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Maybe they are actually adding Super Ultra HD Grafixxx?

edit: With patent pending 4D rendering!

Quote from chessandgo

i just realised something

Brace your selves
My little pony texture packs are coming

Already out there...google it.

horseys!!!

but they better have saddle bags.

They better.

all the talk about horses yet it looks like its a pig with a horse skin :/

To whatever poor sod sacrificed time, effort, and small children to the dark gods in order to convince Mojang to implement horses: Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You have fought long and hard for a great many unheard voices in the community. Your efforts will be remembered for ages to come.

(No, really. By the time VR comes out, Minecraft is going to be f***ing amazing at the rate things are going!)

Horses... Do my eyes deceive me?
That is going to be so cool~

Quote from BigScaryTrex

You bring up a good point there! I actually wish Minecraft had more unique mobs that it could be known for, unlike the generic skeleton archers and zombies and big spiders.

Dogs and cats.
I still believe they've added those for the sake of popularity of those animal.
Meanwhile they've made pig ride-able. Not so convinient though.
They've also said there won't be horses.
Now they say they are adding horse. (Very clear with photo and mention of mob mod author)

"Don't use horse if you don't like!"
I don't hate at all the horses in real world. I don't want to even see them in minecraft.
Many wouldn't recognize but horses are one of icon of war. Which is far from minecraft theme.
And also unlike redstone, they roam and will be treated as living animal. There presence is more
large and defines land scape in various locations.

What happened to mojang? Why they've dropped original feel? Adding horse is surely a one step
down.

Wait a second... Wouldn't a better title for this be "Minecraft 1.6! Now with 100% more horses, because it's easier to add a horse than make the API work!" or maybe "Minecraft 1.6, the Horsecraft Update! Because that guy from Bukkit isn't working out after all!"

Now I'm all for new content, but I am also for functionality, and for keeping promises. If you can't do the API, just say it! There's also a source for horses that would require little or no work on the part of Mojang, "Mo'Creatures." That's right, the mod that gets avoided every time the top ten Minecraft mods are mentioned. I'm conflicted about this, because while I love the mod, relying on third party content usually marks the beginning of the end for the in-house creative process.

You remember the creative process, right? The process by which Mojang defined what the API could do, while they were still in the stages of asking modders what it SHOULD be able to do? How well has that worked out?

Focus, Mojang, Focus.

Quote from colonyan

Dogs and cats.
I still believe they've added those for the sake of popularity of those animal.
Meanwhile they've made pig ride-able. Not so convinient though.
They've also said there won't be horses.
Now they say they are adding horse. (Very clear with photo and mention of mob mod author)

"Don't use horse if you don't like!"
I don't hate at all the horses in real world. I don't want to even see them in minecraft.
Many wouldn't recognize but horses are one of icon of war. Which is far from minecraft theme.
And also unlike redstone, they roam and will be treated as living animal. There presence is more
large and defines land scape in various locations.

What happened to mojang? Why they've dropped original feel? Adding horse is surely a one step
down.

Because zombies and tnt and bows and swords aren't icons of war? Or is it because you can't dream of a scantly clad female, her long hair flowing in the wind, riding barebacked across an open prairie, without thinking of war? Please.

Quote from catbox01

Because zombies and tnt and bows and swords aren't icons of war? Or is it because you can't dream of a scantly clad female, her long hair flowing in the wind, riding barebacked across an open prairie, without thinking of war? Please.

Swodrs and bows: Personal defense tools.
TNT: as this is building and mining game
Horses: Fast Mobility = War and Civilization. Those are in pair.
Calling them reminds of war is one way to say no to horse in minecraft.
Pigs are there. All they've got to do is elaborate on pig and pig riding.

Quote from Nazgod

Horses... Do my eyes deceive me?
That is going to be so cool~

Yes, they do.
That is totally a sandwich.

Quote from colonyan

Dogs and cats.
I still believe they've added those for the sake of popularity of those animal.
Meanwhile they've made pig ride-able. Not so convinient though.
They've also said there won't be horses.
Now they say they are adding horse. (Very clear with photo and mention of mob mod author)

"Don't use horse if you don't like!"
I don't hate at all the horses in real world. I don't want to even see them in minecraft.
Many wouldn't recognize but horses are one of icon of war. Which is far from minecraft theme.
And also unlike redstone, they roam and will be treated as living animal. There presence is more
large and defines land scape in various locations.

What happened to mojang? Why they've dropped original feel? Adding horse is surely a one step
down.

I don't think anyone means for you to not use horses if you don't like them in real life. Just if you don't want to use them in Minecraft. Also, while horses used to be icons of war, that isn't how most people see them today. In fact, they're generally symbolic of peace and tranquility nowadays.

But you make a good point that I hadn't thought of about their presence in the landscape of Minecraft. If they are just as common in the wild as any other animal, that would make them a much more definable feature of the land than redstone would, which doesn't even appear aboveground at all. If you don't want to use horses, than they probably would feel forced upon you.

However, I don't think horses would ruin the feel of Minecraft. I'm assuming they would act as "companions," as dogs and cats are already, and will serve to assist the player with mobility, just as dogs assist with combat and cats for security against Creeepers.

But all of this is still speculation. We're not going to know how heavily they are going to influence the world until the first snapshots are released.

Quote from Scarrboros

Yes, they do.
That is totally a sandwich.

Actually that's a bagel.

What could be it?
The 1.6 alert is for Xbox ,right?

This will probably not be horses but instead something like a female model (an alternate to steve) or something like a new type of flower. It is not unknown for mojang to pull pranks like this, and have it as something from the background. :/
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Cool Horses when I get one I'll Name it BlackJack

It's the ultra realistic graphics that they promises!

Quote from JoeTheCat

sorry

yeah i guess thats a good point. its just ruining the good old feel of minecraft for me like the alpha and early beta days again just my opinion

You could always download one of the old versions and install it via MagicLauncher

Quote from JoeTheCat

it's not the same, man... IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME

Pretty sure Curse's Client had a way to bring minecraft back to a previous version. you could do that.

I like how everyone is all hyped up about the horses, yet i'm more excited about the aliens, rainbows, and the reason to fear going in the water without a boat.

I can't wait for it!