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Please don't add any official lore to Minecraft

As everyone knows, Minecraft's backstory is almost completely mysterious. I request it to stay this way as long as possible. Some Minecraft fans (myself included) like to theorize about the Minecraft world's ancient history, as well as the past events that made it the way it is now. I've heard a few rumors that Mojang plans to add official lore to Minecraft at some point, and I doubt those rumors are reliable, But the point stands: I feel that adding official lore would hinder creativity in one branch of Minecraft's fanbase that I hold very dear. A few scattered hints here and there are fine (everyone knows us theorists love to dissect clues) But an all-out extensive pre-written official lore would spoil creativity, One of Minecraft's most crucial Elements. 

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• September 13, 2019 02:34
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  Some Animal commented

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  • September 13, 2019 21:47
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  I hope this is a given, as Minecraft’s lore comes secondary to gameplay, adding lore might hinder additions to the game in the future: if they speak of creatures of the past that went extinct, we would be unable to add said creatures into the game. With a Minecraft movie cresting the horizon I hope the producers and screenwriters capture the essence of the game rather than explaining it.

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  Connor Schultz commented

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  • February 18, 2020 04:03
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  As animal as lore comes secondary, however making 'no lord's a rule can also be a problem, you don't want a situation where you countdicing yourself left and right, you want there to seem like there is a solution that makes sense, if there isn't actually one even if it's permanently hidden that can be very difficult if there just winging it.

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  Dario Bizzarri commented

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  • April 26, 2020 10:13
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  I agree with you, game theories are the most fun things you can do in a game... Admitted that the game has an actual lore. I don't think Mojang has ever created a lore for the game, and this is the real issue: not knowing wether there is a story that makes sense or just random content put together can make lore theories really frustrating, and take the fun away. I think Mojang should build a lore and then just announce that it exists, without spoiling it, so that people can have fun guessing while knowing there are actual logical connections between all the content pieces in the game. As far as we know, they could already have a lore in mind since the beta versions of the game, but the lack of certainties is what ruins the speculation.

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  NinjaStarKid13 commented

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  • October 03, 2020 00:09
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  I agree and disagree. I feel like right now some of the newer things they’ve added I’d like some hints on what went down. I don’t want it all spelled out but I would like to be able to go on a “quest” to find it if I pleased. Sometimes have a lore less world makes it feel so empty, like it’s not even alive, it’s just a toy. I think having a story about how the Ender dragon appeared or literally anything on the Wither especially (since it’s completely out of nowhere) or why these things are an issue when they are so hard to come by at all would be nice to know

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  Blastminer9004 commented

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  • December 03, 2020 23:32
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  There is already lore in the game, HOWEVER, that does not hinder creativity, as any given player can override that lore in their own creations.