Re:Minecraft videos – why are they so addictive?
by waterlesscloud on Saturday May 16, 2015 @07:19AM
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Call me crazy, but a game where kids build stuff, communally or individually, is about a bazillion times cooler than games where kids just zap each other with twitch reflexes.
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Re:Minecraft videos – why are they so addictive?
by aselzer on Saturday May 16, 2015 @08:45AM
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I have noticed that kids playing Minecraft tend to fall into two groups:
1) Those building railways, roads, cities, redstone circuits, efficient automatic farms.
2) Those playing on "PvP" servers all day, attacking each other, fighting in arenas, clan wars, etc. (If you hear a constant "click click click" noise, that's probably them)
The ratio of type 2 to type 1 players is probably something like 7:3.
Type 2 relies on servers, while type 1 can be is usually done alone (on a server it typically ends in drama).