BetterThanMinecon

BetterThanMinecon is a semi-annual convention created and hosted by Asie. It was created July 3rd and 4th, 2015, based on a Twitter joke that was taken too seriously. The roughly 26 hours of preparation resulted in a mod pack, a server containing a convention center, a number of booths representing some of the features of a variety of mods, a talk room in which several panels were hosted, an IRC channel, and a Mumble server. BetterThanMinecon 2015, "the basement convention™", ran parallel to the real life Minecon, from 9am July 4th to 9pm July 5th. Video recordings of some of its events can be found on its web page, and screenshots can be found on the BetterThanMinecon 2016 web page.

The BetterThanMinecon mod pack(s) contain several developmental or beta mod versions, and as such its contents are not recommended for redistribution or use in other mod packs. (One mod used in BetterThanMinecon 2015 was compiled mere minutes before the launch of the server.)

The name was inspired by a combination of several modders being dissatisfied with the actual Minecon in past years, and a pun on the mod Better Than Wolves.

A second convention, BetterThanMinecon 2016, "Just Another Budget Minecon Attempt™", is scheduled for January 2nd and 3rd, 2016.