User blog comment:22Scadoo/Is there a rift between Minecrafters and Terrarians?/@comment-4541103-20111021013221

There is definitely a rift. Myself, I was misinformed that Terraria was a straight clone of Minecraft. I used to dislike Terraria for that exact reason. A good portion (I'm not sure what percentage, but I roughly estimate it's less than 40% yet greater than 10%) of Minecraft players look upon the game as quote "idea theft". I only recently decided to try Terraria - just a few days ago - because Notch tweeted something encouraging to someone on the Terraria dev team (dev team or single person? I don't really know - I'm a Terraria newb). I'd been surprised - I knew Notch doesn't like FortressCraft because of how straight a clone it is, so I started wondering what made Terraria different - why he would not only be okay with it, but encourage it as well. So... I tried it out. My conclusion: It's like comparing two FPS games. They play roughly the same way, but they each have pros and cons. Terraria is more about fighting. Minecraft is more about building. I like them both now, but a week ago I hated Terraria. =P I didn't understand.

Anyway, that's my viewpoint on the matter. Yes, there's a rift, but it's partly because people are misinformed. My apologies for the wall of text.