Although Minecraft has passed its tenth birthday since full release, the world’s most popular sandbox game hasn’t lost any of its luster.

There are many reasons Minecraft has continued to thrive well past the shelf life of many other games. One can look at its inherent nature, content updates, or its massive community of players and modders that can make the game even more enjoyable.

Minecraft is a game to be enjoyed alone or with friends, it can be both relaxing or competitive. The game means different things to different people, and that variety is a huge part of the love it receives worldwide.

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Minecraft: How is the game still excelling?

What is it about Minecraft that makes people come back to it? Although there are always players that are ephemeral towards a certain game, Minecraft’s popularity is still booming a decade after its full release with version 1.0.

1) Remarkable core gameplay

One reason is Minecraft’s core gameplay. If one ever enjoys building something from scratch or making something creative, Minecraft may have an appeal to them.

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Not only this, but the game’s popular Survival Mode pits players against the elements and some nasty enemies to stay alive. This has created plenty of imitating titles, but many believe Minecraft has perfected the formula.

2) Relentless updates

Another beloved part of Minecraft is its constant free content updates. Thanks to the devoted team at Mojang, the game has been met with additional content releases multiple times per year.

Reworked terrain generation, new mobs and environments, along with new block and material types are commonplace inclusions in these updates. Keeping Minecraft fresh is part of the reason players love to come back. The game’s core concept remains the same, but its world continues to expand.

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3) A loyal playerbase

Speaking of players, they may be the biggest part of Minecraft’s success. The game’s community is massive compared to most others, constituting countless players across the world.

Players share their builds online, play on massive online servers, tackle each other in PvP battles, and modify the game to create new content. Coupled with that, Minecraft-centric content on platforms such as Youtube and Twitch has become one of the most-watched forms of media.

Truly, Minecraft is a successful product for many reasons, but there may be no better driving force than the players who enter the game’s many generated worlds to build and share to their heart’s content.

The Burnley boss is a gig-going machine, he’s been to Leeds and Cream Classical in Liverpool already this year and as a player at Chesterfield he was in charge of the music.

The three man car school would see Dyche, with his mop of red hair, blasting out Oasis and The Smiths while he oversaw the ghetto blaster before the game.

Music and football are intertwined in the manager’s career with the Clarets chief celebrating nine years in charge at Turf Moor today.

He penned a new contract last month and looks well placed to extend his stay beyond a decade.

It is an incredible achievement for a manager sacked after less than 12 months in the job by Watford.

Dyche was schooled as a young apprentice at Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough and he developed his leadership skills during a successful stint with the Spireites.

His former team-mate Jamie Hewitt, who had two spells with the club, recalls a confident young player who breezed in as a 19-year-old and grew and matured into captain and leader.

“He liked a laugh and was more of a midfielder then, he fancied himself as a bit of a ball player,” recalls Hewitt.

“I think he felt Chesterfield, with no disrespect, was a stepping stone to go a bit further. He was single minded and a good team player.

“When I came back for my second spell he was the leader on the pitch, he was good on the ball and a decent player, but he turned into a no nonsense centre half, he probably scared centre forwards half to death!

“I lived round the corner and we used to travel in together and he was the go to man, he was a good leader and you could see the managerial qualities in him.

“We used to have a few running sessions round the pitch and up the stand and he used to put the Walkman on with Oasis and the Smiths and playing songs half of us had never heard of.

“He was one of the big jokers and characters. He used to make fun of himself, and laugh at himself. He could give it out but would always make fun of himself.”

Dyche doesn’t feel he’s changed much during a 30+ year in the game, the Turf chief is level headed regardless of the result and his demeanour rarely fluctuates during his media briefings.

Indeed if anything the Burnley boss feels he’s too calm!

“The concept of balancing successes of your career and the challenges, I certainly think I have been pretty level about that,” he said, speaking to Lancs Live.

“I learnt a lot through my playing career about that and took that into my coaching career.

“I am a bit like that anyway, not much overwhelms me in life – it is actually a bad trait, I can be underwhelmed when you should be overwhelmed but that is the character I am.

“I can stay pretty balanced about most things, there are certain things that agitate me but generally speaking I am pretty balanced.

“I don’t think I have changed radically as a person in my private life but it does rub off on you one way or another.”

It’s easy to see Dyche’s influences around Burnley, as you would expect after nearly 10 years in charge, players don’t wear headphones when they come off the team bus for games, there’s no hats during training.

“In December when everyone was in gloves and hats he would come out in a tee shirt and a pair of shorts,” recalls Gifton Noel-Williams, who played with Dyche at Watford.

“Dychey is a very, very different kind of guy, which I love, and now I have got older I have learnt to love that kind of personality.

“But he was more irritating to me! Probably because of my age, I just wanted things to happen. Some of the guys wanted to go for a drink or do some team bonding and I didn’t want any of that at that age, I wanted to see my family and friends.

“There were a lot of things that Dychey tried to do and, because I was young, I never really understood it but when you look back he was always that type of captain or leader who tried to get the group together.

“But if you had asked me at the time if I thought he would be a manager I would have said no, there were a few others like Nigel Gibbs, Steve Palmer who I thought would go onto be managers or coaches but not Dychey.

“But all the stuff I have seen and heard from players, background staff, tell me he’s a great manager, superb.”

“He has done fantastically,” said Ben Mee, who, when asked what he had done to help his own career, joked: ‘Played me!

“He has always put me in the team and given me a lot of experience.

“Luckily I was someone he wanted to play and started the game and that was encouraging for me.

“He made me captain a few years ago and we have had a good relationship, we have always got on alright!”

Dyche is demanding, and wants sweat on the shirt and the minimum requirement to be maximum effort.

He’s got his own style, one that is built around the team and a concept of management influenced by his interest in how other businesses get the best out of people as well as managers of the past.

Team bonding was something that was big at Chesterfield, harbouring the one club mentality now on show at Burnley, while he’s picked up a few Brian Clough traits along the way as well as the Sir Alex Ferguson trick of being the all knowing eye.

“There was one player that enjoyed a night out and he knew about that, little social activities,” added Mee when recalling the first meeting Dyche held with the players at Burnley.

“He was very up front, told it how it was, had done his research on the players and it was refreshing.”

Within 18 months of that introduction the Clarets were in the Premier League.

They’ve been down and back but remain at the top table under the guidance of a man who has proven himself at the top level.

He’s earned the trust of the new Burnley board and can look forward to a potentially exciting new era

Soccer receives a lot of praise for being one of the most predictable sports as far as length is concerned. While major sports such as football, basketball, baseball, hockey, cricket, and more all have many stoppages that slow the game down, soccer keeps things moving.

How long do soccer games last? Almost every regulation soccer match will last a total of about two hours from the first to the final whistle. A match consists of two halves of 45 minutes each, stoppage time, and halftime. In a tournament or knockout situation, soccer games can last longer with extra time and potentially penalty kicks to determine a winner.

What To Expect With a Typical Soccer Game

Whether it is high school, college, or professional soccer, the format is pretty much the same. The match starts with the first half, which is 45 minutes long. Once the clock starts, it does not stop for the entire half. It is up to the head referee to decide on how much stoppage time is added at the end of the half.

Generally speaking, it usually is anywhere from one minute long, to five minutes long. This number is based on the number of times play stopped during the half.

The referee will signal how much stoppage time is added at the end of each half, and there is no break. The extra time links to the 45 minutes already played, meaning there could be as much as 50 total minutes of playtime.

Once the head referee signals the end of the first half, players have 15 minutes for halftime. It is not an exact amount of time in most leagues, so there could be some slight variance before play resumes. Most games that are being broadcast will try to stay on time as much as possible, to appease the networks and keep everything lined up.

Once play resumes, the second half follows the same format as the first. With stoppage time in either half, the head referee does not focus so much on the exact time. Instead, the focus is on whenever the final attack for a goal is over. For example, if stoppage time was estimated at three minutes, and an attacking team is primed for a shot on goal, the referee will allow it to play out for the last moments in the game.

Overtime

Regular season soccer matches are almost always played without overtime. If the two teams are tied, it simply goes down as a tie. However, this does not work if a winner is needed to move on in a tournament or knockout stage. When that is necessary, the overtime comes in to play.

While this as to the length of a soccer match, it is only by a set amount. The two teams will play a total of 30 minutes, split into two halves. There is a slight break in between the two halves of extra time, but it is usually only a minute or two.

If the score is still tied, a penalty shootout is a final way to determine a winner. Some people view this as controversial, as penalties are so much different than actually playing the game. In this scenario, each team picks five players to take a penalty kick in an attempt to outscore the opponent. If the two teams are tied after five penalty kicks, it continues until there is a winner.

Does The Clock In Soccer Ever Stop?

Any sport that uses a clock tends to stop it continually throughout the game, but soccer is different. The clock never stops, even if there is a huge delay due to injury, replay, or something else. Instead of stopping the match, the time is made up with extra time.

Some might think that a reduced game is not fair, but this is how soccer has been played forever. Some matches end with quite a bit less than 90 minutes of actual action, but referees try to get things as accurate as possible by using extra time.

Other Soccer Game Lengths

For younger soccer players, most games do not include 90 minutes of playing time. It usually is a scale depending on the age group. For example, in the United States, Under-8 players only play a total of 48 minutes. It jumps up to 50 minutes for Under-10, 60 minutes for Under-12, and gradually moving up until full matches are played at the high school level and beyond.

• Under-8=48 Minutes
• Under-10=50 Minutes
• Under-12=60 Minutes

With shorter game lengths and smaller fields, it allows for younger soccer players to learn the game without becoming exhausted. Most of the rosters for these younger teams are also pretty low, so there is not an opportunity to have many substitutions.

Soccer Game Length VS Other Sports

Soccer stays true to its roots in keeping matches moving at a pretty fast pace. There are no commercial breaks, forcing teams to use advertising at stadiums and on the television screen instead. It is the most predictable major team sport as far as length is concerned.

Another benefit to keeping everything on schedule is that broadcast companies can put matches back-to-back without running too much risk of one match not ending in time. When looking at sports such as baseball or tennis that do not have a clock, companies.