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    Neowulf got a reaction from Hydreigon635 in Let's Test Hexxit for Minecraft 1.7.10!   
    1: Go here: https://minecraft.net/store/minecraft
    2: Pay for game.
    3: Play.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Medusalem in Let's Test Hexxit for Minecraft 1.7.10!   
    1: Go here: https://minecraft.net/store/minecraft
    2: Pay for game.
    3: Play.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Kalbintion in Idea: A way to have unlimited modpacks through Pastebin   
    It was a design choice by the admins, though I can't remember the full reason. I do remember that it was specifically to prevent people from creating an unlimited number of packs.
     
    Thing is, if you need more than 3 packs then you're:
    A, not putting enough effort into the packs.
    B, rebranding other people's work and calling it your own.
    Or C, an idiot for not setting up solder and making things easier for you and your users.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from ThePagan in Idea: A way to have unlimited modpacks through Pastebin   
    Solder host rentals is an idea I believe they're tossing around still (we don't exactly have company meetings). But really it's something anyone with the drive and technical skills could do.
    Figure out a default solder setup, craft a web interface to create accounts with access to copies of those default instances, and throw it up in AWS or some similar web host with a pricing structure to cover costs.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from ThePagan in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    Ahh, I see someone has completely forgotten what he posted to start this.Here:

     I haven't forced/twisted words on you. You started this by telling us our lack of frantic bomb shelter preparations over this was making you physically ill. You have claimed we were stupid, and me personally retarded, because we couldn't grasp the depths of how pure evil microsoft will be and how that will be the death of us. You argue as if you have cassandra-like prophetic knowledge of the future.
    And you still refuse to acknowledge the difference between cellphone apps specifically designed with microtransactions in mind, and a PC game that is Beta In Name Only.

    Atleast you admitted you know jack shit about the technical merits of your prediction. Now how about you go take a business and/or econ 101 class and learn some very basic business concepts? You know, things like added value, cost/benefit calculations, profit predictions, or even just "chapter 1: not destroying your business by fucking over all your customers at once" and "chapter 2: don't slaughter the goose that lays golden eggs, even if you do feel a bit peckish for foie gras".
    Seriously, if you believe microsoft is going to destroy modding and gut vanilla to change a game about freedom to a game about locked down microtransactions then buddy I have a bridge in new york for sale I'm sure you'd be interested in.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from disconsented in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    Everyone knows this has the possibility of turning sour. The most optimistic prediction is they don't deviate from the current development path. No one but marketing drones is saying this is going to be a net positive for the game.
     
    But Skelray is arguing that we need to be running around in fear and make undefined preparations for when microsoft does evil to the game because they're microsoft.
    The best explanation he's given for his prediction is microsoft would ignore all business sense or game history and drive away most of their playerbase so they could charge for basic features. They'll do that because cell phone apps and PC games are 100% identical due to them both being about fun, with gameplay/platform/target audience/language/architecture not mattering in the slightest.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from disconsented in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    Ahh, I see someone has completely forgotten what he posted to start this.Here:

     I haven't forced/twisted words on you. You started this by telling us our lack of frantic bomb shelter preparations over this was making you physically ill. You have claimed we were stupid, and me personally retarded, because we couldn't grasp the depths of how pure evil microsoft will be and how that will be the death of us. You argue as if you have cassandra-like prophetic knowledge of the future.
    And you still refuse to acknowledge the difference between cellphone apps specifically designed with microtransactions in mind, and a PC game that is Beta In Name Only.

    Atleast you admitted you know jack shit about the technical merits of your prediction. Now how about you go take a business and/or econ 101 class and learn some very basic business concepts? You know, things like added value, cost/benefit calculations, profit predictions, or even just "chapter 1: not destroying your business by fucking over all your customers at once" and "chapter 2: don't slaughter the goose that lays golden eggs, even if you do feel a bit peckish for foie gras".
    Seriously, if you believe microsoft is going to destroy modding and gut vanilla to change a game about freedom to a game about locked down microtransactions then buddy I have a bridge in new york for sale I'm sure you'd be interested in.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Nitus in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    Ahh, I see someone has completely forgotten what he posted to start this.Here:

     I haven't forced/twisted words on you. You started this by telling us our lack of frantic bomb shelter preparations over this was making you physically ill. You have claimed we were stupid, and me personally retarded, because we couldn't grasp the depths of how pure evil microsoft will be and how that will be the death of us. You argue as if you have cassandra-like prophetic knowledge of the future.
    And you still refuse to acknowledge the difference between cellphone apps specifically designed with microtransactions in mind, and a PC game that is Beta In Name Only.

    Atleast you admitted you know jack shit about the technical merits of your prediction. Now how about you go take a business and/or econ 101 class and learn some very basic business concepts? You know, things like added value, cost/benefit calculations, profit predictions, or even just "chapter 1: not destroying your business by fucking over all your customers at once" and "chapter 2: don't slaughter the goose that lays golden eggs, even if you do feel a bit peckish for foie gras".
    Seriously, if you believe microsoft is going to destroy modding and gut vanilla to change a game about freedom to a game about locked down microtransactions then buddy I have a bridge in new york for sale I'm sure you'd be interested in.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from ThePagan in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    I said market trend, not conspiracy theories and "well it could happen!" fueled by blind MS hate. 
    1: MC is already closed source. Where did you get the idea it was open source?
    Mods are made by decompiling the MC jar, using a best guess deobfuscation translation to make it a bit more readable, then working with that source. That's a feature of java, not anything to do with the way MC was designed. To stop that microsoft would have to completely rewrite the game in a different language and do that for every past version as well. Doing so would be a pretty monumental task for exactly 0 gain.
     
    2: What games are cutting out mods? What section of the sandbox-legos game market is pressuring them to get rid of game extending content?
    Mods were never part of MC's design, the recent mod friendly changes have been entirely due to mojang recognizing modded play provides them with free content to extend the life of the game. See their acquisition of Bukkit and their reneged promises to add an API.
     
    3: Again, where do you find examples of games taking freely available user generated content and demanding money for it?

    4: Still waiting on an answer about you you expect us to do about any of your end of the world scenarios.


    No, I have a deep need to remind rabid members of the Cult of Jobs that they lack a firm foundation in reality. And you buddy, you stink of unwashed turtleneck sweaters.Microsoft HAS made numerous contributions to computing, that's why they're a dominant player in the field. To dismiss them as poo flinging monkeys that has never contributed anything to computing and just happens to have more revenue than most 3rd world countries, that's utter lunacy people like you cling to with a deep down hope that it'll someday be accepted as true despite reality's objections.
    I'm not saying a agree with those contributions or even like microsoft (linux is so damn much better), but respect for someone's accomplishments is something a sane person has. I don't hate apple, I just have a dislike for crappy closed system designs and a focus on fashion over function.

    All your disaster scenarios involve a near 40 year old, highly profitable company taking a complete leave of their business senses and doing the exact opposite of profitable with this project with no other point than to be evil.


    And you know even less of what's to come as your judgement is clouded by prejudice and hate.I for one am keeping options in mind as this plays out, ranging from "Ah good, MC is not changing in a significant way" to "Ah well, they screwed MC so I guess I'll go throw my support behind one of the clones."

    The only action we could to keep tekkit on MC going if microsoft decided to destroy their purchase and screw over 16 million people, would be to copy the game files and provide a modified version for download that gets around a possible login server shutdown.
    Unfortunately that's 100% illegal under even pre-DMCA US and Canadian laws and would get every admin here sued for millions of dollars.

    Hey, maybe that's how they plan on making their $2.5b back. Seed the modding community with complete nutters like you in hopes they can trick people into MASSIVE systemic copyright violation and sue the offenders for hundreds of millions each and get it all back with those open&shut cases.
    See, I can make wild hateful conspiracy theories with 0 basis on reality too.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Nitus in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    I said market trend, not conspiracy theories and "well it could happen!" fueled by blind MS hate. 
    1: MC is already closed source. Where did you get the idea it was open source?
    Mods are made by decompiling the MC jar, using a best guess deobfuscation translation to make it a bit more readable, then working with that source. That's a feature of java, not anything to do with the way MC was designed. To stop that microsoft would have to completely rewrite the game in a different language and do that for every past version as well. Doing so would be a pretty monumental task for exactly 0 gain.
     
    2: What games are cutting out mods? What section of the sandbox-legos game market is pressuring them to get rid of game extending content?
    Mods were never part of MC's design, the recent mod friendly changes have been entirely due to mojang recognizing modded play provides them with free content to extend the life of the game. See their acquisition of Bukkit and their reneged promises to add an API.
     
    3: Again, where do you find examples of games taking freely available user generated content and demanding money for it?

    4: Still waiting on an answer about you you expect us to do about any of your end of the world scenarios.


    No, I have a deep need to remind rabid members of the Cult of Jobs that they lack a firm foundation in reality. And you buddy, you stink of unwashed turtleneck sweaters.Microsoft HAS made numerous contributions to computing, that's why they're a dominant player in the field. To dismiss them as poo flinging monkeys that has never contributed anything to computing and just happens to have more revenue than most 3rd world countries, that's utter lunacy people like you cling to with a deep down hope that it'll someday be accepted as true despite reality's objections.
    I'm not saying a agree with those contributions or even like microsoft (linux is so damn much better), but respect for someone's accomplishments is something a sane person has. I don't hate apple, I just have a dislike for crappy closed system designs and a focus on fashion over function.

    All your disaster scenarios involve a near 40 year old, highly profitable company taking a complete leave of their business senses and doing the exact opposite of profitable with this project with no other point than to be evil.


    And you know even less of what's to come as your judgement is clouded by prejudice and hate.I for one am keeping options in mind as this plays out, ranging from "Ah good, MC is not changing in a significant way" to "Ah well, they screwed MC so I guess I'll go throw my support behind one of the clones."

    The only action we could to keep tekkit on MC going if microsoft decided to destroy their purchase and screw over 16 million people, would be to copy the game files and provide a modified version for download that gets around a possible login server shutdown.
    Unfortunately that's 100% illegal under even pre-DMCA US and Canadian laws and would get every admin here sued for millions of dollars.

    Hey, maybe that's how they plan on making their $2.5b back. Seed the modding community with complete nutters like you in hopes they can trick people into MASSIVE systemic copyright violation and sue the offenders for hundreds of millions each and get it all back with those open&shut cases.
    See, I can make wild hateful conspiracy theories with 0 basis on reality too.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Munaus in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    I said market trend, not conspiracy theories and "well it could happen!" fueled by blind MS hate. 
    1: MC is already closed source. Where did you get the idea it was open source?
    Mods are made by decompiling the MC jar, using a best guess deobfuscation translation to make it a bit more readable, then working with that source. That's a feature of java, not anything to do with the way MC was designed. To stop that microsoft would have to completely rewrite the game in a different language and do that for every past version as well. Doing so would be a pretty monumental task for exactly 0 gain.
     
    2: What games are cutting out mods? What section of the sandbox-legos game market is pressuring them to get rid of game extending content?
    Mods were never part of MC's design, the recent mod friendly changes have been entirely due to mojang recognizing modded play provides them with free content to extend the life of the game. See their acquisition of Bukkit and their reneged promises to add an API.
     
    3: Again, where do you find examples of games taking freely available user generated content and demanding money for it?

    4: Still waiting on an answer about you you expect us to do about any of your end of the world scenarios.


    No, I have a deep need to remind rabid members of the Cult of Jobs that they lack a firm foundation in reality. And you buddy, you stink of unwashed turtleneck sweaters.Microsoft HAS made numerous contributions to computing, that's why they're a dominant player in the field. To dismiss them as poo flinging monkeys that has never contributed anything to computing and just happens to have more revenue than most 3rd world countries, that's utter lunacy people like you cling to with a deep down hope that it'll someday be accepted as true despite reality's objections.
    I'm not saying a agree with those contributions or even like microsoft (linux is so damn much better), but respect for someone's accomplishments is something a sane person has. I don't hate apple, I just have a dislike for crappy closed system designs and a focus on fashion over function.

    All your disaster scenarios involve a near 40 year old, highly profitable company taking a complete leave of their business senses and doing the exact opposite of profitable with this project with no other point than to be evil.


    And you know even less of what's to come as your judgement is clouded by prejudice and hate.I for one am keeping options in mind as this plays out, ranging from "Ah good, MC is not changing in a significant way" to "Ah well, they screwed MC so I guess I'll go throw my support behind one of the clones."

    The only action we could to keep tekkit on MC going if microsoft decided to destroy their purchase and screw over 16 million people, would be to copy the game files and provide a modified version for download that gets around a possible login server shutdown.
    Unfortunately that's 100% illegal under even pre-DMCA US and Canadian laws and would get every admin here sued for millions of dollars.

    Hey, maybe that's how they plan on making their $2.5b back. Seed the modding community with complete nutters like you in hopes they can trick people into MASSIVE systemic copyright violation and sue the offenders for hundreds of millions each and get it all back with those open&shut cases.
    See, I can make wild hateful conspiracy theories with 0 basis on reality too.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from ThePagan in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    Ok, so what market trend would they follow that tells them they can completely change a game by turning it from a normal single purchase game into a subscription MMO, after it has already been released for years, and expect not only 100% retention but userbase growth?
    Or did you forget what my reply was actually to?
     
    You keep acting like microsoft is completely retarded and only some satanic deal has kept going as they rape and pillage good honest projects.
    You're like a mac fanboy from the late 90's. Completely convinced microsoft is on the brink of utter collapse and will take all it has shit on with it.
    News flash, they've been in business probably MUCH longer than you've been alive. And I for one trust history's teaching that they'll keep plodding along being mediocre, over your end of the world prediction.
     
     
    So, lets assume microsoft does kill minecraft in a couple months. So badly no one could ever log in again and no patch will ever come.
    What do you expect us to do about it?
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Mooseman9 in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    I grew up on dos. I watched as bill gates saved apple's ass during the 90's. I laughed as microsoft took a mid powered computer during the early 2000's and passed it off as a gaming console. I cursed when they bought FASA and turned both a tried and true game line and promising FPS based on interesting lore into lackluster offerings. And I saw them take a small game studio and transform their sci-fi shooter into something so compelling it turned the frat-boy crowd from diehard anti-nerd into console freaks who camp midnight launches.
    I've watched microsoft for a quarter century now. And I can tell you they do make mistakes, but a company with nearly $100billion in yearly revenue doesn't just blindly drop a couple percent of that on a property then gut it while claiming they'll make it back in a year.
    They do their research with people who have written essays about the socioeconomic effects of frogger on america. They run it past people who's whole job is to gauge market trends and warn them if their plan is so bloody stupid a 5 year old could point that out. Infact I'm guessing there's a dozen MC players out there who are still under an NDA from when they were in a focus group within the last year, who could give you a general idea of what MS plans to do with MC.


    tl;dr You may want to believe microsoft is staffed by retards with zero business sense, but that doesn't make it true.
    No one would think it's a good idea to tell their new playerbase that they can't play the game they already paid for unless they fork over a monthly fee.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from FyberOptic in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    I grew up on dos. I watched as bill gates saved apple's ass during the 90's. I laughed as microsoft took a mid powered computer during the early 2000's and passed it off as a gaming console. I cursed when they bought FASA and turned both a tried and true game line and promising FPS based on interesting lore into lackluster offerings. And I saw them take a small game studio and transform their sci-fi shooter into something so compelling it turned the frat-boy crowd from diehard anti-nerd into console freaks who camp midnight launches.
    I've watched microsoft for a quarter century now. And I can tell you they do make mistakes, but a company with nearly $100billion in yearly revenue doesn't just blindly drop a couple percent of that on a property then gut it while claiming they'll make it back in a year.
    They do their research with people who have written essays about the socioeconomic effects of frogger on america. They run it past people who's whole job is to gauge market trends and warn them if their plan is so bloody stupid a 5 year old could point that out. Infact I'm guessing there's a dozen MC players out there who are still under an NDA from when they were in a focus group within the last year, who could give you a general idea of what MS plans to do with MC.


    tl;dr You may want to believe microsoft is staffed by retards with zero business sense, but that doesn't make it true.
    No one would think it's a good idea to tell their new playerbase that they can't play the game they already paid for unless they fork over a monthly fee.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from theprolo in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    I grew up on dos. I watched as bill gates saved apple's ass during the 90's. I laughed as microsoft took a mid powered computer during the early 2000's and passed it off as a gaming console. I cursed when they bought FASA and turned both a tried and true game line and promising FPS based on interesting lore into lackluster offerings. And I saw them take a small game studio and transform their sci-fi shooter into something so compelling it turned the frat-boy crowd from diehard anti-nerd into console freaks who camp midnight launches.
    I've watched microsoft for a quarter century now. And I can tell you they do make mistakes, but a company with nearly $100billion in yearly revenue doesn't just blindly drop a couple percent of that on a property then gut it while claiming they'll make it back in a year.
    They do their research with people who have written essays about the socioeconomic effects of frogger on america. They run it past people who's whole job is to gauge market trends and warn them if their plan is so bloody stupid a 5 year old could point that out. Infact I'm guessing there's a dozen MC players out there who are still under an NDA from when they were in a focus group within the last year, who could give you a general idea of what MS plans to do with MC.


    tl;dr You may want to believe microsoft is staffed by retards with zero business sense, but that doesn't make it true.
    No one would think it's a good idea to tell their new playerbase that they can't play the game they already paid for unless they fork over a monthly fee.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Nitus in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    A monthly subscription fee only makes sense for MMOs because the game is built around a central hosting server setup. You're paying for access to the server playground because the game can't play without it.
    To make that subscription viable for MC, they'd have to gut server logic completely. Leave just the networked client code and you've got a game completely worthless without hosted servers to play on, forcing people to play vanilla realms.
     
     
    I know microsoft isn't that stupid.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from EvilOwl in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    In notch's defense, I suspect the guy is having the same issue many lotto winners have. The idea of being obscenely rich is so alien to him his brain is incapable of comprehending what the money actually means and has defaulted to something it could handle.
     
    Every couple of weeks some lucky schmuck in the US wins $40-300m and is presented a choice, take a lump sum that cuts off somewhere between 30-50% of the jackpot, or get it all as an annuity over 30 years. What they decide is a good indication of how their brain is confusing the situation.
    Lump sum: Their brain sees a big number and it just keeps going, all the way to infinity. They cannot comprehend ever using it all up so the choice between infinite now and much less than infinite every year is a no brainer.
    Annuity: It can't be happening, because big numbers like that exist for other people only. So there's no difference between what they currently make and that number with a couple wrongly placed zeros, and they need to maximize it and keep it as tightly guarded as possible because one wasteful decision cans end you right back to the poor house.
     
    I'm guessing notch falls into the second group, he just cannot comprehend how much he actually can do with this money and sees it as less than it actually is.
    I get that idea from a quote they had of him on npr. Apparently the guy took the deal because he doesn't want to be part of the big game biz and plans on using the cash to make a couple more small games.
    The guy could hire his old team with million dollar salaries and putz around with any game idea they felt like, dedicating as much as any AAA title out there, and still not dent his cash reserves for decades. And he expects it will let him personally make a couple games...
     
     
    Personally I find psychology interesting. It's what keeps me with minecraft, the drama it runs on is just ripe with all flavors of neurosis, complexes, and full on delusions.
     
     
    As for the future, I know KSP could use a good mod installer/manager and minetest looks like it just needs some love for it to completely replace minecraft.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from StormCrow1770 in [1.7.10] The 1.7.10 Pack [Kitchen Sink] Over 1M Downloads!   
    If you look, God abandoned the MCforums 3 years ago.
    Sounds about right.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from theprolo in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    In notch's defense, I suspect the guy is having the same issue many lotto winners have. The idea of being obscenely rich is so alien to him his brain is incapable of comprehending what the money actually means and has defaulted to something it could handle.
     
    Every couple of weeks some lucky schmuck in the US wins $40-300m and is presented a choice, take a lump sum that cuts off somewhere between 30-50% of the jackpot, or get it all as an annuity over 30 years. What they decide is a good indication of how their brain is confusing the situation.
    Lump sum: Their brain sees a big number and it just keeps going, all the way to infinity. They cannot comprehend ever using it all up so the choice between infinite now and much less than infinite every year is a no brainer.
    Annuity: It can't be happening, because big numbers like that exist for other people only. So there's no difference between what they currently make and that number with a couple wrongly placed zeros, and they need to maximize it and keep it as tightly guarded as possible because one wasteful decision cans end you right back to the poor house.
     
    I'm guessing notch falls into the second group, he just cannot comprehend how much he actually can do with this money and sees it as less than it actually is.
    I get that idea from a quote they had of him on npr. Apparently the guy took the deal because he doesn't want to be part of the big game biz and plans on using the cash to make a couple more small games.
    The guy could hire his old team with million dollar salaries and putz around with any game idea they felt like, dedicating as much as any AAA title out there, and still not dent his cash reserves for decades. And he expects it will let him personally make a couple games...
     
     
    Personally I find psychology interesting. It's what keeps me with minecraft, the drama it runs on is just ripe with all flavors of neurosis, complexes, and full on delusions.
     
     
    As for the future, I know KSP could use a good mod installer/manager and minetest looks like it just needs some love for it to completely replace minecraft.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from disconsented in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    Any talk of replacing minecraft is academic at this point. We don't know what the future brings, just that an event happened that is closely associated with unknowns and is therefor scary.
     
    Luckily academic discussions are quite stimulating and promote learning, which you should never stop doing.
     
     
     
    Each of the clones has some good points and bad points, and if we have to move to one to fill the virtual legos gap left by MS eating MC then we can decide what has the easiest to fix flaws.
    I know minetest has the LUA modding api going for it (tons of computercraft/opencomputers users would be able to write mods/plugins for it, already knowing the programming language), but on the other hand the C++ core does pose some cross platform concerns. Mainly the possibility of the maintainers having a platform bias.
    Terasology looks cool and the java focus does keep it platform independent, but those visuals do look really hard on the old graphics card and apparently the modding api is lacking from what I see.
    Others I haven't seen yet, but I suspect most are like terasology, exercises in making a "better" minecraft without taking the possible users into account.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Chanku in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    In notch's defense, I suspect the guy is having the same issue many lotto winners have. The idea of being obscenely rich is so alien to him his brain is incapable of comprehending what the money actually means and has defaulted to something it could handle.
     
    Every couple of weeks some lucky schmuck in the US wins $40-300m and is presented a choice, take a lump sum that cuts off somewhere between 30-50% of the jackpot, or get it all as an annuity over 30 years. What they decide is a good indication of how their brain is confusing the situation.
    Lump sum: Their brain sees a big number and it just keeps going, all the way to infinity. They cannot comprehend ever using it all up so the choice between infinite now and much less than infinite every year is a no brainer.
    Annuity: It can't be happening, because big numbers like that exist for other people only. So there's no difference between what they currently make and that number with a couple wrongly placed zeros, and they need to maximize it and keep it as tightly guarded as possible because one wasteful decision cans end you right back to the poor house.
     
    I'm guessing notch falls into the second group, he just cannot comprehend how much he actually can do with this money and sees it as less than it actually is.
    I get that idea from a quote they had of him on npr. Apparently the guy took the deal because he doesn't want to be part of the big game biz and plans on using the cash to make a couple more small games.
    The guy could hire his old team with million dollar salaries and putz around with any game idea they felt like, dedicating as much as any AAA title out there, and still not dent his cash reserves for decades. And he expects it will let him personally make a couple games...
     
     
    Personally I find psychology interesting. It's what keeps me with minecraft, the drama it runs on is just ripe with all flavors of neurosis, complexes, and full on delusions.
     
     
    As for the future, I know KSP could use a good mod installer/manager and minetest looks like it just needs some love for it to completely replace minecraft.
  22. Upvote
    Neowulf got a reaction from Nitus in Minecraft sold to Microsoft.   
    In notch's defense, I suspect the guy is having the same issue many lotto winners have. The idea of being obscenely rich is so alien to him his brain is incapable of comprehending what the money actually means and has defaulted to something it could handle.
     
    Every couple of weeks some lucky schmuck in the US wins $40-300m and is presented a choice, take a lump sum that cuts off somewhere between 30-50% of the jackpot, or get it all as an annuity over 30 years. What they decide is a good indication of how their brain is confusing the situation.
    Lump sum: Their brain sees a big number and it just keeps going, all the way to infinity. They cannot comprehend ever using it all up so the choice between infinite now and much less than infinite every year is a no brainer.
    Annuity: It can't be happening, because big numbers like that exist for other people only. So there's no difference between what they currently make and that number with a couple wrongly placed zeros, and they need to maximize it and keep it as tightly guarded as possible because one wasteful decision cans end you right back to the poor house.
     
    I'm guessing notch falls into the second group, he just cannot comprehend how much he actually can do with this money and sees it as less than it actually is.
    I get that idea from a quote they had of him on npr. Apparently the guy took the deal because he doesn't want to be part of the big game biz and plans on using the cash to make a couple more small games.
    The guy could hire his old team with million dollar salaries and putz around with any game idea they felt like, dedicating as much as any AAA title out there, and still not dent his cash reserves for decades. And he expects it will let him personally make a couple games...
     
     
    Personally I find psychology interesting. It's what keeps me with minecraft, the drama it runs on is just ripe with all flavors of neurosis, complexes, and full on delusions.
     
     
    As for the future, I know KSP could use a good mod installer/manager and minetest looks like it just needs some love for it to completely replace minecraft.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Kalbintion in Looks like Bukkit(and by extention Cauldron) is dead   
    http://games.slashdot.org/story/14/09/06/1323225/dmca-claim-over-gpl-non-compliance-shuts-off-minecraft-plug-ins
    Different drama.
    Wolverness wrote a good chunk of bukkit and his code is GPL. That code that was written to interface with non-GPL code, making it a copyright violation. He filed a takedown to stop distribution of GPL non-compliant code.
     
     
    Or in other words, his crop is ripe and he's looking to reap a massive harvest of pure unadultered Sweet Scandanavian Dramapoppies and cook himself up enough smack to last years.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Kalbintion in When will the next official modpack be released?   
    Information on release ETAs can be found >here.
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    Neowulf got a reaction from Halominer13 in The Technic Launcher's future   
    AHH! End of the world! The sky is falling! Run around in circles!!!
     
     
    Beyond your incredibly limited data set, what evidence do you have of platform being in a quick death spiral?
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