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Good afternoon everybody!

I wanted to take the time to wish everybody a happy thankgiving. Enjoy a safe and happy holiday with friends and family and eat lots of stuff and be thankful for each blessing in your life :) .

As for those who play Minecraft Bedrock Edition on Windows 10 (And perhaps another system as well), here is a wonderful gift for all of you. The Xbox 360 Tutorial Worlds from what I can tell are very popular with the Minecraft Community, and oddly, I could not find Bedrock Converted Versions of them (Save TU69/70), so I decided to fix that. Here are downloads of each Tutorial World for Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.7.1 and higher!


Download Instructions: On the righthand center side of the screen should be a download button. Hit the button to download the file. Once the file is downloaded, extract the files from the .ZIP file and put the respectable files into he folder that you use for your Minecraft Worlds. Load up and enjoy :) (Smile) .

Enjoy your wonderful gifts and enjoy the Xbox 360 Tutorial Worlds on Minecraft Bedrock Edition for Windows 10, and if you have a console edition (Other than Xbox One, unless you want these for Xbox One) as well as Windows 10 and Minecraft Realms, you can upload these worlds to Realms on Windows 10 Bedrock Edition and then download them from Realms on your console, making the  Xbox 360 Tutorial Worlds available on the Nintendo Switch and Pocket Editions now!
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Good afternoon everybody!

So I've been working on some digital art over the last several months, but not what you would have expected as normally, digital art from me comes in the form of Halo related screenshots. This time however, it is my Minecraft worlds updated to 1.13 in both Java and Bedrock formats!

Now I had to convert my worlds from Java to Bedrock, and in order to do so, I used MCC Tool Chest PE created by A Cynodont (@acynodontA on Twitter). Now his program is amazing as it will convert Java Worlds to Bedrock with minimal issues from versions 1.12.2 back. He is currently still working on a complete 1.13 converter, and I have to say, compared to the Anvil to DB Converter and Andromeda Minecraft Converter, he has done a fantastic job of that thus far.

Now if you want to convert a 1.13 world from Java to Bedrock with MCC Tool Chest PE, it is recommended that you convert a 1.12.2 variant of your world as well as 1.13 variant. This way, what may get messed up can be fixed manually between the program and ingame on the 1.13 variant and then by chunk or region copied and pasted over to the 1.12 converted world variant. It's a bit of work, but the end result is a complete converted world.

Having fun testing his program, I also came across a fellow tester on Twitter by the name of ark_Gunslinger and we were able to share and confirm changes in updates of MCC Tool Chest PE with @acynodontA . I am really grateful that Java to Bedrock conversion is still possible and I want to thank both @acynodontA and ark_Gunslinger, @acynodontA for making such a wonderful program and consistently updating it and ark_Gunslinger for being a fun fellow tester.

So here is my Minecraft Worlds available for download. Basically click the world name (Which is linked), which will take you to the sta.sh page. From there, click the Download box with ZIP in it and the MB size. Once you download the compressed file, decompress the file, take the contents, and put them in the appropriate Minecraft folder and have fun with the new worlds :) . There are some differences and changes I made with the Bedrock variants after testing with the Java worlds as well. Note with the Bedrock Worlds, if you own Bedrock on both Windows 10 and Xbox One, you can use Realms to get the maps onto the Xbox One. Upload them to Realms on Windows 10, then go to your Xbox One and download them from Realms onto your Xbox One :) .

Edit: 11/9/2018: Worlds and links updated!

------------Java Worlds (For Minecraft Java 1.13.1 and higher)------------

----------Bedrock Worlds (For Minecraft Bedrock 1.7.1 and higher)------------
Xbox 360 World 5 (1.12.2 Variant, not updated to 1.13.1)

Now that the Minecraft update here is done, I can say I will be getting back into my Upcycling art soon now that this is done. I can also say I am liking the supportive community that I am finding in Minecraft slowly, but more and more, so I may be playing even more Minecraft in the future on Windows 10 Bedrock.

On the flipside, the toxicity I recieve from alot of the Halo Community (Not all of them as I have some good friends on LIVE and here from the Halo Community) seems to continue to increase and persist, so I don't think the Halo community will be a place for me anymore. I will be uploading one more set of screenshots at some point soon and essentially be done with Halo.

I remember when I really got into the Halo community around the time of Reach and Halo 4, there was a strong screenshot community, and LIVE Code of Conduct was strongly respected as 343 Industries has strongly shown that they do not support online modding or cheating.

Nowadays, if you follow Code of Conduct and defend it with the Halo titles, people lash out at you and call you jealous and your actions sleazy and get into 'heated debates' and try to justify boosting ingame (Which 343 Industries has stated is cheating) and modding. On the Waypoint forums, matters tend to be looked at in a biased manner if you are not in favor with the moderators.  If you join Third Party Halo Forums, it seems people with control issues and mental instability tend to get away with things and lash out at people and twist things to gain instant gratification from others. I'm done putting time into a community (Outside of the good friends I have made in the Halo community) that continually grows more and more toxic toward me when I try to be a part of it and instead will invest it into a community where people tend to be more positive and supportive of one another.

Compare this with the Minecraft community, where creativity is supported, Official Mod Support is coming in the soon to be released 1.14 Java/1.8 Bedrock from Mojang(which removes any of those headaches and shows Mojang supports modding), people work with you on matters instead of shoving it in your face, and it's about the mentality of enjoying yourself and creating amazing builds, instead of with the the majority of the Halo Community where its about aspects like New Halo vs. Old Halo, or Modding and Cheating isn't allowed but it's ok as long as you don't get caught doing it or report other people for doing it, or bashing/hazing people for having an unpopular opinion, or people ignoring you when you do something nice for them.

So I hope you all enjoy the Minecraft worlds and hopefully this explains my abscence lately.
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Good afternoon everbody.

After a long hiatus, I have returned with many more Halo Screenshots to share. Now many of you are wondering why I did I return with my last Journal post. Well :iconmrmartinihalo: and :iconadvjones: have convinced me to return to this art, each in their own ways, which will not be discussed in detail.

I will say when I posted my last journal post, there were a handful of Breaker Company members being asses so to speak, essentially telling me that if I had ideas, get my own Xbox One and copy of Halo 5 and make them myself, when all I was trying to do was to spark new ideas at the given time in the Breaker Company to keep Halo 5 fresh and fun for the company. Needless to say, save one member, all of these toxic now ex-members are no longer within the Breaker Company, and eyes are being kept on that one remaining individual.

Also on the Halo Archive which will be closing soon and being continued on their Discord Channel, I was dealing with several passive aggressive toxic individuals there as well at the time of my last journal post, one much so to the point of having to step down from my Community Manager Position to essentially block them without reprecussion to prevent drama from spreading on the Halo Archive. :iconadvjones: and :iconmrmartinihalo: know all the details about that due to printscreens and were thankfully understanding about the matter when it happened.

Additionally alot of old 'friends' stopped talking to me at the time because I did not have an Xbox One. Some have thankfully returned. Some have not. I am grateful for those who have returned, and for those who have chosen not to, it says alot, but let bygones be bygones.

I realize with this artwork, that I need to be creating because I find it to be fun as I do, not because I want to show off my artwork to everybody to reach a societal normal number, or other societal superficial crap of the sort. I enjoy creating Halo Screenshots and I will create for myself and those who appreciate them, and those who don't, oh well.

So far, I have created Halo 5 screenshots with Cizlin, RJCCJ, :iconmrmartinihalo:, Ze Twiinkee, and :iconultrapredator01: . If possible I would like to create some screenshots with :iconcommandernova702: , :iconbossveteran: , :iconxwraith96x:, :iconturbofurby: , :iconprototype814: , :iconticodem0n: , :iconadvjones: , and :icontexd41: on Halo 5: Guardians. I have a couple of FX Enhanced maps and Warzone Firefight also provides alot of good screenshot potential as well. So coming up with a time and date for people would be cool if they are interested, and as a gesture of kindness, I would like to repay :iconbossveteran: and :iconcommandernova702: s kindness with the gift art they sent me in the past.

More soon XD.
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So, with this being said, I can honestly say I am done with the Halo Community outside of a handful of friends as well as most gaming (Outside of Minecraft and the Older Bethesda games). Long story short, after the last several months, it has become apparent to me that the Halo community is changing in a fashion that I can no longer follow.

I do not believe that a piece of hardware should determine who your friends are, and that is exactly what I have come across with alot of 'friends' over the Xbox. When alot of people purchased the Xbox One, they stopped all forms of communication with me out of 'convience', which in reality comes down to relevancy, and due to not owning an Xbox One, that no longer made me 'relevant' in alot of people's eyes. Also, communication shouldn't have been an issue when e-mail, Skype, Discord, DeviantArt, and Facebook all exist. People who truely care for you will talk to you regardless of what you own.

I can also say I do not agree within Halo groups of multiple types, whether it be forums, LIVE parties, etc. that my friends and I experienced passive agressive nonsense in different ways. Mine was being scolded time and time again by a small group of people without legitimate reasoning behind it. A friend of mine had to deal with being muted in LIVE parties time and time again because Halo players did not seem to agree with his opinion on Halo, as well as being scolded by one of those people from that small group I had to deal with, calling him 'unprofessional'.

Then tonight, I recieved a notice of my inactivity in a Halo 5 Company I was in, which was previously discussed, and was previously OK, but apparently is now not, so I left said company, once again, going back to the matter of relevancy, and due to not owning the newest Halo game, seeing the crap end of it. I hate to make comparisons, but I feel the Halo community is going down the same path of the Sonic community, which is divided and hateful. Beyond this, I owe no further explanation. The people from Xbox that still want to talk to me can do so through Skype, Facebook, e-mail, or DeviantArt.

I feel it is time to start putting even more time into my artwork and controlling my own path even more directly, as well as going out and meeting new people more frequently to continue to help my in-person social skills grow. There are things in my life that I do need in my own life, I know what said needs are, and I will work towards them. I will say as much as gaming will not help me grow into the person I feel I need to be at this point. I will take what I find and use it to grow and find my belonging. Beyond that, I owe no further explanation on that.
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Good evening everybody.

With several hours until the new year hit, I figured I would look back at this last year.

So what was 2015 for me? I feel 2015 was the year I managed to get a second chance in my life. Going into 2015, my life was in shambles so to speak. I quit working for Coca-Cola Refreshments before going into the new year, because the manager at the plant (Who was younger that I was) was an asshat and a boss. He didn't believe in teamwork and wanted us to follow the Smartphone for our work routes. He didn't like us calling him or offering suggestions. He wanted to be left alone, and even made the comment to me "I have 22 merchandisers to take care of. If one cannot handle the job, 'Would you like some fries with that?' might be a better route."

He would also use my lack of seniority to screw me. I was working seven days a week. On my days off, I was getting called into work because they pulled another merchandiser to the plant to drive the delivery trucks due to the actual truck drivers arriving to work three hours late (This oddly seem to only happen on my days off, kind of as if he wanted me to quit). So have me work all seven days every week , working 8-13 hour shifts of physical labor (Soda is heavy), giving me almost no free time to myself instead of holding the drivers accountable.

So going into 2015, I had no job, I was starting to eat up my savings, I was living in Schuylkyll County (One of the most negative and stagnant places I know that is stuck in the past) dealing with the problems that came from that, my parents wanting me to move back in with them. Starting 2015, I was at a dead end. My Aunt Denise made me an offer to move down to Florida with her to have a second chance, and I am glad I took it.

I remember all the negative people in Schuylkyll County telling me either I wouldn't make it, or throwing "What ifs?" at me to try to deter me. That did not stop me. My parents tryed to stop me, at the time not understanding I needed to grow. That didn't stop me. Nothing did. I made plans with Amtrak and in Feburary carried through with them. I drove to Lorton, VA from Pennsylvania in the 8 degree cold and made it. Packed my car on the train and had a very nice trip to Sanford, FL on the train.

My Aunt met me at the Sanford train station upon arrival, and she directed me back to Jacksonville. I found some scrap metal outside the train station, a sign that I thought was a good omen, and I was right. As I found out from living down here, people don't seem to care for scrap metal here in Florida and it can be abundantly found along the highways.

When I arrived down here, I found out how much nicer the people in Florida are. Unlike in Pennsylvania, where people would look at you like you were an alien or would ignore you if you were to say hi to them crossing paths, In Florida, they greet you in turn and actually hold a conversation!

Living with my Aunt until I got a job and found an appartment of my own was difficult. She was over the top with cleaning and used her 'doggie-dos' as the reason for that, because her White Male Westie apparently had allergies to everything under the sun. She also did not understand an agreement we had, where walking her dogs was conditional, as I wanted to explore and meet new people as well as job hunt in free time. Even though she agreed to it, she changed very quick, expecting me to walk her dogs everyday at 2 PM regardless.

So there was no point going anywhere with that, as I would have to driver back to my Aunt's appartment to walk the dogs, and then drive back to where I was, which was a waste of gas money, not to mention her male white Westie didn't like to walk for me, and would stall out and cock his head upright like a snob when doing so, being an asshole of a mutt. I didn't see the point of trying to walk a dog that didn't want to walk for me.

So between that, having to dust my room every several days due to the 'doggie-dos', taking the trash over to the compactor in the residency area that I usually didn't fill up the cans(Not to mention, my Aunt could've driven the trash over going into work, especially considering that she was the one who filled up the trashcans, I would take the trash over when I filled up the can).

Then she got on my case because she wasn't seeing results from me looking for a job and became a bit impatient with me. Thankfully the Goodwill Company helped me revise my resume and I got a job at Target. Not too long after, I found myself an appartment and moved out. I did so, as my Aunt was having thoughts about a new job, or moving and she wasn't sure what she wanted to do.

Several weeks after I moved out, she made up her mind and not too long after moved back to New Jersey. So I am happy I took the risks with the move. I dealt with some crap from my Aunt while living with her and drained a lot of my savings while looking for a new job, but at the end, her and I patched things up. Had I not taken her offer to move to Florida, I would be stuck today, but with risks, there are rewards :) .

I am slowly learning the area in Jacksonville, going to Art Walks, exploring the beach for shells and sea glass, exploring the sides of the highway and parking lots for scrap metal, meeting new people, and growing in my job. So to all those people who told me I couldn't or threw 'What ifs?' at me, thanks for giving me even more drive to push forward. I made it, so what I ask to them is "Now what?", what do they have to say now?

My options artistically grew so much by moving. The beach offers new materials I didn't previously have and because people don't care about scrap metal down here, it is in abundance along the highways. There is a nice diversified art community here to unlike in PA. Artists actually like to talk to you about their work and love hearing the perspective of others, so you can tell they're not just trying to get exposure or just sell their artwork, they are also growing too. With new materials that were not accessible up north, I have been able to create new things, and grow on my scrap creations, as well as meet new artists.

So I would say 2015 was the year of a second chance as I:
-Moved out of a negative area and relocated into a more vibrant one
-Grew Artistically in many ways
-Got a new job
-Started moving forward instead of dwelling on the past
-Fought daunting odds and succeeded

And there was also DeviantArt in 2015.

As you know, my DeviantArt page is no longer my primary art page, though I still use it. Sad to say, it seems despite my artistic growth, alot of my DeviantArt friends outright left DA or left their accounts to collect webs. Also despite my growing art style, I have recieved less and less traffic through my DA account since I stopped drawing. So now my primary art account is now on Facebook where I recieve more traffic and I can upload multiple photos at once instead of one at a time. Also when I give out my Facebook art page, people go right to it. When I gave out my DA Account, people questioned what it was and most wouldn't visit as if they didn't trust the page.

I was told having a Premium/CORE DeviantArt account would help with having more traffic and would help me meet new people. It did none of the sort. To be honest, from my experience, a CORE Membership is nothing more than a cash grab. So did the door close on this account here, it's just not the one I show new people anymore.

So, hopefully 2016 will be a year of growth for me. So three goals I have in mind for 2015:
-Get out of gaming completely on consoles
-Go to Welding School
-Grow Artistically

So here is to 2016, may it be another year of success, and thank you 2015 for being good to me despite the obstacles.
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