1.8 now includes a new default player skin named "Alex", which appears to represent a female character (It could be another generic unisex skin, but to me at least it stands out as female.) using the new slimmer arm model that Jeb showed off a while back
According to Mojang's support page for skins, the Steve and Alex skin are randomly assigned to all account ID's if the player is not using a custom skin. There is currently no in-game option to change this, but you can still be Steve again by downloading the original skin. You can switch between the large or small arm model on the Profile Page, while logged in of course.
Opinions on the new skin? One things for sure, if it's meant to be a female character, it throws Notch's "genderless" explanation off a cliff. Though the fact that Steve clearly represents a male character and actually had facial hair at one point kind of did that too.
I actually really like it. Not too flashy, small amounts of shading, and a new character model to boot! I really think the muted colors blend in with a lot of the blocks more
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While I live, I want to shine. I want to prove that I exist. If I could do something really important... That would definitely carry on into the future.” -Grovyle
Yes, Steve is either gender with a goatee. We'll go with that.
In all seriousness, I like this new default skin and welcome the variation it will bring to servers full of people who can't be bothered to get new skins. Now instead of just being Steve, Steve, Steve, someone with a skin, Steve; it will instead be more like Steve, Alex, Steve, guy with a skin, Alex. Any variation is an improvement.
It's a pretty nice look. It looks nice, it blends in with the surroundings better, in my opinion. It also looks unisex unlike Steve, who's blatantly male.
It'll be a good change from servers full of generic skins and Steve's.
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Accounts without a custom skin will see either the classic Steve skin, or the newer Alex skin, which features slimmer arms. This is based on your random account ID, so your default cannot be changed. If you are Alex and you'd like to be Steve, you can download the Steve skin here.
At this time, this arm style is only available on the Alex model; in the future, this arm type will be a feature that can be used with custom skins. Alex skins will show as Steve in versions prior to 1.8. Any instances of existing custom skins featuring a three pixel-wide arm are a bug, and will be fixed in the next pre-release.
Why? For the sake of Minecraft canon, Notch decided that there were no genders. As players playing the game though, we can easily see the distinction of Steve being more towards a male. This creates a disconnect, especially for female players. They went and removed the old grunt sound, but Steve is still male to us, even though if within Minecraft canon "he" is genderless. I see no issues with this new skin, because it doesn't destroy the cannon of the world being genderless (this new skin is more unisex than the Steve model, if more apparently a female counterpart to Steve) while letting females feel more of a connection to the game and world. How is this bad? Most people probably change their skin anyway, and you have all these "girls" running anyway, whether it's in the official Minecraft canon or not.
I think it's a good change, but the purists are going to hate any change though, it seems... (I'm not directing this towards you; just saying it in general.)
Rather than randomly assigning a model skin though, I'd like to see a way to be able to choose it.
Also, on the discussion of grass, that seems really out of place if it is a change as well. It looks nice, but way out of place. I'm guessing it's a texture pack? Odd of them to show this with that, if so, which makes me wonder. I can't see them making grass so highly detailed like that though (unless they overhaul it all, in which that skin will be out of place, so no, I can't see it).
I'm using a custom skin, and I got the 3 pixel arm model... what did I do? I don't dislike the new skin model, but my current skin doesn't fit upon it. The sooner I get that "Pick Skin Model" Button, the sooner I can use my old skins again.
Alex looks more like a female... I have no problem with that, but I guess girls were crying because Steve looked more like a male, and also the name and the old sound of getting hurt (no offense, but some girls are really whining at these things)
That's more than a little sexist. Not feeling like an in-game avatar represents you is a more than valid complaint. Let's face it, no matter what Notch has said Steve is a dude.
Well this is quite nice, while it does look more on the female side it is defiantly unisex, and the unisex name is quite nice to, also the newer arm model is actually good for both genders, since certain male skins don't really want to have big meaty arms (Mine doesn't I know that), also we can finally stop hearing female option suggestions, and hopefully if this becomes tog-gable then the old pain sound might come back
They removed sound of getting hurt and also gave option to customize your skin. That's all everyone should want.
Not everybody knows how/wants to change the default skin, plus the new pain sound is god awful compared to the old one, hopefully this means that the old pain sound is coming back. The only problem I can see with this is the iconic character of Steve somewhat fading away
Why? For the sake of Minecraft canon, Notch decided that there were no genders. As players playing the game though, we can easily see the distinction of Steve being more towards a male. This creates a disconnect, especially for female players. They went and removed the old grunt sound, but Steve is still male to us, even though if within Minecraft canon "he" is genderless. I see no issues with this new skin, because it doesn't destroy the cannon of the world being genderless (this new skin is more unisex than the Steve model, if more apparently a female counterpart to Steve) while letting females feel more of a connection to the game and world. How is this bad? Most people probably change their skin anyway, and you have all these "girls" running anyway, whether it's in the official Minecraft canon or not.
I think it's a good change, but the purists are going to hate any change though, it seems... (I'm not directing this towards you; just saying it in general.)
Rather than randomly assigning a model skin though, I'd like to see a way to be able to choose it.
Also, on the discussion of grass, that seems really out of place if it is a change as well. It looks nice, but way out of place. I'm guessing it's a texture pack? Odd of them to show this with that, if so, which makes me wonder. I can't see them making grass so highly detailed like that though (unless they overhaul it all, in which that skin will be out of place, so no, I can't see it).
I have no problem with it myself, I just think that it provides more reason for people to spam notch with questions about minecraft gender.
Well, my player is now female apparently, but oh well, I don't feel like fixing it :/
Actually while it does look rather feminine, it is still quite unisex, just more on the female side, there are men with orange hair and men with ponytails, look at Jeb (Granted he does have a mustache and a beard, but you get the point)
1.8 now includes a new default player skin named "Alex", which appears to represent a female character (It could be another generic unisex skin, but to me at least it stands out as female.) using the new slimmer arm model that Jeb showed off a while back
According to Mojang's support page for skins, the Steve and Alex skin are randomly assigned to all account ID's if the player is not using a custom skin. There is currently no in-game option to change this, but you can still be Steve again by downloading the original skin. You can switch between the large or small arm model on the Profile Page, while logged in of course.
Opinions on the new skin? One things for sure, if it's meant to be a female character, it throws Notch's "genderless" explanation off a cliff. Though the fact that Steve clearly represents a male character and actually had facial hair at one point kind of did that too.
“The important thing is not how long you live... It's what you accomplish with your life.
While I live, I want to shine. I want to prove that I exist. If I could do something really important... That would definitely carry on into the future.” -Grovyle
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Curse PremiumIn all seriousness, I like this new default skin and welcome the variation it will bring to servers full of people who can't be bothered to get new skins. Now instead of just being Steve, Steve, Steve, someone with a skin, Steve; it will instead be more like Steve, Alex, Steve, guy with a skin, Alex. Any variation is an improvement.
It'll be a good change from servers full of generic skins and Steve's.
edit: And what texture pack is that?
Putting the CENDENT back in transcendent!
If you don't already have a skin, it stays it's randomly assigned.
Also, I don't think they are using a texture pack. The grass just looks like that now
Why? For the sake of Minecraft canon, Notch decided that there were no genders. As players playing the game though, we can easily see the distinction of Steve being more towards a male. This creates a disconnect, especially for female players. They went and removed the old grunt sound, but Steve is still male to us, even though if within Minecraft canon "he" is genderless. I see no issues with this new skin, because it doesn't destroy the cannon of the world being genderless (this new skin is more unisex than the Steve model, if more apparently a female counterpart to Steve) while letting females feel more of a connection to the game and world. How is this bad? Most people probably change their skin anyway, and you have all these "girls" running anyway, whether it's in the official Minecraft canon or not.
I think it's a good change, but the purists are going to hate any change though, it seems... (I'm not directing this towards you; just saying it in general.)
Rather than randomly assigning a model skin though, I'd like to see a way to be able to choose it.
Also, on the discussion of grass, that seems really out of place if it is a change as well. It looks nice, but way out of place. I'm guessing it's a texture pack? Odd of them to show this with that, if so, which makes me wonder. I can't see them making grass so highly detailed like that though (unless they overhaul it all, in which that skin will be out of place, so no, I can't see it).
i think its faithful also do you know how i can get a name change
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Curse PremiumThat's a bug with the current pre-release.
That's more than a little sexist. Not feeling like an in-game avatar represents you is a more than valid complaint. Let's face it, no matter what Notch has said Steve is a dude.
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Not everybody knows how/wants to change the default skin, plus the new pain sound is god awful compared to the old one, hopefully this means that the old pain sound is coming back. The only problem I can see with this is the iconic character of Steve somewhat fading away
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I have no problem with it myself, I just think that it provides more reason for people to spam notch with questions about minecraft gender.
Actually while it does look rather feminine, it is still quite unisex, just more on the female side, there are men with orange hair and men with ponytails, look at Jeb
(Granted he does have a mustache and a beard, but you get the point)
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