Author Topic: Minecraft Appreciation Thread (Read 26305 times)

Howard Alan Treesong · « **on:** October 01, 2010, 04:49:04 PM »

Just kidding, Minecraft is boring.

However, it has given some bored nerds an excuse to re-create everything that's ever appeared on the Internet in a pixelated microcosm of self-referential wankery. So there's that.

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Robo · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2010, 03:47:52 PM »

I just bought this this morning.

I dug out an enormous hole in the side of a mountain and then I stacked some rocks on top of one another.

I don't get it.

maxy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2010, 03:54:28 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2010, 03:56:25 PM »

What's an ALU?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:05:00 PM »

I read this as microsoft appreciation thread

I thought "the entire forum is a microsoft appreciation thread"

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:06:09 PM »

close to buying.

Robo · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:09:11 PM »

I went out to a bar last night and spoke to a couple people who each independently mentioned Minecraft to me, and proceeded to rave and rave about how awesome and addicting it is.

So I bought it. I do admit that it's sort of addicting, in the "maybe if I keep playing, something will happen soon" sort of way.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #7 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:11:27 PM »

its not the kind of game where something might happen.
you're the one that makes stuff happen.

cool breeze · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2010, 04:20:40 PM »

My experience with Minecraft is basically:
-ok, what is this? I'll run around and look for something
-ok, something killed me wtf (ask what happened on gaf)
-ok, I need shelter, equipment, resources, and all that
-ok, some enemy just blew up my house (ask what happened on gaf)
-ok, doors are important. I'll build a new house in a good location.

then it gets fuzzy and I could swear my clock was playing tricks on me while I focused on building my house. After my house was alright enough, I started to dig underground and get more resources to build better things.

Most people seem to get into servers with other people and build things with others like in Garry's Mod. I haven't tried that much, but I can understand the appeal since I was addicted to Garry's Mod years ago.

Robo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 02, 2010, 05:04:07 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on October 02, 2010, 04:11:27 PM

its not the kind of game where something might happen.
you're the one that makes stuff happen.

Like?

Vizzys · « **Reply #10 on:** October 02, 2010, 06:24:11 PM »

mine and craft

demi · « **Reply #11 on:** October 02, 2010, 06:26:26 PM »

I had to buy this for someone because they dont have a paypal account... but they gave me a 1600pt card in return. So it was about $5 profit.

I still feel dirty about it.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12 on:** October 02, 2010, 09:51:35 PM »

Quote from: Viz on October 02, 2010, 06:24:11 PM

mine and craft

bingo

if its not your thing, its not your thing. some people like making stuff.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13 on:** October 02, 2010, 10:59:17 PM »

Quote from: demi on October 02, 2010, 06:26:26 PM

I had to buy this for someone because they dont have a paypal account... but they gave me a 1600pt card in return. So it was about $5 profit.

I still feel dirty about it.

And thanks to demi, PC gaming was saved forever.

Now get a Steam account and your journey will be complete.

naff · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2010, 01:10:08 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on October 02, 2010, 03:56:25 PM

What's an ALU?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_logic_unit

Robo · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2010, 05:01:49 AM »

I played this fucking game so much today that when I turn out the lights, I see nothing but cubes. I'm afraid of the sort of dreams I'm about to have. $:-\$

pilonv1 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2010, 08:13:16 AM »

I'd rather play Dwarf Fortress

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #17 on:** October 03, 2010, 08:59:10 AM »

omfg @ the fire video

chronovore · « **Reply #18 on:** October 03, 2010, 10:47:49 AM »

Do objects like that just disappear permanently on screwups like that?

tiesto · « **Reply #19 on:** October 03, 2010, 11:57:52 AM »

This looks like Autism: The Game.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #20 on:** October 03, 2010, 01:50:27 PM »

yeah, those videos scream INDULGE MY ASD

Raban · « **Reply #21 on:** October 03, 2010, 02:02:03 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on October 03, 2010, 10:47:49 AM

Do objects like that just disappear permanently on screwups like that?

What, the fire? Yes, fire completely consumes wood, and all the floating glass disappears by the next day.

Tieno · « **Reply #22 on:** October 03, 2010, 02:03:41 PM »

so this is a building game? Or what is it?

Tieno · « **Reply #23 on:** October 03, 2010, 02:32:58 PM »

Oh crap, i LOVE legos. Im a sucker for building blocks.

demi, go gift me this game on steam

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** October 03, 2010, 03:08:10 PM »

Quote from: Tieno on October 03, 2010, 02:32:58 PM

Oh crap, i LOVE legos. Im a sucker for building blocks.

demi, go gift me this game on steam

paypal me $15 and I'll buy it for you

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #25 on:** October 03, 2010, 03:18:32 PM »

rain man 2: hot water burn baby: the game

archie4208 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 03, 2010, 03:49:21 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on October 03, 2010, 02:34:28 PM

Quote from: Tieno on October 03, 2010, 02:32:58 PM
Oh crap, i LOVE legos. Im a sucker for building blocks.

demi, go gift me this game on steam

You can play it for free, I guess. Don't know what the benefit of not paying for it is, yet.

You can save your game, play the 'game' mode (where you have to gather resources and fend off zombies) and play multiplayer.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #27 on:** October 03, 2010, 06:48:01 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on October 03, 2010, 06:29:24 PM

Quote from: archie4208 on October 03, 2010, 03:49:21 PM
Quote from: Green Man on October 03, 2010, 02:34:28 PM
Quote from: Tieno on October 03, 2010, 02:32:58 PM
Oh crap, i LOVE legos. Im a sucker for building blocks.

demi, go gift me this game on steam

You can play it for free, I guess. Don't know what the benefit of not paying for it is, yet.

You can save your game, play the 'game' mode (where you have to gather resources and fend off zombies) and play multiplayer.

I can save my game as a non-premium member.

Unless something changed since the last time I played a few days ago, no you can't.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #28 on:** October 03, 2010, 06:59:10 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #29 on:** October 03, 2010, 07:05:31 PM »

FatalT · « **Reply #30 on:** October 03, 2010, 07:39:11 PM »

I bought it a while back but never really got into it.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #31 on:** October 03, 2010, 07:45:57 PM »

this looks like a game you give to people to tell if they're autistic. like seriously.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #32 on:** October 03, 2010, 07:59:28 PM »

so have you been enjoying it so far

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #33 on:** October 03, 2010, 08:25:05 PM »

If they expanded on the Survival mode I'd be interested in this. Right now it just feels like tedious busy work.

Robo · « **Reply #34 on:** October 03, 2010, 10:57:02 PM »

If you're playing Alpha, it only feels like busy work at first when you're very slim on supplies. After you get some decent equipment, a fair amount of iron ingots and a "base" put together, you're more free to build shit or go exploring for underground dungeons, and you probably won't ever have to scrounge around for basic resources again.

Admittedly, I'd have given up on it by now, but the game can be pretty fucking creepy at times. Being deep underground in tiny labyrinthian corridors, trying to locate a dungeon based on the sound of zombies moaning through the walls, in addition to the eerie music -- it's kinda freaky.

chronovore · « **Reply #35 on:** October 04, 2010, 07:50:45 AM »

The retro look probably helps with that. I find sometimes that less detail lets my mind fill in more gaps, improving my overall feeling.

Robo · « **Reply #36 on:** October 04, 2010, 10:47:34 AM »

The scale is impressive too. While the game is stupidly simplistic, the scale is pretty fucking immense; narrow tunnels can stretch as far as you can make them (since the world is infinite), and you can happen upon underground caverns as inversely big as mountains, complete with lava waterfalls dozens of stories high. I think that adds to the immersion as well.

I've been trying to work out how I can build a glass tunnel through the ocean to another island I found and run a minecart track through it to connect the two. I think that would be pretty awesome.

Third · « **Reply #37 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:31:52 AM »

Game looks boring and ugly. I thought PC gamers cared about graphics?

ManaByte · « **Reply #38 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:50:22 AM »

Guy building a 1:1 scale model of the Enterprise D:
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Raban · « **Reply #39 on:** October 04, 2010, 12:01:44 PM »

That video is in the OP.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #40 on:** October 09, 2010, 09:34:47 PM »

all my friends and i bought it yesterday. today i woke up at 10 and we've all been playing ever since.

Robo · « **Reply #41 on:** October 10, 2010, 03:57:52 AM »

It's stupidly addicting. I actually haven't played it in awhile because I'm afraid to double click the icon. I know if I do, I'm gonna be up all night long doing... nothing.

Changes for the Halloween update:

Excited about the watch feature, not excited about the torch update. If lanterns cost iron to make, that's gonna really suck butt.

Supposedly all currently placed torches and all of those in your inventory will become lanterns when the update is implemented, so be sure to load up before the 31st.

magus · « **Reply #42 on:** October 10, 2010, 06:00:33 AM »

you know i still don't understand what's the point of this game,i tried the free alpha or something like that and i was on an empty island and could move block around... then i tried to join a game and it was basicaly the same only there were multiple guys

is this like animal crossing were everyone is amazed by the fact that they can stand on their ass doing nothing?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #43 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:50:40 PM »

Quote from: magus on October 10, 2010, 06:00:33 AM

is this like animal crossing were everyone is amazed by the fact that they can stand on their ass doing nothing?

I dont know if that's an apt comparison, there's nothing to collect for the aspergers crowd. I see it more like Mario Paint for people who pretend to be grown up.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #44 on:** October 11, 2010, 09:15:27 AM »

Just I was starting to get into this tonight I accidentally flooded a dungeon with lava and lost a whoooole load of good ore with a single click. Bleh.

Robo · « **Reply #45 on:** October 11, 2010, 09:56:56 AM »

Can't you just block up the source hole? Not sure if the spilled lava will dry up, though.

If not, you might be able to "replace" it with blocks, then break them and see if it goes away.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #46 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:35:26 PM »

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Raban · « **Reply #47 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:48:24 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on October 11, 2010, 02:35:26 PM

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For someone who ridicules this game, you certainly seem to have an interest in the videos!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #48 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:57:26 PM »

"competitive analysis"

Raban · « **Reply #49 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:58:21 PM »

Cute

Raban · « **Reply #50 on:** October 15, 2010, 05:01:00 PM »

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #51 on:** October 15, 2010, 05:42:25 PM »

Quote from: The Business on October 15, 2010, 04:54:42 PM

This is probably one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. I haven't stopped playing since I made that last post. Help me

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome#Management

Robo · « **Reply #52 on:** October 20, 2010, 02:58:35 AM »

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Better than BioShock 2.

9:25 is

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #53 on:** October 20, 2010, 03:42:52 AM »

I can't even begin to imagine how many hours that took to make. Christ.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #54 on:** October 20, 2010, 08:27:27 AM »

yesterday a few friends and i wanted to start building a small civilization

an hour later we had a small water fountain

Robo · « **Reply #55 on:** October 21, 2010, 02:06:48 PM »

As if Patel needed more ammo:

http://kotaku.com/5669766/minecraft-under-siege-by-angry-addicts-demanding-more-updates?skyline=true&s=i

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Addictive indie computer game Minecraft was knocked off it's little block wheels yesterday apparently by a group of self-identifying disenfranchised Minecraft players demanding more updates from the game's creator.

Developer Notch writes that the game's servers are getting hammered by a distributed denial of service, or DDOS, attack.

"A real world example would be running up to the cashier at a super market and paying in small coins, counting every single one really slowly, then finding out at the end you didn't have enough in the first place," Notch wrote on his Tumblr today. "The "Distributed" means it's done from a lot of places at the same time, so it's much harder to simply deny access to the clients that do that. Usually this is done via computers infected with trojans, so people participate in this without even knowing they're doing it.

"As to why minecraft.net is being targeted, I'm not sure."

A post on 4chan claiming responsibility for the attack says that the group launched the DDOS because they want more updates from Notch. They also point out they are not active 4chan members or people from rival games.

Here's the full statement. Do keep in mind we have no way of knowing whether these really are the people behind the ongoing attack.

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Minecraft is currently experiencing a stimulation provided by us.

It's purpose is to send Notch a clear message of how the future of minecraft will turn out unless he gets to work, namely by influencing the amount of sales taking place, due to the attacks.

Start providing your customers with the updates that you promise them.

We have roughly 83,000 bots available, and preserved for this seizure, we could if we wanted to keep this going for weeks, however we have decided to give it a week, and see whether or not your attitude, and commitment will change, we believe it will when money stops rolling in for the time being...

anyhow, no we're not from roblox, or any other minecraft clone, not to mention none of us have been around 4chan for years, and nor has any real 4channers for that matter, its all newfags now, and has been for quite a few years."

Is the official quote. I don't know the origin of the quote, but it is happening.

I don't see the point. They announced a significant update for next week nearly three weeks ago. Your update is coming, you impatient, childish fuckwits.

Raban · « **Reply #56 on:** October 21, 2010, 02:35:13 PM »

Fucking fans ruin everything, jesus christ.

Robo · « **Reply #57 on:** October 21, 2010, 03:04:24 PM »

I can't even wrap my head around the rationale at work here.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #58 on:** October 21, 2010, 03:23:11 PM »

This is the only game I can think of that I have no interest in playing, but I love seeing what people can do with it.

Raban · « **Reply #59 on:** October 21, 2010, 03:36:32 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on October 21, 2010, 03:17:23 PM

If I was him, I'd just shut it down.

Yep.

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Author Topic: Minecraft Appreciation Thread (Read 26305 times)