The 1.8 update!

[Pillz]

Since the update came out this morning, I've been exploring the world non stop.

So, they've introduced/modified/madeifiedified the whole biome system, which I've noticed randomly generates as you travel... sometimes putting deserts right next to oceans and forests..

I know there's swamp, forest, rainforest, dessert, plains, mountain, tundra, and so on.. I've also noticed massive fucking oceans. Like seriously massive oceans that take like 6-10 minutes to reach the other side of, Idunno if that was there before or not. I'm wondering if "ocean" is a biome itself. It's insane how much shit there was under water, like whole ravines and mountains I could see but can't get to. I'm pretty sure I saw like 2x2 collumns under water too, almost reaching the surface from the deepest parts, which really confused me.. Is there ore down there? Why would the game generate so much inaccessible shit, and have it go on for so long?

ANYWAY.
Here's a picture of the first ravine I saw.

No water, with mobs at the bottom. I'm guessing it's under 7 darkness down there so they can spawn freely.
http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o410/pillzXcrashed/?action=view&current=Ravine1.jpg

Then another, with a river at the bottom.
http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o410/pillzXcrashed/ravine3.jpg

EDIT: Underground cavern ravine thingy with lava.
http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o410/pillzXcrashed/undervien.jpg

When I first saw this I was like WOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHH. I've found entire canyons like this underground too, I just kept digging and eventually I picked a hole in the wall, and there was light inside. I take out two more blocks and I step into this dimly lit cavern that goes on seemingly forever. There was coal and iron all over the walls, and when I went to the bottom there was obsidian, redstone and that blue shit AZREALLUPINIS, scattered near the bottom. It blew my mind.

Anyone experience a NPC village yet? I sailed on my boat for an hour across the ocean looking for one, and ran all over the place, nothing yet. I haven't found the mineshafts yet either, just massive ammounts of cavities under ground.

GOD I LOVE THIS GAME. WHEN WE GETTIN A SRVR?

[(=CG=) DoomBringerDANTE]

There are no npcs as far as i know. I just spent 4 hours looking for one, and found a village, but it was deserted.
So i just put a sign out saying "MINE!" then logged.

[Sly]

I bought a new 30 slot server just for it

[Pillz]

That's lame.. Perhaps they're still working on NPCs, but I read something on the minecraft wiki that said the villages were to contain NPCs, and they didn't know whether they'd be hostile, or neutral and so on..

I bought a new 30 slot server just for it

ORLY? PLAYTIME NOW THEN? IP?

[(=CG=) DoomBringerDANTE]

I bought a new 30 slot server just for it

IP NAOW!

[Pillz]

Does everyone else spawn in a dense forest every world they generate?

[Finniespin]

Meh. Better that a desert.