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Your health is way more important than Minecraft take a break in game Popup

Recently Ive Been diagnosed with carpal tunnel and can barely use my right hand. I made a video explaining it to my community and the amount of young people and adults that said they have even small pains in there hand\wrist when playing Minecraft was mind blowing to me. my idea is to add a I’m game popup that says ‘Your health is way more important than Minecraft take a break.’ I think even if one person was to listen to this message it’s a win. As I wouldn’t want anyone to experience the pain I’m going through we already have a afk pop up but that is just in a way getting people to play for longer. We definitely need to be actively encouraging regular breaks as Minecraft is very addictive we all know that. We all say I’ll just finish this bit and 4 hours later we still having fun playing but the reality of it is if we even had small breaks during this time it could save a lot of pain for some people in the future and it would actually allow people to be able to continue to play more because at the moment I can’t even play the game for long at all it’s heart breaking I really think this is a good thing for all of us. I really hope this gets added to the game sooner rather than later.
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    I agree completely, the game can be paused and breaks can be taken. As a frequent player I find myself playing for hours on end only to realize that the sun is gone and I haven't moved anything but my fingers.

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    Behind this 100%

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    Hello James, I think you're right, having a popup every few hours, would help a lot of people and it's just a useful tool, I hope your vote and suggestion reaches mojang.

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    As someone who recently went to the hospital for basically the same reason I know how bad wrist pain can be and even if my particular experience wasn’t from too much playing on MC it could’ve been so this is a great idea I think.

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    Hi James it’s me azure0x2 I hope the surgery goes well and tell us if you make it through your like a legend like tb or Technoblade pls have a good day Hey itsme james, I know your wrist’s been messing with you, but honestly it’s impressive you’re still putting out videos. Most people would’ve taken a long break, but you’re still grinding and helping people with your content.

    You’ve already built something big on YouTube, and that doesn’t go away just because you slow down for a bit. Even in Minecraft, you don’t just keep swinging when your gear’s low—you step back, heal up, and come back better.

    Just take care of yourself first. Your channel isn’t going anywhere, and people will still be there when you’re good to go again.Keep doing your thing—but don’t forget to rest

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    Sorry about carpal tunnel hope this gets added and helps people maybe it'll inspire other games to do the same

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    Im with him, who else???!!!

     

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    Ive had extremely minor pains the last few weeks in my hand while editing and gaming in short and long periods that ive ignored and brushed off .Ever since watching your video ive realised this can be a serious problem and started started taking 20 minute breaks ever since. I totally agree that this needs to be added especially on a game as addictive as minecraft and if it is added hopefully other games that are just as if not more addicitve will add a similar feature.

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    I'm Sry, but this is not a great idea, you should be responsible for your own health not Mojang. You shouldn't need to be reminded by game developers, you need to be the one to take responsibility and act on it yourself

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    I truly understand this because some people don't understand that things like this can lead to worse pain and more serious problems

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    A popup is a great idea, a reminder to take frequent breaks, as hav8bg the end of my fingers going really cold if having an extended gaming time, a pop up may help prompt that break!

    Its far too easy to get stuck in a game and lose track of time, something that pop's up at the top of the screen so it doesn't interfere (similar to the placement of debug on preview) would be a good start, and having to maybe clear the notification by bringing up the effects screen, so it remains until youanually clear it.

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    I completely agree with this idea and if Mojang implement it, it's a win for them and a win for the players.

    Make it a settings option that is enabled by default in every new world, but allow players to switch it off.

    Mojang gets to say "we care about our players, and we have a duty of care to look after their health"

    The players get to choose, leave it switched on or turn it off.

    The players who leave it on, might benefit from willingly taking a break and resting their hands, fingers and wrists before coming back to the game later.

    There's nothing to lose.

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    I agree

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    yes!! it should be toggleable in accessibility settings but on by default

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    Just make sure the pop-up doesn’t directly interrupt gameplay or it could be annoying to some. Maybe create a setting where you can turn off the notification from popping up (the pop-up is automatically enabled after updating, but can be disabled in the settings)

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    I also want a take a break pop-up just like youtube so it can help me reduce my screen time because I don't really know how long I've been playing so it would be nice if this could happen

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    ye virtual pleasure isnt worth real life dammage to your health

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    I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Carpal tunnel and repetitive strain injuries are incredibly taxing, especially when they take away a hobby as creative and relaxing as Minecraft. Your idea for an in-game health popup is a fantastic way to turn your experience into a positive change for the whole community.

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    Sounds good.

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    Strongly Agree with adding a pop-up or something like this. It should be toggleable but enabled by default if its ever introduced.

    Everyone needs to take a break once in a while...

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    to elaborate abit more about this pop up firstly, it must have a option to turn off the pop up for People who do not want to see the pop up, however i do think it should be on by default to start .secondly it should only be a small 5-10 second pop up that wont effect gameplay at all aka this pop up should not pause the game for you or log you out or anything like that i was thinking more along the lines of it being similar to when you load in a addon, world or pack for example. also maybe the same noise as well though the pop up is the important bit. it could also be way smaller than that I'm just giving an example. 

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    They need to. Your health is more important

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    This is a good idea, all games should have something like this, Anio 1800 did it well with the ingame adviser saying something about how long you have been playing and mayby do something else for a bit after a couple hours of gameplay, mabby the wandering traider could say something or after a couple hours a zomby with a placard could spawn which could also be helarious.

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    This is needed in every gaming community, to plant a seed in ones mind that could save them from possible future pain and suffering like carpel Tunnel which is very common today, bravo to James for speaking up and thank you for the great idea that plants a seed that one's health is important!!!

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    no way am i going to vote for this i do not want or need a popup to tell me to take a break 

    if you cant remember to take a break without a popup then you shouldn't be playing Minecraft

    you dont need a popup in the real world so why do we need one in game   

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    This a good idea for people on pc so the don't get hurt hand.

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    In minecraft bedrock 26.10 i can't do achevmnet why? I did't any achvnemnet