Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, strict regulations still exist in many countries. This is also the case in South Korea, which has now come up with a creative idea to properly welcome their newcomers. The block game Minecraft plays a significant role in this.
To comply with the Corona regulations, Yeungnam University in South Korea has come up with something great for new students.
Since only a limited number of people are allowed to gather in one place, the university invited its students to participate in an opening ceremony in Minecraft.
To celebrate the ceremony appropriately, older students helped create a suitable environment in the block game. Not everyone could participate, but those who could had a lot of fun, reported a helper.
Campus and lecture hall of the university were recreated in Minecraft
What was built? Not just a single lecture hall was replicated, but a large part of the campus that new students would normally visit.
Not only simple blocks were placed, but care was also taken to ensure that trees and bus stops were located in the right place.
A clip of the recreation can be seen in a reddit thread:
This is how the ceremony was held: First, the newcomers were welcomed in a lecture hall with a speech, while all students lined up with their Minecraft figures at their seats.
In addition, a game was played where students had to answer questions with true or false. With a wrong answer, the ground beneath the figures disappeared. Those who remained at the end won.
But that was not all, as even fireworks were launched at the end and you could see the Minecraft figures happily bouncing around.
Not the first Minecraft ceremony: A Minecraft ceremony has already taken place at an elementary school in Japan due to Corona (via Gamerant). There, elementary students were farewell who were transitioning to a higher school.
Minecraft ensured that during dark times, students had at least a little experience of gathering and celebration instead of having to stay home alone.
What do you think of the arrangements made by the school and the university? Would you have celebrated something like this as well? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
