A petition is supposed to change how Minecraft is developed. Every year, fans are stirred against each other – and that is not good for the game, supporters say.
In Minecraft, it is actually a time of joy. The annual “Mob Vote” allows players to vote on which creature should be added to Minecraft next. However, the voting on penguins, armadillos, and crabs faced criticism even before it began. Even after the victory of the armadillo, there is still no peace. Now it has become even clearer:
More than 500,000 Minecraft fans have joined a petition to end the annual “Mob Vote.”
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What is the problem? In the annual survey, Minecraft wants to know which of three ideas will be added to the game. It always concerns 3 creatures, one of which will then be encountered in Minecraft.
The catch is: The two ideas that do not win are completely discarded.
This bothers many fans. Because when the developers present three well-thought-out ideas that all sound good, but only one is implemented because of a survey, there will only be one third of all great ideas in the game.
What does the petition aim to achieve? The aim is to ensure that the Mob Vote does not take place in future years. Instead, all three ideas should simply be implemented and added to the game. According to the petition, it states (translated):
The Mob Vote generates attention by tearing the community apart, with fantastic ideas being cut out and content hinted at that will then never be seen in the game. (…)
Many have expressed their dissatisfaction with the voting in the past, while fan favorites like the Moobloom did not make it into the game, and content creators mobilize their fans to vote for the least popular option just to annoy everyone else. This shows that the Mob Vote is fundamentally wrong.”
The clear opinion behind it: The vote is not good. When Minecraft announces content, such as new mobs, all of them should also be brought into the game.
So far, over 500,000 fans have signed the petition on change.org – and that is just 10 days after the start.
Less content from year to year: Also part of the petition is the observation that Minecraft is releasing less and less new content per year, even though this is now happening with the help of Microsoft. Currently, there is only roughly one new patch per year (sometimes less) and smaller hotfixes. New content takes a long time to arrive. It is even more frustrating when great ideas are presented but never implemented.
Especially absurd is the fact that modders often manage to program the announced mobs themselves and introduce them into Minecraft within a few days. This causes even more resentment – because if fans can do that in just a few days, the developers of the game should also be able to bring in 3 instead of just one new creature in a year.
Or how do you see it?
