Stop Taking Minecraft Too Seriously

The direction the Minecraft community is taking is constantly changing, today I talk about one such change.
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"Minecraft" - C418 • Minecraft Volume Alpha...
"Mutation" - C418 • Mutation
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#minecraft #minecrafttrend #minecraftnostalgia

[@homestuckhauntsme]

I usually have multiple bases in minecraft so i can switch between elaborate building, making farms/testing out redstone, and tiny builds like this one. One of my favorites is this swampy little cave i made as a starter base. We also put keep inventory on that realm so we can really goof around and not worry about losing all our stuff and thats REALLY helped.

[@ashura9706]

People say /keepinventory is bad bc if you explore and get lost you can just /kill and spawn back home. But honestly, that never crosses my mind…

[@mews75]

@@ashura9706 yeah and even if it did, they put it in the game for people to use it, who cares what other people think

[@skullcat324]

Having KeepInventory off really increases the intensity of the game for the better and for the worse though. It feels like when you take risks, it feels a lot more risky, but it also feels like I don't want to wear my diamond armor because i spent so much time getting it and don't want to use it so I just stay with iron armor. an example is when I went underwater caving for diamonds. I brought 7 doors and 8 magma blocks. I had to place a magma block every ten seconds or i would drown, but in the end I found a good bit of diamonds. the only thing was that it was at an ocean which was quite a bit far away, and a really deep cave, which i even got lost in for a few minutes. That was exhilarating, and a little bit nerve-wracking, where as if i had keepInventory on, it wouldn't give the same experience. but I do mostly agree with you that having it on would really just allow for more just, goofing around, setting traps for eachother and stuff.

[@clobzz]

i have a mod that adds a soulbind enchantment that basically means if you die you keep any item that has that enchantment, so its kinda like a balanced keep inventory which i really like, you have to work for it, death is still punishing but not demotivating, makes things fair but keeps it interesting

[@Marcosvinicios-sq5ne]

I hate that trend of mega builds, grinding, maxing out the gear and farm. This kind of mindset is a missconception... minecraft isnt a game to beat. It is a game to enjoy and build your own fun at your own pace. Dont compare yourself. Just enjoy The game. Cool video!

[@Elitra385]

Well said

[@clobzz]

exactly, i despise this kind of playstyle

[@stargazer-elite]

Remember it’s “the game where no one can tell you what you can or cannot do“ - the Minecraft launch trailer

[@Gofaw]

KZbinrs are to blame for this

[@phantomblue523]

Minecraft's playstyle pretty similarly imitates how art movements developed throughout human history. The renaissance inspired a dedication to all things in perfection and precision followed by a movement of realism or depicting more honest and truer to life works. Then came expressionism, a dedication to authenticity and emotion,

[@ouijabored000]

as a graduated art student, I appreciate this comment quite a bit

[@artsyminecrafter745]

I was watching so many different minecrafters on you tube. The 100 day challenges, group playing, some solos where they built huge houses, and I literally lost my ability to play. My mind was numb with all the content I was watching. Your right. I have quit watching most, and only watch a couple different minecrafters. Been trying to just play and relax. For example, i discovered i can make a starter base out of red and white mushrooms in the swamps. Its cute, tiny, and still functional. Thanks for this video, i wish more would watch it. ❤

[@beauslattery6854]

It’s kinda like body shaming but on minecraft 😢

[@cararosiee]

Oh yeah man. I suggested Grian add some new people to Hermitcraft for season 10 and he actually did, and i had seen specifically him get more and more stressed out with making the huge build each season, and there really was such a shift with season 10 when it seemed like he wanted to really just. Enjoy the game? And i think them adding more people showed how theres more of a relaxed vibe now- I dont know. I hadnt played minecraft in a good while now but the past few days ive been "preparing a server" (I have no idea if it will ever be used) but ive just been enjoying doing things. Building custom dungeons, adding whatever mods I think will be fun, like... Why was there such an obession with the speenrun type playstyle? I really wonder why that ever cuaght on like it did, because it really led to a lot of people lowkey hating the game. Im glad people are becoming aware of it now and trying to actually enjoy their time

[@ZayerLayer]

It has been really nice to see this shift in the community, and to see people actually enjoying the game again. Thanks for watching!

[@walmarp]

Speedrunning is great, but you’re right to an extent bc it kinda consumed a big part of the progression

[@XTRACTION43]

I think pretty much the whole community needed to hear this. This video should have hundreds of thousands of views by now.

[@chadgamerepicpro]

glazee 🤡🤡

[@valentai_777]

I’m glad we’re addressing this now. We have let a vocal minority of players, the players who literally grind the fun out of the game, the kind of players who casually speed run the game, gaslight the community into thinking that, somehow, Mojang is at fault for not adding more content. The truth is that, even if they added more content, that wouldn’t satisfy this sub community of cry babies, because they would simply grind the fun out of whatever Mojang adds next. The simple truth is that Mojang quit literally doesn’t care to update their game THAT much. Because most of us, believe it or not, don’t really care. While I most definitely prefer that they do update the game still, I’m not gonna be angry that every update isn’t changing the game completely. As much as these players wanna convince us that they are the majority, Mojang could literally lose millions of players, and it’d be no skin off their back. Obviously it wouldn’t be preferable to lose players either way💀 so it’s nice that they still put effort into their updates.

[@andromedarandom6474]

I couldn't agree more. I would say that the massive resurgence in popularity the game saw during 2020-2021 and the overflow of content that this brought to KZbin are to blame. I can't be too mad at content creators for having to constantly out-do themselves and others; it's what they have to do to stay relevant after all. But a game like Minecraft can only take so much "Mr. Beastification" from so many content creators until all the possibilities of what the game has to offer are seemingly exhausted. As much as I really dislike all the "Minecraft is Dying" videos from 2023, these players are still entitled to their opinion. But I believe such harsh criticism of the game should be voiced with a lot more nuance, considering that most viewers will simply consume and internalize others' opinion without really questioning it. And this leads many to sadly not be thankful for all the good things we do get. SO MUCH content has been added over the last several updates: load up a world from 1.15 (only 4 years ago!) and you'll see how incredibly different the world looks than how it does now. People forget that those who are developing this game we all love are also humans. And they are just as susceptible to miscommunication and burnout as we all are. Mojang has all my respect for continuing to develop with passion and express concern for their community despite the huge undeserved waves of hatred they get. I'm glad the community is finally turning around.

[@russt2793]

I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing this issue, it truly frustrates me that the community, has gotten so serious nowadays, amd that everything has to be revelatory, and huge and grand, when in honesty, not everything has to be huge. Everything i see is alway compared to the nether update, while I loved teh nether update, looking back, because of how too good it was, it probably waa also in some way a more controversial, and problematic update, do to everyone comparing the later updates (C&C 1/2, Wild, and T&T) to it, as if it has to meet the standards of the big predecessor, that came before it, despite the fact that it took them 1 year to get the updates ready, while nether took 2, starting around aquatic. And admittedly I've learned to be grateful for what mojang gives us, even if it isn't much, (although i was admitted dissatisfied with 1.19, imo) but I've learned ti enjoy the game the way I play. I enjoyed 1.18, and 1.20, and I'll admittedly say I like them, despite them not being big, I had my fun with them, and I shouldn't have to look so negatively towards them, because its not 1.16 standards. Now while i have admittedly been critical at mojang, I'm not put to say they're "awful", and "lazy," and "slow", or "they suck," especially when it comes making updates on a game that's been around for almost, if not exactly 15 years from now. (Not to mention they also have to make the game compatible with every consile via bedrock) All in all, I couldn't agree with you guys more.

[@moe14lord]

speedrunners are better than you anyways

[@valentai_777]

@@moe14lord it’s not about being better😭

[@moe14lord]

@@valentai_777 you don't get away with calling speedrunners "crybabies"

[@spyro1139]

My friends and I had to restart our SMP after getting tired of our old world, and from the moment we spawned in they started talking about all the stuff we "Needed To Do", things like finding a Lava pool, getting Netherite, going to the end to get an Elytra, Excetera. By the time we built our first actual build, most of us already had Full Neth. We Had automatic Gunpowder, Iron, Gold, Cobblestone, and Enderman Xp farms, even a Villager Trading hall, but no builds. The one and only build we made wasn't even really ours, as we just copied a design that one of us found online. Out of all my friends I was the only one who tried to make their own builds, but I never completed any. None of us plays on the Server now, it's only been a couple months and we have to restart, again. And the boredom isn't just limited to the server now, but Minecraft itself. This time I know better. Next time we restart (when 1.21 releases) I'll encourage my friends to take this advice too. Thank you for making this video, and wish us luck

[@GurkisDev]

I can recommend you try setting a world border at around 2k blocks and increase it slowly over days/weeks. This way the end portal isnt accessible at the very start so nobody can just speedrun the game to "completion" as thats when most people get bored as they dont have the creativity to think of stuff to do. (or they might have it but have just forgot how to use it)

[@laurenedney7]

The worst of all is when they use cheats. In an SMP group I got bored really fast. I don't see the point of the game if you use cheats.

[@ouijabored000]

the world is healing, we return to our roots

[@llemS_U]

I I'm just completely unaware of what's been going on in minecraft. Haven't played it on a server in years. Haven't really dug into what the communitys been up to. just chilling by myself, hopping on and off since the resurgent from 2019.

[@laurenedney7]

You should get back into it. The game is improving a lot. Go underground and you'll find the warden. Wear gold in the nether, go and do archeology...

[@goldentysonrex7517]

Your video reminded me to something about drawing, if you draw with the idea “it needs to be perfect” and “i have to draw”, drawing becomes a chore that saps the joy from the experience. Same principle applies to Minecraft which is probably why I’m feeling burnt on it again is because I have the idea of making a huge villager house for trading, and im trying to get the idea perfect and at that point it’s becoming a chore. I watched one animators video (Andy the Enderman), and the guy was building a simple cobblestone box, and i missed the feeling of making something that simple because each survival game i start, im trying to build a fancy house right away. TL:DR Drawing can feel like a chore if you’re forcing yourself to draw. Same goes with Minecraft if you’re constantly trying to achieve perfection (huge builds, fancy detail [nothing wrong with detail]). Sometimes its good just to enjoy building a simple house, even a box with a couple varying blocks. Simple isn’t bad, it can often be refreshing. Have fun fellow Minecrafters, may you have a pleasant day🧡

[@ZayerLayer]

I feel that's likely why most people stop playing, they burn themselves out and the game is no longer fun to them. I've done this exact thing to myself before which is why I felt the need to make this video. Also love the comparison to drawing here, it's interesting to see how building in Minecraft can often be like many other art forms

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

One thing that ive learned from seeing MMO's as well as games like Animal crossing, the amount of content isn't the problem. The problem is that some people have this weird mentality of having to rush through the game as fast as possible, treating it like a chore that's on their list of things that need to get done. Because of this, it doesn't matter how much content gets added. You could add years worth of content, they will still complain that there's "not enough content" after blitzing through the game without enjoying it. Minecraft was never really meant to be "beaten" so having people complain about lack of things to do is quite comical. I guess some people are just incapable of doing their own thing, they need the game to tell them what to do and their interest ends as soon as that runs out or the game stops telling them what to do.

[@ERRR0RR]

They're not incapable of making their own fun, they just don't want to. You think it's wrong to want mostly pre-made stuff?

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

@@ERRR0RR then maybe they should choose a better game for that. "You think it's wrong to want mostly pre-made stuff?" No, I think it's wrong to complain about something that was never meant for them to begin with. It's like playing Euro Truck and complaining about the lack of guns and shooting, just find a better game for that stuff.

[@ERRR0RR]

@@SvengelskaBlondie What if there isn't a better game? What if you want something that's 80% like Minecraft but the rest 20% is something else, so Minecraft is already the best option? In this situation, it's very reasonable to ask developers to add these few thing to make the game just perfect for them.

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

@@ERRR0RR ​ @ERRR0RR No, it isn't. It's not reasonable to have the game dev change things just for a single person or a small group. The whole percentage thing is just for someone's limited perspective, the changes you would love to see is the same things that another would hate to see. The whole idea would just open up a massive can of worms, guaranteeing that someone is gonna get diappointed. suggesting things to improve the game is one thing, wanting the game to cater specifically to what you want is entirely different. what happens when someone else starts demanding changes that you don't like. Cause your changes are gonna be what someone hates about the game, there's no winning here. Lastly, it's completely ignoring the wishes of the developer. Maybe his vision of the game is different than yours, demanding they change their vision to suit you is pretty damn pretentious and selfish. Edit: if that 20% is that important, they could always just make mods or make their own game, then again that would inevitably put them on the receiving end of having people want the game to cater to them. Funny how that works.

[@ERRR0RR]

@@SvengelskaBlondie What if changes you want don't really affect other players? For example, adding a new boss wouldn't hurt builders in any way, so it's worth at least asking (not demanding, just asking if they can come up with something)

[@the_real_57uck]

I usually play a modpack called "peace of mind (1.12.2)" with my girlfriend, which is a very chill modpack for those who don't want to fight mobs and learn mods. And there are those moments where i feel like im really part of the world, sitting on a chair, looking at the sunset and what i accompliced so far, without having the urge to actually speed up what i have to do. We even have a book and quill that we use as our own diary.

[@alex.g7317]

Tldr: don’t take the game seriously if you don’t think it’s fun to.

[@e.9628]

interesting. i suppose what you are describing is likely a cyclical phenomenom applicable to many games with skill curves: you do something, realise you can make it even better or bigger or faster or whatever until eventually you probably burn out - you forget what made it fun in the first place. personally, what i found keeps me motivated in minecraft is switching between big and small projects. when im doing something big i may burn out so i do something small, but if i do too many small things i get bored until i get a spark or idea for something big. luckily im not a youtuber so i can do so at my own leisure

[@ivorythebashful]

Honestly, not a part of the community of Minecraft and that’s what I always do. I try to make something I’d like. I’ve been practicing building different houses in each hardcore world I create. Something different or interesting. But nothing complex.

[@IceFireofVoid]

I think the tryharding mindset has ruined a lot of games, not just Minecraft. People are so obsessed with hyper optimizing everything, and feeling the need to impose that on others. I was on a discord for an indies turn based RPG, and a new player asked for possible fun strategies for the story quest using a thing he thought looked cool. He got berated by people for "playing the game wrong" because what he wanted to run for the chill campaign wasn't endgame meta. That's insane. Video games are supposed to be fun.

[@Mangoboi699]

I havent hit that Mega build peak yet. My builds do become mega by time but i have never sat down for 2 months wnd grinded for a single build. Making a city is my fav thing to do. All your goal is to make a skyscraper or house and by time it will flourish into something beautiful. Peice by peice. Block by block: palette by pallete. Ive played this game longer then i can actually remember i was 4 or 5 im 19 now. Ive been so amazed by how people built and over the years and especially over the course of The pandemic, i really gotten into painting of joy and bdoubleo100 the way they can manipulate blocks to make em do what you want and you have a perspective. Its beautiful.

[@Wulphie7278]

Been playing for 12 years, my favorite game. I stopped trying to play how, "it's supposed to be played", to playing my way. I wasn't having fun trying to build farms and get super enchanted gear as fast as possible so I can get more stuff and horde it until I have a castle with walls made of chests full of organized stuff!!!! Now I live in a house made of random blocks and I don't care about dying being powerful and I'm having fun again.

[@bobisnotaperson]

I think playing the game for what it is without mods at all really brought back more enjoyment for me. Im playing survival and i built a cute little house nearby a shattered savanah monolith, im having a good time. Im on track for actually beating the game solo on hard mode this time, already found a stronghold BUT im going to go out of my way to tackle other challenges first. Ancient cities and trial chambers seem super interesting...

[@TwistedOwlMedia]

I've been realizing this too. I used to take min maxing so seriously even though the whole point of Minecraft is to be an escape from the stressors of real life, not to make more. In my most recent world I built a shrine only out of old blocks (oak lapis and cobble) it looked terrible but that was the point. I made it as a reminder that not every build has to look perfect to be special. It changed my perspective.

[@Archiv1st]

One of my favorite creators, Owengejuice (and many other in the same series he’s been in but I’m specifically thinking of Owen) play in a way where you almost forget it’s Minecraft, try to immmerse yourself in a story as you play, treating it like an adventure map even if it’s just normal minecraft

[@ashura9706]

Still waiting for the trend that brings back blocky buildings. Enough of upside down stairs and using 3 types of stone in the same wall!

[@inha1ed]

About a year ago I made a world in beta 1.7.3 just as a chill singleplayer world. Eventually it sorta morphed into a world where I just build anything I wanted, and now its the world im most proud of because its the one i've built the most on. Its not that I built more, its that I stopped procrastinating building as much because there are less blocks and nobody really to compare against.

[@Chronomaza]

I'm glad someone else finally spoke up and said this. The minecraft community has gotten this habit of just sucking every last drop of fun out of the game, and it got so bad for me that I had trouble playing the game and enjoying it because I couldn't even build a simple mob farm- I felt pressured for everything I made to be utterly perfect- and the few times where I did accomplish that, I didn't even like how it looked. It was only when I watched RTgame's more casual playthrough that I realized how much I hate 'perfect' in minecraft, and how much more fun it is to just choose a few random blocks of build out of, and improvise from there. People can say all they want about what version of minecraft is better, or whether or not the game is "losing it's charm", but I honest to god think people are just getting burnt out from playing the game like it's cookie clicker, and are remembering when they played it normally back when they were a kid. It's still a very, very fun game, you just have to *let yourself have fun* in the first place.

[@hw7003]

I honestly play Minecraft just to map the biomes on peaceful mode and look at the cool things that generate. The most intense things I've done have been to dig out an entire trail ruin site and make some builds from my favorite KZbin builders that don't take more than a few hours to do. It's just fun to explore

[@a.Sunbell]

A really good video! I'm surprised that it only has a bit over 100 views.

[@terriblybadomen]

This video perfectly describes how I feel about the current KZbin trends for Minecraft. I've been recording a hardcore world for my channel and was planning on having huge mega projects initially, but as time went on I realized it wasn't genuinely what I wanted. I've opted for a much slower but high detail format. Love the video, and love the dialogue.

[@beauslattery6854]

People just think there good at minecraft cause they can build things that take way too long. But if they play the game like it was designed too the community would be much better. Mob votes make people go crazy and it’s sad to see my favourite game that I’ve played for ten years or more get destroyed by people😢 Love this video🙏

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

Mob votes where a mistake, it opens up to abuse and trolling. Why not just add all of them, skip the dumba$$ voting that only votes for the least worthwhile mob.

[@brickDOTbrock]

This was a nice video to watch, thank you for making it. I hope this video explodes so more people can see it, becaue it's just a nice break from the hustle and bustle of grinding and maxxing everything out. It reminds me that it's okay to not be some huge redstoner or legendary builder or expert at PvP. It reminds me that playing and dying is valid and that making a quaint little hut is always an option.

[@JayJager]

Time to just chill out, enjoy what you want in the game

[@misterjohn2]

My friend and I have been going all out in a world for a year and a half now. We'll spend months at a time on single builds. Striving to design increasingly complex machines and games which are simply marvelous. But there is always the creeping knowledge that because we aren't KZbinrs, we're only sinking this time into these amazing builds for our own satisfaction, so the question of "should we really be spending so much time on this" is a constant woe. In this way, I miss the days when we were teenagers, just messing around with simple base building for a few hours on the weekends.

[@xThqnkU]

for me I played servers and everything from leaderboards whether its monthly or all times it felt like I needed to go on everyday, I needed to be better show people that I can pvp thats for me where it was so serious even getting a clan friends to dominate whos better but ive since quit and focus on things IRL and just been happier, healthier and productive. I lost myself in servers but now i am free

[@Young_LJ]

Honestly I wish I never downloaded any social media app, my joy increasingly goes down whenever to see any community post. I really want to delete x but it's like an addiction. I find myself saying "I wonder how x is reacting to this". I advise anyone that hasn't downloaded social media especially x, STAY AWAY please

[@creatifyin]

What is X?

[@SwiftySloth]

Honestly mate I agree 100% I myself have been trying to play Minecraft for fun again i even started recently a series dedicated to just having fun on Minecraft and taking things slow

[@chip4410]

i realized this myself, recently. im going to build shitty things like i did when i was eight. cobblestone towers without slabs. ive always been more impressed by the "bigger picture", anyways, so why was i getting so bogged down about details i don't care about? im glad this is something other people see, too

[@sayanmishra69420]

I recently came back to Minecraft 6 months ago after like 4 years. In my world , I have slowly but surely built a small village like base around myself and I still have only 1 diamond pickaxe . I have just stopped grinding and am taking things very slowly, relaxing , doing manual farms , making small random buildings , moving with my donkey 😂 . I have fallen in Minecraft all over again .

[@stargazer-elite]

Imo this is a large part of why so many people quit Minecraft and come back with a “two week Minecraft phase“ because it’s easy to lose motivation when you’re seeing these KZbinrs build massive, perfect structures and farms and all this amazing stuff within seconds because of editing tricking your brain like that. And it feels like you can ever catch up to these essentially gods of Minecraft. Reminds me of that quote “ your base could be made of diamonds or dirt but it’s only home once you put a crafting table and furnace together”

[@thecreatorofpc7929]

I’ve already been doing this. Like i haven’t even beaten the Ender Dragon or gotten the Elytra in a single survival world, not because I don’t like those things, their pretty cool, but because i don’t feel a need to. I’m not gonna go into its home, call it entitled, and steal its baby to put on my table, If i don’t need to.

[@jwalster9412]

I've been playing this game for over ten years, and not once have I beaten the game, I play for the peace, not for the grind, and I don't think I will understand why people play just to get everything.

[@Bagster321]

I recall a conversation once with my brother, who said some Minecraft players were annoyed about the "balancing" of the game and I looked at him dumbfounded as to why that was a major talking point. Sure I get it, Minecraft has elements that need to be balanced - exploration vs payoff, combat - but the first and foremost element should always be "is it fun?". Because Minecraft is a sandbox game. The goal should be for the player to have fun. I don't mind new blocks. I'd happily welcome new decorative ones e.g. Polished Andesite Walls, or Polished Diorite Bricks. Or the new Auto-Crafter block or Copper stuff. I simply see them as a way to have more fun creatively. I don't exactly like the changes to getting Mending but if I'm having fun playing Minecraft, I'll keep playing. Way too many people are focused on grinding which I think comes from too many people treating the grinds in newer CODs, Destiny, etc. as normal.

[@illers1127]

I mean, It`s so.. I needed to hear that I mean I`ve kinda skipped new versions a few years, and now Im coming back to the game. This time I`m going to get bachelor`s degree in a few months, so I`m trying to chill and get some entertainment I`ve got here and.. yes. I`ve died a few months into the Nether, trying to get blaze`s roads Today I spent the whole day to find a way to interact with striders - a something new for me Also I checked my village`s wall against the raid So.. I thought like "oh, im dying on lava, I`m a bad one. My village looks like a village, not a trading hall, because I don`t want to do it. I hav no any raid farms and defended myself..." Tired for today, I closed the game and got to this video. And it really was that`s I need to hear. Thank you so much!

[@mestudent]

this video was really relaxing. you earned a sub

[@ZayerLayer]

Thank you so much!

[@genericusername5671]

I think that if the End had instead been called something like... the 'Outer Islands' dimension or something, that people wouldn't be so determined to minmax and 'complete' the game today. The fact that Minecraft has a directly defined "end" kind of goes against the message of the game - that being building and creativity - not beating some final boss. The ender dragon should be a weird little challenge that you can choose to take on, not the 'end of the game'. Or at least that's how I view it.

[@Simon_SM]

Old versions kinda help with that, they are more simple, and have to say things are harder in older versions, so when you play them you really relax much more and do what the point of the game is, relax, have fun, and be creative

[@SCPfan173]

this is so true tho!!! No one has to build the most complicated base ever

[@lisam145]

Minecraft has room for all types.

[@billbenedon4025]

(RANT INCOMING) I wholeheartedly agree with you. Sure, I may build some sorta large houses/homes that look pretty or cool, I may build a multitude of quality of life farms, but I dont do it obsessively to the point of being burnt out like some people or Dream SMP players or Hermitcrafters. I try to make sure I'm having fun doing it- I do have fun doing what I do, but I dont try to be more perfect than Grian or MumboJumbo while burning myself into the ground. My farms are also hardly ever redstone automated, I just have normal wheat pens, cow pens, bamboo patches, beehives just sitting out, etc. Despite this they still work gracefully without outdoing Minecraft's greatest redstone engineers. So, whatever floats your boat, whether it BE making big automatic farms and beautiful homes and gearing up with greatly enchanted and trimmed netherite with cool interior decorations and features all over, or perhaps nomadically moving across the world, sometimes temporarily placing camp at uncharted dirt huts off the grid or in villages, have fun with this creative sandbox, dont try to outdo the best of the best and kill yourself doing it.

[@KoopaCzar]

Hermit craft is a great example for me honestly, it doesn’t feel like a minecraft world anymore it feels like a planned world build with a publish date.

[@GlacierPoint]

negativity is easy, feed yourself positive and optimistic thoughts and don’t focus on one aspect of the game.

[@taytaythehufflepuff8532]

I think the nature of “taking it simple” that has been lost is entirely due to social media. Back 10 years ago, sharing online work on KZbin wasn’t a job, wasn’t a competition for views. It was just people having fun. It then became a sort of competition between the creator and the viewer, the creator trying to wow their audience into watching more episodes, getting them invested. Then there came the dawning realization that they were taking the game too seriously, so they course corrected and listened to what they wanted. (Specifically for the Hermitcraft fanbase, we said we wanted more interactions.) I think there’s a healthy amount of obsession. Take Scarland, for example: That entire project was fueled from Scar’s passion of building a Disney inspired theme park in Minecraft. He would spend another two years easily on that project. Decked Out 2: how Tango wanted to improve upon Decked Out in so many ways, how he spent forever “grinding” on the project to make it a reality. The problem lies, I believe, in the fact that so many people are (or in the past) building, grinding, speedrunning, and innovating for the sake of creating videos that get lots of views. When it’s about chugging content, getting Instagram likes, getting praise from the Minecraft fanbase… it is no longer fueled by a love to create. In short: speedrun the game, grind for hours, innovate over the top farms, build huge mega bases in creative and then survival. But only if you want to do those things! But also, if you want to take it slow, if you want to slowly improve building, if you want to renovate the villages without grinding for netherite first, then do that too! At the end of the day, we shouldn’t be playing for the what-could be’s in Minecraft, what we think Mojang should release. If that’s the case, learn to mod and do it yourself. (And if modded Minecraft is the way you love to play, then play that way. There’s zero shame on that.) There shouldn’t be anything wrong or right about any play style of the game, any approach. If you make videos, spend time role playing or creating video timelapses that are works of art, that’s all great too. To end it off, it’s not about taking Minecraft less seriously, it’s about taking yourself less seriously.

[@niesn]

Great video mate, thanks for this

[@owenfeilds]

Well I'm glad this was on my recommended page

[@iamElectro]

nice campsite

[@PHDWhom]

Believe it or not, but I’ve been playing for a decade and haven’t yet “beat” the game. I don’t care to. I enjoy building and crafting stuff. It’s calming and soothing for my middle aged adhd brain, and the music is just so relaxing. Some people like to suck the fun out of everything though

[@Thunderbolt18367]

Finally! Someone has made this! People treat this game like all there is to do is get the elytra and that’s it. You cannot do that with a game like Minecraft. Youre limiting yourself with a thing that has no limits

[@laterbot]

Damnit, I saw the title and comments and thought someone would finally call out the communities utter unbelievable toxicity about updates and Mojang in general But turns out it's just another person trying to jump on the HermitCraft views train

[@soomi]

I really disliked the whole "bigger is better" trend. I never enjoyed excessive farms for everything either. What happened to just chilling, relaxing and gathering stuff one by one? You get more out of the game by doing little things at a time.

[@moe14lord]

Counter-argument, SciCraft

[@Gofaw]

​@@moe14lord that's not a counter argument homeskillet

[@jacobstall1588]

I like playing like that better, it has nothing to do with challenging others and everything to do with challenging myself. Nobody sees it except me lol. I like that kind of content online because its just interesting and cool that people achieved these things on their worlds. It really depends on how im feeling but most of the time that is how I have fun. It seems like this video diminishes my opinion because hes saying "just enjoy the game" as if we arent enjoying playing like that. I dont expect mojang to cater to a minority of players, that is ridiculous, but I love pushing myself to build things I didn't know how to before.

[@Electroblade360]

Ah. I see... Just do what makes you happy.

[@OzoneB]

Nice vid and well done!

[@Faab.]

whole lotta yapping

[@stargazer-elite]

And?… if you don’t like it why are you here? You are just boosting the video in the algorithm by giving it a view and a comment.

[@chiliiii]

banger video what the hell

[@kattchoppe]

Hi. I couldn't agree more about what you said in this video. It just describes perfectly this game's main issue atm. That's why I decided to create a server where we we gather around to build cool stuff, go on adventures and just having fun altogether. Let me know if you'd like to join our server, it is a paid server and we got a handful of players from all around the world that are having fun playing on it. Let me know if you are interested !

[@DarkBlade2001]

Sounds like a pretty serious take on a serious issue regarding the seriousness of this community 🤔

[@ZayerLayer]

Looks like a pretty serious comment on a video taking the idea of not taking things seriously seriously

[@PicoPizzazz]

Awesome sauce video:D

[@j4streamzz]

100% man

[@CSCrimson]

stop taking LIFE so seriously. Fucking relax.

[@Krispysquare]

Dirt hut pride!

[@Respear]

Майнкрафт это моя жизнь сука бл,ть! МАЙНКРАААААФТ

[@limited_space]

type shit