Minecraft Appreciation Thread

[Robo]

I'm afraid if he were to shut it down, The Business might kill himself. 

[Raban]

I don't think he's going to, but I most surely would. I love Minecraft, but really these people DDoSing Minecraft have some serious mental issues. The update is coming out in little more than a FUCKING WEEK. What the FUCK.

[Great Rumbler]

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

Yeah, I would to. Dude's already set for life with the several million bucks he's already made, he could kick back and smirk while all his "fans" bawl that their precious game is dead.

[Robo]

He actually just got his company officially up and running this morning.

http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/28026704258

[AdmiralViscen]

I guess they timed this so that when he puts up his regularly scheduled update, they can take credit for it?

[GilloD]

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.

Thats how I felt and then I started playing it and you get all these ideas and it's just a slippery slope

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I have the same problem with this game that I have with level editors in games. I have all this creative vision, but when I try to execute it it looks like a pile of shit, I get disheartened, and I lose interest.

[Joe Molotov]

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

You can't understand aspergers, it just is what it is.

[Mr. Gundam]

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

You can't understand aspergers, it just is what it is.

I'm glad I'm not the only who perceives this as nothing more than an Asperger Lego fanatic sim.

[Mr. Gundam]

I never claimed to be any better, I just call it like I see it.

[AdmiralViscen]

I don't want to play a game that requires a mouse and keyboard

[huckleberry]

Minecraft is something akin to crack for my two kids (who do not have aspbergers).  They have pretty much forsaken all other games....and I have a 12 year old who loves (or used to) Halo.

[OptimoPeach]

I have the same problem with this game that I have with level editors in games. I have all this creative vision, but when I try to execute it it looks like a pile of shit, I get disheartened, and I lose interest.

+1

So many days of my youth wasted in Rollercoaster Tycoon and the SC:BW map editor

[Robo]

I built a house with an enormous pier right on the beach and it took me like 5 hours, but I think it looks like shit because it's all wooden boards and is monotonous and bland.  And then I saw some pictures on GAF of a dude that did the same thing, except for a whole fucking castle, using wood blocks instead of boards, and it looks awesome.





I can't even imagine how much time it took to get that many wood blocks.  It took me like four day cycles just to get enough boards for my measly pier.

So yeah, I get the thing about it being disheartening.

[Robo]

First look at the new Hell dimension, new enemy, and a few new blocks:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/22/minecraft-halloween-update-preview-meet-the-ghasts/

[GilloD]

I made the first thing I really liked today. It's an underwater bridge ON LAND. I'll post screens!

[GilloD]

The first two things I built that I'm really psyched about:


Yeah, the bridge is kinda ugly, but it's neat when you walk through it. You're basically underwater.  In the background is a proof of concept thing, it's a floating tower of water. I wanna build one way, way, way up high (That one is like 48 blocks or so?) and have it feed into my work-in-progress garden.


Jesus. Listen to me.

[Raban]

That looks awesome, good job Gillo.

[GilloD]

So, I kinda lost my mind and decided to build a fountain on top of a tree that I grew inside my house. The problem was tht I want the fountain to startf rom the maximum 54 blocks up or whatever. I kind of mis-calculated and built this infinite water fountain that ENCASED MY HOUSE IN WATER. The fountain part worked, but it als poured out all over the house.

I just spent like 2 hours molding the water. Kind of fucked it up. Oh well! Still neat.

This is the backyard patio area. It's encased in water!

This is the house. The roof got all fucked up because of all the water molds. That tree is HUGE. It just like showed up after sitting outside as a sapling for like 10 hours. It has like 4 trunks, it's really strange. You can see the endless fountain, haha.

[Robo]

That's very weird and awesome.

[pilonv1]

So what do you do when this is finished?

[GilloD]

So what do you do when this is finished?

DUnno. The inside of the house is way too cramped, I didn't build it high enough and it has 2 floors with a fucking tree growing through the middle. I guess I'll build a new house?

[Robo]

Art is never finished, only abandoned. 

[Raban]

So what do you do when this is finished?

DUnno. The inside of the house is way too cramped, I didn't build it high enough and it has 2 floors with a fucking tree growing through the middle. I guess I'll build a new house?

I have to tell you, Gillo, I love that avatar so goddamn much, even back when it was being used on GAF (not sure if it was by you or someone else). What the hell is the origin of it?

[GilloD]

So what do you do when this is finished?

DUnno. The inside of the house is way too cramped, I didn't build it high enough and it has 2 floors with a fucking tree growing through the middle. I guess I'll build a new house?

I have to tell you, Gillo, I love that avatar so goddamn much, even back when it was being used on GAF (not sure if it was by you or someone else). What the hell is the origin of it?

Haha, Yeah, that was my avatar back on GAF. As for the origin? I think I just saw it some goofy blog and stole it. It's still hotlinked there. I figure when it finally bites the dust I'll change it.

[GilloD]

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Just what I need. An actual reason to go stomping around the infinitely huge map.

[Robo]

The only thing sucky about it is that it doesn't affect your currently generated land in your current game(s).  You'll need to walk beyond what's been generated so far in order to see the biomes... or start over.

[Raban]

I start over every time I die in Minecraft.

[Robo]

http://twitter.com/notch/status/29202630379

And so do stairs now. They will never auto-turn ever again!

YAY

The couple hours I spent placing stairs before giving up were easily the most frustrating time I've had with Minecraft.

[archie4208]

The Halloween update is out, but I can't download it because the server is getting flooded.

[tiesto]

Looks like the mau5 has gotten bitten by the Minecraft bug:

[Robo]

Beta begins December 20th. 

With Beta comes a larger focus on polish and content, and we’ll start early on with adding proper modding support with a stable API, and we’d love all input we can get on this from the modders out there. We’ll also add some kind of non-intrusive narrative to the game to help drive the game experience early on, and to provide some kind of late game goal. There will be a bigger focus on testing and stability as well, with more time between updates.

When the game enters beta, the price will rise to 14.95 Euro.

We will also change the license to remove the line that promises all future versions of the game for free. Please note that this change only affects people who buy the game after December 20, so if you got the game for during alpha, you will still get all future updates for free, despite this change. A promise is a promise.
Buying the game during beta will include all updates up until release, of course, and bug patches will be free.

Soon, you will be able to buy gift codes for Minecraft, perfectly timed for the holidays! Even better, if you buy those before December 20, accounts created from these codes will count as alpha accounts, and will receive all future updates for free.

And the next game update (with server-side inventory) is coming next week, before Beta

The thing to note is the price increase and the implication that future updates will likely involve microtransactions.  If you have any interest in this game at all, buy it before the 20th.

[iconoclast]

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[Raban]

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So, Patel finally caved in and started playing Minecraft. Welcome to hell, buddy.

[pilonv1]

I have no interest in this "game" but I feel like I should buy a version now just in case

[Joe Molotov]

I have no interest in this "game" but I feel like I should buy a version now just in case

That's pretty much why I bought it. Right now it's more fun to watch aspergers sufferers make stuff with it than it is to actually play it yourself, but maybe one day it'll be really awesome.

[pilonv1]

That's the risk I'm thinking of, but what it only ever appeals to them and never gets any better? I'm out like $15.

[Raban]

That's the risk I'm thinking of, but what it only ever appeals to them and never gets any better? I'm out like $15.

I'm pretty sure Notch has spoken about adding a full-fledged single player story mode to Minecraft, but atm it's just an engine sandbox.

[Robo]

http://minecraft.net/buy_gift_codes.jsp

Nothing says, "I love you" like provoking someone to aimlessly tunnel under the earth for hours on end.

Or, if you're like pilonv, you can buy a gift account (which at the moment are considered Alpha accounts), hold on to it to see if the game ever ends up being something you're interested in, and if it doesn't, you can thoughtfully give it to someone as a present next year!  Win/win.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I'm so addicted now. Just got to the Nether. Feel like such a dork.

[Great Rumbler]

With the alpha coming to an end, I feel the desire to buy this game more than ever. 

[Great Rumbler]

And now I own it.

[pilonv1]

I'm going to flip a coin 10mins before midnight on the 20th, this will decide my purchase

[GilloD]

I'm so addicted now. Just got to the Nether. Feel like such a dork.

Dude, let's play together this weekend or something

[Great Rumbler]

I built a house and then dug a moat around it with lave on the front and water around the side and back. 'bout to wreck some fools now that I got me some tools! 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Oh god, I can play the alpha version in browser. I'm going to be playing this all day now.  :'(

[archie4208]

I don't care much for its current incarnation, but I went ahead and bought it with the hope it becomes a real game one day. 

[GilloD]

Oh god, I can play the alpha version in browser. I'm going to be playing this all day now.  :'(

I can run Minecraft on my work comp. /Friday

[Great Rumbler]

I've been spending my time building this awesome house. There's the moat [which I already mentioned], but I also built numerous tunnels and bridges so that I can access various areas at night without having to engage any monster. One of the tunnels connects my house to a mine I've been digging out, even found a room with a zombie spawn point and some chests, which I looted. The most recent project I finished was a bridge that connect the third story of my house to a nearby hill.

[Beardo]

This game is amazing.

I keep falling to my death  and not able to find all my stuff. 

And yet, I keep starting new worlds to explore.

The possibilities for this game are limitless. Imagine downloading homemade Zelda games. Or Remember the old adventures games of the early 80s and 90s? Imagine downloading homemade versions of those.

[Robo]

I lost all of my diamond gear when the last update came out because they had fucking mobs respawning in lit caverns for a little while.  A creeper snuck up behind me as I was mining and exploded without warning, dropping me down into some underground lava lake.  Apparently there was a glitch where you didn't drop items when you got killed, but it didn't matter anyway because all my stuff would've burned up. 

They've since fixed both of these things.  The respawn thing was intentional, but didn't work primarily because the sound is broken --not only do the mobs not always make sound, but when they do, the sound isn't directional, and it might even be coming from behind a wall somewhere.  This is especially irritating when the most silent mob EXPLODES and smashes the landscape.  It wasn't fun.  And I expect it'll come back at some point, unfortunately.

[Beardo]

Is there anyway to change your spawn point?

[Great Rumbler]

I hate those exploding guys.

[Great Rumbler]

After putting some time into Minecraft, I've determined that there's two things I'd like to see added during the beta phase:

1. Towns with NPCs
2. Stats

[Beardo]

After putting some time into Minecraft, I've determined that there's two things I'd like to see added during the beta phase:

1. Towns with NPCs
2. Stats

Notch has said the intends to add both of these in the future.

I want to see 4X4 workbenches and recipes and 5X5 ones as well. The potential for crafting is almost limitless.


Anyone know what the Beta on Monday will bring? I've been able to find any info on it.

[Raban]

I want mounts.

This.

[Great Rumbler]

Forgot one more thing:

-Teleporters

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Super weird. I found an underwater monster spawner. This is also the third one I've found in a very close proximity to my respawn point.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Holy shit. It was nestled into a tiny air pocket. I got sucked in and mauled by like 7 zombies. Recovering my diamond shit's going to be fun.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Hooooly shit. My diamond shit is just not there. I don't know why. Ugggggh. Fuck you, Minecraft.