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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Stalwart on December 01, 2012, 07:51:06 PM
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My teenage kid is asking for MineCraft this year for Christmas.
It looks to me to be a monumental time waster game.
Got any opinions on it, pro or con?
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It's a very simple, fun, however quick to get boring game. I mean, it's a game, they play it for fun, just like we play AH for fun, so technically yea it is a time waster, but you could also call AH that, but who cares as long as you have fun?
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You'll get your money's worth.. and probably no long term mental derangement..
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Every video game is a monumental waste of time. Just like every other hobby
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Let's see...
PROS:
Dirt cheap compared to games like Call of Duty and Halo 4, plus no subscription payment thing required.
MANY mods for it as well. One example is Tekkit, though I'd recommend you use the Technic Launcher for that since it will install everything needed to get them to work properly. Gives you access to 4 different mod type setups with a click, Technic and Tekkit being the LARGEST of them.
Texture packs can breath new life into it once you get bored with the default textures.
MANY adventure maps that can be challenging and quite fun.
You can build whatever ye imagine, albeit in cube form. :)
CONS:
The only real con is that it WILL get boring after a while.
In short, get your kid MC. :aok
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Very fun, but lasts more if you have friends that will play on a server with you
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It takes time to really get good at it , but it it is challenging and genuinely a little bit scary in a good way when you stumble on a zombie or cave spider . It is quite a good survival game , teaches you three main points about it.
1) find or make shelter asap
2) food is vital
3) prepare before exploring .
I enjoy it . Don't worry there are monsters in it but not hyper realistic nasty things . Plus you get to ride around on the backs of pigs.
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...a little bit scary in a good way when you stumble on a zombie or cave spider...
Ha! While spiders have a nack for just jumping on you, it's the Creeper's that will get you to really jump, especially in hardcore mode. :noid
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Thanks for the feedback fellas.
He's playing the demo for the fifth time today.
:salute
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It takes time to really get good at it , but it it is challenging and genuinely a little bit scary in a good way when you stumble on a zombie or cave spider . It is quite a good survival game , teaches you three main points about it.
1) find or make shelter asap
2) food is vital
3) prepare before exploring .
I enjoy it . Don't worry there are monsters in it but not hyper realistic nasty things . Plus you get to ride around on the backs of pigs.
:huh you guys get scared by that stuff?
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I think Minecraft is a great little game. It's completely open ended so it's whatever you make of it, I play on a server with a few friends and we all have different things we like doing. Some people like to go exploring and cave diving, some people just like to build. The game can really delve into some pretty complicated problem solving if you get into the part about making machines and things like that. One of my friends got some graph paper and mapped out then built a pretty complex replica of Notre Dame Cathedral.
There's isn't a story or anything to drive the player forward, the game just gives you a world and a set of toys/tools to play with. So a lot of it is how self motivated the player is. It's sort of like a virtual version of Legos.
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:huh you guys get scared by that stuff?
it's while your beavering away , minding your own business then the panic hits , getting lost then running low on food .
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Minecraft is a good game without the downfall of the crap that is out there. Also take a look at Kerbal Space Program which for less than $30 and a digital download at that with lifetime updates for no additional cost (according to developers) it is a HUGE time waster but one that allows you to learn something about math as well. IF you use it for that.
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How to make fire in MineCraft
http://youtu.be/LnjSWPxJxNs (http://youtu.be/LnjSWPxJxNs)
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When I bought Minecraft I subsequently spent the next 30 hours wandering the world and building up my little homestead. Minecraft is worth every penny and it's a ton of fun, I highly recommend it.
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it's while your beavering away , minding your own business then the panic hits , getting lost then running low on food .
I think you would enjoy Amnesia: The Dark Descent then. :)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U3Tkjz5G0fU/UHyBo1rZVWI/AAAAAAAAAx4/G7_WcsKvkEI/s640/Amnesia-Shambles.jpg)
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How to make fire in MineCraft
http://youtu.be/LnjSWPxJxNs (http://youtu.be/LnjSWPxJxNs)
:rofl :rofl
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How to make fire in MineCraft
http://youtu.be/LnjSWPxJxNs (http://youtu.be/LnjSWPxJxNs)
:rofl :rofl :rofl
Ah...I missed the fast spreading fire. Which is why I play on Hard or Hardcore modes only now. Fire will spread very close to that now. :t
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I got hooked on that game like none other... I still run a tekkit server, though it's currently been dead since August. People will probably come back in a few months, usually happens in cycles.
Single player it's very boring, but multiplayer is awesome... collaborative builds are a blast.
This was the capitol of the server, Emain Macha, early on (Facing west):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Kp7F3vZrFWQ/UL0l0D7yx7I/AAAAAAAAB2Q/4msICivHWEE/s1024/2011-10-02_19.42.01.png)
6 months or so later (Same shot, but higher up and facing southwest):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8SqoRuQYAKA/UL0ktl141yI/AAAAAAAAB1g/Dngz_DY_Hmw/s1024/2012-08-12_23.21.25.png)
That's not even 5% of the city itself, that's just part of the stuff I made, you can buy and sell things in the market there (by the big tree).
Then I added the floating fortress over it:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P4IJSbwx2KY/UL0lmlovRdI/AAAAAAAAB2A/jyXtR5ZqSt8/s1152/2012-08-16_13.04.08.png)
And
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6M1MVVXkKeM/UL0lpgX2-aI/AAAAAAAAB2I/uDb9mS4NlIo/s1152/2012-08-16_13.04.25.png)
A smidge of the exterior of something I build long ago and imported (That's a TIE/IN on the pad, and a Viper in the hangar :rock )
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vRnbz0O8qHY/UL0lGvA1V6I/AAAAAAAAB1o/B2dn2kiWPIg/s1024/2012-08-12_23.53.09.png)
Then the testament to my nerd digital lego fixation... a 1:10 scale ISD:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oGy9lnnv0Ew/UL0lYOSTxsI/AAAAAAAAB1w/EvIZTsw5L7w/s1024/2012-08-13_00.09.05.png)
And inside:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dGKGYFS8qxY/UL0lduZMnWI/AAAAAAAAB14/Cs_CW631L1Y/s1024/2012-08-13_00.06.58.png)
The map is here: http://www.80hd.net:8123/
Server is just www.80hd.net
All AH'rs are free to join... if a mod is on, tell them Tunnelrat cleared you, or PM me on here and I will give you build permissions.
You will need the Tekkit client to play (it adds about 10,000 new things to build... like nuclear reactors and such)
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Oh, as far as the game goes, it's a creative outlet like non-other... the Tekkit stuff adds some very very intensive builds where you can construct automated factories, quarries, etc...
That server and everything on it was built by hand, no /give, all SurvivalSMP.
(Though the fortress was built post-tekkit, hence the flying ring, etc you can make)
Oh, of the bajillion mods we have, VoxelPort is one of them... you can get on any of the ships in the harbor and they will take you to different ports... that Tie Interceptor, if you climb in and get into the cockpit you will port to the ISD.
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I got hooked on that game like none other... I still run a tekkit server, though it's currently been dead since August. People will probably come back in a few months, usually happens in cycles.
Single player it's very boring, but multiplayer is awesome... collaborative builds are a blast.
This was the capitol of the server, Emain Macha, early on (Facing west):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Kp7F3vZrFWQ/UL0l0D7yx7I/AAAAAAAAB2Q/4msICivHWEE/s1024/2011-10-02_19.42.01.png)
6 months or so later (Same shot, but higher up and facing southwest):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8SqoRuQYAKA/UL0ktl141yI/AAAAAAAAB1g/Dngz_DY_Hmw/s1024/2012-08-12_23.21.25.png)
That's not even 5% of the city itself, that's just part of the stuff I made, you can buy and sell things in the market there (by the big tree).
Then I added the floating fortress over it:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P4IJSbwx2KY/UL0lmlovRdI/AAAAAAAAB2A/jyXtR5ZqSt8/s1152/2012-08-16_13.04.08.png)
And
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6M1MVVXkKeM/UL0lpgX2-aI/AAAAAAAAB2I/uDb9mS4NlIo/s1152/2012-08-16_13.04.25.png)
A smidge of the exterior of something I build long ago and imported (That's a TIE/IN on the pad, and a Viper in the hangar :rock )
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vRnbz0O8qHY/UL0lGvA1V6I/AAAAAAAAB1o/B2dn2kiWPIg/s1024/2012-08-12_23.53.09.png)
Then the testament to my nerd digital lego fixation... a 1:10 scale ISD:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oGy9lnnv0Ew/UL0lYOSTxsI/AAAAAAAAB1w/EvIZTsw5L7w/s1024/2012-08-13_00.09.05.png)
And inside:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dGKGYFS8qxY/UL0lduZMnWI/AAAAAAAAB14/Cs_CW631L1Y/s1024/2012-08-13_00.06.58.png)
The map is here: http://www.80hd.net:8123/
Server is just www.80hd.net
All AH'rs are free to join... if a mod is on, tell them Tunnelrat cleared you, or PM me on here and I will give you build permissions.
You will need the Tekkit client to play (it adds about 10,000 new things to build... like nuclear reactors and such)
Okay...you have tekkit. I know you can make a much "smoother" ISD. :) Redpower saws FTW. :rock Nice work on the ISD though. :aok
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Okay...you have tekkit. I know you can make a much "smoother" ISD. :) Redpower saws FTW. :rock Nice work on the ISD though. :aok
TRUE!!! But that was built during the first beta, a year before Tekkit!! =P
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Either way, really nice work there. :aok
Oh, need something that may add to wanting MC?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbHc0a6dqDc
Be surprised at what can be done. :D I decided for the heck of it to look it up and ran into it. I'm impressed. :aok
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id so go for it, it does get boring after a bit but like so many point out there are many ways to extend the life, and you still find yourself going back at times
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Just remembered, if you want to join up there (or your kid, I have plenty of moderators that keep it under control)
You will need the Tekkit client and then set it to run Tekkit 3.1.2 | 1.2.5 until I go through the hell of updating everything again.
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Just remembered, if you want to join up there (or your kid, I have plenty of moderators that keep it under control)
You will need the Tekkit client and then set it to run Tekkit 3.1.2 | 1.2.5 until I go through the hell of updating everything again.
http://www.technicpack.net/
If what I'm reading from your posts are assumed correctly, then that will help them with dealing with Tekkit. :aok
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My teens love it. There's no limit to what your kid can do. If I wasn't using a kindle I'd talk for hours about how awesome it is.
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I could almost go as far to say it's quite healthy for me, since it keeps me busy enough that I don't smoke for hours while playing MC. :)
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My teens love it. There's no limit to what your kid can do. If I wasn't using a kindle I'd talk for hours about how awesome it is.
Basically, this.
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All of my kids (5, 8, and 10 years old) are hopelessly addicted to the game. It's an essentially harmless sandbox game that allows unfettered creativity. While I disapprove of how much they obsess over it, the game itself is great and very kid-friendly.