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LOL your nephews are trolls.

• al_borland 2y ago
  For sure... The one was being a jerk, so I was just threw it right back at him and started destroying the whole settlement he built. Emptying his chests into lava breaking down walls... to see how he likes playing with a griefer. It was somewhat effective.
  • jerf 2y ago
    Minecraft has the distinction of being the only game I've played with my kids where I still felt like a parent even in the game. It wasn't even just policing "bad behavior", sometimes I had to run around covering over the ravines so they wouldn't fall in, because then I had to go rescue them. Now they're older and I still had to sometimes go rescue them after they made an ill-considered journey without supplying well enough in advance. I'm not complaining per se. It's just interesting that the game is able to have that dynamic in it. They're older now, it's much less of an issue, but I still mandate that PvP stays off at all times. Though it is a useful lesson in the mechanics of escalation, I suppose. (Specifically, you always value harm to yourself more than you value harm to others, even your family, so when someone does "1" damage to you, you perceive it as "2", then you try to retaliate with "2" damage but they perceive it as "4" damage for the same reason, and now you're stuck in an escalating loop. There are ways out of this loop, of course, but it takes time. This rather simple model explains a rather distressing amount of international politics and history....)
    • al_borland 2y ago
      Knowing a couple commands, and having them switched on, can be helpful for the ravine issue. The /tp command can be used to teleport a player (your kid) to where your player is. My nephews of course would use this against me. I’d get away into a calm area and they’d teleport me right into the middle of hell.