Buy Minecraft, Get More Minecraft

[The Wooster]

Buy Minecraft, Get More Minecraft

To celebrate his impending wedding, Notch is giving a free copy of Minecraft to anyone who buys Minecraft.

The Escapist takes a fairly dim view of internet memes, so let's just imagine I made the obligatory "I put Minecraft in your Minecraft" joke and move on. If you purchase a copy of Minecraft [http://www.minecraft.net/prepurchase.jsp] this weekend, you will receive a gift code you can give to someone you love and/ore (hoho) hate. Or you could sell it, I guess. You and your loved one (or loyal customer) can then spend your days wandering the wilderness, punching trees, riding pigs and living in perpetual fear, [http://www.gamebreakers.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/endermen.jpg] together.

It's a perfect way to cap off an exciting month for Notch. Not only is he getting married, Minecraft broke 3 million sales this month, selling around 300,000 copies in 30 days, and he announced Minecon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112241-Buy-MineCon-Tickets-Now-and-Get-a-Chance-to-Meet-Notch], an upcoming Minecraft convention taking place on November the 18th in Las Vegas. Oh, and Bethesda sent him an angry letter claiming that his upcoming game Scrolls infringes on their trademark and people may mistake it for Skyrim [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112106-Bethesda-Says-Mojangs-Scrolls-Infringes-on-Elder-Scrolls-Mark]. Like I said, exciting.

Source: Notch [http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend]


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[cardinalwiggles]

sucks if you already have bought the game but i do wish the man all the luck in the world both with marriage and with bethesda law suit. i encourage those who havent thought about it to purchase it now and get more people into the bandwagon

 

[MrJKapowey]

What, so those who liked it before it went mainstream get no bonus? That sucks!

Minecraft within Minecraft...

Mine-Ception-Craft!

 

[Neotericity]

There are people still buying Minecraft? I thought everyone had it by now, cool sale though, smaller games who want a focus on multiplayer might want to take note of this, help double your online population, gotta love free stuff!

 

[Mr. Gency]

There are people still buying Minecraft? I thought everyone had it by now, cool sale though, smaller games who want a focus on multiplayer might want to take note of this, help double your online population, gotta love free stuff!

Yeah, and I'm glad I put it off for so long.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Minecraft within Minecraft...

Mine-Ception-Craft!

Or just "Mineception"

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

Now to find two people who don't have Minecraft and capitalize on this. I don't think I have enough time to do that.

 

[theultimateend]

What, so those who liked it before it went mainstream get no bonus? That sucks!

Minecraft within Minecraft...

Mine-Ception-Craft!

This is the hardest part of my job, basically. Dealing with folks who get mad that we have a sale now when they bought something 8 weeks ago.

I get that you aren't seriously upset, but it just reminded me of the support inquiries.

*shivers*

 

[Mr. Gency]

Bethesda sent him an angry letter claiming that his upcoming game Scrolls infringes on their trademark and people may mistake it for Skyrim [http://www.google.ca/search?q=bethseda+notch+escapist&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a]. Like I said, exciting.

Source: Notch [http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend]


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Why does the link go to Google?

Not that I have a problem with that, but still... did have too many tabs open?

 

[PixelKing]

Shame I can't buy it, and no-one I know will buy it so I can get one free.

 

[Dalek Caan]

There are people still buying Minecraft? I thought everyone had it by now, cool sale though, smaller games who want a focus on multiplayer might want to take note of this, help double your online population, gotta love free stuff!

I am the exception there. Still need to get the money together. Anyway this is pretty awesome. If I did this I could sell the code to someone for a good price. There soul.

 

[razerdoh]

Shame I can't buy it, and no-one I know will buy it so I can get one free.

same here... stupid banks wont let me pay for stuff online><

 

[Dr_Horrible]

Well, I already have Minecraft of course, but I've been wanting to get both my dad and a friend to get it, so I might be able to knock out two birds with one stone here... hopefully this works if you're buying a gift code (I'm betting it does).

Also, what the hell is this? I've seen some illegible captchas in by day, but...

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You know what really sucks?

I just recently talked my friend into getting Minecraft. He bought himself an account and I introduced him to my server, and got him started on his way. He's already built himself a cool looking dragon thing. He's been having a lot of fun with it since he bought an account.

Yesterday.

He bought his account yesterday. I'm a bit scared to tell him if he had waited a single day, he would've gotten a free second copy. All things considered, that's actually pretty lame, if you ask me.

Still, I have two other people who should have accounts. So maybe I'll buy one and give them both away.

Wow, that sucks; I hate it when things like that happen.

 

[TundraWolf]

You know what really sucks?

I just recently talked my friend into getting Minecraft. He bought himself an account and I introduced him to my server, and got him started on his way. He's already built himself a cool looking dragon thing. He's been having a lot of fun with it since he bought an account.

Yesterday.

He bought his account yesterday. I'm a bit scared to tell him if he had waited a single day, he would've gotten a free second copy. All things considered, that's actually pretty lame, if you ask me.

Still, I have two other people who should have accounts. So maybe I'll buy one and give them both away.

 

[robert01]

There are people still buying Minecraft? I thought everyone had it by now, cool sale though, smaller games who want a focus on multiplayer might want to take note of this, help double your online population, gotta love free stuff!

I don't own Minecraft and have no intentions of buying it, it just isn't my thing. But I do like to see all the cool shit that people make with it. This game really is something that will change the way we look at gaming.

 

[twaddle]

i have the indie bundle trial right now. is anyone willing to get me a copy i would really appreciate it. if u do just send me a mail or quote me. i don't want to pirate a great game like some other people i know

 

[ShindoL Shill]

What, so those who liked it before it went mainstream get no bonus? That sucks!

Minecraft within Minecraft...

Mine-Ception-Craft!

FUCK! NINJA'D!
OT: congratulations, now there will soon be another Persson in the world. (will they change their last name to Peeople when talked about together?)
but seriously, this sounds like a great deal. notch is awesome.