Notch wants to know, as cocktail-napkin estimations peg the cost of such an event – not including travel costs getting there – at $US90 per person. In tourism’s shoulder-season it sounds a little steep, though Notch thinks they might be able to swing a lower deal. Currently, he’s running a poll to gauge interest. And “no way” has a plurality, 43 per cent to “yes, absolutely,” at 22 and “maybe” at 33 per cent. Nearly 50,000 votes have been cast.
What would you get out of it? “There’d be contests (costume, speed building, whatever else), Q&A sessions, parties and awesome food and such,” Notch writes. “This would be a great opportunity to both celebrate the release, and to meet the fans up close again.”
Though “no way” is not a majority of the responses, it doesn’t look good. I’m not sure this is even a sturdy “maybe,” but if you’d travel for it, head on over and vote.
MinecraftCon 2011 in Vegas? [The Word of Notch via Armless Octopus]
Image of Minecraft Las Vegas by Minecraft Forums user hosierrigg
Joe Mama
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 9:08 AMI’d rather be playing Skyrim.
Spandex Armstrong
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 9:28 AMWho? Lol
AnonymousPessimist
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 9:36 AMI would rather be waiting at home when the live update is pushed out so I can play it immediately!
f4cti0n
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:05 AMI would if only Notch would promise to fix the god-damned bug that stops me from playing the god-damned game!
Azza
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:12 AMThis would actually be pretty fun. I’d definitely think about it.
MaXX
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:14 AMI remember when I first encountered DRM, and I said to my friend who I was playing the Alpha with.. hey, thats a bit weird for a game that says it doesnt.. and has been glorified only by the good will of gamers.
My friend got overly defensive of Great Notch.
Then the servers continued to fubar themselves, and I said: Hey, wait, hes got a whole company now, people working for him, why cant they fix the minecarts?
My friend defensively said: Because they added cool stuff!
Then Notch tried to screw the mod community and take a big ol bite..
Now were agreed, screw you Notch.
You greedy, greedy little man.
Go grab another latte and feel very important, keep this stuff up and your 15 mins will be over.
706
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 12:21 PMHow did he screw the mod community? Personally I think given the amount of time I’ve gotten out of it and having only payed $10 I’m very happy with it.
Chris
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:30 PMHow many other games force you to pay an extra $10 to mod the game. Its insane there is now way you can justify it.
Victory63
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:55 AMNotch has a poll for which country you’d like it to be held at. Everyone pick Australia:
http://notch.tumblr.com/
rick
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2:22 PM“pushing out the final release live on stage or something.” Would you then sit at said stage for 2 days while you attempt to fix it.
Less content and more bug fixes and code improvements already.
Wayno@War
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 3:20 PMNo.