# HIVELAND SMP Hello happy gamers. For the last few days, I have been playing in the HIVELAND SMP server. I took a mining job and started digging, searching for those ever elusive diamonds, as well as redstone and lapis, which are very valuable in their own right.

My new friends I had the pleasure of talking briefly with a couple people who were on the server, though they were pretty far away. I will have to plan some visits with my server-mates in the near future. I was out searching for a mate for the single bee that I found near my base, and, I came across two very happy dogs. I couldn't help it, I had to take them home with me.

I was able to dig out 23 diamonds, though, it took a long time. I found most of them by branch mining, and I found a few in a ravine. I actually totaled 24, but, one I found in a minecart chest in the abandoned mineshaft I showed you last time.

I then went to the nether, stupidly, and too early. It is best to have some armor enchantments before entering the nether, but, sometimes, I like to throw caution to the lava and just jump in. I died by blaze and then by wither when I went back for my stuff. No, I didn't bring any diamonds in there and I am glad, because I ended up losing all my gear.. twice. Definitely get some enchantments before going in there! ( I also noticed that you lose all of your levels for visiting the nether on this server. It isn't a big deal if you think about it before you go in, but, the first time I went, I was at level 27, then I realized I had forgotten a gold helmet and went immediately back, just to discover my levels were all gone. It was no big deal because I died and would have lost them anyway. I just wanted to give you a heads up.)

I also "rescued" some villagers from a nearby town. They are my friends now and I will make sure they have a happier life then they would have in that horrible town they came from. I may go do improvements on the village. They don't even have a farm there. Poor starving villagers, only one had a job. I got my shaders working as well. Now, I feel better about doing videos and such. I downloaded [Optifine](https://optifine.net) and my favorite shaders, [BSL Shaders](https://www.bslshaders.com). You can see from my screenshots that my shaders are engaged. I don't always play with them because it does tank my frame rate from the 130s down to the 30s or 40s. I shouldn't affect the server though, so I get my screenshots with them on. And, with that, we come to the end of the episode for now. I will keep you all updated. I hope you have a lovely day, bye!

matthewtiii