There were good times a while ago where the devs and even higher ups would hop on to discuss issues with us. Have they become too important?

Oh we're still here, we're still reading... but this isn't an environment conductive to discussion, more a "the beatings will continue until morale improves" situation.

I truly love this game and I've loved being a part of its community, both before and after I joined the team. I've had to actively stop myself from posting comments on nice posts in this subreddit lately because I know the answer will be "but chat reports!" regardless of what the post was originally about. The combination of abuse and pitchforks on the one hand and "but why don't they talk to us anymore?" is kind of baffling.

I guess what I mean to say is the scale of the situation means there isn't an opportunity for individual developers to participate in the way we like to and are used to being able to, which is why...

No, the UX changes are not the fix for that issue.

We are now releasing pre-release 5 for Minecraft 1.19.1. This pre-release includes the remaining fixes for a known exploit regarding player report context and several improvements to chat preview. It also fixes some other crashes and bugs.

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Please also check out our Post About the Player Reporting Tool and our ...

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We're now releasing the first (and hopefully only) release candidate for Minecraft 1.19.1. We have also now created a help article on chat reporting available here.

If there are no major issues following this release, no further changes will be done before the full release on Tuesday.

Happy mining!

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The first pre-release for 1.19.1 is now available. This release contains a few bugfixes, an increased cooldown for Allay duplication, and it also contains a new UI if you have been banned for violating the Minecraft Community Standards.

On the topic of community standards and the recent introduction of the chat reporting feature, we’re working on creating a help article that aims to add some context surrounding the functionality.

All of this said, if everything goes as planned, we plan to release the update next Tuesday on June 2...

Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there! I was too busy inspecting these mangrove tree roots. They’re all tangled up! What do you mean they’re supposed to be? Hey, that’s pretty neat.

While we’re on the topic – have you had a chance to check out all the other spiffy stuff that we added to Minecraft today? Because The Wild Update has officially launched and now the Overworld is full of frogs, allays, wardens (shudder), mud, boats with chests, new music, and much, much more! You can check out the list below for all the details, I’m too busy making heart eyes at these cute propagules to go through them all.

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Features

• Added Mangrove Swamp biome
• Added Mangrove Trees
• Added Mangrove Blocks
• Added Mud and Mud Brick Blocks
• Added Clay renewability
• Added Frogs and Tadpoles
• A...

We're now releasing a second Release Candidate for Minecraft 1.19 to fix a crash. If no other critical issues are found, no further changes will be done before the full release. Happy mining!

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We're now releasing the first (and hopefully only) release candidate for The Wild Update. If there are no major issues following this release, no further changes will be done before the full release. Happy mining!

This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

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The fifth pre-release for 1.19 is now available with more bug fixes. In case you missed it, we just announced the release date for The Wild Update (June 7th). You can read more about that here.

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This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

The fourth pre-release for 1.19 is now available with a few bugfixes. In case you missed it, we just announced the release date for The Wild Update (June 7th). You can read more about that here.

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It is now time for pre-release 3 for Minecraft 1.19, which will be our last pre-release for this week. In this pre-release we've tweaked the sonic boom attack and fixed more bugs. Enjoy!

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Thursday snapshot! Apart from some bugfixes and some changes to fancy tags and commands, we're introducing "chat preview" as a way to cryptographically sign chat messages that have been dynamically styled by servers. And for this snapshot only, we've left in our testing option test-rainbow-chat in server.properties, which can be set to true together with the new previews-chat option for testing. If this is something that interests you, and especially if you run a server, we would love your feedback on it.

Enjoy!

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Another snapshot is now available for Minecraft: Java Edition. This snapshot brings a few gameplay changes and some technical tidbits, such as the place command and cryptographically signed chat commands.

Enjoy!

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Prepare to drop some sick bleats in the latest Minecraft: Java Edition snapshot! We're bringing in the sweet sounds of the goat horn. There are also some changes to the warden and the allay. If the technical aspects of chatting is where it's at for you, make sure to check out the changes to chat signing. Enjoy!

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Easily solved: just collect more stuff to store.

A chance to re-live the good old times appears in snapshot 22w16a with the ability to de-fragment a Disc - a new Music Disc, to be precise! This snapshot also comes with even more new music, tweaks to the Allay and to top it off it makes some random gameplay events slightly more predictable. Enjoy!

Update: We've now released snapshot 22w16b to fix a crash.

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Let me tell you a little story about hubris. Well, not so much a story as a lament. Because some of you have been thinking that the warden was a little too easy. I won’t name names, but I know you’re out there. Why else would we be adding ranged attacks for this already terrifying mob? Was the sniffing not enough? When will it end? Not today, apparently.

Enjoy a new terrifying warden along with more advancements and technical changes.

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Mangrove trees! Warm frogs! Mud blocks! More mangrove trees! Today, we’re happy to bring you the most mud-tastic Java snapshot to date!

Sure, it might be our only mud-tastic snapshot to date – but the important thing is that our new biome, mangrove swamp, now is available for testing, along with nitty-gritty features like the recovery compass and other, more technical tidbits. Enjoy!

This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

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Allay, the mob that nobody is really sure how to pronounce, is now entering the latest Minecraft: Java Edition snapshot. Along with our new shiny blue friend, we've added the Ancient Cities, which have seen some pretty drastic changes since the experimental snapshot a few weeks ago, so make sure you check them out.

Happy mining!

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Me? I would neeeever.

^(thanks)