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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Minecraft success a 'fluke' says creator
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Minecraft's success was a 'one in a million fluke' according to creator Marcus "Notch" Persson.
Jul 31, 2012 12:00pm PDT
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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Minecraft success a 'fluke' says creator
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Minecraft's success was a 'one in a million fluke' according to creator Marcus "Notch" Persson.
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A happy fluke. It's probably the best overall game that's come out in the last 10 years imho.
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Visceral Monkey
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Except of course...it needs more game to it. Hopefully they focus on that.
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Visceral Monkey
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That's what Castle Story is for.
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Dessicator82
Castle Story is more of a glorified RTS than an action survival game. Unless they've had a recent change...
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Memphis-Ahn
That's what Tekkit is for.
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Moonbase Commander
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I certainly wouldn't rate it nearly that high but it's a thoroughly enjoyable game and worth every penny ...
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Herman Toothrot
Besides probably Quakeworld... I don't think I've put more time into any other game.
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Gwyndion
I don't want to rate it that high, but if we're going by hours played...it's up there.
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Conan
A million-to-one chance succeeds nine times out of ten...
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deathofrats
respect++
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MagicWishMonkey
well, yeah, duh, always nice to see people acknowledge reality publicly though
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derelict515
Well duh! It's like the epitome of "lightning in a bottle".
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OverloadUT
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I like Notch. Maybe I need to play some Minecraft.
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Kub666
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This is a really wild thread compared to the Notch venom typically spewed by the hardcore minecraft crew ...
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kgargs
Notch is a nice guy, really gets the dynamics of good game design, he just has the project management ski...
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silent prophet
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Paging JohnnyRey
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at0micgarden
Now why would you do that
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ateam311
Oh poor JohnnyRey
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ashkie
What have you done.
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Kub666
Obviously, but it's good to hear him say it.
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gaplant
Level headed
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Metasparks
Honest and I hope he stays that way!
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InfernoAblaze
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wait a minute, how is it a fluke? its a really good game.
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Chandler55
You might be confusing the word "fluke" with "flop" or "failure". What he's saying is its
success
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OverloadUT
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Honest, good. But its a shame he wanted to build a game such as "Scrolls". We dont need another card game...
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excessus
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People seem to miss the fact that Notch had/has almost nothing to do with that game. A guy who works for...
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Gwyndion
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The amount of work and progress that has been made on Minecraft in the last year since Notch handed over ...
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Goblin au
I totally agree. I think you missed my point. I was just saying that a lot of people attach Notch to Sc...
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Gwyndion
I had no idea they were making a card game... I never played Minecraft, but I might play this! Looks li...
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lefthighkick
And an awesome fluke at that. As much as I love Minecraft, he's exactly right that its success was a one ...
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ColoradoCNC