Gee guys, where are the dipshits to remind us MicroSoft <3 open source and totally isn't just opportunistically fucking it over again? It's not as if they took a game that worked everywhere and have increasingly restricted it for no reason. No, wait, MicroSoft is a big corporation, so this is just a different department, right?
It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
91–100 of 474 posts
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#92Never seen people make such a huge deal out of nothing like this before. Like this is borderline ridiculous. Its soo much easier to not get banned from something than is to. Literally just don't be an idiot. Its not that hard.
No, the ridiculousness is the deep centralization. Whether it's Minetest OR cracked Minecraft, it's clear that Microsoft is an irresponsible, or more importantly, unnecessary steward/middleman here.
Those who want Microsofts vision, I suppose that's fine -- but I see no good reason to require or respect it. On with the mods.
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
The enemy of your enemy is really not your friend in this scenario.
I mean, when it comes to actual trolls complaining about getting kicked off of the platform, I have to conclude that Microsoft is at least doing one thing right.
Don't be naive, this will affect way more people than just the ones you'll snicker about. Cause it gets abused.
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#94It's apparently a minority voice opinion here on HN, but I for one appreciate what Microsoft is trying to do. As a parent of a 6 and 9 year old who have really gotten into Minecraft during COVID, I appreciate them basically deciding "We want Minecraft to be a game for kids and an online community that is nice." I get why people are frustrated, but I also like the idea of a global decision that forces servers open to "the public" to have an enforced global standard of behavior. Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't see anything in their process that suggests that a group of adults playing with their friends are at risk of having their chat audited in the absence of a complaint?
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#95Quoted post unavailable.
Any attempt to understand "the users here" as a unit is misguided. Hacker News doesn't have a single opinion on anything. You get a different sub-community showing up for each thread depending on topic and time of day, so the sentiment will always fluctuate from thread to thread.
No post body was provided.
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#96Never seen people make such a huge deal out of nothing like this before. Like this is borderline ridiculous. Its soo much easier to not get banned from something than is to. Literally just don't be an idiot. Its not that hard.
It's a big deal because Minecraft's server system is traditionally very decentralized. However, this change suggests that Microsoft now wants to increasingly centralize the game. Microsoft seems to be going against the game's original ethos.
There’s no going back though, is there? Once Minecraft is playable over LAN without internet connection, there’s very little to nothing that MS can do to police speech, right?
I don’t mean to be dismissive but the censorship is virtually opt-in at this point, no?
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#97I strongly disagree with Microsoft's stance. But I also think the issue is way overblown. You can simply mod servers so that they don't have this chat reporting. If everyone in the Minecraft community is so opposed, just create and exclusively join modded servers. Does not matter if they get labeled "Not Secure" if 90% of well-known popular servers have it, and there are tools and tutorials everywhere which make it s…
Sure, but there's a second order issue -- what's overblown is the extent to which "misinformed John Q. Public backed by scary Microsoft" is going strongly argue absurdities like "this is against Minecrafts intellectual property" or some nonsense and fight against it, or say it's bad or naughty or something.
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#98Sounds like reddit
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#99It's apparently a minority voice opinion here on HN, but I for one appreciate what Microsoft is trying to do. As a parent of a 6 and 9 year old who have really gotten into Minecraft during COVID, I appreciate them basically deciding "We want Minecraft to be a game for kids and an online community that is nice." I get why people are frustrated, but I also like the idea of a global decision that forces servers open to…
The road to hell is always paved with good intentions and naive ideals.
I’m trying to imagine having to explain to a 6yr old why they can’t play Minecraft until Dad creates another account and hope they can afford another license. And hope it doesn’t happen again the next time a troll joins their server.
It also seems to be incentivizing people to not have any chat reports at all.
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#100It's apparently a minority voice opinion here on HN, but I for one appreciate what Microsoft is trying to do. As a parent of a 6 and 9 year old who have really gotten into Minecraft during COVID, I appreciate them basically deciding "We want Minecraft to be a game for kids and an online community that is nice." I get why people are frustrated, but I also like the idea of a global decision that forces servers open to…
Vaguely reputable source pointing out it applies to private servers:
https://www.cbr.com/minecraft-players-outraged-mojang-monito...
I don't think it's a bad thing, either. People who buy proprietary software know what the deal is, and anyone who didn't know what the deal was knows now. It's not your game, you've just got a temporary license to it. Kind of the consumer's fault beyond anything.