Im all over it. Having played a lot on my laptop, which runs it pretty badly, I can't wait to play it running nicely. 

What's the deal with mp? Is it a case of picking the person that's online most and joining them when they're online?

Hmm just read somewhere that it's 8 player, but not sure of that's 2 xboxs using split screen. I'll keep digging.

So are you thinking of leaving an Xbox turned on in your house as a server Mod?

I haven't heard what 'ownership' of maps there will be. Would just the creator be needed to be there? Can you allow select folks on and then also allow them access when you're not there? Hmmm... any reviews about yet? 

*goes hunting*

Mod74 wrote:

FranticPea wrote:

So are you thinking of leaving an Xbox turned on in your house as a server Mod?

Am I fuck. I don't think it needs to work like that anyway. TBH I've no idea how Minecraft works full stop. We'll find out tomorrow.

Lol I did wonder.

I think this would be the only way of doing it though, if you want a world that doesn't rely on one person being online.

It could still be great though, just choose a person that will be on the most as the world that people join.

Found this,
' Joining multiplayer in Minecraft has never been as easy as it is in this version – and if there are a handful of rude pals on the ol’ Friends List then setting the game to ‘Invite Only’ will ensure that none of them will be stealing treasure or destroying complex self-made structures without first inviting them to the game. Of course, you already knew all of this if you watched the multiplayer trailer for Minecraft on 360.

There’s no question that the multiplayer is the biggest highlight of the entire game, but that’s not to say it’s perfect. Since games are set up and hosted by individual players, groups hoping to construct towns while the friend hosting is offline will be unable to do so. Depending on everyone’s Internet connection, Minecraft can also throw a fair amount of lag at multiplayer participants. Prior to a pre-release patch, my Xbox would also freeze up whenever trying to connect to a friend’s game, and the same also happened to him when he’d attempt to join mine.'

Seems to answer that map question. Who's burning out their B&B Minecraft Xbox then? Metagonz? The Elm?

Are there any other games that are 1600 points? A bit of a cunty move to charge that price for it just because they know it will sell like hotcakes. Lets, face it, the minecraft clones on the indie section sell more than most arcade games so it's going to be the number one selling xbla game of all time.

Might have been tempted at 1200 points but they can fuck off at that price, I already play the good version of minecraft with a 360 controller.

If I had a pc that ran it I wouldn't even consider it tbh, but as it is I'm really looking forward to it. 

I reckon it'll still be awesome fun online.

Yeah, not after bunging 1600 on something I'll no doubt give up on.

Jebus! Just seen that the worlds in fact are the size of a single map that you get on spawn. Invisible walls surround this and it takes about 6min to get form one side to the other. It doesn't even take a day of game time to do it apparently... 

I'll demo it for now then. Disappointing. Some are suggesting that the worlds may get bigger with patches. 

The justification for the 1600MS iirc was the beta-ness of it and the amount of updates it is due to receive. The idea was that you'd pay more upfront to fund this Live rule breaking.

Ay. I'm coming round to the concept but it was a bit of a shock. Reddit seems divided (surprising eh?) on the matter but considering the time it has taken me to get a single story château with walk over pressure plate doors, stairs etc the idea that you're limited (currently? more to come maybe?) to 1024x1024 blocks doesn't seem too bad. 

The amount of resources would be fine for just the 8 player limit but the amount of caves to actually explore might be a bit... light..

Trusty Reddit maths - Diamond calculation:
1024 x 1024 = 1,048,576 <-- Number of surface blocks.
1 chunk = 16x16 = 256
1,048,576 / 256 = 4096 chunks
Average of about 3 diamonds per chunk, so 4096 x 3 = 12,288.

The idea of a new B&B with connected, extensive rail netowrk would still be a significant engineering project. 

Looks as if it's back to the 'don't get attached' mentality though if updates are hefty and regular. Things like Jungle and new biomes, fleshed Nether and all the rest means it's fairly pokey encampments for the first month or so. 

Has SomeGuy made it over yet? He should hold fire on the first of his many edifices.

Hmm, I'm not sure. It'll be an extensive demoing before i can see this taking my time away from the pc version.

So is the map persistent to all players or do we have to wait for a specific person to host?

You say nerfed, but I've never played Minecraft so it's kinda relative.

I did, it looked good, but fuck the keyboard and mouse combo for gaming. Is the sandbox going to be big enough for all of us then? Are we going to have a Minecraft night? Will it lag like Ghost Recon?