Yes I joined Minecraft since 2009 or 2011 (I really have forgotten my specific day that I've joined but I know those 2 years gives me a hint), but I've quitted the game in 2016, but I came back due to breaks.
Now once I came back from watching Minecraft youtube videos and long breaks, I've finally came back to play Minecraft and everything's different, well in my opinion, the game has some of the best features and updates, well except for that 1.9 update lol.
Well my favorite update so far is the BETA release and redstone update, yes even Adventure update and to this day they are never forgettable.