The Story of MinecraftForFree.com

Introduction to Minecraftforfree.com

This section introduces the popular Minecraft pirating website, minecraftforfree.com, which allowed users to play the full version of Minecraft for free. The website disappeared after two years.

Creation of minecraftforfree.com

• Dylan, a member of Team Abolition, created minecraftforfree.com in 2010.

• The website offered the complete game of Minecraft playable in a web browser.

• Playing the full game within a browser was supported by Mojang in Minecraft's early days.

Disclaimer and Legal Issues

• Visitors to the site were greeted with a disclaimer stating that the owners could not be held responsible for it and that it was for educational or demonstrational purposes only.

• It is unclear why this disclaimer was included as copying and distributing the entire game for free is illegal.

• The site remained online for almost two years until an email from Notch (creator of Minecraft) demanded its takedown.

Notch's Email and Challenge

This section discusses how Dylan received an email from Notch demanding the takedown of minecraftforfree.com. Storm suggested challenging Notch to a game of Quake 3 as a response.

Email from Notch

• Dylan received an email from Notch at 4 am demanding the immediate takedown of minecraftforfree.com.

• The original email content is lost, but it expressed anger and threatened legal action.

Challenging Notch to Quake 3

• Storm suggested replying to Notch's email challenging him to a game of Quake 3.

• If Team Abolition won, they would receive Minecraft capes; if Mojang won, Team Abolition would have to hire a dubstep artist to make a song in Notch's honor.

• Dylan was skeptical but trusted Storm and sent the challenge.

Notch Accepts the Challenge

This section reveals that Notch accepted the challenge to play Quake 3 against Team Abolition. The match was live-streamed and recorded.

Notch's Response

• Notch responded to the challenge within 10 minutes, accepting it.

• He agreed to play a game of Quake 3 with Team Abolition.

Quake 3 Match

• Notch and Jeb from Mojang played against Team Abolition in a match of Quake 3.

• The match was live-streamed by Notch and recorded by Storm for the Team Abolition YouTube channel.

Reactions and Outcome

This section discusses the reactions to the Quake 3 match and reveals that Team Abolition lost. The capes were not awarded, and Storm had to hire a dubstep artist as per their agreement.

Reactions to the Match

• Viewers of Notch's live stream saw usernames from Team Abolition and reacted strongly in chat.

• Some viewers were angry at giving attention to a griefing team, while others cheered them on.

• Notch initially had no idea about Team Abolition's existence but eventually realized it during or after the match.

Outcome of the Match

• Notch's team emerged victorious, likely due to Dylan's lack of experience playing Quake.

• As a result, Minecraft capes were not awarded to Team Abolition.

• Storm had to fulfill their agreement by hiring a dubstep artist to make a song in honor of Notch.

Notch's Challenge and Minecraft in Web Browsers

This section discusses Notch accepting a challenge over plagiarism of his game, as well as the removal of support for playing Minecraft in web browsers.

Notch's Challenge

• Notch accepted a challenge over blatant plagiarism of his game.

• It is mentioned that it is awesome that Notch accepted this challenge.

• The possibility of a rematch is mentioned, where Notch can prove his "quake honor" once again.

Minecraft in Web Browsers

• Minecraftforfree.com was taken down forever due to clones of the website being made.

• Mojang officially dropped support for playing Minecraft in a web browser after patch 1.6 was released.

• All in-browser Java applets stopped being supported entirely, leading to the removal of functionality from major web browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

The language used in this section is English.