraft, and the minecraft community. We usually have a minecraft personality on the show as a guest host and then post it as an audio podcast and uncut video on youtube.
Me: Did you got to Minecon? If So, was it fun?
Brent: I did attend Minecon this year. The Shaft was lucky enough to be selected for a panel, and it was the most amazing weekend of my life. We met so many minecraft fans, and fans of the show, and to have a full room live listening to us and not storming out was incredible. We also got the chance to meet all our internet friends that we had been talking with and playing minecraft with over the past year.
It was surreal. Checking in to the hotel, I look over and see Notch with EZ checking in and on the way to the elevator, BebopVox and MinecraftChick appear and from then on, it was sheer madness. C418 was a blast as always. He's a real cool kid with a style of his own.
Later that night, we were all just hanging out listening to a band, and you would just look around and see all these Minecraft Faces. Lydia, PaulSoaresJr, UncleGodFather, Bit Burner, Luclin, Bashcraft, BebopVox, Wolv21, ChimneySwift, The Minecraft Teacher!, Coestar, Guude, JoeHills, Danno, and the list goes on and on, and you'd think... damn.. this is good resolution compared to youtube! Real Life Minecon Let's Play in action.. vLogception. And they were ALL awesome people.
And if seeing all those guys wasn't enough, seeing all the fans, and meeting new fans was just incredible. We spent a few hours each day at our sponsor's booth (LethalDrive) and met so many people, it was tremendous. Then later getting to connect with them again at the Shaft panel on the last day was absolutely amazing. It made me want to come home and create more content for anyone that will take the time to watch. I actually had a lunch meeting with Eric today talking a bout just that. A few new series and ideas we want to create over the coming months. And trying to find a way to quit my 9-5 job to be able to work on this full time. So yah... Minecon. Brilliant. Mojang, Lydia and Vu did an absolutely top notch incredible job at putting it together, and I can't wait for the next one.
Me: Are you enjoying Minecraft 1.0.0?
Brent: Am I enjoying Minecraft 1.0.0? I am, but I have not really had that much time to play in the full game yet. I just started a new streaming series, and it follows me in the 1.0.0 world from start to finish. @brentcopeland - Brentopia which you can find on my personal youtube channel if you don't catch the live stream. The quality is a bit crappy since I am recording it through justin.tv and not through fraps, so until we get that ironed out, it'll just be going on my personal channel. Once the quality is on par with what we like to produce for the DWPN, then we may move it to the main channel. But, yes, I am enjoying the 1.0.0 experience so far. The next show, I will be starting my farm so I quit having to kill chickens for food!
Me: What is your favourite mob in the game?
Brent: My favorite mob in the game currently is the endermen. I just think they are the most dynamic, hard to fight, and they look really cool. I love purple.. and I love black :)
Me: What is your favourite thing about the game?
Brent: My favorite thing about the game, besides the community that has built up around it, is that I can affect the world I'm in. Not in a, this npc moves here, and this dialogue changes my appearance type way, but I can take this block of the world, and move it here. I can take this mountain, and make it a lake. Maybe it's a god complex. Because basically, that's what you become.
Me: Multi-Player or Single-Player?
Brent: Do i like multiplay or single play better? That's a tough question. They both give me things I desire in gaming, and I love them both for so many reasons. I do love multiplayer more just for the social aspect, and for the most part, I can do as much, or more in multiplayer, so if I want to be along and just build, I can. But for the most part, I play on the shaftlands, and thus, I am an admin and have too many powers, and it's hard to just play. It's pretty much creative mode for me with a pick that does thor lightning bolts and summons 1000 cows at a time if i want.. um.. yeah.. I like that. But I also like my solo play world where I am just being, and creating something that I know is all mine, and no one has helped me... well.. except for the 100's of youtube videos of showing me how to do cool stuff.. ok.. so scratch that... still love it though
Me: Creative or Survival?
Brent: I do prefer survival mode over creative mode though. I'm just not creative enough to take advantage of creative mode, and it just feels like I'm cheating at that point. I like survival on normal mode.
Me: What would you like to see in future updates of Minecraft?
Brent: I'd really like to see a major change to minecraft, and I'm sure this is controversial. And it would have to rewind, or could rewind a few things, but I would really like minecraft to step back and be more of a tool, than a game... Building a plugin system and then minecraft is done. Minecraft itself would do nothing but generate a world. Then in the plugin system, people could write plugins, and Mojang themselves would right plugins, so you would have the cow plugin. And all it did was add cows. You would have the whole enderworld plugin to add endermen and the enderdragon and that whole sceneario of game play. Then you would have a plugin store like the app store and buy what you wanted for the game... SOOO... you get minecraft for free... then you buy plugins to make the world what YOU want it to be. Did you like the halloween update? well it's a plugin.. for $1 you can have it... like endermen? eh.. ok.. save a $1... Like what some other plugin developer made? well pay him the $1 and get unicorns! Poop blocks?! DON'T GET ME STARTED?! Ok.. so maybe that was a bit more answer than you were looking for. I'll just back it up a second and say there's so much that I want.. because that's what's so awesome about the game.. there are no limits... so.. i want a golden goose daddy. Maybe even a snozzberry.
Me: How long do you want to keep doing the Shaft Podcast for?
Brent: The Shaft? How long do I want to keep doing it? Until it's not fun anymore. I hope that's 500 years. Seriously. I love doing the show. I love the community. I could spend the rest of my life doing this. Will minecraft evolve and be around in 20 years? That would be awesome. Atleast to episode 2000. I think that's what I predicted in one of the early shows. Gotta beat wes and eric with my prediction!
Me: What previous work have you done before the Shaft?
Brent: Before the shaft, I was a host on shows like, Control Point, a TF2 podcast and Nation of Gamers. And of course World of WoW. We've been podcasting for like 5 years or something crazy with the dead workers party. You can see a bunch of the old shows on our network site: http://www.deadworkers.com/network
Me: Have you ever made a Minecraft mod?
Brent: Well that's an easy one.. No :) I have never made a Minecraft mod. Though there is an official shaft mod being made with poop blocks and other silliness worth of the shaft! God our community is insane and awesome at the same time.
Me: If you could add one block to the game what would it be?
Brent: The one block i would add to the game would be the audio block. Connect it to your folder of mp3's and listen to them while you play.
Me: Finally, If you could remove ONE thing from the game, what would it be?
Brent: And if I could remove one thing from the game. Hmmm. Griefers? does that count? It's the one thing that I think can ruin SMP for folks is griefers. But I'm pretty sure you are talking about some sort of game mechanic or something within the game itself and not the evil humans outside of it playing the game. I'd probably remove the achievement system. Atleast in its current state. I can't tell you how many times i've gotten wood. Every new map. Now change them so they lead you towards finishing the game, or make them more frequent or bizarre... placed your 1000th torch, etc... then of course a way to compare my e-peen minecraft achievement # with everyone else in the world and you've got a system. Of course, they probably implemented this 5 seconds after the interview is posted, and I'll get 1000 death threats on how stupid I am and how it's already in the game, and then i'll cry some more and hide under my computer desk :( Please no more yelling at me. Instead.. just go follow me on twitter... @brentcopeland ;)
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Brent: Am I enjoying Minecraft 1.0.0? I am, but I have not really had that much time to play in the full game yet. I just started a new streaming series, and it follows me in the 1.0.0 world from start to finish. @brentcopeland - Brentopia which you can find on my personal youtube channel if you don't catch the live stream. The quality is a bit crappy since I am recording it through justin.tv and not through fraps, so until we get that ironed out, it'll just be going on my personal channel. Once the quality is on par with what we like to produce for the DWPN, then we may move it to the main channel. But, yes, I am enjoying the 1.0.0 experience so far. The next show, I will be starting my farm so I quit having to kill chickens for food!
Me: What is your favourite mob in the game?
Brent: My favorite mob in the game currently is the endermen. I just think they are the most dynamic, hard to fight, and they look really cool. I love purple.. and I love black :)
Me: What is your favourite thing about the game?
Brent: My favorite thing about the game, besides the community that has built up around it, is that I can affect the world I'm in. Not in a, this npc moves here, and this dialogue changes my appearance type way, but I can take this block of the world, and move it here. I can take this mountain, and make it a lake. Maybe it's a god complex. Because basically, that's what you become.
Me: Multi-Player or Single-Player?
Brent: Do i like multiplay or single play better? That's a tough question. They both give me things I desire in gaming, and I love them both for so many reasons. I do love multiplayer more just for the social aspect, and for the most part, I can do as much, or more in multiplayer, so if I want to be along and just build, I can. But for the most part, I play on the shaftlands, and thus, I am an admin and have too many powers, and it's hard to just play. It's pretty much creative mode for me with a pick that does thor lightning bolts and summons 1000 cows at a time if i want.. um.. yeah.. I like that. But I also like my solo play world where I am just being, and creating something that I know is all mine, and no one has helped me... well.. except for the 100's of youtube videos of showing me how to do cool stuff.. ok.. so scratch that... still love it though
Me: Creative or Survival?
Brent: I do prefer survival mode over creative mode though. I'm just not creative enough to take advantage of creative mode, and it just feels like I'm cheating at that point. I like survival on normal mode.
Me: What would you like to see in future updates of Minecraft?
Brent: I'd really like to see a major change to minecraft, and I'm sure this is controversial. And it would have to rewind, or could rewind a few things, but I would really like minecraft to step back and be more of a tool, than a game... Building a plugin system and then minecraft is done. Minecraft itself would do nothing but generate a world. Then in the plugin system, people could write plugins, and Mojang themselves would right plugins, so you would have the cow plugin. And all it did was add cows. You would have the whole enderworld plugin to add endermen and the enderdragon and that whole sceneario of game play. Then you would have a plugin store like the app store and buy what you wanted for the game... SOOO... you get minecraft for free... then you buy plugins to make the world what YOU want it to be. Did you like the halloween update? well it's a plugin.. for $1 you can have it... like endermen? eh.. ok.. save a $1... Like what some other plugin developer made? well pay him the $1 and get unicorns! Poop blocks?! DON'T GET ME STARTED?! Ok.. so maybe that was a bit more answer than you were looking for. I'll just back it up a second and say there's so much that I want.. because that's what's so awesome about the game.. there are no limits... so.. i want a golden goose daddy. Maybe even a snozzberry.
Me: How long do you want to keep doing the Shaft Podcast for?
Brent: The Shaft? How long do I want to keep doing it? Until it's not fun anymore. I hope that's 500 years. Seriously. I love doing the show. I love the community. I could spend the rest of my life doing this. Will minecraft evolve and be around in 20 years? That would be awesome. Atleast to episode 2000. I think that's what I predicted in one of the early shows. Gotta beat wes and eric with my prediction!
Me: What previous work have you done before the Shaft?
Brent: Before the shaft, I was a host on shows like, Control Point, a TF2 podcast and Nation of Gamers. And of course World of WoW. We've been podcasting for like 5 years or something crazy with the dead workers party. You can see a bunch of the old shows on our network site: http://www.deadworkers.com/network
Me: Have you ever made a Minecraft mod?
Brent: Well that's an easy one.. No :) I have never made a Minecraft mod. Though there is an official shaft mod being made with poop blocks and other silliness worth of the shaft! God our community is insane and awesome at the same time.
Me: If you could add one block to the game what would it be?
Brent: The one block i would add to the game would be the audio block. Connect it to your folder of mp3's and listen to them while you play.
Me: Finally, If you could remove ONE thing from the game, what would it be?
Brent: And if I could remove one thing from the game. Hmmm. Griefers? does that count? It's the one thing that I think can ruin SMP for folks is griefers. But I'm pretty sure you are talking about some sort of game mechanic or something within the game itself and not the evil humans outside of it playing the game. I'd probably remove the achievement system. Atleast in its current state. I can't tell you how many times i've gotten wood. Every new map. Now change them so they lead you towards finishing the game, or make them more frequent or bizarre... placed your 1000th torch, etc... then of course a way to compare my e-peen minecraft achievement # with everyone else in the world and you've got a system. Of course, they probably implemented this 5 seconds after the interview is posted, and I'll get 1000 death threats on how stupid I am and how it's already in the game, and then i'll cry some more and hide under my computer desk :( Please no more yelling at me. Instead.. just go follow me on twitter... @brentcopeland ;)
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