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When I started Minecraft back in early 2011, it wasn't very well known. I had first heard of it from my friends, and so I started looking it up and watching survival Let's Plays on it. It captivated me, is was right in my zone, a whole world for you to let your imagination run wild and your ideas to be set free. I would watch the Yogscast in their Shadow of Israphel series, waiting for the next episode to come out, and I would watch older videos of theirs for fun. Eventually I was able to convince my parents to buy it for me, and from then on I knew I couldn't let it go. I would look forward to new updates, waiting for the next new pre-release or update to come out. Every day I looked forward to playing the game and playing with other people.
Over time the popularity of the game grew. I heard about it everywhere, and younger kids began to play the game too. When I heard Notch had given the chair to Jeb, I knew things were going to change. The community became younger and younger, and I saw myself growing older and older. I looked back at the old days when it was only a small community, playing a small game, goofing around and having fun playing adventure maps. Every day those memories became fainter and fainter, and I grew less and less attached to the game.
I no longer looked forward to the updates, and I played less and less. On PMC the only thing I do is look for interesting topics in the forums and try to respond to them. I still watch the Yogscast, but I almost feel that it no longer lives up to the days I remembered long ago. Today I heard that the original founders of Mojang and Minecraft had left, and it now belongs to Microsoft; I am left saddened, and hoping the best for Notch and the other Mojangsters. I look back to the old days, knowing they will never come back...
Every once in a while I'll go back to an old version of Minecraft, watch old YouTube videos, and pretend I'm back in the old days of Beta when Minecraft was like an exclusive club and not everyone knew about it. Yet, I tell myself that I can't pretend, because those days won't come back, not now not ever, unless I find another little known game with a little community and hope that it won't grow up and wither away...
Over time the popularity of the game grew. I heard about it everywhere, and younger kids began to play the game too. When I heard Notch had given the chair to Jeb, I knew things were going to change. The community became younger and younger, and I saw myself growing older and older. I looked back at the old days when it was only a small community, playing a small game, goofing around and having fun playing adventure maps. Every day those memories became fainter and fainter, and I grew less and less attached to the game.
I no longer looked forward to the updates, and I played less and less. On PMC the only thing I do is look for interesting topics in the forums and try to respond to them. I still watch the Yogscast, but I almost feel that it no longer lives up to the days I remembered long ago. Today I heard that the original founders of Mojang and Minecraft had left, and it now belongs to Microsoft; I am left saddened, and hoping the best for Notch and the other Mojangsters. I look back to the old days, knowing they will never come back...
Every once in a while I'll go back to an old version of Minecraft, watch old YouTube videos, and pretend I'm back in the old days of Beta when Minecraft was like an exclusive club and not everyone knew about it. Yet, I tell myself that I can't pretend, because those days won't come back, not now not ever, unless I find another little known game with a little community and hope that it won't grow up and wither away...
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Spoke to me, so true... :(
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All of them are smaller communities and sometimes they even have their own sub sections. This could be viewed as a justification for the larger community: because it is so large, it allows for this plethora of smaller and more specialised communities with more dedication to their particular areas of interest.