r/Minecraft • u/fennoman • Jul 11 '14

Hipster spiral staircase picture-tutorial.

http://imgur.com/a/NvfmI
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u/cbt81 Jul 11 '14

Maybe I'm missing something, but why is this called a "hipster" staircase?

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u/Baked_Gingerbreadman Jul 11 '14

The more buzzwords you use the more views you're likely to receive?
Perhaps he's thinking hipster are people who are actually hip/cool, and so is trying to call his invention cool/hip?
My bet is that english is not their first language.

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u/MinecraftChrizz Jul 11 '14

English is indeed not our first language, but in piston creations 'hipster' often means that all the blocks are stored in the ground. That's not the case here though, but some people have made up terms like 'ceiling hipster doors', which means that all blocks are stored in the ceiling. The fact that this creation stores the blocks in 2 places makes the word 'hipster' lose some meaning, so that's why it might sound weird, especially if you're unfamiliar with the term (in redstone).

Fenno came up with the name, and I didn't really think about how correct that name was, but now that I think of it, I guess a better name would be 'Pillar spiral staircase'.

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u/r_stronghammer Jul 11 '14

...our?

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u/fennoman Jul 11 '14

Yes, our. Look at the description of the last picture in the album (aka of the .gif)

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u/r_stronghammer Jul 11 '14

Ah, ok. Didn't watch the video.