“The mob vote generates engagement by tearing the neighborhood aside, leaving improbable concepts on the reducing room ground, and teasing content material that can by no means be seen within the recreation,” reads the petition. “That, blended with the truth that Mojang one way or the other releases much less content material with Microsoft’s backing than they did with out, means gamers see minimal content material to the sport they love, and watch as probably the one factor to get them to play once more is ripped from them.”
The petition’s organizer goes on to say that the vote is “inherently flawed” as content material creators “mobilize their fanbases to vote for the least standard possibility for the joke of screwing over the opposite voters.”
“So we name upon Mojang. Cease the Mob Vote. Give us three mobs annually. If unpaid modders can add your mobs to the sport inside days after they’re introduced, the least you might do is sustain with the content material frequency that made Minecraft well-known.”
Because it stands, Mojang has not commented on the petition.
Voting opens for this yr’s Minecraft Mob Vote on October 13, with the winner being introduced on October 15 throughout Minecraft Stay. The three totally different mobs gamers can vote for this yr are a crab with a large claw that lets gamers place blocks additional away when constructing, an armadillo that drops a scute that can be utilized to craft new armor, and a penguin that lets offers gamers’ boats a pace enhance.
Minecraft Stay additionally guarantees to disclose extra on Minecraft’s subsequent replace in addition to what’s in retailer for technique spin-off Minecraft Legends.