Okay, so, we need to make this clear to _jeb:
Your call, but why make decisions for 2million people in a game you hardly play?
Mojang, part of your problem is your sheer unwillingness to listen to everyone who has given you your oodles of cash. Please listen to them.
Jeb said that pistons won't launch entities. This removes much of their fun and purpose, and he has not stated a good reason for doing so. People have made many epic contraptions using the piston's launch ability. Everyone who wants to preserve this in some form, vote and post! When I get 200 signers I will send this to _jeb/Notch to show what the community thinks!
EDIT: Well it seems _jeb came to see what was going on, and this is what he posted:
Hello
I appreciate your efforts, but those video clips is exactly why we don't want the launch effect of the pistons. The effect is silly, over-powered and doesn't fit in the Minecraft game world.
The pistons were created as a mod used by hard-core users like yourself. I don't see a problem if hard-core users decide to mod the game again to re-add the launch effect, but it will not be included in the official version.
We as a community must show him the error of his ways! Together we are strong!
I realize that the pistons mod has been a hugely successful mod, and a quite useful one at that. I was very excited to hear about pistons being added to the game, and still am, however, I was shocked to hear the ability to launch sand, gravel, TNT, and the player would be lost. My prime reason, is that the only reason the piston mod reached such high popularity, is because of these features, piston pinball, piston transport, if you take away those features, I doubt many people will play with these new vanilla pistons, and will instead opt out for the modded ones.
Sincerely,
Casey Stendahl, founder of the Union for Technological Development
Dear Mojang,
When pistons were announced, I was excited about the possibilities that pistons would bring. However, when it was announced that pistons would not have the ability to launch blocks such as sand and gravel, nor the player, I, as well as many other players, was disappointed. Without the ability to launch things, you are effectively taking away half of the uses of pistons. Look at the amazing things that people have done with this property. The wave machine is probably the best example. It uses the piston to launch sand into the air in a way that looks not just awesome, but beautiful. Many players use Minecraft as a way to be creative, and think outside of the box. If pistons can only push sand and gravel one block away, you are limiting the creativity of the people.
Notch once said that he would rather make that game harder than easier. But this function of the piston does not make Minecraft any easier. It hurts no one, it helps anyone willing to use it. It is your decision, but we have our right to voice our concerns.
Respectfully,
Ray Hubbard, proud fan and Union of Technological Development admin
Together we can change the minds of the men at Mojang!
I will sign. I think that it should still launch things people made sweet tnt cannons and elevators with them and I think it would be a shame if they removed it. That was the one thing that I didn't like when they announced the pistons. Also I just cant seem to think of what they are going to call them. Pistons just makes sense.
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Predator678, on 30 June 2011 - 10:41 AM, said:
people whining for him to update is like pressing the elevator button repeatedly. It WONT make it come faster and it makes you look like an impatiant idiot
Voted no(other reason), because internet petitions don't work, and design is not done by committee. Also, the existence of Mojang pistons does not exclude the possibility of a future mod that is able to launch entities.
No matter how much "signatures" you get, _jeb isn't going to include the jump pad feature.
Maybe so, but what if we can use sheer overwhelming feedback? It takes a lot of feedback to change the minds of the Swedish game elitists, but it's possible.
Case in point: paying for mod support.
Message your forum comrades!
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Your call, but why make decisions for 2million people in a game you hardly play?
Mojang, part of your problem is your sheer unwillingness to listen to everyone who has given you your oodles of cash. Please listen to them.
Jeb said that pistons won't launch entities. This removes much of their fun and purpose, and he has not stated a good reason for doing so. People have made many epic contraptions using the piston's launch ability. Everyone who wants to preserve this in some form, vote and post! When I get 200 signers I will send this to _jeb/Notch to show what the community thinks!
EDIT: Well it seems _jeb came to see what was going on, and this is what he posted:
We as a community must show him the error of his ways! Together we are strong!
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Together we can change the minds of the men at Mojang!
EDIT: What Contraptions? Only THESE:
Piston Cannon; skip to about 1:30
Piston Pinball
Piston Transport
So yeah.
people whining for him to update is like pressing the elevator button repeatedly. It WONT make it come faster and it makes you look like an impatiant idiot
Maybe so, but what if we can use sheer overwhelming feedback? It takes a lot of feedback to change the minds of the Swedish game elitists, but it's possible.
Case in point: paying for mod support.
^The Portal Song!^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Q_koTHB54
^Taste the cake song!^
The cake is NOT a lie!
Bronies, PM your fellow bronies!
Fighters, PM your fellow fighters!
Clanners, PM your clanmates!
Builders, PM your colleagues!
The word must get out!
I want a piston propelled TnT cannon!