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[Geti]

I saw that! Nice to see minecraft getting that kind of exposure. Initially I was like "wtf minecraft that sounds like it'd be for losers" and then I played it and was like "this is awesome". Multiplayer looks like it'll set a new standard in awesome just because of the whole construction aspect. Building things with people is fun, and fighting off hordes of monsters is fun, so it stands to reason that building things with people so you can use them to fight off hordes of monsters will be amazing.

[aeiowu]

so fucking awesome!!! great work Notch
 

[kyn]

In the last 24 hours, 3851 people registered, and 867 people bought the game.

God bless the TF2 blog

[Geti]

~8 grand in pocket minus tax. Nice.

[Notch]

:-O

It's about to hit 1000 sales in 24 hours. That's not sane.

[Hideous]

You should celebrate by buying me things!

[Guard]

Notch feels like a richly rich man. 

amirite?   

[Vanguard]

:-O

It's about to hit 1000 sales in 24 hours. That's not sane.

Wow, congrats!

I bet you could get double that if they offered a hat for a sale.

[kyn]

Hah!

[Vanguard]

Hey, do we know exactly when the price is going to increase?

[kyn]

PC Gamer: Will Minecraft go up to full price when you’re done with Multiplayer Survival then? Are you going to make a big thing of the release?

Notch: When the game hits beta, the price will go up to 14.95 euro, with the final price being 19.95 euro once beta is over. I have NO idea how long beta will be, as it really depends on how much polish there is to do. Hopefully less than I’d fear.

Beta is coming this summer some time, not too long after SMP testing is out. I want to make a big deal out of going beta, then again when going to full release, but I’m not quite sure exactly what to do. I’d love for you guys to mention it.

[Vanguard]

I knew it was going to coincide with SMP, but what I didn't know was whether it was the initial public release of SMP, or after it's finished and polished up, or what.

I see the following on the official blog:

I will release the SMP server before I leave for that. It might be buggy, but I promise to fix it when I get back. It will be missing mobs. Mobs will come later on, and when they’re in, the game will officially be in beta, and the price will go up to 14.95 euro.

as well as this:

August 30: Back to work, finishing up survival mode multiplayer. Enemies will probably get added around here.

So enemies in SMP seems to be the cutoff point for the beta, and that's scheduled for August 30.

[PKBT]

I'll be happy as long as he releases anything related to SMP at all.
I'm quite hyped about this upcoming week.

[Notch]

It's Monday, I just woke up, and I'm feeling motivated! The weekend was great, with a barbecue with some friends, and we wrapped it up by seeing Inception, an amazing piece of brainfuck.

C418 converted a whole pile of new songs into the mono format used by the record players, so new music is coming this week, too. :D

[kyn]

So does TIGsource™ have an Official Minecraft® SMP Server server up and running or what?