#gneiss name

[blockgamepirate]

Inspired by @doyouknowthismcyt I wanted to highlight some of the more obscure MCYTers that I enjoy

This is part 1, where I decided to pick three completely different but equally unique and interesting channels:

PiroPito (nana825763)

PiroPito has one of the most fascinating Minecraft let's plays I've ever seen, because he refuses to look up any hints or guides. His goal is to figure everything out based on the game itself. He's been playing since 2017 and he's still going (altho slower these days).

He has gotten spoiled a couple of times (mostly by his nieces who sometimes show up in his videos to be little menaces) but overall he's literally figuring everything out just using ingame guidelines, which Minecraft famously has very little of (and even less so when he started out).

Sometimes he misses some really basic things or develops some wacky misconceptions, but he's also really smart and very good at deducing stuff based on the smallest of hints. It's a joy to watch him figure things out. And it really changes your perspective on the game like no other series.

He also has an absurd level of patience and tenacity, and a little bit of an obsessive personality, which you really need in order to thrive with a challenge like this.

The Mojang team have also mentioned being inspired by his series:

Video rec: (you should watch from the beginning but if you want a quick taste, here's a fun one of him trying to figure out nether portals via trial and error)

Playlist rec:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbqkLu2V1bJJUQ2aLZjFdz8decGs1kHg-&si=w_tQ3JyJ6JvI4emd

Squibble

Squibble is a redstoner who specialises on stupid and useless machines and bizarre obscure mechanics. Their creations are almost always either too impractical to ever build in survival or just entirely pointless in the first place, like absurdly elaborate ways to display text, 3D printers, flying machines that count distance based on hoe durability or the fastest way to automatically destroy the largest amounts of iron (the anti-iron farm)

The videos are never longer than they need to be, they're presented with a lot of dry humour, and the dedication to optimising completely ridiculous contraptions is just beautiful to watch. They will regularly reiterate how impractical or useless their projects are and then put hours and hours of hard work into making them the best versions of themselves.

(They're actually a lot like Zedaph in theory but not at all in terms of presentation. Zedaph in a different font, I guess)

Video recs:

Gneiss Name

Gneiss is a real life geologist who makes videos explaining geology via Minecraft and analysing Minecraft from a geological perspective. His videos are really cool because he's also a skilled coder and he makes cool displays ingame to help demonstrate what he's talking about, and he uploads the worlds so you can tour them yourself. They're like virtual science exhibits.

He also talks about colour theory a lot, also with cool displays and coding magic.

Video rec:

Playlist rec:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG3c6xiWL1crm2Ajd0aw3TmnwQZjqo1p8&si=MwPcMZ7BW8jO_z5k

[mochamartyr]

hey guys. gneiss name is awesome!!! he is a real life geologist and makes informative videos about geology and color theory using minecraft. i HIGHLY recommend his channel, he has less than 30k subs and deserves more

[valoisfulcanellideux]

I always love learning stuff from Gneiss Name, as he presents things so incredibly well. But dear god, the COAL section of this video!!!

[fredwardrawn]

double date but world's most normal straight couple and world's most annoying gay people

[slydiddledeedee]

dancing with a noose/dancing with a devil

[lady-inkyrius]

I've been thinking about writing a post about colour gradients & interpolating between colours for a while, but I keep on feeling like I wouldn't be able to add anything new  to the discussion, only collate information from existing pieces about it that I don't think cover the entire topic by themselves. I guess in a sense that's sort of valuable in itself?

I think the best way of approaching it is to make an actual program for making gradients and then do it as a write-up of why that's interesting and useful. I definitely want to make something interactive and a local program is more within my knowledge than a web demo; there are a bunch of articles about this topic with interactive demos in them and I think the features of these demos are often hamstrung by having to fit within the flow of the article.

[epicfranb]

This do you know mcyt blog has some people that i don't know ofc but at the same time im realizing just how many mcyts i know or at least heard of

[rock-swag-tournament]

Mineral Swag Round 3: Gems

Aquamarine is the blue variety of beryl, which is a cyclosilicate mineral with beryllium in it. Aquamarine is named for sea water - literally aqua marina aka "marine water." It is a beautiful gemstone and the March birthstone.

Garnet is the January birthstone and actually comes in MANY colors. It is commonly red or pink but can be green or orange as well, depending on the garnet variety you’re talking about. It naturally forms dodecahedra and is an isotropic mineral so it goes “extinct” (turns opaque) under cross polarized light. Pictures of this are in previous rounds!

Garnet is, by far, my favorite mineral because of almandine garnets (shown) are such a beautiful deep red color. Plus they're a metamorphic mineral! So they form in rocks like schist and gneiss. Aquamarine, for anyone interested, forms in igneous rocks like granite.

[mcytblrconfessions]

need everyone to go watch gneiss name right now. geology + minecraft + technical stuff its great :)

[kaikocuta]

I enjoy the new episode, Argos named his rock Gnesis because he just looked up some rocks on google and picked out one he liked. He named it Gnesis instead of Gneiss because he misspelled it and went with it.

[blockgamepirate]

I never played the Education Edition but oh boy this sounds really disappointing

But at least this video is good and actually educational

Once again recommending Gneiss Name's channel, it's very good and interesting and he's an actual geologist who knows what he's talking about

[leidensygdom]

okay i'm doing it. I'm running a poll. Help me name my lil game idea! More context here

I want a name so I can start sharing some art soon over a better tag!

[eldritchgray]

I've always loved lycanroc midnight form. I had one in my Moon playthrough.

Her name was Gneiss :3

[fredwardrawn]

Something about Post Canon Keterburg crew getting to hang out again that makes me happy. Imagine if you love your friends a lot and it gets to mean something good for like the first time in forever

[himbofur]

My name is Gneiss btw... I've probably posted once on our old blog.... but I'm not new or anything. I'm really dreary to be around so I don't talk much.... it's nice to meet everyone again though...

[wysteir]

I've named a few of my things now

"Valmanway" is my alternate discord account

"Insurmountable Skullfort" is my bass (skully for short)

"Yamato" is my piano keyboard

"Minutiae" is my bamboo practice sword

"XIV. Temperance" is my aluminium katana

"Vega" is my bamboo cosplay prop sword

"Sagamihara" is the name of a beloved deck of cards

"Derringer" is my old laptop

"Gneiss" is my gaming PC

"Sweetheart" is my shark

"Charles" is my plant