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Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by peddamat »

lholden wrote: post #3
nutjob2 wrote: post #2

They didn't create a backup? Seriously?

Sad to say... but this is why you make backups. Things like this happen to minecraft servers all the time. :/

It's interesting that, in this context, blame the victim isn't offensive.

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by yread »

nutjob2 wrote: post #2

They didn't create a backup? Seriously?

> Typically, server mods can take certain precautions to ensure that their particular areas of their Minecraft "worlds" can't be altered, but that would have destroyed the point of the creation. The original concept was meant to be educational.

I think they don't want to drop it and recreate it because somebody might have used it in the way it was intended to

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by Trezoid »

Things like this always bring to light a particular side of the internet population that is fascinating to watch but very frustrating to participate in an activity "against".

These people immediately take an incredibly negative approach for their own short term enjoyment without any apparent thought of the longer term effect of their actions, and what people will do to counter that style of behavior generally making things worse for everyone, both grierfers and legitimate players.

I'd be curious to know what kind of "motive" for want of a better word underlies these kinds of actions, and why this destructive "fun" is so popular on these "infinite freedom" style games in particular.

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by lholden »

jacquesm wrote: post #10
lholden wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sad to say... but this is why you make backups. Things like this happen to minecraft servers all the time. :/

Back ups are good to guard against all kinds of mishaps. Still, to see something like this intentionally destroyed is really bad. It's akin to the people that would post google docs documents here for community collaboration and within seconds griefers would go there to trash them. I always wonder what kind of mindset it takes to show that you are capable of destroying something just for the heck of it. So your 'kind…

Oh I certainly think it's pretty screwed up that someone would do this, and entirely blame the people who did it.

Having said that... these kinds of things happen in to minecraft servers all the time. I certainly do not think they deserved it... but if you don't back up something important to you... you can expect to eventually lose it.

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by t-3-k »

nutjob2 wrote: post #2

They didn't create a backup? Seriously?

Surely there is a backup. You can actually download the original world but it is about 1TB.

I think it would probably happen again if they restore the original version. Here is a comment from danish GeoData Agency spokesman:

"We consider that as a nature of playing Minecraft – elements are broken down and new are being created. Therefore we will not reboot the demonstration of Denmark in Minecraft. But occasionally we will rebuild minor areas if buildings are removed and nothing new is being created."

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by Angostura »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #12

Slightly OT, but the UK national mapping agency has created a minecraft model of the UK [1] (minus Northern Ireland). [1] http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraf...

I got the impression that the Danish model contained actual buildings and features, whereas the OS map of Britain contains just the geographical features.

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by ColinWright »

This story was submitted[0] four days ago, but got no traction and sank without trace. The only comment[1] was mine, and I repeat it here:

    I know this is something of an internet meme, and hence
    somewhat out-of-place here on HN, but, in short:

        This is why we can't have nice things.

    It would be really cool if we didn't need passwords.  It
    would be really cool if we could have globally editable
    documents that stored and connected all our knowledge.
    It would be really cool if we ... well, you get the idea.

    What if clever people, really clever people, stepped up
    and started to think at a level higher than the single
    point fixes and managed some sort of meta-fix.

    How clever can people be? Anyone care to speculate?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7687378

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7687637

Edited to correct tpyos.

Re: Minecraft Griefers Demolish 1:1 scale model of Denmark

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Post by bignaj »

ColinWright wrote: post #19

This story was submitted[0] four days ago, but got no traction and sank without trace. The only comment[1] was mine, and I repeat it here: I know this is something of an internet meme, and hence somewhat out-of-place here on HN, but, in short: This is why we can't have nice things. It would be really cool if we didn't need passwords. It would be really cool if we could have globally editable documents that stored and…

Completely independent of your post, I thought and posted the exact same thing :) see below.
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