Mojang Crushes Valve, Opens "The Minecraft Store"
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There is indeed an International Date Line, but it's absolutely nowhere near Sweden. It runs down the little bit of ocean between Russia and Alaska, then down through the Pacific islands. Sweden is only 5 hours ahead of the east coast of America.Alar said:
...what? No. It's GMT +1, but either way it still wasn't even close to April 1st in Sweden (nor in the UK, where I am) when the store page was put up - this article was posted at 8.01pm in our time zone.Irridium said:
Incidentally: I suspect it's already been mentioned, but the locked crates (that the keys on the store page are purportedly for) are actually in the game. I found one a little while ago. I assume they're a joke and will disappear in a new update over the next couple of days, but it's good to see they're doing this sort of thing.
EDIT - Just realised: America writes the date as 1/4, the update that added these things to the game was Beta 1.4. Coincidence? I hope not, that's the cleverest part of the whole thing if deliberate.
See, this is why I hate sarcasm in text. This could either be someone being very sarcastic, someone who's trolling, or someone who really doesn't know that plenty of other games have done this before (including Team Fortress 2 selling hats). There's no tone of voice, no facial expressions, just cold text.Andy Chalk said:
I mean, okay, in this context I guess it's safe to say we're dealing with sarcasm here considering that someone who writes about games every day should know that it's not an original idea, but regardless, perfect example. Obvious sarcasm works, no sarcasm works, but this kind of thing where it could go either way drives me nuts.
Here, try this:mjc0961 said:See, this is why I hate sarcasm in text. This could either be someone being very sarcastic, someone who's trolling, or someone who really doesn't know that plenty of other games have done this before (including Team Fortress 2 selling hats). There's no tone of voice, no facial expressions, just cold text.Andy Chalk said:
I mean, okay, in this context I guess it's safe to say we're dealing with sarcasm here considering that someone who writes about games every day should know that it's not an original idea, but regardless, perfect example. Obvious sarcasm works, no sarcasm works, but this kind of thing where it could go either way drives me nuts.
In seriousness, it's usually pretty easy to tell when a writer is being ironic unless they're particularly inept or idiosyncratic. I don't see the problem?
[sub]Of course, I could be using irony right now... you'll never know![/sub]
I love how some of the Facebook responses on the article are getting all high and mighty over the fact that this is "biased reporting" and that Mojang should have had no chance versus Nintendo or Valve. It's really great how they don't realize two of the things that almost all of the world knows; 1) Learn to take a joke or you will have a poor life indeed. 2) Age comes before beauty.
For clarification...
1) Self-explanatory, it's a joke capitalizing on the success of Minecraft, TF2, and April Fools all at once.
2) The older things are, the less people want anything to do with them. Minecraft is the fascinating new (relatively new, at least compared to Nintendo, and Valve on a bad day) thing that everyone wants more of. Which also explains why its not-exactly-pleasing-to-the-eye graphics are still destroying the March Madness bracket. The age has withered even though Valve and Ninty still make beautiful new games; they just aren't "new" anymore, it's all the same thing. Most people just like the new thing until people start copying it.
... Hmm, funny how the more tired I am when posting, the more prolific and pointless my posts become. I just managed a good sized paragraph-worth of information on Facebook posters and opinions of the general populace. Damn, I need some sleep.
And while we are on the topic of Valve, where's our Episode 3?
For clarification...
1) Self-explanatory, it's a joke capitalizing on the success of Minecraft, TF2, and April Fools all at once.
2) The older things are, the less people want anything to do with them. Minecraft is the fascinating new (relatively new, at least compared to Nintendo, and Valve on a bad day) thing that everyone wants more of. Which also explains why its not-exactly-pleasing-to-the-eye graphics are still destroying the March Madness bracket. The age has withered even though Valve and Ninty still make beautiful new games; they just aren't "new" anymore, it's all the same thing. Most people just like the new thing until people start copying it.
... Hmm, funny how the more tired I am when posting, the more prolific and pointless my posts become. I just managed a good sized paragraph-worth of information on Facebook posters and opinions of the general populace. Damn, I need some sleep.
And while we are on the topic of Valve, where's our Episode 3?
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Jimi Bove said:
You all fail at detecting a joke. You know what? Go on the store linked in the article, and buy something. All will become clear soon enough.BoredDragon said:
You make me :,( but yes I do admit to not getting the joke. However, I've had so many Minecraft fans bitching at me for saying Mojang shouldn't have won its hard to distinguish the jokes from the idiots.Avatar Roku said:
Oh come on, the 'bloated corporate machine' line was a dead giveaway. Also, people have been successfully writing textual satires for hundreds of years and getting their point across without any vocal modulation or facial expressions. If you're after a good laugh, read Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' sometime. The signs of sarcasm are fairly obvious; don't complain that other people should make their humour more obvious because you aren't familiar with satire.mjc0961 said:See, this is why I hate sarcasm in text. This could either be someone being very sarcastic, someone who's trolling, or someone who really doesn't know that plenty of other games have done this before (including Team Fortress 2 selling hats). There's no tone of voice, no facial expressions, just cold text.Andy Chalk said:
I mean, okay, in this context I guess it's safe to say we're dealing with sarcasm here considering that someone who writes about games every day should know that it's not an original idea, but regardless, perfect example. Obvious sarcasm works, no sarcasm works, but this kind of thing where it could go either way drives me nuts.
Besides, how many of you people did not consider for even one second what day it is?
I have to say thank you to all those who fell for it. You made me laugh and brightened my evening.
What? No we don't. 1/4 is January 4th. 4/1 would be April 1st. You're thinking of some other country.Ophiuchus said:
