davidr64's blog: What's Wrong with Minecraft (and How to Fix it)

Saturday, April 23, 2011

davidr64's blog: What's Wrong with Minecraft (and How to Fix it)

UPDATE: IMPORTANT: Notch has responded to this post. I wanted him to read this blog entry, but it’s clear that he doesn’t want to, AND THAT’S PERFECTLY FINE. I don’t want a whole legion of people attacking him about his decision, and I don’t want anybody else trying to get him to read it.

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MY RESPONSE:

X your not the only one who came up with ideas. But they’re just ideas.

Minecraft is a game that can be infinitely expanded, as it is completely dependent on the players. Modding is not much different from implementing by the developers. Many people have made many game changing mods.

Think about Half-Life. It was made moder friendly. Thats where Counter Strike, Garry’s Mod and other great titles came from. It is moding that pushed the game forward, and expanded it into other titles.

Notch just has to implement a much easier way to mod minecraft, like he did with texture packs, and let the people decide what they like to add to the game. All in all, he has his ideas for the game. It’s his game. He will do what he wants, and will not listen to you, me, or anyone else, since he believes in the fact that it is his game. He’s not greedy, he just doesn’t want other people telling him what to do with his idea. It’s like asking Donatello or Michelangelo to adjust their painting at the time. Maybe if they did, their work would be horrible. Maybe Mona Lisa if altered by requests when Da Vinci was working on it, would never see the fame it has.

Notch will do whatever he wants with the game, and if you find it boring, well, it is in the nature of humans to get tired of something we cherish at first. Everything has it’s limits, and everything will fade away.

In a couple of years we’ll move on to something else, and minecraft will have few followers left. I know this. Don’t ask me how. Just look back into our history as people.