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Get the Blox mug.A scenario in any game's development stating that, if a modder is to outperform game developers in any fashion, or when modders reserve ideas from developers and mod them, there is nothing that the developers can do to compete with said modders without a hit to their reputation.
The term originates from when the Minecraft game developer, Notch, wanted to add horses into the game. However, horses were already featured in a popular mod for the game. Notch's dilemma had but three possible solutions and all of them would result in varying anger from the community:
1. Notch may have opted to create the horses himself. Though, due to the highly complex mod, they would likely be seen as inferior. To not seem inferior, he would need to add some of the good features already claimed by the mod, but in such a case, he would be seen as copying.
2. Alternatively, Notch may have decided to simply drop the idea of ever adding horses. Due to the excellence of the horse mod, it effectively reserved ideas that the official developers could never use without the modder's permission. This option would result in less overall outcry from the community but disappoint many who hoped for horses.
3. As Notch did officially, he decided to add the mod to the game with the developer's permission. In the process, many saw Notch as lazy and he created a hefty hit on the prestige of the Minecraft development team. All this despite the fact that adding the excelling mod was the simplest solution
The term originates from when the Minecraft game developer, Notch, wanted to add horses into the game. However, horses were already featured in a popular mod for the game. Notch's dilemma had but three possible solutions and all of them would result in varying anger from the community:
1. Notch may have opted to create the horses himself. Though, due to the highly complex mod, they would likely be seen as inferior. To not seem inferior, he would need to add some of the good features already claimed by the mod, but in such a case, he would be seen as copying.
2. Alternatively, Notch may have decided to simply drop the idea of ever adding horses. Due to the excellence of the horse mod, it effectively reserved ideas that the official developers could never use without the modder's permission. This option would result in less overall outcry from the community but disappoint many who hoped for horses.
3. As Notch did officially, he decided to add the mod to the game with the developer's permission. In the process, many saw Notch as lazy and he created a hefty hit on the prestige of the Minecraft development team. All this despite the fact that adding the excelling mod was the simplest solution
I really wish they would just fix the unit models in-game, but after that modder made such a great redesign, they're facing Notch's Dilemma. The bar was just set too high for them, and they cannot possibly pass it.
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Get the Notch's Dilemma mug.1. One apart of a team or group that oversees various activities to ensure success. An overboss of this nature often operates in relatively safe conditions contrary to their teammates that have their boots on the ground.
2. A powerful leader of a crime syndicate
2. A powerful leader of a crime syndicate
1. The overboss warned his brethren below of the attack in the North
2. To get into the club we will have to meet with the Overboss
2. To get into the club we will have to meet with the Overboss
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Get the Overboss mug.When one totally acknowledges the utter unreliability for something, as well as either fully accepting or having a lack of care for any potential outcomes. One who acts with malconfidence may be described as carelessly chaotic or ignorantly blissful, for the better or for the worse.
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Get the Malconfidence mug.A metaphor in video game theory that refers to a game of chess with all the rules of regular chess until a player wins. Once a player wins, a die is rolled, and the loser becomes a winner if it reads "1".
Refers to a video game where random factors can triumph over skill, often in favor of player engagement or as a side affect of emergent or dynamic gameplay.
Refers to a video game where random factors can triumph over skill, often in favor of player engagement or as a side affect of emergent or dynamic gameplay.
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Get the Rando Chess mug.When someone makes a suggestion or campaign to get rid of an otherwise funny or harmless feature in a video game just because they're obsessed with their own feedback being implemented
The portion of the Minecraft fanbase that ranted about frogs eating fireflies perpetrated Trio Javacide
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Get the Trio Javacide mug.An Ideology of turning back time or reattempting previously failed ideas. Unlike Conservatism, Regressivism is usually for the detriment of people rather than supposed progress or a return to morals. Such a title is more commonly used as a sarcastic insult rather than a self-applied political stance but may exist as both. Contrasts with both Conservatism and Progressivism
They're all fervent supporters of Regressivism
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