Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25376906-20181001161243/@comment-31507215-20181030020023

I never said I didn't like Vanilla, or the new updates. Here is what I did say:
 * "while Mojang isn't directly copying anything, they have had a lot of inspiration from other mods, if not the LotR Mod, and haven't given due credit"
 * "Vanilla does have cool stuff, and we wouldn't have the LotR Mod without it, but each consecutive update is not as good as the last."
 * "Sure, they add interesting things, but the vast majority of the updates are just semi-useless stuff, or things to make it more difficult for (a) older computers to run, and (b) people to do coding and adventure maps."
 * "I don't think anyone should simply hate the new updates, but I think a pretty good argument can be made that the continually increasing number of additions and changes have made Minecraft lose some of the magic it once had."

Of course the LotR Mod adds stuff! If my problem was simply with adding new stuff, I would still be playing Classic Minecraft, and probably wouldn't be part of this wiki. I am not saying that adding stuff is bad. I am saying that in my opinion the majority of additions and changes that Mojang/Microsoft has chosen to implement in recent years are not as good as they used to be, and that, in my opinion, they don't stay consistent with the feel I used to get from Minecraft. As far as missing chunks go, it makes perfect sense that the LotR Mod changes the map! It is quite reasonable for Mevans to update the map, to improve the mod to the standard he wants. In addition, there is an (as far as I know) effective method to move chunks (created by Mevans himself), and the Mod is still in Beta! It's not supposed to be a final version, and never claims to be.

If what you say is actually the extent of my argument, then you would be correct. (Ever heard of a "straw man"?) But I am not saying what you say I am saying, so I think my argument still stands.