S4 E3 Man vs River: The MADNESS

Season 4 Man vs River

Episode 3: The MADNESS

I knew something was up when the chicken kept following me.

I went to the edge of my "back yard" to look at how my trees were doing. Now, I thought I could work with what I saw, but the chicken, he thought differently.



So I had to.



Actually, Minecraft can bring about something that isn't true OCD, but something like it. I wasn't happy. It took a while for those trees to grow, and I didn't like their position. I underestimated the length of the trees, and how much I would have to add to the cliff to hide them for what I wanted to do. So I made adjustments.



I dug much deeper downward, and a bit further into the side of the cliff.



Now I just had to wait for them to grow and see if round 2 was any better. While I was contemplating in the water, a creeper jumped out at me. For the next few days I stalked the creepers at daylight, collecting their valuable explosive innards.



Then I went back to the river once again. It was time to make my last push. I was now ready to start descending the mountains. The hard part, the deepest digging, was now over. With the help of TNT it would prove easier than the first half of the river.



TNT was set, and the path was chosen beyond the arch.



This looks like a mess, but believe me, 3 charges of TNT made things SO much easier. TNT eats through dirt like its nothing, and it breaks stone pretty well too. It felt like it took no time to get the arch area cleared.



Past the arch area took a little while longer, but it was so fast that I decided to make some dramatic naturalization in this area. A sloping cliff on the left, an overhanging rock formation on the right, as if the water eroded away the softer dirt beneath it. It looks neat in game.



This leg of the river went so smoothly, easier than the others, its revitalized me since the rest after this is easier. I'm getting farther away from my tower though... it is almost time to leave the Tower area and make a new home nearer the ocean.

here's a nice Before and After picture with very similar view points, I'm sure you can match up the upper features to see just how much work went into this area.



I think a new home will be the next episode! Thanks for reading and as always, comments get me posting more episodes more quickly.