Economics of Minecraft

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Post by scribu » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 8:21 PM UTC

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by kiddico » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 10:51 PM UTC

This was one of the most entertaining things I've read lately.

I tried playing on minecraft servers with economy plugins, but never really saw the point. I just liked mining for the sake of mining so an economy didn't do much for me.

But this... it's like a gigantic meta-game on top of the game you're already enjoying. Something tells me I'll be playing some minecraft tonight...

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by sshagent » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 11:17 PM UTC

Was nice to read. Would love to read more of this "After sinking 10-20k hours into a single MMO and accomplishing a lot of unbelievable things within the confines of its gargantuan ruleset"

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by nevir » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 11:40 PM UTC

kiddico wrote: post #2

This was one of the most entertaining things I've read lately. I tried playing on minecraft servers with economy plugins, but never really saw the point. I just liked mining for the sake of mining so an economy didn't do much for me. But this... it's like a gigantic meta-game on top of the game you're already enjoying. Something tells me I'll be playing some minecraft tonight...

If that scratches your itch, take a look at Boundless (playboundless.com). Though it's still pretty early, and the player base is tiny, the economy is pretty interesting

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by AlphaWeaver » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 11:45 PM UTC

What a fantastic story. Brings back memories of participating in stuff like this, it was always a lot of fun.

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Post by tw1010 » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 11:46 PM UTC

I wonder if other societies would play Minecraft differently. Would people coming from a more egalitarian background do things like this?

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Post by kevin_thibedeau » Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 11:57 PM UTC

How have the economics worked out for MS? Have they gotten a return on their investment?

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by ReverseCold » Fri, Dec 29, 2017, 12:11 AM UTC

kiddico wrote: post #2

This was one of the most entertaining things I've read lately. I tried playing on minecraft servers with economy plugins, but never really saw the point. I just liked mining for the sake of mining so an economy didn't do much for me. But this... it's like a gigantic meta-game on top of the game you're already enjoying. Something tells me I'll be playing some minecraft tonight...

Note that the server the author played on was in 2013ish (judging from the 1.5 version number given). I recently (2016) wanted to play on an economics server but I don't feel it works anymore. It feels like the whole game got more simplistic, no more metagame.

Not sure if it's just me or if the game's audience has shifted.

If anyone knows of a good economy based server, I'd love to hear about it.

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by kuschku » Fri, Dec 29, 2017, 12:17 AM UTC

ReverseCold wrote: post #8

kiddico wrote: post #2

This was one of the most entertaining things I've read lately. I tried playing on minecraft servers with economy plugins, but never really saw the point. I just liked mining for the sake of mining so an economy didn't do much for me. But this... it's like a gigantic meta-game on top of the game you're already enjoying. Something tells me I'll be playing some minecraft tonight...

Note that the server the author played on was in 2013ish (judging from the 1.5 version number given). I recently (2016) wanted to play on an economics server but I don't feel it works anymore. It feels like the whole game got more simplistic, no more metagame. Not sure if it's just me or if the game's audience has shifted. If anyone knows of a good economy based server, I'd love to hear about it.

> Not sure if it's just me or if the game's audience has shifted.

The same happened everywhere in the Minecraft community. Be it in the english-speaking world, or Germany, everywhere the economy-based servers closed down over time, by now almost none of them are left anymore. Dominating now are the minigame hubs, dozens of servers full of minigames, raking in cash.

And many of the players that used to play the economy bad in the day, are now playing modded servers.

Re: Economics of Minecraft

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Post by gamebak » Fri, Dec 29, 2017, 12:25 AM UTC

AlphaWeaver wrote: post #5

What a fantastic story. Brings back memories of participating in stuff like this, it was always a lot of fun.

What a great story, I remember I found the same mod on a server and I played for one month on a daily basis until I got rich, mostly by taking advantage of the trading system as well. Just that in my case the economy crashed and we were forced to start over.