Ways to Play Minecraft

 

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Today I am going to tell you all about the different modes of Minecraft. You are probably familiar with the survival mode which is where you start but did you know there were 4 modes you could play? All of them use the same maps and have the same basic design and were built of the basic survival.

Creative: This is one of my favorites but the NerdDad says he doesn’t see the point of it. In Creative you have access to any block on minecraft and you can fly! Creative is basically a big sand box that you can build anything, and do anything you can think of. I love that in creative you have access to every block even ones you can’t craft and can’t hold in any other mode. Also in Creative if you hit a block it is vaporized so you can’t get the block but you don’t have to dig it out either. If you place a block in Creative the block is still in your hand and the block is place so you never run out of supplies.

Survival: This is NerdDad’s favorite mode. He says he likes it because there is are reason to do and that He doesn’t want to do an art project he wants to play. This is regular you can die you have to dig things out all the basics. 

Adventure:  This is made for specific maps you cannot destroy any blocks unless you have the right tool so a shovel for dirt that sort of thing. I haven’t done any thing with this so you guys should tell me all about it in the comments.

Hardcore: This is almost the same as survival except there no cheats. Also if you die your world is gone. You really die. I don’t play on this much because I am not the best player so I like to be able to die

Make sure to let me know your favorite modes and why in the comments.

Nerdpie

Contesting Monday 12/21

Happy Christmas week!!! I can’t believe that it is already here!!! But onto the reason we are here!

Have some great giveaways going on over at your site? Want to enter some fabulous giveaways and win great stuff? Either way, that makes this the place for you!

So here is the deal. If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, list it again! Also your link must be to something family friendly or it will be deleted.

Before you run off and enter all these fabulous giveaways!!! Make sure you check out my giveaway for movie tickets!!!

So now you need to add your giveaways and go enter some giveaways! Let them know that Contesting Monday sent you! Make sure you share Contesting Monday with your fans and followers so that they can see all these fabulous giveaways!!!

Remember this linky is also being hosting over at Robyn’s Online World! You only have to add it once to be seen at both sites!

Win Fandango Movie Tickets!

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I absolutely love the holidays. I love the time with family and the food and the activities and and and…. I need a break. What better break is there than the movies? There are always great holiday releases and of course this year we have Star Wars!

Have you got your tickets yet?

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Even if you want to avoid the Star Wars crowd this weekend, the movies are a fun and relaxing holiday tradition. What can be more relaxing than winning movie ticket codes? This will be the perfect treat for you or someone you love after Christmas!

Fandango has given me 3 movie ticket codes good for any movie to share with 1 reader! So check out the Rafflecopter to enter! And pop over to Fandango to buy some movie tickets;).

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(Disclosure: Fandango provided the prize and I have affiliate links. But all thoughts and opinions are mine!)

Give The Gift of Minecraft This Christmas

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Today I am going to tell you about neat Minecraft gifts to give to any Nerd from an adult to a child. There is something for everyone this year. also there is this cool way to wrap them. I found Minecraft diamond wrapping paper that is really cool. I am going to just jump into the the ultimate gift list of Christmas.

  1. Minecraft Legos. These are really popular and my brother (The Nerdster who loves Minecraft too) loves his sets there are the:Cave, Nether ,and the Farm. And there are lots more.
  2. Minecraft Plushies there are so many out there like this set of 7 that has Endermen and sheep and more.
  3. Kitchen stuff these are really cool we have the minecraft pick axe that opens bottles and my personal favorite the shaped like minecraft items like a pickaxe or steve. There is also this really cool creeper mug.
  4. Figurines there are tons out there like the bad guys set that comes with a sword and bow or the sword and pickaxe bundle instone or diamond.
  5. Room decor There are some really interesting things  like a 3d wall cling that is in a mine shaft or a window into Minecraft or a creeper breaking through the wall. One thing I was really interested in is a glowing minecraft clock. There are also a bunch of different lights like a glowing diamond ore or a light up torch. There is this really cool pillow case that is also minecraft and a really cool poster.

That is some of the really neat gifts in Minecraft this season. I will be sure to update you guys when there is new items on the market. Let me know if there is anything I missed.

Nerdpie

Contesting Monday 12/14

 

Contesting Monday2Have some great giveaways going on over at your site? Want to enter some fabulous giveaways and win great stuff? Either way, that makes this the place for you!

So here is the deal. If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, list it again! Also your link must be to something family friendly or it will be deleted.

So now you need to add your giveaways and go enter some giveaways! Let them know that Contesting Monday sent you! Make sure you share Contesting Monday with your fans and followers so that they can see all these fabulous giveaways!!! 

Remember this linky is also being hosting over at Robyn’s Online World! You only have to add it once to be seen at both sites! 

Contesting Monday 12/7

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I can’t believe that we are less than 3 weeks away from Christmas!!! What better time to win some fabulous things?

Have some great giveaways going on over at your site? Want to enter some fabulous giveaways and win great stuff? Either way, that makes this the place for you!

So here is the deal. If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, list it again! Also your link must be to something family friendly or it will be deleted.

So now you need to add your giveaways and go enter some giveaways! Let them know that Contesting Monday sent you! Make sure you share Contesting Monday with your fans and followers so that they can see all these fabulous giveaways!!! 

Remember this linky is also being hosting over at Robyn’s Online World! You only have to add it once to be seen at both sites! 

The Villages Of Minecraft

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This post is going  to tell you all about the Villages that are formed in Minecraft. The most found structure is the village and that is mainly what I will be focusing on that but there are much more. A Village is the best way to get both carrots and potatoes and there is also wheat, all of which are planted. Villagers are what are found living in a village. You can trade with them by clicking on them and giving them what they want. Also they are the ones who tend to the crops there. There are also torches on blocks of wool that you can get if you need torches or a bed. Be careful at night a village is a place that attracts zombies at night and the can turn villagers into zombies too. There are also  houses that you can live in if you want made out of wood, logs cobblestone and glass windows. There are a couple of specialized buildings found in the village.

  • Church. These are 3 stories and have ladder to connect them. This is mostly made out of cobblestone with a few torches. This is best used for  house, materials, or a lookout post.
  • Blacksmith.  These are often the most helpful buildings. They have lava and iron bars. And there is a room in the back that has a chest with special stuff. This is made out of more of the stuff as the house
  • Library. The only thing notable about this is that there are books in it.

The village is not the only structure. There are dungeons and mineshafts that I will tell you about later, or you can tell me what else there is to the structures of Minecraft.        

     Nerdpie

Contesting Monday 11/30

 

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I really can’t believe that Thanksgiving is over and that we are in December! Are you ready for the fun and the chaos that are the holidays;)? I am not! But it would be great to win some presents for me and the ones I love!!!

Have some great giveaways going on over at your site? Want to enter some fabulous giveaways and win great stuff? Either way, that makes this the place for you!

So here is the deal. If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, list it again! Also your link must be to something family friendly or it will be deleted.

So now you need to add your giveaways and go enter some giveaways! Let them know that Contesting Monday sent you! Make sure you share Contesting Monday with your fans and followers so that they can see all these fabulous giveaways!!! 

Remember this linky is also being hosting over at Robyn’s Online World! You only have to add it once to be seen at both sites! 

Sparking Plans for the Future with SparkGift

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Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by money, economics, the stock market, and business. So I was stoked to be get the opportunity to write a sponsored piece about SparkGift!

I remember finding out that some kids were given stocks by grandparents as gifts growing up, not my family but more posh families. Oh man! I wished I had been getting stock shares since I was little. And those friends who really valued it? Well, we followed their stocks and I mean the old fashioned way, in the newspaper. But alas, for my very middle class family, blue chip stocks (like IBM, Disney, and Pepsi) were not real gift options. But things have changed!

But before I get to how…

If you are not a money nerd stop rolling your eyes. I know, you are wondering why in the world you should give stocks. Well, it is a literal investment in their future. Let us be honest, how many times do we need to get a kid gift but you have no idea what to get them? Not even just kids! I can say, I love Bath and Body Works but it seems to be the go to gift for every family or female gift where you have no idea what they want! So stocks would be a great gift in all those situations.

It is also an investment in a child’s future in a non-monetary way. It is such an educational gift and we know that I love an educational gift! Want a kid to take an interest in the stock market and over all economic theory? Give them a stake in it. Want them to understand why it is such a big deal what Apple’s profit statement is? What a stock split is? Give them a stock to follow. And when you put it in a sector they are interested in like music, tech, medical they will follow the sector news developments and see how it affects everything. I think I could even count this as an educational expense in my budget;). 

11025132_1011651565530633_9097004088803098691_nSo great, how do you get stocks to give as gifts? You don’t have a broker or stock account or any of that. Don’t worry! SparkGift has equalized the stock game! You can give stocks to a ton a great, to shelf companies starting at $20! You are giving a piece of the stock instead of having to buy whole shares of stocks where the prices start over $100. You don’t need a brokerage account or anything like that. You just go to the website and buy it. In like a minute. That is it! Then it gets emailed to the recipient and you can print a fancy looking certificate to give them in person! You pay the amount for the stock ($20-$2,000) plus $2.95 & 3% per gift sent. The recipient doesn’t pay any fees that means no account maintenance fees, no trading fees, and no account minimums. They just open a Folio Institutional account and they hold the account. It is that easy!

Want to receive stock as a gift for you or your kids? Then you can set up a registry! Then you get a link you can give out! I signed in with Facebook and listed a few of my favorite companies and I was done. It was so easy!! 

Any way you look at this it is easy and awesome!!! You could get all your Christmas shopping done from the warmth of your home in minutes;). Check out SparkGift

(Disclosure: I was compensated to write this piece but all thoughts and opinions are mine alone!)

 

A Pro Nerd Family of Pro Family Nerds.