Greetings everyone! Before we dwell into the amazing world that is Minecraft, I will like to introduce myself.
Name: Yaomon17
I was born on the small island of Taiwan, off of the coast of China. I moved to the US for about 1 year, during which I was 3 years old. When I was about 8 I moved to Washington state in which I proceeded to live in for the next 3 years. After this, I relocated to the beloved state of Arizona for the next 3 years. The next year, I moved back to my home country of Taiwan once again. Then I moved back to Arizona in which I currently reside. My first language in Mandarin Chinese though I still understand fundamental English.

Why, I found this server while browsing these very forums! Scrolling down after reading the "Art of War" topic, this topic caught my eye.

Minecraft was first discovered by me from the forums of a site dubbed mygamebuilder.com. This was back in June of 2010. I had always liked creating things, so naturally, sandbox games I am quite fond of. I have played Minecraft for days on straight, only quitting when I have full diamond armor and tools. I usually blow up my world with TNT before the delete. Soon after, I had a dormant period of about 1 month of no Minecraft. Soon I discovered cannons and the new Alpha update, 1.2.6. Instantly, I was pulled back in. I started making cannons and traps. They became more and more complicated. One time, my friend came over. I introduced him to Minecraft. Soon, I made my own server. I have fond memories of setting traps, hitting him with cannons and just killing him with a sword! Soon we discovered another kid who plays Minecraft, yet he cannot join our server. My friend and I had many memorable moments together. Recently, he had a French foreign exchange student over. Guess what, he also plays minecraft. Now, I just watch them kill each other instead! One of my most fond memories was my friend building an obsidian house with me next to him while the French student is a few blocks away. I see a block of TNT being placed outside but my friend does not notice. I quietly tunnel under and out of the house. I look back and see the obsidian house surrounded with TNT placed by the French student. I only had time to get in "you better get outta there" before I see both of them respawn at the spawn point.
Never banned before. :D

I am half Taiwanese and half Chinese. I enjoy basketball, pixel art, and generally watching videos on youtube. I have accepted many paid pixel art jobs before but only 1 client actually paid me. I am a Freshman in high school. Recently I have begun to learn the programming language of BASIC. I hope to be an indie game developer when I grow up, just like . I am male.
We will be doing a long series of "independent survival" in which we compete to see who will survive longer. Traps and cannons will be a-plenty. These videos are just small tests/previews.

I wish my friend was more patient
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJfXEG4fZM
Demo of a Tree Trap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_sOg5agKY
]The First Part of our First Attempt (Other parts on channel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxrrZkahw0
Just a quick Mic Test. Don't worry, the volume increases.
[youtube]qxEDiYM52fc[/youtube]
The Second Attempted at Survival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8jWX1zW1hI
Soon enough, we will have a Capture the Flag PVP war when we have more time. I will post the rules first for future reference:
[size=150]War Rules:
General:
1. Cannot build on other people's territory
2. Cannot destroy actual blocks in the "forts"
3. Forts have to have 1 unobstructed path from the entrance to the flag.
4. Path must be designed so that a new player without any previous experience (and without ever seeing the for) can navigate with little to no trouble except for mazes.(No locks that only the fort owner knows)(Maze must have a "viewing area" to see the full maze at beginning)
5. Entrances must be clearly visible.
6. Can only bring ladders, weapons, and food to raid forts.
7. Must announce when get flag or hold flag in hand to alert other that you have flag.
Materials/building:
1. gets 1 infinite block (stone)
2. gets infinite torches
3. gets 10 minecraft days to build (no nights for the sake of recording)
4. 5 "blocks" of 64 _______
5. 3 tools(Fishing Rod, flint and steel, compass, ect.)
6. 32 Water, 18 Lava
7. Due to new update (water current increase) cannot use water with 2 block ceiling as an obstruction. Slowest obstruction allowed is soulsand with ice underneath.
8. Each gets 2 full iron armor sets and 2 full diamond tools set.
9. Each gets 5 pork or 8 bread
10. Can only die 5 times
Misc:
1. If stuck (due to setting off trap) must wait 5 minutes before ladder-ing out or can suicide.
2. Flag must be replaced when died and held (cannot repick flag)
3. Multiple flags must be used to prevent single flag dissappearing.
4. All traps must be able to be bypassed (cannot force a player to die in path)
5. Flag(s) must be visible (can be placed or in chest)
6. Flags must be flowers.