That is not the reasoning they use and they have never said anything like that.
Sharks are not added because adding hostile mobs that represent real animals would supposedly encourage people to hate them irl and potentially try to harm the real animals. Far fetched, but not the reason you stated.
I honestly don’t even get the obsession with sharks, minecraft is a fantasy world that has plenty of made up creatures, what would be so wrong with a fictional sea monster?
And my best guess on the sulfur pools is that some sulfur pools irl are actually safe because the PH levels and temperature of the water aren’t always too extreme for us.
It would however be nice if the cases where those pools **are** genuinely dangerous were also represented in game.
Sadly I doubt that will happen, because you can breathe in magma block bubble columns, which are supposed to be underwater volcanic vents. So mojang seems to care more about babying the player than making anything accurate *or* decently challenging.
Ghostsharklegs99 on
I think Mojang’s reasoning is probably the opposite. Introducing sharks as an environmental hazard would reinforce the narrative that sharks are dangerous, and potentially threaten them further irl. I think adding sharks only make sense is you can make them interesting without them seeming monstrous, and idk if you can strike that balance.
Eonis-0 on
controversial opinion — sharks would make the game more annoying to play
Overall_Macaron_120 on
Dolphins have a worse track record then sharks too. MUCH worse.
Ender_M on
“Making up stuff on the internet has never been so easy with these 3 simple tricks!”
fuddlesworth on
>mojang not wanting to add more dangers to a survival game
POKECHU020 on
Mojang said they aren’t adding sharks because they don’t want to encourage the killing of sharks/the idea that sharks are man-eaters, while also not wanting them to be too passive to where kids won’t keep their distance
What are you on
Crusader_of_Heavens on
Meanwhile terraria with gun you can craft from shark fin
KittyQueen_Tengu on
this logic doesn’t make sense, we already have lava and actual bombs in the game
DecmysterwasTaken on
Japanese soldier who kept fighting World War 2 29 years after it ended
Ake3123 on
When will we stop with the shark or “fireflies are poisonous to frog” discourses? It’s been 4 years already and it’s getting tiresome
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That is not the reasoning they use and they have never said anything like that.
Sharks are not added because adding hostile mobs that represent real animals would supposedly encourage people to hate them irl and potentially try to harm the real animals. Far fetched, but not the reason you stated.
I honestly don’t even get the obsession with sharks, minecraft is a fantasy world that has plenty of made up creatures, what would be so wrong with a fictional sea monster?
And my best guess on the sulfur pools is that some sulfur pools irl are actually safe because the PH levels and temperature of the water aren’t always too extreme for us.
It would however be nice if the cases where those pools **are** genuinely dangerous were also represented in game.
Sadly I doubt that will happen, because you can breathe in magma block bubble columns, which are supposed to be underwater volcanic vents. So mojang seems to care more about babying the player than making anything accurate *or* decently challenging.
I think Mojang’s reasoning is probably the opposite. Introducing sharks as an environmental hazard would reinforce the narrative that sharks are dangerous, and potentially threaten them further irl. I think adding sharks only make sense is you can make them interesting without them seeming monstrous, and idk if you can strike that balance.
controversial opinion — sharks would make the game more annoying to play
Dolphins have a worse track record then sharks too. MUCH worse.
“Making up stuff on the internet has never been so easy with these 3 simple tricks!”
>mojang not wanting to add more dangers to a survival game
Mojang said they aren’t adding sharks because they don’t want to encourage the killing of sharks/the idea that sharks are man-eaters, while also not wanting them to be too passive to where kids won’t keep their distance
What are you on
Meanwhile terraria with gun you can craft from shark fin
this logic doesn’t make sense, we already have lava and actual bombs in the game
Japanese soldier who kept fighting World War 2 29 years after it ended
When will we stop with the shark or “fireflies are poisonous to frog” discourses? It’s been 4 years already and it’s getting tiresome