In the image is a 2012 conversation between Notch / Markus Alexej Persson (Former CEO of Mojang / Creator of Minecraft) and a fan on Twitter (X), talking about how they did not have enough money to buy Minecraft and thought they might at least ask Notch for a free account before considering any unofficial alternatives.

by Sufficient-Ad5717

15 Comments

  1. This is how I play most games to be honest. I got tired of buying games and them not being as advertised or just not for me.

  2. There’s that fun story about how minecraftforfree.com, a piracy site where you could play Minecraft in a browser, got taken down after the owner lost to Notch in a game of Scrolls. Also in 2012 ironically enough.

  3. DecmysterwasTaken on

    This notch fella sounds like such a nice guy, I’m going to look up more information about him

  4. Piracy is a form of advertising, preservation, evaluation and acquisition.

    It’s also a crime (in some places), but so is false advertising.

  5. Helps that Minecraft costs like a third of the price of most Video Games these days and you get constant free updates while still having access to old version and countless mods.

  6. That’s what I did. A friend of mine gave me a pirated Minecraft 1.5.2 and that how I was introduced to Minecraft.

    Been playing many many times and finally bought when 1.14 came. Today I play only modded and I swing between 1.12.2 and 1.20.1