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block states instead of block variants.

one possible way to help with the inventory problem is to replace block variants with block states.  for example, deepslate ores could just be a connected texture; if you place an ore block on any type of deepslate including other ores, it appears as a deepslate ore.  Azalea bushes and saplings could be all one block as well;  a regular azalea bush is a sapling that doesn't grow without bonemeal.  bonemealing an azalea bush would cause flowers to grow as a second growth stage.  breaking a flowering azalea bush without the use of shears would yield a regular bush.  further bonemealing a flowering bush would grow it into a full tree.  Using shears on either type of bush would turn it into a dead bush an would yield it's corresponding leaf type.  

each block state would be monitored in the debug window, and could be changed with the debug stick.

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    I think the block states that were changed ultimately ruined commands. Granted it seems changing concrete 15 to black_concrete makes sense but for people that are serious about builds, it hinders as much as it helps and then hinders again. For example; if I had multiple commands that I need to paste similar commands and change the block type but keep the number, it makes the transition smooth. Granted it’s not a ton of time saved but it helps when making massive command chains. I think you should have both work simultaneously. Whether or not that happens, my main issue is this: when we had numbers for bloc states, we could remove all of that type by omitting the number, now it only removes the default block which is completely useless to anyone since the new system makes you specify the block name.