Minecraft players go full propaganda mode as petition demanding the end of the 'mob vote' draws 300,000 signatures in just a few days
When I heard about this year's Minecraft mob vote, I thought to myself, «Gosh, that sounds like fun! Some discussion, some debate, a little bit of good-natured trash talk, and at the end of the day, a new creature for players to enjoy.» Dear readers, I was wrong. A big chunk of the Minecraft community is not happy about the democratic process, and a petition calling on players to boycott the vote has now surpassed an astounding 300,000 signatures.
The mob vote is actually an ongoing thing: Every year, Mojang presents concepts for three possible mobs and gives players the opportunity to vote on which one will be added to the game. This year's candidates are a crab, an armadillo, and a penguin, all of them «equally great,» according to the petition—which is central to the complaint.
«The Mob Vote generates engagement by tearing the community apart, leaving fantastic ideas on the cutting room floor, and teasing content that will never be seen in the game,» the petition states. «That, mixed with the fact that Mojang somehow releases less content WITH Microsoft's backing than they did without, means players see minimal content to the game they love, and watch as possibly the one thing to get them to play again is ripped from them.»
The petition also complains that the mob vote is «inherently flawed» because content creators, they claim, mobilize their fans «to vote for the least popular option for the joke of screwing over the other voters.» One might argue that the mob that attracts the most votes is actually the most popular option (or at the very least question who determines which losing candidate is actually the real favorite) but… well, anyway. There's also unhappiness over the frequency and scale of Minecraft updates,
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