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Is minecraft dying?

patchwarrior 2/9/13 5:16 am
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2/11/2013 12:48 am
hey,
As most of you probably do, i love minecraft but i can't stop thinking that it is dying. Not the game itself but the community, i can't help thinking that slowly the community is disappearing.
What are your thoughts on the subject?
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patchwarrior
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Davidjohn123
02/11/2013 12:48 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Buddy Be Cool, who told you the minecraft dying ? If you don't like it after a long time involved in , then you may move to play another one. The Best choice.
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KristovM
02/10/2013 12:18 pm
Level 1 : New Explorer
I think It's not. It's always been youtube'd like..I MEAN EVERYWHERE! So, nah. It's so active it's annoying.
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DeleteThisPleaseThan
02/10/2013 12:06 pm
Level 19 : Journeyman Wolf Whisperer
for my feel, it does feel like its dying, i miss the old survival.
Since the adventure update it is, but overall, the game isn't even getting started it seems.
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Endersteel
02/10/2013 11:20 am
Level 22 : Expert Pokémon
I just think its some of the things in the updates; people don't want potted plants, we want horses, we want notch back, we want better redstone, ect.
What i'm basically saying is that they should listen to what the players want added more.
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Zeronecromance
02/10/2013 11:19 am
Level 36 : Artisan Unicorn
As long as Minecraft continues to get updates, it will be alive & healthy! :3
I play an average of about 3 - 5 hours a day because this game ish sooo addicting!
Minecraft isn't necessarily foar little kids! >:U
I meen, I'm 17! x3
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Zealotlord13
02/10/2013 10:22 am
Level 7 : Apprentice Explorer
You guys really Need to Stfu about kids playing minecraft go on a server like Cursecraft they have 13-14 year olds running that server and its a top server so no kids dont ruin this game you just dont think of it that way...
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some1epic123
02/10/2013 10:11 am
Level 23 : Expert Modder
Nope I still play it every day and make mods etc for it and still have my own server
with lots of great members
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number1_Master
02/10/2013 10:08 am
Level 41 : Master Droid
I don't think it is dying. According to Dinnerbone, Minecraft received a LOT (I don't know the exact number) of new users!

Personally, I think the 14 year olds of the community can be immature, but at this point, many are not. Although I think the Minecraft community is larger then ever, It has been overrun by people under 11. Some of them are smart, others are dumb.

Depends on who you hang with.
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RM_Epic
02/10/2013 9:38 am
Level 24 : Expert Dragonborn
Guise, guise. Minecraft is.... Still Alive.

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Moargun
02/10/2013 8:59 am
Level 27 : Expert Creeper Hugger
I think they should just stop releasing the snapshots. They spoil the whole update and it isn't as exiting to download and play with the updates. But that's just my personal opinion.
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Gorillaz_101
02/10/2013 9:06 am
Level 14 : Journeyman Miner
They need the snapshots to test for bugs and such.
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OmegaMudkipz
02/10/2013 9:00 am
Level 25 : Expert Nerd
They keep you in suspense for the full update. If you are like me and you don't download the snapshots, it's even more suspenseful.
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RiotShielder
02/10/2013 10:26 am
Level 25 : Expert Network
Lol'd
They release snapshots so the community can help them fix bugs, as well as to give modders and texturpack(ers?) a chance to get ready for the next major update.
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Fokkusu
02/10/2013 8:47 am
Level 44 : Master Fox
If you're worried about a video game dying go do something else.
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patchwarrior
02/10/2013 11:21 am
Level 7 : Apprentice Hunter
i never said i was worried about it dying, it just seems the community is less active than before.
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minecraftsamzy
02/10/2013 8:15 am
Level 1 : New Explorer
for me it was getting old playing everyday for 6 months 2 hrs a day but then I got a variety of games like skyrim, team fortress 2, happy wheels and now im starting to get back into minecraft, i dont think tht the game is dying maybe some players are bored of the community idk
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janidorr
02/10/2013 8:01 am
Level 48 : Master Artist
Since Minecraft expanded onto the XBox and to Apple products, the Minecraft fan base is growing much faster than before instead of dying.
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nickfromgreece
02/09/2013 6:22 am
Level 54 : Grandmaster Programmer
In my opinion the odding community is what minecraft will become, vanilla is boring mods add a bunch of new stuff

as a modder myself i have experience of that
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patchwarrior
02/09/2013 6:16 am
Level 7 : Apprentice Hunter
I definitely agree when you say the updates come to fast, they need to slow down to an update every couple of months maybe, especially with the pvp maps and adventure maps because you build something using the latest version and then a new update comes out and "breaks" your map.
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02/10/2013 9:04 am
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RiotShielder
02/10/2013 10:29 am
Level 25 : Expert Network
A month and a half? Jesus save me. CraftBukkit takes like a month alone to get an RB out, then anybody using Spigot or Spout would have to wait a few weeks more to get an RB on that, I mean seriously, if anything the gap between 1.4 and 1.5 is what they should be doing regularly, an update every 2-3 months, and a pre-release at least 2-3 weeks before the actual release. It makes life as a server owner hell.
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Ennen
02/09/2013 5:46 am
Level 51 : Grandmaster Artist
I saw a quote on a youtube channel (Bogigafy) the other day, that said:

"If it's not broken, fix it until something is."
-Mojang
xD
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Whoever01
02/09/2013 5:37 am
Level 47 : Master Princess
Till Omega 9.9.9
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Rayner_XIII
02/09/2013 5:36 am
Level 16 : Journeyman Soldier
I'm still in the job. The community is alive! Aliiiiive!
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psychogamer15
02/09/2013 5:35 am
Level 18 : Journeyman Miner
the updates....oh the updates.....why make it so complicated. ok minecraft, the base game is a block world in which to let creativity roam. some updates add challenges to complete, uneccesary challenges that are not needed but can make the game better. then there are the complicated things. the newest update is coming out with so much new redstone that my head is going to explode! if mojang wanted the game to stay fun but complex dont make everything incredibly confusing but make it more action packed. like the mo creatures mod. it adds new things to the game that make it fun but not complicated. i dont know if everyone feels this way but i think minecraft needs to stay simple and blocky, dont even try to add a circle i swear you will die
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0voidwalker
02/09/2013 5:31 am
Level 19 : Journeyman Pokémon
Minecraft isn't dying although I do think that the developers of the game are making it too much of a ''Non-Minecraft'' game.

The community is growing and so does the game, although I do think that the game could slow down a bit more with updates etc, because it eventually is going to become a weird game in terms of ''Spacecannons and such, just let it be Minecraft with it's iron and coal and pickaxes and all be good.

The main thing I like about this game and why i've been playing it since 1.8 is it's simplicity.

0voidwalker
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Ennen
02/09/2013 5:26 am
Level 51 : Grandmaster Artist
I reckon it's gonna continue to grow for a few more years...then something else (maybe the Universe Project) is gonna take over.
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distortion
02/10/2013 12:22 pm
Level 35 : Artisan Architect
I just looked up the universe project... holy... crap... it's... glorious.
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Team Origin
02/10/2013 3:32 pm
Level 30 : Artisan System
I know right, and it's just every single game you could ever want and ever get, in one game.

Problem: What about other game developers, if nobody wants any other game?
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OmegaMudkipz
02/10/2013 8:59 am
Level 25 : Expert Nerd
YES!! Universe Project!
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quitefrank_ly
02/09/2013 5:25 am
Level 37 : Artisan Chef
The problem with the minecraft community is the updates.

People generaly play minecraft after updates, and after a while they get bored.
That doesnt only affect server activity but also in the whole community. People already have seen most things and aren't interested anymore.


Now this is only what I have experienced for the past years, so correct me if im wrong
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Nice7
02/09/2013 5:24 am
Level 41 : Master Fish
I don not think it's dying at all. I think it's growing strong. Just look at the PMC stats on how many people are online. On popular days, it used to be 7000 people online. Now if it's 7000, it's a quite day
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SilverKytten
02/09/2013 5:20 am
Level 47 : Master Blockhead
It's not dying, you're just looking in the wrong places. Yes, us true crafters are being overrun with trolls and children who're just wanting to mess around, but we're still out here.
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spoonn4
02/10/2013 12:14 pm
Level 33 : Artisan Modder
agreed but there is so few it might be
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FroggToggz
02/10/2013 12:00 pm
Level 10 : Journeyman Artist
What do you consider a "true crafter"?
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anonpmc490151
02/10/2013 8:54 am
Level 16 : Journeyman Miner
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joerihaak88
02/09/2013 5:18 am
Level 4 : Apprentice Pokémon
I think its getting destroyed by 8-14 year olds, so immature
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Team Origin
02/10/2013 8:51 am
Level 30 : Artisan System
Change that to people who act like 8-14 year olds, and I agree. I'm 15, and most people think i'm 20+ due to my maturity and grammar. So many assumptions in the gaming community, pfft.
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OmegaMudkipz
02/10/2013 8:58 am
Level 25 : Expert Nerd
I know. I'm 13, and almost everyone I know guesses I'm older.
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Luis
02/10/2013 8:07 am
He/Him • Level 72 : Legendary Pokémon
I'm 14, so disagree with you there. But I do not believe that MC is dying, it is still growing and I believe will do for another year or so then plateau, and then decline
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Whoever01
02/09/2013 5:35 am
Level 47 : Master Princess
Zemor, here's another example of age discriminatipn
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_DioM_
02/10/2013 11:06 am
Level 29 : Expert Scribe
He's not discriminating. He's simply stating a fact:

Maturity comes with age, most of the time. Because of that, children rarely act mature.
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InternetBoy
02/09/2013 5:22 am
Level 36 : Artisan Warrior
Not really, I'm fifteen and I think that many of those 8-14 year olds are mature; some mods are even that young.
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