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Sir_Cmpwn's assessment of Notch was harsh, but not wrong. Notch isn't in the same league as a John Carmack, for example. The most recent release of Minecraft
by MrZongle2 13y ago
Sir_Cmpwn's assessment of Notch was harsh, but not wrong.
Notch isn't in the same league as a John Carmack, for example. The most recent release of Minecraft saw massive changes to the underbelly of the game, all of which is being done by Mojang staff other than Notch. The game does have a ton of warts, especially where modding is involved, which can be traced to some of Notch's technical decisions.
Does that mean that Notch is a bad person? A fool? No, neither. Notch had a vision for Minecraft, followed it, and because of that work is now a very rich man who can afford to play with whatever technology he wishes. I wish I was like Notch.
Let's not shoot the messenger here.
- voltagex_ 13y ago>especially where modding is involved The modding API consists of decompiling the entire thing and monkey-patching it. Does anyone else see a problem with that? It's such a fantastic game but it's really unfortunate.
- jebblue 13y agoAnd there are plugin developers making good money, server operators doing nothing but running Minecraft servers and living on donations and other monetization schemes. Was he supposed to make the best selling indie game in history and make it easy as pie for the modders to make a living too? He was one guy.
- alexcroox 13y agoAlso hindsight is a wonderful thing