$90 for advanced is bad enough, but no convention is worth $140. That's a week's worth of groceries for a family of 4. $60 alone is a month of cat food & litter.
All the other conventions I went to were $25-60. Hell, BigFish Games convention was free-of-charge & they gave us free food & all the free swag we could carry.
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Wrong Der Dumme, most Minecraft players are adult men, with the rest being an even distribution of adult women, teenagers of both genders, & little boys.
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I wish i could go but somehow i dont think i'll be able to travel to the other side of the world, buy $100 tix then book into a hotel and pay for that to
i thought there was a large poll a while ago saying that nobody wanted to have minecon in Las Vegas, yet Notch did it anyway. generally if you do what YOU want, then consumers lose faith in you
Of course he doesn't care. He should just make Minecraft U.S. exclusive.
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i thought there was a large poll a while ago saying that nobody wanted to have minecon in Las Vegas, yet Notch did it anyway. generally if you do what YOU want, then consumers lose faith in you
I recall the poll asking what country, with USA getting more than half the votes. There was something else as well, I don;t remember what it was, but it was deffinate;y not a state poll. There shoulda been one though, multiple choice, but ultimately ending up beign in the central states for higher attendage.
If Minecraft makes enough money & gets popular enough in the USA, the convention will be in a different location every year, maybey even having more than one a year. At the same time it could be a Global Annual Convention, taking place in more than 2 places at the same time. Naturally the Mojang staff would only be able to attend one.
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who cares if its expensive the point is if your going great if youre not so what its an indie company holding a convention be happy theres a convention at all :sleep.gif:
If you guys really really wanna go & save cash, you can always.....
*Borrow or rent an RV.
*Stay at a hostel instead of a hotel. It's ghetto, but it's only 1 night; socialize with a fellow attendee.
*Plan ahead of time to share a hotel with attending strangers or the homes of attendees who live in Vegas.
Ultimate money saver: If you live within 12 hours of LA drive, be a carpool, pick up other attendees & have them chip in for gas. When you get there, split a hotel room. The more people you pick up, the less money you pay. (In this heatwave, a full car will be a miserable trip).
That's stuff I woulda done if I still lived in Reno.
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Funny how euros feel a sense of entitlement like they diserve to have the minecraft convention near them just because the game wasnt made in america. Like american & canadaian minecraft fans dont diserve it. Same euros who go on blizzard and yell at the american companys to make conventions for them.
This was still a **** move from Notch. He should just move to US, and make Minecraft US exclusive, so he can hoard more money. 99$ for tickets? What the hell, dude? Do you know how expensive it is to stay a SINGLE night in Vegas? Let's not even talk about Air tickets!
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I have every right to use that image as my avatar. I support 11/9, and I laughed at it. Don't like it? Too bad. Last time I checked, I could express my opinion freely on this forum.
All the other conventions I went to were $25-60. Hell, BigFish Games convention was free-of-charge & they gave us free food & all the free swag we could carry.
I realize it's expensive flying everyone over from Sweden, but can't they get group rates or something?
but $99 + flight to vegas ?? :blink.gif:
i dont have that money for now :unsure.gif:
I recall the poll asking what country, with USA getting more than half the votes. There was something else as well, I don;t remember what it was, but it was deffinate;y not a state poll. There shoulda been one though, multiple choice, but ultimately ending up beign in the central states for higher attendage.
If Minecraft makes enough money & gets popular enough in the USA, the convention will be in a different location every year, maybey even having more than one a year. At the same time it could be a Global Annual Convention, taking place in more than 2 places at the same time. Naturally the Mojang staff would only be able to attend one.
*Borrow or rent an RV.
*Stay at a hostel instead of a hotel. It's ghetto, but it's only 1 night; socialize with a fellow attendee.
*Plan ahead of time to share a hotel with attending strangers or the homes of attendees who live in Vegas.
Ultimate money saver: If you live within 12 hours of LA drive, be a carpool, pick up other attendees & have them chip in for gas. When you get there, split a hotel room. The more people you pick up, the less money you pay. (In this heatwave, a full car will be a miserable trip).
That's stuff I woulda done if I still lived in Reno.
I mean, seriously. The tickets are more than Minecraft itself!
EDIT: OH CRAP i see herobrine in the banner!