I saw a YouTube video of someone playing Minecraft Manhunt with his friends. The player collected a bucket of powdered snow. What is powdered snow in Minecraft, and why would someone playing Minecraft Manhunt want to collect it?
In Minecraft, powder snow is a block found in snowy slopes and grove biomes. Players and most mobs fall through it and will eventually take freezing damage from being submerged in powder snow for too long. However, players wearing leather armor are resistant to freezing damage. With leather boots, a player can stand on and climb through powder snow. Powder snow can only be collected using buckets.

Someone playing as the player being hunted in Minecraft Manhunt might choose to collect powder snow for several reasons:
* Powder snow makes an excellent MLG fall recovery block that can be placed immediately before landing on it. It can be scooped up instantly like water using the same bucket but without creating unwanted flowing water blocks around the placement. 
* A player wearing leather boots can use two powder snow blocks and two buckets as a portable, moveable platform. The player can, while sneaking, repeatedly collect a powder snow block with a bucket and place the powder snow adjacent to the previous block, alternating between the two blocks of powder snow and moving along with the platform.
* Powder snow can help extinguish a player that is on fire.
* Like cobwebs, powder snow slows down mobs that move through it. Powder snow can be placed strategically to block the hunters.

Overall, powder snow is a versatile block that could provide a player being hunted with several strategies he or she could use against the hunters in a Minecraft Manhunt game.
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