Minecraft Mum: September 11 Minecraft Update

What's happened using the platform of Minecraft this week?

Lots of news from S - CaramelTiger (10) E GoldenEt006 (8) and O DobotAttack (6)

E met his online friends A and A from Cornwall IRL at Legoland Windsor - he's played with them nearly everyday throughout July and August on his realm, CosmicPVP, Hypixel, their realms, other servers...........and yesterday they met IRL - Minecraft makes friendships.

I've set up a Technic Launcher server for E using Apex - Minecraft pushes me to the edges of my comfort zone and I can do things I wouldn't have understood a year ago! Keeping me connected. So far he has played on it with 2 friends and S and O - it's all very new and a lot more to learn than the Realm (which was a great starting place)

S broke the B key on her new keyboard and consequently has been playing downstairs again. I miss watching her play but realise that she also wants privacy and peace. There's no work/play distinction in fact she often says "I need to work on my Realm." It has a swimming pool.

Since my last update I have helped E and O complete a few of the Redstone Engineers' projects - The endless rollercoster, the Harry Potter Spells and one of the gun command blocks.

CosmicPVP a server E likes has been reset with a free for all give away just before and investment in new bases after. Shortly after the reset E found a free rank in a chest which he gave to a friend (he could have sold it for in game money) as he already has a rank on Cosmic.

S has had a gathering on her realm to discuss whether her core group of friend could play mods via a Technic Launcher server like E is.

All of the animals on S's realm died due to a command block error and she put it right by remembering she could reset her realm because she had been baking it up - Minecraft encourages problem solving.

E met a friend at the NBTSP who doesn't have Skype and we talked with S too about the pros and cons on typing (you might die whilst you are typing) vs Skyping whilst playing and various parents shared their stories of kids learning to read type using Minecraft with us. S's friends are 50/50 Skypers and not and she often now only uses chat if not everyone can skype as it has had led to parallel play and people feeling left out.

The HE server has been a good meeting place and O has been on there too. S really enjoys the Role Plays (RPs)

S continues to laugh out loud at Aphmau on YouTube and will probably chose Aphmau Minecraft Diaries as her Technic Lancher server if it is available. S also likes LD Shadow Lady and Smallish Beans and Minute Minecraft Parodies - They are pretty funny I like this one

E's best YouTubers are PrestonPlayZ, Sundee, Squid and AshDubh and also Popular MMOs

I follow all of the Trio's YouTubers on Twitter - It is a great way to stay connected to what they are watching if you don't have time to watch it all with them - they are a cool bunch with a real sense of fun.

S can type really fast now.