• timkmz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So its not allowed to have real criticisms? Like those people can have fun while criticising mojang…

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, this is dumb. Minecraft is fun and they should definitely add all 3 mobs

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        The work is probably already done for all three, I don’t see the point of tossing said work for two of them out the window. Just wasted man hours. Or… whatever unit their scrum board uses, idfk. It’s a fucking waste.

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          Given how half-assed the new mobs always feel, I really think they don’t do much more than modeling work until the vote is done, then just rush the rest of the work in

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            I don’t think microsoft is dumb enough to kill community made content on a game that would not exist right now without community made content. Yet again, microsoft.

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          If this were true, we’d have any of the “losing” mobs a year or two later, which is sadly not the case

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          None of the mobs are finished, only partially implemented. The mob vote helps mojang filter out which to add, if we didn’t have it we’d still only get one mob just not the one the community chose.

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      Seriously, it’s okay to feel slighted when you’re given a choice between three mobs and the worst one wins. Imagine if Mojang had just added glow squids and allays, instead of having people root for two other options just to let a slight majority (53% and 54% respectively) decide. People might actually like those mobs.

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      If Starfield (re)taught me anything it’s that some people will take the slightest reservation about their Best Game Ever as a mortal insult. So… they certainly can’t.

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        1 year ago

        I think the other side of that coin is that, for a lot of intellectual property, there are definitely people who want everyone to stop enjoying it. So you’ve got a bunch of loud mouth idiots who don’t understand constructive criticism or criticism from a place of love. Then you have a bunch of other loud mouth idiots who believe that if something isn’t exactly what they think it should be then it should be burnt to the ground so that it can get remade by someone else.

        So reasonable people who are having a good time but still have some reservations are drowned out in the larger conversation.

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      I have the same issues with the updates that the QUIT HAVING FUN stick figure does. I also have fun when I play the silly block game.

      I’m inclined to believe most people on a forum for a game enjoy it, and spend time criticizing it because they honestly want it to be better. There’s things in life I don’t enjoy and I could tell you why I didn’t like them, but I certainly didn’t talk about these experiences on forums dedicated to the things I didn’t enjoy.

      Seeing negativity all the time can be pretty exhausting. I also think it’s easier to talk about the negatives of something. I don’t really have any guesses for why I enjoy Minecraft or why I like the programmer art, I just know I like these things. But I can tell you about things I don’t like and guess at why, and I can also recommend fixes for problems. I can’t recommend fixes for things that aren’t problems, for things that I already like just as they are. (Although I think everyone else covered why they take issue with the same things the QUIT HAVING FUN stick figure complained about well enough that I’m not going to reiterate their points.) And this is a discussion forum, people are going to talk about what’s easier to talk about and what they have more to say about. So that’s probably why you see a lot of complaining on an enthusiast forum.

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    1 year ago

    You say that as if we don’t want other people to enjoy the game that’s there. It’s not a difficult thing to sympathize that these mob votes are a needlessly frustrating thing.

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    God forbid people care about the game’s development. Nobody is trying to stop you from playing or enjoying the game.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly.

      I think everyone who wants all 3 and bashing them over just adding one is actually having fun with the game. This post is just stupid.

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      Because the entire point of the vote is to make people feel part of the event. If a mob doesn’t get added, its functionality will be added to something else. One example is the grindstone, which took the functionality of one of the 3 mobs of the original mob vote.

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    I hate this template because it’s always the person making it who wants to control what other people are allowed to do and talk about.

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      Not trying to control anyone, just offering an opinion that some people are just fine playing the game. Do I have my criticisms? Sure. But I don’t harass or insult the developers about it. The fact that people won’t pay attention unless someone is loud and harsh doesn’t mean I support that practice.

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        If you’re fine just playing the game then what do you need me for? And I’ve called mojang lazy plenty of times but I’ve never harassed a developer.

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    Just because you are having fun, others don’t have to and they are free to express that they don’t. Even if you or someone else enjoys the game you and them are allowed to criticize it. Even if it was a perfect game with nothing to criticize, people are allowed to criticise it’s devolopers and the corporation that owns the game

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      Well said, I hope people don’t take my meme to harshly. I just feel like sometimes the criticism is a little overwhelming especially when we get close to Minecraft Live. I certainly have my own criticisms with the game, but I’d never throw hate towards developers because they were focusing on something different. I am in no way attempting to silence other people. I’m saying that just because others criticize the game doesn’t mean I have to.

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    I’m just a caveman that just plays modded Minecraft up until 1.12.2, don’t mind me.

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    The only way Minecraft becomes useless to me is it Microsoft kills mods or kills unofficial launchers.

    Their official launcher is dog shit, and mods keep the game going in content droughts.

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    Hey OP. Can you give me some insight into how you play and enjoy the game? I’m always exhausting myself with my negative thoughts. 😮‍💨