Notch Getting Death Threats Over Minecraft Free Server Shutdown
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[QUOTE]The internet giveth, and the internet taketh away.
Minecraft’s Markus Persson, AKA Notch, is a popular figure on across social media, and not just because he made a great game. He’s also been an outspoken figure against anti-piracy legislation, and his generally lax attitude towards people pirating his own game has earned him respect in many circles as well as a staggering level of viral success for his game. [B]He also has a hat, and many support that decision.[/B]
But now that the server that’s been giving Minecraft away for free is shut down, things are getting a bit uglier.
[B]“I’ve received several death threats after the site giving out Minecraft for free shut down. That is seriously not cool,” Notch recently tweeted.[/B]
Becoming a prominent figure in social media is a tricky business – groupthink takes over very quickly and the most dedicated supporters can become virulent opponents overnight. When you have the kind of profile of someone like Notch, you ensure that anything you do has the potential to create extreme responses.
He’s keeping a sense of humor about it, though.
“What is cool, however, is that the vast majority of you somehow have enough patience with me not kill me. I don’t want to kill you either!”
[B]“Oh, btw, they were from what sounds like kids, and I am not genuinely worried about my safety,”[/B] he added.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/12/notch-getting-death-threats-over-minecraft-free-server-shutdown/[/url]
Oh I thought he shutdown the free version of Minecraft that's on the site.
"wtf notch ill fckin kill u"
WOAH NELLY THIS IS OUTSTANDING AND NEWSWORTHY BETTER WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT
"fuck u bitch im gonna kill you for not letting me play your game for free"
Site that gave away MC for free? Am I missing something here?
Are you fucking kidding me. Yeah, I don't like the price tag myself, but goddamn they knew it was fucking illegal, not to mention the fact that [B][I]it's the fucking guy who made the game in the first place, of course he was going to be pissed you stupid fuckers.[/I][/B]
oh, i thought he stopped doing the free creative on minecraft.net from just the title, now i see its about that website he told to stop a few days ago
-snip lrn2joke-
For a second there I thought he was going to be making paid only servers.
"..groupthink takes over.." maybe its just cuz I've read 1984 3 times this year (1 time on my own, 2 times for school..) but is that a newspeak word?
This is nothing to be concerned about; the kinds of people who get to this point over a free game probably can't really do any harm.
Basically what Notch said.
[QUOTE=Djessey;35556822]Site that gave away MC for free? Am I missing something here?[/QUOTE]
there was apparently some site a few days(or weeks?) ago that was giving MC away for free and notch told them to stop/close the site
[QUOTE=Djessey;35556822]Site that gave away MC for free? Am I missing something here?[/QUOTE]
Site was giving away minecraft for free. Notch shot the guy an email asking him to stop. The guy challenges Notch to a match of quake instead. Notch accepts, however the guy also stops giving it away for free out of sheer courtesy. I'm pretty sure the game is supposed to go down pretty soon, maybe even today...
[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;35556852]Site was giving away minecraft for free. Notch shot the guy an email asking him to stop. The guy challenges Notch to a match of quake instead. Notch accepts, however the guy also stops giving it away for free out of sheer courtesy. I'm pretty sure the game is supposed to go down pretty soon, maybe even today...[/QUOTE]
For free? How? What? Piracy or was he literally buying copies? What am I missing here
nononono.
It is a launcher what lets you launch without buying the game and logging in. Only bad thing is it puts your name as MinecraftForFree.
There are other "Pirate" launchers too, but for some reason this is pretty popular.
All the updates etc. work fine.
[QUOTE=geogzm;35556861]For free? How? What? Piracy or was he literally buying copies? What am I missing here[/QUOTE]
My best bet is piracy. Otherwise I don't see where the problem would be.
I was under the impression that [URL="https://twitter.com/notch/statuses/190034332952428544"]Notch accepted their Quake battle request[/URL]? Whatever happened to that?
[QUOTE=tratzzz;35556879]nononono.
It is a launcher what lets you launch without buying the game and logging in. Only bad thing is it puts your name as MinecraftForFree.
There are other "Pirate" launchers too, but for some reason this is pretty popular.
All the updates etc. work fine.[/QUOTE]
Well that sheds some light on it.
Oh no. We can't get a usually 30 dollar game for free anymore, better threaten kill a guy with a networth of what I'm assuming is well over 10 million dollars.
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;35556840]"..groupthink takes over.." maybe its just cuz I've read 1984 3 times this year (1 time on my own, 2 times for school..) but is that a newspeak word?[/QUOTE]
I was getting the same feeling on that one, I should read back into it to see if it is.
BUT I THOUGHT NOTCH WAS FOR PIRACY
Hey Notch, not so good on the other foot, eh?
nutch gimme free mincrfat pl0x or i kill you
[QUOTE=Ericson666;35556980]BUT I THOUGHT NOTCH WAS FOR PIRACY
Hey Notch, not so good on the other foot, eh?[/QUOTE]
He is neither for or against piracy. It is kind of a gray area for him.
LOOKS LIKE HE LOST THE QUAKE 3 MATCH
bummer
[QUOTE=Starpluck;35556913]Pretty ridiculous that something so trivial from some kids is considered news.
Dude chill the fuck out man.[/QUOTE]
stupidity makes me angry, it's the reason i've never had a reason to change my avatar
How do you give away minecraft for free? The launcher can be dled from Minecraft.net without having to log in. You have to make an account to log into the client itself
[QUOTE=tratzzz;35557007]He is neither for or against piracy. It is kind of a gray area for him.[/QUOTE]
Well early on he was like "nah, piracy is bro"
This supports my hypothesis that he only said those things to pander to his audience.
I can see why he is pretty relaxed about piracy. I got minecraft without paying(it was was during the last stages of alpha, i got the infdev version), later that day i bought the full game.
[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;35557060]How do you give away minecraft for free? The launcher can be dled from Minecraft.net without having to log in. You have to make an account to log into the client itself[/QUOTE]
It is a different launcher with no need to log in to your user.
[QUOTE=Ericson666;35556980]BUT I THOUGHT NOTCH WAS FOR PIRACY
Hey Notch, not so good on the other foot, eh?[/QUOTE]
Notch was never for piracy, it's not as if he liked the idea of people stealing games. He just didn't like big publishers' reactions to it, like DRM systems that make it harder for legitimate players to enjoy games.
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