Minecraft To Officially Launch 11/11/11 235
tekgoblin writes "Minecraft has currently sold about 2 million copies and it's still only in beta. However, the developers have just announced that the game will officially launch on 11/11/11. The date 11/11/11 was actually chosen because it falls on the same date as other various game releases, the most notable being Skyrim."
Re:Which date? (Score:5, Insightful)
I like the European date format. dd/mm/yy makes sense, since it goes from the smallest time frame (days), to the largest. The American format seems silly.
- PS: I'm American.
Re:Which date? (Score:5, Insightful)
I know you're joking but....
I like the European date format. dd/mm/yy makes sense, since it goes from the smallest time frame (days), to the largest. The American format seems silly.
- PS: I'm American.
Agreed, but it would also make even more sense to do it big endian, that way it's in line with how we notate time ie; YYYY/MM/DD/hh/mm/ss.
Re:Minecraft SUCKS! (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm not sure why this was modded insightful -- there's nothing insightful about it. It's either a blatant troll attempt (hey guys, I hate on the popular fads cause it makes me look superior!), or borne of complete ignorance.
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I was incredibly underwhelmed by Minecraft, but saying it has poor graphics is like saying your novel doesn't have enough pictures - Minecraft was never intended to look pretty, and if you went into expecting it to look pretty ... well, you're a fool.
Similarly, while the 'game' part of minecraft essentially boils down to crafting and a simple combat simulator, if you went into it expecting more than that, you must have been buying blind.
But if you want to see why Minecraft is as popular as it is, it's not hard. You just have to stop thinking of it as a game (because as a game, it is lacking), and more as a world where you can create something -- in that regard, it is much more akin to playing with legos ... with hostile critters.
It has a unique style that's easily recognizable, which makes parodies fun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uyxVmdaJ-w). It can generate some interesting landscapes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkVTuHcuHQ). And some people just enjoy making stuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOpkpW1tDAM).
I don't have the patience to make anything interesting, and got bored with it in about a week, but I can certainly see it's appeal.
Re:Worse yet... (Score:5, Insightful)
_Nobody_ knows what "beta" means any more.
To Microsoft it means "We really want to release this, but it's too buggy even for our standards, but here, we'll let you buy it anyway."
To Firefox it means, "Time to revamp the UI from the ground up."
To Google it means, "We've released it and we know it needs more work, but we're too busy working on our next beta."
To Slashdot it means "Beta? What's a beta? We just test everything new in production."
Re:Which date? (Score:5, Insightful)
And YYYY/MM/DD sorts very nicely.