Cobalt @ Minecon 2015 in London

July 14th, 2015, Cobalt, Events, Minecon, Mojang

Hello Minecon 2015!

Vu and Lydia taking it away!

Last weekend (4-5 july) we attended Minecon in London with a 10 computer booth running Cobalt. It was an amazing weekend which superseded our expectations in all ways imaginable. Here is just a small sample of what was going on:

Being handed your Mojang badge is like being handed the holy grail. With great power....

Booth looks bloody stellar. Jeb approves I think...

How do you install a game on a hard drive with 1 gb free space on it...

No worries. Multiplay changed out the computers and now we are rolling!

Crowd did all count down from 10 in unison.

Booth filled up quickly and now the focus was on making sure everybody had the best time that we could give them.

No crashes so far!

I present to you: Aconitin! One of our amazing volunteer agents and a force of nature within the Cobalt community.

People of all ages were playing. The most fun was to walk up to a parent who wasn't playing and just hand them a controller. No excuses! Everyone plays!

I present to you: Isogash! Another of our amazing volunteer agents. A pillar of our Cobalt community

I present to you: Janeator! The last of our amazing volunteer agents, without which Cobalt would have about 99% less maps!

The duel between jeb and tommo drew a crowd. Jeb won this one.

Panel was very interesting! I mean, we went from facts about development, to smashing people on stage to finally thewreck getting owned by burntcustard!

We had a special tournament where you could challenge one of the agents, AKA "the pros", no mercy. If you won you got the game for free!

Aconitin, one of our pro players, is setting up for a challenge. He was throughout minecon, undefeated.

Parents were not left out of the fun.

Discussing those pro-tactics™

We did not have to tell people to check out the tutorial. The booth pretty much ran itself for most of the time!

Smiles were seen all around!

Only two would beat the pros during the two days!

Thank you for an amazing Minecon!

Photographers: Ebba Kierkegaard, Daniel Brynolf

Also! Some videos…

26 Responses to “Cobalt @ Minecon 2015 in London”

1. janeator :
   July 14th, 2015 at 12:28 pm

   Minecon was a blast!
   Everyone @ the booth had a ton of fun, and I think the challenges were a great idea (since there wasn’t a “world championship” tournament this year).
   For those interested ones: The challenge maps that were played were: Nightfall (coming soon in v125!), Mycelia Mesa (”Speed challenge”), Hotfoot desert (”Phaser challenge”) and Hotshot (”Recoil challenge”).

   BONUS (ducks): One silly Daniel https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJLq6z0WwAQZhBB.jpg

2. APirateHat :
   July 14th, 2015 at 6:04 pm

   Lol @ Acorn. What a face!

   Iso is about to lift off!

   That group photo, that’s like 50% of the IRC!

   Too bad I couldn’t be there, maybe another time.

3. TheMikirog :
   July 14th, 2015 at 6:23 pm

   Can’t wait for the official release!
   This’ll become a masterpiece.

4. Dust :
   July 15th, 2015 at 2:19 am

   I gotta start stepping up my game. I feel like a total scrub now that I’ve seen the pros play. Anyone know a good training program? ;D

   Really cannot wait for the update. It’s gonna be so…Cobalt.

5. Savio Siqueira :
   July 15th, 2015 at 5:22 am

   Oh I wished I could be there, so much good stuff!

6. Notepad of Legends :
   July 22nd, 2015 at 11:44 pm

   Damn I wish I was there, I would have aced the pros! xD

7. slmrojo :
   August 4th, 2015 at 4:36 am

   how close to release is the game?

8. slmrojo :
   August 4th, 2015 at 4:36 am

   sorry i meant update

9. RedMser :
   August 5th, 2015 at 4:28 pm

   @slmrojo
   According to this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_VCmJlscY it’s gonna be pretty soon! (Said to be October 2015)

10. Conoscenza :
    August 6th, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    Can’t wait for the update!!! I wish it was released sooner than October, but I’m happy that it’s coming.

    Will I be able to have the game on steam if I already have it?

11. janeator :
    August 12th, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    Yes, all alpha players will get a steam key.

12. Cirald :
    August 21st, 2015 at 6:40 pm

    I have a question. Can i migrate my cobalt account to a newer e-mail?
    Because i lost my password and i won’t receive the steam key…

13. janeator :
    September 1st, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Cobalt works with Mojang accounts at the moment. Enter the Mojang website, you can do so there. Otherwise send an email to the devs!

14. jstewman :
    September 6th, 2015 at 1:32 am

    yesssss!

15. Cirald :
    September 10th, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    Thanks man!

16. jstewman :
    September 19th, 2015 at 6:22 pm

    cant wait!

17. jstewman :
    October 1st, 2015 at 3:42 am

    Is it just me or is tomorrow October

18. Conoscenza :
    October 14th, 2015 at 4:15 am

    Is it just me or is it almost midway into October and I’m drooling for the new update to release

19. janeator :
    October 15th, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    We are in fact midway into October Me too!

20. Ceaus :
    October 18th, 2015 at 9:02 am

    If this takes any longer I will literally die.

21. Ceaus :
    October 22nd, 2015 at 7:50 am

    I’m betting it comes out on Halloween.

22. jstewman :
    October 24th, 2015 at 11:53 pm

    :):):):):):):):):):):):)

23. jstewman :
    October 24th, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    didn’t really work

24. Ceaus :
    October 25th, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    nah not really. Good try tho.
    

25. jstewman :
    October 28th, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    Thanks ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

26. The-Knife :
    October 29th, 2015 at 3:40 am

    So its for February now,,
    Anyway, its worth it.