MINECRAFT IS NOW BETA!

[Wombat]

iirc i showed wombat this and then he bought it :D
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4425 ... ft9111.png

MUST
NOT
BUY
AGAIN

ARGGHGHGHGHGHHHHH

[knorke]

C) these "pay for alpha get whole thing later" games seem like a scam to me, developer has no obligation to finish the product. Looking at other games with this model like f.e. Cortex Command it's clear that this fact is here.

If you are happy with the current state of the game you can consider each patch as a free bonus.
Spring is free but imagine how it would suck having to wait for 1.0 to be able to play it? I think it is a good concept for small game making teams, ie http://www.lfs.net uses it too.
Do not play minecraft but it seems for just 10Ôé¼ you get a fairly complete game...

also clonk was cool...
*checks website after years*
oh, openclonk wat?

[KDR_11k]

I treat Minecraft a bit like Zelda, go out, explore dungeons and kill nasty monsters. Use your skill to melee creepers to death.

[Gota]

Whats a good server?

[Neddie]

I just play on two private ones.

[SwiftSpear]

Whats a good server?

I'd recommend team liquid. It's down a the moment but it's got some really cool stuff to explore when it's up. Really really strict against griefing and NSFW humor though.

[Gota]

cool stuff...anything e4lse i need to do except register in the website?also what other servers are there till that one relaunches?

[SwiftSpear]

Ya, Join the team liquid forums, PM serejai for whitelist access, find the thread and read the rules, but also the IP of the server is in the first post. The server is going through a refresh for beta right now and is slated to be up again for July 1st, so if you PM for whitelist now, you should be ok to access the server on the day it goes live again.

[Caydr]

After some more research I've decided I'm not going to buy this game even though it looks fun. Mainly for these reasons:

A) it's made in java
B) community it attracts is mostly on the level of a facebook/myspace hybrid
C) these "pay for alpha get whole thing later" games seem like a scam to me, developer has no obligation to finish the product. Looking at other games with this model like f.e. Cortex Command it's clear that this fact is here.

Java means you can play it in your browser the same as on your desktop, which is pretty awesome TBH.

The community it attracts actually ranges from psychotic to very casual (my 11 year old niece), and it's a fun game to play even single-player. In fact, I've barely touched the multiplayer since it's barely functional.

He's up to about 1 million sales now, and his continued livelihood depends on the game continuing to sell. On the other hand, Cortex Command I've never heard of and therefore doesn't exist.

All that said, buying Minecraft right now isn't really something I'd recommend anyway. Multiplayer is broken and I imagine it will be the most enjoyable aspect. A $5 difference in price is hardly an incentive to ruin your impression of what will probably be a much more ossum game a year from now.

[Caydr]

Made a video for people curious about Minecraft, and to show Regret some of the things that might make it worth buying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fThuq2Pz14

[smoth]

you can crouch and not fall off a ledge
you can hit the balls back at the ghasts..

just so you know.

[Caydr]

Directed at me? I already crouch to avoid my deathpits as you can see in the video. And there was no way for me to return home (no flint & steel), I suicided on purpose.

[smoth]

I know but it is important that people know they can do that.

[Caydr]

... Also you can push the left mouse button to destroy stuff.

[smoth]

holy shit, you have to be kidding me! I have been using creepers to mine this whole time!

[Caydr]

Srsly, if you watched my video you'd find out I've been doing that too. I only learned the "click trick" (my name for it) earlier this morning.

[smoth]

yeah I saw, that is why I am so shocked about this LEFT CLICK thing!

[Neddie]

Insert Macbook joke here.

[Regret]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fThuq2Pz14

"...doesn't have physics... It's sort of like garry's mod..."

Best part.

[TradeMark]

Made a video for people curious about Minecraft, and to show Regret some of the things that might make it worth buying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fThuq2Pz14

I still dont get it

good try though.