Minecraft [see post #1 for MP server info]

[Oberon]

AE systems are pretty pointless without a reliable power system to power them...

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I'm moving the rotarycraft stuff out to a factory not far from Betonovs new mine, so that should calm things down a bit.

Meanwhile, some pictures:


A zombie wants to ride Zirrans zeppelin


The first steam train arrives at the main spawn station


Then I 'park' it in the shed...


The zombie queue to converse with our resident testificate


I encounter a slight problem during mine construction...


My selection of rolling stock

Taking the train to Zirrans base


Zirrans Axis locomotive (Japanese loco, German tender)


Task Force decides to use an even bigger jetpack than normal


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That looks so much like the Lego trainset that I never had.

[Task Force]

Arc might want to retry restarting the server, as there is a chunk missing around my house. Completely missing, gone vanished. Dont know if it had to do with the power going off the other day or what. I'm having a lot of issues around my area. They started after the server went down because the power went off.

[Oberon]

Minecraft has been sold to Microsoft for $2.5bn.

Here is Notch's goodbye letter which has crashed Mojang:

I'm leaving Mojang

I don’t see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it’s fun, and because I love games and I love to program, but I don’t make games with the intention of them becoming huge hits, and I don’t try to change the world. Minecraft certainly became a huge hit, and people are telling me it’s changed games. I never meant for it to do either. It’s certainly flattering, and to gradually get thrust into some kind of public spotlight is interesting.

A relatively long time ago, I decided to step down from Minecraft development. Jens was the perfect person to take over leading it, and I wanted to try to do new things. At first, I failed by trying to make something big again, but since I decided to just stick to small prototypes and interesting challenges, I’ve had so much fun with work. I wasn’t exactly sure how I fit into Mojang where people did actual work, but since people said I was important for the culture, I stayed.

I was at home with a bad cold a couple of weeks ago when the internet exploded with hate against me over some kind of EULA situation that I had nothing to do with. I was confused. I didn’t understand. I tweeted this in frustration. Later on, I watched the This is Phil Fish video on YouTube and started to realize I didn’t have the connection to my fans I thought I had. I’ve become a symbol. I don’t want to be a symbol, responsible for something huge that I don’t understand, that I don’t want to work on, that keeps coming back to me. I’m not an entrepreneur. I’m not a CEO. I’m a nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter.

As soon as this deal is finalized, I will leave Mojang and go back to doing Ludum Dares and small web experiments. If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately.

Considering the public image of me already is a bit skewed, I don’t expect to get away from negative comments by doing this, but at least now I won’t feel a responsibility to read them.

I’m aware this goes against a lot of what I’ve said in public. I have no good response to that. I’m also aware a lot of you were using me as a symbol of some perceived struggle. I’m not. I’m a person, and I’m right there struggling with you.

I love you. All of you. Thank you for turning Minecraft into what it has become, but there are too many of you, and I can’t be responsible for something this big. In one sense, it belongs to Microsoft now. In a much bigger sense, it’s belonged to all of you for a long time, and that will never change.

It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity.

[Jimbuna]

A clever move on Microsofts part when you consider the average age of minecraft players (12-14 years)...catch em whilst their young.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A clever move on Microsofts part when you consider the average age of minecraft players (12-14 years)...catch em whilst their young.

Next generation of engineers and architects if I may be so bold


MS buying MC

+ Mojang now backed up by an army of experienced programers and designers
+ Mojang now backed up by a company that handles billions of mullah

- MS works to please shareholders, not customers


Best case scenario: new content more frequent than before

Worst case scenario: payable DLC galore

Deal breaker: monthly subscription fees

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A clever move on Microsofts part when you consider the average age of minecraft players (12-14 years)...catch em whilst their young.

they're

[Flamebatter90]

Microsoft needs to profit somehow from this, let's hope it's not the player who suffers.

[Pisces]

(Starts hamstering all jar files like a frenzy)

[Oberon]

One of my bigger, more immediate worries is how many modders are going to ragequit over this, one of Forges chiefs has gone, rumour has it that Tinkers construct and Natura is gone, the community is going to change a lot...which in a way it has needed to for a while, the MC community from what I've seen of it is pretty toxic, but given the average age of its playerbase it's not surprising.

We'll see...

[Kapitän Schneider]

Notch "It's not about the money"

Grabs a 2.5 Billion $ cheque with both hands and runs away.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kapitän Schneider

Notch "It's not about the money"

Grabs a 2.5 Billion $ cheque with both hands and runs away.

LOL

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Flamebatter90

Microsoft needs to profit somehow from this....

They will. The Minecraft brand name and merchandise raises greater income than the game does.

In all honesty, I can't see M$ altering the current Minecraft all that much. I can see them hugely monetising a Minecraft 2, initially on Xbox, perhaps porting to other platforms eventually but it will be time exclusive, they need a boost to XB1.

On that subject, what becomes of 4J Studios who were contracted by Mojang to develop all console editions?

Originally Posted by Pisces

(Starts hamstering all jar files like a frenzy)

Yeah, crossed my mine too. Still can't play the game without the launcher though, which will update regardless.

Pretty sure we all bought in when Minecraft was DRM free.

[Flamebatter90]

To lighten the mood, I though this was pretty cool:

[Betonov]

Oberon's mine has a serious lag issue, so I'll be making a new mine at my new base with itemducts going directly to Oberons factory so the orez can be directly mined up.

This needs a graphic



Mining area and train tunnel are not connected by rail, all material is shipped out with itemducts