r/MinecraftDungeons Jan 21 '24

Announcement 2024 Community Update

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Community Update from the Mods (01/21/2024)
Hey all, Landon here again, if anybody remembers.

I believe the last direct post I made on this subreddit was over a year ago, so it's long overdue that I update you guys on what's going on behind the scenes. This one is going to be a bit longer than my usual PSA, since there is a lot to cover, so strap in. I'll be covering a few topics that aren't necessarily related to one another directly, so as to avoid making you all read a bunch of different posts. This post will be divided into 3 parts.

Part A: Explanation

Where have the mods been?

I'll be the first to admit that the public activity of the moderation team has been less than frequent in the last odd year. I cannot speak for the others, but I no longer actively play Minecraft Dungeons. This is due to several reasons, the standout of which being that I don't agree with many of the decisions made by Mojang/Microsoft.

I want to be very clear that I have no ill-will towards any individuals or groups that have been responsible for the development of the game, in fact I've had many pleasant interactions with the Mojang team throughout my time moderating this community, and I'm grateful for those experiences. On a personal level, I simply lost interest in the direction the game was going. It began to feel too "grindy" and unoriginal to me after the tier-based power level system was added awhile back.

All that being said, it's not an excuse to let the community suffer from inactive mods, which takes me into the next section of this post.

What's Changing?

After discussion with u/blackdragon6547, the decision was reached that I will be taking over primary control of the direction of this community. He will remain as the lead moderator for the foreseeable future, but I will be the one making the decisions and actively running things. I have made a recent effort to clear the backlogged mod-queue, which I'm happy to inform is up to date and actively being screened daily by myself, so all reports should be addressed within 24 hours going forward. If you see content violating the rules, report it!

We have also enabled a number of automatic moderation features provided to us by the Admins, some of which we've been granted early access to as a result of our community's size. In other words, we're cleaning house on the spam. We'll also be slowly cleaning up the subreddit in little ways, such as keeping the patch notes up to date, tweaking the Wiki, and removing old/irrelevant content from Sub News.

The "YouTuber Apology" Segment

Before I continue with the post, I wanted to personally say that I apologize for the recent state of things within this community. Once again speaking for myself, I've got a lot going on in life. As I'm sure many of you can relate to, growing up is hard. I was newly 17 and a senior in high school when I joined this community as a moderator. I'm now going on 21 as a full-time university student with a job, relationship, and extracurriculars to juggle, so it's not as easy to find the time for hobbies these days. I don't mention all this to excuse the inactivity, just to explain how we got here.

On that note, I would also like to touch on the role of moderator. Moderators are not bots. We are people. I have moderated countless forums, Discord servers, Minecraft servers, you name it. All that said, I would like to highlight that being a moderator is a volunteer position and not a full-time job. Next time you go to type out an angry modmail, please refrain from the phrase "do(ing) your job." This is not my job. This is my volunteer position in the an online forum. Anyone who's read my post history knows I work at a Subway (feel free to make Jared jokes in the comments if you feel so inclined). That's my job. This is something I do to get away from that and have fun engaging with a community that I've sadly begun to neglect over the last year and a half, and I'll be making a genuine effort to correct that going forward. Just try to be patient, and consider the difficulty of essentially single-handedly moderating a community of 93,000 people (amazing number btw, we're in the top 5%!)

TLDR: Be nice to mods, I'm going to be more active going forward.

Part B: Updates and Information

Now that we've got that taken care of, I want to let you all know about a few important changes that will be coming to the community.

Rule Changes

  • Rule #1 has been updated to include "excessive" swearing, as opposed to all swearing. This is because enforcing a platform-wide swear ban is and always has been unrealistic. Given that Reddit's minimum age is 13, we're going to soften up a bit on swearing. "Excessive" will be determined on a case by case basis. Just use common sense.

  • Rule #12 has been rephrased to prohibit the solicitation or advertisement of any modified game files. File sharing has always been prohibited, but we're going to be cracking down on the modded files. This also includes linking to any game code. Mojang have directly requested that we keep game code off the page, as they obviously don't want it released, and we will be enforcing that fully (as in permanent unconditional banning if caught).

  • Various language tweaks have been made for clarity to several rules. Additional clarification on some rules may continue to be made in the coming weeks, but the gist will stay the same for all rules as they presently stand. I highly encourage a review if you haven't read them in awhile.

AI Content?

During the process of cleaning up the backlog of mod queue reports and modmail inquiries, I noticed numerous references to AI content as an issue. Some have asked if we are going to be censoring it as "low effort" or the like, and I will be pasting the modmail response I have been giving to this question here:

"For the moment, AI content will not immediately be considered low-effort, unless it is simply a copy-paste of the AI image without relevant context. This subreddit has not had a major problem with AI content overrunning the page, so unless that begins to happen, we'll continue to allow it."

To recap, AI content is allowed**, but it will be removed if it is low-effort as defined above and by Rule #5**. Don't make us take away nice things. If the subreddit becomes overrun by low-effort AI content, it will be banned altogether.

Minecraft Legends is shut down! Should I make a low-effort post about it?

Nope! As a matter of fact, you shouldn't. I've been letting this go, but it's becoming increasingly spammy, and from this point forward, posts with the sole intention of re-hashing this topic (including memes!) will be removed under Rule #5. I don't mind the occasional picking of low-hanging fruit, but this is old news. Move on.

Minecraft Dungeons' discontinuation

Yes, we know Dungeons was also discontinued by Mojang recently. With the game being what it was, it was inevitable that this would happen eventually. We had a great run, but not all games will live forever. Someday, you'll place your last block in Minecraft too. That said, posts about this subject are fine, but once again, it is important to keep Rule #5 in mind. Low-effort content will be removed.

As for the subreddit, we still have a vibrant and active community, and I will continue to maintain it until the day it dies. In the meantime, this won't meaningfully affect us, though it is expected that activity will slowly trickle down in the coming months/years, so don't be surprised if you see that. There's nothing that we can really do about this. The game has lived its natural life cycle.

Part C: Moderator Applications OUTDATED, READ CURRENT INFORMATION HERE

As many of you have suggested, I intend to open applications for new community moderators in the near future. This will take some time to set up, so bear with me as I get things going. Keep in mind I'm doing this myself, with the creative freedom given to me by blackdragon, so don't be surprised if you don't see applications for a week or two. When they are released, the format and information will be included in another pinned post below this one. Though the format and final details have not yet been decided, I'll list a few requirements I already know will be included below (**SUBJECT TO CHANGE**):

  • Must be at least 16 years of age
  • Must have at least 2,500 karma on Reddit
  • Must have been a Reddit member for at least one year
  • Must have basic experience with Minecraft Dungeons
  • Must have a posting history on the subreddit (comments and posts, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis)
  • Community moderation experience highly preferred (Reddit or otherwise)
  • Must have a relatively clean punishment history in this community (old/minor infractions can be overlooked)
  • Must not be shadowbanned on Reddit

This is a rough requirement list. These are subject to heavy modification prior to the release of applications. Keep in mind that meeting the requirements does NOT guarantee your acceptance to the role. There will be merit based interview-style questions on the application that favor relevant experience and maturity. I will likely bring on no more than 5-10 additional moderators for the time being, so don't bet your life savings on your acceptance to the role. I'm likely to receive far more applications than there are open positions.

Please keep in mind also that being a moderator will not grant you access to other subreddit functions, such as editing permissions and changing the visual style, rules, or other elements of the community. If your intention is to "grief," the best you'll get away with is a few bans before you're removed and banned yourself.

Well, that about covers it! This took over an hour to fully write out the way I wanted, so I deeply thank those who read through it! I want to do right by this community going forward, and I can't wait to make the moderation team bigger and better than ever. Thank you guys for sticking around and continuing to support this community. If you have any questions, thoughts, concerns, or feedback, please leave a comment! I will respond to them all as quickly as possible.

Happy Dungeon crawling in 2024!

~XLSX


r/MinecraftDungeons Mar 18 '24

Announcement PSA about IP grabbing links

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Hey all, Landon again

I really shouldn’t have to say this, and I’m sorry to the 99% of you to whom this does not pertain. In the last few days, I’ve had to delete an excessive number of posts containing IP grabbing links using “Minecraft Dungeons Alpha” as a way to make people click.

DO NOT POST MALICIOUS LINKS

and,

DO NOT CLICK RANDOM LINKS

I’ve done my best to remove these posts and ban the accounts, but I can’t catch everything, and some may get through. Please please please report anything you think is suspicious. I’m not worried about excessive reporting. I’ll always welcome the assistance in removing unwanted content.

Just to make myself abundantly clear, any account posting a phishing link (or other malicious link of any sort) will be immediately, permanently, and unappealably banned from the subreddit (I don’t care that unappealably isn’t a word, I have the talking stick). I will also be reporting this activity to Reddit as necessary, which can result in a site wide account ban. This sort of activity has absolutely no place in this community. Thanks for your continued support as a community while I’m getting things back up to speed. Happy Dungeon Crawling!

~XLSX


r/MinecraftDungeons 23h ago

Meme uhhh my friend found this whats the chance

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r/MinecraftDungeons 4h ago

Question What's the deal with gravity?

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What's the point of gravity on melee weapons? The way I see it, it just brings mobs closer to you, making you more prone to damage. Especially seems useless on weapons with larger area/reach. So why is it so popular and considered so good? I really don't know.


r/MinecraftDungeons 11h ago

Gameplay Just rerolled so many times please tell me there’s good enchants😭

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r/MinecraftDungeons 10h ago

Question Should I accept and which enchants to use?

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21 Upvotes

I could keep trying to look for better weapons or armour, or I could take this and not need anything more. what should I do?


r/MinecraftDungeons 4h ago

Loadout God roll

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8 Upvotes

I finaly got it


r/MinecraftDungeons 2h ago

Loadout Rate my soul build

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I unexpectedly enjoy this build. And I am currently rerolling the middle slot for either Deflect or Suprise gift. Thoughts?


r/MinecraftDungeons 1h ago

Enchanting Advice Which enchants?

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r/MinecraftDungeons 8h ago

Question Which enchants should I use?🙏

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r/MinecraftDungeons 15h ago

Discussion Which weapon is better?

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r/MinecraftDungeons 15m ago

Gameplay *manic laughing*

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r/MinecraftDungeons 13h ago

Question Two slow for triple radiance

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Thought? In trip rad?


r/MinecraftDungeons 29m ago

Enchanting Advice What enchantments for this bow ?

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r/MinecraftDungeons 10h ago

Question Forgot to add these to my first post 😅 are these any good tho

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r/MinecraftDungeons 15h ago

Poll ( 𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝚆𝙾) 𝚅𝙾𝚃𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝚁𝙴𝙼𝙾𝚅𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚃𝙾𝙿 3 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝙵𝙰𝚅𝙾𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴

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𝙼𝙰𝚄𝙻𝙴𝚁𝚂 4 𝚅𝙾𝚃𝙴𝚂 𝙳𝙰𝙶𝙶𝙴𝚁𝚂 2 𝚅𝙾𝚃𝙴𝚂 𝙷𝙸𝙶𝙷𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙰𝚇𝙴 2 𝚅𝙾𝚃𝙴𝚂


r/MinecraftDungeons 10h ago

Help What enchants to use?

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Idk what to use on this weapon or if I should keep respinning to get higher gear. also made a post a minute ago but wrong flair


r/MinecraftDungeons 19h ago

Discussion I got this highland armor and was wondering what enchants are recommended, or if I should reroll some

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r/MinecraftDungeons 10h ago

Question Good build?

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r/MinecraftDungeons 22h ago

Question Is 2X cooldown good enough for an infinite death cap mushroom?

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r/MinecraftDungeons 9h ago

Question any good builds?

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does anyone have any meta builds that everyone is using right now? I haven’t played this game in like 3 years and I don’t really know what’s going on and what the meta items are.


r/MinecraftDungeons 10h ago

Help Help!

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Me and my friend are going for the platinum trophy on ps4 and having a hard time with the high tension trophy and we’re wondering if someone is will to run it with us?

My username :Broken-show593


r/MinecraftDungeons 7h ago

Discussion Point of higher powered items?

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Every so often someone posts a screenshot of an armor that provides like 25 million extra health. I wonder what is the point of all that? Beyond level 60 or so leveling up seems pointless except if you want multiple enchanted sets. Regardless of whether I played default, adventurer or apocalypse, the game always felt the same. I don't see the point of getting better gear when I could play at one difficulty level forever as the game is always the same. Or at least it seems like it. So what's the point of going power 300 something?


r/MinecraftDungeons 19h ago

Loadout Welcome, honored guest. To my dynasty!

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r/MinecraftDungeons 8h ago

Meme Maybe I should stop using my triple luck of the sea armor (one is built in)

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r/MinecraftDungeons 8h ago

Question Should I buy these fighters bindings?

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I already have a 254 "The Starless Night" and i don't know if the enchants make these fighters bindings viable

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r/MinecraftDungeons 8h ago

Help So I did a Apocalypse +15 Ancient Hunt and I didn't find a single ancient even checking every nook and cranny is there something I'm doing wrong?

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