Well, if you haven't noticed, Notch was doing some private survival multiplayer testing a few days ago. A few of us were lucky enough to get in, and now we're sharing our thoughts on it with you! Read more below!
Starting off, a few of us were exploring. Manbearpig found us a nice area, and we began building. We called this area "Pirate Cove". We all co-operated and built a small port. A few times, the port was actually attacked by people who had Flint&Steel, though we quickly fought them off(not literally, we just put the fire out. Player vs. Player isn't in the game, yet). Moving along, jonnyabc ended up mining a lot and getting us some good materials, such as diamond. We ended up fiddling with doors and red stone, but ended up nearly burning our small house down. Luckily, that didn't happen.
Playing survival multiplayer, though currently without mobs, was a ton of fun. Instead of focusing on killing things, we decided to build and mine, though mobs will(very soon) be added. There were a few large bugs, but those have been fixed by now, though they didn't happen often. Aside from the bugs, which are to be expected as the game is still in alpha, it is a lot of fun. Working co-operatively to accomplish something makes you feel like part of a 'team'.
Looking ahead, Minecraft is growing rapidly, and survival multiplayer is exactly what it needs. All of the new features Notch will add are going to make it even better, and we hope you'll be here to enjoy it with us!
A couple of pictures:
We also now have a livestream page for World of Minecraft on the site! It can be found at: http://www.worldofminecraft.com/stream
Currently, it is playing footage from the last private testing, streamed by charrr.
Feel free to ask questions below!
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Sigh! I realy want to play minecraft full stop. I should be able to play after Tuesday I think. Yay. But that's providing sky sends the correct cd or if it actually turns up!
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How long do you think it will take for Alpha Multiplayer? :D
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umm can i join in with u and is the streaming live??
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when will the public version be out?
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what are the names of some of the multiplayer servers???
WoM Coins: 194
So you don't believe it when Notch himself thanks me for writing this?