I assume Collin found a SkyWars chest loot setup which included the cactus, and nothing was changed so to this day we have cactus for no reason! Seeing as this isn't that much of a discussion - what is your opinion on the current chests and what could be changed to make them better? Something like giving pork instead of soup would be cool so it would stack, but seeing as I (and probably many others) don't use food, it's not really a problem. 12 String per chest at a 100% rate seems a little unnecessary too, haha
Perhaps to protect yourself. Place cactus on a piece of sand, let it grow and crowd it around your island.
Sure, but 12 is a little over the top Maybe I could use it to make a bed and wait it out for rest of the match!
i think im gonna make cactus' grow in a wall around my island and make a bed and just lie there with no worries (because somebody is gonna cut through the cactus and kill me)
It the original single player Skyblock, making cactus green dye was one of the challenges. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/600254-surv-skyblock/ (look under the spoiler "Challenges and Rules")
I once won the game by tempting everyone to go to the middle for a PvP battle but the didn't realize that I put TNT's underneath the snow so I blew up one then just enderpearled somewhere else as they died!