'Please don't ruin Minecraft,' 10-year-old begs in open-letter to Microsoft

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Alby_da_Wolf on 17 September 2014

dharh said:

fireburn95 said:

InnocentSin said:

Lol, rlly? Who cares? it`s a video game regardless.

Ok worded wrong but kids spend too long on minecraft as if it is the holy grail of gaming - it's not.

It's not a game IMO, it's an application, like MS Paint

Holy grail of gaming? You are getting way ahead of yourself pal. They are playing this game because they get to be _creative_ in it. Most games are static 1-dimensional experiences, you are basically just playing a linear whatever genre game. A very few set of games are open world 2-dimensional games where you get to play and explore. An even smaller set of games are open world 3-dimensional games where you get to play, explore, and influence/create.

Just to be clear, by dimensions im not talking about physical 1-2-3 dimensional planes. I'm talking about the three of what I call pillars of gaming experience.

Clearly you do not understand what this game means to millions of people.

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This post of yours and the successive you wrote in this thread get in a few lines the essence of a game like Minecraft.

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Ostro on 17 September 2014

So educational means you have to do stuff to get other stuff?
So many things we need to label educational now, love it!
If they change it, the community will be running their own servers with the last "real" version, so what

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Nintendona on 17 September 2014

Wow..........A lot of People really loves Minecraft.

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the2real4mafol on 17 September 2014

true_fan said:
This "console war" has reached a new low, some pathetic fanboy put them up to this. 10 year olds don't know about acquisitions and how Minecraft would be affected by the purchase of mojang.

Maybe in your world but kids aren't stupid you know. They find out about whats happening around the world like the rest of us

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Sal.Paradise on 17 September 2014

true_fan said:
This "console war" has reached a new low, some pathetic fanboy put them up to this. 10 year olds don't know about acquisitions and how Minecraft would be affected by the purchase of mojang.

She didn't lie though.

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