Original Post by AuradioHiro on Minecraft subreddit.

And I am voting for crab.

  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 years ago

    considering that the game is now owned by microsoft these votes just end up feeling kind of like a slap to the face, it’s like holding a thousand dollars in your hands and asking whether someone wants a piece of gum or a bouncy ball.

    • nolannice@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I feel like fan vote should be order release, not choose one - kill two. Especially since this year is all just normal animals that fit would fit in the world.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        Exactly, they act as if implementing 3 mobs is some gargantuan task when a significant chunk of the work is already done by designing them… And then they just go ahead and throw that work into the trash if it doesn’t win the vote!

        Gee i wonder why minecraft’s development is so slow…

    • qaz@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      They could’ve added all three options 10 times over and more with the effort required for holding the vote.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        also: reminder that minecraft still doesn’t have any sort of LOD, while at least 2 separate teams have managed to implement it just fine as mods.

        This is a basic graphics feature that has been standard in games for ages now.

    • runjun@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Ya, any time I bring this up in Minecraft communities, people really don’t like it. But the updates are so sparse that it feels insulting.

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      Random question in case I have free time, would it be legal to entirely reimpliment the Minecraft engine open source in a better programming language?

      Then do something like opekjdk and just release alongside the official with QOL and performance improvements

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        https://content.minetest.net/packages/ryvnf/mineclonia/

        you can completely legally extract the textures from your minecraft install and use a program to convert them to be used in minetest :)
        It’s just illegal to redistribute them.

        There are also popular third party texture packs from minecraft that people have converted to be used in minetest, which are legal to redistribute so you can just download them and use as is :D

        • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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          2 years ago

          I like what I’m seeing, so it’d have to be in a decompiled super mario 64 type of way but could be possible!

  • Zyratoxx@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Btw: even tho we already have the parrot could the crab also rave to the music as an easter egg?

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    2 years ago

    When the mob vote with the phantom happened, there was a mob that was meant to be able to disenchant your tools. Even though it didnt get added, the grindstone did, which did the same thing

    If the crab doesnt win the vote, it is likely that there will be an item like the crab claw

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      2 years ago

      This is something I always try to keep in mind. For example, the rascal had a chance of offering you an enchanted iron pickaxe, but since it didn’t win they gave that functionality to the wandering trader.

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    2 years ago

    That crabs aren’t already in Minecraft is a travesty that needs to be corrected immediately.

  • nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    This is a tough vote, all the options are decent! I’m mostly between crab and armadillo, leaning crab. The armadillo is way cuter though.

  • UltraBlack@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    My opinion: All are shit

    1. Crab: People are looking forward to not struggling anymore with the block reach, but jokes on them, if you increase the reach by one block, you’ll run into the same issue, just as quickly. Only because you can build one block farther doesn’t mean that you don’t have to jump to place a block
    2. Armadillo: Nobody uses dogs. They are useless, slow, weak and horse armor is more useful. They serve as furniture, unlike cats which can be used in farms.
    3. Penguins: Ice biomes are too rare. Also literally just another dolphin. If I see ice and want to go fast, I put my boat on the ice, not in the water.

    Actually degenerate mob selection. How are these useful? Rather make the bats useful

  • zepheriths@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Your telling me you can protect your dog from dangerous situations… and you choose grabby grab?