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Minecraft gamers tear virtual Denmark to the ground

24 points by lelf 13y ago

weavie 13y ago
I'm not surprised. The first thing my sons friends do when he invites them onto his server is see how much of it they can blow up. Unlike my son, at least these guys have backups of their world.
JohnTHaller 13y ago
John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
cooper12 13y ago
The server admins should have anticipated this. That's why there are many server plugins you can install to prevent griefing or building. They should have made the world read-only.
- Pxtl 13y ago
  If you can't deform the terrain then it isn't really Minecraft, is it?
  - TheCapn 13y ago
    Depends on your goals. The core game is Minecraft but mods have existed for a long time that make "Hunger Games" style adventure where your tools and foods must be earned.
- herokusaki 13y ago
  > there are many server plugins you can install to prevent griefing or building. I think what would suit their use is a plugin that rather than prevent building would make the world slowly regenerate towards a preset form (the map of Denmark). Edit: Either that or create an incentive for players to restore and maintain key landmarks with premium items. ("Rebuild Copenhagen and get diamond armor! Help defend it for X redstone per day!" or something like that. What do successful freemium Minecraft servers offer their sponsors?) These sorts of quests will probably help keep the players interested for longer and produce viral stories as well, so more people will visit virtual Denmark.
NAFV_P 13y ago
> A user of the entertainment, social networking and news website Reddit, RandomDKguy, posted a screenshot of American tanks invading an area of Copenhagen, complete with a number of Stars and Stripes flying, under the title ‘Americans are going amok in the Denmark map in Minecraft’. It could be much worse, some arsehole might decide to build branches of Macdonalds' all over the place.
- kawsper 13y ago
  They already have 86 restaurants (most of them is franchises) in Denmark, and in 2011 their total revenue were $300.000.000 in Denmark alone. They have already invaded :)
  - NAFV_P 13y ago
    In February of 2000 I was in Madrid (being in a mountainous area it can get surprisingly cold at night), and recall standing in a square in the city centre. Look down one street, Maccie-D's, turn 30 degrees left to gaze down another street, Maccie-D's, turn another 90 degrees left, Maccie-D's. Below the hostel I was staying in, etcetera.. I think the term 'pandemic' is more appropriate than 'invasion'.
j_m_b 13y ago
The Minecraft world is not static. Plants grow, altering the landscape. Creepers destroy things, which can alter water channels. Thats before the fact that the fundamental gameplay element is to break down blocks into useful items. I guess they will reload the map until people play properly and "with respect". Thanks Denmark, for giving us the world's first Minecraft dictatorship!
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- Aljam 13y ago
  Being a dictator in Minecraft isn't really new. I mean I used rule with an iron fist. Then I didn't care any more and made a pvp server. I'm surprised they don't have the WorldGuard plugin installed. That way they wouldn't have to constantly roll back the map.
Pxtl 13y ago
I wonder if they could set up some kind of "regenerating Denmark" minecraft mod that causes the "saved" file to gradually and automatically re-grow while non-Denmark features automatically gradually erode.
- gus_massa 13y ago
  Some of the user generated content is probably good. Usually bad content get more publicity. They should have a method to add mark some of the new features as permanent. Another possibility is to have some “moderators” wit a superpower to restore a section to the backup version. I don’t know if this is difficult to implement.
wtbob 13y ago
> A user of the entertainment, social networking and news website Reddit, RandomDKguy, posted a screenshot of American tanks invading an area of Copenhagen, complete with a number of Stars and Stripes flying, under the title ‘Americans are going amok in the Denmark map in Minecraft’. Gosh, wouldn't it be great if it were possible to connect this article to that picture? Maybe we could call that technology 'linking.'
EvenThisAcronym 13y ago
Only someone who hasn't played Minecraft would be surprised at this. Altering the scenery is half the fun of the game, anyway (the other half is building cool stuff).
DanBC 13y ago
If they escaped giant obsidian underground swastikas and dongs everywhere they got off lightly.

24 points by lelf 13y ago

I'm not surprised. The first thing my sons friends do when he invites them onto his server is see how much of it they can blow up. Unlike my son, at least these guys have backups of their world.

JohnTHaller 13y ago

John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19

cooper12 13y ago

The server admins should have anticipated this. That's why there are many server plugins you can install to prevent griefing or building. They should have made the world read-only.

Pxtl 13y ago
If you can't deform the terrain then it isn't really Minecraft, is it?
- TheCapn 13y ago
  Depends on your goals. The core game is Minecraft but mods have existed for a long time that make "Hunger Games" style adventure where your tools and foods must be earned.
herokusaki 13y ago
> there are many server plugins you can install to prevent griefing or building. I think what would suit their use is a plugin that rather than prevent building would make the world slowly regenerate towards a preset form (the map of Denmark). Edit: Either that or create an incentive for players to restore and maintain key landmarks with premium items. ("Rebuild Copenhagen and get diamond armor! Help defend it for X redstone per day!" or something like that. What do successful freemium Minecraft servers offer their sponsors?) These sorts of quests will probably help keep the players interested for longer and produce viral stories as well, so more people will visit virtual Denmark.

NAFV_P 13y ago

> A user of the entertainment, social networking and news website Reddit, RandomDKguy, posted a screenshot of American tanks invading an area of Copenhagen, complete with a number of Stars and Stripes flying, under the title ‘Americans are going amok in the Denmark map in Minecraft’. It could be much worse, some arsehole might decide to build branches of Macdonalds' all over the place.

kawsper 13y ago
They already have 86 restaurants (most of them is franchises) in Denmark, and in 2011 their total revenue were $300.000.000 in Denmark alone. They have already invaded :)
- NAFV_P 13y ago
  In February of 2000 I was in Madrid (being in a mountainous area it can get surprisingly cold at night), and recall standing in a square in the city centre. Look down one street, Maccie-D's, turn 30 degrees left to gaze down another street, Maccie-D's, turn another 90 degrees left, Maccie-D's. Below the hostel I was staying in, etcetera.. I think the term 'pandemic' is more appropriate than 'invasion'.

j_m_b 13y ago

The Minecraft world is not static. Plants grow, altering the landscape. Creepers destroy things, which can alter water channels. Thats before the fact that the fundamental gameplay element is to break down blocks into useful items. I guess they will reload the map until people play properly and "with respect". Thanks Denmark, for giving us the world's first Minecraft dictatorship!

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Aljam 13y ago
Being a dictator in Minecraft isn't really new. I mean I used rule with an iron fist. Then I didn't care any more and made a pvp server. I'm surprised they don't have the WorldGuard plugin installed. That way they wouldn't have to constantly roll back the map.

Pxtl 13y ago

I wonder if they could set up some kind of "regenerating Denmark" minecraft mod that causes the "saved" file to gradually and automatically re-grow while non-Denmark features automatically gradually erode.

gus_massa 13y ago
Some of the user generated content is probably good. Usually bad content get more publicity. They should have a method to add mark some of the new features as permanent. Another possibility is to have some “moderators” wit a superpower to restore a section to the backup version. I don’t know if this is difficult to implement.

wtbob 13y ago

> A user of the entertainment, social networking and news website Reddit, RandomDKguy, posted a screenshot of American tanks invading an area of Copenhagen, complete with a number of Stars and Stripes flying, under the title ‘Americans are going amok in the Denmark map in Minecraft’. Gosh, wouldn't it be great if it were possible to connect this article to that picture? Maybe we could call that technology 'linking.'

EvenThisAcronym 13y ago

Only someone who hasn't played Minecraft would be surprised at this. Altering the scenery is half the fun of the game, anyway (the other half is building cool stuff).

DanBC 13y ago

If they escaped giant obsidian underground swastikas and dongs everywhere they got off lightly.