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PayPalMinecraft Java Edition 1.19.1 is out now and it comes with some controversial changes, that many players are not particularly happy about.
The first major change is the addition of player reporting, if they send abusive message in the game chat. The system allows you to report specific people on servers and select multiple messages to include, plus add some comments. From there, Mojang / Microsoft moderators will look over reports and deal with them. It applies to everyone, even private servers. Linking together with that is another change to the text chat. With their new secure chat system, it will put a note by the chat for each message that was not sent through it or if the server somehow tampered with it.
Mojang say people won't be banned for swearing but it's more aimed at "hate speech, bullying, harassment, sexual solicitation, or making true threats to others". If you get banned it won't affect playing single-player.
Naturally, there's already mods to get around this like the No Chat Reports mod that claims to strip out the signatures attached to chat messages, making them "impossible to track and associate your chat messages with your Minecraft and, by extension, Microsoft account".
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Quoting: cere4lQuoting: dpanterAlternative: https://www.minetest.net/
Minetest is more of a ham sandwich where minecraft is a fullblown buffet. It doesn't come even remotely close enough yet. Which I find extremely sad, I've been wanting to play mc again for years but I'm not gonna link a ms account.
We all have opinions on this. Though I used to agree with you, my opinion now differs completely. I am going to assume we are talking about java and not bedrock.
-mods/game count
Minetest has many mods built right in to the client for finding and installing them and it is growing quickly with a ton of mods already available.
-mclone game - bedrock
This is where I agree with you. There are things clearly not as nearly as polished. But I dont rank Minetest based on a single clone game based on MC. We gave up on MC once they forced Microsoft accounts, so this MT game has actually worked really well for my kids and family.
-performance
This is no contest. Java MC has become a bloated mess. Even creating a new world is ridiculous for a vanilla game.
-multiplayer
Minetest multiplayer is great. The servers arent as populated but are still enjoyable.
-no required account
-free
On Android and desktop -- and play together on any platform that is supported.
All in all we have gotten used to Minetest and really havent looked back. There were certain MC mods that we miss -- but we hope over time MT continues to improve with mods etc.
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: TheSHEEEP"Hatespeech" aka "someone was mean to me on the internet" aka "please protect me from different opinions voiced strongly" aka "I'm sure this will never be abused" aka "whatever those in power deem to be unacceptable at this point in time, to be changed later, this is totally not a slippery slope, trust us".Mmm definitely don't agree there. Huge difference between mean text and hate speech and I think anyone with a bit of common sense can generally tell the difference. There's really no place for hate speech.
Agreed. There's a total difference between the two.
Having a moderation system for a game actively marketed to everyone is fine and I'm a little surprised was not implemented earlier.
this can be abused and will be abused the definition of hate speech is so vague it is practically useless and more than likely there are going to be mods that replace the chat system or players of Minecraft are going to play an older version that doesn't have this Chat Reporting system
Quoting: MadWolfthis can be abused and will be abused the definition of hate speech is so vague it is practically useless
No.
Quoting: MadWolfmore than likely there are going to be mods that replace the chat system or players of Minecraft are going to play an older version that doesn't have this Chat Reporting systemwho cares.
Last edited by Lonsfor on 1 August 2022 at 7:17 pm UTC
Quoting: LonsforThis entire discussion feels very disingenuous tbh. feels like a bunch of people pretending that manchildren spamming the n-word isnt a thing.
And I find your comments to be very disingenuous. It feels like someone pretending that people getting banned from platforms for questionable reasons isn't a thing.
Quoting: Lonsforalso all the people moving to minetest because you cant say the nword you will all be the reason similar tools will be made for minetest.
What a strawman. As if people move to different games just to write out the nword.
Also no one claimed that people writing hateful stuff in chats doesn't happen. You're trying to derail the discussion here.
Last edited by Beaky on 1 August 2022 at 8:37 pm UTC
Quoting: LeflWhat a strawman. As if people move to different games just to write out the nword.
i mean people announcing them moving to minetest specifically in response to a chat filter is kinda sus ngl.
Quoting: LeflYou're trying to derail the discussion here.
you dont know what that means lol
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