How does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?
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How does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?
That used to be really common. Movie novelizations would come out before the movie, along with soundtracks, etc. It was part of the promotional campaign.
I wonder if this has anything to do with ThePosterDB going down recently
Everything’s fine for me on win 10 with bedrock and Java
Keep in mind a lot (and I mean A LOT) of Minecraft players are kids. Like, under 12. My kids started when they were 7. And a huge percentage of them and if the older players are casual players. Not everyone is putting in hours a day. Minecraft is very friendly to very casual gaming. Low system requirements. Very social. Quick to pick up, but plenty there to keep you busy for hours if you want to put in the time.
This is a lot of work and grinding for kids and more casual players, and makes it even more where survival is for more advanced gamers and casuals will be left playing creative.
It would be one thing if this was another addition like the Deep Dark that can just be avoided if you’re a casual player. But without these enchantments it’s much harder to get to the ‘fun relaxed survival’ mode, or to get to the level where people can take on the Ender Dragon much less a Wither, etc.
Even people who like to play ‘creative survival’ and just have fun building will have a hard time because without being able to get these enchantments with relative ease, you’ll have you grind for weeks/months of casual play you get them - or you’ll be left having to craft new pick axes every 10 minutes because you keep burning through them.
Mending is also about to get much more difficult to get with the new “rebalance” of villager trades
Stock Bedrock survival on a Shockbyte server I play with my kids and some of their friends. But I play on it more than any of them.
Plus a Bedrock realm I keep up to play with my kids, nieces, grandparents, etc to play creative together.
Same for me in the USA
From what I’m seeing, the image itself is just 128x128. I don’t use those clients, but it looks like they would render any square image that way (taking up a lot of space). Looks like a client problem, not OPs problem maybe?
Yeah, saw something after I left the comment. It was Minecraft per se that was down. It was the x box authorization/login system. Even bigger!