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It is damn true that if a community increases we eventually start to have bad people in it, but have you seen those videos? those are too insane! and why can't we do anything? is taking a stand wrong? Look what GradeAUnderA did when he took a stand, the CEO of Youtube listened. Literally
Thats true but we cannot stand this right? I mean everywhere nowdays where I live if you say something like "Yo, I play Minecraft" people start judging me. Also, we can improve them if we want.
A CEO making a business decision due to community backlash =/= changing hundreds of thousands of stupid people so they're not stupid anymore. They'll always be there. The only thing you can do is you. Actively trying to change other people is fruitless.
If I had a dollar for every time someone judged me for playing video games, being overweight, not being as pretty as someone else, having a mouth akin to a sailor, etc... then I'd be pretty rich. I can show those people that I'm not a bad person, but will that really change how they feel about a group of people as a whole? Probably not. I've been in that exact same boat.
CoD gets a pretty bad rap from people outside its community as unoriginal and toxic. You think it's unoriginal, whatever. My point is that I've met people who play CoD who were pretty cool people and I talked with them and hung out for a while and became friends with them. Did that change my mind about the CoD community as a whole? Not really. I'll acknowledge that there are some good eggs, but I've had far more bad experiences than good ones, especially in game chat.
AzieThese aren't new issues and you aren't the first person to complain about them or start a vague "take a stand protest". Like it or not, every community since the beginning of time contains stupid/immature people of all ages and this thread won't change that. You can't shout "take a stand" and expect change. What are you actually trying to do to change it? Post on social media using a specific hashtag? You might show some people some good, but the bad is still there. It's human nature to highlight/remember bad experiences and people who think of Minecraft and think "toxic" will probably always think that way.
Full disclosure: I can't stand children and that's why I'll never babysit. Now lets talk about why kids are arguably the most important part of our community, not a demographic to be completely alienated. Nowadays there are a lot fewer games available that are rated T and under. Minecraft is one of those games. We all eventually move on or end up playing less but kids are constantly being introduced, growing the community. Without them, our community would eventually die out.
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