[PC] Minecraft meets LOTR

[killgod]

Quite easily the most insane thing I've ever seen a group of users do.

This video is 45 minutes long and they skip most of the walking parts and only go from the Shire through Moria. Basically what you see in the first film. They mention doing more videos to show off the rest.

Basically this group of guys are recreating the ENTIRE WORLD on a 1:4 scale. It would take 12 hours to wander from one side to the other. They are in talks with the Minecraft Devs because they've built the entire generated world space and need more.

The things they've created are literally amazing.

If you're not into watching the whole clip, the first 25 minutes span some discussion and wandering the Shire. It's cool to see those things, to see the city of Bree and whatever.

However shortly after that they warp to Rivendell, which looks incredible.

Then Moria, which will just blow your mind as the creators giving the tour to the youtuber continually repeat. They are not kidding, it's literally mind blowing.

Since the server is publicly accessible, I may go in there and see if I can make it through Moria, although I'd wager I'd fail.


TLDR: Just watch, it's insane.


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhksNvUwaRc[/ame]

 

[Nevermind]

Yeah I saw this earlier and was fucking amazed. The crazy thing was how so much of it was done by hand and not by an editor, like the mountain range.

Do they really let this world stay public or is it just a copy of it? Because I would think they would not want some asshole going on the server and fucking around.

 

[killgod]

There's mods in place where permissions can be given to those who can edit. I'm sure random's can't do anything.

We need to have a competition, get a group of us to head into the mines and see who makes it out first...if anyone. lol

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I don't know exactly how multiplayer works since I haven't played it, but I imagine that the server is very busy now with all the media attention this has been getting. I wish they could release it as a custom map.

 

[killgod]

I imagine the file is massive considering they've used all usable space in the game. I mean, krebs and I once built a bunch of crap in a small area and it was a decent file size. I can't imagine what 12x12 hours of walking world in minecraft, that's totally built, would translate to in file size.

I applied and was accepted to join the server, going to check this out tonight.

 

[Nevermind]

So can I apply to just get in to look around because that is all I am really looking to do.

 

[killgod]

So can I apply to just get in to look around because that is all I am really looking to do.

that's what i said in my application and they accepted it.

 

[killgod]

Logged in last night, it's cool for a bit.

Wandered through the same places in the Shire shown in the video. Warped to Moria and got my ass lost in about 10 minutes.

 

[Goober]

What is Minecraft, how do I play this?

 

[killgod]

What is Minecraft, how do I play this?

www.minecraft.net

Click Play

 

[Saluki]

That looks fucking awesome. We should get a few ppl in there one day and just fuck around

 

[killgod]

If you go to www.minecraftmiddleearth.com . Sign up on the forums and post a thread in the Whitelist Application section, they'll accept you within a few hours.

Probably too much to ask for lazy ass VSD peoples, but only should take you a few minutes. :shifty:

If anyone else gets in, let me know.

 

[Goober]

In-Game Name:
Age:
Any notable achievements in Minecraft?:
What would you bring to the server?:
How did you find Minecraft Middle-Earth?:

The application.

What should I put for achievements? lol. I don't even have Minecraft. I just want to explore middle earth.

Also, is this available on the free version of the game? I see there is a beta that costs money, and an older free version.

 

[killgod]

That's all I put, they don't care. They just won't accept people that put "OMG I WANTZ TO GRIEF j00 GUIZE.

I bought the beta version a long time ago when it was just 10 bucks, I'm not sure what the free version is limited to when it comes to online.

 

[Bmore]

I play Minecraft all the time on a private server...

Where you guyz be at!?

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I'll sign up for it tonight and I'd be down for just exploring with some people. I've stopped playing minecraft for a while but only because I didn't really have a direction or ambition to do something (this should help).


I didn't know the username I registered with would be the one that shows up online at the time, which is unfortunate considering it's my name. Not a big deal at all though.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

It seems like they closed applications again, can't make a new topic on the application forum. Lame.

 

[BroncoBlue]

I play Minecraft all the time on a private server...

Where you guyz be at!?

Ya what is your server IP?!

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I got whitelisted, still haven't had a chance to play it though.

 

[Nevermind]

I want to get whitelisted on the LOTR server and Bmore's server.