I didn't know how to crack games when I was super invested in Minecraft as a kid.

I would watch Paulsoaresjr about how to play the game from scratch and would love him explaining every detail and it became a homely vibe.

I then played Minetest which was an alternative to Minecraft and loved the ability to freely build whatever I wanted but that world would get very oppressing.

However, I finally ended up getting access to Minecraft and it opened a whole new world for me. Survival, SMP, The Hive, Mineplex, Splegg, MCSG, Bedwars, Factions, Hide and Seek, etc etc etc.

There was so much limitless potential of what could be done in the game alone and with people.

I spent hours making Resource packs, playing custom adventure maps, ranking up in Hunger Games, playing Super Smash Mobs.

It was the highlight of my childhood and I still come back for the 2 week Minecraft session to enjoy SMP with my friends and see what other new things and mechanics Mojang added to the game.

There are so many precious memories of unironically creating an army of dogs to kill mobs on the open plains at night because I didn't know or care about building mob farms.

Now I have a mob farm, gold farm, xp farm, automatic sorter, gunpowder farm, farm farm, animal farm, etc etc etc

So much optimization is possible and it can be so rewarding to even just explore and find diamonds.

aaaaaaah such a good game