>implying minecraft is harder now

The only thing harder is redstone and command blocks, and in terms of survival you don't need them to live (redstone makes shit automatic, command blocks are only for cheating noobs in a "This is my survival map with no cheats!" world).

alright, I'm gonna list the ups and downs of 1.8 off the top of my head.

+Slime blocks (bouncy and sticky, how does that work?)
+New Commands (/clone is awesome on its own, but with everything else...)
+Armor Stands (Just look at all the fun stuff sethbling is doing!)
+Banners (Just awesome)
+New Block/Item data stuff (Being able to pick what can/cannot be broken with a pick in adventure mode? Genius.)
+Depth strider (I always hated boats)
+New doors and fences (Finally!)

-Ocean Temples (A pain to get in, and not worth the loot.)
-Rabbits (Cute, but bland, only slightly more useful then bats)
-Endermites (at least until the master plan happens)
-Andesite, diorite, and granite (at least make slabs and steps.)

It's obviously better now. It's the same with more content. The only reason people dislike the new updates is because they can go "I'm disappointed with new updates. Do you understand what that means? I've been playing this longer than you, you peasant!"

Personally, Minecraft's better now, how can you say 'i like it back when it was 2012' when there's a bunch more things adding, you're contradicting your self..


The community was much better in 2012, i have to agree with that but meh. I like it now because i usually dont play multiplayer. Just some minigames.

alpha was the best !

Pre 1.8... I.7 was the best version

Alpha will always have a special place in my heart, but the new updates aren't too bad, more blocks means more creativity even though I'm about as artistic as a ball of yarn. I wouldn't say it was better, just was different.

Yes and no.
I started privately hosting a Beta 1.3 server with the old hMod, I love it and it's fun but I always yell that I can't shift-click or any of the new features.
I love the new features like command blocks, some new physics updates and stuff, but on somethings Mojang's gone overboard...

Personally I think it was better and more fun back during the peak that it was "growing" because not alot of people played it but at the same time you see your favorite YouTube content creators today that have been playing the game since the beginning and in a way they were rewarded for that, because they were the first ones to spark out of the woodwork for original minigames and videos, now its just a custer f*ckery of channels on youtube associated with Minecraft and you have useless updates that for the most part doesn't make the game much better because it doesn't change the overall experience there are just little things to put in place just to say "We added a new block" or something along the lines of that. Most of these updates can be just standalone mods.

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Before 1.8........where I was happy.

Yeah, i agree, servers seemed a lot better back then. Now they are all huge Hunger Game servers, or just regular mini game servers. Seriously, what happened to what sippiboy described?! Going on to servers with literally no point, and having fun with like the 10 players online was the best! Now, there are no servers like that, they are all just minigames, which is way less fun then the old servers, in my opinion!

I like all the command block and redstone possibilities of 1.3+ but the servers have gone downhill. EVERY server is the exact same with KitPvP, Hunger Games, Factions. All those plugin filled games that get boring so quickly. The older servers from 2012 + all the possibilities of 1.8 and that would be awesome!

Minecraft was fun a long time ago where you could join a server and it was just a server no fancy plugins and anti grief you just joined and played and you met new people and had fun and then you get on a random server and then you grief a little bit maybe steal some items and hide them, i liked when minecraft was simpler but i was also younger and was noobish i wish i still was noobish and played for fun and all, but now i feel like it is almost the same all the time i always know what i am doing when i join a server there's not a lot of unoriginal plugins, theres all of these 8 year olds trying to make a hunger game server because they love bajancanadian in some ways minecraft was better when simpler but in other ways minecraft now is better , they both have there ups and downs

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I've come to a realization.
The new content is really not bad, and I haven't had a problem with it. But back when it was smaller, and the community was just the right size, multiplayer was that much more fun. Also, all my friends were into it as much as I was. Also I was much younger and the whole idea of Minecraft was baffling. It really was prime time for Minecraft.
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I agree to a point; I believe some of the new stuff they added are better for the game, like being able to put text ON the player's screen and other cool stuff like in 1.8.

Honestly, before then, I thought things started to get kinda pointless around 1.4 or 1.5, back then they were just adding new blocks and really minor, boring things.

I started playing in 1.2.5, and I can still say that 1.3 was my favorite update.

But is it better now than it was before? In some ways, yes, in other ways, no.

I started in late 2011, around the 1.7.3 update. Personally, it may seem like it was better back then, but to compare the newer versions to the older versions is like comparing two completely different games.

They're usually just people with rose tinted lenses glued on their face if they don't appreciate how minecraft evolved to this.
A lot of kinks and bugs were fixed, a lot of things were introduced; and there are endless of possibilities now that there are more updates to sift through.

But yeah like what Azie said; they do have the option of going back to the previous versions and have as much fun as they want there. xD

True, the new content isn't bad, but I just don't have the creativity to put it to use xD

No I don't believe it was more fun. Less to do, gets boring more quickly, and now with command blocks and such there are some amazing adventure maps never possible before.

I love all the new content, so I'm gonna say it's better now. Even if I didn't like the new content, we have the option to play older versions.