And now, those players are trying to shut the whole thing down.

At the time of writing, the petition has attracted a little under 350,000 signatures.

“This shows that the mob vote is inherently flawed.

A parodic Minecraft revolutionary poster showing the mascot Steve with a “Unite” banner behind them

“Lastly, Minecraft made its popularity due to its regular updates and large amounts of content.

This was back as early as 2011.

Despite this, players only receive a single, very small content update each year.

A satirical protest image about Minecraft’s Mob Votes, showing a big boot labelled ‘Mojang’ stamping on players.

If the latter update is meaty, I suspect it will put many of the complaints to bed.

But there is definitely a longer-term grievance at stake here between Mojang and their community.

It sabotages itself by reducing things to the ratio between some arbitrary numbers on paper.

A satirical protest image about Minecraft’s Mob Votes, showing players tearing down a statue labelled ‘Mojang’ with a chuckling capitalist type sitting on it.

I’m mixed on the version of Minecraft we have today.

I am deeply suspicious of Microsoft’s input on the game.