See, I was very much the opposite. Even after Minecraft's full release I was huge into the mods because I never felt like the vanilla Minecraft experience had enough content.
> I wonder if this is the distinction between people who prefer old Minecraft and new Minecraft.
I'm old. But to be fair, I got into Minecraft by helping my kid set up a server - and then he moved on and it became my server. At least it wasn't a puppy.
Unmodded Minecraft has been steadily getting worse and worse.
Mods had a peak at 1.7.10, then Mojang effed it all up but the community seems to be getting really impressive lately, especially with Distant Horizons.
I honestly haven't had much time for Minecraft in the last 5+ years, but when I have it's mostly been with old versions and mods I liked back in the old days. I doubt that's because I wouldn't like the modern game so much as that when I turn to Minecraft it's for the nostalgia.
