I think the people who despise minecraft just dont have the patience and creative spark, or they just dont think anything with old school graphics like minecraft is lame. Its a bad attitude to have for them.

Creating stuff is fun. You just have to picture it in your head or be inspired by something. Sometimes with minecraft i dont even know what im doing im just building away. But then something hits me like "this reminds me of a rebel base in star wars" and suddenly the creation takes on a life and shape and now im designing and building a starwars imperial base or something.

To keep with my factoid theme. Himeji castle has a dedicated japanese garden and three moats in concentric circles surrounding and throughout the castle complex.

The main keep stand 150 feet tall. And combined with the hill its perched on the view from the top is 300 feet above the surrounding cities rooftops. The view from up there is panoramic and you can see the entire city.