Talk:Block of Iron

Blocks:why?
seriously, I don't get it. why use blocks? why not chests? you can fit 1728 blocks of iron in one chest alone, yet people just build them outside of chests? I can see how they're useful as an entity, but not being used. then it;s worse O.o

can anyone shed some light on this for me?--Kizzycocoa 22:01, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Used to show bling, like Gold? Well, i do anyway.Toadbert


 * Yep, bling factor. Inacio
 * but, people STORE them PHYSICALLY. like, proper stores. rooms filled with iron blocks for storage. it's insane to me O.o--Kizzycocoa 22:11, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * probably for decorative store rooms.Toadbert
 * well turning iron into blocks will effectively fit 15,552 iron ([stack]64 x 27[chest] x 9 [iron per block]) then times that by two for a double chest size of storage (31,104). if that isn't impressive, it's definitely compacting and effective. Soul4hdwn 01:55, 30 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Like Toadbert said, people usually do it to show wealth or to be decorative. If I had enough stored up I'd use the blocks because they're nice to look at (a texture pack I use makes them have patterns). A player could also use them because it reminds them of how much of a store they have. Frozenne 15:22, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Block of Iron
The names in Beta for the Iron, Gold and Diamond blocks are called "Block of X", X being the material. I would suggest an article move from "Iron (Block)" to "Block of Iron", "Gold (Block)" to "Block of Gold" and "Diamond (Block)" to "Block of Diamond" --Bippo Ernesti 03:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree with this suggestion. —KPReid 16:33, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Disagree. the brackets let you know there is a disambiguation. That is the format of the minecraft wiki. --HexZyle 04:46, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

The naming format used on this wiki makes it easy to show that there are disambiguations. Therefore, we will keep the brackets.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  10:03, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Properties?
Ok, I know iron has a few properties. A new theory that appears to be pretty legit is that iron actually attracts lightning is coming up, and one guy even made a few pictutes of a working, vanilla lightning rod. TheroeticallyScrewed 03:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC) TheoreticallyScrewed
 * Pictures? They could EASILY have been faked and/or a coincidence. We need a video of him using the "Force Update" button to know it's vanilla, and then see lightning hitting the block. Cool12309(T 06:52, 22 August 2011 (UTC)