today's pre-lunch modly braindump

[mindcrack_love]

• Mod, why haven't you worked on either of your fanfics nor done your Yuletide nomination yet? It's October and registration isn't even open for that thing you've been freaking out about. Stop slacking. Speaking of, placeblocks nominated Guude, Bdubs, Kurt, and Beef. I'm planning to nom MC, Nebs, Zisteau, and Pause in light of that; feel free to fill in extra blanks accordingly if you are participating.
  
• If you were to write an fannish/ship-friendly (though not necessarily ship-emphasizing) introduction to Mindcrack, what would you say? What videos would you link? How would you explain the appeal of these guys, their video content, and their chemistry?
  
• Kurt says "Damnit, @zisteau, now look at what you made me purchase!" while talking fancy coffee. Genny attempts (succeeds, perhaps?) at upstaging them both. And the mod still prefers old-school cheapsake moka pots, because her partner is Cuban and they buy kitchen-y things from thrift stores.
  
• Speaking of Zisteau on twitter, I may or may not have teared up when I found out that creepers griefed the Lens. SO AWFUL.
  
• Supposed the trial is coming out today. OOOOOOOH. Watch it come out while I'm commuting, though. :(
  
• The spontaneous fight after the Wither is like...the most ridiculously terratorial thing I've seen in a while in a good way. It's like all of the frustration from UHC/Death Games bundled into chaos and it's kind of amazing. Also, something about proud Nebris asking for advice from Pause to kill Etho gives me some very, very strange feels.

Comments

[placeblocks]

I was so confused about the whole Wither thing for the longest time. I watched Beef's POV which is like 9 mins long and cut out all of the fight at the end. Then I watched Avidya's POV and he had a bunch at the beginning that Beef cut, but none of the fight at the end! I only even realized I was missing stuff because on the Reddit thread there were all these "Etho killed everyone again" threads. I finally watched Etho's POV and man! I missed so much!! Damn guys!

At least if the trial comes out during your commute home you can watch it later, i.e. it's not a livestream.

With regards to a "ship manifesto" uhhhh. ALL OF LEGENDARY? The relevant Minecon '11 videos. It's weird since I can't think of any really major episodes of shippiness, because it's usually just 30 seconds of super innuendo in a 30 min episode. (THough Genny's "Choose between Beef or Millbee" could be fun...)

I love coffee, but I'm far too lazy to wait for a slow drip like that. But man I wish Zisteau were going to Minecon so he and Kurt could hang out and drink coffee together. (Also, damn, that's a lot of Creepers griefing. How does that even happen? LIGHT IT UP MORE)

[guiltyshirts]

The wither fight and the whole melee afterwards was pure chaotic fun. Kurt's disappointed 'Awww..' when he withered away while eating a golden apple gave me the giggles.

Then, because I saw it from Pause's pov first and didn't actually see what happened, the chat log has Anderz shooting Kurt and then Zisteau shortly after. I was picturing Kurt forgetting it was a friendly fight and nudging Zisteau out of the way without thinking, then being all embarassed later. Also there was post-fight coffee shared.

Kurt's POV included a bit pre-fight of new work on the silo. It's now got an obsidian floor with lava lighting underneath.

Fancy coffee geekage <3

Avidya. Dat voice.

Edit: okay which is cleverer/funnier, SquawsUnsquaws or Pauseahontas?

[crystalllized]

The Wither fight looks like it was so much fun, not to mention the silliness that took place beforehand...Etho and MC playing with boats, Avidya making a ring just to see if people will jump through it, some boys chilling in a hot tub...Etho and Kurt both have a fair bit of that action going on, and I figure I'll have to watch all the perspectives to see as much of it as possible. I'm only watching one a day, though, so I can spread out the silliness. And I agree with you on the Nebris feels...Nebris and Etho had some really incredible antagonistic action during the PvP bit and after it. I think I might be a Nebs/Etho fan now (which made me giggle at today's Mindcrack Manhunt from Van, where he carts an Etho and a Nebris away from their homes and then leaves them together, alone on a plain).

For a ship-friendly intro I think the Castle of Millbee's and the GenerikB Pause prank are necessities, and of course MineCon 2011 footage. I would even possibly extend it to include some of the Death Games, some footage of Z and Kurt blowing up the silo together, and some stuff from the teams of two UHC season.

Can't wait for the trial! I probably won't get to watch it until tomorrow if it comes out late tonight, but hopefully it comes out soon!

[isi]

Trial! Last night I saw MC had left a comment on some fanart, saying that he wanted to say more but couldn't because it would be spoiler. Such a tease, but I am happy it's airing soon.