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• Yay. : icedcool
• in before armchair game critics : manero
• That should be a good day. : The Grolar Bear
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  Only issue I have is that it feels like minecraft is being shoved out the door. Sparse updates, etc. Se... : kingdepork
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    Shoved out the door? This is in seven months. And development will continue afterwards. : Zek
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      True, but how much will be added by then? The updates were more frequent and a lot more fun before he g... : kingdepork
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        Well we've been over the reasons development slowed down a million times, and I'm not sure what else to t... : Zek
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          We're saying that there hasn't been a good update for like 9 months. And there won't be any good updates.... : JohnnyRey
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            There have been some very good updates I liked Hell and biomes and dogs and other mobs and a lot of the ... : Dessicator82
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              its funny because its actually probably 80% of the user base that all they care about IS MP. : JohnnyRey
              • Minecraft sold like 800k copies before SMP was even in, IIRC. I think no matter how well multiplayer is i... : Zek
            • hell is useless, even if you could get there, which you can't in multiplayer : MamiyaOtaru
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    Beta means no new features, just bug fixes. When you enter Beta you are feature complete. Release mea... : asgorath
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      That certainly doesn't apply to minecraft, even big game studios don't use that definition of beta. : Zek
      • To a greater or lesser degree, most try. (I've worked at three.) : VenDrake
  • Some children get shoved out of the oven much faster. : Lukiopimp
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  Isn't Skyrim releasing on 11/11/11? : trOmblyj
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    So is the Minecraft thing. : JarEme
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      article says 11/1/11 : indosauros
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        notch's blog says 11/11/11 as well - so the headline is right, just missing a one in the article. : trOmblyj
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          Woaaaah woaaaah american dudes!! Stop switching month and day,mmmkaay! *scnr* : Lukiopimp
          • It should be day, month, year no matter where you are :P Seems most logical. : phipple
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    ...Did you not read the headline and the second paragraph? : Sideways Bob
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      http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27330/whatsyourpoint.png : trOmblyj
      • 0wned : LoioshDwaggie
      • BOOM! : LatvianPride
      • Yeap... I walked right into that one. My apologies. : Sideways Bob
  • This error has been corrected. : XAVdeMATOS
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  What is minecraft again? I watched a video but all it showed was an fps riding around on a mine cart. : not work safe
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    it's a highly advanced mine cart riding simulator : harold.johnson
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      No, it's a tree punching simulator. : Haxim
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        with cart riding elements? : swimteampie
        • I hear you can dig... but I'm not sure and I can't find anything on Wikipedia... : stelth
      • he added tree punching?! well shit, there's our end game content right there : harold.johnson
  • basically you log into someone's server and covertly destroy what they're working on till you get found o... : dantastic
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  dont see a problem as most of the people who will buy it already own it : cptstern
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    I bought it a while ago, tried to log on recently and it had done a charge back. My girlfriend bought me ... : shakybonez31
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      Updates will probably remain free anyway. It would put them in a very awkward position to release an upda... : Zek
      • True, plus he'd have to overhaul his update system to allow for optional updates. : Herman Toothrot
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  I like Minecraft, but man, give me some purpose in this game! : Kub666
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    it's a sandbox game, you can do that yourself : harold.johnson
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      I want a reason to do things given by game designers, I don't want metagaming. I've seen a nice idea some... : Kub666
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        survival is a purpose : cptstern
        • creation, exploration are also purposes. : deject
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          Survival would be a great purpose for Minecraft if handled well. Currently survival is a non-issue. : Johnny Law
          • Yeah, there could be some event happening from time to time to which you would have to prepare, or amount... : Kub666
      • Then Minecraft isn't for you. : deject
      • http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=148257 There will be plenty of mods that do stuff l... : Zek
    • Minecraft is a sandbox. It is not a game. At most it is a framework for a game. Calling minecraft a game ... : AgentPothead
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    ? it's in the title: mining and crafting. what else do you want? a freaking raison d'etre? : cptstern
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      i believe that's exactly what Kub666 wants. i know this because that's what he just said : electroly
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        and i furthermore still think that anyone who can't think of ideas for other things to do in minecraft is... : electroly
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          that's not end game content, that's just something else to do in the game. if he wants to add it in, i'l... : harold.johnson
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            what isn't end game content? i didn't actually provide any specifics here so i'm not sure what you could... : electroly
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              end game content, to me, means that its something to do at the end of the game. since minecraft doesn't ... : harold.johnson
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                i don't understand. the point is *we want an ending*. the thing you're taking as a cosmic truth is the ... : electroly
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                  or, to word it another way: the fact that there's no ending IS THE PROBLEM : electroly
                  • and an ending doesn't have to have a credits screen and a "thanks for playing". tons of games have obvio... : electroly
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            There is no end to the game, so I don't see your point. : deject
            • electroly and myself were having a discussion about the lack of 'end game' content last night. i unfortu... : harold.johnson
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      people are really conditioned to games having a win condition. it's kind of Pavlovian by now. : thebigbeefsandwich
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        minecraft not having that is one of the things i really like about it. : harold.johnson
        • that's all fine and good. nobody would be forced to do anything. if you want to play the game as a sand... : electroly
      • I think Notch should just throw in a final boss and end cinematic. : The Grolar Bear
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    Please tell me what to do! : loppsided
    • Mine! Craft! Repeat! : Kub666
• Ya'll GOOFY. MC is the shit and so is Notch! : at0micgarden
• Wake up sheeple. Notch is obviously rushing out of beta because he has some great gameplay ideas he can't... : Haxim
• I hope they don't push Skyrim back! That's some stiff competition!!! ... : anbilow
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  wait I forgot. Do I get the 'full game' since I bought in on the beta? : sKetchflow
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    Yes, but further expansion stuff will be Alpha only and pay for everyone else. Alphas also get a copy of ... : Fenring42
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      What, I get a free copy of his next game, too? That is dope as fuck. : i38warhawk
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        No, that is a made up thing. Alpha buyers get all updates for free, non-alpha buyers may or may not get a... : Zek
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          I HAVE BEEN LIED TO. : Fenring42
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            Googled it, Alpha Minecrafters get in the Scrolls Alpha, beta is open to everyone, final game will have t... : Fenring42
            • I see. : i38warhawk
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  So what's this piston mod that is in Notches blog that's being incorporated into the game? : Creepin_Jeezus
  • It's a very cool mod that adds pistons which allow for a lot of dynamic stuff, look it up on Youtube. : Zek
• I bet it doesn't come out on time. : Fenring42
• Ok, that's when I'll buy it, then. I can't stand how updates break my saved games. : Jobos
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  bCorrectionsb - On the main page, the release date is listed as Nov 1. : Conman89
  • Corrections* : Conman89
  • This error has been fixed. Thanks. : XAVdeMATOS
• When Skyrim tanks, we'll know why. : tw3kr
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  This is one of those games I just don't "get". : Saman
  • I am with you. But I also spent years playing World of Warcraft, so what do I know? : jrbstereo
  • Same here. I tried it awhile ago and was bored after 10 minutes. This game is truly an enigma. It seem... : Inarion
  • this is one of those games where i lose track of time and forget to eat : CecilPhilpot
  • You need to sit down, pull up the recipe web page for making stuff out of raw materials, and then try to ... : Miller_TYM
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  Am I posting a comment? : i38warhawk
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    So the comment posts, then reloads the page and the comment doesn't appear. Using lastestchatty . : i38warhawk
    • Shit's happening to me in Chrome too! : SockMonkeh
    • Yeah that happens. It's odd but normall it appears sooner or later. : Fenring42
    • There's some caching that goes on for speed, sometimes it takes a refresh or two to show up. : Dave-A
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  Weather & Achievement Sneak Peek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy882ILYJMM I'm sure this will spawn ... : Zek
  • The rain looks pretty cool. I like how the rain drops bounce off the ground like that. : The Grolar Bear
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    I wish the snow fell faster but other than that it looks cool. I don't really care about achievements. I... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      I swear I remember seeing snow falling from the sky a long time back while actually playing minecraft... : phipple
      • Yes, snow was working way back in the day but it broke at some point. I think it was the case of it bein... : Gwyndion
  • Achievement: Yabba Dabba Doo (50g): dig deep enough to reach bedrock : riptyde