1. Mine Craft Multiplayer (SMP)

2. Technology The everyday Minecraftian will have basic tools like axes and shovels made from rock and iron Furnaces serve many roles from smelting to cooking food A compass, map, and Watch are vital for the explorers that go deep into mines to find the more expensive materials

3. Technology Cont. Redstone circuits act similarly to electricity and can be mixed with a variety of buttons switches doors and pistons to enhance shelters Redstone experience is one of the most valued skills in a Minecraft PvP server because it can mean the difference between thriving and coming home to nothing after a long day in the forest

4. Symbols Nothing makes a minecraftian more fumed than a Creeper. Creepers are a creature that makes a point of destroying everything they care about. Even mentioning a creeper will make a minecraftian red faced.

5. Symbols Yogcast and other Minecraft celebrities have an exalted status in the community Diamonds are rare and finding them is a sign of prosperity for the community that found them.

6. Language Minecraft tends to be English but with the cyber influence that is seen across all video games.

7. Values Greifing is generally considered a bad practice in the minecraft community. Looting is a bragging right to most minecraftians. Everyone hides their chests of valuables so when one is found, the spoils are cause for celibration

8. Folkways Using coal as efficiently as possible Closing doors behind them Not breaking red stone circuits

9. Mores Client hacking is frowned upon more then anything X-ray mod Fly-mod Long range mod

10. Clothes Skins are varied from person to person and used to distinguish from one another. But often times there are skins that make fun of Creepers because of how hated they are in the game.

11. Cooking Fish, Pork, and Bread are easily obtainable and thus more common and cheap. If a person is well established chances are they have acquired some cake and mushroom stew, but saves them for special occasions

12. Cooking Cont. Rare foods like cookies and apples give a person a higher status and respect among their companions, but also makes them a higher priority target for looting.

13. Laws The only written law of servers like these is no client hacking or modding to prevent from anyone having an unfair advantage over the rest.