Notch Considered for Time 100 Poll, Needs Your Votes

By Sacheverell Apr 11, 2013
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Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as assembled by the American magazine Time, and this year's list of potentials includes our very own Markus "Notch" Persson! Do you want to see Notch top the list of "most influential person"? Be sure to cast your vote for Notch!

The list was first published in 1999, when Time magazine named the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Based on the popularity of the installment, in 2004 Time magazine decided to make it an annual issue, listing the 100 people most influencing the world.

Be sure to vote for Notch - as of this writing, he is already in the top 3 of the 100 most influential people, and you can help bring him to the Number 1 spot! Click here to vote!

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Awesome, he deserves it.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
I'm glad he made this game and whatnot... It's not half bad... But I'm not really sure if he's deserving of being called the most influential person in the world...

Edit: Wow, 25 rep, guess other people do agree with what I've said here .

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
voted.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Yeah...notch is amazing, but there are so many people who deserve it more than him. Most influential person? Nahhh

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Booyah!

Notch 2015. VOTE!

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Not really that influential. I heard he makes good games though.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Yeah, I think that there are people who deserve the #1 spot more than Notch, but he should still definitely be on the list.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Voted for him! He has influenced many lives and more than 10,000,000 have bought his game! Why shouldn't he be the most influential person in the world?

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
He's 3rd on the list when I checked, and I think he deserves it. A game that has changed the lives of over 10 million people, that continues to reach almost unheard of milestones across computer, console and handheld gaming deserves to have its creator properly appreciated! If it wasn't for Minecraft a lot of people who play it would not be the same, and I think that is deserving of an honor such as this one.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Voted!

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Quote from _LoneWolfe_

I'm glad he made this game and whatnot... It's not half bad... But I'm not really sure if he's deserving of being called the most influential person in the world...

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Yeah...notch is amazing, but there are so many people who deserve it more than him. Most influential person? Nahhh

I think Notch's influence is a different kind of influence than most of the other people on the poll. He didn't TRY to influence anybody, he just made a sandbox game and sold it on the internet. Now, only a few years later, his game has sold over 10 million copies and has a discussion forum chock-filled with people. People from all around the world express interest in Minecraft, and many have found their place as mapmakers/modders/LPers/etc. If you think about it, he HAS influenced millions of people, and though he may not deserve the highest spot, something close would certainly be suitable. Then again, since there are different types of influence, I don't think you can really make a list of the most influential people. After all, a terrorist could be hated all over the world, but that hate would still count as an "influence". Would he deserve the #1 place? I don't think so.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
I Would Think that like bill gated or apple people will be most Infulentual

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Quote from _LoneWolfe_

I'm glad he made this game and whatnot... It's not half bad... But I'm not really sure if he's deserving of being called the most influential person in the world...

It's a list of 100, I think he can be somewhere on that long list. I consider taking away weeks of my life for a java video game a serious influence.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
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I Would Think that like bill gated or apple people will be most Infulentual

Grammar... needs correcting....
I would think that Bill Gates or the Apple people would be most influential.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Yeah, I thought about not voting for him because you know, it is a great game but it isn't that influential, but then I saw the other contenders. Psy or Michael Phelps definitely don't deserve it as much as Notch.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Dat tooth.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
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Voted!

You are my enemy, prepare to fall before the black empire.

/offtopic.

Voting for the second time! BECAUSE HE EARNED IT!

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
That he even made it to that poll is a farce.

EDIT.
After checking other names on that list... Wow, the whole thing sounds like a bad joke

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
There is no way in this world that he should even be in the top fifty. There are plenty of people with better work ethics and more meaningful contributions to the planet.

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Posted Apr 11, 2013
Quote from Biscuit0912

You are my enemy, prepare to fall before the black empire.

/offtopic.

Voting for the second time! BECAUSE HE EARNED IT!

Lol your enemy? i voted for notch?

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