How do you explain minecraft to people? I find it hard because it sounds really lame, but it is so much fun. I have my nephew, niece, older brother, dad, sister, and friend hooked. The only way to get them to like it is to give them a remote. So tell me how you explain on minecraft.
I can't and actually I stopped trying.. Once I had an out-of-body experience as I was "trying" to explain minecraft to someone, and realized how much of a dork I sounded like... So I just stopped trying... I just say play it and try it out.
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Lemme say this, They've either already heard of It or already played It.
That would depend on what crowd you hang out with. Unfortunately they are dying off, but I do stil have some friends who have never played anything on a gaming console or played anything more than the solitaire games that used to come with Windows on their PC.
How do you explain minecraft to people? I find it hard because it sounds really lame, but it is so much fun. I have my nephew, niece, older brother, dad, sister, and friend hooked. The only way to get them to like it is to give them a remote. So tell me how you explain on minecraft.
It's kinda funny because I was faced with this similar thing. At first, I told them about blocks and stuff like Legos. It didn't really appeal to the older crowd.
For us, now, we just use this one line:
This is DiZASTiX.com's free Minecraft Server, "Battlegrounds." Minecraft is a block-based sandbox game, which is best described by song: http://bit.ly/WUHetv
It's a world where you can do anything you want. There is no quests and nothing telling you what to do. The only thing that holds you back is yourself.
I tell them it's a survival-horror game, with lots of building and exploring involved.
It's perfect, because survival-horror sounds way more accessible (and cooler to mainstream, casual gamers) than wide-open sandbox, and it's pretty accurate. Minecraft does have some basic survival-horror aspects. If they want to know what the point of the game is, you just tell them that you build yourself up in order to take on the Ender Dragon. Once they start playing, they learn that they have to build shelters to live and mine to get better equipment, and they slowly ease into the realization that they're in a sandbox game with so many opportunities.
That would depend on what crowd you hang out with. Unfortunately they are dying off, but I do stil have some friends who have never played anything on a gaming console or played anything more than the solitaire games that used to come with Windows on their PC.
Is it wrong if I play solitare on my computer then :(?
in a world of blocks, where you try to survive the long dark nights full of creepers skeletons zombies and more you will need to build your shelter out of random things you dig or mine for. Explore Build and survive
The more I play it, the more I see how that's a perfect analogy.
That would depend on what crowd you hang out with. Unfortunately they are dying off, but I do stil have some friends who have never played anything on a gaming console or played anything more than the solitaire games that used to come with Windows on their PC.
It's kinda funny because I was faced with this similar thing. At first, I told them about blocks and stuff like Legos. It didn't really appeal to the older crowd.
For us, now, we just use this one line:
This is DiZASTiX.com's free Minecraft Server, "Battlegrounds." Minecraft is a block-based sandbox game, which is best described by song: http://bit.ly/WUHetv
www.DiZASTiX.com/Minecraft | [email protected] | A Feed-The-Beast MindCrack Server
Oh I like that, I normally explain it like Legos on steroids.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1745405-how-do-you-teach-minecraft-to-first-time-players/page__st__20#entry21657859
I hope that was a joke. If not explaining and teaching are to different things... Dang im two faced. anyway I searched also, and there was nothing.
Now you can use that wood to craft planks.....
Then you use the planks to build a crafting table..... And then....... And then...... And then.......
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Retired StaffIt's perfect, because survival-horror sounds way more accessible (and cooler to mainstream, casual gamers) than wide-open sandbox, and it's pretty accurate. Minecraft does have some basic survival-horror aspects. If they want to know what the point of the game is, you just tell them that you build yourself up in order to take on the Ender Dragon. Once they start playing, they learn that they have to build shelters to live and mine to get better equipment, and they slowly ease into the realization that they're in a sandbox game with so many opportunities.
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Is it wrong if I play solitare on my computer then :(?
Friend: Yeah F*** that, bye man.
say this with dramatic music and your done