They arent Allowed to be on Campus but they can be There

Students at the University of Pennsylvania are recreating their campus on "Minecraft" after COVID-19 ended their school year early. Since the spread of coronavirus across the globe, events such as weddings and graduations were shifted online to "Minecraft," Animal Crossing, and other online games. The majority of US colleges have switched to distance learning for the rest of the semester For more stories, visit Business Insider's homepage. Although the University of Pennsylvania's academic year is finished, some students aren't quite ready for departure.

A group of UPenn students created a Minecraft server and coordinated the recreation of the campus in the course of March. Since then, they've spoken with Columbia University and Brown University students working on similar projects to plan potential challenges similar to the Hunger Games between schools and created plans to host spring-themed events on the server.

Microsoft bought the block-building game "Minecraft" in 2014 for $2.5billion. MINECRAFT SERVERS It has been one the most loved games on the planet over the past 10 years. In September the game had 112 million active players every month, a number that has been reported to have increased to 145 million.

Universities and colleges across the US have sent students home and switched to remote learning for the remainder of the semester. Some schools switched to remote learning when a student was found to be positive for COVID-19, a coronavirus disease, while others did it preemptively. Colleges also recognized the risk of returning students from spring break after having traveled around the globe.

While they're not on campus, Penn students recreated their campus with meticulous detail which is still ongoing. servers Take a look at their incredible work on this page.