As one of many largest video video games in historical past, Minecraft has maintained a gentle stream of content material to maintain previous followers blissful whereas attractive newcomers. Its annual Mob Vote additionally means gamers can determine which creature will get added subsequent. Nevertheless, some wish to see this get tossed into lava.

A current petition is asking the developer to “cease the Mob Vote,” scrapping this voting system completely. On the time of writing, 354,836 individuals have signed, with 500,000 being the eventual objective.

Mob voting for 2023 is alleged to start October 13. It affords an opportunity for followers to have some say in what mob will get applied into Minecraft‘s world. Final yr, it was the flip of the Sniffer. This yr, individuals are being requested to decide on between the penguin, the crab, or the armadillo.

Why is that this petition taking place?

The petition on Change.org – began by Holly Mavermorne – argues that, as a part of the engagement and suggestions, many concepts are left “on the slicing room ground.” They see this as “teasing content material that may by no means be seen within the recreation.”

On high of this, Mavermorne believes that Microsoft’s possession of Minecraft ought to see extra content material regularly. Earlier than the tech large purchased studio Mojang out in 2014, the sport’s recognition might be attested to its “common updates and huge quantities of content material.”

Moreover, a thread on Reddit exhibits some really feel selecting one mob to be added just isn’t an ample technique to interact the neighborhood. Person dfjhgsaydgsauygdjh says followers “need all of the mobs and all of the options from the mob votes, as a result of implementing simply 1 and teasing us with the opposite 2 simply… feels dangerous”.

Person TheCarina chimes in by including that if “Mojang doesn’t deliver a dropping mob from a earlier vote into this yr’s replace, I’m firmly believing each misplaced mob is gone for good.”

Some might even see the vote as a publicity stunt by which Minecraft turns into a focus of dialog within the gaming world, maybe to drum up hype for the Minecraft Stay occasion.

On high of this, Mavermorne believes that the voting system may encourage content material creators to mobilize “their fanbases to vote for the least widespread choice for the joke of screwing over the opposite voters.” As such, Mob Vote is inherently flawed, they argue.

The tip results of this petition is to place an entire cease to the vote in its entirety. As an alternative, three new mobs added into Minecraft on a yearly foundation can be preferable. As they are saying:

If unpaid modders can add your mobs to the sport inside days after they’re introduced, the least you may do is sustain with the content material frequency that made Minecraft well-known.

And within the time it took me to jot down this text, the signature depend has gone up by one other thousand.