Play Luanti or Vintage Story
Fuck Microslop
Someone brought up Vintage Story, I bring you something far less known Luanti (Formerly MineTest) https://www.luanti.org/en/
I opened this thread with the question “How many comments do I need before I see something about Luanti?” It’s so good, and the world is soo much bigger!
Ok but how much of the world do you actually use?
The noteworthy part is it’s much deeper. I just hit -1000 in my mine. I have a second base at -500 with trees, farms, and chickens. It’s a giant cave, like so tall you can’t see the ceiling or across it.
Last two paragraphs are the only thing of value in that whole article:
If you’re somewhat cynical of this move, I don’t blame you. This certainly looks like Microsoft’s targeted someone who’s more concerned about user retention, advertising, and monetization than community moderation and access.
Minecraft is a juggernaut that’s resisted many of the more concerning practices you can find in something like Roblox. There’s no explicit suggestion Microsoft wants to push that direction, but this changeover leaves the possibility open. We’ll see what the future holds
Rip Minecraft. Seems that Hytale is coming out just in time.
Hytale is shit, really, it already has some paid stuff (and passes i think?) Hypixel is generally very shitty anyway, it’s basically going from the almost sinked ship to the ship that is about to sink
Creeper is appropriate.
You can thank me later: https://www.vintagestory.at/
I started playing a few weeks ago, it is a lot of fun! I cheated a little though, game is a little brutal at first.
It’s realistic. Some day, when you feel like it, try setting to hard mode and switch on collapsing caves and blocks falling sideways, one life only. It’s hilarious how often and quickly you die if you don’t focus. There’s a mod for blood trails, that helps for hunting. I am currently in the middle of a hard winter, it’s super tough! But have some nice shader settings, so looks cool while suffering haha
we had a good run
Well, RIP Minecraft. Probably worth getting backups of your favorite versions.
Its the most purchased game in the world, do you think there is after the full release that isnt backed up a couple hundred times?
But if you want, i would recommend 1.7.9, 1.12.2, 1.16.5, and 1.19.4 since those are the most modded versions of minecraft as far as i know (1.7 and 1.12 being mostly tech modpacks)
Do you know if it’s possible to get the pre-release versions of the game? I’d be curious to explore the versions I started with to remember how little it has. I don’t remember what version I started with, but it was definitely in the alpha. IIRC it might have been just after minecarts were added. I’m sure we had almost nothing back in those days.
I know you couldn’t repair things back then, and I made the mod to add repairs, and the vanilla game eventually added it basically to the exact recipes. I still wish Curse was used for games because I have Curse Premium for life from that, but I’ve had no reason to use that site since then.
Some versions of pre 1.0 minecraft are available on the official (java) launcher (if you do not have an account something like prism cracked would work too)
I know more old versions exist on the internet and have seen minecraft.wiki lists some with download links, but i have never tried to use such an old version
1.21.1, and 26.2 if you want further content. Java, BTW. No sane person uses Bedrock.
I completely forgot about 1.21.1
Regarding 26.2, i would just wait for the last not bad version since if they do make java edition bad (which i doubt would happen), they wouldnt do everything suddendly
Minecraft is so easy to pirate.
RIP Minecraft happened when Notch sold out to Microsoft in the first place.
I wonder if he still would’ve still been a fascist, sexist, homophobic Nazi piece of shit if he wouldn’t have sold.
Do you think he became those things after he sold it? Like some magic trick where the very second it happened he became a bad person. No, he was surely those things before, just hadn’t shown it publicity.
I do think there’s a possibility of power going to people’s heads, allowing people to run in idea-reinforcing circles, and eliminating doubt of competing worldviews.
I do recall that he talked about feeling incredibly alienated after the sale, because people only wanted to talk to him, for his money. He couldn’t make genuine connections. That kind of thing really fucks with you, and it wouldn’t surprise me if it exacerbated existing problems.
But also, like… Look at the Villagers. They deal in commerce, have but noses, and are protected by golems. He was always a shithead. Being a rich shithead only made him worse
Looks like it’s Luantis time to shine
I already had a feeling Minecraft was going down, especially with the Microslop account requirement.
Angelidou-Smith is no stranger to positions like this, but more in social media than video games. From 2014 to 2022, she was with Meta, looking after various aspects of Facebook, firstly in app monetization, and then in the realm of Facebook Groups, Dating and the like. Then, after stints in other industries, she took on the job of chief product officer at Reddit in November of last year. And now she’s in charge of Minecraft.
because we all know how good Facebook dating and reddit are
So it’s dead
Oh noe
