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A struggle:
I have been through living hell on minecraft. I was stuck deep inside a mountain for the longest time waiting for death and trying to tunnel myself out. It was extremely frustrating. It turns out you take forever to die from starvation, and there was no quicker way to “off” myself. My pick-axe was gone, I didn’t have enough wood to make a crafting table and it was pitck black in there. I was hopelessly digging block after block only to find myself faced with endless more walls of the mountain’s interior. If anyone finds some tunnels within a mountain it is because of me. That was a horrible experience; it felt like the worst kind of imprisonment. I was basically in solitary confinement being trapped inside a mountain with no light, or windows. I would have gone insane had I not finally been able to spawn somewhere else. It took a lot of faith to be able to break block after block, believing that eventually I would be able to reach the edge of the mountain and be free. I was so glad when a skeleton eventually found me and “rescued” me from my misery of tunneling in darkness. The skeleton was like my angel, my savior.

An accomplishment:
I felt so liberated once I was reborn back into the outside world. I had missed the freedom to wander, the open spacious environment and especially the day light. I stayed in other peoples’ houses for a few nights to avoid monsters. It’s nice that zombie’s can’t open doors. It was very tempting to steal people’s items in their treasure chest, (since no one would ever know I did it) but in the end I decided not to. I then tried to build a house of my own. I found a place on top of the mountain and planted two cactuses on the side. It’s a very primitive and crappy house compared to some of the other houses already built which are much nicer – but it will have to do for now. I haven’t made a door yet so at night I just fill the entryway with sand/gravel and barricade myself inside.

An observation:

The trees that were harvested don’t seem to grow back on their own. We may have a deforestation problem in the future once everyone is online and using up all the resources.

I feel as if I am already developing a second life on minecraft. I'm really getting into the game. I can see why kids can become addicted to this thing.

A question:

Are there enough natural resources in the map for everyone to take as much as they please?