Vanilla's Guide to Constantiam for R-words, Bundles of Sticks, and Weebs

Here you go, fellas, a guide with everything you need to know to play Orthodox Minecraft with us. It's a pretty step-by-step guide in simplistic terms, so if you can't figure something out, you probably should just do a quick google search of it. This guide is for the questions you won't find as easily on Google.

Before you Play
Constantiam.net (the server we are based on) runs on Minecraft version 1.12.2. This is because 1.13 still lacks many plugins that are essential for the server to run. If you are not playing on 1.12.2, you WILL get this error message when trying to join the server:

Fear not, the fix is quite easy. Simply go to your Minecraft launcher, and select Launch Options

 Enable Advanced Settings and Add a new Profile. Set the version of the profile to 1.12.2.



From here, go back to the NEWS tab, select the profile you just created, and you should be good to go.











INSTALLING IMPACT 4.4, OPTIFINE, AND/OR BOTH
Finna write this later


Your First Login (Server ID is "constantiam.net"
Welcome to Constantiam. prepare to get DESTROYED by logic, facts, hunger, hordes of Veteran players, Packs of withers, and any other number of things the server will throw at you. your first goal is to escape spawn.

Spawn
"Spawn" on Constantiam consists of a 2,000x2,000 square at the geographical center of the server. The land has been so rekt after 3 years of 20,000 players destorying it that it will take you awhile to escape. Since there is little to no wood, food, chests, weapons, or any other jazz in spawn, your best bet on escaping spawn is by either walking the treacherous terrain or stumbling across a nether portal someone hasn't destroyed yet.

"Why is spawn like this?" Veteran players don't like "rushers," or new players like you who come onto the server and treat it like it's nothing. New players have a history of destorying old bases, lagging the server, or showing a general disrespect to the older players who feel they have earned their place on the server through the grind. As a result, they've destroyed spawn to a point where it is improbable that you will escape, complete with withers, lavacasts, and a lava wall surrounding the perimeter. Because of this, you will likely only escape spawn through a nether portal, as your odds of simply walking out of spawn are astronomically low.

"Uh, but uh, Vanilla, I don't know where to find a nether portal, what do I do?"

You're on your own, kiddo. Portals are constantly made and destroyed at spawn, so there's no map or coordinates to a definite portal. your best bet on finding one is by making it 500 blocks away from X0,Z0 in any given direction. If you can see grass, you're getting warmer.
"But uh I can't do that that takes too long"   Leave and don't come back

NOW, that being said, there IS a map of Spawn from October that is generally reliable for navigating the wasteland, but it won't help you find portals. Here ya go: https://i.imgur.com/5vwnWuq.jpg

Step 2: The Netherlands
 Wow, I'm impressed you made it this far, but you've still got a ways to go. You must make it to 

Some Brief Thoughts on The Space Cowboy: Richard "Beedo" Russell

Article from Heavy.com

     The video and the article explain and show most of what happened, but on August 10, 2018, Rich essentially committed suicide by stealing an airplane from Seatac, where he worked. There were no passengers on board, and he was the only one killed in the event.

     Suicide rates have steadily climbed in the West. Living conditions, bullying, a lack of  meaning... there's a near unlimted number of reasons for suicide, but I think that in Rich's case, he ultimately was broken, and probably felt a lack of purpose.

     Why would you steal a plane? Rich probably felt that if he was going to end it all, it would be most meaningful to do it not in hiding or in shame, not in violence towards others, but in a way that he felt would bring him peace and push him to the very limit. Because of his job, stealing a plane might have felt like the most logical way to do that, and throughout the video it's made clear that Rich was taken aback by the beauty of the sky. In the article, Rich's personal life is discussed, and he had a love for natural beauty.

     Suicide is no laughing matter, and I think to an outsider, the somewhat light tone about this event among 4channers may have been viewed as an offensive way to handle the situation, but I think that it was more just a coping mechanism, and really a way of trying to feel compassion.

     And speaking of compassion, Rich made it excruciatingly clear that he wanted no one else to be hurt by his response to his pain. I think that says a lot about his character.

    I don't really have much else to say, but thought this was of significance and wanted to archive it here, so there ya go.

The Absolute State of this Blog

Why am I here? Writing this at 2:51am, with work beckoning in the morning. Why does it matter? Who's going to actually read this? Does anyone actually read anything on here? No one comments or leaves any trace in this place, that's for sure. This strange, virtual, seemingly vivid, yet non-existent void... that is where this "place" is. This blog, your streaks on snapchat, your hearts on instagram, your retweets on twitter... all of it is imaginary, lifeless, metaphysical, spontaneously generated, then muddled and forgotten.

     The reason why any of this, what you're reading, what you do on this void, matters, is because we give it the power to matter. The internet, in all its glory and complexities, with its physical electrons amounting up to the size of a strawberry, impresses, befuddles, teaches, enthralls, and controls us all because we give it the power to do so. I wonder to myself, if we have the power to let the non-existent indulge us, then what do we have the power to let the physical world do?