Comments on: Faithfully replicating a World of Warcraft realm in Minecraft at 1:1 scale

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:32:00 +0000

There’s always one guy.

By: Jon Bakos

Jon Bakos — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0000

I like SW:TOR, but I think Blizzard’s biggest enemy right now is genre fatigue. Lots of folks are simply *sick* of WoW, and it wouldn’t matter what they added to the game. There’s only so many times someone can gather ten ape asses and have it still be interesting.

Much like MS Windows won’t be killed off by a better OS, but rather the death of its platform of the PC, I think WoW’s fate will be similar – not killed by a better ‘Gather 10 Ape Asses’ MMO, but by some different sort of game(s) entirely.

By: Blinkers

Blinkers — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000

A real competitor? It’s still in the ‘latest MMO annoyance that Blizzard is just keeping their eye on’ stage.

By: gaiapunk

gaiapunk — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:02:00 +0000

Okay,

You got me there :)

By: travtastic

travtastic — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:05:00 +0000

Every reply you type out distracts him even more from solving the energy crisis. Just stop.

By: travtastic

travtastic — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:03:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure that you could describe any serious hobby as applied OCD.

By: foobar

foobar — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:13:00 +0000

No more so that someone who spends years working on a model train set in their basement, carefully painting Warhammer figurines, or collating fantasy football statistics.

By: dculberson

dculberson — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:37:00 +0000

As opposed to you, who is obviously a very important and busy person merely taking moments out of your jam packed day to make a very important complaint!

By: Marko Raos

Marko Raos — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Sadly Luke is absent from that… thing. Or maybe thankfully?

By: Andrew S.

Andrew S. — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:35:00 +0000

I think it was just how I became aware of Minecraft that drove the statement. Had some friends who spent days/weeks constructing remade movie sets, etc. Step by step…that speaks of OCD to me. Fun OCD, but OCD nonetheless.

By: CaptainPedge

CaptainPedge — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Why not?

By: Richard Dagenais

Richard Dagenais — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:13:00 +0000

If you read the thread, this isn’t a story about obsessively recreating a WoW realm in Minecraft. I mean, it is but thats only what a layperson sees. Really its a story about clever programming, and coming up with an elegant solution to a problem.

Its quite entertaining to watch the moderator of the forum transition from his original “you can’t do that, we know better” tone to ultimately begging the guy to share his work with them.

This is exactly the kind of post I like to see on BB. Thanks Cory!

By: liquidstar

liquidstar — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:00 +0000

Truly, an heroic undertaking! I have a feeling some nostalgia for WOW is setting in; what with Blizzard finally having a real competitor (feel the force Luke…) ; mayhap that WOW is finally waning.

By: Andrew S.

Andrew S. — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0000

I do so love Boing Boing, but sometimes their unbridled love and admiration for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder concerns me a bit.

By: Jon Bakos

Jon Bakos — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0000

All of *Kalimdor???* That is a lot of free time, times a gabillion.

By: gaiapunk

gaiapunk — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:52:00 +0000

gosh people have a lot of time on their hands

By: Rockmetteller

Rockmetteller — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Why?

By: AnthonyI

AnthonyI — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Can building a WOW world in Minecraft be considered a copyright violation? I just wonder if your putting your neck out there by doing something like this.