i logged into Minecraft today and realized i have a new cape on that is apparently an advertisement for Microsoft's new game and was placed on my back without my knowledge or consent.
i thought caps were a really cool thing before this, but their appeal has diminished quite a bit to me now that i know Microsoft will just abuse it as potential ad space.
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If you read the minecraft news on the launcher it is a 48 temporary cape to show off Mojangs second game Scrolls that just released. So it's nothing pointed straight at microsoft it's just Mojang advertising another game they have finally released.
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I find it highly amusing that a vast amount of users hate that Microsoft has purchased the rights to the Mojang company. It is also funny how they assume any form of marketing is because of Microsoft. From your statement, it is clear that you knew nothing about Scrolls and when the development of it had started. It's been in Beta for months and this is just to get the name out there to users of Minecraft.
Something to keep in mind is that the Scrolls cape is an actually cape. It can be won by earning five Weekly First Place badges. Only two users have earned the cape by normal means.
Microsoft owns Mojang, so even if this was them, its still Microsoft's doing, but that's besides the point. if they had given out the caps to celibate the game, that would be one thing because i could then choose whether or not i wore it. however they instead choose to force me to wear this cape specifically to advertise their game without my knowledge or consent.
this is disgusting on a level i didn't even think Microsoft would go to. it tells me that they don't think of me as a player or customer, but as a billboard. if they do it once then they will do it again. sure it's mostly harmless now, but what will the next ad be for? Forza? Halo? the next windows phone?
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
I giggled at your comment. Yes Microsoft owns Mojang, but Mojang didn't migrate over to the Microsoft offices to work as Microsoft. They are still Mojang. Do you know how many companies are owned by other companies? Most food brands that oppose each other are owned by the same company.
And you did give Mojang consent to automatically add the cape to your character as there is a button under Multiplayer Settings that allow you to disable capes from being visible.
From your little rant, I've learned that you dislike Microsoft buying Mojang and that you are young. You seriously need to take a chill pill.
For the fourth time, it isn't an advertisement. And you should be grateful to have a cape, even if it's only for 48 hours. You know how many people want capes?
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
So if Mojang gave everyone a small preview of the 2015 Minecon cape, would you complain about them trying to "advertise" Minecon?
the difference there is they wouldn't be forcing me to look at it, it would be completely by my own choosing and there for i would have prior knowledge and consented to seeing it.
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
I guess you didn't understand what I said. I had meant if they added the 2015 Minecon cape to your character, would you care? And what difference does it make if you have a cape added to your character? Everyone else around you has the cape on.
in what way did i just describe the advertizement that has been forced on my back?
You described the cape in these ways: 1: They aren't forcing you to look at it. Just hit a simple button and it's gone. 2: it is your own choosing to look at the cape/wear the cape. 3: Sub 1: It was said that there would be a trial scrolls cape on the 7th. Sub 2: The world isn't about you. You aren't going to get a private consent. Just click 'Cape: OFF'.
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
I guess you didn't understand what I said. I had meant if they added the 2015 Minecon cape to your character, would you care?
well, since they give it to you and you can then choose whether or not to wear it, that would be different from here where i'm forced to wear an advertizement for 48 hours.
i thought caps were a really cool thing before this, but their appeal has diminished quite a bit to me now that i know Microsoft will just abuse it as potential ad space.
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Something to keep in mind is that the Scrolls cape is an actually cape. It can be won by earning five Weekly First Place badges. Only two users have earned the cape by normal means.
Source: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Cape
this is disgusting on a level i didn't even think Microsoft would go to. it tells me that they don't think of me as a player or customer, but as a billboard. if they do it once then they will do it again. sure it's mostly harmless now, but what will the next ad be for? Forza? Halo? the next windows phone?
And please shut up, this is getting annoying. And this isn't flaming. At All. This is me trying to get you to listen to what i'm saying.
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97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
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so i have to opt out of being an advertizement for things now?
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97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
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What do you mean? You bought the game, and played long enough to realize you have a cape.
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97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
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I giggled at your comment. Yes Microsoft owns Mojang, but Mojang didn't migrate over to the Microsoft offices to work as Microsoft. They are still Mojang. Do you know how many companies are owned by other companies? Most food brands that oppose each other are owned by the same company.
And you did give Mojang consent to automatically add the cape to your character as there is a button under Multiplayer Settings that allow you to disable capes from being visible.
From your little rant, I've learned that you dislike Microsoft buying Mojang and that you are young. You seriously need to take a chill pill.
and yet this advertizement on my back seems to suggest otherwise.
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97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
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So if Mojang gave everyone a small preview of the 2015 Minecon cape, would you complain about them trying to "advertise" Minecon?
the difference there is they wouldn't be forcing me to look at it, it would be completely by my own choosing and there for i would have prior knowledge and consented to seeing it.
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97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
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in what way did i just describe the advertizement that has been forced on my back?
I guess you didn't understand what I said. I had meant if they added the 2015 Minecon cape to your character, would you care? And what difference does it make if you have a cape added to your character? Everyone else around you has the cape on.
You described the cape in these ways: 1: They aren't forcing you to look at it. Just hit a simple button and it's gone. 2: it is your own choosing to look at the cape/wear the cape. 3: Sub 1: It was said that there would be a trial scrolls cape on the 7th. Sub 2: The world isn't about you. You aren't going to get a private consent. Just click 'Cape: OFF'.
Visit my son's youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxIyXNPdd5p1n3rkXdCiMg
If you'd like something to read, click here.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/show-your-creation/fan-art/literature/2284275-mayday
97% of teenagers would cry if they saw Justin Bieber on top of a tower about to jump. If your the 3% who is sitting there with popcorn screaming "DO A BACKFLIP", copy and paste this as your signature.
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well, since they give it to you and you can then choose whether or not to wear it, that would be different from here where i'm forced to wear an advertizement for 48 hours.