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    Minecraft

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xTank Jones16x, Aug 25, 2010.

  1. jakej

    jakej Notebook Consultant

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    Is this game really worth buying? At 15 dollars, it's more than I spent on Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, BFBC2, and Left for Dead 2. In fact, it may actually be the most expensive game I've bought for my laptop. It seems like it would get boring once you build your house, and....thats it.
     
    jakej, Mar 3, 2011
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  2. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Playing multiplayer with a friendly community is the best way to play this game really. You'll get bored of solo play after a while. It's the best when you build with friends and make all these crazy contraptions/structures. Also addictiv, mind you :D
     
    Hirohata, Mar 3, 2011
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  3. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    Online playing: stealing, griefing, pvping, trying to hide your own place from getting griefed, make alliances, join towns, discover giant caves, dispute ownership of lands, etc etc. Playing minecraft online is the closest you can get to to video game freedom.
     
    jerg, Mar 3, 2011
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  4. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    ya the author is really active in the community.. I emailed him about some issues and got quick replys but ya... pm me if you want some peeps to play with


    well if you to play on a server that stuff doesn't happen like that join mine :p
     
    Texanman, Mar 3, 2011
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  5. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    My and my friend is renting a VPS server to host Minecraft. :D
    Running Craftbukkit and other goodies.

    PM me and "maybe" il PM back with the IP?
     
    DEagleson, Mar 3, 2011
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  6. jakej

    jakej Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds like people really get into this game huh? Is it easy to start off or do all the newer players pretty much just get picked on?..somehow.
     
    jakej, Mar 3, 2011
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  7. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I just tried it on my Dell Mini netbook and it was barely playable. When you start you need the view distance far so you can find trees and coal and other stuff, and it just crawls. Once inside a cave and such, it isn't so bad, and can reduce view distance to tiny, but it still is like 12-15 fps. My CPU was at 60-70% so I guess it's a GPU issue.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 3, 2011
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  8. jakej

    jakej Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, I believe it is GPU related. I tried to play just the free version on my Dv6 on the battery, with the Intel graphics, and I had to turn the view distance down to get a playable framerate. Strange, considering it's a word made out of 16-bit blocks..
     
    jakej, Mar 3, 2011
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  9. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    It really needs some optimization as well. I notice that when i first start working in a new "chunk" (fixed size of land)....it takes a good 5-10 seconds before the game play returns to a smooth state.
     
    redrazor11, Mar 3, 2011
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  10. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Seems this could easily be optimized for a netbook. I mean Unreal Tournament runs great on this thing and looks ten times better.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 3, 2011
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  11. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    My friends and I were playing in my server last night and crap pretty much hit the fan... sorry for my sounding voice my mic picks me up too well

    YouTube - Our First Minecraft dungeon
     
    Texanman, Mar 4, 2011
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  12. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    LOL Loads of slimes XD And chickens XD
     
    Hirohata, Mar 4, 2011
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  13. Tree_Burner

    Tree_Burner Notebook Deity

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    we need an NBR minecraft server
     
    Tree_Burner, Mar 4, 2011
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  14. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    Just use mine... its always running... just pm me and ill send the info
     
    Texanman, Mar 4, 2011
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