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p>Minecraft and Microsoft What's next? Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News

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p>If you want to understand why Minecraft-maker Mojang is being purchased by Microsoft simply play the game.

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p>The single-player version revolves around one person who is the sole survivor in a harsh world with only their ingenuity to stay safe. Their survival depends on their building a home and fighting off monsters using only the tools and weapons they create with their hands.

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p>It's easy to see this as a metaphor for Markus "Notch", the game's creator If computer games were subjected the same scrutiny as novels. In the past, he's been open about his childhood, how he was "relatively poor" and his capacity to create his own entertainment and whether the game will require him to confront the same "demons" as his father.

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p>Friendships, family, and the success of the items Notch created by hand helped him prosper in this harsh world, but this success has brought other difficulties. These are more difficult to overcome.

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p>What had changed was evident at Minecon in 2012, where it was difficult for Notch to walk more than a few feet before being grabbed by another fan eager to shake his hand, slap him on the back, snap photos or ask him to sign their foam sword.

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p>People are the power

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p>The transformation from a humble programmer with only responsibility for his own code to the leader of an entire movement was one he was never happy with. The reason he gave for his heartfelt reasons as to the reason he decided to leave Mojang - "it’s about my sanity” - demonstrates that.

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p>He is aware that Minecraft is now more about managing a community than it is about maintaining and building a codebase.

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p>Microsoft could face a problem in this regard.

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p>With Xbox Live and its other cloud-based services, there is no doubt that it has experience of running a massive computer infrastructure that serves millions of paying customers. This will be vital when it starts running the behind-the scenes systems that keep Minecraft running.

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p>Microsoft is likely to alienate this group in the event that they don't understand how personal the game really is, not just for Notch but for the many others who play it. It's where they make new friends, meet new people, and where they can express their individuality.

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p>I've played it with my own children who play it in a variety of ways. One is a big fan of modified versions that involve arena battles or capture-the-flag-type competitions. The other is a sculptor who creates intricate homes built around swooping minecart tracks. Sometimes he builds treehouses that are affixed to forests. They also regularly go adventuring with their friends in search of treasure, while avoiding creepers and battling spiders, zombies and Skeletons.

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p>This is possible because Minecraft allows the player to be open and free. Millions of people who like them can play it. They can change the game to suit their needs due to its flexibility. This is because it allows players access to the level of control Microsoft has never permitted in its software for business. This is the reason why the millions of players on Minecraft concerned. They don't want Microsoft to tamper with their right to play with the game as they wish. They feel a strong pride in the games they create.

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p>Microsoft will be required to perform an extremely difficult job, given the importance of this community.

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p>It will have to fight two of the biggest challenges facing online gamers the two main enemies of online gamers - downtime (aka delay) and the lag. It is possible that any issue with the game's accessibility in the near future will be blamed on Microsoft regardless of whether it's the company's fault or not.

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p>If not handled properly, it could lead to a large section of the community changing their views towards Microsoft by making more radical changes to the game's running, for example, limiting how people can modify it or charging them for items they don't have. https://www.click4r.com/posts/g/5997331/epic-games-definitely-wont-follow-minecraft-nft-ban </p>

p>That would be bad since a lot of its players are children who will grow up to become the gamers of the future. It is likely that Microsoft hopes to impress them with how it handles Minecraft. If it fails to do so it could end up becoming one of the monsters that people are eager to take on and slay. https://turrettruck7.gumroad.com/p/selene-berenguer-bio-net-worth-age-relationship-height-weight </p>