#minecraft developers deserve less hate and i will die on this hill

[allforhavoc]

i'm really finding all the hate for the new update distasteful.

i think no matter what mojang delivers, there's always going to be a crowd who preach that mods could do it better, or mojang is getting lazy. they complain about the updates being lackluster or unappealing or downright terrible.

i think it's dramatic.

minecraft is a game that's been running for 13 years now. minecraft is a game that has such a strong sense of community in so many different forms. minecraft is a game about taking a world and molding it to suit you.

so we found creative ways to build things that weren't in the game originally. we made our own extra content. we joined groups and created communities. we found lookalikes—roses as tomato plants, a minecart as a chair, banners as mirrors—to fill in those little details.

and when that wasn't enough, we created mods. we programmed add-ons and used minecraft as a blueprint, because minecraft was never meant to be a world left untouched by the player.

what a lot of people seem to forget is that every new addition to minecraft is just a little more for the blueprint; adding a walk-in closet to the master bedroom, building a pantry in the kitchen, renovating the dining room with crown molding and a new paint job.

and you're not paying anymore for the game! you're getting all these world updates for free—even added on to your current worlds.

this content doesn't bring in something you absolutely needed beforehand. it richens the world. it details the blueprint.

and if you're unsatisfied, build onto it.

that's what the game is about.