Yogscast and Markus: My Two Cents
First and foremost, I know both parties involved, and think they are wonderful people. That being said, we all make mistakes, and it shouldn’t ever mean we should stop supporting or boycott a brand/person because of it. We’re all human here.
The issue here lies in the fact that NOBODY has ever done what’s being done here. Very few games ever try the release cycle and transparency that Markus & Co. have. Even fewer (if any?) succeed.
Yogscast are spoiled diva’s. Duh. They should be, they are amazing! Have you ever seen their shit? It’s awesome! That’s what the fans make them, YOU love the fact that Simon and Lewis are ass hats. I do too.
So you mix a very tired Mojang crew, with the weight of high expectations for an event that is really just an over-glorified game launch that had to be stretched out over 2 days, and never doing ANYTHING like this ever, and some spoiled divas (even if they are justified) and obviously ego’s are going to be stepped on.
I think this points to an even bigger problem. A while back, Yogscast made a comment about us allowing adf.ly links for mods. We never issued a response because, after all, they have every right to be pissed about that. Regardless of the fact that I personally thought it was silly, we never made an official statement.
The people to blame are the people who take it too far. The people who take a single off hand comment, and twist it and turn it around so many times, that the original meaning is lost and all that’s left is a twisted web of lies.
I urge you, the fans, to take to heart what you really love about these people, and realize that they are just normal guys. They drink, they like to play video games, they laugh and cry, they get pissed and say things they don’t mean. After all they’ve done for us, do they really deserve us taking an off-the-cuff comment and make it a huge deal? I mean FFS, Minecraft was just released! I’ve been personally working and waiting for this moment for two years. That is what we should be focusing on.
As for me, I love everyone. In fact, this was my view from the Nether part at MineCon:
