@Sofar,
I do hope your reply was not in response to my post. I only referenced your name, because based on a post higher up, you certainly made your position clear, in regards to any name change. I only wanted to offer the optical illusion argument as yet another reason to support the name change. Your status as a core dev, and one with clout, I assume, only helps to push for this discussion to begin anew. I support your position, both in regards to this, and to the larger point of not generalizing or assuming others opinions. Please read on....
@Festus1965,
How to better advertise? Just start telling everyone you know who is interested in MC. Install MT on computers for kids. Give them mods, games, and any other appropriate content to install, and let them have fun. Show them how to hack. Code. Model. Draw. Show them what real fun is..... ;)
But I also believe that better advertisement should be based upon a non-MC derivative name. Please post the new topic. It deserves it's own discussion, and ideas, separate from this question, that is also relevant.
@LD,
Really. Your words are never to help. You only ever continue making yourself look the fool. No one really cares if you can pinpoint some random discussion, for the SOLE purpose of making yourself look correct and more knowledgable. Really. You'd rather argue and criticize a core dev than offer any real assistance. Do you work for MS? Are you solely here to discourage those with actual skill, commitment, and effort? Are you jealous of your pity existance? Are you inept, incapable, incompetent, or just an idiot? These are actual questions you NEED to answer to yourself, and then to others. Your responses are unnecessary, irrelevant, and quite rude. Kids come here. Keep it clean, respectful, and civil.
If, by your further posts, the words used and the thoughts and opinions expressed therein, by any actions you might take, such as blocking users here on the forum with whom you either disagree or whom have, like me, called out your behaviour, or if by any other expression that you do not care about other users of this forum, then I can only encourage the following:
MODERATORS: Please take action in regards to LD and his IP, in regards to the negativity, rude comments, and general foul language, found in this and in many other posts, which either outright violate or push the intent of the ToS of the forum, and otherwise contribute no useful purpose other than to enflame, disparage, and troll.
Shad