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8bit · 22nd Nov 2010, 11:52 PM

http://www.minecraft.net/

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Minecraft is a game about placing blocks while running from skeletons. Or something like that..
Here, watch this video of me testing rollercoasters in the game instead:

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The game is a lot like that, but also has enemies and cave exploring and mining and farming and flowing water and dynamic lighting and a huge (huge) randomly generated world map. AND it has music by C418!

Anyone play?

**Owen** · 23rd Nov 2010, 06:13 AM

I've been waiting for someone to make a thread about this game. I absolutely love it; the sheer amount of freedom of what you can do is amazing, and the fact that the whole thing was, until recently, coded by one guy in javascript is really damn impressive. I uploaded an album of various things I have made in my save file, including a volcano, a waterfall, and a tower that reaches to the top of my map:
http://emptyclosets.com/forum/album.php?albumid=2408

SuspiciousPuppy · 23rd Nov 2010, 07:02 AM

I want to play but idk how to get an account

jazzrawr · 23rd Nov 2010, 08:18 AM

Ahhhh I love Minecraft!

It's so much fun. I always end up building huge palaces to live in. XD

8bit · 23rd Nov 2010, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Gamer am I

I've been waiting for someone to make a thread about this game. I absolutely love it; the sheer amount of freedom of what you can do is amazing, and the fact that the whole thing was, until recently, coded by one guy in javascript is really damn impressive. I uploaded an album of various things I have made in my save file, including a volcano, a waterfall, and a tower that reaches to the top of my map:
http://emptyclosets.com/forum/album.php?albumid=2408

No no no, Minecraft is written in Java, a language the sprouted from C.
JavaScript on the other hand, is a Web language used to make websites and HTML interactive.
Unless you're saying someone ported Minecraft to JavaScript
:P
Also, i like your album
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Trystan · 23rd Nov 2010, 01:03 PM

8bit you are far too cool. You use ubuntu and you play minecraft and you have an awesome camera.

8bit · 23rd Nov 2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Trystan

8bit you are far too cool. You use ubuntu and you play minecraft and you have an awesome camera.

Haha, thanks

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Just call me Tim.

EveDanger · 24th Nov 2010, 01:47 PM

Minecraft rocks, but addicting as hell. You always want to finish pillaging one more mine before calling it quits, which always results in you stumbling across another cave filled up with gold and diamonds, and of course you can't just leave them there.

Brad · 26th Nov 2010, 03:34 AM

So many people i know play it and i don't quite get the appeal. However i don't really want to start as the last thing i need is something to keep me online even longer.

Striker J · 26th Nov 2010, 04:46 PM

I really want to play this game...just need some money haha XP

**Owen** · 26th Nov 2010, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

So many people i know play it and i don't quite get the appeal.

A friend of mine once said it's like Lego for adults. That's a good summary of its appeal.

**Filip** · 3rd Dec 2010, 04:45 AM

Aah, minecraft! The reason the batteries on my laptop are always empty after any train voyage

The addiction waxes and wanes, though it seems I'm always returning to it. And that was just the free version. The paying version, with netherworld gates and occasional updates sounds even more addicting though. And then to think it's still only the alpha version....

I go through bouts of big construction projects, alternated by big exploration hikes across the map. My main problem seems to be that I dislike turning my precious metals into something else. Leading to houses of solid gold, banged together with stone tools because I'm too cheap to use iron xD

**Owen** · 3rd Dec 2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Filip

...banged together with stone tools because I'm too cheap to use iron xD

I used to be that way. I would make all of my tools out of stone, and save my iron for swords and armor. But as I stockpiled iron, it kept building up, to the point where I had five full stacks of it. It was in the middle of the excavation for a major project of mine that I decided to switch to iron picks, and it meant many less trips to the crafting bench to make new picks. I stayed stubborn on shovels for some reason, until I accidentally made one out of iron. I decided to use it, then quickly decided I would switch to iron shovels immediately. Now I make everything out of iron, and I save my stone for whatever mega-project I am inspired to start next.

It's not just the faster rate of excavating that influenced me to switch to iron, but its longevity. While exploring caves with my stone tools, I would often break all of my tools (four picks and four shovels) before I was finished exploring, with space left in my inventory for more ore and such. Now, however, my exploration ends when I am out of inventory space, because the iron tools last so much longer. It's been quite nice to not need to replace eight tools after every trip.

mydogstewie · 3rd Dec 2010, 08:04 PM

This game is seriously my life. I play it all the time

Gaetan · 4th Dec 2010, 12:20 PM

I'm kinda like Filip--the addiction comes and goes. Right now, however, I am in the middle of a massive construction project--creating a large dark castle and keep in the still smoldering remains of a large burned forest.

Aftewards...I may venture into the great sea and see what I can build down there. :P

**Filip** · 5th Dec 2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaetan

Aftewards...I may venture into the great sea and see what I can build down there. :P

If I may suggest some inspiration (spoilered to preserve proper threadflow):

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Because the last time someone tried it, it totally wasn't overrun with zombie-like adversaries

Shevanel · 29th Apr 2011, 10:02 PM

+ YouTube Video

This is amazing. I hate the Lady Gaga song, but I actually like this a lot. It's fucking hilarious. Honestly, it shows what you do in the game a lot more than what the official trailer shows you. xD

But Yeah. That's Simon and Lewis of the Yogscast right there. BlueXephos is their youtube account. You should watch their Youtube videos right now because not only are they fucking amazing, but they're fucking hilarious. MINECRAFT <3

8bit · 3rd May 2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shevanel

Youtube Video

This is amazing. I hate the Lady Gaga song, but I actually like this a lot. It's fucking hilarious. Honestly, it shows what you do in the game a lot more than what the official trailer shows you. xD

But Yeah. That's Simon and Lewis of the Yogscast right there. BlueXephos is their youtube account. You should watch their Youtube videos right now because not only are they fucking amazing, but they're fucking hilarious. MINECRAFT <3

omg thats amazing, probably gonna be stuck in my head now.

MisterMason · 22nd May 2011, 04:53 AM

I love this game. <3

Ratchet · 22nd May 2011, 08:45 AM

Not played it yet, i have it installed tho,

most of my friend play it, or have doen at some point it does look fun (love the look of the portal mod) but way to addictive (i fell out with one of my friends after took a 100 mile trip to see him and he spent all day on his computer playing it

23rd Nov 2010, 06:13 AM	#2
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,873 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: Minecraft I've been waiting for someone to make a thread about this game. I absolutely love it; the sheer amount of freedom of what you can do is amazing, and the fact that the whole thing was, until recently, coded by one guy in javascript is really damn impressive. I uploaded an album of various things I have made in my save file, including a volcano, a waterfall, and a tower that reaches to the top of my map: http://emptyclosets.com/forum/album.php?albumid=2408 __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

23rd Nov 2010, 07:02 AM	#3
SuspiciousPuppy Got It Memorized? Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some Family, All friends Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 16 Posts: 1,280 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: Minecraft I want to play but idk how to get an account __________________ Oh noes I'll get you some cookies

23rd Nov 2010, 08:18 AM	#4
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: Minecraft Ahhhh I love Minecraft! It's so much fun. I always end up building huge palaces to live in. XD __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

23rd Nov 2010, 01:03 PM	#6
Trystan EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 4.7ish Out Status: Anyone who asks ;D Location: Southampton, UK Age: 20 Posts: 528 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Minecraft 8bit you are far too cool. You use ubuntu and you play minecraft and you have an awesome camera. __________________ I'm gay. Damn, now you know. Whatcha gonna do? Stereotype me?

24th Nov 2010, 01:47 PM	#8
EveDanger Member Regular Member Gender: Transgirl Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: More folks than I want Age: 21 Posts: 13 Join Date: Nov 2010	Re: Minecraft Minecraft rocks, but addicting as hell. You always want to finish pillaging one more mine before calling it quits, which always results in you stumbling across another cave filled up with gold and diamonds, and of course you can't just leave them there.

26th Nov 2010, 03:34 AM	#9
Brad Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Out Status: Nope, not really. Location: Victoria, Australia. Posts: 235 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: Minecraft So many people i know play it and i don't quite get the appeal. However i don't really want to start as the last thing i need is something to keep me online even longer.

26th Nov 2010, 04:46 PM	#10
Striker J Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: My College Friends, and some family Location: Kentucky Age: 19 Posts: 40 Join Date: May 2009	Re: Minecraft I really want to play this game...just need some money haha XP __________________ Baby, Don't Talk To Me. I'm Trying To Let Go. Not Loving You Is Harder Than You Know. 'Cause Boy You're Driving Me So Crazy. Inside Me Now There's Only Heartache And Pain

3rd Dec 2010, 04:45 AM	#12
Filip Cecile's sidekick EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: All but extended family Location: Belgium, EU Age: 28 Posts: 3,366 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Minecraft Aah, minecraft! The reason the batteries on my laptop are always empty after any train voyage The addiction waxes and wanes, though it seems I'm always returning to it. And that was just the free version. The paying version, with netherworld gates and occasional updates sounds even more addicting though. And then to think it's still only the alpha version.... I go through bouts of big construction projects, alternated by big exploration hikes across the map. My main problem seems to be that I dislike turning my precious metals into something else. Leading to houses of solid gold, banged together with stone tools because I'm too cheap to use iron xD __________________ To the world, you're somebody, but to somebody, you're the world...

3rd Dec 2010, 08:04 PM	#14
mydogstewie Future Drag Queen Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: everyone and mom :) Age: 17 Posts: 255 Join Date: Oct 2009	Re: Minecraft This game is seriously my life. I play it all the time

4th Dec 2010, 12:20 PM	#15
Gaetan DON'T TOUCH THE HAT! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Immediate Family and Friends Location: Idaho, USA Age: 25 Posts: 1,098 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: Minecraft I'm kinda like Filip--the addiction comes and goes. Right now, however, I am in the middle of a massive construction project--creating a large dark castle and keep in the still smoldering remains of a large burned forest. Aftewards...I may venture into the great sea and see what I can build down there. :P __________________ Those who say it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the people doing it.

22nd May 2011, 04:53 AM	#19
MisterMason Kitty boy Regular Member Gender: Boy Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: California Age: 19 Posts: 40 Join Date: May 2011	Re: Minecraft I love this game. <3 __________________

22nd May 2011, 08:45 AM	#20
Ratchet Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Some people Location: Aberdeen Posts: 13 Join Date: May 2011	Re: Minecraft Not played it yet, i have it installed tho, most of my friend play it, or have doen at some point it does look fun (love the look of the portal mod) but way to addictive (i fell out with one of my friends after took a 100 mile trip to see him and he spent all day on his computer playing it __________________ If Homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in gay to work. “Hello. Can't work today, still gay.”