So, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or so, you’ve probably heard of a game called Minecraft. You probably don’t play this game, dismissing it as stupid and badly designed. But the only thing that sucks are the graphics, and they have texturepacks for that.

There are some, however, that don’t think it’s so bad. Some, like me, have a minor case of severe Minecraft addiction (Oddly enough, that’s a Portal 2 reference.), others just think it’s kinda cool. Now, about 12,600,000 people have bought the game for PC or Mac, and for all of those people, about a 1/3 are the obsessive, play-it-the-second-you-get-home-because-screw-homework type of gamers, and they need a place to gather amongst their people. And thus Minecon was born, with all the fans dressing up as their favorite creature (Snow Golems seem to be the current trend), or just looking over the newest update like this:

Photo Credit: Umberto Salvagnin via Compfight

All of these details (especially the ones about the Snow Golems) bring us to our first reason.

Reason #1: Minecon is the only place you can dress up like a shipwrecked cube person without people wondering what the [WORD OMITTED] is wrong with you. Also, you can dress up like a creeper or something. As long as it’s 16x, they don’t care.

Reason #2: You have an excuse to travel the world and stay in plush hotels reserved for your kind. Nobody really disagrees on anything meaningful.

Reason #3: You could meet some very well-known YouTubers, such as SkyDoesMinecraft, the Yogscast, Rooster Teeth, Slamacow (I think), and many more.

Reason #4: Okay, so maybe meeting internet stars isn’t really your cup of tea. What if you could meet the Mojang producers? You might run into Jens, Jeb, or perhaps even Notch.

Reason #5 (Halfway done!): Probably one of the most important reasons of all: it’s scheduled during the school year! For the non-gamers that are inevitably reading this and looking at this post like, “What you talkin’ about, bruh?”, imagine getting to miss school to go to the Super Bowl or the Rose Bowl or to see your favorite team play against their rival. Wouldn’t that be nice? I think so, too.

Reason #6: You never have to sleep. There’s always something better to do, like waste your time on a pre-release, watch some YouTube for the occasion, or enjoy a modpack of your choice. (Any FTB fans out there? Yep, thought so.)

Reason #7: They have lots of merchandise (Not to mention the free stuff you get for coming) and collectible objects to take from other people who want them just as badly and sell it back to them at a ridiculously high price, like $19.99. (Because $20 is just mean.) Hey, that’s economics for you.

Reason #8: Hotels usually have free WiFi. I love those two words together in a sentence, free and WiFi. Wow, I should really get a life.

Reason #9 (Almost there!): I could probably see a whole bunch of people, get their usernames, and invite them on the local server. (Same story as Zod and CMC. Don’t ask.)

And lastly, Reason Number Ten: I would have something interesting to post instead of just rambling on about why I should go to a nerd convention.

This has been one of (hopefully) many posts in the “Ten Reasons Why…” series. Maybe I’ll do a Halo one next time. Whatever.

NOTE: The amount of people that have downloaded the game is probably out-of-date by the time you read this. Also, this website, www.minecraft.net, is here just in case you really have been living under a rock for a year or so and want some more information. Just go to the aforementioned site and please don’t pepper me with questions. Bug the Mojang team. They have time for that.