Given that I am not going to be here after today for reasons of Google+/Youtube Twitch/MC Forums Integration, I thought I'd make a thread for everyone to use whenever those "Is Minecraft Dying" threads inevitably pop up again. The information found here is originally from a comment from April 2017 that I have been continually updating, and demonstrates just how insanely redundant, pointless, and wildly innaccurate "Is Minecraft Dying" threads really are.
Whenever an "Is Minecraft Dying" thread comes up, simply direct them here and tell them that no, it is not. This is evidence that while their perception may seem valid, it also seemed valid to the twenty other people who made the exact same thread several times over the years, and that just maybe they're crying wolf like all the rest.
Given that I will not be here, this thread will not be able to be updated. I trust, however, that more than a hundred threads over the course of seven years has significant enough weight to convince most people, and does not need to be added to in order to remain convincing.
That is the number of posts made to Survival Mode, per year ending mid-October (since that is when I compiled this; 2011 is actually over 2 years since there were no archived pages from 2010) - which clearly shows a 35-fold decline in activity (since then there have been just 83 new posts for only 8.3 per day), which also applies to other forums to more or less the same extent (so it is not just like people are losing interest in Survival Mode, plus Mojang's own stats shows that over half of players played singleplayer a couple years ago, well after the decline started, and the Creative Mode forum has always been far less active; I don't expect that things have changed that much since then).
Although I suppose that this fits under #14 on your list; it is also worth noting that this trend seems to apply to online forums in general so it may not all be due to changes in the community (aside from general trends in online activity).
Also, I don't get why some are so upset over the Twitch merge, not like Twitch didn't already own the forums... for the past year... especially somebody who was so positive that Microsoft wouldn't ruin the game. This also hasn't stopped new members from signing up at the ridiculously high (considering the activity) rate of 400+ per day since a day after the announcement.
I think the problem is not that the game is dying, but the community is losing that quality it once had.
This^ I agree with this 100%
As an outsider, it seems to me that fans are getting the quality of the game confused with the quality of the community. Minecraft is still a well-made game as it continues to make money. If the game's quality was truly down, then it wouldn't be making money.
The community, on the other hand, seems to have a lack of unity and respect between players.
Given that I am not going to be here after today for reasons of
Google+/YoutubeTwitch/MC Forums Integration, I thought I'd make a thread for everyone to use whenever those "Is Minecraft Dying" threads inevitably pop up again. The information found here is originally from a comment from April 2017 that I have been continually updating, and demonstrates just how insanely redundant, pointless, and wildly innaccurate "Is Minecraft Dying" threads really are.Whenever an "Is Minecraft Dying" thread comes up, simply direct them here and tell them that no, it is not. This is evidence that while their perception may seem valid, it also seemed valid to the twenty other people who made the exact same thread several times over the years, and that just maybe they're crying wolf like all the rest.
Given that I will not be here, this thread will not be able to be updated. I trust, however, that more than a hundred threads over the course of seven years has significant enough weight to convince most people, and does not need to be added to in order to remain convincing.
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One thing that you are missing is these forums:
That is the number of posts made to Survival Mode, per year ending mid-October (since that is when I compiled this; 2011 is actually over 2 years since there were no archived pages from 2010) - which clearly shows a 35-fold decline in activity (since then there have been just 83 new posts for only 8.3 per day), which also applies to other forums to more or less the same extent (so it is not just like people are losing interest in Survival Mode, plus Mojang's own stats shows that over half of players played singleplayer a couple years ago, well after the decline started, and the Creative Mode forum has always been far less active; I don't expect that things have changed that much since then).
Although I suppose that this fits under #14 on your list; it is also worth noting that this trend seems to apply to online forums in general so it may not all be due to changes in the community (aside from general trends in online activity).
Also, I don't get why some are so upset over the Twitch merge, not like Twitch didn't already own the forums... for the past year... especially somebody who was so positive that Microsoft wouldn't ruin the game. This also hasn't stopped new members from signing up at the ridiculously high (considering the activity) rate of 400+ per day since a day after the announcement.
TheMasterCaver's First World - possibly the most caved-out world in Minecraft history - includes world download.
TheMasterCaver's World - my own version of Minecraft largely based on my views of how the game should have evolved since 1.6.4.
Why do I still play in 1.6.4?
I think the problem is not that the game is dying, but the community is losing that quality it once had.
This^ I agree with this 100%
As an outsider, it seems to me that fans are getting the quality of the game confused with the quality of the community. Minecraft is still a well-made game as it continues to make money. If the game's quality was truly down, then it wouldn't be making money.
The community, on the other hand, seems to have a lack of unity and respect between players.