Why You Aren't Enjoying Minecraft Anymore, and How to Have Fun Again

Summary

This video script explores the enduring appeal of Minecraft, reflecting on its evolution and the community's changing play styles. It delves into why players may feel the game is no longer as fun and offers insights into how Mojang's updates have simplified progression, affecting the game's challenge and fulfillment. The script encourages viewers to rediscover the joy of Minecraft by slowing down, embracing exploration, and engaging with the game's creative potential, rather than rushing through it for instant gratification.

Takeaways

• 🎮 Minecraft has reached its 15th anniversary and remains incredibly popular, with a large and active community.
• 📈 Despite its enduring success, there is a sentiment that Minecraft may not be as fun as it once was, with some players seeking older versions for a more challenging experience.
• 🔄 The game has seen updates that have both improved and simplified gameplay, leading to a faster progression that some feel detracts from the original experience.
• 🛠️ Mojang's updates have made the game easier, which while accessible to new players, may have reduced the sense of achievement for veteran players.
• 🏞️ The speaker reminisces about the early days of Minecraft, highlighting the excitement and sense of discovery that came with exploring and building in the game.
• 🛑 The modern playstyle is criticized for being too efficient and rushed, with players often skipping the joy of discovery and creativity in favor of quick progression.
• 💡 The speaker suggests that the community's expectations and play habits have changed, influenced by social media and the desire for instant gratification.
• 🌐 The impact of sensationalized content on platforms like YouTube is discussed, where the focus on speed and efficiency can overshadow the slower, more immersive aspects of the game.
• 🏡 The speaker encourages players to change their approach to playing Minecraft, recommending slowing down, exploring, and enjoying the creative aspects of the game.
• 🏹 The importance of setting personal goals and working towards them in the game is emphasized, rather than rushing through the game to achieve the best gear quickly.
• 🎨 A call to action for players to rediscover the joy of Minecraft by engaging with the game in a more mindful and creative way is presented.

Q & A

How old is Minecraft this year according to the script?

Minecraft turned 15 years old this year.

Why do some people feel that Minecraft is no longer fun?

Some players feel that Minecraft is no longer fun because of the game's ease, quick progression, and the instant gratification culture that has influenced how the game is played and perceived.

What does the author suggest about the changes in Minecraft's difficulty over time?

The author suggests that Minecraft has become significantly easier over time, reducing the challenge and the sense of accomplishment that players used to feel.

What is the author's view on Mojang's updates to Minecraft?

The author believes that while Mojang's updates have added new features and improvements, they have also made the game easier and faster-paced, which may have diminished the game's original charm and challenge.

What impact does the author think social media and instant gratification have had on how Minecraft is played?

The author thinks that social media and instant gratification have led to a trend of playing Minecraft in a more efficient and less immersive way, which can result in a less enjoyable and less fulfilling experience.

What was the author's first experience with Minecraft like?

The author's first experience with Minecraft was filled with awe and excitement, starting with playing on a Star Wars R2-D2 Xbox 360 and being amazed by the game's sandbox world and creative possibilities.

How does the author describe the change in playstyle from the early days of Minecraft to now?

The author describes an early playstyle characterized by exploration, creativity, and less focus on efficiency, contrasting it with the current playstyle that is more about quick progression and optimization.

What advice does the author give to players to rediscover the joy of playing Minecraft?

The author advises players to slow down their progression, appreciate the game's world, build a home with decorations, create an artistic farm, and undertake big projects without over-optimizing, to rediscover the joy of playing Minecraft.

What is the author's perspective on the Minecraft community's role in shaping the game's direction?

The author believes that the Minecraft community has the power to influence how the game is played and enjoyed, and they can help bring back the original challenge and enjoyment to the game.

What does the author suggest about the relationship between the game's design and player behavior?

The author suggests that the game's design, particularly aspects that make progression quick and easy, encourages players to rush through the game, which may contribute to a less satisfying experience.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 The Enduring Appeal of Minecraft

This paragraph reflects on Minecraft's 15th anniversary, its status as the best-selling game of all time, and its enduring popularity. Despite perceptions of waning popularity, the game continues to engage millions through its numerous communities and updates. The speaker ponders why there's a recurring trend of people returning to play Minecraft and why some find it less enjoyable over time, suggesting that the game may have become too easy or that players have outgrown it. The paragraph concludes with a personal recollection of first experiencing Minecraft, highlighting the game's sandbox nature and the sense of wonder it inspired.

05:00

🔨 The Evolution of Minecraft Playstyle

The speaker contrasts the early days of playing Minecraft, characterized by exploration, creativity, and a lack of optimization, with the current playstyle that focuses on efficiency and quick progression. This shift has led to a shorter play cycle, with players rushing through the game's challenges and feeling unfulfilled. The paragraph identifies Minecraft's ease and straightforward progression as factors contributing to this issue, suggesting that Mojang's updates, while expansive, may inadvertently facilitate a playstyle that lacks depth and reward.

10:02

🏰 Reclaiming the Joy of Minecraft

The speaker proposes a change in the way players engage with Minecraft to rediscover the joy and fulfillment the game once offered. They suggest slowing down progression, choosing challenging biomes for building, and creating aesthetically pleasing farms as ways to enhance the gaming experience. The paragraph also touches on the impact of social media and instant gratification on gameplay, urging players to resist the trend of sensationalized content and to enjoy the game at a more leisurely pace.

15:02

🌄 Rediscovering Minecraft's Potential

This paragraph encourages players to immerse themselves in Minecraft's vast possibilities by setting personal goals, exploring, and building without the pressure of efficiency. The speaker shares ideas for creating unique and ambitious projects, emphasizing the importance of leaving room for improvisation. They advise against overwhelming oneself with too large a project and suggest enjoying the journey of game progression at a fulfilling pace.

20:02

🌅 Embracing the Minecraft Experience

The final paragraph serves as a heartfelt call to action for players to reconnect with the essence of Minecraft. The speaker encourages walking rather than sprinting, appreciating the game's visuals and soundtrack, and engaging in creative building projects. They remind players to enjoy the process and to play for the love of the game, not for external validation. The paragraph concludes with a reflection on the personal significance of Minecraft and an invitation for players to honor their initial experiences with the game.

Keywords

💡Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox video game that allows players to build and explore in a block-like 3D environment. It is the central theme of the video, with the script discussing its evolution, updates, and the impact it has had on players over the years. The game's ability to foster creativity and community is highlighted, as well as the nostalgia associated with its early days.

💡Community

Community refers to the collective group of players and fans that have formed around Minecraft. The script mentions 'hundreds if not thousands of communities and subcultures' that the game has fostered, emphasizing the social aspect and the shared experiences among players, which is a significant part of Minecraft's enduring popularity.

💡Updates

Updates in the context of the script refer to the new features and changes that the game developers, Mojang, introduce periodically to keep the game fresh and engaging. The video discusses the impact of these updates on gameplay, suggesting that they have contributed to both the game's appeal and some of the issues players face, such as the feeling of the game becoming too easy or streamlined.

💡Playthrough

A playthrough in gaming terminology is a complete run of a game from start to finish. The script discusses the author's personal playthroughs and the varying experiences they've had with Minecraft, including the sense of wonder in the early days and the later feelings of boredom or unfulfillment due to the game's evolving nature.

💡Efficiency

Efficiency in this script is used to describe the tendency of players to optimize their gameplay to achieve goals as quickly as possible. The author contrasts the early, more exploratory and less efficient playstyle with the current trend of rushing through the game to achieve advanced tools and resources, which is suggested as a reason for the decreased enjoyment.

💡Difficulty

Difficulty in the context of the video refers to the level of challenge presented by the game. The script suggests that Minecraft has become easier over time, especially for veteran players, leading to a diminished sense of accomplishment and excitement. The author calls for a return to a more challenging and rewarding gameplay experience.

💡Progression

Progression in gaming is the advancement of a player's status or abilities over time. The script critiques the linear and quick progression in Minecraft, where players can quickly acquire the best tools and reach the endgame, which contributes to the feeling of the game being too easy and less engaging.

💡Nostalgia

Nostalgia is the sentimental longing for the past, often associated with happy memories. The script evokes nostalgia by recounting the author's first experiences with Minecraft and the emotional impact it had. This sense of nostalgia is used to highlight the changes in the game and the players' relationship with it over time.

💡Instant Gratification

Instant gratification refers to the desire to experience satisfaction or fulfillment without delay. The script discusses how the modern trend of seeking quick results, influenced by social media and other factors, has affected how players approach Minecraft, often leading to a less immersive and satisfying experience.

💡Sandbox

A sandbox game is one that allows players to explore and manipulate a game world with few or no goals imposed by the game itself. Minecraft is described as the 'ultimate sandbox' in the script, emphasizing the freedom it offers players to create and explore, which is a core aspect of its appeal.

💡Cave Update

The Cave Update is a specific update to Minecraft that significantly altered the game's underground environments, making them more expansive and complex. The script mentions this update as both a positive change that added challenge and a negative one that made ores, including diamonds, more abundant and thus easier to find, potentially reducing the sense of reward.

Highlights

Minecraft celebrates its 15th anniversary and remains the best-selling game of all time.

The game's popularity remains high, with millions of players and viewers even after a decade.

Minecraft's updates have been game-changing and novel, maintaining player interest.

Some players find themselves in an annual cycle of returning to Minecraft but not for long.

There's a concern that Minecraft may no longer be fun for some players.

Some players are reverting to older versions of the game for a more challenging and rewarding experience.

The question of whether players have outgrown Minecraft is a significant concern.

Nostalgia plays a role in players' emotional connections to Minecraft, starting from their first experiences.

Minecraft's sandbox nature allowed for open-ended play and creativity from the beginning.

The game's progression has become too easy and quick, reducing the sense of achievement.

Minecraft's design choices have inadvertently made the game less challenging and less engaging for veteran players.

The cave update, while visually impressive, has made resource gathering too easy and less rewarding.

Some updates have made the game easier, which may contribute to player dissatisfaction.

The Minecraft community has the power to influence how the game is played and enjoyed.

To rediscover the joy of Minecraft, players should change their playstyle to be more immersive and less focused on efficiency.

Playing Minecraft slowly and immersing in the world can lead to a more fulfilling experience.

Encouraging Mojang to reintroduce challenges and slow down progression could enhance the game.

The impact of social media and instant gratification on how we play games like Minecraft.

Transcripts

Minecraft turned 15 years old this year

it's the greatest selling game of all

time and is arguably the greatest game

of all time its popularity is still at

the same Heights as it was in its Heyday

it may not seem as popular now as it was

in 201 13 but the hundreds if not

thousands of communities and subcultures

the game has fostered makes us often

forget that there are millions if not

tens of millions of people who have

played this game or watched a YouTube

video about it in the last month alone

Minecraft has updated twice a year with

gamechanging or at least novel updates

so why is it that every few days I'll

see a meme online about me and the boys

getting into our annual 2E Minecraft

phase why is it that my own playthroughs

fall through why is it that video essays

talking about Minecraft no longer being

fun blow up on YouTube why is there a

concerning contingence of players moving

back to Alpha and beta versions of the

game is Minecraft no longer fun has

Mojang ruined the game have we outgrown

Minecraft that last question is probably

the scariest one for me to ask we've all

probably asked that question am I too

old for Minecraft is it not for me

anymore some of the times I've asked

this have been at moments where I boot

up the game play it for a few hours

hours and get incredibly sad why am I

not able to enjoy the game I've Loved

for over half my life there are reasons

and I'll get into those in depth later

but first let's go back to the

beginning most of us remember that

feeling of first booting up a game of

Minecraft I remember mine vividly like

most good things in life it started with

friends in the spring of the fourth

grade my dad told my little brothers and

I that if we got good grades he'd get us

an Xbox 360 we locked in and he took us

on a trip to town where we got the goods

at the end of the school year on a

mission as we walked through Walmart we

didn't get just any Xbox 360 no we got a

state-of-the-art Star Wars R2-D2 Xbox

360 complete with a connect we loved it

and we would play split screen games

there all day long one day after playing

in my sandbox till dusk one of my best

friends Brandon told me about a game

he'd been seeing a lot of on YouTube and

how it was coming to the Xbox

360 I sced up money I'd save from

birthdays as well as from doing chores

and told my parents how much fun it' be

if I could just play this game because

what was special about it is it was not

only four play player split screen like

the games that we've been playing you

could also have that four player split

screen and play online with your friends

they let me buy it and I booted up

Minecraft when I tell you I was in awe I

was in awe the menu screen the music the

tutorial world it was incredible walking

around being shown how to break a tree

and then place blocks the wor world was

at my fingertips I mean seeing the place

that tutorial world was built on was

gorgeous and the fact that I could build

this exact thing this was the best

feeling ever booting into my first world

was even better than the tutorial world

I was Star Struck I've never seen a game

create a world like this before much

less a game fully at my fingertips like

this Minecraft was the ultimate sandbox

all I did was walk around and look at

all there was to explore back then

things were novel they were new they

were challenging and they were fun I

could spend hours talking about the

differences between the Minecraft I

first played versus the Minecraft we

know today and maybe I will in another

video but that's not what we're here for

right now the things I want to point out

were how I played the game when I first

got it I stuck with wooden tools for a

while making things hard slow but still

somehow pretty pretty fun I explored

everywhere I could before building a

house there wasn't a Sprint when I first

got in the game so exploring felt far

more natural and poignant and most

importantly there was no set way to play

honestly I was probably playing

Minecraft wrong at the time I was so

scared of losing things I would get a

diamond pickaxe and mine up just enough

obsidian for nether portal and an

enchanting table and then keep it in a

chest the rest of the time I didn't have

a set blueprint when it came to building

houses making Farms or finding ores I

didn't over optimize my experience and I

didn't have a set play style or a set

method for which I gathered resources

nothing was focused on efficiency I just

did what I thought would be fun or cool

that's what I want you to remember doing

what would be fun and not over

optimizing everything now let's compare

that to how we play Minecraft now and I

think you'll see why we only play the

game for 2

weeks how do we play the game now let me

take a guess spawn in grab just enough

wood to make a pickaxe grab just enough

Stone to get a stone pickaxe get just

enough Stone and make a full set of

tools in a furnace chop trees kill

animals for food cook the food while you

chop trees jump into a cave and mine

until you come up with diamonds and a

stack of iron or until you run out of

food find a village take all its

resources go find a hole in the side of

a mountain or a cave throw all your

stuff in a chest get enough resources

and never have to M for them again build

a house and a farm and then wonder why

you're

bored if this play style sounds an any

way shape or form familiar that's okay

that was me for a long time and I still

sometimes fall into that same type of

play style there's nothing wrong with us

for playing Minecraft like that either

we're just being efficient with our time

and our resources the problem is this

play style just isn't very fulfilling

we're going to look back into how we

ourselves can change our play style

later but first how is Mojang enabling

us to play in a quick and unfulfilling

fashion in a game that has infinite

potential and infinite variability there

are a few key issues for Minecraft that

cause us to play through it so quickly

and one of them is its difficulty

Minecraft is an incredibly easy game and

after playing it for so long challenges

like nighttime and even the Ender Dragon

can become snooze bests to anyone who's

played the game longer than a few months

things that challenge us as kids no

longer do and the learning curve has

been summited long ago for us if you're

watching this video you're a lot like me

in your Minecraft Journey we are

seasoned vets at this game yet we still

keep coming back because we love it the

problem lies within the fact that the

game itself has issues that make it too

easy too little of a

challenge this is deserving of its own

video for the fact that I don't want to

get sidetracked for 30 minutes but but

the biggest problem with difficulty also

relates to why we aren't fulfilled with

our playthroughs anymore progression

progression in Minecraft isn't the best

or the most complex it's very

straightforward and in almost all

aspects very linear it's also

unfortunately one of the quickest games

to fully progress I've ever seen and

that notion is even more concerning when

you look at how you can play Minecraft

infinitely and until netherite you could

achieve a full set of the best tools in

under an hour this bit of game design

alone is one of the biggest reasons we

rush to get diamonds so quickly it's

because we know we can get them EAS

easily so why waste time using other

tools and Mining things up so much

slower than we could this is equally on

us and on Mojang for making the

progression so quick and easy if there

were more Ro blocks on the way to

Diamonds we'd likely make that change in

tools far later than we normally do the

cave update has been a help and a

hindrance on this point caves are huge

and with the wide open expanses of some

caves they become filled with Mobs a

dangerous obstacle for those who aren't

fully Ked up this helps slow you down a

bit or at least makes you more cognizant

of yourself while underground new biomes

were also added to serve as difficult

traversal beautiful places to get lost

in or dangerous cities in the deepest

parts of caves filled with a near

indestructible force of nature the catch

however was it also made the game

incredibly more easy with expanses as

large as the caves are now ORS are

jumping out at you every chance you get

when

underground I have found enough diamonds

to get me a full set of armor just by

virtue of running away from mobs under

underground my mining trips take less

than an hour and I still have to throw

out parts of my inventory or ignore ores

because I just don't have the room the

caves are huge challenging and gorgeous

to look at but with how plentiful ores

are it makes it hard to feel rewarding

when finding diamonds the most prized

ore to find in the Overworld do you

remember whenever you first found

diamonds Elementary School me screamed

and mined all around it just admiring

the fact that I really did it that

feeling remained for years and still

existed up until the cave update for me

now it's a more casual encounter oh

sweet diamonds I say to myself and throw

out the copper ore that I have to make

sure that I have enough storage for my

diamonds this is a great allegory for

how Minecraft feels now every time there

is an additional challenge or change

there is something to celebrate but

something to make the game even easier

or less enjoyable the nether update

added a valuable new ore to look for and

difficult Bastion to Traverse but

netherite makes you an invincible God

the village and pillage update gave the

challenge of raids and new fights at

Pillager outposts but the trades for

Ming give an infinite supply of and

remove the need to explore to find what

is arguably the most powerful

enchantment ever mending beds were a

great way to set your spawn point but

they're so easy to get that you can skip

Nights from day one changes like this or

why a concerning amount of people are

switching over to play the alpha and

beta versions of the game it feels more

organic more slow more challenging and

more rewarding I don't entirely blame

them but it almost feels like that way

of playing is abandoning Minecraft as it

is resigning Minecraft's current form to

an unsavable state I'm not saying you

can't enjoy the alpha versions and I'm

definitely not saying Mojang makes the

game easier and leaves it we can see

that by the experimental villager

rebalance making bending only done by a

Master Level librarian in a swamp

Village meaning you'd have to make your

own village in a swamp and transport

villagers there but little bits that

remove the challenge or speed up

progression too quickly are rampant in

the game and stretch far wider than the

villagers trading for mending the point

is we need to encourage Mojang to

continue working on ways to bring some

of that original challenge back to the

game as well as slowing progression to a

point where becoming powerful feels like

a rewarding Hill to climb instead of an

hour-long chore however it's not just

game design making us feel like we have

to progress as quickly as possible in

the age of social media and instant

gratification everything has to be

efficient and give us what we want as

quickly as possible or else it's just a

waste of time we never walk anywhere in

Minecraft anymore we only Sprint back

before Sprint was added climbing a

mountain felt like a journey and

traversing through caves felt eerie and

unsettling when was the last time any of

us took the time to walk anywhere in

Minecraft simply enjoying how beautiful

this game can be this attitude of

instant gratification has pervaded its

way onto YouTube too I'm not even

talking about speedr running either

that's its own Community I'm talking

about the overly edited challenge Style

videos that take things to the absolute

extreme and show 100 days of gameplay in

10 minutes or even 60 seconds I've even

been tempted to make videos like this

after seeing my regular style

playthroughs not Garner the views that

I'd hope for I had everything prepped to

follow that Trend and then I stopped and

asked myself do I really want to dilute

my experience for views and online

validation the answer was no I didn't

want to play the game in an even more

extreme version of what had already been

causing me to stop playing the game

before I completed any of what I wanted

to do I didn't want to sensationalize

Minecraft to a point where I no longer

recognized why it was so successful in

the first place and why I fell in love

with it over 10 years ago that's when it

hit me sure we've been playing the game

more efficiently but nearly every piece

of media related to Minecraft has also

fallen into the sensationalist bubble so

of course we won't play the game at a

pace where we can enjoy it it's hard to

remember how to enjoy Minecraft with all

of this stuff pervading every corner of

the internet with that knowledge it led

me to some conclusions Minecraft has

become the international phenomenon and

cultural staple because of us

you are what makes Minecraft special the

fact that you are watching this video

the fact that I'm making this video the

fact that there is a platform that has

garnered over one trillion views is

entirely because of you we have the

power to vote for mobs but we also have

the power to change how the game is

viewed how the game is played and how

the game is enjoyed we can be the ones

to bring an end to the twoe Minecraft

phases and bring a new golden AG to a

game that has brought us over 15 years

of joy and fantastic memories before we

go on to trying to change the world

though let's first change how we play

Minecraft to fully enjoy our experience

again in the face of some of the most

sensationalized content and the loudest

the Minecraft Community has been about

their inability to genuinely enjoy

themselves playing the game the solution

is clear

we don't need to only play Minecraft for

short bursts until we get bored we need

to fundamentally change how we play the

game to enjoy ourselves long term I'm

not going to tell you to change your

life or change how you play Minecraft

but I sure can try if you'll indulge me

these are some things I've been doing

the last couple of months that have

caused me to love every second I spin in

Minecraft slow your progression in terms

of tool acquisition as much as humanly

possible when you first spawn in gather

wood and stone like you normally would

but stop there stick with stone tools

for the first day or two of your

playthrough and gather enough wood and

Cobblestone to go on an adventure where

we normally grab enough wool to make a

bed immediately survive through the

first night on stone tools this time if

it gets scary or like you're not going

to make it dig a hole in the ground and

wait it out until

sunrise ah just like the good old days

remember when you used to do this so

often every playthrough we'd all be so

caught up in The Wonder of a new world

until the sunet and then Nightfall would

remind us Minecraft isn't entirely a

peaceful Endeavor obviously things would

be much easier and more convenient if

you had just gotten some wool from sheep

and slept the first night away but this

first playthrough needs to be unlike

anything we've done during our tenure of

not enjoying the game when daylight

comes continue your journey searching

for a home it's got to be a perfect spot

I'm talking about a village by a River

under a mountain I'm talking about a

jungle where you can build houses tree

to tree whatever your definition of

perfect is it's got to be that if you

want to additionally challenge yourself

find a biome you don't build in and make

that your home I promise the novelty of

doing something you haven't done in a

long time or haven't done ever will not

be an ephemeral feeling you'll remember

this along your journey feel free to

scrape some coal and iron off the sides

of mountains or Cliffs but don't hoard

it once you found your home use your

stone and iron tools to build a house

I'm talking a really nice house it

doesn't have to be massive but make it

something that you're proud of this will

serve as your starting point for so many

wonderful things so don't short Change

yourself now that you've got a house and

some space make a nice Farm now you're

getting it one of the biggest things to

overcome is the need to over optimize

the Allure of Maximum efficiency is

tempting especially when you want a high

yield for resource collection but for

just this once try to make a farm that's

almost like a work of art blend the

tilled land with the geography around it

make a farm with running water rolling

down the hills or make a plot that juts

down Hills in a platform like rice

patties throw some trees in there to

provide shade when harvesting make some

scarecrows or paths in the fields to

walk through build sugar cane along a

river in front of your house like a

privacy gate instead of strict rows you

don't have to have a completed Farm or

even a pretty one but lay the groundwork

for something really special I've kept

you neutered long enough in terms of

tools so now that you've got a home and

food to come back to take a journey

underground there are a few things to

remember if you want to truly get the

fullest out of the experience though

when you do go mining for diamonds don't

strip mine explore caves get to a y

level you like and make a 16x16 Quarry

to get a ton of resources and let

diamonds be the eventual rewards gather

iron gold copper Redstone lapis and coal

when you see it and use them in your

build s for decorations or Redstone

features take time to explore every nook

and offshoot of the cave you can who

knows what you might find then get back

up to the surface and start to work

there's so many wonderful things you can

build will you build a camp of log

cabins in the remote Tiga Prime grounds

for hunting will you build a city among

the trees in the jungle will you build a

castle overlooking a village by the

shore we often forget this myself often

included that Minecraft is a game with

with Limitless potential so make your

potential Limitless don't overwhelm

yourself with a project too big to

tackle but set goals that are exciting

to work towards you can do anything and

since you are taking the game at a

fulfilling and enjoyable pace for the

first time and who knows how long a big

project is something that will drive

instead of hinder you one of the biggest

pieces of advice I can give on starting

big projects is to not answer every

question leave some room for

improvisation or addition you'll enjoy

your work so much more that

way so next time you start a new world I

want you to try a few things look around

when you spawn don't Sprint walk expose

yourself to the sheer Beauty this

pixelated procedurally generated world

has given you stay above ground for that

first night travel the first first few

days of your playthrough until you found

the perfect place to build a home make a

spacious home with decorations and

little secrets only you know about

create a farm that looks gorgeous build

a barn and a pasture for your animals

don't go down the caves to get as much

iron and diamonds as you can limit

yourself to Stone and iron tools for the

first few hours of your playthrough grab

a horse to make longer Journeys or heck

build a mine cart track down to your

favorite mining spot or in between key

locations spend a whole day fishing and

see all the cool stuff you can catch

grab a friend fet nearby Villages and

see who can build the most successful

Kingdom build a castle with working

Redstone Gates make established trade

routes with ornate train stations and

Minecart tracks watch the sunet behind

the mountain as the sky turns from Blue

to Orange to purple to Black listen to

the soundtrack and remember what made

you fall in love with this game in the

first place explore ship and structures

you've neglected for years name your

tools pets and armor let your tools

break sometimes don't over optimize

everything this sounds crazy and

purposefully inconvenient and slow but I

promise it's going to be okay as someone

who went through the same feelings that

you felt someone who has gone through

dozens of two- week Minecraft phases I

beg of you to stop playing the game and

start experiencing it don't do it for me

and don't don't even do it for yourself

do it for the you that first booted up

this pixelated block game I'm doing it

for the 10-year-old standing under a

lamp post while his best friend told him

about a game he'd seen on YouTube coming

from computers to the Xbox 360 that he

had just gotten for making good grades

he booted up the game and what he saw

when starting the tutorial world is

something he would never

forget I want this video and

experiencing Minecraft the way he first

did to make him proud I really hope he

is I only have one question left who are

you doing it for

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