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Its all about multiplayer and the social aspects.

If you're playing a single player world, sure it can lose its appeal pretty quickly.

But sharing your creations with your friends... walking them through something you just built... or going on adventures for specific resources together is soooooo much fun.

Everyone on voice chat via Mumble, with the Minecraft Wiki open on a second monitor....

Thats what minecraft is all about. I think a large part of its appeal has todo with it working so well in conjunction with other things. Like wiki softawre, and voice chat software, etc. Combine all these together and you really do have something special and infinitely entertaining.



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