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April 30, 2016
Students from UB, other colleges and even high/middle schools participated in 3-4 man (or woman) teams to create one of three buildings: Davis Hall, The Commons or The Student Union.
Most of the contestants arrived around 9am and left after 9pm. The building began at 10:00, meaning 100 students worked for nearly 11 hours straight, hunched over their laptops clicking away frantically. Floor layouts and pictures were provided to every team, but nearly every participant left their table to go see their building personally and take their own photos.
Prizes were awarded to the top three teams for each building, the top two teams of each building each got to give a tour of their creation on the large screen mounted on the wall.
While the student were working, officials often used their own personal accounts to explore the buildings while they were being built, projecting their screen onto the large monitor so everyone could see what they were doing.
As some areas of the buildings were off limits, students were given complete artistic license when decorating those areas. Apparently there is a dance floor in the basement of Davis Hall...
University at Buffalo... In Minecraft
(Unfortunately I couldn't find a more recent article that was published after the event, so this is the media advisory.)
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/04/049.html
BUFFALO, N.Y. – To say the University at Buffalo’s North Campus is big might be an understatement. With 128 buildings on 1,192 acres, some think it’s huge.
Its size and complexity, while daunting to some newcomers, makes it the type of environment that fans of the popular video game, Minecraft, yearn for. And that’s why UB students, faculty and staff, along with support from M&T Bank, will host a Minecraft build-a-thon on Saturday, April 23.
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What’s Minecraft? Minecraft is a popular video game that enables players to construct buildings brick-by-brick in a 3-D world. Since its launch in 2011, Minecraft has developed a strong following by fans who have designed and shared their creations through gaming. On Saturday, students will build virtual versions of a handful of North Campus buildings. The idea is to eventually recreate the entire North Campus. - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/04/049.html#sthash.6W9FQ9nw.dpuf
Its size and complexity, while daunting to some newcomers, makes it the type of environment that fans of the popular video game, Minecraft, yearn for. And that’s why UB students, faculty and staff, along with support from M&T Bank, will host a Minecraft build-a-thon on Saturday, April 23.
...
What’s Minecraft? Minecraft is a popular video game that enables players to construct buildings brick-by-brick in a 3-D world. Since its launch in 2011, Minecraft has developed a strong following by fans who have designed and shared their creations through gaming. On Saturday, students will build virtual versions of a handful of North Campus buildings. The idea is to eventually recreate the entire North Campus. - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/04/049.html#sthash.6W9FQ9nw.dpuf
Students from UB, other colleges and even high/middle schools participated in 3-4 man (or woman) teams to create one of three buildings: Davis Hall, The Commons or The Student Union.
Most of the contestants arrived around 9am and left after 9pm. The building began at 10:00, meaning 100 students worked for nearly 11 hours straight, hunched over their laptops clicking away frantically. Floor layouts and pictures were provided to every team, but nearly every participant left their table to go see their building personally and take their own photos.
Prizes were awarded to the top three teams for each building, the top two teams of each building each got to give a tour of their creation on the large screen mounted on the wall.
While the student were working, officials often used their own personal accounts to explore the buildings while they were being built, projecting their screen onto the large monitor so everyone could see what they were doing.
As some areas of the buildings were off limits, students were given complete artistic license when decorating those areas. Apparently there is a dance floor in the basement of Davis Hall...
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