How & Where did you discover Minecraft?

[Vargess]

I am curious to know how you found out about MineCraft. So how did you find it? A site, a friend, email, you tripped over it..

I for one, found it through a news article say 3 weeks or more ago, via a computer enthusiast website www.overclock.net
It was a free weekend deal as the creator was having an issue with his server and stuff. I bought it within an hour of that ending . Have played everyday since.
What about you?

 

[lordikon]

I also heard about it on overclock.net, I started about 10 days ago....completely hooked....losing a lot of sleep.

 

[SgtSpike]

Been playing since last fall... September-ish? I just remember seeing a classmate playing it next to me in class, and went... :?

Then, after trying it, I was hooked. Ran a creative server for a while, but then school took priority and I had to concentrate to get that last term finished up. This one'll be permanent.

 

[Waffl3s]

For me, it was the Penny-Arcade comics:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/9/17/

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/9/20/


-Waffl3s

 

[Kiwinz]

SeaNanners on youtube

 

[storm1217]

article on Digg, was on the toilet.... :twisted:

 

[SgtSpike]

article on Digg, was on the toilet.... :twisted:

Rofl, best answer yet.

 

[Socrates271]

My extremely nerdy friend "fat-dan" posted a yt video of his house in minecraft. My first impression "WHO THE HELL WOULD PLAY THAT ****?! Fat dan of course..." but then I saw a related video called "Earth" and then saw an article on Kotaku and thought I'd try out alpha. It was interesting, like legos, but the griefers were annoying, yet they added a nice element of fear to the game that made it exciting to hide your base. I'd really like minecraft if it became more sim-like. You know, expanded on the farming, house appliances, quests. That'd be neat.

 

[XsvalavsX]

Saw my brother, Hei2 playing it on his computer. My face when I first saw it ------> :lol: My face nowadays -----> :shock:

 

[ZeroSilentz]

I read an article about MineCraft in the latest edition of Game Informer. That sparked my interest, so I looked it up on YouTube to see what it was all about. The videos closed the deal.

 

[scottastley]

reddit. There's a whole community on reddit dedicated to minecraft. I saw the basic minecraft video with the minecart, and it didn't look interesting at all. Then, I starting seeing more and more content which pulled me in.

 

[MrCrawler]

Learned about Minecraft from a friend, then played on SgtSpike's Creative Server not long after he started it, been hooked on the game ever since.

 

[SgtSpike]

Haha, me and Crawler go WAY back. I think he was one of the first to join my creative server when I first started it too...

 

[Hawksoul12]

my friend at school showed it to me :mrgreen:

 

[joris_s]

Or good friend Seananners

 

[DrMadFellow]

Surely im not the only person here who found out about it from 4chan?

 

[XsvalavsX]

Ok, so I may have seen something about it on 4chan......

 

[samleick]

I'm with kiwiz Seananers is one sexy gentleman. Last vid was gutbusting. The Nether on hardmode is some scary shiz i'll tell you that lol

 

[DriftyArmadillo]

i was over at my buddies house (ravonions) and saw him playing it. i played that night and ever since. lol love it great job Spike!!!

 

[candylord2]

Well, it started when a friend of mine downloaded a pirated version (so to speak) of minecraft. A very early version I recall. The game didn't give me any good first impression, but I figured I'd watch him play it a little more. Then I too downloaded the pirated version, and got addicted immediately.

Anyways, it all ended up with 7 of 11 in the class buying the game, while two more are playing the free browser version.. I also fear one of them quit school to play minecraft.. Or something.. Haven't seen him in weeks. >: