Re:Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open...
by SunlitCat on Monday June 03, 2024 @03:48PM
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Minecraft was the first game, someone on the "internet" gifted me. I was like "Why do you do that?!" and he was just like, because it's cool to play with you.
Re:Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open...
by Zambyte on Monday June 03, 2024 @04:37PM
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Minecraft was the first game I made long term friends from the internet in. I went on to play other games with my friends from minecraft for years. My first real relationship was with someone I met on Minecraft. I flew across the US to visit her multiple times in high school (working as a dishwasher to buy tickets). 7 years later I bought her and her child plane tickets to visit me (earlier this year).
Also Minecraft got me into programming in Java, which let to my programming career. So yeah... Minecraft has been a pretty big part of my life, even if I mostly stopped playing it in early high school :P
Re:Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open...
by 12345hn6789 on Monday June 03, 2024 @04:45PM
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Yup. Folks like to bring up Roblox (rightfully) with regards to gambling and hosting shady real $money shops for in game items but AFAIK (public) Minecraft servers have been doing this since at least 2012. "Pay $20 for a 'rank' on our server! You get extra goodies!". "This special diamond sword is only $1!".
Really an under reported stat imo. These servers are under the radar.
Re:Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open...
by devin on Monday June 03, 2024 @05:07PM
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I do agree that it is lame.
However, money sinks like gambling can be seen as a part of the in-game economy and are a useful tool to take money out of circulation.
I don’t necessarily have a problem with judicious use of it, but if the point of the server becomes buying in-game currency to lose it at the poker table, then yeah, that’s exploiting your users.
Re:Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open...
by moehm on Monday June 03, 2024 @07:49PM
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If they talk about in-game currency, probably they mean mudflation. It's like inflation, but in games. If you can produce in-game currency out of nothing, the value drops.
This is a close contender (it's is also up, and really thriving; it's even on close to the latest version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2b2t
I can recommend 2b2t if you don't mind the 4chan-like mentality in the chat. Probably the only server where coding is actually a desired, core skill in factions/teams/groups.
Re:Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open...
by pests on Monday June 03, 2024 @04:48PM
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While yes 2b2t is on a modern version most of its history was spent on 1.12. Only last year did they jump to 1.9 and only in the last few months to 1.20. Not knocking it, just most of the old builds and metas were based on 1.12.
Ahhhh! Fond memories. :)
Also Minecraft got me into programming in Java, which let to my programming career. So yeah... Minecraft has been a pretty big part of my life, even if I mostly stopped playing it in early high school :P
Thank you for sharing!
But still, neat game all around.
They added gambling as what seemed a last ditch effort to attract new users
Really an under reported stat imo. These servers are under the radar.
However, money sinks like gambling can be seen as a part of the in-game economy and are a useful tool to take money out of circulation.
I don’t necessarily have a problem with judicious use of it, but if the point of the server becomes buying in-game currency to lose it at the poker table, then yeah, that’s exploiting your users.
What does this mean? What money is being taken out of circulation?
That's totally hyperbole. Perhaps they find themselves luckier than average - like most :) People overestimate this fairly easily/often.
It's vague... Counter point: opportunity cost. Nobody can say what will/won't happen, why even try to guess at this.
Most endeavors don't go as poorly as gambling. In my experience at least
Proof: https://web.archive.org/web/20140829145028/minecraft-serverl...
https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodbending
This is a close contender (it's is also up, and really thriving; it's even on close to the latest version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2b2t
I can recommend 2b2t if you don't mind the 4chan-like mentality in the chat. Probably the only server where coding is actually a desired, core skill in factions/teams/groups.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067857
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29615428
Their website with the announcement also links to the following:
> Alle Dateien vom MuxCraft Server.
> Enthält: Maps, Schematics, Server & Plugins, Bilder, Designs, Website.
https://archive.org/details/muxcraft
Not sure if it’s the same, or some extra data, compared to what they put on the linked GitHub
Don't play it on a banks computer. Nor visit WikiLeaks for that matter on a banks computer.
Nor changed printer status messages via Telnet to "Out Of Ink - Please insert more blood"
Or even make acknowledgment that was you.
I was 17, how I miss that age and getting away with things.