Minecraft Creator Mulling Over MinecraftCon
A MinecraftCon may take place in Las Vegas later this year, but may not actually happen if tickets remain at $90 a pop.
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson believes there might be enough of a Minecraft following to actually hold a dedicated conference in Las Vegas. In fact, he's thinking visitors should shell out $90 USD for a ticket which doesn't even cover hotel and travel expenses.
But outside the cost alone, the problem with a possible MinecraftCon may be that many gamers simply won't attend because the planned date-- November 11, 2011-- is the same day Bethesda is scheduled to release The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. But who knows. Maybe there will be a massive turnout regardless.
Unfortunately, current poll numbers aren't favoring a possible convention. 44.17-percent of the voters have already shot down the $90 price tag, followed by 32.93-percent saying they may shell out that kind of money, and 22.9-percent giving the steep price a definite thumbs up. To ease the pain, Persson is considering bulk deals with hotels to keep the overall cost down. For now though, the entire event is merely a consideration.
"We’re thinking of perhaps setting up a MinecraftCon in Las Vegas on 2011/11/11, with all of Mojang going there, and us pushing out the final release live on stage or something," reads his official blog. "There’d be contests (costume, speed building, whatever else), Q&A sessions, parties and awesome food and such. This would be a great opportunity to both celebrate the release, and to meet the fans up close again."
To cast your vote, head over to Persson's poll here. November 11 is actually the day Minecraft will officially come out of beta, so it's only fitting a convention would take place on the same day. Question is, will this single game have enough of a following to justify the cost of hosting a convention in Las Vegas?
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I can't believe people actually play this game....
What is it? It sounds like it sucks a**.
Give it a try. You might be surprised.
minecraft is a neat game. to play for a while. but that is all. i need a massive update to get interested again. give me a bulldozer that can mine super fast, or ways to create large machinery and working parts. the red stone is a start, but im hoping it goes much much farther than that
Great game...but $90 con for a $15 to $19 game???
Having said that... even if I LIVED in Vegas, I'd not be attending... Bethesda will own me on 11/11/11.
Apparently my first post disappeared... I was saying that the first two guys sound just like I did before I played it. It's a pretty cool game.
I can't believe people actually play this game....
This is a very cool game for people with endless imagination and creativity.
I can't believe people don't play this game...
Really though, as enjoyable as it is, I find it hard to believe that there would be such a DEDICATED following to MC. Sure, its fun and a good creativity toy, but there isn't really all that much there. At least not yet.
I bought it back in Alpha, when it was 10 Euro (~$14) and was "You get everything." All it was at that point was building and monsters about. Now its building with monsters about with a new area with monsters and neutral monsters and wolves. I can appreciate that Notch was basically the only developer, and had Jeb(?) help for a bit, but I think that the game could use a few extra modes.
I remember talk of a "Zombie Siege" in which zombies would attack you all night, even breaking down your walls in attempt to kill you. That would/could be challenging and fun, more so on multiplayer. With my VERY limited knowledge of coding, this doesn't sound too hard to add to what already exists in the game.
What I am trying to say is that I'll become a huge fan if Notch can show that he is capable of tapping into the potential of his own game. But right now I'm not seeing that, as he is limited by fixing all that exists right now (Patch 1.6) and is the only one who is doing it. I guess I don't see how one can be that enthusiastic to travel to Nevada just for a Minecraft-Con, as the game is nowhere near what it could be.
Why love the cream puff before the filling is added?
I love this game! I especially love the anticipation when you click that first block. Will it be a mine or not? The tension kills me. When it's not...look out because I'm good at counting to find how many mines are around...not to mention they tell you.
This is a very cool game for people with endless imagination and creativity.
Exactly, for all the haters that don't, well they can go play one of the CoD games.
What's next? An AngryBirdsCon?
The big questions are will Jay Moore MC the event, will there be a goody bag, will Jinx be there selling exclusive Minecraft t-shirts, and is Ozzy playing a live concert to wrap the show up?
What's next? An AngryBirdsCon?
Ok the game is cool....but you are correct the Con idea is sounds like an episode of Big Bang Theory
Seems like shovelware and indie is usurping the gaming market
Maybe he should distribute the game for free to the attendees of the convention.
It's a fun game...for the first few hours.
Great game...but $90 con for a $15 to $19 game???
The price of the game is irrelevant, its about the experience. Its the same reason people pay hundreds of dollars to go to a live sporting event as opposed to sitting at home and watching for free on basic cable.
The concept of minecraft is fine, but since the digital data is not dependent on the work of gathering those items, for creation purposes I would say the second life experience is better. Of course minecraft offers something that appeals gamers, limited resources and gathering of those. There is little fun, according to some viewpoint, when resources are unlimited and imagination is the only thing in the way. Good that it's not the only viewpoint out there.
I love this game! I especially love the anticipation when you click that first block. Will it be a mine or not? The tension kills me. When it's not...look out because I'm good at counting to find how many mines are around...not to mention they tell you.
Excellent post
November 11th is also Remembrance Day in Commonwealth countries (Canada, UK, India, Australia, etc), sort of the equivalent of Veteran's Day in the US I think. Sure we get the day off work, but it is supposed to be a solemn day of remembering the sacrifices our soldiers have made (mostly WW1,2). I plan on attending a local ceremony and then probably playing some Skyrim (FTW).
I like the game and it has enough followers. But I like it better when Minecraft is a low-key game that doesn't try to outdo others in a convention.
Also, as the above poster points out, Nov. 11 is Remembrance Day - which is quite important.
My birthday is on 11/11/11 and I will be 21. DOOM IS INEVITABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only if you were 11!
Only if you were 11!
Who has the greatest potential to be the doombringer, somebody born on year 2000 on 11/11 and being 11 years old by 2011, or somebody born on exactly 11/11/2011 at 11:11 GMT, but being 0 years old at the time?
Maybe there are other possible candidates, 2 others, and 4 animals not necessarily horses for these 4 people to ride on.
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