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Posted 11/02/12 3:21:51 am , last updated: 12/08/12 6:38:41 am
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INTRODUCTION:
I don't know about you, but the repetition of minecraft's increasing complications that come at us with each update, are becoming a little too much for me.
I started minecraft a few years ago- at 1.5. -( the old one), I lived the simple life of killing animals with no need for food and hunger retribution. There were no potions, enchanting tables, brewing pots, hunger bars, story lines, bosses, supernatural items(Like fire charges, ender eyes), and of course there was no inappropriate, visual animal sex.

COMPLAINTS?
So I don't want to hate on jeb, but I would seriously like to ask him what he believes minecraft is about. For me it's the essence of a sand-box game with infinite building possibility. And as an old (by that I mean not entirely new) player of minecraft, I don't like the continuous updates that include more and more 'intriguing' and 'complicated' aspects to the game.


 Maybe you like it all, but here are a few specific things that I would rather not exist (or atleast be easier to use):

1. Strange block placement. While playing the 1.3 update, I began to build a house in creative. As I was building the stairs in the back, I couldn't help but notice the blocks were all... upside down. So, like all minecraftererses (errrm, no), I deleted it and tried to place it down again... Same problem.
After some researching, and then a session of face palming, I discovered that blocks such as stairs only place down normally when placed on the bottom half of a block.
Great...
This wasn't just stairs, it was trees, wood colours (Yes, I spell it with a "U", I'm Australian), half blocks, switches, buttons and more random blocks that don't need to be changed.

2. Potions, enchanting, experience. Just no. I started minecraft (Especially online game play) to play a normal, equal strength game that allowed only armour and weapons to change how strong  players were. Originally it was just "the more you mine, the better you are". Now you have to worry about enchanted arrows, super strength swords, weapons that light you on fire, swords that send you flying metres, invisibility potions, damage in a bottle, throwable fire, regeneration potions, almost invincible armour, shoes that stop fall damage, fire resistant clothes, poison in a bottle, and night vision potions.
Not to mention the experience points tally. What happened to dying happily? These days if you kill someone they swear at you and threaten to "F*cking kill you F*ck head Sh*t fool! I'mma hunt you down and murder you with my real life ninja skills!" Honestly, the fact that we have to keep track of so many things is making the game both a job and a game.

3. Food and death by hunger. I like the old days, when we could just walk for infinity and never die (taken we don't get blown by an exploding pen!s...ergh...creeper...). Hunger, has got to be the main thing in modern minecraft that I truly despise. If only we could easily disable the food option. I know peaceful is an option if you don't want to lose hunger- but I like to kill mobs while NOT having to worry about eating raw steak every 2 minutes.
CONCLUSION
What's next?
I liked minecraft, and besides the countless technicalities that have arisen, I STILL like the game itself. But I'm quite anxious as to see what happens in the future. Heck, jeb might just release redstone that can be placed on the side of blocks- or tables that take you to space.

But please, don't take this as a rant. Even though it almost is. I'm just displaying my point of view on the subject. Some people may love the constant updates and technicalities; I for one would just like it to stop as it is ruining what minecraft is about.

What are your thoughts on the subject?
Feel free to discuss, I'd love to hear your point of view!


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Shredbummer
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December 2, 2012, 7:35 pm

>:CCCCCCCC.
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Nyarly
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Journeyman Ninja
November 29, 2012, 8:41 pm

It's more eloquent, has actual orthography and grammar and makes sincere attempts to include arguments. But in the end, it's still little more than the "modern Mincraft sucks"-whining you hear in forums all the time.

To repeat something I said on the PMC forum, MC is about doing what you want to do. Overall, the thing that changes the most is that more possibilities come, more things you can possibly do. I can't really say anything about potions or enchanting (honestly, I'm surprised that you made some actual and, in a way, actually comprehensible arguments here, as your kind normally just bitches about them without a rhyme or reason), since I never did much with it. But I never saw a reason to think that I have to do anything with them.

But I like the hunger bar. Old health regeneration was rather easy, since you would instantly gain health just by eating something. WIth the hunger, it's harder, since you have to be well-fed and only gradually gain health. And that's really not a big thing, since there are so many and easy ways to get food. Especially growing crops.

The only thing I really agree with is that it's way too easy to place stairs upside-down by accident. But even that I don't see as a so horrible thing. Facepalming about it seems like an exaggerated reaction to me.
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ScarletRider
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November 26, 2012, 9:51 am

I've played since beta 1.5 or 1.6, can't remember exactly, I just know it was before the adventure update. I understand the concerns with how confusing it is, I was having trouble keeping up with patches, my friends would tell me about the patch notes and I would be so lost. But that's the beauty of the game, is I didn't understand potions, so I didn't make them. Anything too complex for your liking you can just avoid, besides the hunger bar aspect. But in reality it's not that big of a deal. There are so many sources of food in the game, you can keep yourself constantly fed.


All the updates are really doing are adding new ways to play the game. For example, I'm a redstone guy, and I'm excited for the announcement for 1.5, because it gives me more options. One of my friends is a farmer and is glad they added in more crops. It caters to lots of different playstyles, and in my opinion makes it more fun to play multiplayer with friends, because you share the burden. There's always ways to get what you enjoy out of the game, if you're looking for alpha state, play creative or download minecraft classic for free. If you're talking about beta, pre 1.8, it's still possible to get a similar experience if not exactly. Avoid the things you dislike, and enjoy it the way you want, I really don't understand people's concern in this aspect. Minecraft has removed very few things, and has simply added content for a wider array of playstyles.


Just my opinion on it, take it with a grain of salt. I like how chimneyswift11 on youtube put it, and a lot of his feelings are similar to mine, I'll leave that here if you want to hear it said in a better way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-t1V-n_zB4&feature=share&list=UUVzbLPpZ_VMqDzUtmN3uU9A
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beardykane
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November 26, 2012, 2:53 am

i think of minecraft positively not negative because i want minecraft to get very realistic and the future of minecraft is what keeps me up to enjoy minecraft and besides the food resources are my starter basics in minecraft. nothing is hard until you know your way around the crafting and survival.
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as505
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November 25, 2012, 4:10 am

I dont get whats so bad about being able to play tf2 in minecraft, have custom potions, sprinting, make bosses  out of regular mobs, make better minigames, make better server, custom maps and tons of other things. Minecraft is special becouse its not just the same game, but it changes.
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as505
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November 25, 2012, 4:06 am

Guys if you want the old minecraft, just downgrade.
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dancats511
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November 23, 2012, 5:38 pm

Well, I'm okay with hunger, though it gets really annoying to get hungry so quickly. But what I really hate, is the enchanting/potions. People with super protected diamond armor, unbreaking diamond swords with fire aspect, sharpness, and smite or something like that, is really unfair. Especially on PvP servers (Which I also hate, hardly ever go on, but that's about all there is), when some guy will come out with all that and here'll be me flailing an unenchanted iron sword and armor at the guy, and then, running towards each other. . . Bam! Poison, poison, instant damage, flick of sword, dead. Really though, I think, what it is, is that they need to make enchanting harder or something.

P.S I've only played since 1.0. Now, I know I probably don't know as much as some of you, but, I know about the things in past updates enough, like no food bars, instant healing by eating, the weird frog girl Rana (who was only in the game for a small amount of time) and how zombies used to wear armor (now they do again). But, yes, I have to agree on enchanting.
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Elitesniper USA
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November 21, 2012, 8:47 pm

I want to get my old minecraft 1.2.5 jar back and play the original minecraft that I know and love....
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SolarSelect
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Apprentice Skinner
November 19, 2012, 7:47 pm

You forgot, "After the full game was released, 10 year old 'yolo' girls started flooding into servers
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TheNovicChannel
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November 19, 2012, 7:56 pm

So true.
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masonmontalvo
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November 16, 2012, 7:40 pm

I don't really mind all of the new updates because after a little 
while I just get used to it.
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dunkey4
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November 13, 2012, 11:46 pm

great blog


visual animal sex?
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TheNovicChannel
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November 13, 2012, 11:56 pm

:P
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Xyrov
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Apprentice Ranger
November 13, 2012, 12:05 am

I loved this game from the very start.
This game expresses my freedom and creativity.
An endless adventure.
Play with other individuals.
PLAY FOREVER
Just how, HOW can YOU HATE this wonderful creation called Minecraft?
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TheNovicChannel
Level 31
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November 13, 2012, 12:22 am

I don't.
I infact, love minecraft.
And by that I mean I like MINECRAFT, not the continuous tekkit updates that keep being installed.
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Forgotten_Alice
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November 11, 2012, 8:35 pm

Well every person has a different addiction so I guess that they hate building and hate being creative.
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Alpha_Poster
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November 8, 2012, 2:09 am

Me and you both think the same....
I came in really early in the game (I don't know what it was called) when you could break ANY block with your hand and it would drop. I love how the game was all the way up to 1.8 but when 1.9 came it added more complicted stuff and then those updates came. I wish we could go back to the old kind of minecraft when it was more survival and update only some stuff not all this random sh*#

Thanks for the blog and you get diamond and favorite!
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Tranovious
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New Miner
November 8, 2012, 1:59 am

How could the ability to place blocks in new ways be anything but a bonus? As a builder, that's an amazing functionality. Also, HOW THE HELL could redstone that goes on the sides of walls be a bad thing? I don't use redstone, but I know people who would have a hell of a lot of fun with that if it were added.


The updates have all been wonderful and while I don't play survival overly much anymore, I can honestly say (as an early alpha player) that the survival gameplay of today, food and all, has been vastly improved over earlier versions of the game. Food shouldn't even be a problem; it only drains noticeably if you sprint.
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PoisonBubblez
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November 8, 2012, 1:29 am

My opinion is that altho it is annoying, it just takes time to get used to, I only ever brewed a potion andnew wat I wasdoing after making a few at random
So, myopinion is updates R
Fine but just don't have SH!T loads of SH!T in each update, and makeupdates less freqeunt
Love PB
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TheNovicChannel
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November 8, 2012, 1:50 am

Everyone can / has to get used to updates, like you I dislike the huge amounts of new minecraft that come with each of those updates.
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Ennen
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November 7, 2012, 2:20 am

I couldn't agree more!

I honestly wasn't going to update to 1.4 if my minecraft files hadn't somehow gotten corrupt and I didn't have to redownload them...
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merlinsbaby
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November 7, 2012, 1:56 am

i started mincraft When The Demo A.K.A THE FRIST MINECRAFT UPDATE EVER i loved indev

i think thats how you spell it

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Bigant11
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November 7, 2012, 1:52 am

Ya i joined in beta 1.5. I want to go back to back to beta 1.7 that was awsome
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TheNovicChannel
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November 7, 2012, 1:55 am

It was quite awesome.
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Sabizt
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November 5, 2012, 11:22 am

i liked the old days i hate Hunger and enchanted stuff and diamonds were eazyer to find
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Muro45
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Journeyman Dragon
November 5, 2012, 2:02 am

 Have a diamond.I agree with you. I sarted playing minecraftt, when minecraft were in alpha and currently my favorite version is beta 1.7.3. There were no experience, no hunger or potions. Have a diamond.
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TheNovicChannel
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November 5, 2012, 7:31 pm

1.7 was my favorite too ;)
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Muro45
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Journeyman Dragon
November 5, 2012, 9:11 pm

I'm glad that I backed it up, before updating. Modded and one version without mods.
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juicy_orange
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November 4, 2012, 2:11 am

Ppls haet mc becuz it iz pixlatd and mad of bloks!!1!!1one!!1!
:3
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TheNovicChannel
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November 4, 2012, 9:09 pm

I'd like this comment if I could ;)
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jakenate455
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November 3, 2012, 6:35 am

I got minecraft in alpha and I dont even know what im doing when im playing minecraft now
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TheNovicChannel
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November 3, 2012, 12:55 pm

There's just gonna be more and more add-ons eventually :/
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nessnesn64
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November 2, 2012, 2:24 am

I got minecraft in 1.2.5, maybe this is why I prefer to the beta and alpha versions to the newer ones.
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TheNovicChannel
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November 2, 2012, 2:26 am

You should diamond if you agree :P
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TheNovicChannel
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November 2, 2012, 2:25 am

Things get too complicated.
I wonder what they'll release in the future- hopefully not redstone that goes under blocks :/
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ILoveMyTurtle
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November 2, 2012, 12:49 am

I totally agree with you! Awesome blog!
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Shredbummer
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November 1, 2012, 11:31 pm

Grr
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TheNovicChannel
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November 1, 2012, 11:32 pm

I love your response :D

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