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Quote from LDX »
Then why didn't Microsoft mention Linux in this article...??
http://news.xbox.com/2014/09/games-minecraft-to-join-microsoft

(Boldness added by me.)

They did mention Linux man...I think that you need to google Android.

Quote from FredFredrickson»

This is just baseless, emotional garbage.

If you've paid any attention to what Microsoft is doing these days, you'd know that they aren't a Windows-only company any more. They aren't stupid - they know that minecraft is a success because it's everywhere. They aren't going to kill it by trying to make it Windows-only.

I think you might be about the smartest person that has posted here...lol. Some of these other people just do not even understand the basics of business. It would not make since to spend $2,000,000,000 dollar to buy a game of runs on (what we up to now, around 10?) multiple then decide to keep only 2-3. Dropping support for so many platforms when the game is still growing larger and large would be a game changer.

Why is it that people do not understand that they can have the same games for both xbox and playstation...Call of Duty, FIFA, FFXV, Madden...the list of games goes on and on and that means that so long as Minecraft is doing great on a platform they are not going to just drop it. Notice that that does not mean that the other companies can not decide to drop the game for their platform if they have some beef with MS...lol.

Though I feel I should add that linux for desktop computers does not count because just a open source OS that has what 30 or more different forks. Android Minecraft should be same because that is the only linux version that really has any sizable market for minecraft. As of November 2013 linux was only 1.9% of the total computer users...

Guys take is easy and think about it...2 billion dollars means that they see the profit of this franchise. If they start making major changes like going only Windows that would cut the profits of the game by at least 50% and it would not even be a franchise even; if they drop mod support then they would loose a major part of the market too. If anything they can dump more money into getting the game so that it runs better and expand the items more then just adding flowers, stones, and doors...lol. Microsoft's creative direction has been getting worse over time but the programming has been getting better and better over time. I have not even gotten the blue screen of death in over 6 years...lol.

Also look at the fact that if they just wanted to get in on this market then it would cost them a lot less money and time to just make a new minecraft "clone" then it would take to remake minecraft...no it is clear that if they buy mojang then they want the name. If they were smart they would finish this API that mojang has been talking about for years now then once mods start coming out then they would start paying mod programmers for the rights to some bits of code. I never understood why companies do not take advantage more of all the "free" work that people are doing. For example Ender Storage mod is in just about every single mod pack out, now what if mojang offered say 5 or 10 thousands for that code since it is a smaller mod...

If they keep mojang in charge of the creative direction of the game this could be a good thing for everyone...unless you use Mac that is...lol.

Then they might should play a game that was meant for PvP. I might be missing something in MC PvP but it seems like all you can do is hit with a bow or sword and jump...there are not any skills or any real elements of PvP except for 10HP that means 3 hits your dead even old school runecraft was a better PvP then MC (unless you have mods then it could be a bit more PvP.) Any I missing something? Does MC have more to the PvP "system" then I am thinking?

I hope this closes that massive vanilla server down that makes it so you have to pay for EVERYTHING...you can not even make a bucket of water unless you pay $15 for one. You know how many stupid morons play this server? Thousands and thousands of morons...lol.

Quote from BrokenEye

I love Minecraft, but there is literally no possible way they could successfully turn it into a good movie

Sure you could you could just have steve mining, building, and killings zombies. Sounds great I would pay 15 dollar to see it in the movie then pay 30 for the blueray...

Also if they did use ideas from youtubers they would not pay them a dime just like they do not pay mod makers or minemap makers for making a basic game engine into a fun and playable game.

This is a very very bad idea. It is just another example of Mojang making millions of dollars when the real heroes of MC are the mod makers and mini-game map makers. MC is on 10 platforms, selling 35,000,000 copies, totaling 945,000,000 dollars. They are billionaires for making a game that only have like 150 items...what like 6 types of trees, 5 ore, 5 flowers, and what like 20 types of decorative stones.

I think it would be fine if Mojang donated even 10,000 dollars to some of the main mod makers that have been around for some time...with all they made they can afford it give like 200,000 but nope. If not donate to them then they could at least put out the mod API that they promised years again even.

uhmmm I thought this has been out for weeks now or was there a different mod by the same name that did the same exact thing?

OMG how epic 3 whole new stones...no but really i love that you can stack doors now

Quote from ahamling27

Sorry about that! I wrote the article but the title I submitted said "Curse.com Reaches 500 Mods!". I didn't even notice that it was changed when Sacheverell posted it. XD

See thats what happens when you get to many cooks in the kitchen...lol. Now that I know what sight we are really talking about...yeah I really like everything about curse except that one big fact that you can not filter by version number. I know how to fix this issue on the user side using greasemonkey but I do not know anything about working with database and making about making a new query other wise i would make a new one really fast...lol.

Quote from ahamling27

You are confusing Curse.com and CurseForge.com. Curse.com is where users are supposed to go to find released and beta mods. So, while CurseForge may have 1001 projects, half of those are in alpha stage, don't even have files yet, and/or are experimental, while Curse.com finally reached 500, roughly 506 now. If you read the article, we explained how Curse.com and CurseForge.com are different and we're trying to educate the public about those differences.

Curse.com = Download Released and Beta mods. Where USERS should download them.
CurseForge.com = Project hosting site for AUTHORS to upload mods.

As for filtering by the version the mod supports, it's tougher than you think. Most mods stay up-to-date with Forge, and mod authors are continuously updating from version to version. If there is a mod that you like, I suggesting taking the extra click or two to see the "Other downloads" tab on Curse.com. It'll list every version of that mod and if it's a popular mod it's bound to have the version you are looking for.

Would you have it sort it by the latest updated version? That's seems like a feasible sorting method, but if you want to sort them just by version compatibility, that's when it gets tougher due to most mods supporting many different versions from before.

Like I said earlier, most mods try to stay up-to-date with Forge, and it seems the majority of users want it this way too, and as a result, Forge has continually kept up-to-date with Minecraft.(except recently with 1.7, as it changed so much they are really behind)

Thanks for the reply but can you blame people for confusing the two? It looks like even you confuse the two...
"CurseForge Hits 500 Mods!"

Adding a version filter is not a has hard as your thinking it would be man you can even do that type of thing using a simple greasemonkey script. Though after my doctors appointment I will look into just sorting but date...that might make the site useable at least lol.

500? For me it said it found 1001 mods? How can you be that far off?

I never use the curse site or the curseforge site because its is just plan silly that you have to look at mods for all the different versions without the option to pick what version you are looking for.

For example lets say I am looking for mods for 1.5.2 so I go to the curseforge site and right now there are 1001 mods but the top 10 mods there only 1 has a version that is for 1.5.2. Curse is a better setup then using a forums for mods but with out the option to filter by version number this its pointless still.You know it would only less then one hour to add a filter to the site and make it usefull.

Quote from ahamling27

You do see that the download button lists the version it's for right?

You did not understand what he was saying but this pic will help. Where in this photo does it tell me what version it is for?