Honestly if you were a kid who bought these books at the book fair, these were a pretty good way to both start reading, and learn how to play minecraft in the days before fan wikis were everywhere (and even if they were, it was likely you were going to get 16 viruses from them lol). I remember these books, and a lot of the tips in them were genuinely helpful, like getting a compass and clock to help find your way
Haha that’s a good one 😂 thanks for the laugh😊! Here’s some good news for you by the way! Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved! Receive the free gift of Salvation today! The Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, lived a perfect, sinless life, died and was buried. He rose again the third day and His blood cleanses us from all sin!!🙏❤️
These books capitalize on the energy of the early Minecraft era, when we weren't sure what was in the game and just figured it out. Minecraft wiki down for some reason, people mixing mod crafting recipes with real ones, it felt like everyone who knew their shit could write a strategy guide on the game. But everyone's would be different, not everyone knew everything yet. Anyone remember how the first minecraft guide smelled? I saved up money to preorder the book with my Scholastic Book Fair school, got it in a walmart bag for some reason lmao and it smelled weird, super hype but still not certain why it smelled so unique
I used these books to actually play in survival 😂😂😅 back when they came out. I always had to use the combat book to see how to make every potion. I know how to build so I dont need the building book 😎😎😎😎😎😏
My family had all of them and I loved them! Heck little me couldn’t even read but she loved looking through them and she loved the pictures. I remember looking at the potions page and thinking People memorized this?!
It depends on the type of editing and the type of RUclipsr. Less edited survival videos are more likely to have the music on. If the editing is more present then RUclipsrs will probably not have their music on, because they are going to put in thier own music anyway. When you look at minigame RUclipsrs they usually use music to set the mood in editing so, random Minecraft music would really mess that up.
I remember buying this set from the Scholastic Book Fair back when I was in 6th grade! I think I enjoyed looking over the books more than playing the actual game. Nice video!
Yeah I never really played survival but I LOVED the builder's handbook. Gonna be honest I'm not even sure if I actually built anything out of it but I read it all the time lol
Same! I got them in first grade and would get terrified at the pictures of the mobs. Nowadays I’m the kind of person who sucks at the game but knows a lot about how to play it.
You know, I was thinking to myself "did anyone ever actually seriously use these books aside from just fun little experiments like these?" until I realized that I had been doing the farming from the handbook for years until I learned of the modern, more efficient way. On top of that, I had also been using the "dig in a hill" trick if I hadn't built a house yet. It's awesome to see things like this.
Bro the Xbox 360 was and still is goated. Introduced me to almost every major gaming genre, and got me into Minecraft. Great times, even today with cross play and mods. THE BABY PIG 3:10 Edit - 3:00 I mean. Dam 🦫 Edit #2 - 2:57 I mean. Dam 🦫 🦫
I remember these books. My parents agreed to buy them for me when we saw them in a shop, but they forgot. I took them and walked out the store, as I didn’t know what robbery was at the time. My mum practically had a panic attack when she discovered what I’d done.
A lot of minecraft channels can just seem like the lowest common denominator of mass produced content, this channel seems like a really refreshing break in that. Keep up the good work!
The Redstone one was actually half decent for its time, and taught me a LOT about basic circuits as a kid. I think it was partially authored by CubeHamster (I could be fully wrong there, someone correct me if so), so it was actually genuinely helpful. I don't think it explained stuff like BUD Switches, or QuasiConnectivity. It's also obviously out of date with the huge additions of the observer and target block.
I remember wanting those back in 2014/15/16 and i just never got my mum to buy them for me, but all in all they hold up really good almost 10 years later!
I had (and I believe I still might have it in here somewhere!) the construction handbook. The builds included in the book were actually pretty interesting, but are of course now dated due to the addition of many new blocks. The instructions however were... not exhaustive, to say the least, so you mostly had to use the given picture for reference. I distinctly remember how one build used two anvils for a cooking grill. Very creative!
these books were my childhood. i tried everything in all of them, but the only practical one was the TNT tree trap. also the same genshin impact ad kept playing over this video
I actually still have these books on my desk, I pull them out from time to time when I am playing the ol’MC. Because I keep forgetting how to make piston doors XD.
Back when those Minecraft first released those books those books sold out fast and only one kid in our class had all 4 of them we thought he was a god (we were in third grade)
i really like your narration! this video was a really great run down memory lane! i remember for my 10th birthday my mom got me the box set of the guides (i still have them in my room!)
The books had some good advice. I like that It stated to make a shelter on your first night and get a bed. These are crucial things to do for people new to Minecraft.
I was jelous of my best friend who had these books so much, even tho i didnt even have minecraft back then. Just whipping one of them out in class was a top tier flex
My dad used my brother's handbooks on our ps3 when he did his world. He planned to dig out underneath the entire world, and when we got more controllers, we helped him
I remember having all 4 books when I was younger, looking back it feels like the stones for the infinity gauntlet. I'm sad I can only find one of them to this day but man those books bring in the feels
little tidbits from this book still stick with me today when im playing mc. even if they're outdated, the little nuggets of weird advice mojang put in these books are solidified in my brain
all i have to say about this video is that 1. i really like your voice and the way you speak. Its very relaxing and this video was great to watch before I went to bed. 2. I found this video by chance and its really nostalgic, I used to use thoose handbooks to play minecraft as a kid on my ps3, the good ol days
Ah, I remember reading these books at the mall when I was young[er]. That's not even talking about the ~3 books I actually bought. I gave some of them to my younger cousin who plays Minecraft on his console.
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Ahh, nostalgia. The books are a decent jumping-off point, albeit slightly outdated in terms of crafting recipes and priorities. Good times.
Honestly if you were a kid who bought these books at the book fair, these were a pretty good way to both start reading, and learn how to play minecraft in the days before fan wikis were everywhere (and even if they were, it was likely you were going to get 16 viruses from them lol). I remember these books, and a lot of the tips in them were genuinely helpful, like getting a compass and clock to help find your way
@@fixit9844 my sister ended up giving me her copies. i dont believe i ever used them cuz she taught me the basics back in 2016.
@@fixit9844 omg yes i got mine at the book fair years and years ago !!
We would fight over these in the library 😂
@@fixit9844sameee
if you ever feel useless, remember that last glass window
Damn thanks man
I'm not the glass pane btu the stone right in front of it lol
literally came down, to find a comment like this, and here it is 😭
How to stop a minecraft player from suicide
Haha that’s a good one 😂 thanks for the laugh😊!
Here’s some good news for you by the way!
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved! Receive the free gift of Salvation today! The Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, lived a perfect, sinless life, died and was buried. He rose again the third day and His blood cleanses us from all sin!!🙏❤️
These books capitalize on the energy of the early Minecraft era, when we weren't sure what was in the game and just figured it out. Minecraft wiki down for some reason, people mixing mod crafting recipes with real ones, it felt like everyone who knew their shit could write a strategy guide on the game. But everyone's would be different, not everyone knew everything yet.
Anyone remember how the first minecraft guide smelled? I saved up money to preorder the book with my Scholastic Book Fair school, got it in a walmart bag for some reason lmao and it smelled weird, super hype but still not certain why it smelled so unique
It has to be something about the texture of those pages
I don't remember them smelling weird, but then again I didn't preorder them, I believe I got them as a birthday present
I loved how it smelled. The smell is still super nostalgic for me.
These werent even official books
i smelled them alot to :) miss those days to
I used these books to actually play in survival 😂😂😅 back when they came out. I always had to use the combat book to see how to make every potion. I know how to build so I dont need the building book 😎😎😎😎😎😏
I only bought the building book! I just wanted references and picture of cool build, nothing else XD
same
NO WAY! I used to flip to the potion page when playing with my friends so we didn’t have to use google
I still have the redstone one!
My family had all of them and I loved them! Heck little me couldn’t even read but she loved looking through them and she loved the pictures. I remember looking at the potions page and thinking
People memorized this?!
Not sure why, but I sometimes prefer videos that are barely edited.. and this video is perfect
I was just about to comment that
this video is so chill, with no loud music or abnoxious colourfull subtitles
I wouldn't classify his content as barely edited, but I highly recommend Kayakasaurus :D it's got a VERY similar vibe
Yeah I like watching people that don’t have the RUclipsr accent
ITS SCRIPTED I CAN’T BELIEVE ANYBODY DIDN’T NOTICE
@@GranttheGreat_BOTTOM_TEXT does not matter
its too chill
I appreciate that you play with the music on. Most youtubers don't bother, but I think it adds so much to the atmosphere
It depends on the type of editing and the type of RUclipsr. Less edited survival videos are more likely to have the music on. If the editing is more present then RUclipsrs will probably not have their music on, because they are going to put in thier own music anyway. When you look at minigame RUclipsrs they usually use music to set the mood in editing so, random Minecraft music would really mess that up.
I remember buying this set from the Scholastic Book Fair back when I was in 6th grade! I think I enjoyed looking over the books more than playing the actual game. Nice video!
I was in 5th but same , I miss that time
same brooo I borrowed out my essentials hand book to someone and it took me WEEKS to figure out how to craft a crafting table
Yeah I never really played survival but I LOVED the builder's handbook. Gonna be honest I'm not even sure if I actually built anything out of it but I read it all the time lol
got mine in 1st grade and still have them as High-School Senior 💀
Same! I got them in first grade and would get terrified at the pictures of the mobs. Nowadays I’m the kind of person who sucks at the game but knows a lot about how to play it.
I didn’t know the devs intended you to use ladder for mining. That’s so strange considering they always tell you not to dig straight down
I think they intended for the players to build a two-by-one drop with a ladder on one side
There are plenty of ways to use ladders for mining without digging straight down.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the community come up with "never dig straight down?"
You know, I was thinking to myself "did anyone ever actually seriously use these books aside from just fun little experiments like these?" until I realized that I had been doing the farming from the handbook for years until I learned of the modern, more efficient way. On top of that, I had also been using the "dig in a hill" trick if I hadn't built a house yet. It's awesome to see things like this.
i still do the farming from the handbook way 😭 some things just never change
It feels so.... enjoyable. I miss those times when I was playing Minecraft Xbox 360 and doing everything the guidebooks told me
Bro the Xbox 360 was and still is goated. Introduced me to almost every major gaming genre, and got me into Minecraft. Great times, even today with cross play and mods. THE BABY PIG 3:10
Edit - 3:00 I mean. Dam 🦫
Edit #2 - 2:57 I mean. Dam 🦫
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I started playing Minecraft on the 360 as well and damn I wish the disk wasn’t scratched bc I still have the console
I remember these books. My parents agreed to buy them for me when we saw them in a shop, but they forgot. I took them and walked out the store, as I didn’t know what robbery was at the time. My mum practically had a panic attack when she discovered what I’d done.
i once had the full bookset of these minecraft books
i gave them to a friend to borrow
i havent seen that friend in years
dam 🦫
A lot of minecraft channels can just seem like the lowest common denominator of mass produced content, this channel seems like a really refreshing break in that. Keep up the good work!
please do a part 2 with the redstone and construction handbooks
The Redstone one was actually half decent for its time, and taught me a LOT about basic circuits as a kid. I think it was partially authored by CubeHamster (I could be fully wrong there, someone correct me if so), so it was actually genuinely helpful.
I don't think it explained stuff like BUD Switches, or QuasiConnectivity. It's also obviously out of date with the huge additions of the observer and target block.
thank you for not yelling the whole video and not having a million things on the screen at once like most minecraft videos that get recommended
Those books really sound like something ChatGPT would make.
they actually made chatgpt in 2014 but after reading the books they decided "this is shit" and they ditched it until open AI found it
YOU DARE INSULT THE SACRED TEXTS
@@AverageTeaAddictINFIDELS
the books were written by paulsoarsjr
No
I love the suppressed anger but calmness through most of the video. I loved these books, I’ve got all 4 and all of the new Minecraft Guides
The nostalgia hits hard with this one. I have all the four books, so I might as well try it out myself
I bought these at a scholastic book fair in 2015 and treated them as gospel for a few years 😂
There’s something special about Minecraft guidebooks to me. It’s just nostalgia, but I love reading about a game I know so much about.
This was such a calm and soothing video, Its nice to see people who dont constantly scream, so I appreciate that👍✨
“Naurright”
N'awright
I was wondering what that word was
I remember wanting those back in 2014/15/16 and i just never got my mum to buy them for me, but all in all they hold up really good almost 10 years later!
same my mom wouldn't let me buy them because they "weren't real books " and "below my reading level" 😡still mad
This guy is underrated he needs more subs.
Why i gave him one
@@Liberater42same
Agreed
I had (and I believe I still might have it in here somewhere!) the construction handbook. The builds included in the book were actually pretty interesting, but are of course now dated due to the addition of many new blocks. The instructions however were... not exhaustive, to say the least, so you mostly had to use the given picture for reference. I distinctly remember how one build used two anvils for a cooking grill. Very creative!
This vid reminded me that the ender dragon fight is a really good video game boss if you aren’t ripping it in half with beds
I love the tranquility that this guy manages, it makes me very peaceful to see him
I used to have the construction handbook. I used one of the tutorials in there to make a large house with a wrap-around balcony
The OG minecraft guide books are basically the infinity stones of minecraft
This guy is kind of like Bob Ross if Bob Ross was bad at Minecraft instead of good at painting
Ooof 💀
Dude the part where it told you to build the beacon to find your home because of what PaulSoares Jr did feels very 2013
I remember going to the book fair and getting them and looking at the pages with screenshots of the old Minecraft is just nostalgic
the patience you have is INSANE and very admirable, awesome video!!!
13:06 I can’t stop laughing at how the dragon just yeeted that enderman 😭😭
these books were my childhood. i tried everything in all of them, but the only practical one was the TNT tree trap. also the same genshin impact ad kept playing over this video
Genshin Impact is a multiplayer MMRPG focused on open world exploration and team combat..
Or something like that
I bought these books for my sister when they came out as a box set. She really loved them. I miss her so much.
5:02 bro literally broke the number one rule in minecraft.
I actually still have these books on my desk, I pull them out from time to time when I am playing the ol’MC. Because I keep forgetting how to make piston doors XD.
9:30 to 10:10 just shows how annoying the new nether is.
true, but at least my eyes can take a rest from that old netherrack texture 💀
eh i can understand the biomes can be difficult to navigate but virtually all the danger was there before the updates
Back when those Minecraft first released those books those books sold out fast and only one kid in our class had all 4 of them we thought he was a god (we were in third grade)
Holy bro you just brought make the memory of me getting these at the book fair when I was in 2nd grade shits crazy
I love how relaxing your voice is
I was in a pissy mood today but the your calm voice for this video hella made me feel better 😭
Your voice is soothing, gives the video a more chill vibe 😊
i remember buying these books when i was real little and they first came out, i still have them on my bookshelf
when i was a kid, i would collect these books religiously at the school book fair. ah, the memories
SAMEEEE
I remember this world so well, 2014 was the year I started playing Minecraft on PS4.
i really like your narration! this video was a really great run down memory lane! i remember for my 10th birthday my mom got me the box set of the guides (i still have them in my room!)
Those are the sacred text they hold the knowledge of a thousand years
This guy's voice is just calming I hope he comes back for another upload
nice way of saying annoying
@@timo4463sounds like a you problem
this gave me a weird sense of comfort and nostalgia
These books were like a bible to me
When we all ran to these books in elementary school. Good times
“Nawright” is my new favorite way to say “alright”
The books had some good advice. I like that It stated to make a shelter on your first night and get a bed. These are crucial things to do for people new to Minecraft.
Begged my parents for them. Still have my first edition copies, now covered with smoothie stains and greasy fingerprint marks. The good days.
Such a good video! The way you sounded so calm after all your Nether deaths 😭 I would’ve lost it tbh
bro these books were the holy grail of the scholastic book fair back in elementary school! the memories
You need to do this again in the 2014 Minecraft version
The minimal talk is very refreshing
I STILL HAVE THESE BOOKS. I love them and cherish them till this day
Killing the piglet is something I would never do in 2014 haha. besides that, such a nostalgic video.
Hearing this was very nice you aren’t over the top
This is the most soothing voice I’ve ever heard
this video takes me back, i had (and still have) the beginners handbook and i used to read it religously
I was jelous of my best friend who had these books so much, even tho i didnt even have minecraft back then. Just whipping one of them out in class was a top tier flex
Bro is the definition of “I have no enemies “
The Bible and the Minecraft: Essential Handbook
INTENTIONALLY KILL A BABY PIG?
subscribed.
calmest voice when someone almost dies 10/10 video
My dad used my brother's handbooks on our ps3 when he did his world. He planned to dig out underneath the entire world, and when we got more controllers, we helped him
11:31 Magically gets 1 eye of ender
pearls can spawn in stronghold chests, eyes can spawn in the frame
@@izzy-wt9srthere were no eyes in the portal already and he didn’t have any blaze powder on him so I’d say it very much “magically” appeared somehow…
i had those 4 books when they came out, great vid
I read these books religously when I was a kid, I thought I was the only one who remembered them
I remember having all 4 books when I was younger, looking back it feels like the stones for the infinity gauntlet. I'm sad I can only find one of them to this day but man those books bring in the feels
Ppl who don't remember these books aren't allowed to watch this video
Talking like your parents are asleep in the back
I remember buying those books and studying it
Every now and then, even with how much Minecraft has advanced over the years, I still like to play as if it had just come out over a decade ago 💜
little tidbits from this book still stick with me today when im playing mc. even if they're outdated, the little nuggets of weird advice mojang put in these books are solidified in my brain
the biggest pains were watching him walking past iron to get coal, and to see creepers…
I read those books like they were the fucking Bible as a child
I had those books when I was a kid, absolutely loved reading them, they were awesome.
all i have to say about this video is that 1. i really like your voice and the way you speak. Its very relaxing and this video was great to watch before I went to bed. 2. I found this video by chance and its really nostalgic, I used to use thoose handbooks to play minecraft as a kid on my ps3, the good ol days
Top tier nether soundtrack choice
Ah, I remember reading these books at the mall when I was young[er]. That's not even talking about the ~3 books I actually bought. I gave some of them to my younger cousin who plays Minecraft on his console.
3:59 damn didn’t know he was chill like that
The books tell you that iron golems take fall damage.
Who doesn't have at least one of the books isn't a real Minecrafter
I never needed them because I didn't do normal survival until COVID when I was 8
@@Raviolling bro Covid was like a year ago
@@krakentoast nah it was 5, I'm Late 2011
@@krakentoast it was 4 years ago, coming up on 5 now
I had all the books so I was the coolest person in school
Seeing that base brought back so much nostalgia... I miss the days where no one knew how to build, good times(-ω- )
You were really patient and chill despite how many times you died... Respect
This video is a nice reminder of the early days of Minecraft let’s play. Keep up this style of content.
This is like the Lego movie
These books were what made me realize you could smelt iron ore. I had chests full of the stuff because I had no idea what I was doing as a kid lol.
holy shit the nostalgia is flooding back. Who remembers the elevator from the end of the redstone handbook
I still have these books laying around in the attic somewhere 💀
Ah yes the sacred text. I bought the red stone one back in 2014. Still has some useful info in it
These books were so popular in my school. It was to the point where if u had one people would be begging u to borrow it
I see your preference for breaking trees is 12345. The far superior method is 21345.