Thoughts on the Pigman -> Piglin change

First off, the name change. It’s an obvious attempt to pander to the SJW crowd who want to remove the word “man” from everything. What is this? 2016? Who cares anymore? Also may fictional humanoid-like creatures traditionally had the word “man” at the end. I believe this is why Notch named them (zombie) Pigmen, not some weird “patriarchy” conspiracy.



Second off, the model and texture looks hideous. Who even greenlit this trash? They have a tiny obnoxious looking anime head for their nose and the flapping ears look extremely out-of-place for Minecraft. The old look of the Zombie Pigmen gave you a slight tinge of empathy looking at them of their situation in the Nether, these just look like rotted punchable oafs that you’d punch even on half a heart due to their sheer ugliness and nauseating look.

I would not care at all if Piglins were added. Just that Mojang feels the need to twist and contort the lore of an old well-known mob to fit in with this new one that popped in out of nowhere.

The Zombie Pigman was meant to represent a race of intelligent beings, destroyed and corrupted along with the Nether by some unknown tragedy or catastrophe. Now they are just mediocre “zombified” versions of their gender-neutral non-binary gold-pinching pig furry overlords.

(No offense if you are any of these. Well, maybe except one…)

I’ll probably get downvoted to heck by the kids who recently switched to Minecraft when the “other” popular game wasn’t “cool” for them anymore and eat up whatever update eye-candy Microsoft throws at them. (not against all the updates, Village&Pillage is great) I have been playing Minecraft since 2012 and believe most of Minecraft peaked at around 1.8.9 (except for V&P and the new blocks/recipes)

YES, I KNOW that I can just play an older version or just install/make a datapack to bring the old texture and name back. But that’s like saying “You could just watch the old cuts of Star Wars if you don’t like the Special Editions.” It’s not the same. Time and technology moves on and terrible decisions become the new normal.

Anyway, that’s just my two cents. I know, you are shaking with rage for me finding any fault with the Holy Game of our Lord and Savior Mojang. Go ahead and downvote all you wish, if it will make you feel better, do not stress yourself out during this troubling time. Stay well.