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My experience is that us grownups got over it, but the kids can't let it go.

waterlesscloud 11y ago
Call me crazy, but a game where kids build stuff, communally or individually, is about a bazillion times cooler than games where kids just zap each other with twitch reflexes.
- aselzer 11y ago
  I have noticed that kids playing Minecraft tend to fall into two groups: 1) Those building railways, roads, cities, redstone circuits, efficient automatic farms. 2) Those playing on "PvP" servers all day, attacking each other, fighting in arenas, clan wars, etc. (If you hear a constant "click click click" noise, that's probably them) The ratio of type 2 to type 1 players is probably something like 7:3. Type 2 relies on servers, while type 1 can be is usually done alone (on a server it typically ends in drama).
- DanBC 11y ago
  I don't even mind the twitch reflex games. I just get frustrated that it's so hard to filter out the fourteen year olds screaming abuse at me.
  - eropple 11y ago
    Playing on PC mitigates a lot of that, IME. Also, co-op. Left 4 Dead is still fantastic.
bovermyer 11y ago
I'm a grownup and I didn't get over it. Granted, I don't play (or watch) near as frequently as these kids do, but I still play.
- Andrenid 11y ago
  I'm late 30s and will still load up MC before resorting to TV or other entertainment. Have played consistently since the alpha. I have a Realm going with a fair few adult friends where we just play around in a long-term survival game together. None of us can commit the time we used to commit to games (a few of us have kids), but I reckon we each probably put in half hour to an hour every day or 2, and the occasional 2-3 hour session per week while doing work on another screen or on hold on the phone.
- toxican 11y ago
  I wish I hadn't gotten over it. It was a lot of fun for a few years there. I get nothing out of single player though and finding a good server is such a pain in the ass. Or at least it's a fruitless chasing of the experiences I had on my first big multiplayer server, which I'll obviously never be able to re-capture. This is also why I can't get hooked on WoW again.
  - DanBC 11y ago
    (Not trying to change your mind) Why doesn't single player do anything? Did you try different play styles (eg, flatcore?) or was it just the lack of other people to build with? It's a shame that Minecraft on a server has ridiculous requirements, because there is a need for better servers.
    - jebblue 11y ago
      I agree, Minecraft worlds unlike some other sandbox games are backwards compatible mostly. You can create a world with the custom presets that is wild, all hills, all diamonds, massive floating islands in the sky, you name it then go back and play them whenever or as often as you like. Single Player still rocks!
    - toxican 11y ago
      The style of MC that I love is the whole Towny/loose RPing thing that you see a lot of in multiplayer. We'd build towns, form nations, have little battles, etc. There was local government and little goofy things that weren't taken very seriously, but still a lot of fun. The server had a lot of issues though. Such as the owner being the final word on everything, but not playing the game at all other than to check in occasionally. I set out to create my own server with a similar premise, but sans the issues...but man that is a lot of work to do alone!
wtbob 11y ago
We adults got over Minecraft? Why didn't anyone tell me? Guess I'll have to shut down my servers now…

Call me crazy, but a game where kids build stuff, communally or individually, is about a bazillion times cooler than games where kids just zap each other with twitch reflexes.

aselzer 11y ago
I have noticed that kids playing Minecraft tend to fall into two groups: 1) Those building railways, roads, cities, redstone circuits, efficient automatic farms. 2) Those playing on "PvP" servers all day, attacking each other, fighting in arenas, clan wars, etc. (If you hear a constant "click click click" noise, that's probably them) The ratio of type 2 to type 1 players is probably something like 7:3. Type 2 relies on servers, while type 1 can be is usually done alone (on a server it typically ends in drama).
DanBC 11y ago
I don't even mind the twitch reflex games. I just get frustrated that it's so hard to filter out the fourteen year olds screaming abuse at me.
- eropple 11y ago
  Playing on PC mitigates a lot of that, IME. Also, co-op. Left 4 Dead is still fantastic.

bovermyer 11y ago

I'm a grownup and I didn't get over it. Granted, I don't play (or watch) near as frequently as these kids do, but I still play.

Andrenid 11y ago
I'm late 30s and will still load up MC before resorting to TV or other entertainment. Have played consistently since the alpha. I have a Realm going with a fair few adult friends where we just play around in a long-term survival game together. None of us can commit the time we used to commit to games (a few of us have kids), but I reckon we each probably put in half hour to an hour every day or 2, and the occasional 2-3 hour session per week while doing work on another screen or on hold on the phone.
toxican 11y ago
I wish I hadn't gotten over it. It was a lot of fun for a few years there. I get nothing out of single player though and finding a good server is such a pain in the ass. Or at least it's a fruitless chasing of the experiences I had on my first big multiplayer server, which I'll obviously never be able to re-capture. This is also why I can't get hooked on WoW again.
- DanBC 11y ago
  (Not trying to change your mind) Why doesn't single player do anything? Did you try different play styles (eg, flatcore?) or was it just the lack of other people to build with? It's a shame that Minecraft on a server has ridiculous requirements, because there is a need for better servers.
  - jebblue 11y ago
    I agree, Minecraft worlds unlike some other sandbox games are backwards compatible mostly. You can create a world with the custom presets that is wild, all hills, all diamonds, massive floating islands in the sky, you name it then go back and play them whenever or as often as you like. Single Player still rocks!
  - toxican 11y ago
    The style of MC that I love is the whole Towny/loose RPing thing that you see a lot of in multiplayer. We'd build towns, form nations, have little battles, etc. There was local government and little goofy things that weren't taken very seriously, but still a lot of fun. The server had a lot of issues though. Such as the owner being the final word on everything, but not playing the game at all other than to check in occasionally. I set out to create my own server with a similar premise, but sans the issues...but man that is a lot of work to do alone!

wtbob 11y ago

We adults got over Minecraft? Why didn't anyone tell me? Guess I'll have to shut down my servers now…