User blog:TheKimbler1/The Noobiest thing I Ever Did in Minecraft

When I began my first survival world, I was really excited for the adventure ahead. It took me a very long time (since I was a beginner), but I finally built and established my first house. My house was located in a forest, and it was built like a larger, two-story version of a village house. The main feature of this story, however, is the basement.

When I built the basement, I lined the floor, walls, and ceiling with solid cobblestone (except a few areas of natural stone that I left). I loved the look. But one day, when I went down there, I was dismayed to find a zombie waiting for me. The zombie wasn't much of a threat, but I wanted guaranteed saftey from mobs, so I needed to do something about it.

What did I do? Well, since mobs hadn't spawned in the wooden parts of my house, I was somehow under the impression that certain blocks (like cobblestone) allowed mobs to spawn through them, and certain blocks (like wood) prevented spawning. So I thought that I needed to insolate my basement with wood in order to keep mobs from spawning through the cobblestone. Thus, I dug through the wall and all around it outside, tediously placing wood blocks all the way between the wall and the dirt. It was quite the frustrating endeaver.

And then later my best friend told me I just needed to put more torches up.

So if you think you did dumb things as a noob, I dare you to top this story! ;-)