just ignore them completely if you don't like them, like i do, i just check them out occasionally to see how im doing at managing my resources and what i can do to improve it.
Okay, obviously I overestimated the intelligence of my audience. Let me make it more clear for you all.
Stop telling me to just ignore the stats! I can't!
why see stats as a goal, it doesnt really make sense. when you run a race do you lookat your time and go "oh no my time is a stat and stats can be beaten. why even bother runnng", didnt think so.
the only time they should ever be near the word 'goal' is if they were being used to check how close you are to the goal, i.e. you decided one day you were going to walk 42 km in minecraft so you use stats to check how far youve walked.
Point noted. I need to reword it, because you are correct. It is not so much a goal as it is a statistic. I prefer my statistics to be the best, because that means I am the best i can possibly be, which would be better than everyone else. Does that make more sense? They are a goal as in having the best stats is my goal.
I agree that Notch should give you the option to turn them off, but is it really that big a deal?
And what do you mean by competing? People aren't going to start competing to see "Who's taken the most steps."
Personally, I honestly don't care for the stats. They don't really intrest me. But they're not really a burden either.
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"The chance of you dying is directly proportional to the amount of loot you're carrying."
why see stats as a goal, it doesnt really make sense. when you run a race do you lookat your time and go "oh no my time is a stat and stats can be beaten. why even bother runnng", didnt think so.
the only time they should ever be near the word 'goal' is if they were being used to check how close you are to the goal, i.e. you decided one day you were going to walk 42 km in minecraft so you use stats to check how far youve walked.
Point noted. I need to reword it, because you are correct. It is not so much a goal as it is a statistic. I prefer my statistics to be the best, because that means I am the best i can possibly be, which would be better than everyone else. Does that make more sense? They are a goal as in having the best stats is my goal.
All I got from that was, "I like to be the best, and I can't be the best, so I hate stats." Why be so competitive about it?
The way I see it, as long as YOU like what you've done, it doesn't matter.
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1. all mammals produce milk
2. all mammals are covered in hair
It is just annoying you know... I would prefer it if they didn't exist. Why should I have to ignore something in a game I bought? If I want it without stats why can it not be available. I do not buy a crap car and just ignore that it is crap.
One of the main reasons I loved Minecraft is because I there were no goals. -snip-
The main problem is the stats. Now we are competing and I hate it. Why did he have to take my favorite game and turn it into just another game. -snip-
4/19/11 will be the date I will consider the end of the Minecraft glory days, just like December 2007 used to be the end of the glory days of Runescape. -snip-
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Minecraft does have goals, but they are open ended. Playing with monsters automatically gives you the goal of surviving, by whatever way you see fit. Different materials for crafting creates the goal of having better materials. Whether you spelunk, strip mine, branch mine, blow the **** out of it with TNT mine, etc. Obviously the game has the goal of building.
Statistics are not a goal. Never have been, and the only way they become a goal is if you choose to do so. Just like any other activity in Minecraft.
If you don't want to compete with other people having a bigger number then DON'T for Notch's sake. Are you unable to see something "better" without having a need to "beat" it?
Stats do absolutely nothing for gameplay. "...take the game and turn into just another game" makes me want to delete your Minecraft so you can go to obviously better things in life.
lol runescape.
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Brilliant Troll. This guy is a mad genius
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God, people really like to complain about the dumbest things....
Why would you not like it? Many games have some sort of stats to keep in track what you have done, they don't affect gameplay in the slightest, why would they bother you so much?
And answering to the title: No, probably there's nobody with you.
It is totally your choice to participate in, or ignore, stats.
You say it puts in competition into Minecraft. That is only the case if you choose to participate in the totally voluntary race for high stats. You have an option to ignore it.
You say "Be original! Don't just say ignore it!" Well, I will be honest, someone not being able to just ignore something they don't like that barely interferes with the rest of the activity (you see a stat icon when you press ESC, whoopee!) makes me question their ability to have common sense. It's not being unoriginal, it's being sensible.
Certainly, don't get rid of it. There are not many other threads like this, and the Minecraft forums do not represent the majority of the players. Removing stats would make more people sad than happy, and for unnecessary reasons.
An option to turn it off would make sense, but ONLY if this idea was not prioritized highly. Many more things need to be added, changed, or removed from the game before an option to turn totally voluntary stats off.
TL;DR: First, get some patience or just skip it, no need to quote something and type "TL;DR".
Hating stats is not sensible, and stats being removed would make more people sad than happy.
I said I cannot ignore it. It bothers me to no end. I asked if anyone felt the same way. I did not ask for everyone to please make a post telling me to ignore that stats in a slightly different way from everyone else who said the same thing. You all are being just plain ignorant. I put it big and red for you. Would a mod please close this, it is just being used by others for post count and I want no part in it. I clean my hands of this matter.
I said I cannot ignore it. It bothers me to no end. I asked if anyone felt the same way. I did not ask for everyone to please make a post telling me to ignore that stats in a slightly different way from everyone else who said the same thing. You all are being just plain ignorant. I put it big and red for you. Would a mod please close this, it is just being used by others for post count and I want no part in it. I clean my hands of this matter.
Thats like saying when someone tells you it's your birthday, you yell "NO! I don't want to know how old I am!"
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Cry a river. Punch a tree. Craft and build a wooden bridge over the river. Use your bridge to GET OVER IT.
i 100% totally agree the reason i got minecraft was so i can sit back and play a game where i had not main goal and now i want to do it get every achievement and i hate the feeling. Minecraft is a game to go nuts build 200 x 200 sky high castles or a hole in the ground to having 4 chest of or strafing trying to kill a or getting as much as you can or have nothing but tools so Notch dont let the fame get to you keep you intentions straight so 120 s for Mr_Grandtree and 1200 for those who disagree and MCWB refrence SHEEEEEEP Baah?
People are telling you to ignore them, because simply put, thats all you have to do. You tell us you can't ignore them, because of some cosmic OCD force driving your hatred for them, and commence to tell notch that he should implement the ability to turn them off, because YOU CANT BEAT THEM?
Okay, I am not the only one here who dislikes stats. Really, why are people getting angry at me? Can I not have preferences without being an 11 year-old boy? That is just childish to say.
Why on earth would you work to make your stats higher? Achievements are for earning and trying to get, but stats are just to keep track of what you've done so far. I had never thought of it as something you would try and work to get higher.
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SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
"Look at me still talking when there's science to do. When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you."
If he's an OCD driven... lunatic... then say NOTHING. Don't post things like "Herp derp, OCD must suck". If the guy is telling the truth, or even if he's not; don't take that chance. Surely it's obvious?
If he's some random guy who bought Minecraft and now doesn't like a certain aspect of the game for some reason, don't spam him with "WELL INGORE". Talk as if he's a person, not as if he's 'just another patient'. Say things like "Well, personally I really like Stats, they give me something to aim for, and I don't have to write it down :D". Please.
Thread lo - Oh wait, I'm not a mod. Ah well.
Thanks for saying what I was about to say about that. People are just irrational, I am completely caught off guard when a simple post like this infuriates people. Apperently any opinion that is not the same as theirs is blasphemy.
Okay, obviously I overestimated the intelligence of my audience. Let me make it more clear for you all.
Stop telling me to just ignore the stats! I can't!
Point noted. I need to reword it, because you are correct. It is not so much a goal as it is a statistic. I prefer my statistics to be the best, because that means I am the best i can possibly be, which would be better than everyone else. Does that make more sense? They are a goal as in having the best stats is my goal.
And what do you mean by competing? People aren't going to start competing to see "Who's taken the most steps."
Personally, I honestly don't care for the stats. They don't really intrest me. But they're not really a burden either.
All I got from that was, "I like to be the best, and I can't be the best, so I hate stats." Why be so competitive about it?
The way I see it, as long as YOU like what you've done, it doesn't matter.
2. all mammals are covered in hair
conclusion: coconuts are mammals
Minecraft does have goals, but they are open ended. Playing with monsters automatically gives you the goal of surviving, by whatever way you see fit. Different materials for crafting creates the goal of having better materials. Whether you spelunk, strip mine, branch mine, blow the **** out of it with TNT mine, etc. Obviously the game has the goal of building.
Statistics are not a goal. Never have been, and the only way they become a goal is if you choose to do so. Just like any other activity in Minecraft.
If you don't want to compete with other people having a bigger number then DON'T for Notch's sake. Are you unable to see something "better" without having a need to "beat" it?
Stats do absolutely nothing for gameplay. "...take the game and turn into just another game" makes me want to delete your Minecraft so you can go to obviously better things in life.
lol runescape.
God, people really like to complain about the dumbest things....
Why would you not like it? Many games have some sort of stats to keep in track what you have done, they don't affect gameplay in the slightest, why would they bother you so much?
And answering to the title: No, probably there's nobody with you.
You say it puts in competition into Minecraft. That is only the case if you choose to participate in the totally voluntary race for high stats. You have an option to ignore it.
You say "Be original! Don't just say ignore it!" Well, I will be honest, someone not being able to just ignore something they don't like that barely interferes with the rest of the activity (you see a stat icon when you press ESC, whoopee!) makes me question their ability to have common sense. It's not being unoriginal, it's being sensible.
Certainly, don't get rid of it. There are not many other threads like this, and the Minecraft forums do not represent the majority of the players. Removing stats would make more people sad than happy, and for unnecessary reasons.
An option to turn it off would make sense, but ONLY if this idea was not prioritized highly. Many more things need to be added, changed, or removed from the game before an option to turn totally voluntary stats off.
TL;DR: First, get some patience or just skip it, no need to quote something and type "TL;DR".
Hating stats is not sensible, and stats being removed would make more people sad than happy.
Thats like saying when someone tells you it's your birthday, you yell "NO! I don't want to know how old I am!"
You should get our OCD checked. No, srsly.
OCD must blow.
Why don't you downgrade to the point where there are no Achievements/Statistics?
"Look at me still talking when there's science to do. When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you."
Thanks for saying what I was about to say about that. People are just irrational, I am completely caught off guard when a simple post like this infuriates people. Apperently any opinion that is not the same as theirs is blasphemy.